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Welcome to the darkside, my gay and lesbian friends......

I quite like being American and I quite like america; I for one would much prefer it if these hate-mail guys (and, of course, W and crew) went to a place like Iran or Syria or North Korea since the cu...

On May 13, 2008 1:47 PM in Vandalism Report Card: Graffiti Hurts, they said:

"FAG NUTZ!!!" So that's what that mark on my building's facade which my landlord hasn't cleaned off in over a year says... And all this time I thought we were merely property of the Sons of Death...

On May 13, 2008 12:06 PM in Vandalism Report Card: Graffiti Hurts, they said:

I know the difference, but I'd assume the campaign doesn't discriminate either way...

On May 13, 2008 11:33 AM in Vandalism Report Card: Graffiti Hurts, they said:

Awful poster in message and aesthetics, although I agree with the sentiment. It should just say "Taggers: you are fucking idiots"...

On May 9, 2008 5:50 PM in San Francisco Hipsters: The Most Tolerable Hipsters?, they said:

I am admittedly kinda "Eh" whether I'm in San Francisco or New York or Tokyo or London or wherever. I'm probably pretty cool in Dubuque, but I wouldn't put money on it....

On May 9, 2008 4:38 PM in San Francisco Hipsters: The Most Tolerable Hipsters?, they said:

@ TeamAwesome. Absolutely. Nailed it. Right down to the meta-reference. "How does listening to this well-regarded afro-punk band make me hip?"...

On May 9, 2008 4:33 PM in Last Night's Transbay Terminal Meeting Curbed, they said:

tittering over the term "downtown mound" Glad it wasn't just me; I admit a sleazy illiterate titter on my part...

On May 9, 2008 11:31 AM in San Francisco Hipsters: The Most Tolerable Hipsters?, they said:

There’s no convenient Internet venue through which to pick on people, as they lick their own outsider wounds. Stick around, Erin....

On May 9, 2008 11:03 AM in San Francisco Hipsters: The Most Tolerable Hipsters?, they said:

I live in The Sunset; we know nothing of this so-called "hipster" you speak of....

On May 8, 2008 2:40 PM in Seizures Caused By Hackers' Posts On Epilepsy Forum , they said:

Local relevance? Well, that guy Jameth lives here...

On May 8, 2008 2:35 PM in It Really Makes You Think: UCB Celerates Nakba, they said:

Wow, that fat kid with an ill-fitting helmet and a toy-gun purchased at Walgreens makes me feel as if I was there....

On May 7, 2008 4:45 PM in Petition To Get Wendy's (Back) In San Francisco, they said:

It took me a while to realize there weren't Wendy's out here. At first I was vaguely disappointed, but I realize now that my life is probably better for the absence of those $1 double burgers...

On May 7, 2008 1:06 PM in Follies In Cable Car Advertising, they said:

Toilet-paper advertising in general has been taking liberties the last several years. Whatever happened to "Don't Squeeze the Charmin?" That guy never even came close to hinting that his product woul...

On May 2, 2008 1:26 PM in Muni Finds God?, they said:

Money's money, and barring a few excpetions (American Nazi Party, NAMBLA, etc etc) I don't care where the Muni people get it from. Heck, I don't believe in Jack Johnson, either....

Most of my experiences have been similar to Tendernob's: The worst most recent one was I had an assistant who claimed to have the same medical disorder as the writer of this email. Another assistant...

On April 24, 2008 5:06 PM in Wear Pink On Friday, Or Be Branded a Homophobe, they said:

How about a classy silk pink kerchief hanging out his back pants-pocket...

On April 24, 2008 2:01 PM in Jen Siebel Registers for Wrong Political Party, they said:

You must have missed the part where I said the MBA doesn't mean she's a genius. Conversely, a Stanford MBA is apparently no accomplishment whatsoever...easily gotten through the batting of one's Barbi...

On April 24, 2008 1:41 PM in Jen Siebel Registers for Wrong Political Party, they said:

You must've missed the part where I said the MBA doesn't mean she's a genius. Conversely, a Stanford MBA is no accomplishment whatsoever; she must've just flipped those plastic Barbie locks and batted...

On April 24, 2008 12:54 PM in Jen Siebel Registers for Wrong Political Party, they said:

Yeah, but as far as I know, outside an ill-advised comment on SFist almost two years ago, she isn't trying to say anything. At any rate, I'm pretty sure you need more than looks to get an MBA at Stan...

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