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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This would have been just over two months after the stock market crashed, marking the start of the Great Depression. Never before and hopefully never again will there be a better time to say this.

[–] wurosh@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

Idk man, I feel like there were definitely a couple

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ootl -- who are those people, again?

[–] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dorothy Parker was a humor writer and Robert Benchley was a comedian. Both of them were members of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of New York-based artists who were very close.

[–] Tau@sopuli.xyz 12 points 10 months ago

"very close"