b
I can never tell which phrases have expired. Which of these references from the 1900s are still recognizable today?
Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
6.1%
Bustin' makes me feel good.
7.4%
God bless the child that's got his own
2.7%
You can check out any time you like, but...
11.3%
Stop. Hammer time.
11.9%
He smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
9.6%
Never count your money ... sittin' at the table
6%
Stand by your man!
10.4%
You look mahvellous!
5%
It's ironic, like rain on your wedding day.
9.8%
Don't stand so close to me.
8.6%
We're gonna party like it's 1999.
11.1%
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Show threadDavid McMullinMar 25

@b
Almost all of them.

But “1900s” stings a bit—that means 1900-1909 to me, not stuff I lived through.

(cc: @NadiaPurge )

Show thread@jacquiharperMar 25
@b These are all from the second half of the 1900s, maybe sort by decade?
Show threadbMar 25
@jacquiharper Maybe some day when social science funding exists again I'll get a grant to do this properly and scientifically.
Show threadCount BuchlaMar 25
@b @NadiaPurge
I was just revisiting yesterday the irony of an era defined by irony being represented by a song about irony that contains no irony.
Show threadCourt Cantrell won't conformMar 25

@JoshuaACNewman @b @NadiaPurge

THIS IS A PERFECT SUMMATION OMG

Show threadPomegranate County IrregularsMar 25

@b @futzle I recognize them all.

Course, I turn 69 in a few days. So…

Show threadCourt Cantrell won't conformMar 25

@b I recognize them all (can hear them and their contexts in my head).

I'm 49.

#GenX
#Xennial

Show threadColorblind CowboyMar 25
@b Only the first two I couldn’t really place.
Show threadThorne LawlerMar 25
@b Thank you for the best possible earworm to carry me off to sleep 🌈 🐸