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Month: November 2016
How are men with goatees perceived, and how do they think they are perceived?
The goatee, of which I am a proud if unkempt bearer, is a GenX thing. I adopted it in 1995, when they were everywhere, and I have stubbornly held on to it since—although by default it is nowadays surrounded by 9 pm stubble. 1995 2009 2016 “Disaffected Gen-X’er” and “goatee” go together in the Googles, […]
Western Vernacular Music: what I do and don’t know
Stuff I want to know more about in boldface Dixieland Jazz Country Blues I got 7 CDs of anthologies, just need to rip them now Grateful Dead, Phish, those kinda guys I don’t think I’ll get it, but humour me James Brown Hendrix Chicago before they turned into mush Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd Love the […]
Musical Theatre: what I do and don’t know
Stuff I already know: West Side Story. Not quite a musical, is it. My Fair Lady. Perfect musical, and astonishingly faithful to the play. Sweeney Todd. And Assassins. I don’t know other Sondheim pieces, but I’m sure they are excellent as well. Wicked. My wife’s fave, and I did not expect to fall in love […]
Classical Music: what I do and don’t know
As a guide to contributors, this is what I already know in music, and what I’d like to know more of. The latter is in boldface. Classical Music. Perotin Stuff between Perotin and Ars Subtilior Ars Subtilior Stuff between Ars Subtilior and Corelli Liked Byrd. Freaked out by Vincenzo Galilei. Liked Schutz. Corelli Bach, Bach, […]
Why do Australians dislike their Queen so much?
Let’s try a more historically informed attempt at an answer. The USA within the Anglosphere had a very early strain of resistance to British authority, which made it a Republic. Ireland had an even earlier strain of of resistance to British authority, which made it a Republic a lot later. Most erstwhile colonies and dominions […]
How did Richard Nixon’s parents react to him becoming President?
As others point out, they were dead by 1968. However Hannah Nixon lived until 1967, and Frank Nixon until 1956. So they saw him Vice-President, and she fretted over how he looked in the Kennedy–Nixon debates. How they reacted to him making Vice-President would be evidence enough of how they would have reacted to him […]
Are Turks appropriating European culture?
https://www.quora.com/How-many-Turkish-consider-themselves-as-European/answer/Sinan-Ozeren Greek neighbour here. And hello to my neighbours! “Cultural appropriation.” I don’t think that word means what you think it means. I also happen to think that as a cultural critique, the notion of “cultural appropriation” is so vague, so clumsily wielded, so thoughtlessly conscripted in identity battles, that it deserves to be subverted […]
Is it normal for an educated, single, 50 year-old male to view every 18+ female he interacts with as a potential sex partner or mate?
Ah. How do I answer this without getting myself into massive trouble. The Annika Schauer is wise. But let me elaborate on the scenario a bit, and let me answer about whether it is appropriate, and whether it is desirable for Anon to date any. What are the rules for a heterosexual date-seeking male of […]
What does Trump’s presidency mean for Australia?
Originally Answered: What would a Trump presidency mean for Australia? Already posted this in https://www.quora.com/What-will-… Bob Carr was NSW State premier for a very long time, but always wanted to be Foreign Minister. He even managed to be one for a few months. He’s obsessed with American politics, as any Foreign Minister has to be, […]
Be funny: What do white people like?
A2A by Habib. This question is going to be answered by two Nicks: the Greek, and the Australian: The Greek: Ya Habibi, Habibim! Τι γίναμε ρε θηρίο! (“What’s news, you monster!”) White? Who you calling white? What is with these questions I’m seeing in the Quora sidebar? Are Greeks white, are Albanians white, are Arabs […]