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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:18 AM Original message |
Anyone unhappy about $42 a year is welcome to create a competitor to the DU!!, |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. In other words, 'like it or lump it,' eh? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. DU is a business. You are a customer. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. I'd disagree with that. DU not only a business. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. They say the same about facebook, craigslist and myspace. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. No, community is not always marketing. That the term is usurped |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Oh, honey. "Communities" are magical and servers run on love! |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
88. Without all the unpaid DUers that post here for free, there wouldn't be a DU. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Yes. Any other idea? nt |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
75. or put up with the ads |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Deleted message |
Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. You might like this thread |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. If you haven't been there it's really hard to put yourself mentally in that place.. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. I did not suggest otherwise. Refer to the link in my response, it addresses smugness. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. You didn't think this thread through... |
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Amaril (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. No, it's not a "simple" solution |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. Empathy. For DUers who cannot understand how paying $42 is not a problem, |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. cloning du would be trivial... |
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MjolnirTime (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. This site is about people, not HTML. Or money, for that matter. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. It takes money to sustain websites. Are you the type that wants something for nothing? nt |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
49. it's the admins livelihood. |
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MjolnirTime (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
81. all I meant was you can't just clone DU and have it be the same. It's more than webpages. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. i can see that. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
55. The people who are trying to make a living from the money |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. Kick and fucking Rec!!... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Another lacking all compassion and understanding, I see. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. I give a hail second. nt |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. Oh, STOP IT... I see many trying to offer solutions that would maintain opportunities... |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
13. Are you the 1%? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
34. Coming up with $45 per year is not the fucking 1%. nt |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. 16 cents a day. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
76. But dismissing other people's concerns about money definitely is. nt |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
14. Unrec |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Some people have tried that. Their sites have nothing like |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Yea, I have gotten some PMs inviting me to come join a few of them |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. DU is the only political forum I post on now. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Before I came to DU, I tried finding a moderate website. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
16. My problem with it is that the site seems to be overrun by non-democrats |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. I agree with you. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The Democrats are destroying themselves, they don't need our help to do that.. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. It costs a lot of money to mend fences |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Childish post...nt |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. uh huh. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Yay! It's a hijack!!!! Whoopee!!! Nt |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. LAUNCH TEH CRUSIE MISSELS11!1!1 private school latte in my face!11!1 |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I launched as soon as I realized I'd been transported to another topic. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. I'm not sure what that means, frankly. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
84. oh, just calling out the mods and admins again is all..... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Well, I wouldn't know about that, really. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. And here we gooooo. . . nt |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. It has been tried. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. and they smell like wood chips.... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. Yea ...and if you don't like the USA you are welcome to leave it. Sounds like redneck repuke speak. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
25. Is that you, Herman? |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
27. Even simpler solution? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. I completely agree. The fucking hand wringing that I am reading is disgusting. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Memberships at FDL start at $45... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
30. It is still FREE! Wow, folks calm down! |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Right on! People who can't afford it should be out working anyway. |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
36. "If you're poor, fuck you!" |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. or, people could use DU for free, as they can now... |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. True. That has not changed. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Just a pack a month would do it, or a carton of the cheaper |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
87. Yes, exactly! nt |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. Stop being Logical. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
45. I contributed to the fund drive and bought a monthly membership. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. That would be BigRockCandyMountain.com |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. "If not, maybe you belong somewhere else" hmm lots of progressive compassion |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
79. Yes, |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #45 |
94. Ew. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
57. There are already several spinoff sites out there |
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4moronyears (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Would you care to name these spinoff sites for those who are curious |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. It's generally considered poor form to do so |
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4moronyears (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Well, if there are options, then it should be public information |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. It is pubic information. You have The Google, I presume? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. I was just about to tell you the names of these spinnoff sites... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
59. Interesting overlap in authorship between posts mocking people bothered by this, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Yep. |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Yep, seconded. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Here here... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I found that curious. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. This discussion has brought out the inner authoritarian |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I keep a list aside from an ignore list. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. I've noticed that too.. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
89. Amazing how that lack of empathy overlaps other issues |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
68. True. They're also welcome to discuss the implications of the change to DU here on DU |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
71. Would you like a list? |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
74. honestly i don't give a shit |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
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firehorse (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
83. Someone once told me I "should be happy as I have all my limbs". |
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SomethingFishy (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
90. Well, that's a nice way to alienate people. |
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Response (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
91. There are no competitors? Really? |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
92. This kind of response will alienate the positive and intelligent |
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SoDesuKa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
93. $42 Subscription Price Isn't "Underground" Anymore |
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