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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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    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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    10/29/09

    In reply to John Hodgman Takes on CEOs and the Mobs They Anger
    If only "I'm a PC" could cover "I'm a Mac's" head with live, angry bees. One can dream. #johnhodgman
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    10/29/09

    @MrInBetween: Maybe in the "Drag Me to Hell" sequel... fingers crossed! #johnhodgman
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    "Hi. I'm the PC's cellphone. And please forget we've ever met."
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    Most people will still confuse his phone number with Rainn Wilson's.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    Clearly this will precipitate the great hobo uprising.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    "Hi, I'm a Mac." "And I'm several dozen court orders of protection."
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    I think Hodgman probably has the kind of fans who wouldn't bug him too much, but at the same time, this number is easily recoverable between feeds and even search engines designed specifically to recover deleted tweets. He'll probably have to change the number if he hasn't, already.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    I saw John Hodgman and his too-cute-for-words 3-year-old at the grocery store the other day. I wanted to tell him that I love him so much I would buy a PC because of him, but it didn't seem cool to interrupt his family time. I'm hoping most other Hodgfans are similarly nice about this, but it may be time to change cell phone numbers.
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    09/04/09

    @Astigmatism: ...I would buy a PC because of him...
    Somehow I don't think that's what the folks at Apple had in mind.
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    09/04/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: The odd thing is that they've kept him as "PC" even as his popularity has grown. They're still making new ads with him. They can't be that oblivious.

    I think they must have determined that the overall popularity he brings to the ads themselves outweighs the fact that people identify more with him than with Justin whatshisname. They must just be happy with the fact that people always want to see whatever the latest Mac ad is, even if it's to see what "PC" is doing.

    There's a little mini-trend in ads featuring smug pitchmen up against semi-pathetic competitors, though, and I don't think it works in any other case. Those new Verizon ads just make me want to punch Verizon. The entire company.
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    09/04/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Maybe the Apple folks should stop making adverts that make me hate their company.
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    09/04/09

    @pantaloonfan: I would hope so, and received at a substantial discount, as well.
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    09/04/09

    @badasscat: It's about the only commercial we stop for as we DVR through the breaks.
    And I'm no ad man, but it always seemed that the popularity of JH and the campaign worked for Apple. You know: Macs are cool. Macs are a little cutting edge. Macs are part of the whole Irony thing. Even the ads! So buy a Mac.
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    09/04/09

    @senatormayer: Though it seems to be working for them. [news.cnet.com]
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    06/21/09

    In reply to John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd
    that was AWESOME!
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