We need to talk about Europe’s Kevins
How an American name became a European diagnosis
TIL it's tough to be a Kevin in Europe, after a wave of boys got the name when "Home Alone" was a hit in the early 90s: "...in England 'Kev' has become a synonym for working-class wastrel, a denigration as severe as being a Karen in America." www.economist.com/europe/2024/...
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All Summer in a Day - Wikipedia
"Sun Day" is a retelling of the Ray Bradbury short story "All Summer in a Day," apparently uncredited. So that's why it's at least a bit more interesting than the others en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Sum...
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