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Submitted by Rob Berg (View user info) at 2008-03-08 06:03:33 EST
Iffy on the poem...
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-03-08 02:32:15 EST (#)
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TV is poison.
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WE are poison.
We infect ourselves from our first breath to our last.
TV is but an outlet of our greater suck.
We infect this planet with our blatant self interest
a MEGA lack of personal accountability - so dire that terms like
devastation and slaughter bounce off our blissful
shielding of
NOT
THINKING
ABOUT
IT.
Even now, as I write this poem
I feel weird talking about death
and how none of this shit even rhymes.
- or -
about massive
(and often obvious)
governmental conspiracies
- or -
the marginalization of individual thought and reason and our horrible addiction to distraction...
- or -
the importance of our active and aware participation in life...
We should all
ALL OF US
hold in contempt
all of the stupid disgusting things that infect us
Our 'diseased' parts should be cut out - but we just simply don't talk about them.
They continue to exist and we allow it.
We encourage it.
We participate in it.
In some cases - however 'wrong' - enjoy it.
Immensely. I am going to be a dad in T-4 months. WEEE!
OK, this is definitely not a poem.
Just some of the random thoughts floating around the whirling shitshow that is my brain.
Guh nite.
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Uber Discussion Period to follow.
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User Reviews
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 02:20:25 EDT (#)
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tsk tsk.
See Sam, I use the term 'likely' - moving it from a conjecturous statement to one that is quite obviously speculative.
However, my assessment of your relatively miserable life is based on almost 2 years of reading the negative slop you pour into the text box and slap 'rank'.
I don't KNOW you are a sad, unhappy, lonely little nerd - but I think the chances are pretty high.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-03-10 02:18:55 EDT (#)
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elctro a what?
did i miss something
now i must go laugh
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 02:12:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 02:06:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:50:59 EDT (#)
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and by 'sad', i mean sad in an electro being a furry kind of sad.
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And yet this Electro fellow is likely far happier than you will ever be.
How ironic.
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OH NO CONJECTURE ALERT.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 02:06:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:50:59 EDT (#)
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and by 'sad', i mean sad in an electro being a furry kind of sad.
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And yet this Electro fellow is likely far happier than you will ever be.
How ironic.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:58:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:48:47 EDT (#)
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great comeback rob.
really, calling me retarded is tops. maybe next you can call me 'mr poopy pants' and really finish me off.
if i could be bothered with the minuscule effort, i could paste probably at least 20 instances of you using the exact same comment in a reply to me that i just said to you. remember how often i remark upon your famed 'i know you are, but what am i' defence? yeah, thats what im talking about, genius.
but either way, as i said - youre an answering machine. i guess ill just have to wait for next quarter's message to get something new out of you.
or you could just repeat what i say back to me. again.
and as i have pointed out time and time and time again - almost all discussion on the internet is conjecture, rob. you pointing it out is not only redundant, it also makes you look stupid. the fact that you seem to believe it makes you insightful is just sad.
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HAHA
I COULD PROVE A POINT BUT I WON'T!
I call you a retard because, well... you are one. You are slow. UNIMAGINABLY painfully slow.
Oh, and often times it really is a case of 'I know you are, but what am I' - I just say it in a way that pleases me and typically makes you look foolish - at least in my estimation.
Best thing - in my world, that is all that counts.
See, we really aren't that different - I am just cooler, smarter, funnier, more popular and far more entertaining than you.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:50:59 EDT (#)
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and by 'sad', i mean sad in an electro being a furry kind of sad.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:48:47 EDT (#)
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great comeback rob.
really, calling me retarded is tops. maybe next you can call me 'mr poopy pants' and really finish me off.
if i could be bothered with the minuscule effort, i could paste probably at least 20 instances of you using the exact same comment in a reply to me that i just said to you. remember how often i remark upon your famed 'i know you are, but what am i' defence? yeah, thats what im talking about, genius.
but either way, as i said - youre an answering machine. i guess ill just have to wait for next quarter's message to get something new out of you.
or you could just repeat what i say back to me. again.
