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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    12/15/09

    In reply to Best and Worst of Largest-Ever Secret Santa
    I dunno about the obligation to be polite. After all, you're soliciting gifts from total strangers, just because. They are permitted to give you crap and you are permitted to bitch about it. If you weren't, what incentive would there be for these people, who don't give a rat's ass about you, to give you something not-disgusting?
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    12/15/09

    In reply to Best and Worst of Largest-Ever Secret Santa
    Gawker needs this, badly, but how do you put a price on disdain?
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    12/15/09

    In reply to Best and Worst of Largest-Ever Secret Santa
    It might be the seasonal affective disorder but that helper dog thing made me cry so I helped get the total a little closer to the $1000 matching amount. Only $205 to go, you can donate here:
    [anamazingtail.synthasite.com]
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    12/15/09

    In reply to Best and Worst of Largest-Ever Secret Santa
    Don't. Eat. The. Iced. Cookies.
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    Image of icelight icelight
    12/15/09

    In reply to Best and Worst of Largest-Ever Secret Santa
    Given the very one-tailed nature of this event, and the fact that a few large gifts are certainly skewing the mean upwards, I'd be much more interested in the median gift price.

    /nerd wankery
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    Image of Alaska Miller Alaska Miller
    10/28/09

    In reply to Wired Loses Reddit Founders, Just Like We Warned
    I'm confused why I couldn't log into Pownce today! #reddit
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Wired Loses Reddit Founders, Just Like We Warned
    Any updates on Magnolia? #reddit
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    Image of dmurzyn dmurzyn
    10/16/09

    In reply to Unwiring Wired
    I read Wired cover to cover (even the tinsy tiny print) and love it. I never go to the website. My 20 yr. old son reads Wired exclusively on the web. Even though I don't go to the website, I expect there to be a website that's even better than the magazine. After all, this is WIRED! Just knowing that there's a killer website available makes reading the magazine a better experience. It's a huge mistake for Conde Nast to think, for one second, that they could skimp on editors/writers/artists for the website.
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    Image of magazinesaredead magazinesaredead
    10/16/09

    In reply to Unwiring Wired
    We all know how the story of the Titanic ends, right? You hit an iceberg that big, you're going down. And like the captain of the Titanic, the Chiefs of Conde are too drunk on their expense accounts to realize that the ship is not only listing, but sinking quickly. Who gets in the life boats? Does Anna cling to a frozen deck chair watching Graydon slowly fade away? Does Andre Loen Talley survive thanks to all his furs? Does Chris Anderson predict the future and stay in England? Do the Golf guys simply sip cocktails and drive golf balls into the ocean assuming Tiger Woods' ship, Privacy, will get them before they meet their maker? #wired
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    10/15/09

    In reply to Unwiring Wired
    I love Wired. But why does a tech magazine have like a dozen of those stupid subscription cards that fall out and why is it wrapped in plastic every month? That all seems so backwards. #wired
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    Image of HowDidItComeToThis HowDidItComeToThis
    10/15/09

    In reply to Unwiring Wired
    Remember when Wired (back in the late 90's/early 00's) was 90% uber-nerd articles peppered with artsy pictures of mainframes?Now aside from one or two good articles per issue, it's basically Maxim minus babes plus lame youtube links.That said, I still subscribe. #wired
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    Ryan Tate promoted this comment Edited by Kaila Hale-Stern at 10/15/09 9:55 PM Kaila Hale-Stern approved this comment HowDidItComeToThis was starred HowDidItComeToThis was unstarred
    Image of nick000001002003004005006007008 nick000001002003004005006007008
    10/15/09

    In reply to Unwiring Wired
    Worth noting that Wired is a great source of talent. Brian Lam of Gizmodo came from the magazine. We've certainly been tempted by a couple of other editors and writers. So much as I hate to see one of my favorite magazines in trouble, I'm salivating.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/15/09

    In reply to Unwiring Wired
    Frankly, Conde is not going to change until the next generation of Newhouses takes over; Steve in particular is internet-savvy. But by then it might be too late, and great media brands will be shrunken and irrelevant. #wired
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    08/30/09

    In reply to What It's Like To Be Shot In The Head?
    Now, does anyone want to hear what it's like to get kicked in the nuts?
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    Image of wattwatt wattwatt
    08/29/09

    In reply to What It's Like To Be Shot In The Head?
    Wow, thanks for the link. "Smelling a terrible burning sound" and having no idea it was him that was burning. Damn.

    Tobias Wolff story "Bullet in the Brain" offers a very different take on a similar scenario. Predated the term in its current usage, but is basically about a book critic who can't cut the snark even when his life depends on it.
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    08/30/09

    @wattwatt: I don't think there was actually any fire. I read it as a phantom sense arising from the brain injury. In the comments there is discussion of a Canadian woman who smelled burnt toast during her stroke.
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