09-23-2008, 08:37 PM
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In other news, the sky is blue.
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09-23-2008, 08:58 PM
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#22
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I want to know how Clay Aiken is a celebrity and who is buying his CD's?
Last edited by Stranger; 09-23-2008 at 09:36 PM.
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09-23-2008, 09:05 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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What's more surprising is the lack of green font in this thread.
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09-23-2008, 09:05 PM
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#24
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Djibouti
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I'm floored!
You know who else is probably taken aback? Ellen Degeneris! I've always suspected she had a thing for him.
Having said that, it does explain all of that sex he was having with men. . . .
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09-23-2008, 09:22 PM
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#25
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Lifetime Suspension
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I always thought the other 4 guys in In-Sync were the gay ones.
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09-24-2008, 03:22 AM
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Won the Worst Son Ever Award
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sherwood Park
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Did you guys hear that bacon is unhealthy for you too?
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09-24-2008, 03:56 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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09-24-2008, 08:24 AM
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GOAT!
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Wait a minute... Clay who?
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09-24-2008, 08:30 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Chilliwack, B.C
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Im about as shocked as when George Michael came out of the closet, its like and? whats the suprise?
Happy to see him come out though no one should live a lie
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09-24-2008, 09:05 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Say what you want about George Michael, I will be forever in his debt for the Freedom '90 video.
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09-24-2008, 09:09 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chiefs Kingdom, Yankees Universe, C of Red.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stranger
I want to know how Clay Aiken is a celebrity and who is buying his CD's?
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That is why he came out. To generate a little publicity. Not that anybody was surprised.
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09-24-2008, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Prototype
What's more surprising is the lack of green font in this thread.
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using the green font is gay.
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09-24-2008, 09:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
using the green font is gay.
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Especially when orange was supposed to be the sarcasm colour.
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09-24-2008, 09:25 AM
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GOAT!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Machiavelli
Especially when orange was supposed to be the sarcasm colour.
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Yeah, I still have no clue who switched it to green...
Oranges all over the planet have been spotted jealously plotting a lime-centric genocide because of this!
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09-24-2008, 10:01 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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Lenny = White
Carl = Black
Clay = Gay
Gotcha!
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09-24-2008, 10:08 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Machiavelli
Especially when orange was supposed to be the sarcasm colour.
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using any color to be sarcastic/funny is lame. it's sort of akin to telling someone that you're about to say something funny.
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09-24-2008, 10:12 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: At the Gates of Hell
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Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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09-24-2008, 10:15 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Why did it take so long for this to come out? What did he have to loose? How is this even remotely interesting news?
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09-24-2008, 10:20 AM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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I think using a coloured font for sarcasm serves a purpose, and isn't "gay" therefore. I read an article once that said some people's brains aren't wired to recognize sarcasm, so for the sarcasm challenged using an identifying font colour serves a purpose by stifling misinterpretation and preventing needless hard feelings and flame wars. One of my lifelong buddies is like that. I've always had to identify statements that were meant as sarcastic jokes because he just doesn't get the sarcasm bit. He's an extremely bright guy, but he's extremely literal and logical in his thought processes so he just doesn't pick up on sarcasm.
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09-24-2008, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
I think using a coloured font for sarcasm serves a purpose, and isn't "gay" therefore. I read an article once that said some people's brains aren't wired to recognize sarcasm, so for the sarcasm challenged using an identifying font colour serves a purpose by stifling misinterpretation and preventing needless hard feelings and flame wars. One of my lifelong buddies is like that. I've always had to identify statements that were meant as sarcastic jokes because he just doesn't get the sarcasm bit. He's an extremely bright guy, but he's extremely literal and logical in his thought processes so he just doesn't pick up on sarcasm.
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But doesn't that defeat the purpose of sarcasm? Personally I hate the green font as a shorthand for sarcasm and will never use it. It's like a comedian saying, 'Here's a sarcastic observation: nice weather we're having.' Now, I understand that there's a recognised cognitive condition of being unable to recognize sarcasm, and some people (myself included) just have moments of dimness, but isn't that part of the satisfaction? Your mind gets pleasure from the fact that it could have been caught in the ironic statement, but wasn't.
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