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    Negropedia Brown: The Case of the Undead Auto-Tune

    Signing Off: In Which I Tell You Sasha Grey Should Be Around Next Weekend

    Deep Thoughts: In the Year 2050 Will the Internet Still Be Using Exclamation Marks So Much?
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    06/14/09

    In reply to Negropedia Brown: The Case of the Undead Auto-Tune
    Holy shit, this is great.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    06/14/09

    In reply to Negropedia Brown: The Case of the Undead Auto-Tune
    Yes! Clear English. Understood most of it!


    (Did you go around with a little notepad as a kid too?)

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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    06/13/09

    In reply to Negropedia Brown: The Case of the Undead Auto-Tune
    I used to love Encyclopedia Brown books when I was little and I never solved those mysteries either.


    I'll guess though - the critic basically figures that any hip-hop artist who's achieved some success isn't relevant any more?


    I enjoyed the image of Ja Rule as pint-sized with the voice of Cookie Monster though. Now I'll always hear Cookie Monster if I have to hear his voice ever again.


    By the way, I figured that Jay-Z was already into his 40s. Whoops. I'm off to consult Wikipedia Brown to find out how old he actually is. See, this is what happens when you marry a woman who's way younger than you - she makes you look old, dude.

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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    05/09/09

    In reply to Signing Off: In Which I Tell You Sasha Grey Should Be Around Next Weekend
    OIC:


    "On April 30, 2009, she made a highly-publicized visit to the campus of Brandeis University to take questions from Los Angeles Times blogger Scott Feinberg, as well as students"


    - Uncle Wiki

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    Image of Colander Colander
    05/09/09

    In reply to Signing Off: In Which I Tell You Sasha Grey Should Be Around Next Weekend
    If the bro in that pic farts, she's gonna be so pissed.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    05/10/09

    @Colander:


    Oh did they miss an opportunity with a fan blowing just off camera.

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    Image of mommy_dearest mommy_dearest
    05/03/09

    In reply to Deep Thoughts: In the Year 2050 Will the Internet Still Be Using Exclamation Marks So Much?
    Has there been any in-depth wikipedia research into the use of the exclamation point and the question mark together?!?!


    This is the issue that is plaguing suburban America, as self-important PTA moms have adopted this puncuation to end every question and it is driving me crazy. Yes, I heard it was a question with the first question mark. When you add those exclamation points, it turns "Did you remember the cupcakes?" into "WTF is wrong with you? Did you remember the f-ing cupcakes?"


    I'm not sure if I hate the ?! combo or the self-important PTA moms more.

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    Image of T.A.N. T.A.N.
    05/03/09

    @mommy_dearest: yes, the most perfectly named piece of punctuation : the interrobang!!??!


    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    Image of mommy_dearest mommy_dearest
    05/03/09

    @T.A.N.: The depth of your knowledge is amazing. I will always be loyal to you.
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    Image of bayktdin bayktdin
    05/02/09

    In reply to Deep Thoughts: In the Year 2050 Will the Internet Still Be Using Exclamation Marks So Much?
    It's easy to show feelings in person, on a video or audio clip and set proper mood. In text it's very difficult to not seem overly harsh without shaking up the rules of writing well.


    I think there is one hip hop blog that uses CAPILIZATIION instead of exclamation marks.


    But how do the uptight William-Strunk-Elements-of-Style types set the proper mood without bad grammar, wrongful punctuation and phonetically spelled dialogue?


    Guilt as charged Mr. Strunk... guilty as charged.

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    Image of krismry krismry
    05/02/09

    @bayktdin: Don't even worry, Strunk and White are totally dead, along with apostrophes, semicolons, colons, quote marks, and all the rest of those archaisms and old relics. The only thing left is exclamation!!!!1!!!!!
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    05/02/09

    In reply to Deep Thoughts: In the Year 2050 Will the Internet Still Be Using Exclamation Marks So Much?
    But can we agree never to use the word "bledia" again? I love ya T.A.N., but no. No!!!!
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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    05/02/09

    In reply to Deep Thoughts: In the Year 2050 Will the Internet Still Be Using Exclamation Marks So Much?
    MCs act like they don't know!
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    05/02/09

    In reply to Deep Thoughts: In the Year 2050 Will the Internet Still Be Using Exclamation Marks So Much?
    By the year 2050, how you feel about something you write won't be expressed by punctuation at all, but by a form of electronic telepathy known as emoticonditioning. It was created by Bill Gates as part of a plan for world domination he came up with after watching an episode of "Dollhouse," but that he couldn't get to work because the software wasn't supported by Windows.


    When someone reads what you write, all the nuances (excitement, sarcasm, irony, what-have-you) will be projected directly into the reader's brain. As a result, everyone will finally get your jokes, but it will turn out that they actually aren't as funny as you think they are.


    The young folks, of course, will be much more facile with this technology than the rest of us, and will spend hours a day trying to force each other to think of the word "interrobang."

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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    05/02/09

    In reply to Deep Thoughts: In the Year 2050 Will the Internet Still Be Using Exclamation Marks So Much?
    I blame OK! magazine for this.
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    Image of souldecirce souldecirce
    05/02/09

    In reply to Deep Thoughts: In the Year 2050 Will the Internet Still Be Using Exclamation Marks So Much?
    Dividing exclamation point usage along racial lines might have worked a dozen or so years ago, but now it's usage is pretty even. I guess we're not including Kanye West in hip-hop, 'cause he's surely been guilty.


    Multiple exclamation points, or questions marks, to end a declaration or a question are far and away the most reliable indicators of serial killers and militia members.


    So, sssh. Let's not let them know we're on to them.

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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    05/02/09

    @souldecirce: What???? I've never hurt a corn flake or a fruit loop in my life!!!!! Don't call ME a cereal killer!!
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    Image of mmstk101 mmstk101
    05/02/09

    In reply to Deep Thoughts: In the Year 2050 Will the Internet Still Be Using Exclamation Marks So Much?
    I'm a big fan of exclamation marks.


    Emoticons, though . . . I happened to use one in an e-mail last week, and felt really, really dirty.

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    Image of T.A.N. T.A.N.
    05/02/09

    @mmstk101: did you use one of the ones where you stick your tongue out, or wink? *shudder*
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    Image of mmstk101 mmstk101
    05/02/09

    @T.A.N.: Haha. No, those are the worst! This was just a generic happy face.
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