/u/TomasTTEngin's posts
When Shakespeare released a new play, was there hype? And did the producers or theatre-owners run anything we'd recognise as a PR campaign to make hype?
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When and where did "101" become the standard code for an introductory course and how did that transition into everyday language?
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Lightning McQueen starts off as a selfish jerk. My kids have no attention span for the second half of the movie so as far as we know ... he's just a jerk.
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In 1924 a white radio announcer in North Carolina introduced an African American guest as Mr Harrison. The use of the term Mr. "brought a gale of protest," and the radio announcer left the South. How did white people use the names of African American people at the time, and vice-versa?
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PSA: Tonight has two games and the free-to-air one starts at a quarter past seven in the evening, Melbourne time (7:15pm, 1915h).
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Market bloodbath making it even easier for RBA as they meet today and tomorrow. Big hit to wealth = no need to hike.
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Iconic gay disco group The Village People have a song called YMCA, about the global Christian organisation of gyms, youth hostels, etc. At the time of the song's release were YMCAs a known gay hangout? Or was the song aimed at subverting a very "straight" institution?
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