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    FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
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    Image of Karlifornia Karlifornia
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    Ok, everyone. This next number is off my new album "Sexy Tales From Sub-Saharan Africa"




    Here comes the roly-poly man, he's singing songs of love.

    Roly poly, roly poly, roly poly, he sang.

    Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy he sang.

    Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy he sang.


    Hey guys! Guys! Where'd you go!? Come back! I'll play something else! I'll play Freebird! Hey! HEY! GET BACK HERE!

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    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    Good night, sweet Deadspin. And whatever you do, don't click on the Bloodcopy link.
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    The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was starred The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was unstarred
    Image of Juancho Juancho
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: it leads to stars. shhh!
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    Image of HockeyMountain HockeyMountain
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    Alright everyone, I'm outta here for the night.


    Sweet Dreams:


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    Image of HockeyMountain HockeyMountain
    06/02/09

    @HockeyMountain: Damnit try again:


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    HockeyMountain was starred HockeyMountain was unstarred
    Image of Krazee_Eyez_Killa Krazee_Eyez_Killa
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    So ahhh I'm the only person here that actually enjoys Jimmy Fallon?
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    Krazee_Eyez_Killa was starred Krazee_Eyez_Killa was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: Other than Jimmy Fallon? Yes.
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    The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was starred The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was unstarred
    Image of Krazee_Eyez_Killa Krazee_Eyez_Killa
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker:


    See whats wrong with Jimmy? He is doing quite well for only being a few months in.


    /apologist

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    Krazee_Eyez_Killa was starred Krazee_Eyez_Killa was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: Just not my cup of tea. I'm the guy that mentioned Johnny Carson, remember?
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    Image of Krazee_Eyez_Killa Krazee_Eyez_Killa
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker:


    If you keep comparing late night to Carson thought you will be very disappointed the rest of your life.


    /Carson was the best

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    Krazee_Eyez_Killa was starred Krazee_Eyez_Killa was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: Amen, brother.
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    Image of TheOnlyNetsFan TheOnlyNetsFan
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    Sup DUAN! So today I started my summer job as a church janitor. A man pissed in a bucket in the confessional. Sounds hilarious, right? It was, until they told me I had to clean it. Shitty day, and it starts again in 7.5 hours. How's everyone else doing?
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    Image of Krazee_Eyez_Killa Krazee_Eyez_Killa
    06/02/09

    @TheOnlyNetsFan:


    What kind of church? What denomination?


    /serious question

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    Image of TheOnlyNetsFan TheOnlyNetsFan
    06/02/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: Roman Catholic. Franciscans.


    /no, they don't molest me on my lunch hour.

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    TheOnlyNetsFan was starred TheOnlyNetsFan was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: Our Lady of the Perpetual Golden Shower.
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    Image of Krazee_Eyez_Killa Krazee_Eyez_Killa
    06/02/09

    @TheOnlyNetsFan:


    Well in that case I'm out of questions. So that is a real church and not one of those 4 million dollars monstrosities correct?

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    Image of TheOnlyNetsFan TheOnlyNetsFan
    06/02/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: Correct, a regular church with 4 janitors. 3 speak fluent Spanish to each other all day, the other one (me), wonders if they're making fun of me.
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    Image of Charles Barkley in Charge Charles Barkley in Charge
    06/02/09

    @TheOnlyNetsFan: Of course, the answer to that is "Yes, they are."
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    Charles Barkley in Charge was starred Charles Barkley in Charge was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @Charles Barkley in Charge: Or for those of you keeping score at home, that would be: "Si!"
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    Image of UkraineNotWeak UkraineNotWeak
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    Who knows and I really don't care how I loss my star. I didn't notice it until someone mentioned it.
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    UkraineNotWeak was starred UkraineNotWeak was unstarred
    Image of HockeyMountain HockeyMountain
    06/02/09

    @UkraineNotWeak: I only care because I don't like the way it was handled.
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    HockeyMountain was starred HockeyMountain was unstarred
    Image of Secret Identity Secret Identity
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    New PJ song is apparently called "The Fixer", at least for now.
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    Secret Identity was starred Secret Identity was unstarred
    Image of HockeyMountain HockeyMountain
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    So, I just mentioned this on the rookies, but after a little detective work (ok I'm really fucking annoyed by the whole "FAILBOT meme", which is so painfully unfunny that I cringe a little every time I see him. Anyways I looked at his commenting history because he/she annoys me to high hell)


    Anyways, nearly every "Fail" response gets the offender either banned or de-starred (I think this is how UkraineNotWeak lost his star.) Here's the kicker, every single de-star/axing is a comment on a girls looks, or in someway "objectifying women" as teh kids are calling it these days. (I hardly think UNW saying he wanted to 69 with EA is really de-star worthy, but whatever right?)


