You can search for them using the general search function. Usually people post about them. It's good to give them a general screening before you subscribe though.
Blocklists are the best thing this site ever did. I was confused because I wasn’t seeing much obvious bottery but when you mentioned it I realized i’ve got so many lists rolling that I just don’t see them. I love it here.
But yeah, you’re still wrong Andy. Love ya tho.
as a bot telling you about your extended automobile warranty is our way of asking for help.
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It's pretty easy to change your tag a little if you find yourself targeted. There is a way to do it but it would be time consuming for them to track handle changes.
It's how I got away from one particularly annoying Elon Musk bot.
I think they are trying to destroy confidence in the platform by employing bots on every celebrities post. They want you back at twitter, safe and inundated with Nazi propaganda on every other tweet.
Just block or report if the number isn't too big. I report bc bluesky has functional moderation which means there's a non-zero chance they implement some mechanism to stop ppl mass-creating bot accounts
I wish they would sell the uncut version when they first showed it on HBO. Randy's Mom actually has to redress him in his snow suit 3 times, the Dad swears more about the furnace and more on the dogs they cut out.
I think it’s Guaraldi’s music that has that effect. Personally, I think it captures the fun and melancholy dichotomy of the season, and I love it. A work of art
Time for a gritty underground alternative soundtrack. Make it seem like the dad is in with the mob and Ralph’s building up a ton of trauma he’ll pass on to his kids. Maybe mix in some light jazz.
A lot of the charm in A Christmas Story is from the narration because it accurately remembers how self-focused children are.
It gives us Ralphie’s internal monologue as he does stuff like never taking in the mail, hogging the bathroom, or prioritizing obeying the bell over Flick’s peril.
Ralphie is selfish and immature, as all children are, but we can look on him kindly as adults because we were like that too. You may not like the style or execution, but the narration is integral.
However, the story was originally written by Jean Shepherd, who would narrate it on the radio. In a way, it's more of a live-action production of his words than a voiceover.
The narrator is actually Gene Sheppard who wrote the short story and the script. He actually had a late night radio show in the ‘60s where he narrated his short stories with the same voice as the movie. For those of us who remember listening to the show, it brings back memories.
You did not grow up near NYC in the 60s listening to Jean Shepherd tell those same stories (which he wrote) on his WOR radio show at 10:15 every night via a transistor radio hidden under your pillow and it shows.
That was a best-selling Pop Poster of the 1960s and it adorned my bedroom as a kid ("I'm this kid, see, walkin' around, spittin', havin' fistfights..."😁) for some time. I wish I had a fresh copy!
We have an annoying cat in the neighborhood that comes up to our door & hisses at our indoor cats.
We call him Scut Farkus, after that bratty kid in the movie who wears the Davy Crockett hat. 😆
Ha Ha! Not sure. Probably.
One day, a lady stopped her car in the middle of my street to ask if my 2 black cats, who were with me, liked to attack other cats.
She said she had 2 friends in nearby homes whose cats were attacked by Scut. One had to be taken to the vet.
So he’s aptly named…
We truly have lost our way in society. This is dangerous and incendiary commentary that must be ousted from public spaces. I didn't believe in the "War on Christmas" until this minute.
As someone who was 9 in 1983 I can assure you the movie was not aimed at Boomers. It was made for Gen X kids and it was set before any Boomers were even born.
“Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium- a master.”
Not that you’ll see this or care. The narrator is Jean Shepherd. The author of the story. I have always liked his stories. Probably because he’s a Hoosier like me.
As a former Buckeye, and now a Hoosier, I LOVE this movie and it’s author/narrator! My dad was born in the late 30s, so it held a special place in his heart. He’s been gone almost 25 years, and Christmas is not the same without this movie! “FRAGILE … that’s Italian!”
Look I apologize to anyone caught in my generally-angry-at-Boomers crossfire. I have more than just bad opinions of that movie, I have a bad history with it that I won't bore anyone with the details of. Do you disagree with Andy though? The narration has aged like milk, has it not?
They were not Boomers. They were Silent Generation. I was raised by them (dad born late 30s and mom in early 40s), and I am a very maladjusted but working on it GenX. My parents at least were more aware than some their age. Lol
Jean Sheppard, who wrote this story, was a popular radio personality with that voice. Not everyone has to like everything , but i dont get the hate for this movie all of a sudden
Opinion 1: If you’re going after ACS go for the fast motion jail striped criminals sequences not the voiceover. Opinion 2: Never considered that, maybe you’re right, look at what you’ve done, you ruined it forever!
