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    Move Along, Folks, Nothing to See Here. Just a Minor Radiation Leak.

    John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.

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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    09:37 PM

    In reply to Move Along, Folks, Nothing to See Here. Just a Minor Radiation Leak.
    People need to wake the heck up. Nuclear power plants were built in the 70s, so they're pushing 40 years old and require a heck of a lot of maintenance (ever own a 40 year old car? Or a 40 year old water heater?). Plus, they're private commercial operations. Sure, they may be subject to some government regulation, but they're basically in the business to make money. Companies put the least amount of money into the plants as possible because they're not in the business of keeping everyone safe--they're in the business of making a profit. Politicians who say nuclear power is our green future need to first figure out who is going to fund the upkeep, cause right now it's in the hands of "the free market," and the same way there was a meltdown on Wall Street, there's going to be a melt down at our country's aging nuclear power plants.
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    09:56 PM

    @misslinda: But the other thing people need to realize is that modern breeder reactor technology, especially using thorium as the primary fuel source, is almost totally different from an ancient reactor like Three Mile Island or Chernobyl. Reactors like those are simply not made anymore for anything.

    In fact, a thorium reactor is incapable of melting down, produces a tiny amount of waste, and actually eats other nuclear waste because it needs a small quantity of uranium to kickstart the thorium reaction. This is working technology in Russia right now and the only reason we don't have it here is that stories like this scare people into fearing all nuclear power. Meanwhile, coal plants spew out significant amounts of radioactivity every single day. Yes, coal is slightly radioactive and when you burn it, all that radioactive material goes up into the atmosphere, carried by the smoke.

    I used to be totally against nuclear power because of scary events like these, and they are scary, but then I learned about modern, safe nuclear power and I have definitely changed my tune.
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    09:58 PM

    @misslinda:

    You're really competing in the bad analogy olympics there. Gold.

    Here's my end of the wild, wanton speculation: government workers at Three Mile would have killed everyone in PA by now.
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    Image of triplethreat triplethreat
    11:44 AM

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    I do not understand how someone's face can be "rapey."
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    Image of D2theMatthews D2theMatthews
    04:32 AM

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    Sodomy is any sex that isn't for procreation (anal and oral copulation according to Webster's), so how do we know Mr. Mayer isn't just talking about a lively, consensual face fucking?
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    Image of RachelSklar RachelSklar
    03:08 AM

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    I read the piece. I did not find him to be rapey.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    01:11 PM

    @RachelSklar: To each their own.
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    Image of drunkexpatwriter drunkexpatwriter
    12:37 AM

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    This quote sounds more closet gay than rapist to me:

    "It's crazy to me that in my head, that being 32 and dating women is going to get me in trouble," he said, talking faster as he went along. "I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare."
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    11/21/09

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    Just wondering: Are there popular "guitar gods" lamer than John Mayer out there? I've often tried to compile a Top Three Guitarists Lamer Than John Mayer, but I inevitably get stuck after number 2.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    01:09 AM

    @snugbug: You need to eat more fiber.
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    01:14 AM

    @snugbug: Well... I assume you want people from his generation? There are far more awful "guitar gods" from decades past. His only really competition in his age bracket that I can think of (at least as far as shitty frat-blooze playing goes) is Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Of course, I had to look him up to even remember his name, so he's a distant second at best.
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    Image of D2theMatthews D2theMatthews
    04:27 AM

    @MyNameIsChris: How quick we forget Jonny Lang.
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    12:01 PM

    @D2theMatthews: Excellent point!!! To be honest, that's who I thought Kenny Wayne Shepherd was. And vice versa.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    01:09 PM


    @MyNameIsChris: I bow to your expertise on lame guitarists.

    I entertained the notion that both Tom Morello and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (that cute prog wizard from The Mars Volta) are significantly nerdier than Mayer, but I take it back. I find their respective signature styles super-geeky, but upon closer consideration, they themselves are in no way John Mayer-lame. This competition yields a landslide win for "the frat blooz preacher."
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    04:49 PM


    @snugbug: I like John Mayer (though he's getting insufferable), but he can play hell out of a guitar, and is essentially another polymath. Oh, and Billy Gibbons (from ZZ Top) has these business cards:
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    07:52 PM

    @snugbug: Satriani? Vai? Van Halen? There are plenty of loooooserrs that are damn fine guitar players.
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    Image of dippitydoo dippitydoo
    11/21/09

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    "pretty boy singer/songwriter?" blech. this guy has freaked me out since day one. when i heard 'your body is a wonderland' my gut instinct said: pedophile. he creeps me out so bad - i can barely stomach his music or his face.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/21/09

    @dippitydoo: I'm with you, dude! My rock & rolla ex and I used to chant together, whenever that video came on teevee, "Your body is a chocolate factory!"

    #poopjokes
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/21/09

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    OH. I guess I should note that there's also the possibility that John Mayer just hates his publicist. In which case: awesome.
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    Image of The-Littlest-Hobo The-Littlest-Hobo
    11/21/09

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    Furthermore, I have it on good authority that this is one of John Mayer's favorite songs of all time.

    (warning: This song is really fucked-up and offensive, although kind of catchy!)
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    Image of VioletViolet VioletViolet
    11/21/09

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    I know a girl who met John Mayer at a bar and he told her that she looked like she could give really good head. What made me believe her is that she didn't sound happy about it when she told the story.
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    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    11/21/09

    @VioletViolet: Amazing. He has a reputation of going to Pianos and hitting on other people's girlfriends.

    Related: Blake Lively threw a drink on him after he said something gross to her at a Golden Globes party.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    11/21/09

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.

    Redacted
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/21/09

    In reply to John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
    He looks developmentally disabled in that picture, so it's kind of difficult to hate him right now.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/21/09

    @Lysergic Asset: Yeah, I mean. I could've chose a rapey Patrick Bateman face, but I laugh every time I look at that picture. So I'm okay with it.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/21/09

    @Foster Kamer: I like your picture to article compatibility... your sense of humor comes through.

    #tips
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    Image of kappakappaspankme kappakappaspankme
    11/21/09

    @Foster Kamer: Cannot. Stop. Laughing. Night has been made.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/21/09

    @Lysergic Asset: I realize that his mike casts a shadow over his shirt, but I prefer to imagine that it's a drool stain. Am I going to hell or am I going to hell?
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/21/09

    @snugbug: Well, I was originally going to say that it was an age-progression photo of Trig Palin, so I'm right there with you.

    #tips
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    Image of dippitydoo dippitydoo
    11/21/09

    @snugbug: that's totally what i was thinking. wishing against hope that is was drool... and lots of it.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/21/09


    @Foster Kamer:
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/18/09

    In reply to Professor Nouriel Roubini's Timeline of Terror
    Cassandra was unpleasant to hear as well.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/18/09

    In reply to Professor Nouriel Roubini's Timeline of Terror
    He will surely unfriend you for this. (Unless he only gets huffy when people expose his bad grammar).

    Yesterday Dickens, today Poe, rap, tap, tapping on the readers' minds. Noice!
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    11/18/09

    In reply to Professor Nouriel Roubini's Timeline of Terror
    Joe Granville, but with tastier tail.
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