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Article #818379Re: PPB: It Is Not Always May / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
From: Michael Pendrago
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:53
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:53
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On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 1:08:25 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: > Sorry, Pendragon, but many of the giants you listed are fading into obscurity. > > Ask the average person an find out for yourself. As I said, they are *unknown* to the average person. They are not now, nor shall they ever be, *obscure.* As previously noted: by your definition, anyone who isn't a current household name would be considered obscure. Many of the biggest celebrities, world leaders, entertainers, sports figures, etc., from the 1980s and earlier -- all the way back to the beginning of recorded history -- are virtually unknown to the majority of Millennials, Zillennials and Gen Alphas. Are you going to claim that 99.9999999% of history/culture/etc. is obscure? What a jackass! Michael Pendragon "I was influenced by the poetry of Edgar Allan Poland other poets but I don't consider that a topic to debate." -- Will Dockery on his literary influences
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