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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Who else appreciates Disco |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2024, 10:04 pm
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Replies: 18
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| SMH Americans. "Disco" comes from the french "Discothèque" which kind of arrived as I was born, The idea might not have percolated to the US for several years, and the musical style changed a lot during the move. Either way, even US disco was established in the late 60s whereas ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Russian court fines Google more than world’s GDP |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2024, 9:39 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 965
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| The funny thing is that "Google" is named after the "googol" which is a name invented by a mathematician for the number 10^100. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Who else appreciates Disco |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2024, 7:24 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Protopunk is late 60s My mother was listening to disco just after I was born (61), but you probably wouldn't count french disco as such. Not that I count protopunk as punk...the term is obviously coined afterwards. Your mom could not possibly have been "listening to disco in 1961" because... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Halloween Music |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2024, 11:19 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,027
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Scientists Propose Shooting $200 Trillion of Pulverized Diam |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2024, 3:47 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Hmmmm... So we got into this mess by burning wood, coal, and oil, all of which are made of...carbon! And we are going to solve it by filling the air with pulverized diamonds...which are made of...carbon. As soon as we we fill the planet's atmosphere with these little floating diamonds...some one wil... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Post a Horror Video For October |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 25 Oct 2024, 7:24 pm
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Replies: 89
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| If you're into films that combine the realms of spooks and the supernatural with...the world of high fashion...then "Personal Shopper" is just the thing for you! Actually- if it wasnt for an admirable performance by the star: Kristen Stewert the film would be even more incoherent than it i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Trump rambles on about Arnold Palmer's genitalia. |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 23 Oct 2024, 10:51 am
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Replies: 10
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| I am shocked ...shocked I tell you...at how you all are bad mouthing our only openly LBGTQ POTUS! Just because he hates Taylor Swift but "fell in love with" Kim Jong Un and is open about his awe of other men's ...equipment... is no reason to hate on him! Let Trump lust for whomever he choo... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Missouri AG says decreasing teen pregnancy hurts Missouri |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2024, 10:30 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,275
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| I have a theory about why they do this. And that this is Christian nationalism showing its true one color:White (is motivated more by racism/nationalism than by Christianity). If "Missouri desires company" (wants to beef up its population size in the face of the drop in birth rate there, a... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Central Park Five sue Trump for defamation |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2024, 6:01 pm
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Replies: 6
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Theyre suing him for "defamation". Not "deformation".
Humans can be un-famed. Car fenders can be "deformed". |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Election 2024: beware of emotions |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2024, 4:44 pm
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Replies: 55
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| Former Trump Whitehouse officials testify that Trump DID try to get every critic and rival in the nation arrested during that first term, Biden, Pelosi, media outlets shut down, etc. What stopped him was the checks and balances in the Constitution. Checks and balances that he has since cleverly unde... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What do cows like to read? |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2024, 10:05 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,449
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Halloween Music |
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Posted: 20 Oct 2024, 7:43 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,027
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| https://youtu.be/eMY5ddo8Zwg https://youtu.be/eMY5ddo8Zwg https://youtu.be/NJZQFlGPrwA https://youtu.be/NJZQFlGPrwA https://youtu.be/TaV1r341wYk https://youtu.be/TaV1r341wYk https://youtu.be/W3eN0e60Zco https://youtu.be/W3eN0e60Zco https://youtu.be/TaV1r341wYk |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Halloween Music |
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Posted: 20 Oct 2024, 7:37 pm
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| Nothing to do with Halloween...but unfortunately because of Hollywood everyone associates it with Dracula. https://youtu.be/ho9rZjlsyYY https://youtu.be/ho9rZjlsyYY In contrast many classical pieces do have a macabre theme. https://youtu.be/71fZhMXlGT4 https://youtu.be/71fZhMXlGT4 |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Satellite data shows up climate forecasts |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 20 Oct 2024, 10:37 am
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Replies: 250
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Satellite data shows up climate forecasts |
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Posted: 20 Oct 2024, 10:12 am
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Replies: 250
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| They grew all over the eastern US and eastern subarctic Canada before the White man came and introduce apples and pears. I never even heard of paw-paws until I was a gradeschool kid in the early 1960s, and heard this song. And I still didnt know what they were because Burl Ives never explained WHAT ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: A simple question about being a genius |
| naturalplastic |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2024, 5:11 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,354
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| I know next to nothing about cars , so didn't get this description of me on another forum 'Yes. You’ve got an 800HP engine under the hood, not your fault you came from the factory with Firestone tyres instead of Goodyear. You do a great job of assimilating and processing info. You just can’t do it ... |
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