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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:13 PM Original message |
It sounds like the Luddites would do well searching for new converts at DU |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. yep. Tech rocks. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am a Luddite |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Me too. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. that doesn't make you a Luddite. I love my iPod because I love music |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. I don't have a cell phone, but I have an Ipod |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. Me, too. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. I got rid of my cellphone and I barely ever use my conventional telephone |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
118. I don't have a cell phone. Hell, they don't even work where I live. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
127. that's still modern technology |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. I think sarcasm is a lost art around here... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. I usually get it |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh goodie another bash DU member thread! |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I think the point is that, often, when it comes to Tech and Especially Science |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. +1... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. erm.. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
71. I know it very well, I read it regularly for the lolz |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. oohh. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Point is, that its a bit disheartening |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #79 |
91. I guess you just |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. Yeah, its crazy to expect people to have a knowledge of science |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #96 |
106. see eta nt |
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raw oysters (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
92. HEEHEE...you nailed it! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Yes, he is a superior being and don't dare question that. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Swami Beyondananda says ... |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. no. just thinking it looks foolish to demonize technological progress |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Really? No stops? Spiffy. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
89. "they have yet to form a race of super-rich cyborgs" |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Nothing like the threads complaining about Satanic machines, of course. Those are totally rational. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. K & R. At times, I feel people on this board are encouraging a return to |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. There would be nothing wrong, in my mind, about taking the best and |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. I have a small garden and enjoy growing herbs for my wife's cooking, but I sure |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
109. Well, somebody in your home grows your food. Just not ALL of it, lol. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
119. Er, there is that whole industrial civilization destroying the planet problem. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. your analogy comparing credit default swaps to advances in technology is deeply flawed |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. High tech bank robbery! |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. my apologies. my thought processes were how technology enabled financial trading |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Considering we just bailed out a huge portion of our Financial services industry |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
58. fundamentally disagree |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. recommend your reply. AWESOME way to break this down. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #62 |
77. Can you repeat it? |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
90. here you go. they said... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #90 |
108. thanks nt |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. And what the fuck |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Just a guess, but maybe this is called 'using technology |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. well, if you think about it....they are connected. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Give me a 1960s toaster over a 2010 toaster anyday. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. My mom had a Sunbeam toaster that lasted for years and years |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I'l bet you're still hot as all get out! |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Whoo whoo, I had purple "suede" short, shorts.... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yep, I love technology |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. And because they (and others) wrote letters longhand |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. so do I. I rarely use my dishwasher |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. Surprisingly, more people write, and write better than ever before |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. do not...do NOT bring facts into this discussion |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #75 |
121. See my reply to this post. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
120. I teach college history. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. I don't think Stanford is part of the UC system. It and USC are private univesities |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. You're right! |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
131. We have different ways of capturing that info |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Utterly false premise. n/t |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Somehow I thought of Gary Larson |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
74. LOL! |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
82. For extra marks, justify your answer. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #82 |
98. The one thing I've learned on DU is that it is a waste of time. Spending the time |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #98 |
107. I'm not asking for a novel... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. What kind of fresh nonsense is this? |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. no. if you read, I was demonizing those ridiculous products such as CDS |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. What's a Luddite? |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. They were the layoffs at the start of the industrial revolution. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
88. Every new technology has the seeds of its own demise, built in |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
97. Oh, thanks |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. Both left and right |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
111. +100 |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Damn, I was hoping for another vaccination thread. Well, poop. n/t |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well, it makes life much harder for artists |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Luddites with computers and internet connections...right. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. Pardon my Stupid, but what was the inspiration for this OP? |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
67. bashing on autocheckout machines at groceries. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Thanks for clueing me in! |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
86. Oh wow! We haven't had a good "self-checkout" , "do you bag your own groceries", or |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #86 |
114. Ulp. Cart-returner here, how will I sleep tonight? |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. you just cost someone their job, bucko |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #67 |
112. Oh. Well. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. Not having cell phones around everywhere was bliss! |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Replace "cell phones" with "leaf blowers" and I'll agree with you. n/t |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. I doubt anybody ever got a brain tumor from a leaf blower though. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
63. You are my new best friend. I have fantasies about disrupting their operation with energy rays. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #63 |
80. They have a non-energy wasting version. It is called a rake. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. Not to mention the benefits of exercise and so on. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
64. Most dubious invention of the 20th Century |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #64 |
83. I agree even before googling "Valley Fever." n/t |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
87. Especially on the train! |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. Headphones have become essential on the light rail |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. Trading across many nations -- bad, very bad |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. And no GMO food! |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
65. Yes. Look at the damage done by bringing paper from China to the West. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. You know what I really hate? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
81. They brought technology, not products |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #81 |
99. The two go together. Products create demand for technology. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #99 |
136. I've lived abroad enough |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
100. +1 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. In 1960 there was Walter Cronkite and Huntley Brinkley |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. there again, I would make the point of Noam Chomsky that with centralized news |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. Answering machines and remote controls - good. Bubble wrap and killer drones - bad. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. exactly! we should be able to say something bad about a product other than... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. I recognize that there were... |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. well, when there are 150 replies to a post demonizing auto-checkouts...not so sure |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. I hate auto scanning |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. you must be one hugely unhappy customer for the past 20+ years. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Yes, I don't enjoy shopping very much and I used to love it. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
103. This post is approaching the one on DU years ago about Kudzu |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
130. I also understand the difference between a visceral reaction |
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Therellas (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
47. SUPERFREAKENOMICS!!!!!!!!!! |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. Some of the worst advice I ever received |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. Sounds like you need to read some history on the Luddites |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. make facts up, much? they were machine breakers. destroying "modern" technology |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
115. You don't know what you're talking about n/t |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #115 |
123. apparently I did. you cannot refute what I said with facts |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
78. What if you like some technology and dislike others? |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #78 |
93. well fine. then don't use it. but to cast it as a moral imperative just because |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
85. I, for one, welcome our soulless, metal overlords. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
94. This article took too long to download on my abacus. Unrec. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. The recommendation clerk is at lunch right now. Come back later. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
102. When technology is developed to expressly take the human element out of commerce |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. lololol. I don't need an airline agent or travel agent to buy a plane ticket. that is a good thing. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #102 |
125. What about elevator operators? |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. lol. I was screwed upon graduation from |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. And abacus repairmen? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #102 |
128. Running the robots |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
104. I'm not sure Luddites proselytize on online message boards. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. ones with cognitive dissonance do. then they blame their headache |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #104 |
113. Take a look at post #102, then. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
116. Proud Luddite when it comes to food. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
132. Automobiles: Crap. High Fructose Corn Syrup: Crap. Factory Farms: Crap |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. sounds like you have simple needs and don't want much |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Why the hell not? |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. A Little Story |
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