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Billy knows all the hidden meanings behind giving a certain kind of flower.

Steve has a severe pollen allergy.

[latelyanobsession]

Thinking of opening 2-3 slots for requests

Strongly agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Voting ended onJul 7

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Someone explaining to Billy Hargrove why you buy kitty litter in winter... even if you don't have a cat.

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I love that ChatGPT is more protective of Billy Hargrove being a minor than Karen Wheeler could ever be.

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Standing shoulder to shoulder with Dacre Montgomery as Billy Hargrove is released into the wilds, living his best life.

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What kind of person am I,

the kind that says 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT

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Nobody told Billy Hargrove about the cicadas.

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Billy Hargrove will commit a felony against anyone that dares slander Tajin.

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*Doorbell Rings* *Billy opens the door.* Billy: Yeah? Mormon Missionary 1: Hello sir, we are missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Mormon Missionary 2: We would like to talk with you, if you have time. *Billy takes a step back.* Billy: I was excommunicated. *Billy slams the door in their faces.* -END SCENE-

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Question for the class:

Would Billy keep his cassette tape deck once CD-compatible stereo systems came on the scene? *Assume that money and space are not an issue

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Whyyyy is tumblr breaking and undoing my like hearts????

[subaru-copilot]

it gets to a point that is just weirder if they didn't fuck

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Harringrove, but they are cats that are smacking each other. First very fervently and angrily, downgrading to passive swats simply because the other one smacked them back. They do not remember who started it.

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Just a little niche post for the fandom.

This is the placement where calluses would most likely be on Billy's hands related to heavy weightlifting, pull-ups/chin-ups, and other movements that place a lot of emphasis on grip and hand placement. The more often he does these kinds of movements, the more pronounced the calluses would be. Athletes will try to use preventative measures such as gymnast chalk, grips, gloves, athletic tapes. But that doesn't guarantee anything. Some athletes prefer being bare-handed because the calluses can improve overall grip and prevent slipping (as opposed to no calluses). Athletes will typically use a pumice stone to file down any calluses that are too pronounced or inhibiting. Commonly, calluses often start out as blisters caused by rapid and repetitive strain on that part of the hand. i.e., multiple rounds of pull-ups in one workout.

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I just gotta say,

Billy Hargrove shapes his eyebrows. They’re perfectly symmetrical.

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Billy Hargrove despises the concept of casserole.

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Niche things that clue me in to who younger writers are in the fandom:

- Little mention, use, or reliance on phones and telecommunications

ie. calling ahead to see if someone is home, calling your parents once you’ve arrived someplace, having to knock on the door of a random house in the middle of the night to ask to borrow their phone during an emergency (or hoping there’s a pay phone nearby), calling and having to speak to your friend’s parents “hi, is Billy home?” And be at their mercy as to whether or not they could talk.

- That every landline phone makes a dial tone when picked up off the receiver

If there’s no tone, you’re not making a call.

- That telephone lines were ran via wire from nearby power lines to people’s houses

- That you could steal your neighbor’s cable

- Rabbit ears and aluminum foil

- The concept of hitting or kicking something to make it work

- That a fair amount of phones had coiled cords

- That most television remotes at the time had hard plastic buttons, you would ‘click’ on

- That type writers were still in use in the 80’s

- That some household appliances had turn dials, not digital touch screens

- That most households had only analog clocks

- The verbs xerox and fax

- That fax numbers work similar to phone number dialing

- Yellow Pages vs White Pages (yes there was a difference)

- That all pay phones had a phone book attached under them (they went missing a lot)

- That all automobiles had a carburetor (an auto part under the hood that assisted the internal combustion car engine control air and fuel entering in) until late in the 80s

- That Tupperware was a brand and not just a word for plastic food storage

- That the staple colors of the 80s were: Brown, Orange, Yellow, and Olive Green

- That you truly did need to keep some spare change on your person just in case

- That credit cards used to have raised numbers and letters

- That most cars had roll-down (hand crank) windows, and locks (knobs) you had to push or pull to lock the car

- That most cars did not have an alarm system

- What a slim Jim, or ‘to jimmy’ something means

- That most electronic children’s toys were remote controlled

A handheld controller, usually with an antenna.

- KB Toys

- A newspaper boy, or a newspaper subscription

- That all mail-order catalogs had a paper ordering form in the middle of the magazine

You would fill out your order, mail it, and wait for products to be shipped

- In the US in the 1980s, football was the number one watched sport

- RadioShack was the Best Buy of the 80s

- That cars had cigarette lighters (which generated heat) and were not a charging port

- That the majority of cars had a radio antenna on them

- That garage doors were motorized and came with a remote button

There was no password/combination needed

- A higher presence of sewing machines in the household

- Floor-to-ceiling mirrors were popular

- What a Rolodex is and what it’s for

- A Kodak Moment