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16-BITTER posted...

Orlando Jones wasn't a child actor

Whoever that dude was that played on "That's So Raven." Orlando Brown. Interview in question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kagfHv7J6BY

Darius McRary played in Mississippi Burning, which caused him to have a breakdown on the set of Designing Women. The director didn't give a shit about him and kept pushing him. His mom had an argument with the director and he was fired from the show. He credits his mom for protecting him from the worst of the business.

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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 that played Eddie Winslow on Family Matters once made a good point in a DJ Vlad interview. Child acting tends to attract scumbag parents who see and use their kid as a cash cow. He considered himself lucky because he wasn't pushed into acting and his parents threatened to yank him out of it if his grades slipped. But his friend Orlando Jones was the bread winner of his family and his parents yanked him out of school regularly so he could keep acting.

In the worst case scenarios, parents have pimped their kids out to child molesters with power in the industry to advance their kid's career (like what happened with Shirley Temple). A scrupulous parent who legitimately cared for their kid would have pulled their kid out of that situation. Going back to Orlando Jones, even if he never was a child actor he still wouldn't have stood a chance by just having those parents.


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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

g0ldie posted...

yea iirc, it almost made Kylie Jenner a billionaire, too.

Kylie Jenner's make up line was a scam. She was shipping used applicators to customers. Even bottles of nail polish were sealed improperly with the shit dried up on the inside.

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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 respect dudes that wear a nice clean set of pajamas to bed. It shows class, like they think so highly of themselves that they consider themselves worth pampering. Pajamas are the smoking jackets of night wear.

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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

alphagamble posted...

Are the maternity laws that bad in America?

Depends which state you are in, but federally it sucks.

My company also didn't have lactation rooms 10 years ago, but were forced to after our company grew in size. We had been in violation of California law according to a work place auditor we had hired. Bathrooms did not cut it because they were unsanitary. It was an easy fix though. We just converted one of our unused office rooms.

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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

Grischnak posted...

If I lived in the Purge universe version of United States I'd move out of the country long before any Purge night. Fuck that shit.

They actually do that. There's one movie where an exec casually dropped that he scheduled his vacation out of the country around the purge.

Thaumaturge posted...

There are a couple of people who are "exempt" from the Purge. Meaning you can't legally kill them. I'd kill them. They're the ones responsible for it, after all.

Congress folk are exempt. There's one based around a Congress woman trying to convince Congress to stop the Purge. She used her status as a way to move freely through the Purge to expose it on camera. And yah, she was still in danger because not every purger recognizes her or her exemption badge.

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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

Zikten posted...

In the lore of the series, the Purge was invented to harm the poor and help elevate the rich. Most elites are untouchable either by law or because they have so much power to protect themselves

IIRC the government also used it as a way to solve the homeless problem. It comes out that very few purge, they just hole up in their homes and wait the night out. Most of the roving bands are actually either white supremacist militia types, rival gangs, or law enforcement masquerading as purgers killing off the homeless.

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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

This reminds me of an SCP story about a neutralized SCP that was an ordinary octopus. The only thing remarkable about him was that he chose to communicate with humans, something that a large number of octopus could also do. He was friendly with the researchers until his death from old age.

He told the researchers that humanity had doomed itself to extinction, and that octopuses and crows were at war with each other over who would take humanity's place as the next dominant species.

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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

BeyondWalls posted...

Because He-Man was supposed to be Conan the barbarian with a space laser. But Filmation came along and decided he needed a Clark Kent like secret identity for the show, so they worked backwards and gave him pants.

To be fair, "Thundarr the Barbarian" came out before He-man and its plot was very similar to the He-man toyline. The He-man cartoon had to change it up or else children would pick up on the similarities.

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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

Some Congress member probably binged "Black Mirror" and saw the Bryce Dallas Howard episode.

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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

Zikten posted...

They believe God is evil. Jesus too.

Jesus wasn't considered evil perse. Some gnostic sects like the Docetists thought he was a regular mortal with faults who was then possessed by a higher being that left him just before his crucifixion. The higher being ascended, leaving the mortal he possessed to suffer and die on the cross. Jesus the mortal was considered evil in the same way that they considered stone, wood, flesh and all forms of matter to be evil and therefore something to be escaped.

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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

Shezarr posted...

Uhh, no. Lmao.

There was a crap proposal for an EU comic back in the 90s where it was revealed a group of Earthers from our distant future were flung into our very distant past and became the founding population of Star Wars humans. This was a million years before the Old Republic, and the descendants of these humans forgot their species' origin. I remember reading this on Wookiepedia.

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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

My favorite Talking Heads song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9gK2fOq4MY

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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

Reuben's wasn't even in the theater proper when the cops spotted him. He was standing around near the concessions when they found him. Was he trying to escape? Maybe.

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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

Questionmarktarius posted...

Thirty years ago, porno theaters still existed.

There used to be a porn theatre on Sunset Blvd called the Pussycat Theater that was once a Los Angeles landmark. The building exterior is still there, but the name and logo is gone and the interior has been converted into a banquet hall.

