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Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: August 02, 2012 01:01PM
Why are we all so ready to pick fights with each other lately? Is it the heat, the drought, the lack of affordable fruit? I feel like we haven't seen this much fighting and feuding since the old "you forgot to use OT" days at dealmac.


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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: billb
Date: August 02, 2012 01:06PM
absolutely not <snort>




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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: August West
Date: August 02, 2012 01:11PM
billb's just warming up !! terrified smiley
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Gutenberg
Date: August 02, 2012 01:15PM
It seems to me to be a repeat of the summer of '08. Same old.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Acer
Date: August 02, 2012 01:16PM
Jane, you ignorant @#$%&.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: August 02, 2012 01:28PM
Presidential elections tend to bring the snark out in all of us.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Uncle Wig
Date: August 02, 2012 01:41PM
Yeah. Might be the summer heat; people do tend to get grumpier.

One factor: the mods allowing you-know-who back in, whose comments only provoke snarkiness.

As for myself: I'm well aware that I tend to go straight for the jugular. It troubles me sometimes. I suppose it's that talking about issues on an internet forum is a lot like talking politics in a bar: can be fun, might get ugly, and mostly it's totally pointless. So what seems to catch my attention isn't necessarily the issue, it's when someone says something really stupid and/or indefensible, like when their proposition is based on false information or unknown facts, or when it's based on blind loyalty to an ideology.

So, enough introspection. Here's some kittens.





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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: August 02, 2012 01:44PM
OMG !!! Kittens !!!!!
bunny smiley bunny smiley bunny smiley bunny smiley bunny smiley
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: August 02, 2012 01:49PM
I'll see your kittens and I'll raise you a baby goat:

[www.youtube.com]

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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: lafinfil
Date: August 02, 2012 01:50PM
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$tevie
I'll see your kittens and I'll raise you a baby goat:

You're kidding


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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Gutenberg
Date: August 02, 2012 01:52PM
I will see your kittens, your pancake bunny, your baby goat, and your really bad pun and raise you puppies:

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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Ted King
Date: August 02, 2012 01:57PM
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: btfc
Date: August 02, 2012 02:01PM
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: hal
Date: August 02, 2012 02:02PM
I'm beginning to distance myself from this side. There are too many conversations are on subjects that I find silly - tiny peripheral minutia that partisans blow up to insane heights of importance...

And like Uncle Wig - too often I take an attitude that is well out of my real life character and I don't like that...
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: (vikm)
Date: August 02, 2012 02:22PM
I hate to blame the trolling but...
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: swampy
Date: August 02, 2012 02:25PM
One factor: the mods allowing you-know-who back in, whose comments only provoke snarkiness

I get it, you-know-who posts a comment and you reply with snakiness. Got it.




If you don't stand for something, you'll probably fall for anything.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: August 02, 2012 02:29PM
I am as guilty of the snark as anybody,
however,
I would like to see people stop using someone's cancer as a stick to beat her with
~it's rude and unfeeling.
and
I would like to see people stop calling people trolls because they disagree with them.
We've got one troll and we all know who that is,
otherwise can we use other good insults.
There are plenty of them out there -- and if anyone needs any ideas, I can surely help with a couple of suggestions!

And now back to the Cute Overload portion of our program:

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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: August West
Date: August 02, 2012 02:36PM
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Uncle Wig
Date: August 02, 2012 02:36PM
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swampy
One factor: the mods allowing you-know-who back in, whose comments only provoke snarkiness

I get it, you-know-who posts a comment and you reply with snakiness. Got it.

Actually I don't: ignore makes life better.

And $tevie, you are quite correct: differing opinion does not a troll make. Screwing up every thread does.



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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Uncle Wig
Date: August 02, 2012 02:40PM
Oh: and if we are running short on good insults:

[www.youtube.com]

The BEST one is at 8:12. Oh, and NSFW.



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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: August 02, 2012 02:48PM
Ugarte: You despise me, don't you?
Rick: If I gave you any thought I probably would.

I have always loved that one. What a cold and marvelous put down!


"Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences." ~ Brian Eno
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: davester
Date: August 02, 2012 02:50PM
I think it's simply that the presidential campaign is in full swing and a new "story" or attack ad comes out every day. This brings out all sorts of fodder for disagreement on a daily basis, especially when attack ads or postings that misrepresent candidates' positions are used.



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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Pam
Date: August 02, 2012 03:06PM
Ted wins!



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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: August 02, 2012 03:10PM
Oh, @#$%& off, Pam, how can you even think that!



winking smiley


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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: p8712
Date: August 02, 2012 03:20PM
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~it's rude and unfeeling.

nasfwg
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: August West
Date: August 02, 2012 03:21PM
What is the point of posting that garbage?
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: August 02, 2012 03:31PM
Smile, and the world smiles with you.


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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Pam
Date: August 02, 2012 03:45PM
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$tevie
Oh, @#$%& off, Pam, how can you even think that!



winking smiley

Bite me!
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Gutenberg
Date: August 02, 2012 03:55PM
Oh, come ON, Pam! Ten Golden Retriever puppies vs. one snoring bloodhound? What are you, the East German judge?
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Pam
Date: August 02, 2012 04:04PM
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Gutenberg
Oh, come ON, Pam! Ten Golden Retriever puppies vs. one snoring bloodhound? What are you, the East German judge?

