A quarter of all social media being pedants and asshats getting ratioed is one of the very few good things about the modern internet.
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“he beat Joe Louis’s ass”
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Soup joke from the end credits, but points for remembering dialog.
sorry…“where’s the spoon?”
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Twenty years ago, the world wasn’t a total shit show marching toward global fascism and on the brink of global catastrophe, either. Maybe we can lay off shaming people for getting a little bit of joy out of this dark period?
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20 years ago we were all still going on about how much we hated Jar-Jar Binks. I’d say fawning over Baby Yoda is a major step up from that.
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Also (almost) 20 years ago… we were all looking for jorrrbghs… Hamstray
And we still hate Jar-Jar.
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Guy’s a Millie.
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Not to mention that 20 years ago, we were all reading Harry Potter and stocking up on candles in case the infrastructure imploded at midnight Dec. 31. And listening to Prince on heavy repeat.
It helped drown out the sound of Jar Jar.
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http://www.inthe90s.com/generated/time1999.shtml
his is a list of important events the occured during 1999. Exact dates are listed when known.
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President Clinton is Acquitted
In February, the Senate acquits the president of perjury and obstruction of justice, after the House of Representatives had convicted him. -
NATO Begins Bombing Yugoslavia
In March a 78 day offensive by NATO forces in response to Serb attacks on Croatians. -
Columbine Tragedy
April 20, 1999, two students go on a shooting rampage in Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. They kill 12 students, 1 teacher and themselves. -
Earthquake in Turkey Kills 13,000
In August, one of the most powerful and deadly earthquakes of the century strikes Turkey. -
Women’s Soccer Team Wins World Cup
One of the most memorable sports moments in years, when Brandi Chastain kicks the final shot, and whips off her shirt and runs around in her sport bra waving it over her head. -
NASA loses two Mars bound space probes
The first in October, the Climate Orbiter is lost when a team of scientists fails to covert between English units and the Metric system. The second in December is the Polar Lander, a $165 millon probe.
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Darth Sidious would wind-up to use force lightning, and be hit in the face with force diapers.
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He just needs an earworm song. Let’s see…
Baby Yoda-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah
Baby Yoda-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah
Baby Yoda-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah
Baby Yodaaa!
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And somehow, we still didn’t feel like we were heading towards fascism. Even the bombing in Yugoslavia (Serbia) was feeling more like doing something productive in that situtation instead of UNPROFOR sitting on their hands in the midst of ethnic cleansing and genocide (in at least one case, IN A UN SAFE ZONE!).
[ETA] I think for the most part, things still seemed to be moving towards greater freedoms for all of us, not less 20 years ago.
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1999: “Never Again.”
2019: “Oh well, whatcha gonna do?”
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Yeah. The risk of full on fascism is much greater now. It’s more frightening than I can remember. 40 years of vast right wing conspiracies well funded by billionaires take a toll.
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Indeed. The baby yodas help…
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They do. Small cute green things are easy to spot, fascists are harder to see 
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