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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:03 PM
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What do you think is your most important contribution to the DU community?
Edited on Mon Jun-08-09 09:26 PM by yewberry
I mean, what are you proud of?

Do you have an OP that was really important to you? Did you make a difference for another DUer in some way?

I know they can't all be "Call Congress right fucking now" or the kudzu thread, but what makes you a proud DUer?

Spill, and bring links if you've got 'em.



edit: a sample of a thread that I'm glad I put up, since no one seems to be bringing links.

One sad day, I think I helped a little:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4120394
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:05 PM
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1. I try to avoid stupid arguments.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:07 PM
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4. Ah, so you stay out of GD?
A good strategy.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:10 PM
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9. Pretty much.
I lurk but rarely comment.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:15 PM
Response to Reply #9
20. So...what's the sig translation?
Can you indulge a lazy reader?
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:17 PM
Response to Reply #20
24. Resist the beginning. Consider the end.
From this: http://www.thirdreich.net/Thought_They_Were_Free.html
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:03 PM
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56. Thanks for that.
Thought-provoking quote.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:57 PM
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100. Me too!
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:05 AM
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105. Oh, come on!
You're a go-to guy about music! One of the few (or only?) from the Maritimes! Straight edge and nice at the same time! Dreadlocks (well, maybe that was a while ago)!

You. Are. Being. Silly.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:12 AM
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106. I haven't had dreads for over a year now.
Crazy. I could contribute more on an intellectual but like I said, I like to avoid GD and the other areas, haha.

And technically, Newfoundland is not in the Maritimes. :P
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:16 AM
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109. Shot down. Ouch.
Yeah, I know about the former dreads, and believe it or not, I *should* know that Newfoundland isn't the Maritimes. I'm from New England. :blush:

But dang, you're not some random poster that no one remembers. Even *I* know that.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:22 AM
Response to Reply #109
111. Haha, well glad to know I make an impression.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:00 AM
Response to Reply #1
133. Funny, I try to get INTO stupid arguments......
So there!

:rofl:

mark
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:05 PM
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2. I bring beer.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:08 PM
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6. ...and so you are always welcome.
The Lounge is made a kinder, gentler nation by you, then.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:12 PM
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12. ...
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:07 PM
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3. Seriously, I don't think I *have* any "important" contribution.
I can't think of any argument I've made that hasn't been made by anyone else; I can't think of anything particularly special I've done. Just another number on the member list.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:09 PM
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8. Not so.
It's not possible.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:51 PM
Response to Reply #3
50. I also feel that way. I just show up.
:shrug:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:09 PM
Response to Reply #50
58. You, too?
No, no, no.

That's just wrong.

Remember when everyone was looking for word on you when Katrina hit? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3950921

You are loved here. No doubt.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:13 PM
Response to Reply #58
62. That was awesome. I almost forgot about that.
:hug:
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:08 PM
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5. every once in a while I can be kind of funny
and sometimes I am even kind
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:10 PM
Response to Reply #5
10. Both great things.
Kindness and humor...what else could we ask for, really?
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:53 PM
Response to Reply #5
97. you gave me the term "heinous fuckery"
for which I will be forever grateful. :fistbump:
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:09 PM
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7. My hovercraft is full of eels
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:11 PM
Response to Reply #7
11. Thank you, O bringer of the non sequitur.
Whatcha going to do with the eels, though?
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:12 PM
Response to Reply #7
13. My nipples explode with delight.
Drop your panties, Sir William. I cannot wait til lunchtime.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:39 AM
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164. My nipples explode with delight!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:50 PM
Response to Reply #7
178. That is fantastic
too funny
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:12 PM
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14. I'm like Joe the Plumber
Except my name isn't Joe, and I'm not a plummer.

:D

PS: since I wasn't sure of spelling I did both :P
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:16 PM
Response to Reply #14
22. Are you a reluctant celebrity?
Or do you make unscheduled appearances on cable news shows?
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:21 PM
Response to Reply #22
27. Hmm, not that either
Hmm, I don't own a construction company either. I'm doing something all wrong!

:banghead:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:11 PM
Response to Reply #27
60. You've got love and a monkey.
How can you be doing something wrong?
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:13 PM
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15. Unpronouncable screenname acceptance.
I bring it.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:16 PM
Response to Reply #15
21. Way to go, Five-again!
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:18 PM
Response to Reply #15
25. Now, I know you're mocking.
I won't have it, I won't have it, I say!

Not a *single* thread or discussion you think made a positive difference?

Your pants, sir, are on fire.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:23 PM
Response to Reply #25
29. There's my contribution to the community!
I cause warm feelings in flazarus' pants. :rofl:
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:48 PM
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47. Yep, you and Starbucks Antichrist
Oops, wait, that'd be "misreadable screenname acceptance" in his case. :P

(That's what I really did read his screenname as for the longest time. Series! :blush:)
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:55 PM
Response to Reply #47
52. I did that as well with Starbucks.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:13 PM
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16. I keep CaliforniaPeggy happy, if you know what I mean.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:23 PM
Response to Reply #16
28. Mm-hm, poetry workshop skills. Very useful.
Albeit undervalued by many.
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:14 PM
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17. Exposing Team Sarah to DTTB.
Ahhh, the memories.