and as i have pointed out time and time and time again - almost all discussion on the internet is conjecture, rob. you pointing it out is not only redundant, it also makes you look stupid. the fact that you seem to believe it makes you insightful is just sad.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:39:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:34:29 EDT (#)
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this post stinks of masturbation
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Cerebrally guilty.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:37:46 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:27:37 EDT (#)
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i dont think it happens, as sure as you repeatedly try to steal my comments, it happens. only 3 or 4 times so far, but definitely a noticeable trend. well, except the 'hug' bit, you might say that it is CONJECTURE. DUN DUN DUNNNN.
remember that routine you went with for a while? the conjecture routine?
like i said way back then, youre a fucking household appliance, youre an answering machine that gets its message changed once every few months.
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Seriously, are you drunk?
Did you fall down?
HAVE YOU BEEN HOLDING YOUR BREATH WHILE A SMALL ASIAN WOMAN HAMMERS ON YOUR JUNK?
I dunno - something has sure caused you to be extra 'specially retarded today Sam.
That you think I am 'stealing' your comments is fantastic.
I still hold that you, and most of the idiots on this website rely far too heavily on conjecture for their silly insults. I just finally realized that pointing it out to people like you is about as effective as pissing in the wind.
I am far more original than you will ever be, Samwise. Is that what really chaps your taint?
Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:34:29 EDT (#)
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wash your sheets and open the fucking window
this post stinks of masturbation
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:27:37 EDT (#)
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i dont think it happens, as sure as you repeatedly try to steal my comments, it happens. only 3 or 4 times so far, but definitely a noticeable trend. well, except the 'hug' bit, you might say that it is CONJECTURE. DUN DUN DUNNNN.
remember that routine you went with for a while? the conjecture routine?
like i said way back then, youre a fucking household appliance, youre an answering machine that gets its message changed once every few months.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:23:11 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:13:14 EDT (#)
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au contraire, bonjour. i have never claimed internet victory (well, once against sico, but it was intended to piss him off further, but failed).
its always awesome watching you backflip over this, actually. you come out and go on about how you 'win', then after ive gotten your little panties in a knot over something, youll make the claim that i have at some point claimed some victory (erroneously, might i add), and then decry me for being 'lame' or whatever for having done so. then, once youve gone away and gotten a hug or something, youll get your tail up and tell us all how you always win at the internet and congratulate yourself for your inexplicable perception of 'victory'.
rinse, repeat.
(though i suspect that this time youll mix it up with a dash of self deprecation, in an attempt to show me up for being lame, somehow.)
is it time for you hug, yet?
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HAHA
Is that what you really think happens?
Now that, is funny.
GOD bless you Sammy. As pissy, stupid and petty as you are - you always provide me some modicum of entertainment.
Shine on you greasy diamond.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:13:33 EDT (#)
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WARNING LONG BORING ROB BERG REPLY BELOW
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:13:14 EDT (#)
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au contraire, bonjour. i have never claimed internet victory (well, once against sico, but it was intended to piss him off further, but failed).
its always awesome watching you backflip over this, actually. you come out and go on about how you 'win', then after ive gotten your little panties in a knot over something, youll make the claim that i have at some point claimed some victory (erroneously, might i add), and then decry me for being 'lame' or whatever for having done so. then, once youve gone away and gotten a hug or something, youll get your tail up and tell us all how you always win at the internet and congratulate yourself for your inexplicable perception of 'victory'.
rinse, repeat.
(though i suspect that this time youll mix it up with a dash of self deprecation, in an attempt to show me up for being lame, somehow.)
is it time for you hug, yet?
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:09:26 EDT (#)
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Damn.
Or he could actually go for a joke with some redeeming quality.
Ah well - I'm just glad I got to compose: iddqd's semi-regular internet showcase of dour stupidity.
That, is gold.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:05:26 EDT (#)
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Sam will now point out that HE was, in fact, the winner and claim his booby prize for being an e-stud.
I'll say a few more clever things that will get ignored by a frothy Australian knob-end - this will continue back and forth boring anyone stupid enough to walk in on iddqd's semi-regular internet showcase of dour stupidity.
