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What was the appeal of the sitcom "Keeping up Appearances"?

Why did it survive multiple series and two Roses?

Maybe I'm missing the humor as a United States citizen, but it seemed like the same lousy joke told over and over again.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

specialkid8 posted...

LookANinja posted...

I mean didn't he kinda go with it?

God, her voice was fucking awful. Was she even trying?

I hated that scene because there was one instance where she bent over and the animators had made the mistake of drawing two butt cracks for her.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

TheSextMachine posted...

Twin3Turbo posted...

TheSextMachine posted...

I remember the one with the N word and they both said it and showed it.

Showed it? Was it written down or something?

Someone spraypainted it on a locker.

One of the few episodes that reminded me that Steve Urkell is black.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Awesome posted...

you dodged a bullet, instead of worrying about getting killed after her male family members find out about you from her phone, you are free of that.

From all the honor killings I have heard of in the news, its the woman who is killed by her own family while the guy is ignored. This is especially the case if she were raped.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Ultima Dragon posted...

Also found from personal experience that non-westernized Asian women tend to care a lot less about looks or money.

South Korea says "Hi".
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

The Last of Us 2:

Ellen Page continues dodging mushroom tips.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Michael will be waiting at the gates to greet you...with a belt.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

voldothegr8 posted...

The laws of statistics dictate there has to be other intelligent life out there. There's so many stars and planets in the observable universe that we have to use exponents to describe it.

Now when they say we'll never meet other intelligent beings that could very well be true.

I read some of the paper. It asserts that the Drake Equation is highly flawed because it only takes 7 parameters into consideration. Its math is too shallow and its based on outdated knowledge of astronomy and chemistry. The author is putting forth a more statistically rigorous version of the Drake equation that is several magnitudes larger. He asserts that using his method makes the Fermi Paradox moot.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

That's a handsome guy. He looks better than his girlfriend.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Solar_Crimson posted...

GunmaN1905 posted...

Can't beat this:

WTF

I don't know, I think Ultra-Orthodox rabbis giving herpes to infants at their bris was the worst.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/baby-dies-herpes-virus-ritual-circumcision-nyc-orthodox/story?id=15888618

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-ultra-orthodox-jewish-babies-keep-getting-herpes
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

legendary_zell posted...

This is explicitly racial nationalist BS. It is racism and it's not acceptable or justifiable.

This is why I can't stand self-professed weeaboos, because deep down they internalize this despicable Japanese ultra-nationalistic BS despite not being Japanese. They are the Uncle Ruckus of asiaphiles.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

known2FAIL posted...

I guess the Anime "Naruto" was trying to counter some of this racism since how the Village treated Naruto for being the ninetails was VERY similar to what I just read.

Except for when they revealed that he was the son of a Hokage, which invalidated everything and meant he had the most nobility in his blood of them all. Because in Japan, bloodline is everything, and they teach this to their children through their entertainment.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

To be fair, April O'Neil was a light-skinned black woman or a latina in the first few TMNT comics.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Surprised EU fans are against this. It would have been the closest to the Yuzhan Vang storyline they could have got from Lucas.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

The rumor that has gone on for the longest is that Jada had a long time affair with Tisha Campbell back in the 90s. They knew each other through Ta'china Arnold and MC Lyte, who were once roomates.

In fact, there is a further rumor that Will Smith is Jada's beard. She lets him fuck whoever, and she can go and fuck Tisha Campbell and other women on the down low.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Dreams are those weird instances where the memories will disappear soon after waking up unless you make a conscious effort to remember it before getting out of bed. I remember having to do a dream journal for a class, and this is one of the things the teacher recommended we do.

Evidently, remembering dreams are given low priority in the brain, which considers it useless junk in the same way as it does glancing over the ingredient list on the back of a product. You have to kind of "write" them into long term memory soon after you wake up by recalling as much of it as you can before you forget.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

BLAKUboy posted...

PanzerElite posted...

Tom Holland is gay? I didn't know that.

No.

