Good (Encouraging) Stuff (Part 1)

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It’s good news. But bad news - I would have thought they’d have done this years ago.

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I really don’t want to be the one to tell you they didn’t let women vote until 1971.

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Everyone thinks the Swiss are super progressive for some reason, but on top of women not voting until 1971 as @anon67050589, they also did this relatively recently:

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I’m guessing it is the neutrality thing, maybe? Even that doesn’t seem super progressive when you look at it very hard.

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I have just now learned that my application to become a naturalized citizen of Japan has been granted!

I will now be allowed to hold the world’s most powerful passport, granting me visa free access to… pretty much anywhere!

Yay!

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Congratulations!

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Thanks! That song has been going through my head since I heard the news this afternoon!

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Taylor Swift is forcing the Swifties, and others, to learn how to play vinyl records. She pressed her latest at 45, but people are playing it at 33, not knowing.

Some reviews, likely based on having played the 45 at 33:

Vulture, helpfully, swoops in:

On a related note, I do wonder if these ladies are seeing an upswing in record sales:

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I don’t know how that’s Good or Encouraging, but it is hilarious!

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I’ll admit to not being able to find a category for generally funny or humorous things (maybe it’s time to start one?), and thought this was marginally “encouraging” only in the sense that “kids these days” are getting to re-learn the old technology.

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Yeah, I sympathize, and I wasn’t complaining. Hey, a good chuckle is also a Good thing. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Odd stuff, maybe?

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Happy Surprise GIF by SpongeBob SquarePants

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One small step for womankind.

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This is Edith Wilson erasure!

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