How come there isn't a failblog-like collection of the dumbest posts in newspaper comments sections?
And why isn't there a "letters to the editor" sort of intern who deletes that shit? It makes me think the world is getting dumber.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Oct 05, 2010 3:18:46 pm PDT #27837 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Connie Neil - Oct 05, 2010 3:20:50 pm PDT #27838 of 30001
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And why isn't there a "letters to the editor" sort of intern who deletes that shit? It makes me think the world is getting dumber.
So that the rest of the readers can shake their heads and go "At least I'm smarter than that idiot."
DavidS - Oct 05, 2010 3:21:08 pm PDT #27839 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It makes me think the world is getting dumber.
You probably overestimated the world, what with hanging out with scientists all day.
Beverly - Oct 05, 2010 3:23:17 pm PDT #27840 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
At the NC house we had a yard full of mature trees, under which one had to walk to get to the vehicles in the driveway. Squirrels lived in the trees, and regularly took exception to our passage beneath them, hurling acorns and pecans and other debris as we passed. One day StE came in with something in his hand. He held it out to me.
"Mom?" It was a steak bone which had been hurled from above and struck him in the shoulder. We both wondered for a few minutes if the squirrels were dragging cows up into the trees, but finally decided we hoped, somewhat uneasily, that one of them had raided some neighbor's yard after a cookout.
smonster - Oct 05, 2010 3:25:07 pm PDT #27841 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Re: pizza boxes... Apparently some grease is acceptable. We recycled a entire dumpster's worth of pizza boxes from a street festival, and I cleared it with the recycler beforehand. But I'm sure it varies wildly, and as always, call your local solid waste management peeps if in doubt. They are used to all kinds of questions.
Jesse - Oct 05, 2010 3:45:45 pm PDT #27842 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Question for Christians: Does the phrasing "The church I grew up in" seem funny to you? I guess it's a question for everyone, but I'm wondering if it's an actual thing or if I just made it up.
flea - Oct 05, 2010 3:46:54 pm PDT #27843 of 30001
information libertarian
I have certainly heard that phrase (and I am a cultural Christian, but not a believer.)
brenda m - Oct 05, 2010 3:47:48 pm PDT #27844 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Not to me. I've probably said that before.
Jesse - Oct 05, 2010 3:48:04 pm PDT #27845 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, good, as long as it's not just me. A coworker thought it was weird, and I don't know her religious background.
sarameg - Oct 05, 2010 3:52:29 pm PDT #27846 of 30001
I probably wouldn't use it, but that's only because quakers don't tend to refer to their services/structure as church. I am always stating that I grew up quaker, but if I am speaking to someone familiar with quakerism, I might say the meeting I grew up in. Use it mainly to differentiate from the current state of affairs, which is none.