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Let's Be Nice Things We Can't Have Anymore

I'm the all-male college where men could bond and form friendships that would last a lifetime.

by Anonymousreply 265November 14, 2021 11:37 AM

I'm a tight anus.

by Anonymousreply 1November 8, 2021 8:03 AM

I'm the coke and booze that my elderbutt can't handle anymore

by Anonymousreply 2November 8, 2021 8:10 AM

I'm the open gang showers at that college.

by Anonymousreply 3November 8, 2021 8:16 AM

I’m the gay bars full of men only.

by Anonymousreply 4November 8, 2021 8:46 AM

I'm gay bars, period.

by Anonymousreply 5November 8, 2021 9:05 AM

I'm the job where you didn't have to show a vaccination certificate.

by Anonymousreply 6November 8, 2021 9:07 AM

I'm downtown New York in the 80's/90's.

by Anonymousreply 7November 8, 2021 9:10 AM

I'm downtown anywhere in the '50s and '60s.

by Anonymousreply 8November 8, 2021 9:21 AM

All of them.

by Anonymousreply 9November 8, 2021 9:21 AM

I’m the gay porn that does n’t feature women in it, and is n’t viewed or directed by women.

by Anonymousreply 10November 8, 2021 9:27 AM

I’m dating before chemsex.

by Anonymousreply 11November 8, 2021 9:34 AM

I'm the Unwoke Everything

by Anonymousreply 12November 8, 2021 9:36 AM

I'm those magazines, the ones you could find at only one store in town, where they handed you your purchase wrapped in brown paper.

by Anonymousreply 13November 8, 2021 9:38 AM

A doctor in private practice.

by Anonymousreply 14November 8, 2021 9:41 AM

I'm my pre-internet brain.

by Anonymousreply 15November 8, 2021 9:45 AM

I’m the internet sites for gay men that are n’t overrun with fraus.

by Anonymousreply 16November 8, 2021 9:50 AM

I'm a soda fountain and serve cherry phosphates.

by Anonymousreply 17November 8, 2021 9:53 AM

I'm the Easy Bake Oven where the heat was generated by the light bulb.

by Anonymousreply 18November 8, 2021 9:54 AM

I'm the awful cornbread that came out of that oven.

by Anonymousreply 19November 8, 2021 10:01 AM

Casting Couch.

Thanks, Harvey!

by Anonymousreply 20November 8, 2021 10:07 AM

Fun toys that put kids' lives at risk in the 80s and 90s.

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by Anonymousreply 21November 8, 2021 10:10 AM

I'm the chemistry set you got at Christmas!

by Anonymousreply 22November 8, 2021 10:32 AM

I'm the soap opera with enough of a budget to be glamorous and scripts so well-written you can't help but become a lifelong fan who tunes in every day.

by Anonymousreply 23November 8, 2021 10:48 AM

I'm the effortless stroll through airport security.

by Anonymousreply 24November 8, 2021 10:52 AM

I'm the airport without a security check.

by Anonymousreply 25November 8, 2021 10:53 AM

I'm those heavy made-in-America 501s you used to buy at Sears for $8.99.

by Anonymousreply 26November 8, 2021 10:57 AM

I'm the men's room with the open trough, divider-less urinals and closed main door.

by Anonymousreply 27November 8, 2021 10:58 AM

I'm the regular size 300 gram of chips and family size 500 gram bag.

by Anonymousreply 28November 8, 2021 10:59 AM

I'm a library with a card catalogue.

by Anonymousreply 29November 8, 2021 11:00 AM

I'm the broadway shows where people dress up, sit quietly, eat no snacks and don't have cellphones.

by Anonymousreply 30November 8, 2021 11:01 AM

I'm Kodachrome.

by Anonymousreply 31November 8, 2021 11:02 AM

I'm going to any department store or mall, seeing that it's well stocked and finding the exact item for which you were looking... and a few unexpected finds.

by Anonymousreply 32November 8, 2021 11:04 AM

I'm the guy who used to fill your tank.

by Anonymousreply 33November 8, 2021 11:18 AM

I'm r33's sexual innuendo.

by Anonymousreply 34November 8, 2021 11:20 AM

I'm the "quiet" gay film about two white guys who meet and something happens, or doesn't.

by Anonymousreply 35November 8, 2021 11:22 AM

R34 But we're still allowed to have that.

by Anonymousreply 36November 8, 2021 11:23 AM

Face-to-face cruising spots with guys under 40 years old.

by Anonymousreply 37November 8, 2021 11:24 AM

R34 Better to come up with your own. Like the bagger at the grocery store.

by Anonymousreply 38November 8, 2021 11:26 AM

I'm the muscle car with fat back tires, four-on-the-floor, and rear wheel drive. Peel out!

by Anonymousreply 39November 8, 2021 11:26 AM

I'm naked men swimming freely and unashamedly at the YMCA.

by Anonymousreply 40November 8, 2021 11:31 AM

I'm a meal with Mom and Dad. But I'd settle for just a coffee.

by Anonymousreply 41November 8, 2021 11:37 AM

I am the dairy products that never bothered me before but now gives me terrible gas!

by Anonymousreply 42November 8, 2021 11:40 AM

OP-Three all-male colleges remain in the US.

