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Remember when Hollywood could write an original movie rather than just trying to update old, good ones?InHiding80 said:First run movies overlapped each other on HBO and Showtime in the 80s before all studios were exclusive to them. Use to watch Princess Bride a lot on those channels when they shared Fox movies before HBO was the exclusive home it's been since then.
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Contractions aren't a new concept though. We ALL learned this stuff in elementary school (at least I hope) but in the past year or two "of" has replaced 've and have. It's ridiculous. No child left behind. Maybe we should start.RKCNDY said:
contractions ruined that...HesCalledDyer said:People knew the word have followed could, would, should, and might? Seems like that was only a year or two ago, then everyone starting saying "of" instead.
could've, should've, would've...I think then people just assumed the "ve" was "of"
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My goodness, everything is a remake these days. And they're already remaking remakes. Looking at you, Spiderman.mrussel1 said:
Remember when Hollywood could write an original movie rather than just trying to update old, good ones?InHiding80 said:First run movies overlapped each other on HBO and Showtime in the 80s before all studios were exclusive to them. Use to watch Princess Bride a lot on those channels when they shared Fox movies before HBO was the exclusive home it's been since then.
Also, remember when everything wasn't a trilogy?Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 250 -
It was safe and common to allow your kids to play outside, around the neighborhood.. and parents all helped look out for one another's kids.0
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That's interesting... I'm not sure I'm convinced that the times were 'safer' for kids back then. I think there is more awareness of kidnappings and such today, rather than there actually being more of them. Before the internet, you didn't hear about a missing child unless they fell down a well for two days. It just didn't have the exposure since the national news at 630 didn't really cover those types of things. I'm wondering if others agree.whispering hands said:It was safe and common to allow your kids to play outside, around the neighborhood.. and parents all helped look out for one another's kids.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/14/theres-never-been-a-safer-time-to-be-a-kid-in-america/?utm_term=.af4c4ca9cd87
Interesting article from 2015 related to missing children and deaths.
Obviously there is a correlation between awareness and number of missing kids, but is there also direct causality? Is it actually safer now because people are more paranoid about what their kids are doing, where they're going, and who they're going with?Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 250 -
Such crimes have in fact gone down since the 70s and 80s, not up. It's all about warped perceptions, and it is today's kids, and therefore all of society, that suffers for it (not to mention all parents, since it's a LOT harder to be a helicopter parent). And it is ALL the parents' faults. They didn't have to let things go that way.mrussel1 said:
That's interesting... I'm not sure I'm convinced that the times were 'safer' for kids back then. I think there is more awareness of kidnappings and such today, rather than there actually being more of them. Before the internet, you didn't hear about a missing child unless they fell down a well for two days. It just didn't have the exposure since the national news at 630 didn't really cover those types of things. I'm wondering if others agree.whispering hands said:It was safe and common to allow your kids to play outside, around the neighborhood.. and parents all helped look out for one another's kids.
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I know they aren't new...trying to point out that some kids are obviously being pushed through school without learning proper spelling/grammar. Not sure why pointing out someone's spelling mistakes is being an asshole either, their teacher obviously didn't do their job. (see? even I know which one to use)HesCalledDyer said:
Contractions aren't a new concept though. We ALL learned this stuff in elementary school (at least I hope) but in the past year or two "of" has replaced 've and have. It's ridiculous. No child left behind. Maybe we should start.RKCNDY said:
contractions ruined that...HesCalledDyer said:People knew the word have followed could, would, should, and might? Seems like that was only a year or two ago, then everyone starting saying "of" instead.
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My kiddo has enjoyed this with the other two neighbor girls.whispering hands said:It was safe and common to allow your kids to play outside, around the neighborhood.. and parents all helped look out for one another's kids.
My daughter's 7th grade English teacher does not permit the use of contractions.RKCNDY said:
contractions ruined that...HesCalledDyer said:People knew the word have followed could, would, should, and might? Seems like that was only a year or two ago, then everyone starting saying "of" instead.
could've, should've, would've...I think then people just assumed the "ve" was "of"2014: Cincinnati
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My kiddo has enjoyed this with the other two neighbor girls.
My daughter's 7th grade English teacher does not permit the use of contractions.RKCNDY said:
contractions ruined that...HesCalledDyer said:People knew the word have followed could, would, should, and might? Seems like that was only a year or two ago, then everyone starting saying "of" instead.
could've, should've, would've...I think then people just assumed the "ve" was "of"
Though, I suppose it sets them up for using proper grammar. I remember learning them in 3rd grade...or about then. Now I'm going to be looking out for them in books and articles.The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
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Totally agree with you there. It definitely makes me wonder what the education curricula are these days and why kids pass high school when they don't know basic elementary school things.RKCNDY said:
I know they aren't new...trying to point out that some kids are obviously being pushed through school without learning proper spelling/grammar. Not sure why pointing out someone's spelling mistakes is being an asshole either, their teacher obviously didn't do their job. (see? even I know which one to use)HesCalledDyer said:
Contractions aren't a new concept though. We ALL learned this stuff in elementary school (at least I hope) but in the past year or two "of" has replaced 've and have. It's ridiculous. No child left behind. Maybe we should start.RKCNDY said:
contractions ruined that...HesCalledDyer said:People knew the word have followed could, would, should, and might? Seems like that was only a year or two ago, then everyone starting saying "of" instead.
could've, should've, would've...I think then people just assumed the "ve" was "of"
And I absolutely smile when someone calls me a grammar nazi. It's like, why am I the bad guy when you obviously weren't taught correctly?Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 250 -
There were voice overs for movie trailers not just at the theaters but on pay channels like HBO and Showtime? That needs to be brought back IN A WORLD that doesn't have it anymore. RIP Don LaFontaine.0
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You should check out Honest Trailers on Youtube. Freakin' hilarious!!InHiding80 said:There were voice overs for movie trailers not just at the theaters but on pay channels like HBO and Showtime? That needs to be brought back IN A WORLD that doesn't have it anymore. RIP Don LaFontaine.
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I remember when this was starting. Blockbuster tried a mail service. In fact, you could even return them to the store. I tried them both. Netflix would be in your box in two days. Blockbuster would take at least a week. That killed it.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Man did blockbuster ever underestimate Netflix as an external threat.mcgruff10 said:block buster
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