Word: uptightness
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...grew long hair and a beard and began doing different kinds of material - about drugs and Vietnam and America's uptight attitude toward language and sex. Fans of the old George Carlin weren't ready for it. Carlin got thrown out of Las Vegas twice for material that today would seem tame (one offending routine was about his own "skinny ass"). At the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, Wis., he so riled up a conservative crowd with his jokes about Vietnam that he nearly caused an audience riot. Even Johnny Carson banned him as a Tonight Show guest...
...that relaxation could also be economically driven, because the government has expressly said that it wants to increase the GDP from the media sector by a certain percentage, and part of that is that they need to be seen as allowing freedom and creativity. TAN: Yeah, Singapore is quite uptight in some senses. But I think the government is realizing that. Education has a lot to do with that as well - the kids of this generation are so in touch with everything. With the Internet and all that, it's so easy for them to get information at their fingertips...
...artisanal-beer makers tend to be hippies, you're going to hear a lot of Grateful Dead. But there are some major upsides: you can visit breweries, unlike wineries, right in major cities; you're finished admiring the operations in 10 minutes; and instead of sipping and spitting in uptight tasting rooms, you down samples in attached bars, many of which have food--much of it fried...
...doing some research and hiring an administrator. When Harvard instituted the position of fun czar—officially called the Campus Life Fellow—as a coordinator for large-scale campus social events, the media and blog response was a flurry of derision. Were Harvard students so uptight that they needed to have fun despotically imposed upon them? Despite the apparent absurdity of having a fun czar, we approve of and acknowledge the necessity of such a position—not to impose fun upon us, but to create unique avenues for social life on campus. The College, however...
...Sure Thing.” 4. Whenever John Cusack says a pickup line that makes you cringe. For example: “How would you like to have a sexual experience so intense it could conceivably change your political views?” 5. For every remark about ugly, uptight New England college students. This shot can be in defiance or in agreement. 6. Whenever John Cusack is drinking a beer. Two if he’s having it for breakfast. 7. For every man in embarrassingly short shorts. 8. Every time a character repeats a line from earlier...