One would think you might tire of consistently being a predictable retard Sammy - but you are resiliently obnoxious. A true life skill, I am sure.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 01:00:03 EDT (#)
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hahahahaha.
yeah, you could get electro in as a guest lecturer. itd be AWESOME.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 00:56:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 00:54:27 EDT (#)
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FLAWLESS VICTORY
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As per usual.
I should teach classes on this shit.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 00:54:27 EDT (#)
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FLAWLESS VICTORY
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 00:27:37 EDT (#)
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Best part is - my 'poem' is more enjoyable than anything Sammy has submitted all year.
OK I LIED - I TOTALLY WIN.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-10 00:12:03 EDT (#)
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ah, i see. the use of capital letters denotes your comments as being sarcastically overstated and therefore facetious.
clever.
well, it would be, if only i didnt do it first.
PWNED
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-10 00:04:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-09 23:26:29 EDT (#)
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the only way those words could be any worse, is if you thought they were poetic.
oh.
-2.
why must you continue to give me just cause?
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BUUUURN
OMG!!!!!
IDDQD FTW!! LOL.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-03-09 23:26:29 EDT (#)
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the only way those words could be any worse, is if you thought they were poetic.
oh.
-2.
why must you continue to give me just cause?
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-09 20:51:00 EDT (#)
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Thank you for the overly polite comments about my mother. Yes, she is old-88 this coming July, if she makes it.
In your comeback you refer to me as both an idiot and a moron, and referring to yourself as an idiot or retard removes no sting.
The Rob Berg way is to stick to his guns about what he said, regardless of any rebuttal to the contrary. You are not always right, sir. In this case you are definitely mistaken. Trying to change others is futile, and you will learn that when you get as old as I. Take off the rose-colored glasses, Pollyanna, they distort your vision.
Should we ever meet in person, I will buy you two beers for every one you buy me. Good fucking luck at making fun of me to my face; I typically win at one-on-one repartee.
I consider you an Artiste, one who paints and draws. Quite well, I might add. That is a talent I do not possess, and never will. Artists see the World differently, and I am convinced of that. However, one such as you must learn that blathering out your convictions and then accepting no criticism about them is foolish.
You will, I'm sure, continue to refer to me as an idiot, a moron, and an unfunny old bastard. I hope that helps you to sleep at night. Please understand that you are dead wrong.
BTW, I don't recall: Do you know whether your soon-to-be child will be a boy or a girl? Either way, I hope it is healthy and brings you joy.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-09 20:29:34 EDT (#)
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hmmm...
I guess I shouldn't intimate your mom will die because of the cancer - as there are many treatment options available. However, her age will limit the types of procedures available. I wish her, and you the best of luck in dealing with that.
My cousin died of Cancer 2 years ago. My Grandfather before him.
Its a terrible disease.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-09 20:25:58 EDT (#)
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Bubba,
First - I am very sorry to hear about your Mom - Cancer is a horrible way to die.
Second: I don't find your comments rude - I find them spastic. It has long been established that you have no comedic timing and often use the most inappropriate language imaginable to poorly communicate whatever 'un'funny comment you might have.
As a result I don't take offense to whatever it is you happen to barf out.
I am a friendly person and I am always happy to meet new people - I treat people with the respect and courtesy that is shown to me and have a pretty massive tolerance for idiocy - being a gigantic retard my own self.
You remain painfully ignorant to the entire message I hope to deliver with my little "poem" up there... I mean seriously - looking at history is a terrible example to prove any point you might have about people >NOT< affecting change. I am not looking for a simplistic argument from you Bubba, suffice it to say you simply 'don't get it' and lets move on. k?