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by Anonymousreply 43November 8, 2021 11:40 AM

I’m polite, competent and efficient customer service.

by Anonymousreply 44November 8, 2021 11:58 AM

I'm conventionally attractive white cis gay men.

by Anonymousreply 45November 8, 2021 12:03 PM

I'm then cocaine and booze my tight anus in a open gang shower in an all male college can't handle anymore

by Anonymousreply 46November 8, 2021 12:05 PM

I’m the relaxing, easy listening music in department stores, pharmacies and dentist offices.

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by Anonymousreply 47November 8, 2021 12:10 PM

I'm the Craigslist ads that were so prevalent in which straight guys were looking for some oral on the side with no strings attached.

Damn, I miss craigslist.

by Anonymousreply 48November 8, 2021 12:12 PM

I'm the cocaine and MDMA not potentially cut with meth or opiates.

by Anonymousreply 49November 8, 2021 12:13 PM

I'm a cop you weren't afraid of approaching.

by Anonymousreply 50November 8, 2021 12:16 PM

I'm the International Male Catalog. I represented the high-end taste of the Gays. Without me, you fags look like total gutter trash. Prove me wrong, I dare you.

by Anonymousreply 51November 8, 2021 12:25 PM

I'm the all-female college where women could bond and form friendships that would last a lifetime. Now we have crazy people with male genitalia forcing their way into our lives (and our changing rooms, dicks on full display).

by Anonymousreply 52November 8, 2021 12:49 PM

I'm the good drugs your doctor would freely hand out with only having minor complaints

by Anonymousreply 53November 8, 2021 12:57 PM

@r21, "Fun toys that put kids' lives at risk in the 80s and 90s. "

That link is a good read, I had a lot of those toys, but the ones containing asbestos and uranium are the best, but where can I find the toy that contained GHB?... Asking for a friend

by Anonymousreply 54November 8, 2021 1:01 PM

[quote]crazy people with male genitalia forcing their way into our lives and our changing rooms, dicks on full display

Pics please.

by Anonymousreply 55November 8, 2021 1:08 PM

Buffets at the casino.

by Anonymousreply 56November 8, 2021 1:13 PM

I'm the short shorts guys used to wear.

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by Anonymousreply 57November 8, 2021 1:14 PM

I'm your first love.

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by Anonymousreply 58November 8, 2021 1:20 PM

R57 I'm the basketball games that used to be fun to watch.

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by Anonymousreply 59November 8, 2021 1:21 PM

Altar boys.

Virginity.

So many.

by Anonymousreply 60November 8, 2021 1:22 PM

I’m Michfest!

by Anonymousreply 61November 8, 2021 1:29 PM

I’m a solid bowel movement.

by Anonymousreply 62November 8, 2021 2:42 PM

I'm a foreskin.

by Anonymousreply 63November 8, 2021 2:54 PM

I'm the belief that only women can be pregnant and have periods.

by Anonymousreply 64November 8, 2021 3:04 PM

I'm your youth.

by Anonymousreply 65November 8, 2021 3:07 PM

I am common sense.

Lots of people used to have me.

by Anonymousreply 66November 8, 2021 3:18 PM

I'm the reality that men have penises and women have vaginas.

by Anonymousreply 67November 8, 2021 3:19 PM

I’m anticipation, delayed gratification.

by Anonymousreply 68November 8, 2021 3:30 PM

I'm the six year old kid who ran wild unsupervised all over the neighborhood.

I'm the pet dog who followed the kid and could poop and pee wherever I wanted.

by Anonymousreply 69November 8, 2021 3:33 PM

I'm the unlocked doors to your house and car.

I'm the keys left in your car's ignition.

by Anonymousreply 70November 8, 2021 3:50 PM

I'm good, classic movies that aren't sequels, aren't remakes, have nothing to do with superheroes, and will stand the test of time.

by Anonymousreply 71November 8, 2021 3:54 PM

I'm appliances that are made with good materials to last 50 years.

by Anonymousreply 72November 8, 2021 4:00 PM

I'm elocution.

by Anonymousreply 73November 8, 2021 4:14 PM

Stand-alone novels

Photos without filters

Being able to be friends without knowing their political opinions, what they ate for breakfast and when they're constipated (fu social media over sharers)

by Anonymousreply 74November 8, 2021 4:18 PM

I'm a natural wonder or small, quaint village or unusual landscape or picturesque pier that has not been stomped into the ground by 12 million Instagram twats.

by Anonymousreply 75November 8, 2021 4:36 PM

Windows on the World, WTC

by Anonymousreply 76November 8, 2021 4:47 PM

[quote]Shorts are short. That's why they're called shorts. But men's shorts in the 1970s took short to a whole new level, and all we can say is that we're glad the 70s are over!

A nice thing we can't have anymore and still can't have...a lack of homophobia and implications that the male body should be hidden from view because it's icky.

by Anonymousreply 77November 8, 2021 5:41 PM

"Windows on the World, WTC "

Windows 7

by Anonymousreply 78November 8, 2021 5:55 PM

I'm the gay community that was actually about hot masculinity, hot homosexuality, and actual authentic gay men, not BTQ+ fugly narcissistic cunts.

by Anonymousreply 79November 8, 2021 6:14 PM

R52, did you notice how men entered women’s spaces after women entered men’s spaces.

by Anonymousreply 80November 8, 2021 6:21 PM

I'm the high quality Entenmann's products that no longer exist and that were mourned in a recent thread.

by Anonymousreply 81November 8, 2021 6:21 PM

I'm McDonald's fries that were once incredibly delicious.

by Anonymousreply 82November 8, 2021 6:29 PM

I'm candy not made with high fructose corn syrup.

by Anonymousreply 83November 8, 2021 6:30 PM

I'm beautiful large downtown movie theaters with huge screens that showed epics in Cinerama. Todd AO and Super Panavision 70.

by Anonymousreply 84November 8, 2021 6:33 PM

I'm Hal Prince/Steven Sondheim musicals on Broadway.

by Anonymousreply 85November 8, 2021 6:34 PM

Tolerance, understanding and patience for our fellow humans regardless of gender or orientation. Respect for oneself without putting others down.

by Anonymousreply 86November 8, 2021 6:36 PM

I am Morehouse College. One of three remaining 4 year, all men's colleges. I am...changing the rules...

