atspruce

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   by atspruce 10y ago

   Parent was correct. In British English, "athletics" means almost precisely what Americans mean when they say "track and field," though athletics may also include long-distance (cross-country) races not typically held in
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   by atspruce 10y ago

   > It's really a marketing trick - kinda like how these startups call something 'sharing (economy)', when in fact people are trading, not sharing. What is the use in assuming that anyone who has come to a conclusion other t
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   by atspruce 10y ago

   The author blames the modern sitcom's remoteness from working and lower-middle class concerns with their creators' immunity from the recent recession. In place of everyday situations, we have shows set in "soundstages and wri
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   by atspruce 10y ago

   Lilyhammer? The mafia and the Witness Protection Program have thankfully not become "ordinary" and "everyday." Certainly the main character tries to play the part of an everyday ex-pat in Norway convincingly, but the sus
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   by atspruce 10y ago

   Perhaps a mention of Malcolm in the Middle would be part of a more complete history. But the author uses 2007 as the tipping-point between "yesteryear" and the modern sitcom; a show like Malcolm, which ended in 2006, would fal
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   by atspruce 10y ago

   There's plenty to complain about regarding Pittsburgh's gray, gray weather, but this up-and-down spring is wildly atypical for the area and not localized to southwestern PA. The same thing is happening in Ohio, across the rest of