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    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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    12/26/08

    In reply to Craigslist's Lonely Media Gay Revealed: NYT Perfume Critic
    Is this guy's ad that douchey? He seems like every other shy and smart person who's lonely and trying to get a companion. He sounds like he's just trying to talk himself up while simultaneously trying to come off as humble and down to earth. Like everyone on CL. Cliche-ridden and all, I like his ad. What he said about adoption and being okay with becoming a stepdad sounds sweet. I hope the poor guy never finds out that his ad got on Gawker.


    I do question his indirect put-down of effeminate guys altho' it's possible that he was just being very direct about his preferences and was not intending to insult femmy guys.

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    12/26/08

    In reply to Craigslist's Lonely Media Gay Revealed: NYT Perfume Critic
    "I'm masculine."


    Translation: I'm full of self-loathing about my homosexuality, and while I fancy myself a straight appearing guy's guy, I actually lisp like the queeniest bees in the hive.


    NEXT.

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    12/26/08

    In reply to Craigslist's Lonely Media Gay Revealed: NYT Perfume Critic
    I'd reply to that ad if I weren't in a relationship and 3000 miles away.
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    12/26/08

    @jimstoic: Seems like a nice enough guy, doesn't he?
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    12/27/08

    @Wrapitup: He should, yes, but there's something off-putting about the ad itself. Much like jimstoic, were i single and in NYC (3k miles away, too--it'd be odd if we were neighbors), i'd think about writing. All the pieces are there, but there's something about that ad that makes me cringe, and i can't put my finger on it.
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    12/26/08

    In reply to Craigslist's Lonely Media Gay Revealed: NYT Perfume Critic
    Burr, it's cold in here.
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    12/26/08

    In reply to Craigslist's Lonely Media Gay Revealed: NYT Perfume Critic
    "European-American"? Oh brother.
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    12/26/08

    @surfacenoise76: It has so much more cachet than "honky."
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    12/26/08

    In reply to Craigslist's Lonely Media Gay Revealed: NYT Perfume Critic
    Gawker 3.0: same ad hominem humiliation, now 50% more constructive!
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    12/26/08

    @iplaudius: I dunno know. 50% seems kind of high.


    And how humiliating must it be to find your personal ad being dissected, deconstructed, and abused online? Because you know someone's told him.

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    Image of Takes One to Know One Takes One to Know One
    12/26/08

    In reply to Craigslist's Lonely Media Gay Revealed: NYT Perfume Critic
    I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.
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    12/26/08

    @frobisher: I'm kind of a big deal, myself.
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    Image of QueenAlice QueenAlice
    12/26/08

    In reply to Craigslist's Lonely Media Gay Revealed: NYT Perfume Critic
    Seriously, though...a PERFUME CRITIC? I mean, that's what he does? Aren't there customer reviews on sephora.com that sort of handle that niche of reporting?
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    12/26/08

    @QueenAlice: Yes, it's a niche, but a heck of a lot of artistry goes into some (repeat: SOME) of the perfumes out there, and the amount of money perfume generates is astounding (it's what keeps most couture houses afloat).


    Perfume criticism is at least as serious as fashion or wine criticism, which, granted, may not be saying much, but at least it has company in the realm of the frou-frou. And some of the writing is pretty damn good; Chandler Burr's not bad (his depressing ad notwithstanding), and Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez (look 'em up) are fantastic.

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    12/26/08

    @Trollopean Tubes: I never knew this - interesting, esp. the part about the perfume revenue supporting the couture house. That kind of explains a lot!
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