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I loved Richard Scarry as a kid, and my daughter is now old enough to follow me in that love. I had no idea there was anything beyond books. She's not in that p
by dustincoates 3y ago
I loved Richard Scarry as a kid, and my daughter is now old enough to follow me in that love. I had no idea there was anything beyond books. She's not in that phase anymore, but for about a month, Richard Scarry's big book of words was the only bedtime book she wanted me to read her.
The biggest impact on me, though, is how I think about jobs. "Richard Scarry" jobs seems more _real_ to me than what I do. Often, when I'm sitting in a meeting that seems to drone or at the end of the day when I'm not sure if I've done anything of worth, I dream of Busytown and what job I could slide in to from there.
- earthboundkid 3y agoMy son was looking at a Busy World book and there was a newspaper in it filled with jobs that are mostly obsolete like typist (context: I work as a news site developer).
- tokai 3y agoMade me remember this popular tweet. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fbusytown-usa-v0-qd16uhn425da1.jpg%3Fs%3D897e8b187edc587291f753f2569b407f1515cf5d https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fb...
- 3littlefish 3y agoSo true!
- andrewgioia 3y agoFor some reason that link isn't working for me, but this should: https://old.reddit.com/r/90s/comments/10giw53/busytown_usa/ https://old.reddit.com/r/90s/comments/10giw53/busytown_usa/
- 1123581321 3y agoThat reminds me of the strangest Richard Scarry fact I know: “Richard Scarry once called me a Nazi after I posted on Usenet that there were much busier towns than Busytown.” So he might have been glad you remember Busytown as real work and not a vacation. https://metatalk.metafilter.com/20946/Graeber-makes-an-appearance#921928 https://metatalk.metafilter.com/20946/Graeber-makes-an-appea...