Ghost_In_Waiting

Ghost_In_Waiting t1_j9tz4qa wrote

Reply to New York City housewife Geraldine Dent grocery shopping in 1949, photo by Ruth Orkin by notbob1959

"So, you're saying that I could sell Tupperware in my free time to make a little extra money? I don't even have to leave my neighborhood if I don't want to? This sounds too good to be true. What is a 'Tupperware party' anyway? I like the idea of helping my friends make money, God knows everyone could use a little extra cash these days, but I don't understand how me helping them helps me even more. You're just going to have to explain this one more time before I decide."

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Ghost_In_Waiting t1_j1ikcc7 wrote

Reply to TIL in 1964, ABC premiered "A Carol for Another Christmas," a made-for-TV movie written by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The film is both a retelling of the classic tale and a call for cooperation between nations. by anogre8me

A box wrapped in shiny paper waits to be opened under what once was a glittering symbol of holiday feeling now just a charred shadow of its former glory. In this world Santa will find no stockings or cookies or children dreaming of sugar plumbs in bed. This world has wrapped its last present and put up its last lights. This is a world where no matter how hard he looks Santa will not find anyone, good or bad, left on his list.

Exactly the sort of Christmas you expect to find in The Twilight Zone...

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Ghost_In_Waiting t1_ixe0wni wrote

Reply to TIL nearly 60 senators were part of the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar, but he was stabbed 23 times, with only 1 wound being fatal. Caesar ultimately died at the base of the statue of his former rival, Pompey the Great. by axonable

"You too, Brutus?"

"You too, Marcellus?"

"You too, Felix?"

Later...

"You too, Titus?"

"You too, Albus?"

"You too, Caecilius?"

"For fucks sake! Give me the damn thing. I'll do the job myself."

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