goodtimesforachange6 t1_j9y5h7v wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:29 PM

In the 70s, our station wagon had two bench seats in the back that faced each other sideways. There were four of us back there when my mom got into a low speed crash. Our heads slammed sideways into each other and into the metal back of the forward facing middle bench seat.

Edit: I guess it was the ford country squire. Holy shit that brings me back.

Re-AnImAt0r t1_j9y2gam wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:52 AM

Reply to comment by crystalGwolf in TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511

>with the nasally accent Americans do today

wait, you watch Avengers and think Samuel L Jackson, Robert Downey Jr, etc. somehow have "nasally" accents but Peggy Carter and the other Brits who don't pronounce their "R"s and whose air literally goes up into their nose when pronouncing an A or H don't? crazy. You have heard King Charles speak, yes?

Landlubber77 t1_j9y2f03 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:52 AM

Reply to comment by GibsonMaestro in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok

The majority of Redditors are Americans, where we're allowed to see extreme violence as long as there's not a stray female nipple or something. We'd be more likely to expect a more adult rating for this movie because of the scene where the wife gets dragged all over her ceiling and you see her panties, then when the older daughter runs out in the front yard and you see hers. The puritans can't help but lose their minds over that ^^^after ^^^pausing ^^^and ^^^masturbating ^^^to ^^^it.

FarradayL t1_j9y27hj wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:49 AM

Reply to comment by thalassa27 in TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok

Oh, yawn.

Supersnazz t1_j9y2371 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:48 AM

Reply to TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok

Also there's a scene where the workmen sexually harass the 16 year old daughter, and her mother literally laughs out loud about it.

krisolin t1_j9y18kp wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:36 AM

Reply to TIL That Toronto, the largest city in Canada, is not only south of London, Paris, and Berlin, but also south of Milan, Italy. by scorr204

Wow! I would have never guessed. And I used to live in Finland!

GoGaslightYerself t1_j9y1541 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:35 AM

Reply to comment by EndIsNighLetsGetHi in TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511

> God I fucking love this book.

I thought it was an almost impenetrable slog. I'd rather read DFW...and that's saying something!

Apparently both are way above my pay grade (or crank quotient).

GreenNMean t1_j9y14sk wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:35 AM

Reply to TIL Poltergeist, which came out in 1982, was rated PG. This is despite not just the movie fitting perfectly into the horror genre, but also many adult themes including the smoking of marijuana and a deep dive into the occult. by duganaok

My father let me watch this when my mom was out for the day. I was five. For years I refused to have any dolls in my bedroom at night, and for my entire childhood I would always have to check under the bed at night for clowns.