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    Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad

    MSNBC's Continues Tradition of Airing PTSD-Inducing 9/11 Footage

    A Retrospective of Woodstock Retrospectives

    Here's Yet Another Nauseatingly Touching John Hughes Story

    Pigs, Pinkos Fail to Unite For Love

    Anderson Cooper's Studio 54 Memories With Michael Jackson

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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    It's better than watching the damn Black Eyed Peas over and over and over again. Stop it, DirecTV, you're making Comcast look good - and we all know that is just damn-near impossible! #advertising
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    While I would rather floss my eyelashes with barbed wire than watch David Spade and the late Mr. Farley do anything, the use of his tubby specter in the clip cited above is beyond revolting. Like, even more revolting than, you know, David Spade and the late Mr. Farley.

    "Thanks for being dead, Chris. It made the post-dubbing a breeze." #advertising
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    "One of the guys who wrote the commercial"? Seems like the worse something is, the more loser-hacks it takes to create it. #advertising
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    Image of Queef_Of_All_Media Queef_Of_All_Media
    10/29/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: I was misinformed that failure is an orphan. #advertising
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    TheBusinessGuy promoted this comment Queef_Of_All_Media was starred Queef_Of_All_Media was unstarred
    Image of The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    "Thanks for doing it."

    WTF? Like he had a choice? #advertising
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    Conchie Birdie promoted this comment The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx was starred The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx was unstarred
    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/29/09

    @The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx: Well, you figure, if he had lived this long he'd probably be at the point of hawking shit anyway... #advertising
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    Image of godawgs7 godawgs7
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    It is not like DirecTV misappropriated some video of Gandhi to hawk satellite tv. Chris Farley was in the business of getting paid for his antics. How is this any different? Is this slightly weird? sure. Are people making a bigger deal out of it than it really is? you betcha. #advertising
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    Image of deardearfriend deardearfriend
    10/29/09

    @godawgs7: If I see Ben Kingsley speaking from a scene in "Ghandi" in the next commercial, I will blame you. #advertising
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    Cynical Media Bitch promoted this comment deardearfriend was starred deardearfriend was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    @deardearfriend: Do not give them any ideas. #advertising
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    Image of rudi_freude rudi_freude
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    Dead Man Hawking. #advertising
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    shit isn't even funny, but then farley was at best a second-rate Belushi wannabe #advertising
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    son of spam promoted this comment flathead was starred flathead was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    @flathead: Stop typing, you're spilling my beer. #advertising
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    Mixed feelings. After DirecTV took so much shit for using the little Poltergeist girl, it just seems weird from a marketing perspective that they would have this idea ("Look who else is dead!"). And there's the obligatory line about making a donation, which of course makes everything okay. Overall I think DirecTV is being taken for a ride. These spots are hugely expensive, but does anybody remember their point? DirecTV has movies or something?
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    TheBusinessGuy promoted this comment Kaila Hale-Stern approved this comment NigelAstydameia was starred NigelAstydameia was unstarred
    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/29/09

    @Gawker: And btw, can I get my STAR back? I haven't been able to comment while logged in for over a month. What gives???
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    God promoted this comment NigelAstydameia was starred NigelAstydameia was unstarred
    Image of God God
    10/29/09

    @NigelAstydameia: Sometimes, like now, I do. #advertising
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    Image of Queef_Of_All_Media Queef_Of_All_Media
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    Fuck that guy. If he had such poignant feelings towards Chris Farley, he wouldn't have written some digitized faux-Farley monster into a commercial. Not only does he go and rape a memory, he has the indecency to address it by first name and pretend like it was mutually consensual. I hope Chris Farley's ghost smothers that writer in the folds of his belly. In hell. #advertising
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    son of spam promoted this comment Queef_Of_All_Media was starred Queef_Of_All_Media was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    @Queef_Of_All_Media: DirecTV fucked up by not using the double-corpsed Farley/Patrick Swayze Chippendale's skit. That shit'll move product. #advertising
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    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    10/29/09

    @son of spam: Oh shit I fogot to say "thank you" to Swayze for letting me buttsecs him last week. #advertising
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    10/29/09

    @Queef_Of_All_Media: @son of spam: @Chore Boy:

