TIL Thread: Today I learned...
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Maybe it's just me, but I'm a little worried about the enthusiasm shown here for a Bee Movie sequel.
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It would have been a fine paintube!!
But it's fine, I can just stream the mockbuster knockoff versions instead
But it's fine, I can just stream the mockbuster knockoff versions instead
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Too late, Mr. Big’s post has willed a Bee Movie 2 into existence
Hollywood’s abuzz with the idea
Hollywood’s abuzz with the idea
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It's a mixture of awe, fear, and wonder.
Like an angel descended, glorious in the light of God above and said
D'ya like jazz?
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TIL about the war that, in the aftermath, changed the English language
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the... the whatPerrydotto wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:12 amIt would have been a fine paintube!!
But it's fine, I can just stream the mockbuster knockoff versions instead
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oh my goodness there are still so many untapped bad movie veins in the earth
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so manyGloomy Rube wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:30 amoh my goodness there are still so many untapped bad movie veins in the earth
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I've never even seen the original Bee Movie
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Okay, for all the memes about the Bee Movie, I never considered what it's actually ABOUT.
Welp
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Don't forget that it's also about how a true worker's revolution will destroy the world!
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TIL about Ernest Hemingway's life (in a nutshell).
Hemingway had an eventful (re: "fucked up") life
Hemingway had an eventful (re: "fucked up") life
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TIL that Arby's filed for bankruptcy...in 1970, 6 years after they opened its doors. TL;DR: they expanded the restaurant to hundreds of locations, but built using money they didn't have. Whoops
They eventually recovered from it.
They eventually recovered from it.
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So on Twitter somebody posted this:
TIL that, for spotting this, KFC rewarded him by giving him a painting:
Why yes, that's Col. Sanders giving the guy a piggyback ride
TIL that, for spotting this, KFC rewarded him by giving him a painting:
Why yes, that's Col. Sanders giving the guy a piggyback ride
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US brands are weirdly personified to the extend it makes me creep out.
"The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." - Douglas Adams
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It's enough to where I wish https://twitter.com/brandssayingbae didn't post so sporadically.
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i wonder if that kind of posting has any effect, because when i see a brand trying to be hip my usual reaction is "stop it"
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it works because you're talking about it. They're slowly seeping into your mind, maaaanDaikatunaRevengeance wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 6:04 pmi wonder if that kind of posting has any effect, because when i see a brand trying to be hip my usual reaction is "stop it"
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Japan is way worse about brand personification than the US, IMO. The US has much less of a need to use sex appeal in its mascots.
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Ohhhh Chiijohn...Perpetual Motion wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 7:11 pmThe US has much less of a need to use sex appeal in its mascots.
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Today I learened that until the mid 19th century Japan had a very particular way to divide the time of the day.
They divided the time between dusk and dawn into 6 equal segments (6 for day, 6 for night).
The major problem clock manufacturers had was that the length of the segments change from day to day as the seasons change.
They divided the time between dusk and dawn into 6 equal segments (6 for day, 6 for night).
The major problem clock manufacturers had was that the length of the segments change from day to day as the seasons change.
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Interesting.
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TIL it's becoming a thing for job interviews to ask people what their "spirit animal" is and I just don't even know where to start with this one.
Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders what the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of...
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Like, I know that it's possible for complaints about cultural appropriation to go too far and basically become a form of gatekeeping. But the complaints about the whole "spirit animal" thing seem pretty legit, especially in a context like this where they're clearly treating it as more of a meme than anything else. Ugh, it's enough to make me nostalgic for the days of Myers-Briggs tests.
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further proof that job interviews are just a giant joke being played on us
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TIL that Woolworth's, a pioneering retail chain in the US, technically still exists today.
They're Foot Locker now.
They're Foot Locker now.