Abdul's official "The past is a foreign country" thread.

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:45 pm

"Nick, that's a funny name. . . . Does it mean something?"

"Nah. My Dad just thought it up while shaving."

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:42 pm

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:24 pm

https://i.redd.it/sybdsnbv2nm91.jpg

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:49 am

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/i ... titled.png

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:13 pm

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:34 pm

– J.D.

P.S. Notice all of the black people. . . .

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:45 am

– J.D.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 5:05 pm

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:33 pm

So just rotoscoping, not proper animeation?

– J.D.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Oct 19, 2022 3:41 am

Doctor X wrote: ↑Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:33 pm So just rotoscoping, not proper animeation?

– J.D.

Closer to rotoscoping. Although I'd argue that rotoscoping is as proper of animation as anything.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Wed Oct 19, 2022 2:07 pm

Camera obscurantism

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Oct 22, 2022 1:01 pm

Twit: https://twitter.com/DapperHistorian/status/1583795334492303361

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:34 pm

That last one has not aged well.

– J.D.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:11 pm

https://i.redd.it/wyh7njeowkx91.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:59 am

You are late.

– J.D.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 4:16 am

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:16 am

– J.D.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:34 am

If you enjoyed that, and you have not seen this documentary mini-series (100 Years of Horror), I highly recommend it. Good fun peppered with personal anecdotes by the host, Christopher Lee...and also randomly Hugh Hefner.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:28 am

Doctor X wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:16 am

– J.D.

He put the ham in Hammer. Used to love those movies.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 8:30 pm

https://i.redd.it/fghribqv5b0a1.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 12:16 am

Dibs.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 1:37 am

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:33 pm

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:57 pm

Can I have my keys back?

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:47 am

– J.D.

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:19 pm

E is for Edward who choked on a peach.

F is for Fanny sucked dry by a leech.

I used to watch all those.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 5:32 pm

X is for Xerxes devoured by mice.

– J.D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 4:21 am

Today was the

– J.D.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 11:24 am

https://i.ibb.co/YhDQmjx/x8aZrF.gif

Still watch this on a semi regular basis.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:43 pm

https://i.imgur.com/lvMhVZp.jpg

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:23 am

Geez I wish we had one of them Doomsday machines Stains.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 3:35 pm

Nothin wrong with staring into a radiation source kids!

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 3:36 pm

Reminded me of how the first radar operators were staring at the cathode ray display, which did not use leaded glass.

Same for the first TV screens

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:44 pm

Mom used to tell us not to sit too close to the TV because it was radioactive.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 8:29 pm

https://i.imgur.com/GyBSQQv.jpg

ceptimus · Post by **ceptimus** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 11:53 pm

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:44 pm Mom used to tell us not to sit too close to the TV because it was radioactive.

More recent CRT displays, and the older monochrome ones, do give off X-rays, but in miniscule amounts. Early colour TVs didn't have a safety circuit on the high voltage shunt regulator, and if that regulator failed, then they could put out a reasonable level of X-rays: best not to sit too close to those.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Sun Nov 27, 2022 4:39 pm

It's 3, it's 3, it's 3 crts in one!

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:12 pm

https://schulzmuseum.org/wp-content/upl ... 30x334.jpg

– J.D.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:42 pm

As long as he doesn't think he can kick the football.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:27 am

https://i.imgur.com/Qb6bMcS.png

– J.D.