As of 2020, there are three private, non-religious, four-year, all-male college institutions in the United States. These are:

Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

Hampden–Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, Virginia

Morehouse College is a historically black men's college in Atlanta.

In April 2019, Morehouse announced that it will begin admitting transgender men for the first time in 2020, becoming the first standalone all-male college in the U.S. to adopt a policy on transgender students.[4]

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by Anonymousreply 87November 8, 2021 6:42 PM

R86 When did we ever have that?

by Anonymousreply 88November 8, 2021 6:43 PM

I’m the gay ghetto. I’ve disappeared. An army of fraus, pushing their baby strollers, took over. Their fucking strollers block the aisles in narrow boutique restaurants, on a Saturday night. (True story.)

by Anonymousreply 89November 8, 2021 7:08 PM

I’m the gloryhole in r27.

by Anonymousreply 90November 8, 2021 7:22 PM

I’m the gloryhole in [R89].

by Anonymousreply 91November 8, 2021 7:32 PM

Cyclamates

by Anonymousreply 92November 8, 2021 7:34 PM

"I’m the gay ghetto. I’ve disappeared. An army of fraus, pushing their baby strollers, took over."

I'm triple the money I paid for my tiny ghetto bungalow by fleecing liberal straights who thought it so PC to move to a Gay ghetto

by Anonymousreply 93November 8, 2021 7:43 PM

I'm a wicked sense of humor.

by Anonymousreply 94November 8, 2021 8:07 PM

[quote] I'm a library with a card catalogue.

People miss the library card catalog?

by Anonymousreply 95November 8, 2021 8:16 PM

Every day.

by Anonymousreply 96November 8, 2021 8:31 PM

New York Air

by Anonymousreply 97November 8, 2021 9:24 PM

Oh, that’s still there.

You can see it!

by Anonymousreply 98November 8, 2021 9:38 PM

I'm President Barack Obama.

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by Anonymousreply 99November 8, 2021 9:39 PM

R95 Google a bit and you'll see there's genuine nostalgia for the card catalog. First because the computerized replacements are generally clunky and dated. Second because those cards front and back held useful notations that didn't get into the computer.

by Anonymousreply 100November 8, 2021 9:52 PM

[quote] I'm the all-male college where men could bond and form friendships that would last a lifetime.

...and fuck surreptitiously.

by Anonymousreply 101November 8, 2021 9:59 PM

I’m the absence of social media.

by Anonymousreply 102November 8, 2021 10:05 PM

LGB without the TQ and what ever the fuck is added

by Anonymousreply 103November 8, 2021 10:18 PM

I'm sunlight in midtown.

by Anonymousreply 104November 8, 2021 10:53 PM

Chanel No 5, Miss Dior and many other fragrances in their original formulas, thanks to EU overreaction to allergens.

by Anonymousreply 105November 8, 2021 11:10 PM

I'm appreciation for a well-groomed woman who looks feminine.

by Anonymousreply 106November 8, 2021 11:13 PM

I'm the straight woman and effeminate bottom who just wants to get married and be taken care of.

by Anonymousreply 107November 8, 2021 11:14 PM

Extravagant Christmas spectaculars on TV that featured dancing, elaborate sets, great song and dance.

I am the word Christmas, not holidays.

The movie of the week with the theme by Burt Bacharach. It was the song "Nikki".

by Anonymousreply 108November 8, 2021 11:31 PM

I am the unshaved bush and chest and the big porn 'stache.

by Anonymousreply 109November 8, 2021 11:43 PM

I'm the kid who got all excited every ear when Danny Kaye introduced this year's CBS showing of The Wizard of Oz.

by Anonymousreply 110November 8, 2021 11:46 PM

I'm 1970s New York.

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by Anonymousreply 111November 9, 2021 12:12 AM

I’m A&P Jane Parker Spanish Bar Cake

by Anonymousreply 112November 9, 2021 12:22 AM

I’m the dialup internet connection these old, wonderful eldergays used to get on Datalounge with!

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by Anonymousreply 113November 9, 2021 12:23 AM

Theres Wabash all male college OP dear.

by Anonymousreply 114November 9, 2021 12:24 AM

R94, I'm a sense of humor period.

