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Celerity

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4. What a bunch of white privileged/white elevation bullshit

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Mon Jan 10, 2022, 08:19 AM

Jan 2022

in all its wholesomeness seemed eminently Midwestern

Same as calling the rural rural Midwest 'The Heartland'. As if it is the only 'true' America.

Some of the nastiest, most racist, sexist, homophobic, batshit cray fundie xian fuckers come out of the lily white Midwest backwaters.

Wholesome my arse.

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Dwayne Hickman, TV's Lovelorn Dobie Gillis, Is Dead at 87 [View all] douglas9 Jan 2022 OP

I loved that TV show when I was kid. My favorite was Maynard the beatnik Emile Jan 2022 #1

"Bummer, good buddy." - Maynard G. Krebs Achilleaze Jan 2022 #2

Actually, a joke on the show was that the "G" stood for "Walter"! Tanuki Jan 2022 #20

Beatniks. twodogsbarking Jan 2022 #3

What a bunch of white privileged/white elevation bullshit Celerity Jan 2022 #4

The crazies are all over the US. JanMichael Jan 2022 #10

oh, for sure the deep South is worse, as are viscous pockets on the East coast (NYC has some, for Celerity Jan 2022 #12

That's understandable. I appreciate the reasoning. nt JanMichael Jan 2022 #14

I bring that up whenever I hear the "coastal elites look down on us" line JHB Jan 2022 #15

that 'Heartland' shite always gets me all argy bargy, as it clearly doesn't refer to geography alone Celerity Jan 2022 #18

Not to mention the fact that not everyone gets to be a gentleman-philosopher. Aristus Jan 2022 #26

+1000 nt jrthin Jan 2022 #23

Many more people know him as Gilligan alphafemale Jan 2022 #5

No, his co-star went on to play Gilligan. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #6

That pic really looks like Gilligan alphafemale Jan 2022 #8

That's because it's a picture of Bob Denver, not Dwayne Hickman. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #9

Yikes. I think I would have gone to the dance with goofy looking Gilligan alphafemale Jan 2022 #11

He actually wasn't a natural blonde. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #13

Yeah. Even nearly white blonde kids alphafemale Jan 2022 #19

I have always preferred nerds and clowns alphafemale Jan 2022 #22

I wouldn't have gone to the dance with either of them. calimary Jan 2022 #17

And that was the fault of absolutely everyone else at that school. alphafemale Jan 2022 #21

Well, agreed - but only some of the time. calimary Jan 2022 #24

Aw,geez. Not Dobie Gillis, too. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #7

I watched it for Tuesday Weld winagawaukee Jan 2022 #16

Couldn't blame him! Emile Jan 2022 #25