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In high school before I had even heard the song on the radio, we went on a field trip to local pharmaceutical lab. One of the chemists there had printed out cop
by patwolf 4y ago
In high school before I had even heard the song on the radio, we went on a field trip to local pharmaceutical lab. One of the chemists there had printed out copies of the lyrics for us from an email that had it mislabeled as being from Kurt Vonnegut.
That was during the era where people of a certain age, even a scientist in a chemistry lab, would believe anything sent to them in an email.
- aceazzameen 4y agoAh yes. Chain emails were where meme-like disinformation used to spread before Facebook made it even easier. At least I don't have people forwarding garbage into my inbox anymore.
- subpixel 4y agoCount yourself lucky. FWIW these are still a thing in older crowds.
- geerlingguy 4y agoBut they're often disseminated through Facebook and Instagram now.
- johnla 4y agoAlso via email still. source: I get them
- pavon 4y agoHah, according to Wikipedia[1] Luhrmann himself got the lyrics from that misattributed Vonnegut chain email, and only when trying to secure rights discovered it was actually from a Mary Schmich article. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Free_(To_Feel_Good) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Free_(To_Feel_Go...
- kelnos 4y agoI assume you meant to link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_Sunscreen#Baz_Luhrmann_version https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_Sunscreen#Baz_Luhrmann_ve...