Things you were shockingly old when you learned

steven spielberg was jack warner

I was shockingly old when I learned of the existence of Tiny Toons. But I suppose I would have been a bit shockingly old to have been watching it in the early 90s.

It was an enormous deal if you were exactly the right age, but I think it had a short shelf life - none of the new characters became iconic in their own right, and iirc the comedy was fairly middling... I don't think there are any widely hailed "classic episodes" or short segments, although I could be wrong. Also, it only lasted two seasons before being replaced by Animaniacs, which left a bigger cultural footprint with Pinky and the Brain, Yakko's song with the countries of the world, etc. And even at that time I think the consensus among us kids was that the successor was the better show.

I had heard that Karen Carpenter played drums, but...

#DotM Karen Carpenter
I heard that Hal Blaine played on their hits. But why?! pic.twitter.com/Q2tDCmuPlb

— Stewart Copeland (@copelandmusic) March 30, 2021

oh yeah, she was a total badass

damn

fantastic

Fucking hell!

damn! I knew she could play, I didn't know that she could play

That Róisín Murphy was one half of Moloko.

...in which capacity she co-wrote gospel songs for the world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxuqpXRNuUM

aww, nice. ty

This could probably go in the wikipedia unusual details thread but I never knew this about Alan 'Fluff' Freeman:

He was memorably described by Graham Chapman as being "keen on motor bikes and leather and men"

Not 'arf!

not a shock so much as an interesting little thing

and the Addams Family tv show set looked like this to get the proper contrasts pic.twitter.com/9K1OglEnyb

— a hungry mouth (@AHUNGRYMOUTH) April 10, 2021

Intersectionality
I'm still trying to work out if it is a term that should have universal application meaning every individual is not monolithic but multifaceted.
Or if it has got the connotation of mainly applying to women/LGBTQ+ or differently abled people.

I think I first came across it on a train the trainer course 3 years ago being introduced by a gay man. Have linked it to code switching and also to Sartre's Pierre teh Waiter who I may be misremembering as being presented in terms of being thought of mainly re his job role.

Last time i had it explained wa sin terms of various levels of discrimination but still not sure if that was what the person saying it's main usage of the term.
Still don't want it to be something that is picked up as an explanation/excuse for privilege.

love that addams family pic

Ofay is pig Latin for “foe”

That Bermuda is not only not in the Caribbean but is miles away from the Caribbean or anywhere else because it is, in fact, in the middle of nowhere.

bermuda
which is not even close to the bahamas
come on, pretty mama

Since posting, I've been watching Youtubes on the Bermudian accent, which is a wonderful thing. Plus I've also discovered Gullah and Americans who sound like West Indians.

a key factor when playing Sid Meier's Pirates! back in the day: if a quest/map/whatever is pointing you towards Bermuda, it's time to change allegiances, give up on finding your lost family members, or just marry the governor's daughter and retire.

'Everyday' and 'Not Fade Away' were never actually charting singles but, rather, were b-sides of (respectively) the 'Peggy Sue' and 'Oh Boy' singles.

Wait, Billie Piper was married to Laurence Fox for nine years??

poor lass doesn't half pick 'em!

You've got to wonder about someone whose choice in partners is that appalling.

Not really

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZJoe58pO8g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84oRwX0yEco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV12iHvpDTM

Shockingly old when I learned how popular that song has been

Actor Bruce Glover (James Bond films, Walking Tall, dozens of tv appearances) is the father of Crispin. Obvious if you look at him though

also "Trey" is almost always a nickname meaning "the third" and there are probably very few people actually named Trey. Not only was I shockingly old when I learned this, but I think I may in fact be the only person on Earth who didn't realize this, at least based on my real life experiences trying to pitch this as some sort of trivia and being met with pitying and or baffled expressions

Not only was I shockingly old when I learned this, but I think I may in fact be the only person on Earth who didn't realize this

Maybe the only person in the US, I don't know, but not on Earth.

See also: “Trip.”

I didn’t know this stuff until adulthood, it being kind of a class thing.

also "Trey" is almost always a nickname meaning "the third" and there are probably very few people actually named Trey. Not only was I shockingly old when I learned this, but I think I may in fact be the only person on Earth who didn't realize this, at least based on my real life experiences trying to pitch this as some sort of trivia and being met with pitying and or baffled expressions

It's news to me

I think I knew Trey but not Trip. Which, as James Redd said, is a class marker, at least in the US.

Class marker in what way?

woah had no idea about Trey or Trip, but makes total sense now in a "i feel dumb for not working it out by myself" way
similarly Ichiro is Japanese for "first son"

Class marker in what way?

In elementary school it was all JR and Johnny Boy and such.

There are also those upper class baby talk nicknames.

You mean people with III or IV at the end of their names?

That's definitely one for the American Things thread.

I believe having a III in your name was a prerequisite for being a Trip/Trey kind of guy.

was/is

Trey and Trip are news to me.

Where do you live, OL?

IL, US. Don't mix much with the upper crust tho. Never met a Trip or Trey irl.

So no Chip either then.

I once met a guy who's a IV and went by Ivy.

Which was weird for me because at the time, my daughter was named Ivy.

Never knew a Chip, never met a Muffy, never ran into a Thurston or a Lovey