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  • cfi@lemmy.worldtoCalvin and Hobbes@lemmy.world30 April 1988
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    4 days ago

    For those who weren’t around in the 80s, like myself, Calvin’s dad is actually right.

    At this point in time toy tie in programs made up the bulk of Saturday morning cartoon blocks.

    G.I. Joe, He-Man/She-Ra, Transformers, etc are examples. What’s more, a lot of these shows were low budget to minimize cost and maximize profit. Not only did they recycle scripts, they recycled whole scenes, some of which (famously He-man’s transformation) would appear in nearly every or actually every episode, unchanged











  • Its a holdover from the time before liquor started being sold in metric quantities. It’s not consistent at all, a pint is 375ml, a half pint is 200ml. A 5th, for fifth of a gallon, is 750ml. The names are used because they visually resemble the old containers. They are slowly falling out of use, but replacement terms haven’t really stuck and just stating the ml doesn’t have the same charm.

    Worth noting this just applies to booze. A pint of milk here means a US pint of milk (~473ml). Same goes for beer