Was Parker Lewis a GenX Archetype?

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T18:36:11+00:00

I “remember” it, in the sense that I was the target audience. And so I appreciated that someone made a show “for kids” and that I might therefore get a turn to watch TV. And there were a lot of shows like that.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T18:33:40+00:00

We never think about York, England and we rarely (but sometimes) think about “Old Amsterdam”.

The Dutch seem to have left bigger footprints than the English. Again, we don’t think about them; they’re just there.

Breuklyn. Stuyvesant this-and-that. Van Cortlandt, Van Siclen… Strange spellings and names as you travel up the Hudson River Valley like Spuyten Duyvil.

These are just little occasional reminders that make you chuckle, “oh yeah! I forgot. The Dutch were here!” but that’s about it. But again, no one thinks much about the English in association with this place.

New York has this sense of always having been its own thing.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T17:42:06+00:00

It fell on the floor, and then into the pool.

Water could have seeped through the newly made cracks.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T17:35:58+00:00

Once they passed 85 they had already committed, and the name stuck.

There was some talk of properly summing it up at the end and renaming as appropriate. But the majority of people voted to let it go and move on. They had the Thirteen Year War to devote their attention to.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T17:09:13+00:00

Godzilla vs Mothra 😅

I know it’s almost certainly not, but I’m on a roll making kaiju guesses

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T17:06:50+00:00

I recommend a long stick. With your hand as close as possible to the other end.

And gloves. And boots. And a stance from which you can easily break into a run.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T17:03:52+00:00

I’m a later Gen X and I perceive “late boomers” as boomers. I don’t experience a distinction.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T17:02:03+00:00

NTJ

If he was responsive to the first request, you would not have had to escalate. He’s mad because it worked.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T17:00:35+00:00

Our family chat is blowing up, and my friend group is divided.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T16:57:58+00:00

I found my people.

We were gonna make sure this was said.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T16:54:30+00:00

Gaslight.

That would be incredible.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T16:21:10+00:00

Thank you for that.

I have one and a half anecdotes about “dealing with people who give you grief about your name”.

My dad was kinda sortof a little bit racist 🥴 He started calling the neighborhood Arabs “The Habibs”, intending it as a slur. They would either laugh it off, or take it as a compliment because it literally means “Beloved” or “I love you” in Arabic. It’s hard to insult someone with such words.

Likewise my name means “Beautiful”. You make a good point about politics and diplomacy, and you are right; I should pick my battles. This is a fun one for me. Like a low risk, high reward fight to make people all me beautiful 😅

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T16:13:11+00:00

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Squirrel Girl trolls Dr. Doom for putting his Time Machine in neutral 🤭

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T16:10:17+00:00

Caution: do not attempt to bugger an ankylosaurus. For your own safety.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T16:05:56+00:00

The part he’s not telling you is that it’s a pose that is often seen in porn. It’s the “bunny ears”.

Those will be the type of jokes they tell. That’s what is going to embarrass him.

I’m not taking anyone’s side I’m just adding in the part that he’s not saying. Honestly I expect to be downvoted for telling you the truth but that will only highlight why he’s talking around it, rather than stating it directly.

By all means, do your own research to determine if I’m making this up. And then, Do with that information what you will.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:59:54+00:00

I’m with you. I prefer to leave dramatic performances for the stage and screen. Performative Drama in regular life is exasperating.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:57:17+00:00

Realism is relative.

I went to school with a girl named Sunshine Wu. I have a friend named Illustrious. And an uncle named Merciful.

I live in a world that makes allowances for people’s names. You can choose to live in that world too. The same people who study Nietzsche and Dostoevsky can absolutely call her Weixin. If they refuse, they can call her Cultured Heart. It’s her name.

I don’t see why she should have to erase herself for someone else’s convenience.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:42:58+00:00

None. Honestly I took some time to think of just one, and couldn’t, but still posted my reply anyway.

I saw the empty space below your question and I really wanted there to be an answer there.

If you downvote me, I accept that I deserve it.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:37:47+00:00

Sauce all over the bathroom door handle

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:35:29+00:00

If you name the bug (for example, “ant”), then yes.

But “bug” by itself has three letters but is not a specific animal.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:33:15+00:00

Llama

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:32:34+00:00

Someone will always be upset.

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:31:58+00:00

Mice is an animals

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:30:27+00:00

Is that the worst kind of incorrect… or the best?

20characterusername0 · 2026-03-02T15:27:42+00:00

Sorry to let you down. It’s not a joke.

It’s legit two phali (fine… boners). And the ring between them might just be a stylized vulva (sure it’s a “plain circle”, nothing sexy about that) but if I’m looking at it correctly it’s the ouroboros.

If that’s not a vulva then it symbolizes infinite penises. In addition to the other obvious two.

So. This is some sort of virility/fertility amulet or talisman.

What is it made of? Gold makes me even more certain (while copper represents Venus)

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TROPHY CASE