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WTF?! Worse than Americans getting their ears cleaned! I fear for our children. -- (link) - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 15:35 [youtube] 5
- I also now know the cause for my son's hearing loss. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 15:35 4
  - pardon? -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 15:42 3
    - HE SAID HE NOW KNOWS THE REASON FOR HIS SON'S HEARING LOSS -- nm - ty97 Aug 17, 15:46 2
      - you don' thave to shout! I'm not deaf! -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 15:46
      - likeOMGitstotallyfredthatexplainsEVERYTHGIN!! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 15:46
obiah just tweeted "this thing is a beast!" He's clearly tweeting at the wrong moments in life. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 15:33 1
- (For the uninformed, he's tweeting about the brand-new Alienware laptop he won for free in their trivia contest) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 15:43
My favourite song at the moment; Cosmic Love by Florence and the Machine; - Loyola Aug 17, 15:15 [youtube] 1
- Mine current favorites are Manchester Orchestra "I've Got Friends" and Sick Puppies "You're Going Down." - JaxSean Aug 17, 15:48
Lady Gaga poses nude, wants to turn the world gay -- (link) - Reagen Aug 17, 15:12 5
- she has very large breasts for such a little person.... -- nm - Andie Aug 17, 15:52
- That's just silly. Now, maybe *bi*. -- nm - mara Aug 17, 15:26 1
  - Slower... now breathier. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 15:32
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- "Your move, world." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 15:15
Cyborg vs. Gina fight.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 17, 15:10 [youtube]
Rowdy Roddy Piper, Larry King, Mickey Rooney, Maud Adams....do the hokey pokey.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 17, 15:08 4
- FMthenD,K,K -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 15:24 1
  - I love you so much I'm never gonna let you go. MISSOULA FALLS! -- nm - Larry King SI Aug 17, 15:32
- *WHY*? -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 15:21
- KKKF. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 17, 15:09
Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable allegedly punched coaching assistant Randy Hanson and broke his jaw on August 5. -- nm - David, Nailin' It Aug 17, 15:07
Anyone here playing the next Madden? Interested in online leagues? - Don Homer Aug 17, 15:02 4
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- I'm going to be playing it but not for a few months. I only get one game a month and won't be picking up Madden until Nov. or Dec. -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 15:05 2
  - wuss. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 17, 15:07 1
    - Arkham Asylum and Halo ODST come first and then the new Call of Duty comes out. I wish I could afford a couple of more games. -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 15:11
ooooooh, that jaw movement did not feel good. Time for another T3. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 14:56
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I have achieved Gelato. Operation Chocolate Gelato is successful. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 14:51
iPhone OS 3.0 Never Fully Deletes Your Emails - Stewie Aug 17, 14:48 11
- Beyond the possible memory implication, I'm not sure why I would care. -- nm - Dano Aug 17, 15:09
- Saw that earlier. Hopefully they'll be smart enough to fix it in the next update. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 17, 15:02
- did they test for the scenario where you have 7.5GB of music on an 8GB iPhone? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 14:54
- Neither does Facebook technically. - Qale Aug 17, 14:52 7
  - Facebook is free though -- nm - Stewie Aug 17, 14:56 2
    - What the hell does that have to do with anything? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 14:59 1
      - Facebook is cool! -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 15:39
  - No it isn't gone-gone. The recipient would presumably still have copies that Facebook could restore from. - TWuG Aug 17, 14:55 3
    - I'm not sure how we'd be able to restore it in that case without seeking their intervention, but I bet it'd be very possible for them to restore it - Qale Aug 17, 15:01 2
      - given the nature of the order against them by the Canadian Government, I suspect you're correct. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 15:02 1
        
