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Inappropriate times to say "CAN YOU DIG IIIIIT"


When the driver of the car you just rear-ended comes over to exchange insurance information.

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Funeral, when you're at the cemetery plot.

"Hey...I like that...I like that!!" Terry Silver Karate Kid III

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When you're getting a colonoscopy.

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Well really, "dig it" or "can you dig it?" sounds way behind the times for the late 70s. It was played out before the early 70s gave way to the mid 70s.

It's the only part of the movie that makes me cringe at the corniness.

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i dont find it corny or cringy , if someone said it now i'd be like "oh , they used that 70s phrase . cool"
Calling things "swell" however ....

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Well, but all "70s" was not some monolithic decade when it came to culture and tastes. What was in vogue in '72 would be trite by '78-'79.

As it is, "can you dig it" sounds more like something 'Greg Brady' would say than what the leader of a vicious street gang would.

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In the middle of a IRS tax audit.

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Grandma's funeral.

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At your job interview with Goldman Sachs.

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In the movie theater while watching "Schindler's List"

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Lol...damn...

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