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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:10 PM Original message |
Wanna know how we got into this mess? I'll show you. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hear, hear! |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks, Andy Rooney. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Geez, that WAS Rooneyesque, wasn't it? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. you did it better, though.... |
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queenofcups (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
70. Or you could at least engage the issue for 30 seconds |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Floss picks are great. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. My wife cannot use floss in a normal way and these are a godsend. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Ok, I gotta hear this. "Cannot use floss in a normal way"? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. OK |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. As I said, I realize that a very limited number of people have specialized needs. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I figured as much: |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Oh DAYUM. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Glass houses and rocks. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I think the moral is that we're all filthy hypocrites when it comes to the environment |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I like it when my friends with two homes give me shit for my SUV... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. I think I know that vegan. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Did I ever state that I was exempt from this mindset? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
57. How do people do things like this? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. If you read the OP again, I clearly said "we". |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Get a grip, cupcake ....... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Glad you're back to being a rude twit. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. What you inaccurately and impotently |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. bye |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. My elderly parents both used them because their arthritis made rolling string difficult. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Ok, but why not buy one "permanent" floss holder thingy |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Why buy disposable floss? Why not launder it on a rock down by the river and re-use it? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Floss doesn't take up a lot of room in the landfill |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Dental floss is either a bundle of thin nylon filaments or a plastic (teflon or polyethylene) ribbon |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
58. Because, |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Plus they're much easier to carry with you |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That's exactly what I'm talking about. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 05:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
60. My Brother does. |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's good that your mouth is apparently big enough |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Our government works the same way. Except it spends our money on the junk it buys. |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. Uh oh. I guess I made a boo-boo. I have one of those air freshener's. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. My boyfriend buys those. I can't stand when he has them turned up high so I... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Unless you can afford the more natural and organic versions |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. My favorite is "Spreadable Butter" nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. I have to use the above type of dental floss because my arthritic hands |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. So you have a valid need. That's not what I'm addressing. |
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sweetpotato (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. When I had hand surgery |
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mrbarber (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thanks for the lecture. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. No "lecture", no judgement...it's an observation. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. what about those disposable toilet brushes. People are so wasteful! |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. Actually I buy the picks because the floss doesn't get stuck in |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
50. How funny--you and I both use the floss picks for the same reason--and |
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StrongBad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. How do you know the people buying these things can't afford it? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
35. We see thousands of unnecessary items advertised daily, |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. That and the trillions siphoned out of our economy by looters. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. I would put the micro-wave oven at the top of that list |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
54. Boiling water |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. Actually, if you can stand the length, Liz Warren offers a better explanation. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
43. think that's bad? Try this *Comfort Wipe* advertisement |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. OMFG. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. I watched the commercial. It looks to me like something |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:19 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. At least its not a |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-19-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
44. We went too far when a once single 'brand' of toilet paper now has |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. My kids use the floss thingies. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
46. What about spending money on manicures, pedicures and fake nails - |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Agree with you about the cleaning products. Vinegar and baking soda are the best. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. At least you realize that it's an indulgence, and not something you need. And you have only a few |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. Yeah, but if the tweezers slip while you're trying to do the one-handed plastic floss dealie |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
49. I have to use floss picks. My teeth are so close together that |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 03:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Like you, |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. I used to be able to buy extra-fine floss, but the stores around here don't even stock it any more. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
51. So our stagnating wages aren't the cause of this mess? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
56. Bottled Water |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. yes what a waste |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
66. I Don't Drive A Car, But I Do Use Floss Picks |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
68. MercutioATC, this is a noble attempt you have made at making us THINK about our |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-20-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
69. MercutioATC, this is a noble attempt you have made at making us THINK about our |
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