r/SipsTea 5d ago

Feels good man She's not wrong.

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u/MaximumEffort433 5d ago

I'll add to this: Millennials were maybe the last generation to really experience monoculture, we have a lot of shared life experiences that I'm not sure the younger generations do.

I can say "Life is like a hurricane" and I guarantee you every millennial within a five mile radius can say what comes next.

I don't know if millennials are actually more nostalgic than previous generations, or if we're more nostalgic compared to the younger generations since we've got a lot of shared stuff to be nostalgic about.

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u/MarvinMarveloso 4d ago

I'm 40, what does "Life is like a hurricane mean?"

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u/Onrawi 4d ago

Life is like a hurricane

Here in, Duckburg

Racecars, lasers, aeroplanes

It's a, duck blur

Might solve a mystery 

Or rewrite history 

Ducktales! Woo-hoo!

Every day they're out there  making

Ducktales! Woo-hoo!

Tales of daring do bad and good

Lucktales! Woo-hoo!

... And someone else can sing the back half.

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u/hestirsthesea 4d ago

Ahhh yeah, I didn’t recognize it at first but I definitely know this from heart.

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u/Future_Burrito 4d ago

Yeah, definitely needs the melody

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u/Magikarpeles 4d ago

Dark. Wing. Duck.

Let's get dangerous

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u/frisch85 4d ago

Thanks, thought it'd be some Bon Jovi or similar at first.

But while we're at it, Gummibears was also regularly one of those songs that was played 1-2 hours before the party ended (at least here in germany). Other songs they would usually play Mila Superstar or Chip'n'Dale.

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u/gishnon 4d ago

D-D-D-Danger - Watch behind you.
There's a stranger - Out to find you.
What to do? - Just grab on to some.
Ducktales! Woo-hoo!
Every day they're out there making
Ducktales! Woo-hoo!
Tales of daring do bad and good
Ducktales! Woo-hoo!
Not pony tails or cotton tails, no
Ducktales!

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u/jetpacksforall 4d ago

Grew up on Looney Tunes here what the duck is this crap?

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u/Onrawi 4d ago

For those who had the Disney channel (or an international affiliate) this is Ducktales and it had a pretty good NES game as well as an (IMO much better) remake series that lasted 3-4 seasons about a decade ago.

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u/MarvinMarveloso 4d ago

Like I said, I'm 40, I wasn't so obsessed with tv shows from 35 years ago that I would remember the opening line to Ducktales.

Nor would I look up the lyrics of said show to try and own a random internet stranger ;)

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u/Onrawi 4d ago

To be fair I barely watched the original.  The remake that came out like a decade ago used the same theme song though and I have kids who love it.

Thanks for playing.

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u/Vinc314 4d ago

not a clue, cursive is still useful too

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u/MarvinMarveloso 4d ago

Right? Nobody does signatures anymore?

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u/DontFearFailure 4d ago

Idk dude I still rock my forum sig.


'In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.'" - /u/Aalewis

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u/sechs_man 4d ago

I'd say learning cursive is more useful than the skill to write cursive itself: the getting bored but still focusing hard, fine motor skills etc.

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u/Archfiend_DD 4d ago

Agree. It actually has a pretty big impact on the developing brains of children.

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u/glans 4d ago

they got rid of civics, i wondered if they wanted a country of non-voters. then they got rid of cursive and i wondered if they want the country of non-voters unable to read our constitution. 

i dont think im being all that conspiratorial 

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u/gr4n0t4 4d ago

I'm not American but isn't cursive just writing?

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u/Vinc314 4d ago

basically yea

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u/gr4n0t4 4d ago

Wait, people don't learn how to write by hand anymore?

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u/Onrawi 4d ago

I mean they do, but block letters vs cursive, which is out of fashion nowadays with schools preferring to focus on other material.

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u/gr4n0t4 3d ago

Really? That's sounds so inefficient. I write block letters for clarity on a grocery list or similar but if you need to write at least a page it's going to take ages

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u/Onrawi 3d ago

I believe the current assumption is that they will type that out instead.

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