More seriously, probably my viewpoints about poverty/low-income life, and GLBT equality. I'm a pretty good writer and thinker when I choose to be. ;)
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:30 PM
Response to Reply #17
31. I've seen your posts, and I think you've made a difference.
I know that I've seen you post ideas that made people understand poverty a little more. That's a great thing.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:14 PM
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18. I think my journal is pretty representative of my contributions
:shrug:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:31 PM
Response to Reply #18
32. Okay, that makes sense.
Given less time than I'd like, I rarely have the opportunity to read journals. I probably miss a lot, sadly.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:14 PM
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19. To "Creekdog" was named in honor of me
:dilemma:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:32 PM
Response to Reply #19
33. Well, that's an honor.
I wish I knew what it means...
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:25 AM
Response to Reply #33
159. To "creekdog" means to mix up a poster's gender
He's done it several times, including thinking temeah was a female...:rofl:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:16 PM
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23. Sex threads in VVAR.
To be fair, flvegan helped.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:34 PM
Response to Reply #23
34. And again, failure to provide links...
"Dear LM,

Is there something going on between you and Flvegan?

Love,

Oblivious"
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:36 PM
Response to Reply #23
38. I helped, too!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:19 PM
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26. I try and stay drama free.
And not get involved with all the drama that goes on here.

Also, I tend to always have a positive attitude, and don't bring my "dirt" here.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:36 PM
Response to Reply #26
37. Yay, you!
I think I'm happier in the dark about that stuff most of the time.

And it's amazing what a positive attitude brings sometimes, isn't it? Thanks for making that happen in the Lounge!
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JimGinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:27 PM
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30. I Rec A Lot Of Threads Anonymously...
Especially if they already have four.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:38 PM
Response to Reply #30
39. *gasp* Are you the Lounge rec fairy?
Unveiled at last!

(I also rec threads at four...but I have the unfortunate habit of finding them when they're 24.5 hours old!)
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JimGinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:40 PM
Response to Reply #39
43. LOL! No, I Usually Hit Em In GD, GD:P & LBN



:rofl:



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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:12 AM
Response to Reply #30
147. I do that too! :-)
(Not Lounge threads very often though.) I usually recommend threads in the forums I go to. There are some amazing reporters in those groups. And I try to read the interesting posts that seem to have been overlooked.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:35 PM
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35. My wit and charm
Some may beg to differ, but fuck 'em.

Just kidding, mods.

I :loveya: mods.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:39 PM
Response to Reply #35
41. Wit, check. Charm, check.
Also, you hooked me up with my gmail account when I was a stranger, out of the blue.

Thank you.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:46 PM
Response to Reply #41
69. No problem
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:00 PM
Response to Reply #69
74. Plus
you got LostinVA out of VA, a state that doesn't deserve either of you.

You always stand up for us weirdly vegans when the meat hits the fan.

And you came back from the dead.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:40 PM
Response to Reply #74
92. She's really frikkin hawt too.
What?
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:28 AM
Response to Reply #74
141. All good reasons that I rock
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:35 PM
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36. Him .............
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:41 PM
Response to Reply #36
44. A treasure, absolutely.
He has a quite a weirdly shapely bum, though. Perhaps he is a cyclist...?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:38 PM
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40. I make sure that people's thinking caps actually get used.
Classics like this colostomy bag reference:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8684011&mesg_id=8684530

This gem of a song:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8538116

Nothing like a beautiful child's selfless Christmas letter to Santa:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8304325

Space folding? Only on Tuesdays:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7557182

There was the "thread with probably the most ever deleted messages":

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7150750

Some truly genius bon mots:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6017983&mesg_id=6018064

and of course, the great grand-daddy of them all, the thinking cap revver-upper thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5992829#5994018
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:50 PM
Response to Reply #40
49. Beautiful! A symphony!
And that is easily the thread with the most deleted messages I've ever seen!

Kudos for the space-folding...can you fold us into a reality in which reality TV, Richard Bach, and nuclear ignore never existed?

Am I being selfish here?
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:40 PM
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42. One of my 2005 polls made the Greatest Page

Poll question: If I found my Uncle Sammy with his hand caught in a meat-grinder, I would
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5029008


Aside from that my major talent seems to be pissing people off :D
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:53 PM
Response to Reply #42
51. "Just never ever let him remove his hand: it would make a big bloody mess"
How could that not have led the responses?!?

Nice!
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:43 PM
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45. My brevity.
Silence is golden at times.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:55 PM
Response to Reply #45
53. A good quality.
Hard to really gauge on a discussion board, unfortunately, but an important thing in a friend!
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:13 PM
Response to Reply #53
61. Yeah, on here we get a very poor one-dimensional view of each other
but I do try to be a good listener.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:01 AM
Response to Reply #61
103. And you're in Seattle for the week?
If you need any ideas about stuff to do or what to avoid, please feel free to PM or post.

What are you doing in town? Let's see...this time of year...graduation?
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:39 AM
Response to Reply #103
117. Not graduation, but a convention.
Time to relax and have a good time.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:44 PM
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46. I've been here over 6 years and posted 21675 posts
And 21670 of them have been ignored. So I guess I have acted sort of like a Valium for DU. That's my claim to fame here.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:58 PM
Response to Reply #46
54. I hope you're kidding.
Because that's simply not so.

