You can, in fact, train a stunt horse to take a dive. It used to be that you could tell by watching movies that featured a lot of horses falling down (i.e. in combat or ambush scenes) whether the production was using stunt horses, or just rigging tripwires to take down untrained horses, by the way they fell. The…

It took me reading most of the article before I realized that it wasn’t a consistent misspelling of “bare”, but rather, might be related to little bear-shaped squeeze bottles being one of the most popular containers for liquid honey. If that is NOT the reason for the phrase, I’m not sure I want to know.

I’ve tried the more modern ones, yeah. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve worn a tampon, but I have a few times, all related to going swimming. It’s just really weird, and probably related to my overall inexperience, but I never feel “secure” when I am wearing a tampon. Perhaps if I’d started early I…

THANK YOU. I only ever hear people praising cups to the high heavens, and I tried it and haaaaaated it and then felt defective. (Related: I have never really gotten the hang of tampons. Which perhaps affects my feelings towards the cup, I don’t know.) Ugh.

That is true, yes. I have not seen the Hammer/Depp film. I’ll watch it at some point, I guess. From what I recall of the promo art, I didn’t think Hammer’s costume in it was *terrible*, per se.

You know, I’m staring at this, and this was my thought-process: hmm, interesting contrast between the shade of blue of Superman’s suit and the Lone Ranger’s suit. I wonder why the Lone Ranger’s suit is that particular shade of blue. Like, back in the day, what did the concept artists / costume designers think they…

IT’S WHAT’S FOR DINNER.

Psst: the secret is that it is also good for dinner.

Huh; I always thought that Taylor ham was a slightly different product, as the boxes in south Jersey definitely say pork roll.

Holy god, I would love to try made from scratch scrapple.

It’s top of my “gotta bring some back” list every time I visit the family in PA. I have a frozen brick of Habersett in my freezer right now.

A guy above had a good explanation about how it’s a term used in pro wrestling for a scripted thing that is meant to appear spontaneous to the audience.

This is a great write-up. But I think your interpretation of the original statement is backwards.

+1 for missing BCO.

Yeah, you have to include the Cosby Show in the conversation, unfortunately. Even if our view of it now is tainted, it’s worth discussing the impact it had on the culture *at the time*.

The two that leapt to mind that I watched when I was young are “Good Times” (74-79), set in Chicago, and “What’s Happening!” (76-79), set in LA. The latter was more explicitly focused on the teens. And both are really in the “sitcom” category. I guess “Good Times” was kind of a precursor to the 80s “Family Matters”? I…

Great answer! I didn’t even think of that, but it’s true, that was a really diverse show.

How far back do you want to go? Because I can think of some — not specifically “high school drama” shows but shows about black teenagers and families that include school, that were positive... but you gotta go back to the 70s. (That you have to go so far back to find them is itself an indictment of what TV has become.)

I mean, sure: you could take the “pfft, an inch of snow, what babies!” approach to reporting on the weather. It makes you sound ill-informed about actual weather conditions, but if that’s your aim, great.

In addition to what the others are noting about the paradoxical undressing stage of hypothermia, by that time, someone’s brain also isn’t functioning properly. They’re delusional. Thus undressing, which obviously is an irrational response to the situation. It’s very common.