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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 05:51 PM Original message |
Are we skeptics fading away, succumbing to an onslaught of woo? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Speaking for myself |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Good luck to you on that |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. At the risk of appearing to call anybody out... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm sick of the "Vaccines cause Autism" BS. |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm so astonished by the ignorance and stupidity |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Thanks. For our morons, it's the Clinton Years redux... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 03:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. It is scary - but at least President Obama *did* get elected... |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. Bracing for the fall outbreak |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I've never bothered with a flu vaccine. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. well my company |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. I work at a preschool and am a disabled young adult so I'm definitely getting it. |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Just speaking personally |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. What you said |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You can only play whack-a-mole for so long |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I get what you mean about the burn-out |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've been in grant hell |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It's spelled "smupe". |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. See!?!?! Mush, I tells ya! Mush! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 03:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Good luck with the grants! |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. I've stopped caring. Life has become a gigantic joke for me. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I feel the same way... |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Honestly |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. What kind of a forum would you like to see? |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-12-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. i don't think it's woo-related, per se |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I concur |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I was thinking |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. The internet is an awful place to discuss *anything* - |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I don't think usenet was much better |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The internet could get pretty awful even back in the days... |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I remeber getting in flamewars with people |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Hmm... "threatening the cable", eh? |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. It seems exactly same as it's always been to me |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I think it's always been that way... |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yes! That's it exactly! |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Yeah, but BBSs were so slow, |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. 1981?? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I think it wasn't until the late 80s that I started using BBS... |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Noobs! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. I'm still quite keen on being on DU.. |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-13-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. burned out |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
36. You have to take a break sometimes. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I think even True Believers change their minds sometimes... |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I'm pretty well convinced that what causes most people to change their minds isn't reason |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. I was on vacation. n/t |
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