I thought he was and that he has a boyfriend. Supposedly they were inseparable and they even went on vacation together to celebrate filming on Homecoming wrapping up.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

He's gay and he's just expressing his cultural heritage, so it's fine. The creepy bit is how much Zendaya looks like Bruno Mars.

Also kudos for him, he soaked every single pair of panties in the house and probably also stretched a few boxers too.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

I often feel the same way too, TC. But then I think that there's nothing I could do about what happened then, but I'm still able to do something about now. The most difficult thing for me is believing in it though.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Lets take 4 / 2
You can multiply 2 by 2 to get 4.

Now lets take 2 / 0
What could you possibly multiply 0 by to get 2?
You are just going to end up with 0 all over again.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

AlephZero posted...

me with my favorite truck B)

What's your profession? Do you own it yourself, or is it employee property? I had a former roommate back in college who was training to be a veterinarian. He donated his time for a non-profit that rescued animals, and they lent him a truck he kept at his off campus apartment. I tried to talk him into lending me his truck to help me move out of my dorm one summer, but he was very protective of it and refused.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Foppe posted...

What people seem to forget is that it existed multiple Messiah candidates back then, and they all did different kind of magic.
Some of these traits were later added to Jesus, like the story of turning water into wine.
Even the Bible mentions one of the candidates, John the Baptist.

A modern example:

Rabbi Manachem Schneerson who was part of Chabad and the the Lubbavicher movement. He died back in 1991, but certain followers of his believe he was the Messiah. The organization leadership condemns it though to stay in the graces of the rest of the Jewish sects. Some of the more heretical beliefs are that he didn't rely die, but ascended into heaven like the Prophet Elijah and would come again to usher in HaOlam (The world to come). The most heretical one and an extreme minority view among the Messianic Lubbavishers is that he IS the incarnation of God. Look familiar?

Modern Judaism is very different from 1st century Judaism. It evolved over the centuries in response to the religions around it, especially Eastern Christianity and Islam. And it will continue to evolve into the future despite the Conservative and Ultra-Conservative Movements that rise up in reaction to it.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Darklit_Minuet posted...

Why didn't God just slaughter Roman newborns? He had no problem doing that in Egypt

Because the Judeo-Christian God most likely does not exist? I'm agnostic, weak atheist, so I'm biased toward secularism.

I go along with the mainstream that there was a historical Jesus, but he was a regular human being who was crucified. He wasn't supernatural, and most of the theology his followers made that surrounds him was after the fact to explain why he failed as the Jewish Messiah.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

CarlGrimes posted...

I have seen full UK breakfasts and you lie.
https://imgur.com/P02oDjb

Traditional English dishes used to turn me off for the longest because half the dishes' names sound like venereal diseases.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Wetterdew posted...

How is it okay to tell slaves to be complacent with their situation?

The Roman government saw early Christianity as a threat since a major reason slaves flocked to the movement was because Jesus taught all were equal, both slave and free. They were afraid of slave revolts led by Christian slaves.

The early Church didn't want to suffer a Roman crackdown, so they told all their Christian members who were slaves to obey their masters, to assuage the worries of the Empire. The slaves went along with it because they thought it was a temporary deal and that Jesus would come back in their lifetime to free them all and to rule on Earth as the Messiah.

That's the political reason for its inclusion in Letters. Any moral interpretations were from Christian apologists in the Middle Ages that were made outside of its historical context. It doesn't excuse it, but it does explain the why of that passage.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

NeverOffended posted...

Appreciate it, I will check it out!

It's a really good series. It forced me to see the Old Testament as a collection of political documents of their day using stories from the past to make what at that time were contemporary arguments.

For example, there were members of the Jewish tribal elite who were against the idea of the Jews bringing back the kingship, so they wrote negative things about Saul, David, and Solomon. The elite who supported the kingship wrote about all their accomplishments.

Another thing was that during Solomon's reign, Israel was extremely affluent and non-Jews were immigrating there and doing business. Solomon wanted the Kingdom to become a melting pot, but there were a group of nationalists who wanted to run all the non-Jews out. They won out and Solomon was demonized in the Tanakh. They tried to tie every failure in his reign to his tolerance of non-Jews.

