“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is not a Christmas song, but like "Jingle Bells" and "Winter Wonderland," we only hear it at Christmastime because of the snow mentioned in the lyrics. And speaking of lyrics,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/15/The-History-of-that-Controversial-Song-Baby-Its-Cold-Outside/It's been almost ten years since we were treated to the delightful insights of Kirby Ferguson (previously at Neatorama) and his series Everything is a Remix. We're glad to see he's resurrecting that series for 2021. Epis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/15/Memes-Why-We-Love-Copies-and-Copying/It was 1983--the first Golden Age for Dungeons & Dragons, when this cultural phenomenon was sweeping across the land. TSR, the publishing company behind this new type of game, was capitalizing on the success of its p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/15/Dungeons-Dragons-Romance-Novels/I won’t speak about Brazilian politics in general, but that nation has recently produced a political reform that we can all get behind: dispute resolution by combat. Sure, it’s not the grand old practice of d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/15/Two-Politicians-Settle-Their-Differences-the-Old-Fashioned-Way-A-Cage-Fight/Having potty trained two children, I know that this part is especially difficult. Actually using the toilet is fairly straightforward. But the manual dexterity to wipe effectively after defecating is tricky, especially w...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/12/15/This-Preschool-Teacher-Has-a-Brilliant-Method-to-Teach-Little-Kids-to-Wipe/The subreddit AITA is one of reddit's most popular, or at least viral. It stands for "Am I the asshole?" in which users present a situation and other redditors pass judgement. Someone using a throwaway account (u/throwaw...
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