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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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    09/21/09

    In reply to Courtney Love Embroiled in Pissing Contest
    Is Courtney's entire cannon of beauty secrets based on rodeo clowns?
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    09/21/09

    @BadUncle: Best. Misspelling. Ever. A canon is her storehouse of makeup secrets. A cannon is what she applies it with.
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    09/21/09

    @Sleepyhead: Ha!
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    09/21/09

    In reply to Courtney Love Embroiled in Pissing Contest
    I feel bad for Courtney. Those Standard Oil gas station bathrooms never have locks!
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    09/21/09

    In reply to Courtney Love Embroiled in Pissing Contest
    I often stare into my coffee cup and moan about needing coffee. I didn't realize this was a cry for help.

    (But I am caffeinated enough to think that you mean "many, many reasons" instead of "reason" in the first item.)
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    Shelwood promoted this comment nowmedusa was starred nowmedusa was unstarred
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    09/21/09

    @nowmedusa: The cry for help is demanding instant coffee.
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    08/24/09

    In reply to Twitter's Celebrity Suck Up
    "constantly reinventing himself" is code for "he's just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks".

    This is a phrase that really should be taken as an insult at this point, but usually isn't. So yeah, points to Twitter for the backhanded compliment that only so many people are going to see for what it is.
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    08/24/09

    In reply to Twitter's Celebrity Suck Up
    I pray for the swift end to Twitter and all the completely ridiculous lunacy its created...but fear what will inevitably come next...
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    08/24/09

    @taco-flavored-kisses: I remember when MySpace came out, I thought "this is so stupid, why would anyone want it?" but two years later I joined Facebook and found it's a great way to keep in touch with people. You (and I) may not see the need for Twitter now, but who knows what role it will play later on?
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    taco-flavored-kisses promoted this comment Edited by mharker at 08/24/09 12:56 PM mharker was starred mharker was unstarred
    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    08/24/09

    @taco-flavored-kisses: I pray for the swift end of Diddy's career so I never, ever have to hear about him again. Ever.
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    08/24/09

    @mharker: Perhaps. And actually I think that twitter is an amazing tool for REAL news (i.e. the role twitter played in the Iranian election debacle) ...but as usual, its marginalized and rendered completely obnoxious by pop culture fiends who couldnt read or write proper English anymore if their life depended on it. What I'm saying basically, is it makes people lazy (socially, academically, culturally...) by giving everyone, EVERYONE equal opportunity access to the playing field. And...well...as much as I'm for equality and all... are Diddy and Asston really the sharp minds you want on the forefront of the information age?
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    08/24/09

    @taco-flavored-kisses: You should go to Hulu and search for Conan O'brien's "Twitter Tracker" - it's a hilarious sendup of exactly what you describe. One of the funniest things he's doing lately.

    But yes, Twitter itself, for the millions of people who regularly use it, is not obnoxious at all. All it is is AIM in public. Nothing more, nothing less. (And yes, it does support private conversations.)

    In fact, it's not even a new idea. Back literally in the early 1980's (before being a computer geek was even cool!), there was this dialup thing called "ddial" that was basically an Apple II computer with up to eight modems so people could just log in and chat in public. Then later, Compuserve started their "CB" thing, which was the same. At some point, these things fell out of favor and forums sort of took over, while chat went totally private. Now Twitter's just resurrecting this idea of public chat.

    I think the reason some people think it's obnoxious is because so many people put such importance on the individual "tweet", which isn't really the point. The point is the conversation. Pick any single line out of any conversation and it's going to sound boring and pointless, but it's not in context.
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    08/13/09

    In reply to Are You On Anna Wintour's Guest List?
    I am going to see it on 20th...
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    Image of Queen of the Passive Aggressives Queen of the Passive Aggressives
    08/12/09

    In reply to Are You On Anna Wintour's Guest List?
    Snooze. Time for new blood at vogue.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    08/12/09

    @Queen of the Passive Aggressives: and by blood i assume that you mean the nightly bath of virgin blood in which ms wintour bathes
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    07/24/09

    In reply to Michael Jackson Used Diddy So He Could Dance With Beyonce
    The best part of the show wasn't even Diddy, it was Dave's "creepy orphan" barbs in the next interview, and his reference that he'd be apologizing again for that (and then kept it up).

    And Vera or whatever her name was, knew she had lipstick on her teeth and kept trying to get it off, talk without a big smile. She finally took a drink of water after asking if Diddy had diddled in it or something...That was a way better interview.
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