@Recursion_Agent I didn't do any of those kind of lessons but then again I was in college and yes I'm Gen X
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Christy LeDuc
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I have my BS in Entomology and have been doing community outreach about insects for over 11 years at the Oakland Nature Preserve @oaklandpreserve She/her
Winter Garden, FL เข้าร่วม Ocak 2010
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Almost no one, except millions of schoolchildren, because one of the astronauts was a teacher.
There's a reason it's a generation X trauma more than any other. Not only were we watching live, we'd spent weeks doing "teacher in space" activities ahead of it, and some of us even dressed up that day.
We literally shared classrooms so everyone could see it, gaslighting fuck.
Dave W Plummer@davepl1968
99.9% of people who "experienced" the Challenger disaster saw it on replay and now remember it as live. Almost NO ONE was watching. Everyone thinks they were. It's a fascinating collective false memory.
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@nickimoraa Not just traumatic for GenX. But for anyone who saw Challenger. .
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@countyingula123 @nickimoraa Gen X was starting college when that thing went up
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@SallyN218 @nickimoraa You must have been really old when you went to college because I was in college in 1986 and I'm Gen x
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@nickimoraa Not just Gen X. I was in college, watching before going to my work study job, and remember it vividly. I broke the news to everyone at work.
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@nickimoraa Here's what I don't get. There've been lots of shuttle launches since 1986. And Challenger wasn't a moon mission. So why is this causing PTSD for people?
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@clarke_san18335 @nickimoraa I agree. It's a bunch of whiny nonsense. Plus with global warming we probably won't get that cold a day for a launch again
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@nickimoraa What nonsense, there were MANY successful launches after Challenger and the problem that caused the Challenger accident (o-rings) was fixed. it's not a problem any more.
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@Stubborn_eshu @nickimoraa I'm Gen x and it doesn't. Plus why pray it's the same God that blew up the Challenger
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@nickimoraa Challenger’s shadow still lingers for Gen X, turning every launch into a quiet, anxious prayer for safe ascent.
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@nickimoraa I am Gen x and have watched tons of launches and have no anxiety about it because of the Challenger
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@GijsVWinkelhof I'm sorry the pink makes you homophobic and it's not Barbie pink
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@cmlebugg I don’t agree. Now it looks like a shining star, no longer like a Barbie castle 🤭
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It looks SO much better now! As someone who’s surrounded by real castles, the pink castle always looked really inauthentic to me. I’m glad it now has natural stone colors.
BlogMickey.com@Blog_Mickey
I took both of these photos, and I don't even believe it
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@Blog_Mickey I know. I can't believe they went back to a boring ugly color
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I took both of these photos, and I don't even believe it
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@foreveralone11w No, because I know there's been a ton of launches between that one and now the rest of you act like there's only been one other launch in the entire history of time
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@koulakarma Do you hold your breath for every launch or just this one cuz there's been a ton of launches in between the two
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@Defunctland @awesomemixnick They’re not eating the hair, they’re using it for nesting material
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The Environmental Animatronic Rule of Threes dictates that one more beloved character will fall in the coming days.
Pop Base@PopBase
Two crows were filmed eating Rapunzel’s hair at Tokyo DisneySea. The animatronic has since been removed.
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In a shocking stunner, Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro is out, and two-time former CEO Bob Iger is once again heading Disney. D’Amaro now becomes the shortest tenured CEO in Disney history. Iger appears set to be CEO for life. You really just can’t make this stuff up!
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@Dr_GrantSeeker @vmp_III Those big fake owls don't work either because the birds will figure out their fake eventually
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@vmp_III Yeah they will probably make statues warding birds off. Sorta like how on roofs around the USA they have big fake owls so that no bird comes near
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Oh no!!! Hands off blondie crows. See this is what’s gunna happen when villains land opens up. Maleficent’s birds are gunna mess with new fantasyland and we are gunna have a civil war in Magic Kingdom!! 😂
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@emzanotti Like you said you don't remember that part. It was common to watch the shuttle launches at least here in Florida
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I remember Columbia, not Challenger, but I think this is wrong. Teachers competed for Christa McAuliffe’s spot. There was a full court press on incorporating Challenger into elementary education. It wasn’t typical to watch a shuttle liftoff, but Challenger’s was intentionally broadcast to schools.
Dave W Plummer@davepl1968
99.9% of people who "experienced" the Challenger disaster saw it on replay and now remember it as live. Almost NO ONE was watching. Everyone thinks they were. It's a fascinating collective false memory.
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@Dr_GrantSeeker @Chloe444___ The statue would only work for a short while until the birds realize it's fake and crows are really smart birds
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@cmlebugg @Chloe444___ Oof. I really don’t want to lose the effect. It’s been working for years without problem. Maybe add a fake statue of a beast that would scare them away? Use different material for the hair?
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@Mickey_Central Pay raises for all cast members would have been a better one than a stupid fountain
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WOAH! Brand new Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro has quietly unveiled plans to build a successor to the Fountain of Nations where a planter currently sits in the center of EPCOT. Not a bad first official move as CEO!
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@Dr_GrantSeeker @crematedplastic Jetpacks have been around since like the '60s. They're just very impractical
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@crematedplastic It’s wild how they actually had a stunt man flying. I read a while back about what he used. It’s like an air propulsion device. Easier to just call it a jet pack
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Woooooow... Bring the Rocketeer back to the parks! Now! The Rocketeer needs more love. So underrated.
Grant Seeker@Dr_GrantSeeker
The Rocketeer used to fly around in a “jet pack” as part of the 1991 Sorcery in the Sky Fireworks! 🎇WILD. Take me back!
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