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I used to write a cartoon strip for the Kansan, I think it was called IOCARE.
So we'll go with that.
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Remember when the Kansan had that feature where you could call in and leave a message and they’d publish it and it ended up being all Chuck Norris jokes?
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Yes.
I forgot what that section was called.
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that shit was hilarious
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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pdub wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:43 am I used to write a cartoon strip for the Kansan, I think it was called IOCARE.
So we'll go with that.
Answers my question of "How the hell are you familiar with the essence of ALL of those comics (or whatever the proper word is)"
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Yes.
Avid comic lover.
Newspaper, standups, and the ones they made billions off of once they turned em into movies.
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The em dash just needs to be deleted along with the smart quote.
It's nitpicky shit.

Hi - this dash still serves the purpose. Everyone can read it. We know what it means.
The people who design keyboards and keyboard software agree. You need three keys for an em dash.
Eliminate it from the web now plz.
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I have absolutely no idea what the hell you just said.
Just Ledoux it
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pdub wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:44 pm The em dash just needs to be deleted along with the smart quote.
It's nitpicky shit.

Hi - this dash still serves the purpose. Everyone can read it. We know what it means.
The people who design keyboards and keyboard software agree. You need three keys for an em dash.
Eliminate it from the web now plz.
i don’t disagree, but both the em and en dashes get used a ton in academic publishing
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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TDub wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:12 pm I have absolutely no idea what the hell you just said.
Characters that look like other characters. Can really fuck with you mind and soul when, say, trying to run a query in a database and getting no results when you know that string is in there
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Mjl wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 3:03 pm
TDub wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:12 pm I have absolutely no idea what the hell you just said.
Characters that look like other characters. Can really fuck with you mind and soul when, say, trying to run a query in a database and getting no results when you know that string is in there
ok, I understood part of that.....look at me. Learning things.


It's possible that you might have detected (though very well hidden) my ineptitude with most technological/computer related things, particularly those involving "code".
Just Ledoux it
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TDub wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 4:14 pm
Mjl wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 3:03 pm
TDub wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:12 pm I have absolutely no idea what the hell you just said.
Characters that look like other characters. Can really fuck with you mind and soul when, say, trying to run a query in a database and getting no results when you know that string is in there
ok, I understood part of that.....look at me. Learning things.


It's possible that you might have detected (though very well hidden) my ineptitude with most technological/computer related things, particularly those involving "code".
Yeah, but you're handy without a keyboard, unlike some (looks in mirror)
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KUTradition wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:36 pm
pdub wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:44 pm The em dash just needs to be deleted along with the smart quote.
It's nitpicky shit.

Hi - this dash still serves the purpose. Everyone can read it. We know what it means.
The people who design keyboards and keyboard software agree. You need three keys for an em dash.
Eliminate it from the web now plz.
i don’t disagree, but both the em and en dashes get used a ton in academic publishing
Just for academia sake.
Stubbornly holding on just because.
They aren’t on the keyboard. Let it go.
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pdub wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:00 pm
KUTradition wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:36 pm
pdub wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:44 pm The em dash just needs to be deleted along with the smart quote.
It's nitpicky shit.

Hi - this dash still serves the purpose. Everyone can read it. We know what it means.
The people who design keyboards and keyboard software agree. You need three keys for an em dash.
Eliminate it from the web now plz.
i don’t disagree, but both the em and en dashes get used a ton in academic publishing
Just for academia sake.
Stubbornly holding on just because.
They aren’t on the keyboard. Let it go.
i agree about the em

i’m a fan of the en, personally
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En dash is great - and it serves the same purpose as the em.
And I only need to press one key - this one - to get it work.
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The street before mine, which should be 30 to 35 mph but is 25 and is littered with those weird looking neon yellow kid signs that say slow down, has been getting populated with more and more signs, ie Black Lives Matter, My Body My Choice and, worst of all of them, Be Nice.

I hate signs. It’s why I love Maines rule o no billboards.

But today, a house near the beginning of the street, ( or end ) put up a sign in the same black background and white font as Be Nice and it reads “A Sign”.

Love it.
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I just got this like 5 minutes ago trying to post in the covered wagon challenge thread

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Make a sign of it and put it in your yard.
That’ll really get people to change.
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I understand the a-sign-ment
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