I'm a low poster. I don't "know" anyone here. There are like two people here who know my name, and they probably lost track after the name change.

But I recognize your name, I know where you post, and people care about you.

How can you even think that?
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:10 PM
Response to Reply #54
59. Thank yee
I was exaggerating a bit I guess. There are some great people here who I have come to really like.
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 01:46 PM
Response to Reply #46
166. I've been here over 5 years, and still don't have 400 posts.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 09:48 PM
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48. oh I don't think my contributions are very important
one little mission I have in life is to be the "liberal" in redneck land, and the redneck in "liberal land."

I try to be a good neighbor and "know" my work (aka street cred in an urban setting, I suppose) while being a damn liberal hippy. A the same time I try to be a socially conscious/just "Democratic" citizen while still being in agriculture and having a rural life - which includes raising and eating meat and owning guns.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:02 PM
Response to Reply #48
55. That's important.
Those of us who live urban lives get disconnected from rural life and rural DUers. You always bring your view to the discussion. How could that not be important?
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:05 PM
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57. .
:D
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:15 PM
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63. I'm responsible for the Will Rogers avatar
Yay me!
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:41 PM
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67. And "Beagles up!"
Yay, you!

Also, don't be so modest, or I'll have to defenestrate you right out the window.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:43 PM
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68. That was one of my favorite threads - thanks for remembering that...
...Now get outta here before I decapitate your head off. :)
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:19 PM
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64. The way we all screamed during hurricane Katrina and added our voices
to those who were gunning for actual government intervention in NOLA.

I don't know. There have been so many things we've discussed and learnt about on the DU. Almost bimonthly when Bush was in power there was some way I felt I helped. Perhaps it was my canadian perspective and I was able to share a belief in liberalism with those who were refusing to shut up in the USA even though the Bush White House was trying to cow Americans. I made some mistakes too. But I learnt from them.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:46 PM
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70. Sure as hell did. That was a crazy, awful time.
I always really appreciated all of our Canadian members. I remember once someone described the relationship with the US as sort of like having a rabid dog chained to your leg.

:rofl:

Love our northern neighbors. I wonder how you managed to be so supportive in our darkest days over the past 9 years. Thanks.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:54 PM
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73. I went through something awful in my own life. I'm still going through it a little bit.
Edited on Mon Jun-08-09 10:56 PM by applegrove
I could relate to what Americans were going through. I made it through the darkness and then paid it forward. That is all you can hope to get out of any situation with psychopaths. That you make it through and find some way to make all you have learnt..all the dark lessons... mean something to someone else in a way that makes their lives better.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:02 PM
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76. Wow, that's more than I expected.
Seriously, as an American, the despair and the shame...I guess I'm a little amazed that we got the support that we did.

And it did mean something to me, at least.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:12 PM
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81. You were fighting for realism and democracy. How could we not support you. We need
you healthy and strong. We want the best for you. Because that makes for a better world for all of us.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:30 PM
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86. Did you ever read the "Sorry Everybody" website?
That really illustrated the time for me--the shock, the shame, the exasperation. Discovering that people outside the US really got it made a world of difference.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:42 PM
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192. Yup that was a very poignant site.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:23 PM
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65. I brought sexy back.
Oh wait, that was Justin Timberlake.

Nevermind.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:51 PM
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71. No, you should totally take credit for that.
Justin Timberlake, not so much.

:D
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:24 PM
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66. I make the drunks here feel like they are not alone...
and I offer support to those that need it...

they mostly come out at night.....mostly
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:37 PM
Response to Reply #66
89. The "not being at your post" thing, though...
that's got to be rough.

Laughter is a good thing to bring...mostly...
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 10:52 PM
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72. Shameless bodily function threads...
... that are almost always immediately locked.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:05 PM
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77. A Lounge staple.
Tough go, though, now that the fun's over.
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:02 PM
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75. I bring youthful ignorance.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:07 PM
Response to Reply #75
79. But you've got a JOB
which is terrific news.

See? You brought terrific news!

:)
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:24 PM
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84. Excellent point!
I guess I accomplish something in here.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:05 PM
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78. I'm optimistic, encouraging, friendly, funny, and respectful.
Sorry, don't have any links to support my claim. You'll have to take my word for it.

:D
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:18 PM
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82. You don't need links.
I have faith! (And it's not like you're a stranger around here...)
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:07 PM
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80. Well, I made a thread about lightsabers
in which nothing productive was acomplished.

I also once delved deep into my inner geek, and made an interesting primary spreadsheet that no one had any interest in because everyone had their own idea of what was what.

Plus I read lots of things, thus increasing post "views' number.

In other words, live light upon the earth. I don't think I have made any real contribution here, but I do try to take information here and move it out into the greater world outside.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:23 PM
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83. How could a Star Wars reference not accomplish something?
That's fun stuff.

I don't believe for a second that you haven't made any real contribution here. Really, I've seen your name here enough to know that that's just not true.

