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WestCoastLib

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13. Nothing new here. There was a brief period of strangeness.

Reply to ND-Dem (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 05:26 AM

Feb 2015

No...this is nothing new. There was a brief period of strangeness (compared to the rest of all human history) where the unpopular people with knowledge could get ahead.. That knowledge (of technology, programing, innovation, business, etc) has become so mainstreamed and the population grown so much that its like anything else. You better fit into the social norms too to really succeed.

Video killed the radio star.

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what does it mean when men "work hard for their looks"? [View all] ND-Dem Feb 2015 OP

I'm afraid dieting, preening and plucking are going to be more important to many men Warpy Feb 2015 #1

yes, wasn't there a thread on here the other day about 40 being the new 50 in the work world. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #3

Nobody does that look better than Bela Lugosi. Rex Feb 2015 #2

except for ... maybe ... Dorian Gray ... ? Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #4

Nah Bela is better, the picture that I posted is a still picture. Rex Feb 2015 #5

geesh, I dunno Rex ... looks pretty Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #6

LOL! Rex Feb 2015 #7

Everything Old is New Again: Get pretty, fellers!!! MADem Feb 2015 #8

It's not new for men. Bonobo Feb 2015 #9

It means...... DFW Feb 2015 #10

I hear that brother. It ain't the years, it's the mileage! bluesbassman Feb 2015 #11

Got that right! DFW Feb 2015 #12

Nothing new here. There was a brief period of strangeness. WestCoastLib Feb 2015 #13