merricat
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For me it’s probably November Rain by Guns N’ Roses!
What do you consider to be the greatest music video of all time?
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@Batfox_Pictures I watched this when it was on TV. I was 14 and I went from liking stuff like Hanson to heavy rock pretty much overnight. I think this performance had a lot to do with that
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Bringing a provocative edge to the Top Of The Pops stage in 1997, Placebo delivered “Nancy Boy” with its glam-tinged attitude, a track from their self titled debut from 1996 that became one of their early defining singles.
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@3ricsparrow @mickeyhynes Sounds interesting. I'll look into it, thanks. I'm in the UK, not far from Manchester so there may be something around here. Can't have any kid of mine going to Taylor Swift gigs and the like
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@MazzyMission @mickeyhynes there's a huge indie revival online that might even have a small local scene depending on where you live. obviously it's not exactly the same, it's more focused on electronic/hip hop stuff inspired by mid 00s indie (because kids can't afford to have bands now) but it's there.
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honestly most millennial things I hear about now - stomp clap, epic whisky guys, quirk chungus humor, etc. - barely even existed to me and people I knew outside of like popular (mass marketed corporate) media, niche reddit communities, and youtube channels for children
Haydn, 🇵🇸@bilbosfootcomb
Anyone else 30-35 remember when we bemoaned that the previous decades all had a vibe except ours
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@mickeyhynes @3ricsparrow Yeah I'm currently revisiting that 2002-3 era atm, as my teenager has just started getting into bands. What a time that was. I do hope there's an indie revival, I feel so bad that there's no decent scene (that I'm aware of) for her to grow into
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@3ricsparrow @MazzyMission It was an interesting time in music, to be sure. But 98-2001 was pretty weird, very much like 88-91, where you have a lot of fusion genres, but no real breakouts.
The Strokes really did reset the zeitgeist, especially in the UK. There was an explosion of bands after that.
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@mickeyhynes @3ricsparrow Yeah exactly, I was a 30-year old mother when these songs came out, they dont define my millenial youth at all
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@3ricsparrow Millennial encompasses 2-3 microgenerations. I started uni in 2002. I don't have a huge amount in common culturally with someone who started uni in 2012. No smartphones, and no social media until right at the end, in its very nascent, experimental era.
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That was not a stunt double.
That was Kaitlin Olson flying headfirst into a car door
sam 🍂@burritoprophet
i think kaitlin olson is the most gifted physical comedian we have
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A whole view of life is captured in the Old English word dūstsċēawung, which meant ‘dust-watching’ or ‘contemplation of dust’. People would watch motes of dust float in the sunlight, and think about how the dust used to be other things. A book, a tree, the walls of a city—a people, when it ceases to love itself—all will fade like the shouts of children on a summer day, or vanish like the memory of a dream. (IPA: [ˈduːstˌʃæɑ̯.wʊŋɡ])
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there’s actually a specific reason for this phenomenon and it’s scary... the hypothetical is that languages themselves are independent, evolving entities who govern the beings they hijack. the idea is that we don't even own our brains, we’re just biological rentals for a parasite that needs us to keep talking so it doesn’t die.
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The gap in my resume is from when darkness took me and I strayed out of thought and time. Stars wheeled overhead, and every day was as long as the life age of the earth. But it was not the end.
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@Heccles94 That was so excruciating to watch I dont think I can watch it ever again. His meek little voice as well
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It’s almost like he is a complete fraud trying to hide behind fake religion to cover up his sex crimes.
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@ViktorBlaskov @forresthopkinsa @peterrhague After that we have 2-6 years old, no way in hell do all of them have the abstraction to think this through. On top of that kids get taught to help other so again we would lose a big portion of the kids. But yes press red
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Amazing how lots of self appointed game theory experts confidently asserting that blue is the stupid choice. But every time this poll is run blue wins. Not only is the “game theory” answer predicting the wrong outcome, its explanatory power is based on it being able to predict the right answer. So it’s doubly wrong.
Tim Urban@waitbutwhy
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@BeuwenDragon @afuzejenkins @CoreyErgen @CJDGiesen @waitbutwhy Yes, people with no logical reasoning skills (like babies, dementia patients) do introduce chaos. If red wins, you have to be ok with the percentage of children dying equalling the percentage of children that will choose blue. Many people are not ok with that
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@afuzejenkins @CoreyErgen @CJDGiesen @waitbutwhy I just scroll through the replies to see people virtue signaling about their moral superiority For picking blue.
So my ‘tell” is just showing I have basic observation skills..
People who pick blue are introducing a chance for death, instead of a guarantee to live with Red.
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Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
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@Chris_arnade Detectorists is the perfect antidote to feeling crappy
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Guess I'm late to it, but Detectorists is wonderful. Funny, sweet, and low-key show that makes me want to go back and walk England some more.
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@TXMCtrades Changes in hormone levels can make you dream more, or more intensely. Pregnancy dreams are wild
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@Lean_SoberHeart @Eigon_fit - why", "I beg your pardon, why?", or "may I ask why". It's just more polite or formal
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@Lean_SoberHeart @Eigon_fit That's right. I haven't thought about it much before but you might say, for example, "why did you leave the milk out of the fridge?" to a family member, implying that that was wrong. To a stranger who you dont want to sound confrontational towards, you would say "Excuse me +
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Youは何しに日本へ？って友達のイギリス人Youに聞いたら
Why did you come to Japan?
は、正しいけど聞き方変えた方がいいと解説始まった話。
イ『失礼とまでは言わんけどね』
僕「まじか」
イ『合ってるけどWhyだと強い』
僕「じゃどうすれば？」
イ『いくつかおすすめあって
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