I'm also people who can take a joke and people who know how to banter.

by Anonymousreply 115November 9, 2021 12:31 AM

Expert, professional & fairly low priced - cobbler, seamstress, tailor, watch and jewelry repair, small appliance repair (remember routinely repairing appliances?), framer, plasterer, plumber, electrician, etc etc etc

by Anonymousreply 116November 9, 2021 12:31 AM

I'm a conversation about politics or ideology that doesn't instantly disintegrate into name calling. I am held in person, not online, and maybe after a few drinks or smokes. I allow people who disagree to learn something about each other, and perhaps understand the world a little better. I am extinct.

by Anonymousreply 117November 9, 2021 12:34 AM

A beautiful skyscraper such as Empire State Building, and its observation deck or restaurant, being the top of the city.

by Anonymousreply 118November 9, 2021 12:34 AM

Humorous jabs directed at minorities and straight white people equally.

Soul train dance lines*

by Anonymousreply 119November 9, 2021 12:37 AM

Bathtubs for golden showers in night clubs

by Anonymousreply 120November 9, 2021 12:38 AM

There was an art to search based on a card catalogue and the paper material it mostly catalogued, that is lost. It wasn't better than today but it was different. Also. there was a way for students to research and write a paper that was in SOME ways better than today. I'm sure you all remember. Based on taking notes on index cards, and then arranging the index cards into cohesive statement, and then writing it out maybe 1 or 2 long hand. And then typing it on a MANUAL fucking typewriter and getting it almost correct or acceptably correct in 1 pass. This you would finish at 6 am, go to the dining hall, then to class, and hand it in. DONE. The inability to look for more info, and to rewrite a thousand times, and to digitally copy and paste text rather than putting things directly into your own words by handwritten notes. This has somewhat handicapped todays students. They have all the information in the world at their fingertips, and it's all copiable, and that is both + and -

by Anonymousreply 121November 9, 2021 12:40 AM

yes - good old pure safe knowable coke, heroin, hash, pot, mushrooms, and synthetics such as MDMA and LSD. It wasn't rocket science and it wasn't lethal. I'm not talking about being a heroin junkie but back in the day we could smoke a bit of heroin and it was easy peasy - which was the point.

by Anonymousreply 122November 9, 2021 12:49 AM

Handwritten (in cursive) love letters.

by Anonymousreply 123November 9, 2021 12:50 AM

US political parties that don't pander to the ravings of the insane 1% in their ranks. This country isn't actually comprised of foaming-at-the-mouth trans snowflakes or white supremacists, not that you would know it...but pick a side, any side, and try to live with it...

by Anonymousreply 124November 9, 2021 12:54 AM

R114 Does a college exist if nobody in the forest has ever heard of it?

by Anonymousreply 125November 9, 2021 12:54 AM

I'm plastic bags at the supermarket and plastic straws in my soft drinks.

by Anonymousreply 126November 9, 2021 12:59 AM

Internet surfing without pop-ups

A phone line without robocalls/spammers

Real privacy

by Anonymousreply 127November 9, 2021 1:04 AM

County or State Fair with a classic tatty, wasted, used-up, has been star doing his or her golden oldies act.

by Anonymousreply 128November 9, 2021 1:07 AM

Satire.

by Anonymousreply 129November 9, 2021 1:09 AM

R125 i googled all male college and it was the first hit dear.

by Anonymousreply 130November 9, 2021 1:12 AM

Free speech

by Anonymousreply 131November 9, 2021 1:20 AM

Camp.

by Anonymousreply 132November 9, 2021 1:21 AM

I'm the $20 orchestra seat to a hit Broadway show.

I'm the $2.25 gin & tonic at Uncle Charlies.

I'm the 13 inch black & white portable tv that is dragged to every room of the house (and gets a great picture) when you don't want to watch what everyone else is watching on the big color living room console tv.

by Anonymousreply 133November 9, 2021 1:46 AM

I'm the short subject or cartoon that runs with coming attractions before the main feature in a cinema.

That's right, I'm not five minutes of commercials.

by Anonymousreply 134November 9, 2021 2:18 AM

Innocent prank calling.

Steak and Ale.

The distinct smell of a video rental store.

Sears Christmas Catalogues.

900 numbers.

Airplane seats that are comfortable and offer legroom.

Less traffic and fewer people.

Green spaces.

Fruit and vegetables that tasted like fruit and vegetables.

by Anonymousreply 135November 9, 2021 2:47 AM

$500 bills, $1000 bills

twice daily mail delivery

by Anonymousreply 136November 9, 2021 3:41 AM

I’m the teaching of spelling and grammar in schools.

by Anonymousreply 137November 9, 2021 3:49 AM

I'm lime-scented Mennen Speedstick

by Anonymousreply 138November 9, 2021 3:57 AM

A city with a morning and afternoon newspaper. For example, the Boston Globe and The Boston Evening Globe.

by Anonymousreply 139November 9, 2021 4:10 AM

I'm the metal can of Pepsodent tooth powder that lasted over a year and the glass bottle of Prell shampoo that somehow never broke in the tile shower. I am the garlic kosher pickle being pulled out of the wooden barrel at the deli down the street. I am waxed paper wrapped around your pastrami sandwich then put in a paper bag. I am a quart of beer, a whole quart of beer, sold at the corner store. I am the foam on the beer and the salty foam of the ocean waves breaking on sand of which you will never tire.

by Anonymousreply 140November 9, 2021 4:21 AM

The pink princess telephone.

Phone booths.

