minorities or murder suicide by middle aged family
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We were at Madame Tussauds on Saturday. My kids just walked past Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.Ty wrote:
Yes but that's because the overwhelming majority of people are wilfully ignorant towards anything that doesn't effect them directly. You try to engage them in a discussion about something and unless it's a topic they happen to be interested in you get nothing because they can't contribute anything. There's nothing wrong with a little general knowledge, so many people don't seem to have it and it's like talking to a brick wall.Macbeth wrote:
I am 100% sure the overwhelming majority of people my age and younger have no clue who this guy is and will not miss him.Ty wrote:
Though I imagine in younger generations he'll mostly be remembered for being Mermaid Man in Spongebob. That guy still cracks me up.
I forgot what my point was. I think it was my general dislike of the people who say "who cares" to any news event, including the ol' celebrity death story. Some people do care, and they're generally the interesting ones.
Both of you, if it's before my time, why would I go digging up things that don't directly affect me unless I had a particular interest in the subject?Ilocano wrote:
We were at Madame Tussauds on Saturday. My kids just walked past Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.Ty wrote:
Yes but that's because the overwhelming majority of people are wilfully ignorant towards anything that doesn't effect them directly. You try to engage them in a discussion about something and unless it's a topic they happen to be interested in you get nothing because they can't contribute anything. There's nothing wrong with a little general knowledge, so many people don't seem to have it and it's like talking to a brick wall.Macbeth wrote:
I am 100% sure the overwhelming majority of people my age and younger have no clue who this guy is and will not miss him.
I forgot what my point was. I think it was my general dislike of the people who say "who cares" to any news event, including the ol' celebrity death story. Some people do care, and they're generally the interesting ones.
And on the same floor, while my wife did not know most of the classic figures, she had no problem sitting with Audrey Hepburn./rolls eyes
i have a general dislike for when people say "good innings" when someone elderly dies.Ty wrote:
Yes but that's because the overwhelming majority of people are wilfully ignorant towards anything that doesn't effect them directly. You try to engage them in a discussion about something and unless it's a topic they happen to be interested in you get nothing because they can't contribute anything. There's nothing wrong with a little general knowledge, so many people don't seem to have it and it's like talking to a brick wall.Macbeth wrote:
I am 100% sure the overwhelming majority of people my age and younger have no clue who this guy is and will not miss him.Ty wrote:
Though I imagine in younger generations he'll mostly be remembered for being Mermaid Man in Spongebob. That guy still cracks me up.
I forgot what my point was. I think it was my general dislike of the people who say "who cares" to any news event, including the ol' celebrity death story. Some people do care, and they're generally the interesting ones.
Because my interest in knowing or caring is not just limited to those that only directly affect me. For example, the intentional destruction of those buddhist statues in Afghanistan.PrivateVendetta wrote:
Both of you, if it's before my time, why would I go digging up things that don't directly affect me unless I had a particular interest in the subject?
The sixties had their film stars, so did the seventies. They were big in that era, but it doesn't really interest me unless they did something more noteworthy than be a good actor or whatever, because we have those now.
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dying*Ilocano wrote:
I'll gladly take "good innings" over dieing young.