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145 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 24 Jul \ on: How To Fix The Economics Of Online Content? With Keyan Kousha & Stacker News podcasts
I don't recall watching a better podcast episode in a long time. It's not because I'm biased. Great interviewer and a great guest. The urban design discussion hit hone with me. Some of my fondest childhood memories involve summer evenings with my entire extended family sitting outside on a Brooklyn sidewalk to get out of the heat pre air conditioning. Gossiping, talking to neighbors, and watching people walk past. Would I trade it for a/c? Probably not, but I miss the experience.
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46 sats \ 6 replies \ @unschooled OP 24 Jul
the pre-ac days sound intriguing! you're saying people actually had to go outside to talk to each other in person?!
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45 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 24 Jul
Yep. My memories are fond, but plenty of arguing and yelling went on too! My grandfather's old girlfriend (thirty years ago) lived on the same block. My grandmother would always chide him as she walked by- "Hey Joe, why don't you go talk to your girlfriend."
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36 sats \ 4 replies \ @unschooled OP 24 Jul
the lesson here: don't have extramarital relationships with people who live on your street.
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45 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 24 Jul
It wasn't extra marital. I didn't describe it well. He broke up with her to marry my grandmother. She was happily married to someone else. My grandmother still wanted to mess with him.
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36 sats \ 2 replies \ @unschooled OP 24 Jul
ahh i see. and there you had me wondering: and grandma were cool with their men having affairs! What a time it was indeed!
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45 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 24 Jul
My grandmother would not have been cool with that at all! They did argue about more trivial things. As kids we really enjoyed their half English, half Italian insults that were delivered at high volume. I guess we weren't overly sensitive.
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