(And I must confess that I'm an Excel geek myself. I can't resist a good spreadsheet. :blush:)
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:30 PM
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85. I had a magnificent one during
the primaries. I wanted to share it, but no-one had any interest. I had the delegate counts down pat. Learned way more about how things work that way than I ever did in any govt class. Which is unfortunate.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:35 PM
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87. We XLS geeks face resistance from the uninitiated.
Sad. I face daily pushback from people who want to use *tables* with numerical data.

:eyes:

Don't let it get you down...you learned something, and I'll bet some other people did, too, whether you know it or not.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:36 PM
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88. Nothing I do here is all that important. (n/t)
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:45 PM
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93. Really? You think?
You love music & instruments. You made me laugh when you deleted your recycle bin (yay, Vista!) and then you made my husband laugh when I told him your story.

You're not aware of what you bring to the community, but that doesn't change the fact that you bring something, and probably a lot more than I know about.

So there.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:47 PM
Response to Reply #93
94. Well hell.
I hadn't thought of it that way.

Nothin' like a little perspective to brighten up the day, eh?

Cheers!
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:38 PM
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90. This...
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:49 PM
Response to Reply #90
95. Well, I won't be asking you to bring anything to a barbecue.
But how charming unique revolting creative!
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:50 PM
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96. I know you want some. How could you not? nt
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:56 PM
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99. As delicious as that looks, there's the whole vegan thing.
My fault, totally. I wouldn't want to look bad in front of the others, shhhh.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:39 PM
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91. I coined the following phrase on DU:
"Liberal till I DIE, motherfuckers!" B-)

I think people here should use it more often...

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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:54 PM
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98. WA DUers unite!
I'm still stuck on the t-shirt from a Boston bar (Bukowski's? I moved away a long time ago...) that reads "Stone Cold Fucking Liberal."

Nice catchphrase! You'd probably make a lot of friends here in the fighting 34th...West Seattle is blue.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:57 PM
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101. Cool. I go to school in Seattle, but I live in Puyallup. Still got a way to go here to make
the place solid blue...
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:20 AM
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110. You commute from Puyallup?
Oh, cripes, that's got to be hard.

I know there are some rough areas, but if that commute is a long-term thing, have you thought about White Center or Georgetown? Not *all* bad, and two of the few authentic neighborhoods left in Jet City.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:22 AM
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152. I own a house. It's difficult to crawl out from under a mortgage these days.
Even if I wanted to. For the first time in my life I have a home library; a room dedicated solely to storing and displaying all of my books, and sitting and reading them. I wouldn't dream of moving if it meant giving up my library. The commute is not bad at all. I drive to the Tacoma Dome Park-and-Ride, and take the University Express right to the U's Health Sciences Building. On the bus, I can study, chill out with my iPod, or catch up on some sleep. Life is good...
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-08-09 11:59 PM
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102. I can't say I have made any important contributions to DU.
Wish I could, but......
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:25 AM
Response to Reply #102
112. Dunno, that seems unlikely.
You're one of my neighbors, so I always notice your posts. And I like your posts. You talk about the world we should live in, one where we care about each other.

Hell, that's important. Really important.

Ya goof.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 02:12 AM
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122. ......
Thank you, yew. :)

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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 02:13 AM
Response to Reply #102
123. Ahem
how about our "threesomes" with you, Robeson and me? :hide:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 02:38 AM
Response to Reply #123
126. Damn! I nearly forgot!
My bad! :spank:

:rofl:

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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:03 AM
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104. I dunno, immense music nerdery that has earned me a bit of a reputation.
Edited on Tue Jun-09-09 12:04 AM by ghostsofgiants
As for a specific post, back during the Tookie Williams execution business, I pwned some douchenozzle over the effectiveness of capital punishment as a deterrent. It's rare that I bother to put effort into a serious post around here, since I like to avoid GD and GD:P at all costs to avoid the idiocy inherent in each, but I couldn't resist on that one because it was actually helping me study for a final at the time, haha. Not that it was a major contribution to the community or anything but it's all I have, ahha.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:27 AM
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113. Nerdery + douchenozzle=glory.
Glory, I say!

And Newfoundland is not a Maritime province!

All good stuff, say I.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:13 AM
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107. I developed Walt Starr's exit strategy
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:29 AM
Response to Reply #107
114. Was there a spreadsheet involved?
Because really, if there was, I'd love to see it.

Extremely nice work.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:14 AM
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108. I think my greatest contribution was my "George W. Bush: Misunderstood Man of VISION" thread.
It got 114 Recs, which is about 110 more than my other 25,000 posts ever got.
Check it out: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Richard%20Steele/8
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:33 AM
Response to Reply #108
115. ...and to think I missed that the first time around!
Oh, that was poetry!

Thanks so much for the link and the laugh!
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 01:33 AM
Response to Reply #115
119. Do you mind if I ask which one was your favorite?
Everyone has a favorite.
I tried to cover all bases with that thread-
from simple "sight gags" to political satire.

And everyone has a FAVORITE.

I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.

Richard
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:26 PM
Response to Reply #119
170. Hard call. Invisible Lava, maybe.
Invisible bee makes me laugh harder, though.

Nice work all around.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 12:32 AM
Response to Reply #119
238. OK, well, I certainly -DO- have a clear favorite....
"Invisible Stooges" still tickles my funny bone to this day.

And if I had to pick a #2, "Invisible Pimp-Cane" would probably be it.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I sure as heck enjoyed making it!