Then there is the argument that Ruth was written to convince a Jewish audience that Jewish converts could be just as good a Jew as a born one. It was suggested that this was in reaction to Samaritans and non-Israelites that were inhabiting the land during the exile converting during the time of the Deuteronomists.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

NeverOffended posted...

It's even more simple when you do proper research to "realize" it came from the Sumerians.

Here's the online class lecture series at Yale where I got my information. It's by Christine Hayes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo-YL-lv3RY&list=PLh9mgdi4rNeyuvTEbD-Ei0JdMUujXfyWi

To paraphrase a good 25 hours, most of the Tanakh was written after the Babylonian exile by the Deuteronomists, who edited their oral history to reflect their own theology at that time. The main question they faced was why their God would break up the ancient tribes of Israel, banish them for over 1000 years, then decide to send Cyrus the Great to repatriate them back to their ancestral homeland. The Tanakh is a terrible source for history, but its a great way to see what were the controversies, concerns, and positions the Jews held around the time of the building of the Temple.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

known2FAIL posted...

I never thought about that...

Certain Jewish sects believe Satan is Samael, the Angel of Death, and that he works for God by testing humanity. After all:

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things. -Isaiah 45:7
JPS Tanakh 1917

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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

known2FAIL posted...

So many stories that make you ask... "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Seriously.

It's simple when you realize God is the after the fact explanation the Israelite's came up with to explain every good or bad thing that happened to them throughout history. Or in certain cases, the excuse for why they did it.

Would it surprise you to know that there are a handful of bat-shit insane small Haredi congregations that believe the Holocaust was God's punishment for the Jews becoming more secular and attempting to assimilate into Gentile society? It's a monstrous belief, but It would certainly fit the Old Testament God's MO.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

EA is a front created by Jack Thompson to destroy the console gaming industry.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Holzknecht Polka

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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

HagenEx posted...

Hot mixed girl. Nathalie Emmanuel. She's a gift from the gods.

She's proof that God meant for humanity to reject racism and fuck each other's brains out.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

It was terrible what she had to go through just to voice her opinions.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

I did a lot of print work using Photoshop at my old job. It's a lot more work, but it's better to use work paths and masks to isolate the subject from the background before doing touch ups. That way, the background stays untouched until you decide to merge the image layers.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

LIsJustice posted...

Sam needs to make it home :(

He can't. By helping Al out, they ended up never meeting to create the Quantum Leap program and he wrote himself out of history. The only way to fix that would be to condemn Al once again to years of torture in a POW camp.

Anyway, there is still a version of Sam living in the altered timeline who knows nothing about Al or the Quantum Leap technology.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

The Money bin is a fraction of his worth. In a comic he competed against John D Rockerduck to impress a sultan by determining whose wealth in currency weighed the most. Scrooge submitted his whole money bin because he felt it would be enough to win, but Rockerduck topped it and gloated that he was the richest in the world. Scrooge sent a wire and a lot more money was air dropped, tipping the scale in his favor. Rockerduck was astonished, but Scrooge said the Money bin is only a fraction and that he keeps because he enjoys being around money. The vast majority of his wealth is in banks collecting interest.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

"Helluva" by Brotherhood Creed is also partially shot in a mall.


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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

P4wn4g3 posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

P4wn4g3 posted...

BB mofo posted...

The guy fucked his step-granddaughter. How is this surprising?

Really?

https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/edena-hines-morgan-freema_n_229070
Starting when she was a teenager

Ah well then.

Robot Chicken even lampooned it.

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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

The guy fucked his step-granddaughter. How is this surprising?
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

C

US Society are hypocrites anyway considering they had no problem with network television showing African women's breasts and African men's genitals on network television back in the day. They even overlooked showing minors nude because "that was their culture". I remember the only reason Chaka Zulu was aired without controversy was because all the nudity involved black South African actresses playing 19th century Zulu characters. Yet network censors would throw a shit fit if it was a white woman.

