What was the second world when Third World started being bandied about? Was the the Soviet bloc?
That's the way that we learned it.
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'The Message'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Sep 16, 2012 10:03:01 am PDT #22277 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
§ ita § - Sep 16, 2012 10:06:33 am PDT #22278 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why do people keep saying Jamaica isn't third world? What are you thinking of as third world? This isn't a "I don't see your race when I look at you..." thing, is it?
Connie Neil - Sep 16, 2012 10:22:37 am PDT #22279 of 30001
brillig
It's a starving kids in camps thing.
ie: is Sally Struthers trying to raise money for you?
Kate P. - Sep 16, 2012 10:23:55 am PDT #22280 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I actually don't mind living near the train tracks -- we lived down the block from the commuter rail when I was growing up, though these tracks are closer to the house and the trains run more frequently -- but M has a lot of trouble sleeping anyway, so anything that's going to potentially disrupt his sleep could be problematic. But, not much we can do about it now, except maybe buy a second white noise machine.
Friends have come and gone, many boxes have been packed, and now I'm just waiting for Rose to wake up from her nap so she can eat and we can head to choir rehearsal. Looking like we'll be rather late...
Vortex - Sep 16, 2012 10:31:06 am PDT #22281 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I'm never scared by CMs that take place in the woods -- only the ones with urban single women! For obvious reasons.
I KNOW! Did you see the one where the guy was stalking the woman through her Facebook page? I immediately signed out of Facebook and vowed never to check in any where.
-t - Sep 16, 2012 10:45:45 am PDT #22282 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The CM with Bubbles hopping trains between killing people was set near here. That one wigged me out some.
Dana - Sep 16, 2012 10:46:40 am PDT #22283 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I just watched the CM episode set in post-Katrina New Orleans. It was shit.
Hil R. - Sep 16, 2012 10:58:35 am PDT #22284 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Why do people keep saying Jamaica isn't third world? What are you thinking of as third world? This isn't a "I don't see your race when I look at you..." thing, is it?
I think it's because the images most people have of Jamaica are Bob Marley and the tourism commercials showing all the pretty beaches and people having fun and relaxing. The images people have of "third world" is warlords and naked kids with their bellies sticking out. Those images don't really go together.
aurelia - Sep 16, 2012 11:06:40 am PDT #22285 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
[link] It looks to me like Jamaica would still be considered Third World by most definitions. According to this anyway. I haven't looked up multiple sources.
Connie Neil - Sep 16, 2012 11:07:57 am PDT #22286 of 30001
brillig
If average Americans take vacations there, I don't think it's considered Third World (trademarked, copyrighted, Angelina Jolie goes there and poses with adorable children for the U.N.).