just remembered when I first got Ableton in the early 2000s and all the presets on the synths were the same as those used on the Morr records I was into at the time.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 1 June 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
Mr. Hooper was a communist.
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 11 June 2022 23:37 (one year ago) link
Women were not allowed to run in the Boston marathon until 1972, and for that matter, before the 1980s, there were no women's distance races in the Olympics at all. The women's marathon was introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 June 2022 12:37 (one year ago) link
Here is Katherine Switzer (trying to) complete her 1967 run while being assaulted by race manager Jock Semple:
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/04/19/sports/18switzer-web/18switzer-web-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale
"The AAU banned women from competing in races against men as a result of her run, and it was not until 1972 that the Boston Marathon established an official women's race."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 June 2022 12:45 (one year ago) link
I mean, until 1974, women were often denied the ability to open their own bank accounts.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 17 June 2022 14:43 (one year ago) link
I remember comment from the time from people about it being a year of women or something to that effect. Me being like 7 years old.
Wonder how things like taht change in the world of For All Mankind since I've just been watching that era in it.
― Stevolende, Friday, 17 June 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
Iirc in For All Mankind the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified almost immediately, under Nixon.
xpost That I knew already. I guess back then running was considered kind of weird for everyone, period, but in the case of women, people literally believed it was dangerous to run fast for more than two miles at a time! Based on ... I dunno, bullshit? Like, this is so nuts:
When Joan Ullyot, a physician and an accomplished runner, published her book Women's Running in 1976, she took on a daunting set of traditional ideas that boiled down to one admonition: women should not run long distances.They were not physiologically built for it, women were told. Compared with men, they typically had higher body fat, less muscle bulk and lighter bone structure, factors that should discourage them from engaging in long-distance running – or so it was believed. Moreover, many authorities in the field warned that extended running might harm women’s reproductive organs.
They were not physiologically built for it, women were told. Compared with men, they typically had higher body fat, less muscle bulk and lighter bone structure, factors that should discourage them from engaging in long-distance running – or so it was believed. Moreover, many authorities in the field warned that extended running might harm women’s reproductive organs.
That's downright medieval in its intellectual and scientific dishonesty.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 June 2022 15:41 (one year ago) link
that "cf" is short for the Latin CONFER, which means "compare"
i'm not even going to type what i thought it meant but i feel really dumb
― budo jeru, Sunday, 19 June 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
covfefe
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 19 June 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
In my head "cf" stands for "see, for example"
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 19 June 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link
"SEE For instance" is what i mentally translated it to for a while
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 19 June 2022 20:50 (one year ago) link
cf describes about 28% of all ilx threads.
― pplains, Monday, 20 June 2022 13:29 (one year ago) link
i used to kind of assume, without putting it to the test, that if you did a poo in the shower it would just sort of disintegrate under the spray & go down the plughole. this is not the case.
― the coming of prince kajagoogoo (doo rag), Thursday, 23 June 2022 23:29 (one year ago) link
STORY TIME
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2022 23:40 (one year ago) link
there was a post about this important matter on ilx once. They key is to use your feet like you are treading grapes, apparently.
― calzino, Thursday, 23 June 2022 23:44 (one year ago) link
More like the coming of prince kajapoopoo!
― nickn, Thursday, 23 June 2022 23:55 (one year ago) link
Poo shy shyFlush flush
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 June 2022 23:56 (one year ago) link
Martin Sheen's real name is Ramon Estévez
That's what's on his drivers license to this day, his birth certificate, etc.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 24 June 2022 00:06 (one year ago) link
Wait'll you see Charlie Sheen's real name
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 June 2022 00:17 (one year ago) link
Frasier H. Babalucci
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 24 June 2022 00:49 (one year ago) link
what, didn’t have questions when you saw the name of his son, emiliiiiiliiiiiioooo
― mh, Friday, 24 June 2022 01:20 (one year ago) link
maybe he thought Emilio was his stage name and his real name was, like, Kyle Sheen
― Doop Snogg (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 June 2022 01:33 (one year ago) link
that "cf" is short for the Latin CONFER, which means "compare"i'm not even going to type what i thought it meant but i feel really dumb
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 24 June 2022 04:29 (one year ago) link
Today I learned that a “beamer” only refers to a BMW motorcycle. The correct slang term for a BMW car is “bimmer” (which I have never heard before).
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 1 July 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
Just reading up on that Kathrine Switzer/Jock Semple incident. This was news to me. Good for her for not letting him stop her. She seems like a hero. Apparently, she and Semple became friends in later years.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 1 July 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link
Buffy Sainte-Marie (co-) wrote "Up Where We Belong"
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Saturday, 2 July 2022 00:53 (one year ago) link
I'm not buying this beamer thing, according to whom?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 2 July 2022 01:18 (one year ago) link
beenie man iirc
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Saturday, 2 July 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer_(cricket)
It also means an embarrassed red face in the West of Scotland - as does "riddie".