Richard
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Lucian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:37 AM
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116. I have no idea.
:( :shrug:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:29 PM
Response to Reply #116
171. Aw, that can't be true.
You've never made anyone laugh or think? Or had someone comment on the cool atronomy pics?

Doubt it.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 12:41 AM
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118. My contributions consist of wisecracks from the back of the class.
Sometimes one is funny. Most of the time they're just desperate pleas for attention.

It is me enjoying the illusion that participating in one of the most ephemeral media of communication ever invented is actually akin to making a real human connection.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:33 PM
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172. Funny is good. You should see what happens when I try it.
If we had a :flop: smilie, I'd insert it here.

I know what you're saying about the transitory and semi-meaninglessness of the medium, but it can be real in ways, too. Maybe it's pollyanna-ish, but I think some real good has come from this community and so some real good can come from being part of it.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 01:49 AM
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120. I nuke trolls.
:smoke:



Sometimes they're real assholes, and then it feels twice as good.

:smoke: :smoke:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:34 PM
Response to Reply #120
173. Oooh, wand of power.
I'll bet it feels good!
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 12:40 AM
Response to Reply #173
208. Only for the really bad ones
The ones that have perfectly terrible member names are a particular pleasure. Some attempted trolls have absolutely no class at all. :-(
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 02:00 AM
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121. I think this one
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7387875&mesg_id=7387875

Not that it helped a lot apparently.

Otherwise I just hope to bring a smile on the face of the people when they see my "Good morning" threads.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:38 PM
Response to Reply #121
174. That's a really interesting thread. I hadn't seen it before.
And it was brave of you to post it.

Unfortunately, I do still see that used. I wonder if most folks just don't think about what it could mean to someone else.

(And I have seen your "Good morning" threads...maybe I'll gather up my courage and post in one someday!)
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blueraven95 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 08:34 AM
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216. I don't think I ever thanked you for that thread at the time
Edited on Wed Jun-10-09 08:34 AM by blueraven95
but I really appreciated it.

:hug:
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 02:18 AM
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124. I have a hard time tooting my own horn
Who AM I to say what DUers take from my posts?
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:46 PM
Response to Reply #124
176. Loud and clear, MrScorpio.
So tootless you shall be. Or hornless.

Or something.

:hi:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 02:22 AM
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125. We're supposed to contribute something?
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:48 PM
Response to Reply #125
177. No pressure.
You might think of bringing a casserole to the next Lounge potluck, though.
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Dogtown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 06:23 AM
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127. Snark
It's all I've got...
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:57 PM
Response to Reply #127
183. What is it about that word
that always makes me want to quote "Jabberwocky?" Snark sounds like a mysterious, long-snouted forest animal to me.

But that's probably not what you meant...
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Dogtown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 05:31 AM
Response to Reply #183
209. You have me exact!
And I love long-snouted forest animals, the mysteriouser the better!


Love that poem!
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 06:46 AM
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128. Nothing of value since I quit with the butt pix
:hide: I'm basically dead weight here.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:04 PM
Response to Reply #128
185. Well, good heavens, man!
Are you some kind of quitter? Are people supposed to come up with their own butt pix?

Geez, the nerve.
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 08:29 AM
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215. I had to throw in he towel
Or at least cover my ass with it. :P
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 07:30 AM
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129. I used to be the sunflower guy
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:10 PM
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186. Beautiful.
I've seen your sunflowers, sir, and they stick with me. A really nice thing to see on a gloomy Seattle winter day, so thanks.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 07:39 AM
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130. People repeatedly have told me they like my scientific posts
I think I'm most proud of a series of posts I did about what vaccines are/how they work/myths because alot of people seem to not understand them:
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/turtlensue/7
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/turtlensue/8
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/turtlensue/9
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:33 AM
Response to Reply #130
142. Yeah, your scientific posts
Edited on Tue Jun-09-09 08:33 AM by KamaAina
Yeah, that's the ticket! :loveya:

edit: gotta go meet my wife, Morgan Fairchild, who I've seen naked. :P
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:22 PM
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187. Great stuff.
There are fundamental misconceptions about science that are so common. It's terrific that you made an effort to create a primer for something that's part of so many lives but so often misunderstood.
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 07:41 AM
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131. Taking over the
MILESTONES...:hide:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:26 PM
Response to Reply #131
188. Oooh, big shoes to stand in.
That's quite an undertaking. Kudos!
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 06:18 AM
Response to Reply #188
211. Thank you. I am trying my best... nt.
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Tobin S. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 07:44 AM
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132. The Mental Health Support Group was my idea
I wrote the mission statement and posted the thread that got 10 donating members to sign off on the idea.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=276

I was known as Droopy at the time. I just changed my user name recently, which, happily enough, reflects my improved state of being.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:49 AM
Response to Reply #132
154. Wow, Tobin
I never knew that. That is indeed a VALUABLE contribution to this site..:hug:
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Tobin S. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:12 AM
Response to Reply #154
155. Thanks, TZ
Sometimes I wish more people would participate, but we've got a pretty good core group of regular posters and it is one of the more active groups. I really can't complain.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:28 PM
Response to Reply #132
189. I'll bet that's meant a lot to a lot of people.
That's really something.