Cheap gas.

by Anonymousreply 141November 9, 2021 4:45 AM

I'm younger than springtime.

by Anonymousreply 142November 9, 2021 7:36 AM

Motel 6s that actually cost $6/night.

by Anonymousreply 143November 9, 2021 7:51 AM

R130 Which is the point, luv. You couldn't find the place on a map if your life depended on it.

by Anonymousreply 144November 9, 2021 8:04 AM

[quote]Expert, professional & fairly low priced - cobbler, seamstress, tailor, watch and jewelry repair, small appliance repair (remember routinely repairing appliances?), framer, plasterer, plumber, electrician, etc etc etc

Short the plasterer, plumber, and electrician, I can find each of those in a shop on my street, but I don't live in the U.S. Quality framing of something approximately 16" x 20" with a simple stained/painted wood frame on in silver/gold leaf, glazed and properly mounted, will cost not more than €20, and much less for a very basic wood frame. Every dry cleaning shop does clothing alterations and will find a way to clean anything, inexpensively. Cobblers often do a double business as key makers; a few stand alone and have business sufficient to just do shoes, and the price is never enough that you would consider buying new shoes instead, it's €20 or less. The home repair contractors you have to reach by phone, but the plasterer will be a real plasterer; the guy who repairs stone will be a specialist; the electrician will tell you the cheapest way to do anything, and the plumber (the only one who by tradition doesn't clean up after himself) will try to steer you the most economical and lasting fittings that he knows to be trouble free.

by Anonymousreply 145November 9, 2021 8:18 AM

great - what country?

by Anonymousreply 146November 9, 2021 8:20 AM

I’m the democrat party. We used to be sensible.

by Anonymousreply 147November 9, 2021 10:15 AM

R147 That was before Bill Clinton who turned the Democratic Party into Republicans Light.

by Anonymousreply 148November 9, 2021 10:26 AM

A news source not backed by an agenda.

by Anonymousreply 149November 9, 2021 10:44 AM

Given all the snarky comments about eldergays, I am surprised department stores have not been mentioned more often. I mean the old fashioned department stores with sales people behind the counter and floorwalkers on the floor, tearooms that served Waldorf salad and Orange Blossom Cake, actual Christmas decorations in December and animated displays in the windows, and the elaborate, fancy gift wrap that was extra.

by Anonymousreply 150November 9, 2021 11:05 AM

Restaurants in department stores. I mean genuine restaurants, where you sat at a table with cutlery, dishes, and were waited on by wait staff. The last one I remember was in the mid-1970s.

by Anonymousreply 151November 9, 2021 11:10 AM

I miss the general lack of outrage and offense. Can’t we all just get along?

by Anonymousreply 152November 9, 2021 11:14 AM

Lionel train sets you were only permitted to set up at Christmas.

And parents who were completely blind to that cruelty.

by Anonymousreply 153November 9, 2021 11:15 AM

I’m the tastefully decorated, independently owned affordable sit down restaurant that serves made from scratch recipes of balanced meals that included bread and green vegetables.

by Anonymousreply 154November 9, 2021 11:15 AM

R151, I must have been typing when you posted.

by Anonymousreply 155November 9, 2021 11:17 AM

Drugs not laced with Fentanylp.

by Anonymousreply 156November 9, 2021 11:26 AM

Children who are respectful of adults.

by Anonymousreply 157November 9, 2021 11:35 AM

Relish trays with spiced apple rings.

by Anonymousreply 158November 9, 2021 11:39 AM

An "Around the World" dinner party, a la Betty Draper.

Surprising guests with exotic cuisines and unheard of foods (or maybe only heard of) would be a fucking trick today.

When your friends have lived on multiple continents or worked and lived in various countries, know different languages, travel and read, and watch Chef's Table and have been to a few of the resaurants featured, there's no shocking them with spätzle or Chicken Kiev, washed down with a Burgundy or a Heinekin.

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by Anonymousreply 159November 9, 2021 11:53 AM

@r150, " tearooms that served Waldorf salad and Orange Blossom Cake"

Tearooms that served men in the 4th floor men's room at Rich's downtown Atlanta store

Too much info?

by Anonymousreply 160November 9, 2021 12:16 PM

I'm a 2-finger dime bag.

by Anonymousreply 161November 9, 2021 12:18 PM

Pan Am and TWA.

by Anonymousreply 162November 9, 2021 12:20 PM

Air travel without trash people. 20 years ago the cabin was full of friendly, respectful folks from upper middle class families. Now it’s, well, a disaster. How do these thugs find their way to an airport, much less get through security?

by Anonymousreply 163November 9, 2021 12:23 PM

^^^ the entire country without trash people.

by Anonymousreply 164November 9, 2021 12:55 PM

[quote] twice daily mail delivery

When was this?

by Anonymousreply 165November 9, 2021 1:00 PM

R163 I go back longer than that, and the informal dress code then even for economy class was smart casual or better.

by Anonymousreply 166November 9, 2021 1:05 PM

Op has never heard of Wabash College in IN. But it’s in a flyover state, so why would he?

by Anonymousreply 167November 9, 2021 1:07 PM

Now, wear clean jeans and a polo and you feel you're over-dressed.

by Anonymousreply 168November 9, 2021 1:07 PM

I'm a sane Republican Member of Congress who actually believes and follows the Constitution, fully embraces American democratic traditions, and doesn't kiss the Fat Orange Man's ass.

by Anonymousreply 169November 9, 2021 1:09 PM

R84 as someone that went to a grand old movie theater to see Eternals this weekend, I can tell you that the screens were rarely that large (much larger in modern theaters) and hardly that glamorous. Give me AMC with a reclinable seat and great sound.