Andy Andy Andy! That’s Jean Shepherd, radio pioneer, writer, and visionary. Plus he was a WW2 vet who served proudly in the 6067th Messkit Repair Battalion, Handle Platoon.
It's Jean Shepherd, and yes. He was a famous raconteur, prankster, and late-night radio guy, and A Christmas Story is based on his book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash.
I don't know if they're still out there, but you used to be able to find his old radio shows from the '60s and '70s online: he'd basically sit up all night talking on air.
He was a fascinating guy and could really spin a tale. I see him as precursor to people like Tom Scharpling but I bet Scharpling would bristle at the comparison lol
I love listening to late night talk radio of old. Back when it was filled with your classic weirdos, not toxic political trolls. I love the static and noise too.
Me too! I collect air checks and recorded broadcasts from FM radio in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. There’s a bunch of them on https://archive.org. Radio used to be such an interesting medium back then and you had DJs who were really compelling
If you had gone to bed every night listening to Shep on WOR, his voice would have struck you as familiar and soothing, one of the first wordsmiths who ever proved to you there might be more promise to the medium of Radio than a bunch of syndicated right-wing political dilettantes and demagogues
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I'm first 10% here and I haven't had any
I also use a lot of blocklists?
But the normal replies are nicely riled up. Who knew there are that many folks with such strong opinions?
Other than lists, whenever I see a bunch-o-random-numbers in someone's "name", I quickly look at them and block almost always.
But yeah, you’re still wrong Andy. Love ya tho.
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It's how I got away from one particularly annoying Elon Musk bot.
If you sub to modlists that focus on spam/bots/AI, when someone who runs those lists finds them and puts them on there, you'll have them auto-blocked.
Oh, it's okay, I can say it cause it's our word.
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It’s kind of awkward too considering Peter Billingsely produced and was in Elf which Andy was also in 🤣
It gives us Ralphie’s internal monologue as he does stuff like never taking in the mail, hogging the bathroom, or prioritizing obeying the bell over Flick’s peril.
I love it!
Make a parody of it if you hate it so much. I would definitely watch that.
I think it’s one of then most endearing kitsch aspects-nostalgia in first person narration
And if you haven’t read In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, I recommend it. A Christmas Story is really only roughly a single chapter of the book
"Hohman" is the name of his town and it is a street in Hammond, IN. He is a legend here and you are WRONG, sir! LOL. ;)
The line ends here...
"And all was right with the world..."
The original Scrooge with Alastair Sim all the way, folks
We call him Scut Farkus, after that bratty kid in the movie who wears the Davy Crockett hat. 😆
One day, a lady stopped her car in the middle of my street to ask if my 2 black cats, who were with me, liked to attack other cats.
She said she had 2 friends in nearby homes whose cats were attacked by Scut. One had to be taken to the vet.
So he’s aptly named…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zow7fro-WGE
Matt Dillon!
It's important that the eyes be specifically yellow.
"So, friend of mine who will one day be in ironic porn, did you perhaps notice the yellow bully eyes?"
We obviously don't remember the 1940s, when the movie is set, and we were 3 years old when the movie came out.
I do have vague memories of 1983, but the only MOVIE that I remember from that year is Return of the Jedi.
A Christmas Story, however, should NOT resonate with us.
Any Xennial or Millennial who professes some profound love for that movie is just faking.
And if anyone insists on specifically the 1940s, well, "It's A Wonderful Life" is set in the 40s.
And it's an ACTUALLY GOOD MOVIE.
"A Christmas Story" is just a string of dumb memes.
Tongue pole. Leg lamp. BB gun. Yawn.
Forced memes are the worst kind of memes.
Are you upset people reference the Bible and Shakespeare?
"It's a Wonderful Life" is also pure fiction. Ghosts don't exist. Also set contemporaneous to its writing.
But I'll double down on my other point.
"A Chrismas Story" is just a string of annoying, cringe-ass Boomer memes.
It shouldn't resonate with anyone under 70. The dad is a gross pervert. The protagonist is simply stupid. I just hate the whole thing.
my favorite was "Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense"
If Boomers were the abused children of the (cough) Greatest Generation, how then could Boomers advocate for being abusive to their kids?
IF that's what you're trying to suggest. Who the fuck knows what you're babbling about.
https://slate.com/culture/2015/12/jean-shepherd-the-man-who-told-a-christmas-story.html
But this take on A Christmas Story is a no for me.
https://youtu.be/GkicEleOiTM?si=8ibEfct1kk8mYOim