I hope you feel good about posting your stories. I think you've been a real encouragement to others there, too.

And congrats on being Tobin.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:02 AM
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134. I really enjoy doing 2 things - making comments that I think will let people see things in
a less serious light OR

Get people to apply their anger and concern to more productive places than DU, for example if you hate Morning Joe, don't tell me, tell Fox.

:shrug:

mark
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:36 PM
Response to Reply #134
190. Both good things and the fact that you enjoy doing them
says a lot about you!
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:03 AM
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135. What, we're supposed to be contributing something?
:shrug:
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:13 AM
Response to Reply #135
156. You post more than your share of wise assery!
DU wouldn't be the same without it..:hug:
(PS- You consistently have the best one liners here, if you ask me)
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:16 AM
Response to Reply #156
157. Well, thank you.
:hi:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:37 PM
Response to Reply #135
191. Sorry, you're on the special dispensation list.
Should have checked first, I know.

As you were.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:03 AM
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136. I try to help fellow DUers when ever possible
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:44 PM
Response to Reply #136
194. I guess that's what it all boils down to, huh?
And we really can help each other sometimes.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 07:42 AM
Response to Reply #194
212. Yes I agree
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:05 AM
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137. My nekkedness.
:evilgrin:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:49 PM
Response to Reply #137
196. Well, it is a tradition...
who better to carry the torch?
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:09 AM
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138. This is a community????
who knew?

:shrug:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:57 PM
Response to Reply #138
197. No? Oh, did I create an imaginary community AGAIN?
Arg.

I'll be crying in my bunk, if anyone needs me.

:o
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:09 AM
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139. This is a community????
who knew?

:shrug:
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Joey Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 08:12 AM
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140. Good music in my Journal. nt
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:07 PM
Response to Reply #140
198. I should make time to read more journals! nt
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Joey Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 07:32 PM
Response to Reply #198
217. Did you check out mine? nt
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:11 PM
Response to Reply #217
231. Yup.
Okay, not past page one, I confess.

But good stuff there, and *psst* hi fellow uni-uni!
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:07 AM
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143. Not sure that I contribute very much, but.... I try to be nice and kind to everyone.
I send vibes, good wishes, and prayers whenever I can. I try to welcome newbies.

I avoid confrontation like the plague.

I hope I add a little to the "harmony" of the Lounge community? :shrug:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:19 PM
Response to Reply #143
199. It sounds like you do.
I really fall down when it comes to welcoming people...thanks for reminding me that it's important.

I think you must add harmony to the Lounge and to DU!
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:08 AM
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144. i poop a lot
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:25 PM
Response to Reply #144
200. You've made us all so, so proud
Edited on Tue Jun-09-09 11:25 PM by yewberry
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:08 AM
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145. Jesus
He's a friend of mine.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:19 AM
Response to Reply #145
150. Narwhals would just be another marine mammal if not for you, Symarip.
Think about it.
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Symarip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:21 AM
Response to Reply #150
151. It started with Heyzeus
But I think I am a little more proud over my GD introduction to NARWHALOGY.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:27 PM
Response to Reply #145
201. Are you the son of God?
I feel like I could ask you anything!
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:11 AM
Response to Original message
146. Class Clownery
:silly:

That and cutting through BS.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:29 PM
Response to Reply #146
202. And such a turn of phrase, too.
Class clownery and BS cuttery = important Lounge skills.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:18 AM
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148. Sadly, I'm afraid it's Chuggo awareness.
I'd love to say that I bring some unique third way, outside the box thinking to GD, but most of those post either get ignored or shouted down by people who don't want to leave their safety zone. Sigh.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:32 PM
Response to Reply #148
203. Can't be that.
I'm unaware of Chuggo (and perfectly happy with my ignorance.)

And GD isn't always what we'd like it to be. I've certainly had my share of that lesson!
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:19 AM
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149. I hold down left field pretty well and make a hell of a lead off batter
I don't demand a lot of monetary reimbursement and my endorsements are not that demanding.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:33 PM
Response to Reply #149
205. But can you hit for the cycle?
I know, maybe I'm asking too much, but that's the standard.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 12:12 AM
Response to Reply #205
207. No but I have knocked it out of the park with the bases loaded
Edited on Wed Jun-10-09 12:16 AM by Tuesday Afternoon
felt good as hell too.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 10:39 PM
Response to Reply #205
221. well, I thought about this
I have had locked threads, deleted threads, Duzies and greatst page threads so...yeah to answer your question I guess I can By God HIT FOR THE CYCLE
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:04 PM
Response to Reply #221
228. Channeling Skittles:
FUCK YES YOU CAN BY GOD!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:27 AM
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153. My dear yewberry...
I'd have to say my empathy is my major contribution here...

I've had a fair amount of love and pain in my life, and somehow this enables me to identify with and help other DUers to feel better, to feel that they're not alone.

I've done a bit of good with my pic threads, and poetry threads too.

This place has changed my life, and anything good I can pay forward is what I live for.

My sigline says it perfectly...