It still creeps me out whenever I drive past the ocassional wedding or other function and I see well dressed little kids running in and out of the building.

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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

Kinny100 posted...

japan culturally appropriated sushi from the mainland

I remember a Chinese national once telling me how sushi came to Japan. Chinese merchants would transport fish to Japan wrapped in rice to ferment and preserve it. You were supposed to remove the fish from the rice, but no one gave Japanese customers the memo, so they ate it rice and all. I never cared to check if the guy was bullshitting me or not.

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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 poach apples and keep them in the fridge. I'm trying to learn how to can poached fruits like my great grandmother used to.

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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

slk_23 posted...

Has anybody actually tested this before? Maybe it's hot enough for some people to want to try sleeping by a fan, but I'm worried that they may not be able to report the results if they actually die from it.

I have a fan blowing on low every night, but it's not pointed at my bed. I just sleep better with the white noise it provides.

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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

There was that Netflix movie "Messiah" about the Second Coming. The dude they picked to portray Jesus looked like an Arab underwear model with long flowing hair.

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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

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Hey now, they didn't kill her. Unless you mean character assassination. In that case, yeah, they absolutely did.

Didn't help that they allowed that horrible rumor spread unchallenged that Kes's actress was fired due to drug abuse.

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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

creativerealms posted...

Occam's razor: The simplest solution (answer) is most likely the right one

I was listening to a lecture by theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder. She felt that modern theoretical physics was too preoccupied with looking for "beautiful" answers. She believed a lot of workable theories for long standing problems that fit the observations were rejected by the community because they were too complex and messy. Instead they would rather prop up "beautiful" simple models even if they introduce new unobserved particles.

It should be mentioned she prefers modified gravity models (MOND) over theoretical dark matter particles (WIMPs and MACHOs). She also thinks Many-Worlds and the Multiverse theories are religion for scientists.

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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

creativerealms posted...

That's the problem. He's not that type of writer. I don't he keeps a lot of physical notes.

That's surprising. I got the feeling GRRM gave D&D a rough draft of how he planned to end it, but they screwed it up so badly he now has to come up with something new for the novels.

GRRMs dilemma in the novels was how to get all his characters back together at the right place and time for the final book without it looking contrived considering they are scattered all over his world. D&D made his job harder because he has to come up with a different ending on top of that.

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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

Beltran was the only cast member at the time of Voyager making noise in the media about how bad the show was. For this, he had a lot of supporters in the fandom who also hated Voyager. He also acted as an unofficial spokesperson for the minority actors on the show. He was on a roll when he mentioned how Garrett Wang was the most mainstream of the actors due to being voted one of the sexiest men in a magazine, but hardly had screen time.

If the production fired Beltran, they were afraid it would validate every criticism he made about the show and how they treated the cast to the press. Instead, the producers tried to appease him through preferential treatment. They gave him Chakotay specific episodes, more screen time, and they hooked his character up with 7 of 9, who was the most popular character at the time.

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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 "sneaking" mascot is based on the old Burger King helium pumps they once used for birthday ballons at Burger King. I haven't been inside a Burger King in almost two decades. I wonder if they still have those pumps.

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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

IMO it was doomed to failure because it was organized by Anarchists. In interviews, they said they went out of their way to not have a unified message or face because they didn't want a single group to be dominating the protest. It was whatever you wanted to protest about (women's rights, police brutality, racism, the environment, labor rights).

They didn't have a unifying message so the media was obliged to make one for them, and it wasn't flattering.

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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

jumi posted...

Not really. Even if you know someone is lying, you don't know the truth (unless it's a yes or no question) and you can't prove it in court.

It would help you not convict innocent people, though.

It also won't help if the subject truly believes in what they are saying even though it is false. I've read comics where someone got past telepaths and lie detectors by brainwashing themselves or altering their memories. They could Light Yagami their way past those things. It wouldn't do a thing against Manchurian candidates.

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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 had a nightmare where I had the power to turn invisible, but only when I held my breath. I was using it to escape some creatures that were trying to kill me.

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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

Timmy Turner and Danny Phantom need to stay out of the running. Hartman doesn't deserve any more accolades.

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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 wouldn't call it THE darkest day, definitely one of the darkest days, but it was certainly tied with when Confederate troops nearly took Washington DC back in 1864.

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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

Awesker002 posted...

Too bad she doesn't acknowledge her Iranian-American background. The only time she let a hint drop was when she spoke a few lines of Farsi on JAG.

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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

IfGodCouldDie posted...

I find this hard to believe, unless it was due to exchange rate.

Certain asshole Canadian customers wouldn't leave a tip. In the rare instance where the American server confronted them, they'd apologize and say they didn't know about American tipping culture, or they'd get indignant and say back in Canada, servers don't get or expect tips. If they do leave a tip, it is an extremely low amount. Either way, they believe they're taking advantage of American ignorance of the world outside their country.

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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

Awesker002 posted...

uwnim posted...

Someone in that topic said racist Americans are using it to refer to black people. Is that actually a thing?

I have heard it used in that context before.