        (And, the reason facebook works this way is completely different from the reason the iPhone behaves this way ...) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 15:02
"Man Robbed Store Dressed as Woman, Police Say" And now he's caught after robbing Chanel of a $2,000 dress -- (link) - MDH Aug 17, 14:46
Just how many people on ST have had their ears cleaned out? Geez! That's the problem with America! - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:43 3
- the first time I did it, out came a pepple sized ball of wax, for a couple days I could hear my clothes rustle as I walked -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 17:12
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- It's a "ooh, my ears are a-bubblin'!!!" thing. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 17, 14:44
Qale's Top Seven - Qale Aug 17, 14:41 3
- Pretty good songs. - MDH Aug 17, 14:53 2
  - Celebration has only been playing for the last two weeks here. :( - Qale Aug 17, 15:10 1
    - Or, and of course, thanks! I love song suggestions. -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 15:10
Let the passionate debate begin. Who is the best holder of all time? - David Aug 17, 14:37 3
- Eric. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 17, 14:51
- Not Tony Romo. -- nm - Reagen Aug 17, 14:42
- Lucy -- nm - Guy Aug 17, 14:41
Lady One Question interviews Simon Cowell; -- (link) - Loyola Aug 17, 14:34 [youtube]
If an ISP has a DSL speed "net neutral" option and faster packages that say, choke bitorrent... is that fair? - Stewie Aug 17, 14:33 7
- I'm fine with them selling plans with different speeds. I'm NOT fine with charging usage fees. - TWuG Aug 17, 14:51 1
  - Maybe more like a cell phone plan... over X gigs = 10 cents a gig or something - Stewie Aug 17, 14:56
- A seperate question would be, they should be more transparent about what they are selling and we are buying. If it isn't really unlimited, then - Qale Aug 17, 14:38 4
  - Yeah, it should be required by law to make it known if you are slowing down any traffic -- nm - Stewie Aug 17, 14:42 1
    - Or oppositely, if I'm paying for the Big Boy Plan I should be allowed to do Big Boy Internet things. (the Porn takes bandwidth, nt. -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 14:43
  - Hey, it's all in the terms of services! -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:39 1
    - Chase, Capital One, et all are finally about to get their smackdown next year. Why can't the ISPs, phone companies, etc. be next? -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 14:42
~So baby don�t worry, you are my only, You won't be lonely, even if the sky if falling down~ - Epiphany Aug 17, 14:28
Awesome! After hearing the administration's CIO toss out non-sense tech terms at a conference, John Dvorak did some digging and discovered... -- (link) - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:26
LIR: Very good article Loyola, thanks for posting it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 14:23 4
- This is an interesting read on Britain's NHS, that I'm not sure got posted yet. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 17, 14:33 2
  - Also a good article. - Krusty Aug 17, 14:44
  - I'm suspicious of that figure without further context. Prostate cancer is an extremely slow growing cancer and it's more common to die with it than of - Reagen Aug 17, 14:39
- You're welcome. -- nm - Loyola Aug 17, 14:32
Grooveshark has some sort of new VIP pay something or another appearing now. I assume the whole system is in the process of imploding. -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 14:22 3
- Dangit. -- nm - Callisto Aug 17, 14:22 2
  - What's curious is there really is no explaination of what it is. -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 14:29 1
    - Oh wait, I found it. It's buried... -- (link) - Qale Aug 17, 14:30
heh....comic shop competitor's website has been labeled an attack site. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 14:17 2
- "Gary's Old Town Comic Shop" - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:26
- I know you want buisness - eag Aug 17, 14:21
Son just had a hearing test. He can't hear in the lower frequencies at all. Reassure me that this can be corrected. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:17 40
- if they can give implants that make deaf children hear, your son will do just fine. -- nm - Andie Aug 17, 14:19 1
  - and it may not need any correction at all, depending on the frequencies. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:20
- what do the docs say? -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:18 23
  - "More tests." -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:19 22
    - once they figure out the reason for it they can tell you if it's fixable. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:20 21
      - "Ah yes, just as we thought. Earwax. He'll be fine." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 14:20 20
        
        I had my ears cleaned out a couple of weeks ago...my god.... -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 14:28 13
        
        Friday for me!!!!!! -- nm - Beaker Aug 17, 14:33 3
        
        Ive had it done once - eag Aug 17, 14:36 2
        
        totally worth that feeling. And they're done in 3 mintues. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 14:50
        
        I don't need it at all, thank God. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:36
        
        I have a bad earwax problem - eag Aug 17, 14:31 7
        
        What I like to do is lay on my side and pour a capful of hydrogen peroxide in my ear. - Dr.Vermin Aug 17, 14:35 6
        
        um, is that safe? -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:36 5
        
        /points to the "Dr." in my handle/ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 17, 14:37 4
        
        /points to your $50 "Doctorate of Divinity* for the Universal Life Church/ -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 14:38 2
        
        he got gypped. I got mine for free. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:38 1
        
        no, you get ordained for free, the doctorate you have to pay for, last I checked... -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 14:39
        
        ok, hope you don't damage your eardrums. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:37
        
        this explains a lot. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:29
        
        low freq hearing loss can be a symptom of Meuniere's (but I don't know if kids get that) -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:22 5
        