    Personally I think Hit by Pitch is the commenting ninja. I don't even have a problem with that policy in and of itself, as a person who has a wife with self-image problems I can understand why making a comment calling a pretty attractive girl a butterface is offensive and not altogether funny.


    But regardless that's been a part of the DS culture for a long time now. A simple "we think that the constant barrage of jokes about the way a woman looks is off-putting to some readers, and we get a lot of e-mailers complaining about the constant objectification of women in the comments, so please knock it off. Besides they aren't funny either" would have gone a long ways towards at least giving people fair warning, instead of just an awfully unfunny FAILBOT meme that's pretty insulting and condescending and really detracts from the site, IMO

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    Image of Karlifornia Karlifornia
    06/02/09

    @HockeyMountain: Well, I agree with much of what you said, mostly the fact that there was no warning system in place. I thought disemvoweling worked perfectly fine as a first "write-up" so to speak.


    That said, I actually get a bit of a perverse thrill out of the immediacy and uncertainty of the whole thing. That's easy for me to say, I suppose, seeing as how thus far I've stayed on the good side of the fence.


    There have been times where I looked at who was what in this community and wondered, "Why?". It sucks that they had to start fresh like this, and it's not fair, and some live bodies have been carried off with the corpses. Does cutting off live flesh in order to get rid of a lot of dead weight suck? Yeah, it does.


    I guess you could say I've been waiting for this to happen, but not to this extreme. The de-starrings are fine. This is just a guess, but it seemed that when I arrived, the star system rewarded attributes other than humor. There were a ton of people that I would never see funny comments from, or even any comments at all, bearing stars. That's not to say they didn't deserve their stars as a representation of how much they meant to this community. What I'm saying is now, by the grace of whomever, there has been a paradigm shift, and simply DUAN'ing and making friends after shop closes down isn't going to cut the mustard.


    The bannings, on the other hand, seem very, very harsh. I'm not terribly worried, but I don't know if that's because of my own arrogance or naivete.


    There's some new rules, and it really sucks that some (from what I know second and thirdhand) really cool people have been alienated. Myself? I haven't really made too many friends in DUAN, I haven't met anyone that's ever posted on here, and I'm not part of the old guard, so I'd be lying if I said I was heartbroken about the changes.


    This is their house. We're all just guests. We're free to leave anytime we want. The internet is like the universe: Neverending. If you feel the need to march on, march on, and don't come back if you feel you've been slighted. I wouldn't be above doing that. If you want to stay in contact with the friends you've made on here, I see no reason why that couldn't happen.


    Now, UkraineNotWeak, Business_Socks, and many others: If I were the comments Jesus, you would still have your stars, but I'm not, so I don't know what to tell you.


    C'est la vie, and it's rough, but whatcha gonna do about it?

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    Image of Secret Identity Secret Identity
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    I have seen Pearl Jam 23 times. At a conservative estimate of $60 per ticket, that's about $1,400 I have spent in my life to see them in person. Plus albums, posters, t-shirts, gas and hotels to follow them...


    Dear god.

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    Image of Secret Identity Secret Identity
    06/02/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    I'm so excited for new Pearl Jam that I just commented in the softball post.
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    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/01/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    Anybody here old enough to have watched Johnny Carson?
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    Image of UkraineNotWeak UkraineNotWeak
    06/01/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker:


    Yes.


    None of these guys are in Johnny's league and they know it.

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    UkraineNotWeak was starred UkraineNotWeak was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: Apparently not.
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    The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was starred The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: Except for you, that is.
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    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @UkraineNotWeak: Thank you. Good to see you're still around.
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    Image of Quake 'n' Shake Quake 'n' Shake
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: Yes...
    I watched him from the mid 80's until his retirement. He was the Charles M. Shultz of television. Yeah, like Shultz' comic strip, he was an institution, and everyone read/watched it. But did anyone ever actually find it all that funny?


    Also, the guy always had a regular "stand in." Before Leno, it was Joan Rivers. Whether or not you liked Jay Lenoyou have to admit that Leno's work ethic blew away Carson's.

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    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @Quake 'n' Shake: Different times, different humour. I found him to be quite funny. As for the regular guest hosts, it was his way of giving air time to same friends and keeping himself fresh.
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    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: *some friends
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    Image of UkraineNotWeak UkraineNotWeak
    06/02/09

    @Quake 'n' Shake:


    Maybe you should go back and catch some of things he did during the first 25 years he hosted the show as oppose to the last 5.