IIRC it started in the restaurant service industry near the US-Canadian border. Canadians were stereotyped as being lousy tippers so waiters warned each other if a table was full of Canadians. Blacks were also believed to be lousy tippers, but it would contribute to a hostile work place to say to avoid a table full of blacks. Service just called them Canadians too since it still got the point across not to expect a good tip.

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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

IIRC Billy Dee Williams took advantage of the production team's ignorance of Batman continuity to sign up for Harvey Dent. He used to read Batman comics so he already knew his character would become Two-face. He was signed for multiple movies. When Warner Bros decided to use the villain, they discovered their mistake and paid out the rest of Williams's contract so that they could recast the role.

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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

Afro-textured hair is actually very dry, making it fragile. Shampoo your hair at most twice a week, with two to three day intervals in between. All other days, merely rinse and pat dry. If you shampoo every day, you end up washing out the natural oils that protect your hair, making it even more dry and brittle.

There's a cliche about black women not liking their hair touched or soaked, but it's a good practice for black men to adopt.

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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

BlackJackCat posted...

The apocrypha is hella interesting, especially because you have to wonder at what context they were supposed to have, if any.

It's a weak theory of mine, but I believe the powerful demon who refused to name himself and whom Solomon could not control was meant to be Legion. It was written to tie the book into the New Testament story when Jesus exorcised Legion and placed them into pigs. The apocrypha demon mentions he is a demon of the Jordan River, which is where the pigs ran to.

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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

BlackJackCat posted...

Scripture can be a hell of a leash if you use it just right, but you gotta have the right content and context. Now of course we could argue that said leash is not inherently bad (the bible admonishes things we generally agree are bad, like murder) but on the other side you see what a loaded gun it is in the hands of say Southern baptists.

There is one apocrypha book, The Testament of Solomon, where King Solomon has to outwit 32 demons. He enslaved them with a holy ring so that he could use them to build the temple. Each demon is described like something out of Silent Hill. The book might have been written by a Greek speaking Christian.

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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

Most of the Midwest states were hastily created due to the North and South fighting for power in Congress during the 19th century. They were only concerned with getting enough settlers out there so that they could hold a vote for statehood. Whether they enter into the union as a free state or slave state determines if its the North or the South who gain more representation in government.

This is why you now have these huge states with the area of a mid size European nation, but with only a few thousand people living in 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 only Staple singer still alive is Mavis Staple. RIP.

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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

SwordMaster13X posted...

Imagine Boogie in Jail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07P538K83iU

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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

Thought this was fitting ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL8vHOAp9E8

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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

Zero_Destroyer posted...

you're supposed to wait for the heat to get high before you put the garlic & onion in, scrub

Garlic burns easily and will become bitter, especially under high heat. I'd cook the onions first, add the garlic, and cook the garlic briefly until it becomes fragrant, which is usually under a minute.

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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 only thing I really liked about the 80s was the indy and black music scene up until the 1984. If I had to pick bands just in punk and New Wave:

B-52s (surf-punk era)
Psychedelic Furs
The Clash
Romeo Void
Killing Joke
Marshall Crenshaw (50s throwback rockabilly)
Human League
Falco (the German hits that didn't crossover)
The Cure
The Pretenders
Klaus Nomi

It was mainly the grundgy, dirty guitar sound a lot of these groups leaned on. If you want a couple examples of this guitar sound, then "Rock Lobster" by the B-52s and "Rock the Casbah" by The Clash.

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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

Verdekal posted...

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There is already an SCP entry that has that very premise. I forgot the number.

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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

mustachedmystic posted...

I never understand why a message board where the average users is 30 years old would make so many topics about this dude. Whenever I would see his name around here I'd think, "who the hell is this dude". Then one day, I saw an old show called Head Of The Class on Antenna TV, and saw Dan Schneider in the credits, I thought "I know that name from something".

I knew him from Head of the Class long before Nickelodeon. It still blows my mind that Arvid's pal Dennis is a famous studio head and a suspected pedophile.

Then I remember there was a then 12 year old girl who was in the main cast of Head of the Class, and that she left the show early on, ending her acting career. Kind of suspicious in hindsight knowing the current rumors about Schneider.

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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

Compsognathus posted...

Is it even possible to live on the moon for an extended period of time without permanently fucking up your muscles and skeleton?

Astronauts would be cycled in and out, same as at a space station. They'd go there for a month to work, then return to Earth just as the next batch arrive.

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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

Anthony Hopkins said he couldn't travel due to the pandemic and asked if he could use Zoom but the director of the Oscars said no. I'd assume all the nominees were told they had to be there in person if they wanted to give an acceptance speech.

Spectrum TV interviewed the director of the Oscar awards a few days before the event. He made a big deal about his grand vision where all the nominees attended in person during the pandemic. It would make his award show stand out over others which relied on Zoom and then bragged about all the safety precautions they took, such as no hugging the winner and seat screens. He even promised to wear his shoes during the telecast.

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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

BilalPowell posted...

What did Gen X get?

The Challenger Disaster. Every school kid in America saw it happen live, uncensored in their classrooms.

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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