by Anonymousreply 170November 9, 2021 1:14 PM

R144 Oh, no one does physical map anymore dear. We just google map everything.

by Anonymousreply 171November 9, 2021 1:14 PM

R167 OP is very familiar with the Midwest -- he certainly doesn't fly over it -- but admittedly is only familiar with schools that are widely known for some good reason: football teams, Nobel Prize-winning professors, admissions scandals, etc.

by Anonymousreply 172November 9, 2021 1:16 PM

Sure r152, but first you need to offer actual equality and make up for generations of theft and abuse. That is still a struggle it seems so, no justice no fucking peace!

by Anonymousreply 173November 9, 2021 1:16 PM

Adulthood.

by Anonymousreply 174November 9, 2021 1:17 PM

Conventional wisdom.

by Anonymousreply 175November 9, 2021 1:20 PM

Fancy ocean liners. Cunard is still in the game but they’ve accepted their fait and sail god awful looking ships that really do look like floating retirement homes. Given the price, it should look like 1st class on the titanic or the idk Queen Mary. Not the monstrosities they like to build.

They should lean into the glamorous designs of their famous ships, but instead go for “elderly-modern”. Bring back the mahogany and (fake) marble or go Art Deco. Bring back the glamour.

by Anonymousreply 176November 9, 2021 1:23 PM

Im the ability to discern a con and conman and not fall for his crap.

by Anonymousreply 177November 9, 2021 1:23 PM

[quote] they’ve accepted their fait

Their what?

by Anonymousreply 178November 9, 2021 1:24 PM

Talk shows where people engage in actual conversations.

Not the yelling ones, the tailored-for-the-internet clip ones, the five-minute sell your project and next guest ones, et al.

by Anonymousreply 179November 9, 2021 1:32 PM

Those gizmos at the shoestore that would x-ray your feet and make sure you got a perfect fit.

by Anonymousreply 180November 9, 2021 2:29 PM

Full nipples-to-knees shaving before surgery.

by Anonymousreply 181November 9, 2021 2:30 PM

Negro servants.

by Anonymousreply 182November 9, 2021 2:32 PM

I'm a night at the circus under the big top watching the clowns and the trapeze artists and the big cats and having the time of my little kid's life.

by Anonymousreply 183November 9, 2021 2:47 PM

I’m Charles Nelson Reilly hissing at r183.

by Anonymousreply 184November 9, 2021 3:32 PM

R165, twice-daily mail delivery still occurred for businesses in the 60s. I can't remember it, but my brother does. Perhaps it was just in the central business district?

by Anonymousreply 185November 9, 2021 4:54 PM

I'm the wall to wall color in home décor.

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by Anonymousreply 186November 9, 2021 5:29 PM

Conversation pits. They've been replaced by those large wrap around sectionals.

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by Anonymousreply 187November 9, 2021 5:35 PM

Anybody who goes to see a Marvels Superhero movie I assume is too young to know what is was like to see How the West Was Won in Cinerama or TSOM on a large TODD AO screen.

by Anonymousreply 188November 9, 2021 5:38 PM

@r186 & r187, Nobody misses that shit

by Anonymousreply 189November 9, 2021 5:40 PM

I'm an indoor voice!

by Anonymousreply 190November 9, 2021 6:33 PM

I’m an affordable college education.

by Anonymousreply 191November 9, 2021 6:41 PM

R188 One night at the movies when you were a kid and you remember it all your life.

by Anonymousreply 192November 9, 2021 7:01 PM

Going to the grocery store without seeing people in their pajamas

Going to the grocery store without seeing people riding on mobility scooters

Going to the grocery store without having to worry about being part of a mass shooting

Going anywhere without having to worry about being part of mass shooting because some loser was just dumped, got passed over for promotion, couldn't get laid by a hot enough lady, the "voices" told him to, or he was "having a bad day"

by Anonymousreply 193November 9, 2021 7:12 PM

I'm phone conversations that are kept private.

by Anonymousreply 194November 9, 2021 7:27 PM

I’m skiing.

by Anonymousreply 195November 9, 2021 7:30 PM

^^Huh?

by Anonymousreply 196November 9, 2021 8:29 PM

[quote] on a large TODD AO screen.

I’m r197 and I’m confused about what a TODD AO screen is.

by Anonymousreply 197November 9, 2021 8:30 PM

I'm a culture where everyone had more or less the same cultural touchstones -- watched the same TV shows, read the same news, listened to the same music, saw the same movies at the same time, learned the same things in school. I helped bind the community, and the country, together.

by Anonymousreply 198November 9, 2021 9:59 PM

A husband that doesn’t cheat online.

by Anonymousreply 199November 9, 2021 10:05 PM

Harvey Weinstein

by Anonymousreply 200November 9, 2021 10:35 PM

Nude swimming at the YMCA.

by Anonymousreply 201November 9, 2021 10:54 PM

R197 Todd AO was a widescreen format that squeezed and unsqueezed the image using a special lens and a single strip of film, then projected it onto a very distinctive wide and deeply curved screen.

by Anonymousreply 202November 9, 2021 11:18 PM

Oh, cool. Thanks.

What did AO stand for?

by Anonymousreply 203November 9, 2021 11:21 PM

I am old enough that I assure you it was not just one night though not as many as I would have liked as that era was fading and a new kind of cinema more intimate and gritty no longer required those large theaters and screens, Though I saw many films in the upper east side houses and I miss those as well. I hate multiplexes with a passion There is no pleasure for me in going to them.

