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• Commented on Animated map of US unemployment stats since 2007 (spoiler: we're fading to black)
  Curious that joblessness seems to mirror population density. Doesn't having a higher population suggest a higher need for goods and services, and said goods and services are being supplied by people with jobs? You'd think it would be randomly distributed....
• Commented on Hurting Google
  Would it hurt Google? Sure, it would hurt Google a little, and a little more for each news source they lost, and sure, if they could pull it off as the article suggests, could be a big loss for Google....
• Commented on Most potential recruits for US military too fat, dumb, or drugged out
  > 85% of youth are ineligible, not 75% I guess ArmyTimes journos aren't required to enlist? Math is hard when you're one of the 85% not eligible. Stoned, or dumb? Dibs on stoned....
• Commented on Google Wave as an RPG environment
  If anyone has invites, I have actually DEVELOPED an open source dicebot and fully intend to port it to wave as a wave bot! This thing has crazy features like aliasing that automatically remembers what dice you roll for a...
• Commented on Arnold Schwarzenegger's coded F-bomb in veto
  It occurred to me that this would be an awful lot of effort to expect a politician to go to, just to veto a bill, even if he does have a sense of humor. Then I remembered this thing was...
• Commented on British couple who blogged sailing trip around the world feared captured by Somali pirates
  Why on earth are we assuming pirates did this? A lot of things can happen to someone in the middle of the freakin ocean, you know. Including a simple loss of Internet access....
• Commented on Parish leader denies marriage license to interracial couple
  Man we need Bulworth back. "A voluntary program of procreative racial deconstruction."...
• Commented on Type design experts, browser makers, take another crack at webfonts
  > I hope the put this on the web afterward! They would, but they can't get the rights to the fonts. Mark nails it....
• Commented on Rich guy dislikes poor people, wants local kids to "lose sleep" over plan to shut library
  "They have to pay for it" - they do, douchebag, it's called taxes. Speaking of which, check this guy's taxes. I guarantee you - 100% certainty - he is cheating on them, and not in a small way....
• Commented on Indian farmer's daughter is most bad-ass woman in the world
  "absconding". Awesome....
• Commented on Spike Jonze Loves You So
  Also in that vein, where they aren't....
• Commented on "Insane killer" who was treated to a day at a county fair escapes
  @stegodon Fa fa, fa FAH, fafah FA fa FAH fah You better Run run run run, run run run awaaaaaaaaay...
• Commented on Google's Data Liberation Front commits to making it easy to get your data off of Google's servers
  Judean Peoples' Front isn't a skit, it's part of the movie Life of Brian. Dammit, Google, I thought your slogan was Don't Be Evil!...
• Commented on British musicians -- Paul McCartney, Elton John et al -- speak out against disconnecting accused infringers
  The politicians responsible for this don't understand the Internet. They don't use it. They probably have someone on staff who knows how. They are, in a word, old. I know I'm engaging in ageism here, and there are many fine...
• Commented on The pleasure of reading stories that don't bore
  Brainspore - they are! It's adults who are reading these novels. Of course, the last generation was also a bunch of lazy illiterate stoners who only care about their Ataris, and they're apparently buying lots of books now, so at...
• Commented on Circuit City played creepy teambuilding propaganda to self on deathbed
  Zack: Hi! I live in Fresno. My family has lived in California going back 4 generations. I've worked in an ag factory sorting pears. Generalizations are fun though, aren't they? There are jobs out there. I know because I'm now...
• Commented on Policeman busted for feeding Pop-Tarts to gorillas
  What's wrong with giving a pop tart to a gorilla? Was it on a diet?...
• Commented on Circuit City played creepy teambuilding propaganda to self on deathbed
  Joel, these people aren't dead. They're not even trapped in an alternate reality. Yeah, it sucks, but there are other jobs out there, and 90% of people who want one can still get one. I can be sympathetic and still...
• Commented on Machine translation fun
  Love it! I found one where at least the first translation was better than the original. I put in: "That bitch better have my money." The first "back to english" was "Bitch better have my money," which of course is...
• Commented on Manson follower Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme released from prison today
  JW is friends with Leslie van Houten, not Ms. Fromme....
• Commented on Photo-crashing squirrel
  OK, so I guess this is actually a meme or something? It looks awfully similar to the "nuts" squirrel commonly seen on Fark photoshops, and the link in #3 is the identical squirrel. Disappointing, but it really was too perfect...
• Commented on Brazillian crime-TV host ordered executions to boost ratings, say cops
  @#11 mousewrites: I loved that story. One of my favorite EP's ever. Highly recommend to all in earshot....
• Commented on Gerber Crucial, a good-looking, functional multitool
  Those baby food jars can be a pain in the ass to open, but this seems like overkill....
• Commented on Beer can collection as wall art
  @#14 L'elk: I was gonna make some snarky comment, but then I clicked through. That thing is quite visually stunning....
• Commented on Is this spot on Google Earth a clandestine Burmese nuke facility?
  It's J. Peterman's secret cult compound....
• Commented on Terry Pratchett on the right to die
  "someone who has, regrettably, become famous for having Alzheimer's." No, sir. You were (and are) a hero to very many, well before that....
• Commented on Dinosaur creationist theme park seized by government
  @#1 13STRONG: Dang it!! Then I get dibs on David vs. the Brachiosaurus....
• Commented on A Few More Questions
  Victoria is the most beautiful thing in Canada. In fact, my sidekick will be named 'Port Victoria, and have the ability to teleport....
• Commented on ATM to guy depositing California state IOU: "Come back without a [registered] warrant."
  Ted8305: If I ran a business in CA and had some of these worthless scrips, I'd simply withhold the funds from CA sales tax. Common sense. You don't keep loaning money to a deadbeat. My first reaction to this idea...
• Commented on Sussex cops try to suppress publication of damning traffic-cam photos by claiming copyright
  Hello, bonfire, how about some nice petrol?...