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root_beer,
  1. Isn’t “lasagna”, as we refer to it, technically a casserole made with layers of lasagne, cheese, and sauce? Not that “casserole” is a category, but I’m just being pedantic at this point, soz
  2. I’ve always maintained that pizza is a tart rather than a pie
root_beer,

This was my adolescence except miles removed from Cowtown, the second largest municipality in Pigshit County, Ohio. People wanna talk about car culture and how the suburbs ruined everything, and I get it, but rural life as a teen was depression on top of the depression I’d already developed in elementary school.

If I hadn’t been able to drive my busted-ass ‘85 Toyota Van when I was 17 I don’t know if I would have made it to 18, I was hanging on by a frayed thread. Even then, my hometown was utterly worthless, I’d have to go at least half an hour on the highway to go somewhere with a veneer of life.

I would love for the semi-rural suburb where I currently live to modernize and become walkable and bikeable, but I’ll still take this any day over what I had 25 years ago.

root_beer, (edited )

I do this, but I’ve found that rotating along the sagittal axis—six to ten times per hour—gives it that little extra zhuzh, chef’s kiss

Think rotisserie, but without the impalement or the intense heat

root_beer,

I don’t miss the constant carping on Reddit about reposts for this very reason, not everyone is online 25/7

root_beer,

Except it’s not exactly involuntary for them, is it? People who subscribe to that ideology are undateable because they become awful, toxic people, which can be changed.

root_beer, (edited )

Psh, nice shameless plug for your community bro

…to which I’ll subscribe as soon as I can

root_beer,

“Communes”, populated by “commies”?

root_beer,

There’s a hitler youth knife in there that might catch their eye if they’re pushed too far, when that tshirt with the skeleton biker holding the ace of spades in one hand and flipping the bird with the other isn’t enough

root_beer,

Or a bartender who wants to claim all the credit for the hot new drink that’s taken the town by storm

root_beer,

Older millennials too, I don’t give a shit about Blue’s Clues. Then again, I’m dead inside, just like an older millennial

root_beer,

Same, I was 15. Maybe it should be Atreyu crying out for Artax for Gen Xers and Xennials

root_beer,

I fell off from Friends and Frasier years before they ended, partially because I didn’t have time to watch tv at that point, but for Friends it was also because I just didn’t care anymore. Not sure whether I can really say I was representative of the Xennial demographic though. The finale of Roseanne, on the other hand, was the groaner of a punchline to the hack comedian’s joke that the final season was, so it certainly wasn’t iconic either.

That scene from Fresh Prince that you picked is a great one. I made another comment suggesting Atreyu trying to save Artax, and I suppose I should add the super dark finale of Dinosaurs. Otherwise I can’t think of much else; so many of the iconic characters I grew up watching wore out their welcomes because tv execs in the ‘90s somehow figured out how to suffocate the lightning they caught in a bottle.

root_beer,

My high school history teacher idolized Goldwater, but Goldwater would have hated him.

Fun anecdote: The eurozone once came up in discussion and he said that he and one of the hyper-Christian students in our class were going to march down to Washington and warn them about the impending one-world currency and the coming of the end times 🎉🥂🎉

root_beer, (edited )

Oh, not just music. I’ve seen people comment about the ‘80s, when they made… [heavy, plaintive sigh]… REAL cartoons. For christ’s sake…

root_beer, (edited )

—Every. Single. YouTube comment section. For videos of vintage media

root_beer,

This is the reason, yeah, at least according to what I’d read on Wikipedia (I’d just learned this “funny story” myself a few minutes before reading the comment above). I wanted to see if there was anything that could confirm it, but I’m not paying $70 to purchase the standard (NECA 130-2010) where it may be written.

root_beer,

Word. The only tools I use with batteries are my lawn mower, leaf blower, and weed whacker. Otherwise, cords are fine.

root_beer,

Weird, I always thought that Gillette used the Selective Service registration in figuring out who to reach

Also, could the power tool companies afford to give power tools away like that? A razor is one thing but a cordless drill?

root_beer,

He’s seen the Hunter pics, he meant what he said and said what he meant

root_beer,

I guess it also warrants asking, what good, if any, did Reagan do for America?

root_beer,

Amen brrrrother

root_beer,

Oh god I don’t know man I’d be jonesin’ for some ‘pass if I stop using it for too long

Totally worth losing out on that $250 million not go into withdrawal

root_beer,

Hell, burgers are the only thing I’d consider it for, and even then I’ll look for something else first more often than not

root_beer,

(PS: it was flatbread with corn and ham as the only toppings)

You’re leaving out the mayo though, aren’t you?

root_beer,

Kool-Aid. Sharkleberry Fin.

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