Todd AO was a high definition 70MM film process used from the mid 50s through the 60s for big budget musicals and epics often shown(but not exclusively) on large curved screens in large theaters let's say which seated 1,500 people so while vast gave you a sense of intimacy. I can't imagine a multiplex theater seats more than a third of that. If a Todd AO film was a big success it would play in one theater for literally years. South Pacific played in a London movie house for 4 years. Airport (neither a musical or an epic yet still filmed in the process) which I saw at Radio City played there for months but that seated 6,000 and still had long lines where people on weekends would have to wait for hours. If you saw a Todd AO print of The Sound of Music it was pretty stunning. I would give anything to see Around the World in 80 Days(which I admit comes across badly on TV) in such a print but I don't think the negative even exists any longer in salvageable condition. I always wished somebody would ask Elizabeth Taylor about it but they never did.

by Anonymousreply 204November 9, 2021 11:25 PM

Michael Todd American Optical

by Anonymousreply 205November 9, 2021 11:27 PM

Thanks, guys!

And r204, I loved your post.

by Anonymousreply 206November 9, 2021 11:42 PM

IMDB forums.

by Anonymousreply 207November 10, 2021 12:41 AM

I'm the Concorde, baby. I was supersonic.

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by Anonymousreply 208November 10, 2021 2:35 AM

I'm uncensored, unmoderated, uncontrolled, wild-west internet.

I'm true internet anonymity.

I'm USENET.

by Anonymousreply 209November 10, 2021 2:36 AM

Roadshow movies, when going to the movies was an event. Shown on a huge screen, with great sound. Reserved seats. Souvenir programs. Overture, Intermission, Entr’acte, Exit Music.

Okay, so all of them weren’t the greatest films ever shown. You can say the same about practically everything now on cable.

But no matter how grand, no TV show can match what it’s like to be sitting in a movie palace as the overture plays, and the lights dim.

It’s all gone. You’ll never see their like again.

by Anonymousreply 210November 10, 2021 5:21 PM

R210 I saw Around the World in 80 Days and TSOM at a Cinerama in Montclair, NJ, John. Probably others I’m not remembering. It was quite the occasion.

by Anonymousreply 211November 10, 2021 5:41 PM

I'm talent.

by Anonymousreply 212November 11, 2021 9:24 PM

A stainless steel Rolex. Can't find them and can't afford them.

by Anonymousreply 213November 11, 2021 10:07 PM

R172 Wabash is a well-reguarded liberal arts college.

by Anonymousreply 214November 12, 2021 11:51 AM

[quote] well-reguarded

Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 215November 12, 2021 11:55 AM

R215 The spelling and grammar police are out early today.

by Anonymousreply 216November 12, 2021 12:45 PM

Untrimmed bush.

Too goddamned much shaving and trimming. Almost always awful.

by Anonymousreply 217November 12, 2021 12:59 PM

R217 - Agreed. I met a hot Latino last month and I could get past the tweezed/waxed eyebrows, but when he dropped trou and I saw the almost perfectly shaped lines in the pubic area I just lost all desire. I wanted a hot, dirty, brown dude, and instead I got a waxed, tweezed, shaved, woman. Needless to say it was a one time affair.

by Anonymousreply 218November 12, 2021 1:04 PM

I'm meritocracy, when your hard work, talent and skills would matter more than your victimhood narrative.

by Anonymousreply 219November 12, 2021 1:21 PM

Hey! It takes a lot of hard work, talent and skill to craft a victim narrative these days that stands out and pays off!

by Anonymousreply 220November 12, 2021 2:14 PM

[quote]I'm meritocracy, when your hard work, talent and skills would matter more than your victimhood narrative.

Translation: "Why can't me being a white man guarantee me a successful life anymore?

by Anonymousreply 221November 12, 2021 6:03 PM

R221 The usual blindness to all the hundreds of millions of white men who didn't have a successful life.

You might see Death of a Salesman, et al. Raise your consciousness a little.

by Anonymousreply 222November 12, 2021 6:27 PM

That's not a translation R221. That's a complete restatement of what R220 said, in order to suit YOUR narrative.

by Anonymousreply 223November 12, 2021 6:40 PM

R223 R220 is saying that being a white man once guaranteed success. Good reading comprehension counts!

by Anonymousreply 224November 12, 2021 6:48 PM

Whoops. Misread the R numbers.

by Anonymousreply 225November 12, 2021 6:50 PM

Then you have the ability to count to zero R224. Congratulations.

by Anonymousreply 226November 12, 2021 6:50 PM

I'm carbs.

by Anonymousreply 227November 12, 2021 6:51 PM

R226 No, I have that rarest of ability here: to admit a mistake.

by Anonymousreply 228November 12, 2021 6:57 PM

R224 never heard of Death of a Salesman. Some people should go to high school.

by Anonymousreply 229November 12, 2021 6:57 PM

Thug-free and child-free restaurants and shops.

by Anonymousreply 230November 12, 2021 8:03 PM

I don't understand the appeal of Death of a Salesman when both All My Sons and The Crucible are so much better plays.

by Anonymousreply 231November 13, 2021 12:41 AM

Doesn't DOAS have broader audience appeal? Everyone can relate to it.

by Anonymousreply 232November 13, 2021 1:20 AM

Being an eldergay and traveling alone

Washing Machines that clean clothes

Dishwashers that clean dishes

People minding their own business

"Good Poppers"

by Anonymousreply 233November 13, 2021 2:15 AM

Civil conversations.

by Anonymousreply 234November 13, 2021 2:18 AM

A good long spur-of-the-moment phone call just to chat.

by Anonymousreply 235November 13, 2021 2:36 AM

R233 - “Being an eldergay and traveling alone.”

