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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    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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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    07/22/09

    In reply to Dash Snow's Diverging Legacies
    If I had a trust fund based on the Schlumberger fortune, I'd take better care of myself.
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    Image of Carol Gardens Carol Gardens
    07/22/09

    In reply to Dash Snow's Diverging Legacies
    Keep trying, Hamilton. You keep posting the same basic riff over and over, hoping that if you repeat it enough we will all agree with you that the guy was an artistic visionary whose legacy will live on for generations. I don't buy it and can't figure out why you are beating this dead...uh...horse. PS: I have lost friends to heroin so I avoid romanticizing it as essential fuel for the sensitive artiste.
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    07/22/09

    @Carol Gardens: This. Well, a somewhat kinder version of this. Nothing in this post is a revelation; it's exactly the conversation we had on the last three posts about this guy. (Who, in Julia Allison fashion, I have never heard of outside of this site.) If this dichotomy is news, then the Gawker commenters, are the newsmakers. What I can't figure out is how so many people still have something to say on the subject, especially since it's just the same two opinions over and over again.
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    07/22/09

    In reply to Dash Snow's Diverging Legacies
    "Shooting heroin is the pinnacle of what is hardcore. "

    Finally, I found somebody who deserves to be kidnapped by Al-Qaeda to have his head sawed off with a bread knife for a YouTube clip.
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    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    07/22/09

    In reply to Dash Snow's Diverging Legacies
    Is shooting heroin really "living life fully"? Sounds more like somebody saying, "Fuck it."
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    07/22/09

    @Ken Green: Seriously. Has anyone not been dead-ended using heroin?
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    07/22/09

    In reply to Dash Snow's Diverging Legacies
    "WE rebel against a culture that worships the Jonas Brothers or Will Smith or Amerikkka or Money - but as long as we worship being hardcore, we're going to see smack as the ultimate in hardcore, and WE are going to keep testing it, getting addicted, and dying."

    Uh, that's your problem right there-- worshipping shit. That's not hardcore. I guess opium is the religion of the hardcore? Stupid.
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    Image of rednrowdy rednrowdy
    07/22/09

    In reply to Dash Snow's Diverging Legacies
    Was he an authentic artist with a tortured soul, or a selfish jerk with incredibly wealthy patronage who left his daughter fatherless?

    you can't forget the bold part. it's arguable, but plenty of folks live a life like dash snow, they just didn't have the financial backing he had, ergo they just aren't as important.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    07/22/09

    In reply to Dash Snow's Diverging Legacies
    'nilla please.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    07/22/09

    @CaptainFantastic: word, word, word.

    "lived life fully" is kind of at odds with shooting smack, inevitably at the expense of your child, whether you ultimately od or not

    i don't know the guy, and i am not impressed with the so-called art; but i'm not much concerned with either

    what is of concern, and the blognigger post nailed it, is the romanticization of strung out drug addiction that is always stupid and often fatal

    responsibility might be boring, but it's necessary to the extent that one becomes a self supporting adult, present to those around you to whom you have obligations

    i'm at the point in life where i have about zero patience with those who don't meet those minimum requirements

    it's sad that the dood died, as it's sad when any common addict throws their life away

    whether it's more or less sad for artists or anyone else is pretty much meaningless to me
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    07/22/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Hard to be a self-supporting adult when your super-wealthy family keeps throwing that damn money at you, and gallery owners currying favor with Grandma throw shows at you.
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    07/22/09

    @FormerEnglishMajor: hence, the rebellion! the suffering! the 9/11 photos with undershirt turbans on their heads!

    when i was younger and dumber i thought the drunk writers were romantic. i got over it.
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    07/22/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: also, maybe it's the economy or the generation, but i sense a lot more across the board rejection than buying into of the, well, pose; and that is a generational shift for sure. it used to be much cooler than it is now to die young. now i think far fewer non rich buy into the notion of rejecting the comforts and trappings of being rich; the bigger concern is how to pay the fucking rent and maybe have health insurance; screw the romantic doomed artist trope
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    Image of Randall Tex Cobb Randall Tex Cobb
    07/22/09

    In reply to Dash Snow's Diverging Legacies
    I don't want to judge the person or his art, but I am struck by how he was a product of the incestuous art world.

    His grandmother is probably the most prominent supporter of art in America. Gallery owners wishing to gain favor with her would certainly give the kid a show. Saatchi buys some of his pieces. They are included in biennale show. The value of his work rises until the insiders decide to sell.

    If it was Wall Street, everyone would be up in arms. But since the only victim is the noveau riche who bought late, no one complains. If they're smart, they'll donate some money to a museum for retrospective show and then they'll sell.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    07/22/09

    @Randall Tex Cobb: Sounds Ponzi-ish.
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    07/22/09

    @Randall Tex Cobb: Imagine the art world as incestuous, small and narrow as you've suggested. Then magnify this by 10.
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