You seem like a decent enough fellow and despite your penchant for being a giant moron - I do enjoy your digital company. I have absolutely so desire to meet you in person - but would happily buy you a beer and proceed to make fun of you.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-09 19:50:11 EDT (#)
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mmmm pastrami.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-03-09 16:41:22 EDT (#)
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The family's out buying turtle food. When they get back, I think we'll go eat at our local Jewish deli. I've a craving for pastrami.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-03-09 16:38:22 EDT (#)
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See now? See what I did there? I opened "Men at Arms" to a random page, closed my eyes, pointed to a paragraph. What did I get? Sublime genius. Again, as is so common with Waugh, the theme is 'remembrance.' That's besides the point, the real point being: Now you turds start writing like this, 'cause right now I'm only sticking around for the HotWillie reviews and the chicks. And Danger_Ranger. Because he makes me laugh. And I'm avoiding writing my paper.
Fuck I'm bored. Sorry Rob.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-03-09 16:33:21 EDT (#)
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As Guy foresaw, those mad March days and nights of hide-and-seek drained into a well of refreshment in his mind, but in retrospect the detail of alternate ruse and counter-ruse faded and grew legendary. He never again smelled wet laurel, or trod among pine needles, without reliving those encumbered night prowls with Apthorpe, those mornings of triumph and disappointment. But the precise succession of episodes, indeed their very number, faded and were lost among later, less child-like memories.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-03-09 16:28:25 EDT (#)
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*better acting performances
"The better part" usually refers to
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Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-03-09 15:54:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-03-09 05:16:34 EDT (#)
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I just spent three hours watching Sword of Honour. It's based on three novels by Evelyn Waugh, who is the greatest writer of the 20th century. I was disappointed. I mean, the acting was good, particularly Daniel Craig, who's always good. But they missed the point of those books entirely. I guess, how are you going to fit three novels in a three hour teleplay? You can't. So why try.
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This review is disingenuous and I feel guilty about it.
First, the better part of the acting performances were conducted by the supporting characters, who, in these novels, are actually the main characters, as the main character, Guy Crouchback, is simply a participant-observer.
Second, I've only seen Daniel Craig in one other production -- Layer Cake. While he was very good in it, to say that he is "always good" is a vacuous statement on my part and betrays the man-crush I possess for him.
Third, Daniel Craig is too cool and plebeian to play the part of Crouchback, who, when I read the books...
ah fuck it. I made my lame little joke in my second point.
Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2008-03-09 15:06:16 EDT (#)
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yeah rob you stupid fuck
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-09 15:03:21 EDT (#)
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OK, Robbie. One more time:
Sorry for the rude remarks. I got word yesterday that my Mother has cancer.
Even so, if you really believe people can get together and change the world, why not read some History? Many have tried and failed. Maybe that's because people are greedy, ignorant, and self-centered. Everyone says,"Nah, man, let Billy or Judy do it."
You may get fifty people to all agree on something, but when it comes to action, the number will drop below ten. . .
You want to be friends, and you call me an idiot. Everyone here, including you and me, has an internet persona. If you met me in person you would change your mind in a hurry.
Submitted by Poots (user info) at 2008-03-09 08:39:48 EDT (#)
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eggplanty also
Submitted by Poots (user info) at 2008-03-09 08:37:31 EDT (#)
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Tuna fishy
Submitted by Poots (user info) at 2008-03-09 08:37:06 EDT (#)
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Beefy
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-03-09 05:16:34 EDT (#)
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I just spent three hours watching Sword of Honour. It's based on three novels by Evelyn Waugh, who is the greatest writer of the 20th century. I was disappointed. I mean, the acting was good, particularly Daniel Craig, who's always good. But they missed the point of those books entirely. I guess, how are you going to fit three novels in a three hour teleplay? You can't. So why try. It had a hot chick in it though. Something about blond English chicks. I dig 'em.
That's for Orphelia.
I'm going back to my beloved TV now.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-03-09 05:08:51 EDT (#)
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Terrible misquote below.
You forgot the smiley face, that changes everything.
You crazy foo.
:)
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-09 04:05:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-03-08 06:26:04 EST (#)
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I think he discussion topic should be how Rob appears to be losing the plot...
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SAY WAH?
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-09 04:04:54 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-03-08 20:40:49 EST (#)
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I like you, you fuck.
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YES I DO!
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-09 04:02:39 EDT (#)
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Oh Bubba,
It is unfortunate that you feel the urge to have a hissy fit at this point.