It was the cat under the dog's ear! Who cares about bunches of golden retrievers? They're a common dime a dozen!

And why are you bringing my German heritage into this? More xenophobia?
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: RgrF
Date: August 02, 2012 08:09PM
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Gutenberg
Oh, come ON, Pam! Ten Golden Retriever puppies vs. one snoring bloodhound? What are you, the East German Azerbaijan judge?

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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: vision63
Date: August 02, 2012 08:20PM
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Lemon Drop
Smile, and the world smiles with you.



The Flying Squirrel!
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: PeterB
Date: August 02, 2012 10:36PM
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$tevie
Why are we all so ready to pick fights with each other lately? Is it the heat, the drought, the lack of affordable fruit? I feel like we haven't seen this much fighting and feuding since the old "you forgot to use OT" days at dealmac.

You forgot to use OT. grinning smiley

But seriously, back to the cuteness overload portion of our programme:







Freya says, 'Hello from NOLA, baby!' (Laissez bon temps rouler!)
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: August 03, 2012 12:47PM
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vision63
Quote
Lemon Drop
Smile, and the world smiles with you.



The Flying Squirrel!

I hope she doesn't mind that nickname!?
She's my new favorite Olympian. (Nathan Adrian close second)
I hope she and her family surround themselves with people who have her best interest at heart, and that she gets all the (positive, worthwhile) glory of others who have achieved at that level.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: swampy
Date: August 03, 2012 04:09PM
I hope she makes millions of dollars and puts it all in a bank in the Caymans.




If you don't stand for something, you'll probably fall for anything.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Lemon Drop
Date: August 03, 2012 04:14PM
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swampy
I hope she makes millions of dollars and puts it all in a bank in the Caymans.

OK you win that one swampy!

Have a great weekend.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: davester
Date: August 03, 2012 05:09PM
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swampy
I hope she makes millions of dollars and puts it all in a bank in the Caymans.

Why do you hate our country so, swampy?

Does this mean she's going to be hiring Bain Capital to manage her money?



"So be proud to be a decent American instead of just a w'anker whipping up fear!" - Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Uncle Wig
Date: August 03, 2012 05:37PM
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davester
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swampy
I hope she makes millions of dollars and puts it all in a bank in the Caymans.

Why do you hate our country so, swampy?

Does this mean she's going to be hiring Bain Capital to manage her money?

She hates that she has to share her country with "those other people."



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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Pam
Date: August 03, 2012 08:17PM
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vision63
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Lemon Drop
Smile, and the world smiles with you.



The Flying Squirrel!

You guys should read the snarky comments made by the folks at Excalibur gym in Va Beach. They are so trying to take credit for her abilities. She was good, naturally talented, but not Olympic class until she switched to her current trainer. In 2 years he took her to where she is now. She would not have made the team by a long shot if she had stayed. Yet these Excalibur jerks are all over the local news sounding like total sour grapes.

(Yeah, she's among a bunch of local olympians in several sports)
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: billb
Date: August 04, 2012 12:59AM
She didn't win that


:@#$%&:




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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: swampy
Date: August 04, 2012 08:24AM
Good one, billb!




If you don't stand for something, you'll probably fall for anything.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: graylocks
Date: August 04, 2012 08:38AM
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billb
She didn't win that


:@#$%&:

i assume you're being facetious but, as i parent, i know that the context of that quip is so true. in order to succeed in a sport like gymnastics - which is expensive to pursue - one has to have tremendous financial and emotional support and sacrifice from one's family. no matter what your gifts we all stand on someone's shoulders.


"Success isn't about how much money you make. It is about the difference you make in people's lives."--Michelle Obama



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/04/2012 08:38AM by graylocks.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Mac-A-Matic
Date: August 04, 2012 09:57AM
Perhaps this board is a reflection of the intolerance and divide in our political climate.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: August 04, 2012 10:41AM
Gabby gave all the glory to God. So I think she would agree that she did not do it alone.


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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: swampy
Date: August 04, 2012 10:45AM
She absolutely stood on the shoulder of others, but the government doesn't have shoulders.




If you don't stand for something, you'll probably fall for anything.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Pam
Date: August 04, 2012 11:14AM
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swampy
She absolutely stood on the shoulder of others, but the government doesn't have shoulders.

No, the government has seats. So she stood on the seats of government smiling smiley
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: August 04, 2012 02:56PM
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swampy
She absolutely stood on the shoulder of others, but the government doesn't have shoulders.

The government is people, my friend.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Avenger
Date: August 04, 2012 03:38PM
And corporations aren't? Funny thing every time I walk in a company I see a lot of people.
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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: Black
Date: August 04, 2012 04:47PM
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graylocks
no matter what your gifts we all stand on someone's shoulders.

Song material- get to work :-)


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Re: Is this place getting too snarky?
Posted by: graylocks
Date: August 04, 2012 07:50PM
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Black
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graylocks
no matter what your gifts we all stand on someone's shoulders.

Song material- get to work :-)

whaaat? you being funny or did you sleep through that song?


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