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> It is certainly inappropriate to say today. It may have been closer to being acceptable in 1985,

It was not.

> Remember, this was only one year after the movie Revenge of the Nerds was a lasting hit

Holy non-sequitur Batman!




> It was not.

I’ll take your word for it (and I upvoted your other comment which stated this).

> Holy non-sequitur Batman!

It was not a non-sequitur. It was an example meant to conclusively illustrate of how radically morals and attitudes (in the time period in question) differ from the current ones, even though we collectively might feel and remember otherwise.




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