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@SkitchP wrote:
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:The "once" wording makes no sense if that were true. "Once" deliberately makes it sound like it happened a while ago. He would just say "Yes" if he were referring to what just occurred.
if it happened before, he would say "yes, twice"

There is no way Homer Simpson is indicating what he just witnessed counts, or he would have said so.
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Wouldn't that be absolute literal comedy at it's most obvious?
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you know what? fuck you guys. I'm never coming back to RM again if this is how you conduct yourselves. :peace:
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man, pete and I have been doing this one for years here..that being said...

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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Its a funny joke.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
doug rr wrote:man, pete and I have been doing this one for years here..that being said...

team LV, jorj and skitch....
Your thoughts are just clouded by this dishwasher debacle.
have you ever seen a guy say goodbye to ice cream?
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besides peeps
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doug's post game is stronger than the entirety of the Golden State Warriors tonight.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
doug rr wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
doug rr wrote:man, pete and I have been doing this one for years here..that being said...

team LV, jorj and skitch....
Your thoughts are just clouded by this dishwasher debacle.
have you ever seen a guy say goodbye to ice cream?
I saw a little kid drop his cone on the sidewalk recently. His tears broke my heart.
would you have charged him for another one?
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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You should make the cones ergonomically impossible for a kid to hold.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
doug rr wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
doug rr wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
doug rr wrote:man, pete and I have been doing this one for years here..that being said...

team LV, jorj and skitch....
Your thoughts are just clouded by this dishwasher debacle.
have you ever seen a guy say goodbye to ice cream?
I saw a little kid drop his cone on the sidewalk recently. His tears broke my heart.
would you have charged him for another one?
Fuck no. That's just horrible hospitality. If a kid spills my cone, he gets a freebie.
cool..I want to see that on your FAQ
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terrible business strategy
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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what if he drops it after he's eaten 3/4 of it?
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You could donate some of your profits to St Jude's or something if you feel so bad about it.
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I legitimately think less of the people who interpret this joke incorrectly.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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