:hug:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:39 PM
Response to Reply #153
206. Nicely put, Peg.
You're one of those people for whom DU has made a difference, and you continue to give of yourself here.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:23 AM
Response to Original message
158. I exhibit drive-by humor
meaning that I don't post a lot, but sometimes something strikes me as funny and I post. A few DUzys have been awarded, but I doubt anyone really pays attention to my normal mundane posts.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 10:26 PM
Response to Reply #158
218. I think most of *everyone's* normal mundane posts slide away unseen.
But humor is a crucial part of the board...especially in the Lounge!
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backtoblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:28 AM
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160. I've done nothing great, but some kind stranger donated in my name and I have a star!
That was very, very generous and I would like to express my gratitude to whomever did such a kind thing for me. :hug:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 10:30 PM
Response to Reply #160
219. Oh, that is such a good feeling.
I've had a star donated to me in the past, and I remember being completely amazed, especially when the donor fessed up in a PM. It was someone well-known, and I'd had no idea that she even knew who I was.

Glad someone surprised you, too!
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:41 AM
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161. I've offered up some pretty cute cats in the last few years.
:)
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 02:01 PM
Response to Reply #161
168. AND pulled off the best April Fool's prank ever in the lounge.
:D
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 03:11 PM
Response to Reply #168
169. You think it was?
Yeah, I guess it got a lot of people . . . :evilgrin:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 10:38 PM
Response to Reply #161
220. Bertha.
Yes, the cats are cute.

But, come on...you're loved here. Everyone seems to know you.

You know that, right?
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 11:00 AM
Response to Reply #220
245. If I am loved it is because the universe is kind, and I am grateful --
so very grateful. Thank you. :hug:
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:44 AM
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162. Stealthy, behind-the-scenes advice/gift giving and all around decent
background noise. I would say "alerting when necessary" and the poetry breaks, but...who am I kidding.
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backtoblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:53 AM
Response to Reply #162
163. I think you're right
:hug:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 10:45 PM
Response to Reply #162
222. You don't think the poetry breaks have been appreciated?
WRONG. I'm one of those guilty of reading and not commenting. Routinely.

And being a good all-around poster...I'd say we always need more of you.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 01:34 AM
Response to Reply #222
240. Thanks for trying...but the poetry breaks get an average of like, ten views a day.
Sometimes less. So, no, I don't think they're appreciated.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:46 AM
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165. I have given pleasure to the world because I have such a beautiful ass
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 10:50 PM
Response to Reply #165
223. Hmm. Is that good enough for the Lounge?
:rofl:

Is that..:rofl:...good enough...:rofl:...for the Lounge?

A beautiful ass is a joy forever.
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 01:37 AM
Response to Reply #165
241. But is it the sweetest ass in the world?
Edited on Thu Jun-11-09 01:40 AM by lutefisk
Du hast den schönsten arsch der welt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eg1q2Eedc&feature=PlayList&p=58892A6E97D1787C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=12
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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 01:48 PM
Response to Original message
167. pevyness
is my greatest contribution.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 10:52 PM
Response to Reply #167
224. Pev.
Not a word.

As a concept, though...:thumbsup:

Nice work.
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:44 PM
Response to Original message
175. My razor-sharp wit, my incisive commentary, and my wisdom and humor.
Duh.

:evilgrin:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 10:54 PM
Response to Reply #175
225. Aw.
I was hoping for links.

:(





Gimme.
:evilgrin:
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:50 PM
Response to Original message
179. Nothing.
I post nothing of substance and I know nothing and I am constantly reminded of it.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:00 PM
Response to Reply #179
226. Whoa, I'm not sure
what that's about.

It seems like there's a backstory, and maybe not a really happy one.

Hey, Texasgal, I hope that's not how you really feel here. I made a post like that once in one of the groups after I'd been shouted down hard, and I did end up taking a break because of it, but I returned to find that a bunch of people actually cared.

If you need a break, take one. If you need support, find it. It's here.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:52 PM
Response to Original message
180. I have to say that I was really proud of my Bigfoot thread
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/underpants/83

The Passion of the Christ thread was only started by me, DU did the rest
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:02 PM
Response to Reply #180
227. As a Pacific Northwesterner, I fucking cracked up.
I only wish the yahoo link was still available.

BE PROUD. The graphic of the PNW is positively bone-chilling.

And the Passion of the Christ thread...lots of fun, but not nearly as hard-hitting!
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mentalsolstice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:52 PM
Response to Original message
181. I out the fake "cool"
Otherwise, I'm compassionate for equal rights for all.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:05 PM
Response to Reply #181
229. Oh, crud, you aren't planning to out me, are you?
Oh, never mind. I can't even fake cool.

Carry on!
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 09:55 PM
Response to Original message
182. I suppose my Daily Poem Threads
almost 3 years of them in my journal now...

:hi:

RL
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:08 PM
Response to Reply #182
230. Daily poem threads, check.
Super cute kids, check.

Stick-your-neck-out bookstore venture, check.

(I'll try to be better about reading journals, really!)

:hi:
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 06:36 AM
Response to Reply #230
243. ...
:hi:

RL
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:01 PM
Response to Original message
184. I'm not going to say what's important, but here's what I contribute
moderating (yes, nuking trolls is the best part!)

liberal but pragmatic posts in the political forums

music threads and posts!

celeb crush threads for fun

and various other topics/posts in the Lounge
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:20 PM
Response to Reply #184
232. Okay, going to put you on the spot.
Why not say what you think is important? Was it the wording in the OP that has led more than a few to decline to post what they feel has been important to them?

