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Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 13th 2023 at 3:16:47 PM
They're probably warplanes that had the pilot sitting behind the man operating the fixed gun. You do not want the pilot to sit in front of the gun that only points forward.
Fresh-eyed movie blogOkay, so, I'm planning on starting an online radio show soon and want to make a thread for it once I do. What subforum should I put it in, Music or New Media? (I considered Radio, but that subforum is used less than the discussion pages of obscure articles on this site.)
Insert witty 'n clever quip here.There's a kind of masks used in modern theater — deriving from earlier incarnations dating back as far as to Ancient Greek theater — where each mask is a simplified face (usually white-colored) that depicts a specific emotion through an expression that is stereotypical to that emotion;(typical ones are joy (smiling mouth, upturned eyebrows), sorrow (downturned mouth, upturned eyebrows), and anger (downturned/sneering mouth, downturned eyebrows).
What do they call these masks? I've seen them referred to as "tragicomic theater masks", but is that their actual name? Wikipedia doesn't turn up any results.
edited 20th Sep '16 3:12:16 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Yeah, but not back then. The masks you are talking about are greek theatre masks, or as they called them, prosopon (lit., "face")
The Greek theater ones are a lot more detailed than the ones I'm talking about
.
Sportswear and beachwear count as "casual" under typical Western dress codesnote , right?
edited 25th Sep '16 3:33:21 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.I think they would be somewhat less than casual. Outside of some fairly narrow contexts, they're indecent.
Fresh-eyed movie blogYeah, well, according to Wikipedia's Western dress codes article
, "casual" is often used as a catch-all term for "anything considered inappropriate for more formal occasions". One could make an argument that "casual" can be split into "home casual" and "ultra-casual", with sportswear and beachwear falling under the latter (alongside lingerie, incidentally).
For context, I'm asking this question because I'm working on a list of notable outfits for a character with an Unlimited Wardrobe that would do Padme Amidala
proud; in order to make it easier for me, I've taken to splitting the wardrobe into broad categories of formality and function. It's then that I ran into the problem of how to classify sportswear and beachwear.
Note: "Beachwear" is technically not synonymous with "swimwear". That is, not all beachwear is designed for swimming. note
edited 26th Sep '16 12:02:16 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.There are some specific kinds of sportswear and beachwear that nobody would bat an eye at if you wore them to school or to run errands, mostly just the kinds that are similar in cut and fit to their non-beach/sporting counterparts. Yoga pants (in the case of women) and men's athletic shorts with a loose fit are some examples. I've seen people of both sexes wear shorts styled like basketball shorts to school and to go grocery shopping, and yoga pants also make pretty comfy loungewear.
But whether the character is the kind of person who would wear athletic shorts, yoga pants, tennis dresses, or terrycloth beachwear anywhere other than their workout or the beach is up to the character. If the character is also supposed to be up on fashion and isn't especially sporty, they might just restrict their activewear to their workout. If they don't live in a super-casual warm coastal area, they might not wear their beachwear anywhere other than the beach or to pool outings.
"Jack, you have debauched my sloth."Good points. The character in question is mainly the kind of person who'd pick their outfit to be fitting for the purpose/setting.
On a different note, is there a term that I can lump both activewear and beachwear under as a distinct category from regular casual attire? Or should I just name the category "Active and beach attire"?
edited 26th Sep '16 8:06:07 AM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Yeah, I pointed that out here
in the note at the very end.
So... There's no catch-all term for those two, is there?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.I have two quick questions concerning transportation:
1. I read about a Driver's Ed course that you can sign up for online. How reliable is this course? And has anyone from the state of Ohio tried it?
2. Is there such a thing as DMV course where they loan you a car? I am not sure that actually exists but I heard it form my cousin.
"Fan, a Mega Man character."

Why is it that some old fashioned biplanes have the pilot's seat BEHIND the passengers seat?