Best line ever.

by Anonymousreply 236November 13, 2021 2:47 AM

[quote]Being an eldergay and traveling alone

Why on earth not?

by Anonymousreply 237November 13, 2021 9:50 AM

No one wants to do their jobs anymore - even physicians. People do not feel obligated to do anything expected by them. Because if COVID, there seems to be a bottomless pit of excuses to skip out of everything and just blow everything off.. I’m very concerned how far this will go.

by Anonymousreply 238November 13, 2021 12:00 PM

I'm looking someone in the eyes and making a human connection

by Anonymousreply 239November 13, 2021 12:04 PM

[quote] OP-Three all-male colleges remain in the US.

But do the gang showers endure?

by Anonymousreply 240November 13, 2021 12:13 PM

Political disagreements that don't end up in verbal attacks or moral judgements of the other.

by Anonymousreply 241November 13, 2021 12:58 PM

School prayer.

by Anonymousreply 242November 13, 2021 1:43 PM

Drag Queen Bingo

by Anonymousreply 243November 13, 2021 1:49 PM

Gay bars without bachelorette parties.

by Anonymousreply 244November 13, 2021 1:51 PM

[quote]Political disagreements that don't end up in verbal attacks or moral judgements of the other.

Political disagreements that don't end up with one side sealing itself into an alternate reality and threatening genocide against the other.

by Anonymousreply 245November 13, 2021 2:11 PM

Wool sweaters, real 100 percent true wool sweaters.

by Anonymousreply 246November 13, 2021 2:38 PM

Cigarettes during the holidays.

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by Anonymousreply 247November 13, 2021 2:43 PM

[quote]Doesn't DOAS have broader audience appeal? Everyone can relate to it.

I don't. I find it a bit a bit too over-arching in it's almost fable-like attempt to make Willy Loman like me. It's trying so hard. I don't relate to Willy that much, he doesn't seem very likable and the whole affair just leaves me cold. To me it's the ultimate School Field Trip Theater, while Miller's other two most well-regarded plays are far more engaging.

by Anonymousreply 248November 13, 2021 4:38 PM

Academy Awards based on artistic merit.

by Anonymousreply 249November 13, 2021 4:46 PM

I’m a thin white person who got by on my brains not my race or obesity

by Anonymousreply 250November 13, 2021 4:47 PM

I'm Christmas carols in public school assemblies.

by Anonymousreply 251November 13, 2021 4:56 PM

Every better mens wear shop sells 100% wool sweaters. Huh, R246? Even some of the fast fashion puts out the occasional all wool sweater. I bought 100% wool t-shirts at H&M last winter. Sadly, they shruck short and wide. Some slave seamstress arranged the knit in the wrong direction. Had they shrunk long and thin they would have fit perfectly. 🤪

by Anonymousreply 252November 13, 2021 6:22 PM

R252 Much easier to find nice woolens at an affordable price in the UK than the US, where it often turns out to be a blend even at a higher price point.

by Anonymousreply 253November 13, 2021 6:35 PM

I'm not a big DOAS fan but we went on a high school trip to see it with, GCS, TW, HK and JF at Circle in the Square. It was tremendous and I'm not even a fan of Scott.

by Anonymousreply 254November 13, 2021 7:07 PM

Trans-free restrooms.

by Anonymousreply 255November 13, 2021 7:36 PM

I'm my social life.

I was a glittering black tie whirl of charity dos.

Now I am Netflix and drinking at home.

by Anonymousreply 256November 13, 2021 10:53 PM

Sex.

by Anonymousreply 257November 13, 2021 11:12 PM

Nice male bodies that are fit but not roidy.

by Anonymousreply 258November 14, 2021 2:39 AM

There are lots of those R258. They just don't post nearly nude photos of themselves all over Instagram.

by Anonymousreply 259November 14, 2021 2:54 AM

I am the posters who don't get the "Let's be" part of the game. I just list shit I miss. How tired.

by Anonymousreply 260November 14, 2021 4:14 AM

Let's be he poster who criticizes other posters for not doing the "Let's be" part of the game, while doing the very same thing himself. Hi R260.

by Anonymousreply 261November 14, 2021 5:10 AM

Let's be wrong, like r261 and their ilk.

I am the costume I can't wear for Halloween because CULTURAL APPOPRIATION! even though I am only 5 and dressed like a wee Indian. (Feather, not dot...uh oh)

by Anonymousreply 262November 14, 2021 5:20 AM

Let's be a bitter troll like R262

by Anonymousreply 263November 14, 2021 5:21 AM

Let's be Gay Celebrity Gossip, Gay Politics, Gay News and Pointless Bitchery on Datalounge.

Oh wait, fun gay men aren't allowed here anymore.

Thanks, trannies.

by Anonymousreply 264November 14, 2021 11:15 AM

I’m honorifics like Mr. and Miss.

I’m too triggering for some.

by Anonymousreply 265November 14, 2021 11:37 AM
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