The first example the article provides of apparently “grown up” content sounds like something straight off the WB.

In Katabasis, two graduate students at a magical version of Cambridge University go to Hell to rescue the soul of their adviser so he can give them a letter of recommendation.

I don’t go to bars but I vaguely remember seeing bar-top digital games at some point too.

I can’t remember when this was, I just remember being flabbergasted that someone might pay to play a bejeweled knockoff or something.

It’s such a funny example. He was so famous in the 80s!

Never Gonna Give You Up was literally #1 in 25 countries in 1988. He was nominated for a Grammy but lost to Tracy Chapman.

He’s sold 40 million albums.

During the period between his debut release and his fifth single (in 1988), Astley outsold every other artist in the world. (From his Wikipedia article)

I would argue he wasn’t accidentally famous at all, as he partnered with the Hit Factory. They produced Dead or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” in 1985.

“I knew, though, that when I got my turn, it would be a big thing, because Stock Aitken Waterman were becoming this big hit machine.”

Having a big hit is why he started working at their production studio as a “tea boy.”

Outed by gay activists and Harvey Milk?!

I didn’t expect that.

Or sometimes history if I can’t remember at all.

Oh my bad, two other people said that too I was just excited

My mom worked in a bank in a small town for her entire adult life.

She saw ONE thousand-dollar bill when I was a kid and took a (bad 1980s) photocopy so she could show us!

Rolls off the tongue!

Concise, you say

It’s a bit of an odd photo to use as the main image!

That’s the woman that got punched by a cop, apparently it required surgery.

It’s because to Trump, everything is about “ratings.”

He 100% believes that the presidency is like The Apprentice, and he’s not totally wrong when he’s in office.

But you can tell he still watches TV constantly and thinks these people are losers who are killing his ratings.

May this be the last television President. Navel-gazing parasites.

That is really interesting I did not know David Bowie did that!

Lin-Manuel Miranda as Dawson.

What other well-known serious actors can replace characters in 90s shows? Christian Bale in Beverly Hills 90210

I aspire to use this as a reaction image to one of my friends someday

I’m trying to think what would be too much for this…

I’ve never seen anything like it, that’s for sure.

I frequently enjoy your posts, so this is a delight!

It’s such a quotable movie. “And what’s he do?”

I saw Hackers when I was a teen, around 1998. I knew that wasn’t exactly what real “hacking” was, but it still made it feel like something to belong to. I painted my beige keyboard after seeing it a few times, just to make it feel more like my own.

One of the reasons it mirrored real life in some spots is because they used “Emmanuel Goldstein” as a source for some of the hacking references or themes. He published 2600: The Hacker Quarterly for decades (I was a subscriber for one of those decades), documentaries (Freedom Downtime is good!), radio shows, etc.

If I remember correctly he thought the movie was stupid but appreciated that they still said he was a consultant in the credits.

My lord, the rest of The Neverending Story really felt like the title. It just kept meandering.

I appreciate the creativity but the movie cut it off at the right time.

I too have owned a fractal case and I really liked it! I eventually got rid of it because I moved cross-country and I didn’t have an immediate need for it.

I really like the design of their dinosaur house.

I really don’t mind! Downvote away

I don’t mind!