I honestly expected better of you.
I mean SURE you are a bit of an idiot - but I have always found that to be fairly endearing.
By 'missing the point' I simply refer to the fact that we, as a society, would prefer to sit back, relax and pretend that things are just fine. Your suggestion that I 'Just kick back and enjoy life. You can't change what others do, so why try?' is a perfect example of the sort of deflection I am talking about - we all have the capacity for change, we can all make the world better if we so choose.
You simplistic fatalism is not uncommon - and that is my 'point'.
That said - you are more than welcome to fuck off. I thought you had thicker skin than that - but the beatings you take around here must have finally wore you down.
heh, how obnoxious to suggest that I have fallen 'prey' to anyone on this site.
Ah well. See ya around bobert.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-08 22:23:09 EST (#)
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Don't bother to reply. You have fallen prey to Method, Assholy, Redskies, and Hadley.
I won't bother to read any more of your posts. Kiss off, dipshit. I'm done.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-08 22:10:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-08 20:24:21 EST (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-08 14:44:42 EST (#)
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Just kick back and enjoy life. You can't change what others do, so why try?
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Someone sure did their very best to missed the point.
Well done, goober.
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To "missed" the point?
I missed nothing. You wish to be a philosopher, but end up being a fool.
Eat shit.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-03-08 21:35:26 EST (#)
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I had sex with livestock = (
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-03-08 21:08:29 EST (#)
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lol method went to greece and came back even gayer.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-03-08 20:40:49 EST (#)
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But so is Perkman, so that's probably not saying much. Regardless, I like you, you fuck.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-03-08 20:40:22 EST (#)
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You are one of a kind.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-08 20:24:21 EST (#)
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Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-08 14:44:42 EST (#)
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Just kick back and enjoy life. You can't change what others do, so why try?
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Someone sure did their very best to missed the point.
Well done, goober.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-08 19:56:08 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-03-08 10:08:40 EST (#)
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And yet, there's nothing I can say in response that is not wrong.
I disagree, and I'm an idealist or delusional or privileged.
I agree, and I'm a pessimist who is a willing slave to materialism and do nothing to try to make my world better.
I'm a realist about it and I throw out some ways I try to help, and I'm a sucker or a pontificating do-gooder.
If I only give back via organized charity, then I'm lazy and guilt-ridden and self-righteous because I'm not giving back with my time or my hands. If I do give back with my time or my hands, then that's all well and good, but I don't have a right to expect anyone else to do so, and that must also mean that I think I'm better than those people, which makes me part of the problem, too.
TV is nowhere near as poisonous as some of the ways and reasons people use to GET that TV, or some of the things they do instead. Mindless distraction, inundation of advertising, sad display of plastic people, all there. But just like the mouse to the internet, that's what the remote control is for. Mere clicks away is a time machine into the past or the future, a trip to a continent you will never see, a window into the life of someone who might inspire you to shut the fucking thing off and go do something to better your world. So I say if your alternative is ubersite, then piss off with the anti-TV rants because goatse and tubgirl look pretty contagious to me.
We all have our weaknesses and we all have to navigate through this life. We all have our own ways of doing that. At times some of those ways are selfish and impulsive and hedonistic and shallow. But some of them come from a place of boundless love and creativity and generosity and humility and self-awareness. If you didn't believe that, then you wouldn't be bringing a child into this world of atrocity.
If I believe that I am constantly growing and getting better as a person, and I am living my life in a way that I believe is right and good, then your words can't hurt me.
This is the equivalent of the ads I'd choose to run following this message if I were saying this on TV.
http://www.kiva.org/
http://www.unitedway.org/
http://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/index.jsp
http://www.habitat.org/
http://www.igive.com/
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I swear you are about 5,000 cascading shades of awesome.
<3
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2008-03-08 19:21:46 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by HellRazer (user info) at 2008-03-08 15:51:01 EST (#)
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Even now, as I write this poem
I feel weird talking about death
and how none of this shit even rhymes.