    Just wait until all of you get executed, I will sell your avatars and comments so fast that you will think the raping of Farley was a long night of sensual loving making... in a van, down by the river. #advertising
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    son of spam promoted this comment resipsaloquacious was starred resipsaloquacious was unstarred
    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/29/09

    @resipsaloquacious: Hormel's already bought my rights, Summer's Eve grabbed Queef's, and, well, there's no market for Chore Boy's shit.
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    Edited by son of spam at 10/29/09 3:46 PM son of spam was starred son of spam was unstarred
    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    10/29/09

    @son of spam: But people love my wacky take on modern life. I'm like a black Byron Allen! #advertising
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    Image of blix blix
    10/29/09

    @son of spam: Take all of his prior username rights and issue it as a boxed set. Cha-ching! #advertising
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/29/09

    @blix: Let's leave his box out of this, thanks. And enough with the Chinese jokes. #advertising
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    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    10/29/09

    @son of spam: OK leave out the box, butt my prehensile anus alone has to be worth, like, 10 maybe even twelve pesos. #advertising
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    10/29/09

    @Chore Boy:

    Leave Byron Allen alone, he and and his former co-host John Barbour know, "It's tough to be white." #advertising
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    son of spam promoted this comment resipsaloquacious was starred resipsaloquacious was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    @son of spam: No Market!

    Al Swearengen disagrees. #advertising
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    Image of Queef_Of_All_Media Queef_Of_All_Media
    10/29/09

    @resipsaloquacious: I knew Farley's rape wasn't gonna leave a mark. #advertising
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    Image of quaintsayings quaintsayings
    10/29/09

    @resipsaloquacious: You ever notice that real people are white and fake people aren't? #advertising
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/29/09

    @Chore Boy: I was thinking that Pesci and Farley must have been in some skits together too. #advertising
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    Image of yourfriendandneighbor yourfriendandneighbor
    10/29/09

    In reply to Dead Man Thanked For Being in Ad
    Welcome to advertising. Leave your soul at the door. #advertising
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    Image of God God
    09/11/09

    In reply to MSNBC's Continues Tradition of Airing PTSD-Inducing 9/11 Footage
    Typical coastal elitists. I gotta tell you, Real Americans in the trailer parks of Idaho and the suburbs of South Carolina truly feel the pain of 9/11 unlike you guys. Remember kids: No one is a patriot until you want to hurt the Indian guy sitting next to you on a plane. So, sorry New Yorkers, but your savvy pragmatism, geographical knowledge and cultural sensitivity won't get you into the Kingdom of Heaven. Rejoice in hating a muslin or two (just about any random brown-skinned person will do, really) for Freedom (but really mostly for funsies), and I'll personally welcome you in.
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    Paul_Is_Drunk promoted this comment God was starred God was unstarred
    Image of Paul_Is_Drunk Paul_Is_Drunk
    09/11/09

    @God: Wait... God lost his star?

    That's a metaphor for something right there, but I don't know what.
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    Image of Grim Reaper of the Forest Grim Reaper of the Forest
    09/11/09

    In reply to MSNBC's Continues Tradition of Airing PTSD-Inducing 9/11 Footage
    I'm glad I don't have TV. That was a bad 13 months living in DC. 9/11, local postal workers dying of anthrax, co-workers on Cipro. Oh, and then the sniper attacks when everyone was crouching behind their cars whenever they went to fill up their gas tanks. I'm surprised all my hair didn't go white. I wish there was a more tasteful remembrance.
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    Image of SerleBird SerleBird
    09/11/09

    In reply to MSNBC's Continues Tradition of Airing PTSD-Inducing 9/11 Footage
    One thing I've learned about grieving is that you cannot tell anyone how they should or should not go about it. I think it's unfair to surmise that airing this is a stunt or wrong to watch. Everyone needs different ways to process those horrific events (though that day, clearly, is not something that can ever be fully processed). If someone wants to talk, not talk, cry, laugh, throw things, shut down, reflect, or celebrate, then they need to do that. That being said, this is not your way to do it. Fine. I get that. But some people, like myself, need to watch the coverage. Others might think that my watching is unhealthy or morbid or disrespectful. I find it cathartic. I'm glad it's accessible and I will continue to watch it every year.
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    Steverino Begins promoted this comment SerleBird was starred SerleBird was unstarred
    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    09/11/09

    @SerleBird: You have a point, and this sounds like a genuine form of grieving for you--and that's what 9/11 should be about, people discussing their genuine reactions and not just their poser I'm-sadder-than-you sentiments or exploitative slogans and flag-waving (but I digress).

