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OneAngryDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 01:10 PM
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What's up with the "DO NOT DONATE" Icons?
Edited on Thu May-15-08 01:11 PM by OneAngryDemocrat
What's up with that?

A GOP Hacker?

Or a cleverly designed ruse to use reverse psychology on people in order to get them to donate?

Just asking...

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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 01:12 PM
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1. Apparently, if you donate,
it puts DU into a higher tax bracket. So....

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OneAngryDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 01:15 PM
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3. Then, shouldn't...
If that's the case, then why hasn't the donate feature simply been disabled?
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 01:18 PM
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4. Tell me you're not serious
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 01:18 PM
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5. It was, but...
...that feature is deactivated at DefCon 1. :P
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 01:14 PM
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2. Well, it's working.
x(
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 01:20 PM
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6. I think the admins are just making light of this fundraiser
They do one every quarter but this one seems to be a bit of a downer. The economy is tanking and some folks are pissed at DU just because of this primary. So just like they put their faces at the end of the fundraising bar they're joking around with grovelbot to "not donate" in hopes that you'll ignore it and donate
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Hayabusa Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 01:33 PM
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7. I think it's just a joke
The gimmick behind the donation drive is the faux beating up of the admins. With putting a "Do Not Donate" avatar on those without them, it's just playing along with the joke.
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OneAngryDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 01:56 PM
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8. I see...
They ''don't'' want us to donate, because they don't want to get punched...

It isn't funny.

Sorry - but it just isn't.

But then again, I'm a Marine Corps veteran who now works at a prison, and I lost my sense of humor ages ago.
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KSinTX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 02:55 PM
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10. Did you Marines EVER have a sense of humor
Kidding - You guys :yourock:!

From one of them Dog Faces. Oooah
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 02:44 PM
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9. There's nothing liberals love more than disobeying orders and rebelling against authority.
Oh man, fight against Grovelbot! Don't listen to the robot, listen to your heart!

YEARGH!!!!
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KSinTX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 02:57 PM
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11. I've just been wondering what happens
When DU does finally punch em. There's got to be a rockin' graphic at the end of this drive.
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OneAngryDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 04:05 PM
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12. Ummm?
Edited on Thu May-15-08 04:07 PM by OneAngryDemocrat
Bloody noses?

Fat lips?

Bloody noses AND fat lips?

A metal rod, like in "Rock-'Em-Sock-'Em-Robots?"



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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 04:13 PM
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13. The Grovelbot is holding everyone's avatar hostage
when enough people donate to the three floating heads, all will be released, unharmed
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