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BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
(srsly)
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-03-08 14:44:42 EST (#)
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Just kick back and enjoy life. You can't change what others do, so why try?
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-03-08 14:26:00 EST (#)
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<3 rob
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2008-03-08 11:04:33 EST (#)
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GAY
Submitted by celtic1888 (user info) at 2008-03-08 10:22:48 EST (#)
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no
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-03-08 10:08:40 EST (#)
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And yet, there's nothing I can say in response that is not wrong.
I disagree, and I'm an idealist or delusional or privileged.
I agree, and I'm a pessimist who is a willing slave to materialism and do nothing to try to make my world better.
I'm a realist about it and I throw out some ways I try to help, and I'm a sucker or a pontificating do-gooder.
If I only give back via organized charity, then I'm lazy and guilt-ridden and self-righteous because I'm not giving back with my time or my hands. If I do give back with my time or my hands, then that's all well and good, but I don't have a right to expect anyone else to do so, and that must also mean that I think I'm better than those people, which makes me part of the problem, too.
TV is nowhere near as poisonous as some of the ways and reasons people use to GET that TV, or some of the things they do instead. Mindless distraction, inundation of advertising, sad display of plastic people, all there. But just like the mouse to the internet, that's what the remote control is for. Mere clicks away is a time machine into the past or the future, a trip to a continent you will never see, a window into the life of someone who might inspire you to shut the fucking thing off and go do something to better your world. So I say if your alternative is ubersite, then piss off with the anti-TV rants because goatse and tubgirl look pretty contagious to me.
We all have our weaknesses and we all have to navigate through this life. We all have our own ways of doing that. At times some of those ways are selfish and impulsive and hedonistic and shallow. But some of them come from a place of boundless love and creativity and generosity and humility and self-awareness. If you didn't believe that, then you wouldn't be bringing a child into this world of atrocity.
If I believe that I am constantly growing and getting better as a person, and I am living my life in a way that I believe is right and good, then your words can't hurt me.
This is the equivalent of the ads I'd choose to run following this message if I were saying this on TV.
http://www.kiva.org/
http://www.unitedway.org/
http://cms.komen.org/komen/index.htm
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/index.jsp
http://www.habitat.org/
http://www.igive.com/
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2008-03-08 10:06:38 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2008-03-08 08:47:41 EST (#)
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This could very well be a poem and have a giant sidescrolling cartoon.
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Hahahaha! You just plain WANT people to hate you. This could only have been better if the picture was a BMP and this was your second post of the day
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ha!
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-03-08 10:06:25 EST (#)
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This reminds me of RAGE3.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-03-08 09:52:20 EST (#)
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never forget, i love you uber, no matter what happpens to me.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-03-08 09:36:15 EST (#)
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-03-08 02:39:13 EST (#)
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watch iron chef and witness your theory's demise, below.
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-03-08 09:34:00 EST (#)
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Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-03-08 02:32:15 EST (#)
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TV is poison.
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-03-08 09:31:33 EST (#)
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This was funny.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2008-03-08 08:47:41 EST (#)
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This could very well be a poem and have a giant sidescrolling cartoon.
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Hahahaha! You just plain WANT people to hate you. This could only have been better if the picture was a BMP and this was your second post of the day
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2008-03-08 08:45:30 EST (#)
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tactful cactus by your window
surveys the prairie of your room
the mobile spins to its collision
Clara puts her head between her aws
they've opened shops down on the Westside
will all the cacti find a home?
but the key to the city
is in the sun that pins the branches to the sky oh
-D.Bowie- Hunky Dory
Great cartoon Rob!
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-03-08 07:40:59 EST (#)
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Oh, I get it...it's just not that funny :(
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2008-03-08 06:38:32 EST (#)
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Lol@ o below, and R above.
You crazy people!
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-03-08 06:26:04 EST (#)
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I think he discussion topic should be how Rob appears to be losing the plot...
:)
Also, whoever signed me up to the American online dating service - it was a stroke of genius to sign me up as a lesbian. You are too funny.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-03-08 06:06:20 EST (#)
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On the micro side of life - things is pretty awesome.