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    Image of Quake 'n' Shake Quake 'n' Shake
    06/02/09

    @UkraineNotWeak: He was funny at one time, but it more like the last 10 years that he was stale. But hey, everyone gave him a pass. I watched every episode his last week on the air. No biggie. We just have different opinions about him.
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    Image of TheJerseyDevil TheJerseyDevil
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: Yes, but all the talk over the past week about the Letterman/Leno battle for "The Tonight Show" is what made me feel really, really old.
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    TheJerseyDevil was starred TheJerseyDevil was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @Quake 'n' Shake: In his prime, he was the Bobby Orr of talk show hosts. He defined the position.
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    Image of Quake 'n' Shake Quake 'n' Shake
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: Absolutely. He became an institution, but at the end, he wasn't the funny, ground-breaking guy he used to be. He used to to skits, but at end, the most he would do was put on that turban and play Carnac the Magnificent.
     Reply
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    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @TheJerseyDevil: Trust me, you'll get over it.
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    Image of UkraineNotWeak UkraineNotWeak
    06/02/09

    @Quake 'n' Shake:


    The Tea Time Movie skits he use to do, mostly in the 70s, as Art Fern with the late Carol Wayne were very funny and full of all kinds of sexual innuendo for the time.

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    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @Quake 'n' Shake: At the end, I tuned in to see Carol Wayne. That is all.
     Reply
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    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @UkraineNotWeak: Take the fork in the road to the Slauson Cutoff...
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    Image of TheJerseyDevil TheJerseyDevil
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: I dunno, man. I think of it like it was yesterday, but it was 17 fracking years ago. That's just a smidgen more than half my lifetime.
     Reply
    TheJerseyDevil was starred TheJerseyDevil was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @TheJerseyDevil: Multiply that by three...now you know where I live.
     Reply
    The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was starred The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was unstarred
    Image of VTBen VTBen
    06/01/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    Conan just mentioned Choco Tacos.

    HARF HARF HARF
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    Image of Krazee_Eyez_Killa Krazee_Eyez_Killa
    06/01/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    So after a few months who will win in the Letterman/Conan ratings battle?
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    Krazee_Eyez_Killa was starred Krazee_Eyez_Killa was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/01/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: Kimmel.
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    Image of Krazee_Eyez_Killa Krazee_Eyez_Killa
    06/01/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker:


    The fucks a Kimmel?

     Reply
    Krazee_Eyez_Killa was starred Krazee_Eyez_Killa was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/01/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: Exactly. I was just being flippant.
     Reply
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    Image of Len Bias Cocaine Surplus Len Bias Cocaine Surplus
    06/01/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: And with Leno adding another talk show to the mix will Carson Daly's show just be him talking to himself?
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    Len Bias Cocaine Surplus was starred Len Bias Cocaine Surplus was unstarred
    Image of hometheaterlvr hometheaterlvr
    06/01/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    So I guess if this posts, I'm still in. I'm a lightweight, but I'd like to think that when I did punch, it counted.
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    hometheaterlvr was starred hometheaterlvr was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/01/09

    @hometheaterlvr: So who did you punch?
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    The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was starred The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was unstarred
    Image of hometheaterlvr hometheaterlvr
    06/01/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: "Login", then that "weird curlie q arrow thingy", then "submit".
     Reply
    hometheaterlvr was starred hometheaterlvr was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/01/09

    @hometheaterlvr: Figuratively dammit, not literally.
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    Image of hometheaterlvr hometheaterlvr
    06/02/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker: oh, sorry...uh, your mom?
     Reply
    hometheaterlvr was starred hometheaterlvr was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/02/09

    @hometheaterlvr: touche, away.
     Reply
    The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was starred The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/01/09

    In reply to FIGJAM Returns, Some People Depart
    Since there's nobody in here, might as well help myself to what's in the liquor cabinet.
     Reply
    The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was starred The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker was unstarred
    Image of Krazee_Eyez_Killa Krazee_Eyez_Killa
    06/01/09

    @The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker:


    Hey! I was saving that for 4th of July.

     Reply
    Krazee_Eyez_Killa was starred Krazee_Eyez_Killa was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker The Curse of Harold Ballard's Bunker
    06/01/09

    @Krazee_Eyez_Killa: I claimed your booze in the name of Queen Victoria's Birthday.
     Reply
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