        Thanks! That makes me feel a lot better. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:28 4
        
        Oh, you want me to say random meaningless shit? why didn't you say so? ;P -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:30 3
        
        "Can you say to a rainbow 'Hey, stop being a rainbow for a second'? No! Such is Mango!" -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 17, 14:44 2
        
        Mop *did* say "reassure me this can be corrected." :) -- nm - Andie Aug 17, 14:49 1
        
        true, but since I don't know, I don't like to lie. :) -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:59
- If they can give loosi the ability to listen, science can do *anything*. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 14:17 13
  - I still can't hear. sorry. :) -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:18
  - (hear. hear. damnit, I meant hear, not listen. She's going to kill me ...) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 14:17 11
    - you beat me to it. Cause she can hear fine. It's the other.... -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 14:18 10
      - you are SO asking for it, baldy. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:19 9
        
        Hey I didn't actually post it! -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 14:21 8
        
        don't weasel out of it! I'm familiar with this gambit. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:22 7
        
        and ,as in the past, it's a sucessful one! -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 14:25 6
        
        I will get you. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:25 5
        
        oh my gawd, you can totally play the Nigerian in District 9! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 14:29 4
        
        huh? -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:30 3
        
        It spoilerish but you will know it when you see it. Go see the movie. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 17, 14:33 1
        
        *shrug* dunno if I will. -- nm - loosilu Aug 17, 14:33
        
        It's a sci-fi movie that is now playing in theaters everywhere. - con_carne Aug 17, 14:32
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buy.com has Brisco County Jr. complete set for $20. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 14:09 2
- Worth every penny -- nm - TWuG Aug 17, 14:10 1
  - just bought it myself. Been waiting for it to go on sale. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 14:15
I want some "kick me in the nuts" Doritos, please. -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:06
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- IMO they should have let him play a few plays, come on special teams - MDH Aug 17, 14:21
- *puts them on probation* -- nm - NCAA Aug 17, 14:15 2
  - Heh. -- nm - David, Nailin' It Aug 17, 14:17 1
    - You'd better not have just tweeted about that. -- nm - SEC Aug 17, 14:18
- Fantastic story. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 17, 14:11 1
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Woman due to have 12 babies -- (link) - MDH Aug 17, 14:06 3
- Poor Octomom. Were will she seek the attention she so desperately craves now? -- nm - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:07 1
  - She and Pixie will have 13 kids. -- nm - Remlik Aug 17, 14:15
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Comcast says the FCC doesn't have a right to enforce Net Neutrality. -- (link) - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:05 17
- They have their own Senator, so they'll make it legal. -- nm - BB Aug 17, 14:11
- I believe if you actually read in the fine print of any Comcast contract it says they have the right to "make you their bitch." -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 14:08
- Congress better support net neutrality. -- nm - TWuG Aug 17, 14:06 13
  - Yeah if they thought these health care town hall meetings were nasty wait until they meet 4channers. -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 14:09 4
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      - As funny as that would be, the current folks protesting help the cause of corporate flaks lobbying Congress. 4Chan would be protesting - TWuG Aug 17, 14:13
    - or Black Hat Man from xkcd -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 14:09 1
      - who, by the way, has alreayd taken on Congress when he was nominated to be Secretary of the Internet -- (link) - znufrii Aug 17, 14:17
  - Hah. How big is net neutrality's lobby? -- nm - Stewie Aug 17, 14:08 7
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      - turns out company size and lobby size are not the same -- nm - Stewie Aug 17, 14:17 3
        
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        Is that what I said? Their opposition will beat them on this, particularly because they won't fight to the death on this issue like ISPs will -- nm - Stewie Aug 17, 14:25 1
        
        What's seriously lame is how terrible our ISPs are as compared to the rest of the world. -- nm - Qale Aug 17, 14:32
    - What good is an anti-net-neutrality lobby ... if the world's communications networks are ground to a halt? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 17, 14:11
    - See Qale's post. -- nm - TWuG Aug 17, 14:09
- Of course, Comcast *would* say that... - znufrii Aug 17, 14:06
*puts on his burkini* -- nm - znufrii Aug 17, 14:05
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field image in 3D. So beautiful (and somewhat frightening), it may bring tears to your eyes. -- (link) - Mop (238 lbs) Aug 17, 14:04 [youtube]

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