/on the spot grilling


Yay, you, for volunteering to moderate! I sure wouldn't be able to dedicate the time. Really, thanks for what you do.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 06:50 AM
Response to Reply #232
244. I guess if I had to pick one, I'd say moderating
And thanks for the kind words!

I think topics like this sometimes result in some modesty, including with me. Not that we shouldn't be confident in ourselves, but sometimes it feels odd to type it. :hi:
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:42 PM
Response to Original message
193. I'm pretty good at finishing threads.
Well someone's gotta do it!
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:22 PM
Response to Reply #193
233. Oh, you and me both.
Have I mentioned how warm your sig pic makes me feel? Gosh, that's nice.

I want to call my mom now.
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demmiblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 10:46 PM
Response to Original message
195. Pretty much nothing!
:hi:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:24 PM
Response to Reply #195
234. Aw, come on.
You've never made a post that you were glad people read? You've never made anyone laugh? Never got caught up in a discussion that changed someone else's or your mind?

Nah.
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-09-09 11:33 PM
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204. I have refrained from choking anyone.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:25 PM
Response to Reply #204
235. That gets me through my job everyday.
Someday soon, I won't be able to say that.

Good news, though: it's hard to choke someone via the tubes.

:thumbsup:
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 05:49 AM
Response to Original message
210. I'm proud that over 50% of my posts
have resulted in the quiet passing of threads. I try to end the suffering.
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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 07:44 AM
Response to Reply #210
213. hey...
thats MY contribution.

:hi: :hi:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:27 PM
Response to Reply #210
236. 50%? Piker.
So saith threadkiller extraordinaire.
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blueraven95 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 08:24 AM
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214. the DU calendar
this may sound a little silly, but I like to think that by organizing the Photo Forum's annual calendar, I'm helping to bring smiles to people's faces every day.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-10-09 11:32 PM
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237. Why would that sound silly?
The photo forum showcases a lot of talent. The group is one of the few that gets organized to bring the larger group together. That's pretty cool!
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 12:32 AM
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239. The holiday avatars
Back when we had the "Ask The Admins" forum, I suggested we have holiday-themed avatars. Skinner replied quite promptly that it was a good idea, and that they would do it.

They had them up and available in a day or so. :-)
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 09:49 PM
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253. That's neat--I never knew that.
Imagine how many DUers have taken part in your idea.

(And add Zombycoffee to the list.)
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 01:47 AM
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242. Well, firstly...
Fighting against the Anti-Superman bias that DU has, its a full time job believe me :)

Secondly I pop my head in every now and then with American Indian issues, usually there is some great misunderstanding in those threads.

Thirdly, I fight against the Pro-Lex Luthor apologists....


:D
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 09:51 PM
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254. Pro-Lex Luthorites? At DU?
What is this site coming to?
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 10:18 PM
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246. Kicking forgotten threads
Don't know why I do that. It's weird
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 09:52 PM
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255. Imagine my surprise,
coming home tonight and finding a thread I'd imagined long dead. Nice work, Bucky.
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 10:26 PM
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247. Well I like to think I'm a sex symbol
I don't have brains, I don't have money, I don't have talent...nope. Just sexy. Ah well I do what I can :D
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 09:53 PM
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256. I guess I'm 0 for 4 there.
My dog likes me, though.
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 10:48 PM
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248. Weapons Grade Snark
:nuke:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 09:56 PM
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257. Hey, put that away, man, those edges look sharp.
The Lounge gets crowded, somebody could put an eye out!
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 08:41 PM
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249. I'm one of the resident DUers with Asperger's Syndrome and am very vocal critic of...
...a lot of the pseudo-scientific BS and ignorant nonsense posted involving the Autism spectrum. Nothing makes my blood boil more than people regurgitating the BS peddled by quacks like Jenny McCarthy and will not hesitate to call DUers defending "chelation therapy" the child endangerers they are. I do not want to be "cured", I want to be accepted and tolerated by society.
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 09:59 PM
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258. Good perspective to bring.
It's interesting (and important) to hear voices from inside that experience.

Thanks.
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 08:46 PM
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250. My singular wit. n/t
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 09:59 PM
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259. And brevity, too. nt
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 08:59 PM
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251. ...hmmm...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=624815
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 10:04 PM
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261. Yes, yes, yes!
I do not need to exaggerate when I say that Oscar the mixed animal is fundamental to DU. If I were to try to explain why I like DU, Oscar would be part of that conversation.


:patriot:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 09:03 PM
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252. I helped organize the first major DU gathering ever
Philadelphia in 2002 - met all the admins, Khephra, WillPitt and a host of amazing people there!
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 10:06 PM
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262. How cool!
I think I must have seen pics somewhere along the line. It sure was a different game back then, huh?

I envy you the memories you must have from that meetup!
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 10:00 PM
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260. Absolutely nothing...no drama, no flaming, nobody I hate, don't belong to a clique
Maybe that's why I like DU!
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 10:08 PM
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263. You and me both, Dave.
Footloose and drama-free is a good thing to be in the Lounge (and for the Lounge!)
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