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BxgrlJeri
08/04/09

In reply to White House Admits Obama Hasn't Fixed Everything Yet
I would have written:
"Listen up citizens and dopefiends: the fucknut Repugs shitted up the place while simultaneously driving us off a cliff and shooting people in the face. Now they're in Congress whining and stonewalling. If you want this crap fixed it's going to take more than 7 months, assholes."
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ChillbearLatrigue
08/04/09

@BxgrlJeri: Aren't there only like 20 Republicans left in Congress? If Democrats don't want their input, they really don't need it, now do they? Ever think that every Democrat is not a Nancy Pelosi clone? Now, I want you to go back to the drawing board and come up with a more accurate statement.
I do like the style. Don't change that.
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BxgrlJeri
08/04/09

@ChillbearLatrigue: An accurate statement like there are 20 Republicans in Congress?
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ChillbearLatrigue
08/04/09

@BxgrlJeri: Touche, but come on. You have the majority in the House and a filibuster proof Senate majority. How do you put any piece of failed legislation on Republicans?
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ChillbearLatrigue
08/04/09

In reply to White House Admits Obama Hasn't Fixed Everything Yet
I appreciate the honesty. I would have attacked the old wording had I been aware of it before the changes.
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naugahydeinplainsight
08/04/09

In reply to White House Admits Obama Hasn't Fixed Everything Yet
It's so cute how the White House just won't give up on the New Foundation. Every once in a while it shows up in a speech, gains no traction, and quietly returns to the purgatory of failed but not-yet-abandoned slogans.
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Edited by naugahydeinplainsight at 08/04/09 11:30 AM

hilikusopus
08/04/09

In reply to White House Admits Obama Hasn't Fixed Everything Yet
Out of order.
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bmoreDLJ
08/04/09

In reply to White House Admits Obama Hasn't Fixed Everything Yet
Well, if the rhetoric becomes inaccurate, as it was, it has to be realigned. Frankly the wording on the left was a bit too hasty and optimistic. Kudos to the White House for keeping the site updated and typos in check, "restoing" my faith in federal government; at least on a digital level. The Bush whitehouse.gov, on the other hand, persistently stated that Dick Cheney was classified as human, when I know for a fact he's a cylon.
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MrInBetween
07/22/09

In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
I am furious at the editors for stripping me of my star. I thought I had earned it, over a year of faithful (and often funny) commenting. If the star is not returned, I'm gone. You may want that, anyway. If so, Good luck.
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Mediahohoho
07/14/09

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Would one of the editors care to point out why I lost my star? Or re-lost my star, as the case has it? This is fucking insulting. If you're going to change someone's status unilaterally, have the fucking balls to tell them.

Unless, that is, you just really get off on making anonymous decisions with no transparency.
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Mediahohoho
07/14/09

@Mediahohoho: This is confusing. And reminds me of the only Clash song my bluegrass band will ever cover: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Anyway, thank you, whoever starred me.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
07/10/09

In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
power to the people right on. makes sense. one question re feeding the trolls: there is something righteous and educational and fun about taking down trollery, and it has led to some of the most interesting threads ...

also, this does seem to be the end of the fnff ... alas
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haikumaster
07/10/09

In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
New comment system / does not allow for line breaks / It's bad for haiku
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ZacharyNekrologist
07/10/09

In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
The reverse chronological seems nice, but as the post wears on, you'll find the posts are less interesting and insightful, and frequently double posts of something said earlier.

See: This post.
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TheSometimesWhy
07/09/09

In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
Are you suggesting that the blogosphere become a meritocracy? Next thing you know you'll be advocating something really outrageous like substantive health care reform or corporate accountability...

You kids, you!
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kookla
07/09/09

In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
Word to the wise. READ THE RULES!!!

Use your stars for good and not evil! I made a harmless response to a troll and didn't realize I was promoting them!
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1.1.1.
07/10/09

@kookla:

What a clever way to encourage people to ignore idiots.
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Charolastra
07/09/09

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Thank you for reducing the majority of commentators to the equivalent of sewer mutants. Also, placing the expand thread button at the very bottom of the page guarantees that very few people will ever bother to use it. Real classy Denton. Judging from your memo though, I highly doubt you care. You seem to have as much consideration for your readers as you do for your writers.
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Nick Denton
07/10/09

@Charolastra: We're going to make the expanded view a default for people who hang out in the comments. And it's pretty easy to expose a comment: for instance, my reply now will push yours to the top.
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Foster Kamer
07/10/09

@Charolastra: The majority of commenters are sewer mutants. Check out the internet sometime. Now that we (writers) have an infrastructure based around good information literally rising to the top, comments here will be less of a peanut gallery and more of an appendix to our work. But more important: we're cutting out the assholes and making this a better place to be.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
07/10/09

@Charolastra: "Nick Denton promoted this comment"

that is awesome
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raincoaster
07/09/09

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How many stars do you have to have to get paragraph breaks?
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Nick Denton
07/10/09

@raincoaster: Paragraph breaks will return -- for everybody! No idea what we broke there.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
07/10/09

@raincoaster: everyone but you has them

just kidding

xxoo
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VoxPopuli
07/09/09

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I'm really liking this tiered system, especially if it means I don't have to wade through all the comments.

An edit button too? Wonderful.
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