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lionel-mandrake
12/09/09

In reply to Experts: Ad Spending Will Rise by Some Number
That's why we come to Gawker, for their even-tempered coverage of media.

Ad spending is already rising (based on my admittedly unscientific observation that my clients are calling to book me again, after 6 months of intermittent crickets). 2010 won't be gangbusters, I suspect it'll be many years before we see spending like we saw in the decade between 1996-2006, but spending will rise nonetheless.

Now, if only print can follow the Hearst model and stop running around like a bunch of hysterical ninnies, they might start making reasonable decisions again and save their industry for a little while longer.
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YadidCabal
10/13/09

In reply to Wine Bar, Gangs, Crazies Fight in Williamsburg
Machine guns? They don't need no stinkin' guns. In Williamsburg, the gangs have machetes.
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jrhys
10/13/09

@YadidCabal: Exactly! Guns are so 2004.
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britneyspearstears
10/13/09

In reply to Wine Bar, Gangs, Crazies Fight in Williamsburg
Free Machine Guns With Proof of Latin Kings Membership?

Hamilton, Oh how I love thee!
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Rozelle’s Bagman
10/13/09

In reply to Wine Bar, Gangs, Crazies Fight in Williamsburg
I can't follow this without a Venn diagram.
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City_Dater
10/13/09

In reply to Wine Bar, Gangs, Crazies Fight in Williamsburg
The whole story in Brooklyn Paper is hilarious -- they voted to approve NINETEEN other requests for liquor licenses in the neighborhood but raised a stink about a sedate little tapas bar that only wants a wine and beer license. These people deserve to be overrun by weekending frat boys and drunken hipsters vomiting in the gutters.
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Niko Bellic
10/13/09

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Dobrivoye Filipovich, getting tossed after calling a staffer for Councilwoman Diana Reyna "a drug dealer" and branding [wine bar opponent] Wechter a "criminal."

Woo-hoo, Serbs making Gawker again! Way to go, homie!
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Swifter
10/13/09

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If you're looking for some free machine gun time, just go down and see your nearest Army or Marine recruiter. Plus, food!
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Cheap Shot
10/13/09

In reply to Wine Bar, Gangs, Crazies Fight in Williamsburg
I saw a trouble making drunkard get the shit kicked out of him with precision (by 3 employees) outside of Spike Hill.

I highly doubt they will be a threat.
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homoviper
07/09/09

In reply to Russian Alcoholism and Britney Spears Combine to Comedic Effect
They seem way more fun than the nasty Russians in my neighborhood.
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snugbug
07/09/09

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Nice xenophobic touch here.. Russians = all alcoholics, right? I see what you're doing! Trying to up your dwindling comments volume today by tossing off a Molotov cocktail into the crowd?
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DorothyMantooth
07/09/09

@snugbug: Actually, it's funny because it's true.

And a further suggestion re: new commenting format. May there be some sort of delineation between "DorothyMantooth approved this comment" and "This comment is only 'approved' because DorothyMantooth wants 'snugbug' to pay more attention"?
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snugbug
07/09/09

@DorothyMantooth:

Pay more attention? To past Gawker posts, you mean? Forgive me, I have a life. For the record, I was born and raised in a Warsaw Pact country, under the shadow of the Great Sun Rising at the East. They made us take Russian in grade school, which I greatly resented at the time, but the good news is that I can still speak it. Once you learn another people’s language, they become part of you. And vice-versa. Hence you can no longer snark on ‘em with the same ignorant gusto. I also worked and lived in Russia and YES, those people love to drink, drink, and then drink some more. They even drank perfume en masse during Perestroika, when Gorby attempted to regulate the sale of alcohol, Sweden-style. I-rre-le-vant. That was not the thrust of my point, or why the post upset me.

In this light: What is it that you, Gawker commenter person, can teach me about Russians that I don’t already know? In spite of your "star" status that you so gleefully throw at my grille as proof that you are superior to me? Answer: Bupkis, with a side of blini.

Your kind of comment is why I publicly handed in my Gawker resignation today. I will stick to it too—but I figure I first need to deal with the fallout from pre-resignation comments. My kids will be reading this site one day, and I want them to know I left with dignity intact. =)

Nazdravye!
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Pope John Peeps II
07/09/09

@snugbug: You resigned from an anonymous, public-login forum? How drolly cry-for-attention-ish.
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snugbug
07/09/09

@Pope John Peeps II: As a Catholic, I guess I take my marching orders from you, Pope, but with all due respect: STFU and let me grieve. Publicly!
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raincoaster
07/09/09

@snugbug: I see it's not just cash, but also senses of humour, that's rationed Over There.
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DorothyMantooth
07/10/09

@snugbug: Heh. I can tell you you've transliterated на здоровье incorrectly.
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Thatcornellguy
07/09/09

In reply to Russian Alcoholism and Britney Spears Combine to Comedic Effect
This ad did not run in Russia, but in fact, ran in Brighton Beach.
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Calraigh
07/09/09

In reply to Russian Alcoholism and Britney Spears Combine to Comedic Effect
Does anyone have a realistic estimate for how long it'll take to get used to this new-fangled, commenty scary befuddling thingie? 'Cos I will be doing just this, very soon. Except I'll be singing I've Never Been To Me , drinking 100% proof potato wine through a straw, all the while looking like this.
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DexterImbicile
07/09/09

In reply to Russian Alcoholism and Britney Spears Combine to Comedic Effect
That ad format ran in the Netherlands several years ago, but it was with a different song -- I think the thong song.
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Dr. Nick
07/09/09

In reply to Russian Alcoholism and Britney Spears Combine to Comedic Effect
reminds me of this old chestnut:
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Mount_Prion
07/09/09

In reply to Russian Alcoholism and Britney Spears Combine to Comedic Effect
It sounds like they're singing, "Give me a son," which makes me think they understand Britney better than Britney does herself, and therefor do not need any more school.
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