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That's Interesting: Send Me On My Way by Rusted Root Discussion

Matilda

Ice Age

I was recently reminded of the song Send Me On My Way by Rusted Root by a friend who referred to it as that song from Ice Age. I gave her "the Whoopi", as pictured below, and said "you mean the song from Matilda!" As a child of the 90's I remembered this song. Matilda was an influential cinematic experience that I believe was shared by many of my peers and that song at the end of the movie will forever be frozen into my brainsicles. To suggest this song is anything than "the Matilda song" is blasphemous! This song was released in 1995 and Matilda was released in 1996 whereas Ice Age was released in 2002; by sheer math, Matilda wins.  

And as an aside, Matilda is the original sweetest bitch you'll ever meet; just look at how she befriended that token Lavender with her big ass glasses and the slightly androgynous looking Hortensia. Let's also not forget how she cheered on Bruce at the assembly as he ate that delicious looking chocolate cake that the ill-looking cookie made.

Lavender

Hortensia

Also who hasn't wanted Matilda's powers? Answer nobody.

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"The Whoopi" by Kennan Thompson on SNL

I Was Just Thinking: Origin of Teardrop Tattoos

As a pale person who works in West Philadelphia I see many tattoos and have seen several teardrop tattoos on a daily basis and get frightened by them from my limited knowledge of them so I wonder what they mean. According to Wikipedia and various other sources the tattoo is originally from the Chicano (Mexican) gangs in California dating back to the 1940's. The original meaning of the tattoo was that the tatted person had killed someone. Modern interpretations of the tattoo range from that person having killed someone especially to show fellow prisoners of their murderous status or that the person had lost a loved one.

Types of Teardrop Tattoos:

1. Open Teardrop - This tattoo is the unfilled version and originally meant the wearer had killed someone

2. Closed Teardrop - This is the filled in version and originally meant that the person had lost a loved one

3. Half-filled Teardrop - This is obviously half filled in and apparently means that the wearer has had a loved one killed and has also murdered that loved ones assailant.

4. The White Person Teardrop - there is also a trend of white people getting teardrop tattoos on their fingers that are in memory of a loved one or just there as an ironic tattoo. Oh hipsters!

Basically teardrop tattoos are scary and not classy and if you see a half-filled teardrop RUN!

Sources:
Wikipedia
Gangs Or Us
Urbandictionary