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clce t1_j6jtgwk wrote

Reply to comment by Axolotlist in Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Al St. John, 1918. Once his deadpan persona became established, Keaton avoided smiling in front of a camera. by L0st_in_the_Stars

That makes sense. Of course, also just good weather, cheap land, and as I've heard, not too far from the Mexican border just in case they had to avoid lawsuit process service. That last might be a bit fanciful, but I kind of like it

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Augen76 t1_j6jtedm wrote

Reply to comment by Whateveryousaydude7 in Target Checkout Lanes 1990s by Djf47021

The worst is they have a line "wrangler" and when I am content to wait in line for a cashier they go "sir, I have self check out lane right here available for you" and I'm like "I'm fine here, thank you" and they get oddly pushy about it.

I didn't design your shop to have capacity of 12 registers and then staff 3 of them and make the lines be so long they run back into the shopping aisles.

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clce t1_j6jt8b2 wrote

Reply to comment by Block_Me_Amadeus in Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Al St. John, 1918. Once his deadpan persona became established, Keaton avoided smiling in front of a camera. by L0st_in_the_Stars

Exactly right. Especially in silent film where you had to convey meaning, emotion, and humor with just your body, movements and especially facial expressions, you had to make sure that the audience, stage or film could pick up on your expressions

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clce t1_j6jssxh wrote

Reply to Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Al St. John, 1918. Once his deadpan persona became established, Keaton avoided smiling in front of a camera. by L0st_in_the_Stars

This is great. Looks like a nerdy dress up guy, his popular frat boy brother and their film school cousin. But I love these old timers. Our buckle doesn't really get the recognition he deserves these days. Recently watched a short, about 20 minutes, of him with buster Keaton. Keaton was the waiter and Arbuckle was the cook. My God he was a brilliant physical actor, and the bits and stunts they created was a whole new level of genius. We tend to be very verbal and most appreciate comedians or funny scripts. But to think how a human can watch another human not say a word but tell a story and be so funny is just amazing

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clce t1_j6jro5t wrote

Reply to comment by minnesotajersey in My grandfather during a riot in new jersey in 1970 (on the gun) by Defiant-Passion-5129

Within reason of course. But I agree. This isn't shooting peaceful protesters at a Vietnam or civil rights march. This was to quell the disorder. And it's worth noting that just because the vehicle has a machine gun on it doesn't mean they were indiscriminately mowing down crowds. I have no way of knowing but it may well be the machine gun wasn't even in commission. It would take a pretty significant top-down order to open fire with a machine gun I'm quite sure

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clce t1_j6jr0as wrote

Reply to comment by 6inDCK420 in My grandfather during a riot in new jersey in 1970 (on the gun) by Defiant-Passion-5129

That's a rather erroneous statement. There's no specific values of your country. It is either a lawful order or not a lawful order. Granted, it's sometimes hard to tell, but there is very specific military training on what is and is not a lawful order based on a lot of different factors figured out by very smart and knowledgeable lawyers and experts.

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clce t1_j6jqgdp wrote

Reply to comment by Different_While_5270 in My grandfather during a riot in new jersey in 1970 (on the gun) by Defiant-Passion-5129

I can certainly see that perspective. But I think it's a legitimate counter argument to say that they were being used to maintain order which is a legitimate use of the state police powers. We're not talking some Vietnam protest that the powers that be want to bust up. We're talking chaos in the streets and if I live there, your damn right I would want the government to restore order. I guess cool is somewhat relative, but I don't see any shame in someone's dad serving his country and helping to bring law & order and posing with a big ass gun while doing it.

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clce t1_j6jpxl5 wrote

Reply to comment by BartholomewBandy in My grandfather during a riot in new jersey in 1970 (on the gun) by Defiant-Passion-5129

Yeah, but anti-war protests were not typically put down by the national guard. Plenty of riot gear police, but they're not shooting middle class white kids for protesting the war. Kent State was very tragic of course, but it wasn't national guard brought out to put down a riot. It was national guard protecting a building or something, and a tragic overreaction when one or more of the probably young poorly trained guardsman felt too threatened and fired when they shouldn't have .

But I think most people aren't that aware of some of the riots of the late '60s. They were a complete breakdown of order and the national guard including guns were brought out to try to restore order.

I make no judgment on the whole thing. Just a historic observation.

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