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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:29 PM Original message |
"Die, TV!" - Universal remote silences public televisions |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Die, FOX NEWS! |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. a tool for assholes |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I agree |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You can't wait eh? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. color me an asshole |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
79. ROFL! |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Yep, nothing like some self-righteous jerk trying to impose his opinion in a boorish manner |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Only a boorish jerk |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Bingo...but the countermeasure must be neutral |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. Did you hear that the Weather Channel launched Al Gore and Global Warming to boost ratings |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. In The Sense That |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Ha. I think it's GREAT. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Call me an asshole, then, because I'm buying one as soon as I can. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. you might have 'corporate masters' - but please leave me out of your wierd kink |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. What are you talking about? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
68. "Television is a distracting and numbing tool of our corporate masters." |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Clearer, yes. But whyfore the attack? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
69. this is about the third time this week I've seen someone use that phrase here. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Well that's your reaction. I can't help that. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. I thought you were making good points actually |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. It's figurative language. And collective, too. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
73. I would love to get one |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
89. Me, too. I think it's a superb idea. |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. putz |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
63. I have one. Its quite useful |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
74. Asshole here. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Good thing, too. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. the writer was asking for it on SuperBowl sunday |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
82. Yes... |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Glad to know this guy is making money off his assholeism. If you don't like |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. an airport is a public space |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yes, I know. I was stranded in SF Airport a while back for over eight hours. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. TV's in airport also display arrivals, departures, and delays. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Hmm. I was in an airport on 911. I'd say it was a need. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. you know what i mean |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I guess I'll only travel on non-911 days. eom |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
85. Before traveling, check with John Ashcroft. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wow. This Guy Is Sommmmmmme Idiot. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. What a great idea! |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. this one is better |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The Universal Remonster! |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. break it or turn it off? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
83. Your comparison is revealing... |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:01 AM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Thanks, it's hard to find inane metaphors these days |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. I cringe everytime this device gets more publicity.... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
86. But...your name is GOTV! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. TV's are often thoughtlessly left on, and this device can be used to kill the thing, forcing |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. TV makes you stupid. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Would you be just as upset if the TV was playing Olbermann? The Daily Show? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I'm sorry that this is focusing on content |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I'm a Democrat. I believe in people's right to run their business the way they |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. You're also free to object, on principle. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I never said you couldn't object. I specified upthread that you were free to ask |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. That's exactly what some restaurant and lunch counter owners said in 1963. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Good strawman. Decorating choices vs. discrimination. NT |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I think it goes beyond a "decorating choice." |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. So don't watch it. Period. But let the rest of us poor, unenlightened masses |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. You're not, though... |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Well, then go and complain to the management. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Content has something to do with it, sure-- |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. You're kidding, right?....... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. So, if I'm sitiing at the table next to yours in a nice restaurant |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Nice strawman you have there....... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Okay-- |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. I'm sorry for your wife......... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. sure, it can be damaging |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. The solution is simple then....... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. of course |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. Unfortunately, a lot of airport and train station TV's have exposed infrared recievers. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I hate getting off a plane and seeing Captain Phonesex on the televsion above Pizzeria Uno's. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. First of all, it doesn't DAMAGE the TV. It turns it off. Secondly, it doesn't work that well. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You asshole |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. I don't hate television. I just hate 90% of what's ON television! |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Ahem...some of us girls like cooking shows |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Oh, yes, Cooking shows. |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. See, and you forgot to include one! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. The Food Network airs those unconscionable ads with Ben Stein... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Against my better judgment, I think I'm developing a man-crush |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Yer gonna have to take a number, Kurovski! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Oh, you guys. If I wasn't naked right now, I'd give you both a big hug! n/t |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. And 'yer a tease, to boot! |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. seems useful |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. Ahhh, yes, the "stammtisch" of American public houses... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Yes |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
50. I prefer a more primitive solution to the problem |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
70. Oh, man, I would LOVE to have one of these for Dr.s' offices and airport lounges. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. Hey, come on... |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
84. I've got mixed feelings on this one. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 11:46 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Um, are you serious? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
88. It is the combination of audio and visual stimuli to the brain. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
91. It frightens me how many DUers watch cable TV and still believe in "social change". |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-03-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. I watch it. Haven't gotten addicted as of yet. n/t |
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