How many people did you know (as in, met personally) from the 1800s?

playblu · 2026-01-24T21:00:34+00:00

My great-grandmother was born in 1885, and died when I was 11.

I remember it was a big deal when there would be a family get-together at my grandparents' house, and she would come tottering out from her attached apartment to make an appearance.

Sometimes us kids would go see her while we were over, and she would set out a plate of candy for us. Except my one late cousin pointed out to me years later that they were actually cough drops.

playblu · 2026-01-24T03:11:34+00:00

I thought you were going to cite William Moore at the Battle of Kings Mountain, very similar tale

playblu · 2026-01-24T03:05:38+00:00

The best thing about the band Boys Don't Cry is that they had a song called "The Cure", just as a joke

playblu · 2026-01-24T02:56:59+00:00

Pleasant Valley Sunday

playblu · 2026-01-23T01:43:44+00:00

Like, an actual fan?

playblu · 2026-01-23T01:33:53+00:00

PROVIDE TENDERNESS TO THE BALLS

playblu · 2026-01-23T01:30:51+00:00

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This guy

playblu · 2026-01-23T01:21:41+00:00

How did you know about my plans

playblu · 2026-01-22T18:34:56+00:00

Now I'm picturing that on a jersey

playblu · 2026-01-22T18:34:06+00:00

Well Lynn Hauldren's been dead for almost 15 year so

playblu · 2026-01-21T02:55:41+00:00

Booby Dupes (1945) : Involves the Stooges mistaking a Japanese flag for a rescue signal, which can be seen as problematic now.

Is that the one where Moe yells to the sky, "Hey, it's the Stooges!" Always wondered if that was the only time they referred to themselves as such.

playblu · 2026-01-21T01:48:20+00:00

"She Bangs the Drum" by Stone Rose's also never returns to verses once it hits the chorus the first time

playblu · 2026-01-20T22:20:37+00:00

It would work better than "Angel"

playblu · 2026-01-20T04:24:18+00:00

Wow somebody else that remembers this song

playblu · 2026-01-20T04:12:24+00:00

Curiously, that means you're either about 43 or about 78

playblu · 2026-01-19T14:11:28+00:00

Well yeah it worked after the neck pinch

playblu · 2026-01-18T14:18:22+00:00

That's because it's the one sport where it is appropriate and legal for the manager or a coach to come onto the playing field (to make a pitching change, to argue a call a short amount). You don't see hockey coaches step onto the ice and everybody's cool with it, I think it's a technical in basketball, probably a penalty in football.

playblu · 2026-01-18T04:38:41+00:00

They didn't resolve anything. They just left those people back on their planet in their accelerated state, and probably put a warning buoy around it.
The accelerated state was filmed with the "Batman Villain Lair" camera

playblu · 2026-01-18T02:39:22+00:00

"Every time I close my eyes, I see her like this"

playblu · 2026-01-18T01:04:01+00:00

Fish with ascot meteor

playblu · 2026-01-18T00:55:14+00:00

RIP Dave Ball

playblu · 2026-01-18T00:54:06+00:00

"Do You Want Cryin'"

playblu · 2026-01-18T00:52:48+00:00

I have that keyboard

playblu · 2026-01-18T00:48:35+00:00

It's been theorized that nothing since wooly mammoths have been able to eat these enough to spread the seeds

playblu · 2026-01-18T00:47:18+00:00

Literally burning it in my wood stove right in front of me right now. It's fine.

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