EstimatedProphet
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Thu Jan-05-06 12:43 AM
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| 11. Actually, sports on TV |
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TV is a pretty stong opiate in its own right
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| -Sports are the new opiate of the masses |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 12:16 AM |
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New? |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jan-05-06 12:18 AM |
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As opposed to religion being the original. |
primate1 |
Jan-05-06 12:19 AM |
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Marx must've never seen a baseball game |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jan-05-06 12:37 AM |
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Lucky bastard. |
primate1 |
Jan-05-06 12:42 AM |
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Feh. You might be amazed |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jan-05-06 12:59 AM |
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Baseball has always bored me... |
primate1 |
Jan-05-06 01:10 AM |
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I won't try to persuade you |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jan-05-06 01:22 AM |
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baseball is both boring and beautiful |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 01:44 AM |
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I do |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jan-05-06 02:10 AM |
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i can definitely relate to that |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 02:34 AM |
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You got it, man |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jan-05-06 03:04 AM |
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I'm inclined to agree. |
primate1 |
Jan-05-06 12:18 AM |
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ZombyWoof has a pretty good Chomsky quote |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 12:45 AM |
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Pro sports seem to serve as the way to keep men from being intimate with |
Ron_Green |
Jan-05-06 12:21 AM |
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true, but the opposite is also true ... |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 12:41 AM |
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i like this opiate better |
Bill McBlueState |
Jan-05-06 12:30 AM |
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can you say |
hfojvt |
Jan-05-06 01:03 AM |
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ah |
Bill McBlueState |
Jan-05-06 07:57 AM |
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*sigh* |
cssmall |
Jan-05-06 12:30 AM |
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I think the slaves in this case are the people sitting at home watching |
Ron_Green |
Jan-05-06 12:46 AM |
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Hm? |
cssmall |
Jan-05-06 12:49 AM |
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Here's another that sort of cites Nietzsche |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jan-05-06 01:01 AM |
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lol :) he was far from a pure marxist, of course |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 12:57 AM |
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Excuse me for burning the midnight oil too long this evening. |
cssmall |
Jan-05-06 01:09 AM |
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Did he not know about television? |
Spider Jerusalem |
Jan-05-06 12:42 AM |
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funny story about that ... |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 12:48 AM |
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Hehe... |
Spider Jerusalem |
Jan-05-06 12:53 AM |
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the dude was layered with contradictions ... he eventually gave up cable |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 01:00 AM |
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Actually, sports on TV |
EstimatedProphet |
Jan-05-06 12:43 AM |
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If sport is the opiate |
Oeditpus Rex |
Jan-05-06 01:03 AM |
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Absolutely |
EstimatedProphet |
Jan-05-06 01:32 AM |
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I definitely agree about TV, but |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 01:05 AM |
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My husband says the same thing, but I think it's TV, not just sports |
GloriaSmith |
Jan-05-06 12:49 AM |
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It's an old opiate |
ZombyWoof |
Jan-05-06 01:01 AM |
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i aspire to that too |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 01:12 AM |
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Eh, is it really so bad? |
sir_captain |
Jan-05-06 01:23 AM |
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What's wrong with a diversion? |
sir_captain |
Jan-05-06 01:20 AM |
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Look up opioid, and the definition is opiate |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 01:28 AM |
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Oh, I know |
sir_captain |
Jan-05-06 01:35 AM |
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sports definitely keeps me sane |
fishwax |
Jan-05-06 01:42 AM |
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I enjoy sports on tv. |
bumblebee1 |
Jan-05-06 01:21 AM |
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Everyone has their diversions |
LSdemocrat |
Jan-05-06 01:29 AM |
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You expect me to think about politics all the time?? |
SmileyBoy |
Jan-05-06 01:45 AM |
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Agreed! |
Strong Atheist |
Jan-05-06 08:11 AM |
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