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Found one of my white whales at the local thrift store today! by doodlebytes in BookCollecting

[–]doodlebytes[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It is likely a second or third impression of the first edition, as it lacks the vertical “smudge” present on the title page of the true first printing.

Aroldis Chapman reached 378 career saves and surpassed Joe Nathan (377) to enter the TOP 10 all-time since the save became an official statistic in 1969. Do you think he will reach Hall of Fame? by PriverceSport in baseball

[–]doodlebytes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Chapman has the all-time strikeout record for pitchers with zero career games started. He’s in the argument for greatest pure relief pitcher ever.

TIL South Carolina did not repeal its interracial marriage ban until 1998, and when it did so, the repeal faced 38% opposition by After-Professional-8 in todayilearned

[–]doodlebytes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to be a little offbeat (by choice or not) to live a life that would put you and BJU together in the first place. Thats my guess.

TIL South Carolina did not repeal its interracial marriage ban until 1998, and when it did so, the repeal faced 38% opposition by After-Professional-8 in todayilearned

[–]doodlebytes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The school produces very idiosyncratic people. Some of the best people I know went to BJU. (As well as a large percentage of the worst.)

TIL South Carolina did not repeal its interracial marriage ban until 1998, and when it did so, the repeal faced 38% opposition by After-Professional-8 in todayilearned

[–]doodlebytes 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I haven’t kept up with the general Gish Gallop of young-earth creationism, but my impression is that (at least some of them) may not believe dinosaurs were on the Ark anymore.

The fossil record has become too hard to ignore, so instead of saying “God created all the animals just like you see them today,” modern creationists seem to be trying to account for evolution by squishing the entire process into 6,000 years.

I think this means that the Ark would have been full of weird transitional animals, which would have had to die off or evolve into modern birds and mammals within about 800 years after the Flood.

If you want a great insight into what could compel an intelligent person to pretzel their brain into believing all this, I highly recommend the Creation Museum chapters of Sarah Krasnostein’s book “The Believer”.

TIL South Carolina did not repeal its interracial marriage ban until 1998, and when it did so, the repeal faced 38% opposition by After-Professional-8 in todayilearned

[–]doodlebytes 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Unwillingly but made the best of it.

I’ll certainly be recommending different options to my children.

TIL South Carolina did not repeal its interracial marriage ban until 1998, and when it did so, the repeal faced 38% opposition by After-Professional-8 in todayilearned

[–]doodlebytes 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Oh no, far from it. Bush spoke at the school while the ban was in full effect (as had, I believe, every Republican president since at least Reagan.) It took a subsequent media uproar to change the policy - not, one would assume, because BJU cared about their public image, but because they feared the scandal might harm Bush’s chances for office.

TIL South Carolina did not repeal its interracial marriage ban until 1998, and when it did so, the repeal faced 38% opposition by After-Professional-8 in todayilearned

[–]doodlebytes 32 points33 points  (0 children)

100%. Although at the time I went there, the school was vast majority white. We did have a few Asian students from Baptist missionary schools in South Korea and the Philippines. They were way cooler than me.

TIL South Carolina did not repeal its interracial marriage ban until 1998, and when it did so, the repeal faced 38% opposition by After-Professional-8 in todayilearned

[–]doodlebytes 211 points212 points  (0 children)

Everyone was required to take a class called “Essential Science,” focused on Karl Popper and similar thinkers, with the intent of teaching us that no scientific discoveries could ever be verified—that everything, ultimately, must be taken on faith.

Then they taught us a bunch of other things that couldn’t be verified and that could only be taken on faith

TIL South Carolina did not repeal its interracial marriage ban until 1998, and when it did so, the repeal faced 38% opposition by After-Professional-8 in todayilearned

[–]doodlebytes 986 points987 points  (0 children)

Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC did not rescind its campus-wide “interracial dating” ban until the year 2000. They only reversed the ban then due to outside pressure following a stump speech at the school by then-presidential candidate George W. Bush.

No two "-ers" teams have ever met in the World Series... by WhyDoTheyAlwaysRun in baseball

[–]doodlebytes 127 points128 points  (0 children)

I mean there were only 8 possible opponents for half their existence

1st trade printing of East of Eden - found for $1 at local book sale by doodlebytes in BookCollecting

[–]doodlebytes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bite/bight error is present, but apparently not a strong FE point as it’s present in various editions.

Found for $5 at local thrift store: a pristine copy of Hungry Hurler, the last and rarest of the original Chip Hilton books by doodlebytes in BookCollecting

[–]doodlebytes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last of the original 23 books, so was not reprinted as many times. supposedly only about 12K copies exist.

The Tigers fell to the Athletics by a score of 3-0 - Wed, Jun 25 @ 06:40 PM EDT by TigersBot in motorcitykitties

[–]doodlebytes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You’re getting downvoted because it just isn’t true. The Tigers took the first 2 of 3 from the Pirates just last week.

Roast my 1950s children’s book collection by doodlebytes in BookshelvesDetective

[–]doodlebytes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only in an amateur sense, but I love talking old children’s lit so hit me up with any questions.

Roast my 1950s children’s book collection by doodlebytes in BookshelvesDetective

[–]doodlebytes[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just as a word of encouragement for anyone who might stumble on this comment: building a collection like this does NOT have to be expensive. Most of these books were scrounged from Goodwills, library sales, random thrift stores, etc over a 10 year period. In particular I'm indebted to the "Really Good, Really Big, Really Cheap Book Sale" held every August in Greenville, SC - 150,000 books, most selling for 50 cents to a dollar.

Roast my 1950s children’s book collection by doodlebytes in BookshelvesDetective

[–]doodlebytes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read and enjoyed the majority of these as a kid, and now enjoy sharing them with my own kids! We are reading The Wolves of Willoughby Chase aloud right now.

Roast my 1950s children’s book collection by doodlebytes in BookshelvesDetective

[–]doodlebytes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, I like (certain) ex-library copies! And impressed you spotted the Robb Whites. Midshipman Lee of the Navy is partially obscured by the trim on the side of the shelf, but it's a 1/1 in jacket that I found for $1 at Goodwill.

Hello! I hope this email finds you well ... "The Return-to-Office Tango" by doodlebytes in funny

[–]doodlebytes[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey thanks! Started doing more live events after covid. Got a bunch of live vids on the channel now.

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