Jk, everyone loves South Park.īoth my trees level, and my age during the story. This incident was probably why I spent my middle school years looking for the most explicit and curse-filled songs possible. Their compromise was having my sister white out all the explicit shit off the album art. This time I got pissed, cause Sublime was awesome as fuck, and I demanded to keep the album. , specifically the back (whcih I didn't find a picture of, but IIRC it was much more explicit with drugs and booze bottles etc. Long story short, my Mom took back the Coolio album, because one track was called "Fucc Coolio," and after my sister had my mom listen to it, it was indeed pretty explicit.Īt the same time, as an aside here, my sister pointed out the album artwork of the Sublime album art. My sister, being 11 years older than me (and therefore probably 19 and a freshman at Harvard), took it upon herself to point out to my mother how all the albums had Explicit Lyrics warnings on them (this was the heyday of those warnings, and clearly my sister was influenced by the media hubbub). The Pharcyde's Labcabincalifornia, Coolio's Gangster's Paradise album, etc. So every Christmas I'd get a bunch of CDs, and in 1995 I asked for a lot of, what are now, classics. Please also read the site-wide Reddiquette.īack in the 90s there were these things called Record Clubs, mailorder services where you would join and be able to buy, say, 20 cds of your choice that were available to the club, for $1 each (or maybe just $1? Forget, but it was awesome). Please avoid reposting TILs that have already made the front page in the past on YouTube)Īdd or tags to your posts, as necessary. Link to the appropriate start time when referencing videos (e.g. Link to the appropriate heading when referencing an article (particularly on Wikipedia) If you are interested in reading about the TILs on this list use the search box feature and enter the keywords to pull up past TILs.Īvoid mobile versions of websites (e.g. The purpose is to keep content fresh on /r/todayilearned as requested by its members. The titles have been abridged for the sake of brevity, however the context remains the same. If your TIL is found on this list, it will be removed. This list was compiled from /r/todayilearned community suggestions by its members.More information available on the TIL FAQ and wiki. Please report spam, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate posts by messaging the moderators, as this helps us remove them more promptly! If your post does not appear in the new queue and you think it meets the above rules, please contact the moderators (include a link to your post, not your story). Please see the wiki for more detailed explanations of the rules. "TIL you can click on widgets in WidgetMaker 1.22").Īll NSFW links must be tagged (including comments). No submissions related to the usage, existence or features of specific software/websites (e.g. instead, or be more specific (and avoid the word "about"). " and other broad posts don't belong on TIL.
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