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The Fuzzy Hulk posted:I used to think I knew every little piece of Robocop trivia, but today I am watching the new Robodoc and I never knew the cops in Robocop's precinct were all named after serial killers. I also did not know this, but were any of them even referred to by name on screen? Are there multiple shots where their name badges are clearly visible? Otherwise no one could realistically be expected to have this bit of trivia.
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SgtScruffy posted:Feel Good, Inc. by Gorillaz features De La Soul. I had no idea. Come on! You can't listen to Gorillaz without watching the music videos! 
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I just today learned that Richard Nixon only died in 1994. This is just mindblowing to me, I assumed he died long before I was born because I have zero memories of hearing about him when he was alive - only stuff around his actual presidency. It's not like I was a little kid in 94, I was in my teens.
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Sep 20, 2023 20:12
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He was also one of the most still involved in politics presidents post presidency presidents of the present age.
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Sep 20, 2023 20:20
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That's what is so bizarre; I remember contemporary stuff about Reagan, Gorbachev, Thatcher etc, but I have absolutely nothing for Nixon. I'm not American, so it might just be that his activities weren't widely reported on outside the US, but I still feel I should at least have known he was alive.
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I bought a new 3-pack of Hanes compression socks recently because my feet and ankles swell up really bad from standing on concrete floors all day at work. First couple times I wore them I thought "these really suck rear end, they compress my calves nicely but drat do my feet hurt". Today I tried one more time since they were the only kind left in the drawer, and while rolling the first one over my foot, noticed a tiny "R" stitched on the toe. What the...? Not an "H" for Hanes? Yes, there is a left sock and a right sock. So those previous times I probably was wearing them backwards, or two lefties or something.
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Sep 21, 2023 00:01
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Pookah posted:I just today learned that Richard Nixon only died in 1994. His appearances in a few Simpsons episodes weren't total cartoony reality-bending, theoretically he "actually" could've showed up at that point.
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Sep 21, 2023 00:19
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I was assigned to do a report on Nixon and it was due the week after he died, my teacher gave me an extra week for… mourning??? All I remember is everyone laughing when I said his middle name was Milhouse.
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JacquelineDempsey posted:I bought a new 3-pack of Hanes compression socks recently because my feet and ankles swell up really bad from standing on concrete floors all day at work. Just going to take this excuse to drop my favourite song of the year. Pressure Socks by Pretty in Pink content warning: miscarriage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HOZ0K5ThPk
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Pookah posted:I just today learned that Richard Nixon only died in 1994. I was in my early 20's and already had opinions of him, but I have no memory of him dying. So weird.
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Sep 21, 2023 03:00
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Ommin posted:Same, also I have a similar thing with Reagan. He died in 2004. I remember the cover of punk planet magazine saying “punks not dead but reagan is”
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Sep 21, 2023 03:06
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Grassy Knowles posted:I remember the cover of punk planet magazine saying “punks not dead but reagan is”
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Sep 21, 2023 03:37
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Ommin posted:Same, also I have a similar thing with Reagan. He died in 2004. Wasn't there a dude who got arrested for dancing and/or pissing on Reagan's grave?
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I have a book that came out in 1990 that chronicles all the dumb poo poo that happened during the Reagan administration  12/9/1986 Reporters ask President Reagan if he's watching the White House Foreign Affairs Committee hearings. "Oh, now and then when I can't find a ball game," he quips, leaving them to wonder what kind of ball game he expects to find early on a weekday morning in mid-December 11/26/85 President Reagan tells reporters that his 688 acre ranch- to which the rambunctious Lucky is being exiled- is "dog heaven". When reporters attempt to shift the topic to an upcoming tax bill, the President says, "I'm concentrating on dog heaven." 1/71986 President Reagan begins his 33rd press conference by calling the Vienna airport "Vietnam International", calls 11 year old terrorist victim Natasha Simpson "Marsha Simpson" and says Qaddafi is "not only a barbarian but he's flaky" 1/15/1986 President Reagan is asked if he intends to see Halley's Comet. "If it's a choice between sleeping or seeing it," he replies, "I'll wait and see it on television." 4/9/1986 President Reagan says he rarely quotes William F. Buckley, Jr., "Because he uses too big a words." 10/22/1986 "I was in such a hurry, I wrote my last name first." - President Reagan, after after signing his tax reform bill "Reagan Ronald" 2/12/1987 President Reagan tells a group of junior high students about how Rex barks in front of Lincoln's bedroom and won't go in, which makes the President think Lincoln's ghost is in there. "Well," he says, "I guess that's enough of a history lesson here for today." 