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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    03/13/09

    In reply to Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
    Gay men love it, because they all like to think they are strong, proud black women like Aretha on the inside, except without the racism or sexism or loss of actual privilege.


    One way to increase clicks and comments is to include at least one outlandish or just plain wrong remark in each post. Overstate the case, and let people talk about it. It works—look at the first thread of this post—but it can also insult your readers and make you seem like a jerk.

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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/13/09

    @iplaudius: I LIKE you! Bitchy and well-spoken at the same time. Such a dangerous combination. :)
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    03/13/09

    @Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): I’d be dangerous if I were doing something other than writing a dissertation, developing software, and pissing in the wind commenting on this site.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/13/09

    @iplaudius: You do yourself a disservice, sir! You're dangerous now. You would be deadly if you actually tried.
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    Image of tammyfey tammyfey
    03/13/09

    In reply to Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
    I was just discussing Mizz Retha the other night with some other (non-self-loathing, thank you) homosexuals, who reminded me that her appearance was gayer than a tree full of parrots, not only because of The Hat but because she took a big, fat, juicy diva-breath right in the middle of "country" with for a most hilariously bawdy effect.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/13/09

    @tammyfey: Yipes! Now I want to see it again to check out the cunt-try-ness of it all!
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    03/13/09

    @tammyfey: This is why I adore gay men.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/13/09

    @tammyfey: "gayer than a tree full of parrots"-- Colorful, loud, and ultimately willing to shit all over you? Yikes! I mean, I'm gayer than an Easter Parade, but, well.. I think I'll try to stay on your GOOD side!
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    Image of ginger rant ginger rant
    03/13/09

    In reply to Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
    I like the hat and all, but it could sure use some pancakes.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/13/09

    In reply to Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
    It is a good day whenever a milliner gets paid.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    03/13/09

    @BookishLookish: This is exactly what I come to Gawker for: Not just sparkling wit, but sparkling wit that would never appear in my real life in a million years.
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    Image of AliHajiSheik AliHajiSheik
    03/13/09

    In reply to Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
    Detroit may have lost auto, but they can always fall back on their crazy hat and gator shoe sales.
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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    03/13/09

    @AliHajiSheik: And murder! A thriving industry.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/13/09

    In reply to Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
    I think that that is more of a be-bowed pillbox, personally.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/13/09

    @Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): Further indication that the glamour quotient has fallen: people cannot tell the difference between a pillbox and a beret! Shameful!
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    03/13/09

    @BookishLookish:


    No kidding! I'm not a fashiony gay man or a milliner and even I screamed "honey, no" at that hat description.
    End times, people, end times...

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    03/13/09

    @BookishLookish: They aren't even cloche!
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/13/09

    @scroll_lock: Now don't work yourself up into a snood ovr this.
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    03/13/09

    @Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): You're right. Fez be friends.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/13/09

    @scroll_lock: I'm hungry--care to share a porkpie? I love listening to you go trilby-ing on over something or another..
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    03/13/09

    In reply to Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
    The Times or WaPo article yesterday missed that there is at least one Facebook group devoted to Hat-fannery. Or Hat fandom, as the case may be.
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    Image of JudgeFudge JudgeFudge
    03/13/09

    In reply to Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
    Does this fasten to my huggie?
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    Image of Dickdogfood Dickdogfood
    03/13/09

    In reply to Aretha's Hat Goes from Internet Meme to Actual Business
    Gay men love it, because they all like to think they are strong, proud black women like Aretha on the inside, except without the racism or sexism or loss of actual privilege.


    Ahem. NO.

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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    03/13/09

    @Dickdogfood: Yeah. Um, fuck off, Owen.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/13/09

    @Dickdogfood: Thank you.
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    Image of Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)
    03/13/09

    @eXXX: @Dickdogfood: BOTH of you.
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    Image of icallthebigonebitey icallthebigonebitey
    03/13/09

    @eXXX:


    I've always thought of myself as more of a cowardly, self-hating white boy. But I DO think I could turn that hat *out* (snaps)

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    Image of everfade everfade
    03/13/09

    @Dickdogfood: This gay man prefers to laugh at the hat and it's foolishness.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    01/21/09

    In reply to Jerry Yang Saves His Company
    Ok. Way too much going on in this photo for one evening's viewing pleasure. Some notes:


    a) Check out the Pelosi's, right behind O.

    b) What's with the Luftwaffe pilot in the top right?

    c) Would you be good enough to run this through your facial recognition software, or find the seating chart with all the names?

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    01/21/09

    In reply to Jerry Yang Saves His Company
    I'll never understand the vicarious thrill people get when they say "I was there" for an event which they had little (if any) personal contributions.
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    Image of deitybox deitybox
    01/21/09

    In reply to Watching Change
    Yeeeaaaaahhh Baltimore!! Wish I was back home celebrating right now.
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    Image of Iceland Spar Iceland Spar
    01/20/09

    In reply to Watching Change
    Two Ohio photos make this the best Inauguration post ever. Notice that Ohio has a university. Michigan just has old dudes in a bar. Very true to real life.


    Also, what is up with the one guy in DC who is watching this on TV?! Dude, just turn around! Its right behind you!"

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    Image of OscarMenestheus OscarMenestheus
    01/20/09

    In reply to What Did You Think of Obama's Speech?
    A phrase from our new President Obama's inaugural speech:

    "We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you."

    I watched the inaugural speech today and I was sitting here thinking what a good speech President Obama was making and then he spoke the words above. For some reason this phrase jumped right out at me and has been weighing heavy on my heart ever since. I think it ironic that President Obama chose these particular words in his speech since isn't that exactly what abortion is....slaughtering innocents? But yet, he doesn't take a firm stand against abortion and in the past his wife has been an advocate for partial birth abortion. How easily we dismiss 'slaughtering innocents' in our own United States of America in the name of 'equality' and 'pro choice' and because our vision is clouded by prosperity and getting ahead. What about equality and the choice to live for all of those 'slaughtered innocents' that die in our country every day? Their voice can't be heard by the politicians and the 'Pro Choice' advocates but I guarantee you one thing, God knows each and every one of those precious innocent human beings and they will all have a place in heaven.
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    Image of What I Meant Was... What I Meant Was...
    01/21/09

    @OscarMenestheus: How many babies have you adopted?
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    01/21/09

    @What I Meant Was...: I'm sure he makes the rounds of fertility clinics in his home town and regularly has the created-to-be-discarded embryos implanted in his butt, carrying them to term. By now, Mr. Oscar is "dad" to 857 such progeny.
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    01/21/09

    @OscarMenestheus: How many abortions did George Bush and the Republican Party save during their rule? Oh that's right, they only use that issue to raise money. From people like you.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    01/20/09

    In reply to Stairway to History
    The Blue Mile?
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