Personally, I was way more upset with the double standard than the breasts, yet the fact that society didn't disintegrate showed me the top free movement were onto something.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

HBOSS posted...

SSJ2GrimReaper posted...

He looks like the irl version of Steve from American Dad

this

Considering the amount of IRL fangirls who swoon over Steve's singing, this would explain a lot.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

yusiko posted...

actually pretty impressive

I heard her being interviewed about this on a talk show. It's because she took both gymnastics and competitive judo from childhood up through college.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

I'd advise anyone who feels they are an incel not to identify or announce themselves as one. It's turned into a label meant to separate you from the rest of society, including those who can help you, and to inculcate you into a self-destructive ideology. It might have been a way for people with shared experiences to commiserate over their problems, but it has since been subverted and twisted by hostile interests who care nothing about you for their own benefit (cough, Vladimir Putin).

You are suffering from loneliness and depression, the things you felt before anyone introduced you to the term "incel." Throwing away the label is a good first step toward feeling better about yourself because you no longer have to tie your suffering to someone else's hatred.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

I'm black.

I celebrate Cinco De Mayo because the French defeat prevented the French from intervening in the American Civil War on the side of the Confederacy.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

Japanese companies broke the social contract with their work force in the early 90s. Young men don't want to be loyal to a company who can fire and mistreat them at will. They don't want to raise a family they have very little emotional connection to due to the long hours they work. They do not want to live like their Showa generation fathers.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

ForestLogic posted...

Same boat as you though, never liked the guy, and so happy the rest of the world is starting to agree he's an asshole.

KINDERFELD posted...

I will admit that he's an egomaniac and very arrogant but he's my husband's hero so I'm forced to watch his shows on Netflix and I actually started liking how opened he is to other cultures and he's actually a deep person and very wise.

Finding theoretical scientists willing to engage the public is still a large problem. Brian Greene brought this up in an interview once. Scientists look down on these other scientists, which discourages their peers from participating. Their reasoning is that they're spending too much time being celebrities on TV and not enough time doing actual science.

I don't like Tyson very much, but I still appreciate what he does for the public, especially for minority children who I feel need a role model who will encourage them into pursuing STEM.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

ThyCorndog posted...

I wonder if that's how Creole/etc languages look like to French/etc speakers

Indecipherable actually.

(Louisiana Creole) Mo cochon to.
(Cajun French) Je suis un cochon pour toi.

(Louisiana Creole) Tule ton son ton.
(Louisiana French) Tous les temps en temps.

(Louisiana Creole) Mochin Cabree Charlie.
(Louisiana French) Charlie Mon Cabrille.

(Louisiana Creole) Zydeco pa sale.
(Louisiana French) Les haricots ne sont pas sales.

(Louisiana Creole) Mo linm Paris.
(Louisiana French) Paris, je t'aime.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

SMAP- posted...

Bio1590 posted...

Alton Brown is the Neil DeGrasse Tyson of food.

Never sully the great name of Alton Brown like that again

It's kind of amazing it took so long for people to turn on Tyson. I couldn't stand the guy since the early 2000s. He's curator of a museum and therefore an educator to the public on scientific matters, but for years he neglected his responsibilities by excluding Pluto from the planetary display as a personal protest against the IAU. When the IAU decided to reclassify Pluto, he flips and says the decision must be respected and to go against it is to go against the march of science. He then goes on a victory lap in the media mocking anyone who disagreed with the IAU's definition of a planet.

What a hypocrite.
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain

It's not just white guys. Every cult, army, and terrorist group uses sexual frustration and to control and indoctrinate their members. This also works on women.

Back in WW2, the military convinced Hollywood that Tex Avery's Little Red Hot Riding Hood shouldn't be censored under the Hayes code. They argued that the sexual innuendo would further sexually frustrate soldiers and the women left at home to fight harder and work harder in the factories. This was a tactic the military used in conjunction with entertainment media in general (Pin-up models, SO shows, war-romance movies).
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"But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?"
-Mark Twain