1/13/1981 President Reagan is presented with a huge jar of jellybeans at a farewell ceremony in Los Angeles. Reminiscing about passing the jellybean jar around the table during his days as governor, he says, "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character, if a fellow just picks out one color or grabs a handful" Just what one can tell from this is left unrevealed 1/20/1981 Just before 9 AM Michael Deaver, stunned that the President-elect is still sleeping, enters his bedroom to remind that he's "going to be inaugurated." Says Reagan, "Does that mean I have to get up?" 6/12/1981 President Reagan fails to recognize his only black Cabinet member, Housing Secretary Samuel Pierce, at a White House reception for big-city mayors. "How are you, Mr. Mayor?" he greets him. "I'm glad to meet you. How are things in your city?" 10/19/1982 During a White House meeting with Arab leaders, President Reagan turns to the Lebanese foreign minister. "You know," he says, "your nose looks just like Danny Thomas's." The Arabs exchange nervous glances. 5/8/1985 Arriving in Lisbon, President Reagan fails to recognize Portuguese prime minister Mario Soares - who he has met before - and walks right past him 5/23/1985 President Reagan bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the nation's highest award - on the otherwise rarely paired Mother Teresa and Frank Sinatra 11/18/1986 Discussing President Reagan's upcoming press conference, Larry Speakes tells reporters, "We can guess 99 out of 100 times the questions you guys pose." "Yeah," says Sam Donaldson, "but you can never guess what he's gonna answer." Bonus 11/30/1987 Tycoon Donald Trump proves you can be TOO DARN RICH A billionaire at 41, he has four casinos, umpteen jets, limos and mansions - and the ego that ate Manhattan. He says he's too busy to run for the While House, but he's bought everything else - People Magazine
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Yeah, all of that is the "4th dimensional chess" we hear so much about. LOL That makes me think of the Phil Hartman Reagan sketch that I can't find right now.Phy posted:Wasn't there a dude who got arrested for dancing and/or pissing on Reagan's grave?
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Cat Hassler posted:1/15/1986 lol
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Sep 21, 2023 05:16
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Hell, I just found out today that Ed Meese is still alive. He was old as hell in the goddamn 80s but he's somehow giving opinions in court trying to excuse Trump's treason.
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Sep 21, 2023 06:54
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Powered Descent posted:Hell, I just found out today that Ed Meese is still alive. He was old as hell in the goddamn 80s but he's somehow giving opinions in court trying to excuse Trump's treason. Is he even involved in that case? Can you just do that, write to the court "here's what i think" and have it entered as part of the case documents??
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Meanwhile Jimmy Carter is about to celebrate his 99th birthday.
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Golden Dragon posted:Meanwhile Jimmy Carter is about to celebrate his 99th birthday. While in like his seventh month of hospice care.
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Regy Rusty posted:Is he even involved in that case? Can you just do that, write to the court "here's what i think" and have it entered as part of the case documents?? Isn’t that literally an amicus brief?
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Yeah, amicus briefs are basically "I'm not directly involved in this case as a prosecutor or defendant, but I have an interest in how it turns out, and I believe I have information that is relevant to the court decision."
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Shane MacGowan outlived Sinéad O'Connor.
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Ommin posted:Same, also I have a similar thing with Reagan. He died in 2004. He also had no memories at the time of his death. The effects of Alzheimer’s disease were apparent even while he was in office. It’s no wonder that he didn’t make the news much after leaving it.
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Shane MacGowan outlived Sinéad O'Connor. Shane MacGowan is probably going to live to be 98. Anyone who drinks that much either dies at 40 or lives to be a hundred.
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Platystemon posted:He also had no memories at the time of his death.
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Just watching some Harmonquest and finally googled Erin McGathy's character name "Beor O'Shift", and it is really a reference to some extremely obscure irish slang - Beor/Beur is an irish traveller term for a woman, and it's not really in common usage. "O'Shift" is a reference to the irish slang term for what in America is called "making out" , in Ireland this is called "getting the shift" I had guessed at the surname, but the first name really is extremely obscure and local, so fair fucks to her for doing her research.
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Cat Hassler posted:I have a book that came out in 1990 that chronicles all the dumb poo poo that happened during the Reagan administration I have this book too! I found it in a used book store when I was in my 20s, and it has been a constant source of entertainment. I also found a used copy on eBay, so I could share it with my brother-in-law
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One part of the High Holy Days Yom Kippur is named such because after the fasting it is traditional to have a dish of kippers. "Yum, kipper!"
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MariusLecter posted:One part of the High Holy Days Yom Kippur is named such because after the fasting it is traditional to have a dish of kippers. "Yum, kipper!" That's like every friday (fried fish day) for some trad catholics, they should get along better.
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MariusLecter posted:One part of the High Holy Days Yom Kippur is named such because after the fasting it is traditional to have a dish of kippers. "Yum, kipper!" You're thinking of Saint Swithin's day.
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Saints within saints
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Aunt Helga makes the best kippers
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We call her the madonna with the big boobies over here
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Baron von Eevl posted:You're thinking of Saint Swithin's day. Is it saint swithins day already?
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Tis!
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I thought there was a filmmaker who made a lot of Stephen King adaptations named Mick Flanagan. Turns out that's two guys on the same beat, one named Mick Garris and one named Mike Flanagan.
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