― Eavis Has Left the Building (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 July 2022 09:11 (one year ago) link
And! The backing vocals from Haddaway's "What is Love" come from the same sample CD:
Late to the party on this one but :O
― kinder, Sunday, 3 July 2022 09:56 (one year ago) link
Playing that long file is like an hour-long game of Heardle
― kinder, Sunday, 3 July 2022 09:59 (one year ago) link
I watched Last Night In Soho just now and was looking at the song credits at the end and found out Peter and Gordon's "A World Without Love" was written by Lennon-McCartney (wiki clarifies it was just Mac, when he was 16). Paul thought it wasn't good enough for the Beatles to record.
― nickn, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 05:48 (one year ago) link
I was listening to Dylan's "Day of the Locusts" recently and suddenly realised there is either a locust which sounds like a Hammond, or a Hammond which sounds like a locust, in the buildup toward the end.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 06:17 (one year ago) link
dave van ronk was arrested during the stonewall riots, just on the general principle i guess that if the cops were arresting people he needed to be out there getting arrested too. it's a good principle and it served him well!
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
xp think i saw recently that martin sheen regrets not using his birth name when he started his career.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
i mean, if the professional name i'd picked was _martin sheen_, i'd regret it too. seriously? he got his last name from _Fulton J. Sheen_? Oh you know what my stage name is going to be, _Kate Falwell_, I will NEVER REGRET picking that name.
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
Phoebe Snow the singer got her stage (last) name from a character in old railroad advertisements.
― Mr. Art-I-Ficial (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 July 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link
bought sunflower seeds yesterday, roasted and salted. hadn't realised you're not meant to eat the shells (despite that being where the salt is), just hadn't thought about it before (or bought them unshelled like this). now i've 1 million sunflower seeds to peel and it seems like a lot of work for little reward.
― koogs, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 11:10 (one year ago) link
To peel? The general practice is to crack one between your teeth and spit out the hull on the ground in the parking lot next to your Dodge Ram.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 12:01 (one year ago) link
Who parks their Dodge Ram in right field?
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 13:05 (one year ago) link
yeah, if you shell them you're going to miss out on all that delicious salt. one of those snacks that take give you time to ruminate
― mh, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 13:53 (one year ago) link
everyone I know in China can get through 2-3 sunflower seeds per second, cracking them with their teeth and spitting out the shells, they have no interest in pre-shelled seeds
― Sudden Birdnet Thus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
can't find the post at the moment, but I read someone's calculations on whether shelled versus unshelled pistachios are a better deal. somehow, presumably with cheap labor and shipping prices or whatever, they were approximately the same price, which is mildly boggling
sunflower seeds, that's definitely a cultural experience to spit out the shells. there's something less satisfying about the tiny seeds in a jar
plus, you can pretend to be Fox Mulder
― mh, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
y'all reminding me of this classic gag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyGZAg3lo9A
― andrew m., Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
obviously if you're just going to be eating sunflower seeds you want to crack the shells with your teeth. shelled sunflower seeds are good for putting in salads though, we usually have some in the house
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 18:32 (one year ago) link
ooh yeah, so good with some spring greens and vinaigrette
― andrew m., Wednesday, 13 July 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
I have a buddy who would chew up the seeds, hulls & all... and he got some form of diverticulitis, or perforations in his intestines
(I used to be a total addict, but I would carefully crack & spit the hull)
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
not something I learned, but a ridiculous sunflower seed story:
I got home from school when I was probably 12 or 13 years old, saw a tupperware container of sunflower seeds on the kitchen table, and had a couple. Later, I was mentioning to my mom, hey, I think these sunflower seeds are stale, why were they on the table?
Readers, my mom had cleaned out a bird feeder from the back yard and, not sure what to do with them yet (whether they'd sprout in the compost pile or if she should just trash them), had left them sitting there. They'd been in the feeder in the back yard all winter.
― mh, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 20:00 (one year ago) link
I used to eat the whole seed too, but maybe because I was a pre-teen/early teen my digestive system could handle it. Probably stopped around age 14-15.
― nickn, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
I broke the second tooth with an old filling in 6 months a few weeks back, and this was just biting into the crispier edge of a pizza. Even just the seeds shorn of their shells would worry me right now with this filed down shard that I'm not getting capped till Monday.
one thing I learned was 53% of global sunflower seed production is grown in Russia and Ukraine, so the prices will go even crazier at some point.
― calzino, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 21:27 (one year ago) link