    I just wish newscasters in general would show the footage more responsibly and not just slip it in between the weather report on 9/11. It's very loaded footage and captures the deaths of thousands of people, even if from afar. There are many well-made documentaries about 9/11. Maybe the footage should be relegated there.
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    09/11/09

    In reply to MSNBC's Continues Tradition of Airing PTSD-Inducing 9/11 Footage
    I find the requisite facebook status updates more offensive. Actual update: "8:46 AM -8 years exactly- :("

    What, exactly, is the point? To let the rest of us know that you didn't forget? To remind us? Sad face.
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    Image of nozer nozer
    09/11/09

    @Rhymenocerous: I think they're just sad knowing they're eight years older, and their youth is slowly slipping away.

    9/11 is kind of like having a baby. Always there to remind you how much time has passed.
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    DahlELama promoted this comment nozer was starred nozer was unstarred
    Image of The One The One
    09/11/09

    @Rhymenocerous: Thank for reminding why I'm glad to not be on FB.
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    Image of PrissyCatheadBiscuit PrissyCatheadBiscuit
    09/11/09

    @Rhymenocerous: Days like this really bring out the biggest douches of my FB "friends" list. If I see one more "Let's Roll" I am cancelling my account.
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    Rhymenocerous promoted this comment PrissyCatheadBiscuit was starred PrissyCatheadBiscuit was unstarred
    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    09/11/09

    @The One: Eh, the fun parts outweigh the once-a-year annoyances.
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    09/11/09

    @PrissyCatheadBiscuit: Oh man, I didn't get a single "Let's roll"! Your friends are cooler than mine. Although, there is one I found particularly annoying, from the mother of a six-year-old:

    can't believe its been 8 years. My smart little man is starting to understand the significance of what happened. He said this morning with a solemn tone "It's a sad sad day, isn't it mama?"

    Way to undermine your sorrow by bragging about your stupid kid.
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    Image of BabyJewn BabyJewn
    09/11/09

    @Rhymenocerous:
    Because some of us LOST PEOPLE. Whom we loved. Deeply. And so that is my "status".
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    Rhymenocerous promoted this comment BabyJewn was starred BabyJewn was unstarred
    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    09/11/09

    @BabyJewn: OMG you did? I had no idea.

    Seriously, though, find a better way to honor people than a fucking facebook status.
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    Image of NowAvailableinExtraStrength NowAvailableinExtraStrength
    09/11/09

    In reply to MSNBC's Continues Tradition of Airing PTSD-Inducing 9/11 Footage
    Is there at last one thing left here that we don't make fun of? Wow! I guess everyone that mocked me for not having a sense of humor didn't lose a gf, or a wife or a friend that day. Or didn't live 3 blocks away as I did. Fuck you! Seriously! Go! Fuck! Yourselves!
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    Richard Petty Bourgeoisie promoted this comment NowAvailableinExtraStrength was starred NowAvailableinExtraStrength was unstarred
    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    09/11/09

    @NowAvailableinExtraStrength: Or, perhaps, some people commenting here worked in 7 World Trade and lost a friend in the South Tower that day and choose to try to make innocuous jokes rather than revisit the exact emotions felt on that day.

    You'd look like less of an asshole if you were i-screaming at someone who wrote "hahaha, people died and it was funny!" but I've not seen that comment here. In fact, the worst comments I've seen on this post wished cancer and rape on children. Now that guy/gal, total fuckface if you ask me.
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    09/11/09

    @NowAvailableinExtraStrength: Are you new here or something? You are free to be offended, but you're overdoing it a touch.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    09/11/09

    @Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: Agreed. Dude needs to dial it back to regular strength. Maybe instead of honoring his 9/11 memories by reading snarky ol' Gawker, should stay tuned to MSNBC or go for some PTSD counseling.

    Didn't the Columbine killers express these kind of violent wishes upon others in their writings, too?
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    Edited by bytememehard at 09/11/09 1:11 PM bytememehard was starred bytememehard was unstarred
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