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gristy

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27. Can't they bring it up with their employer?

Reply to cojoel (Reply #17)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 07:20 PM

Aug 2019

Say something like "I can't see posted tweets when I'm reading DU at work! Could you please unblock them?"
Threaten to quit if they don't fix it! Make it the employer's problem!

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Reporter captures Trump's idiocy today before energy group in one very long sentence... [View all] hlthe2b Aug 2019 OP

Here ya go: demmiblue Aug 2019 #1

Pool reporter Corgigal Aug 2019 #2

No need to cut and paste the text... gristy Aug 2019 #3

It is done because those few who are not able to see embedded tweets become very upset when we hlthe2b Aug 2019 #4

I suspect that most of those few would be willing to fix the problem on their end gristy Aug 2019 #6

There have been entire threads complaining about it, not to mention those objecting on my & other's hlthe2b Aug 2019 #8

I appreciate being able to see the text, but haven't complained when I can't. Mc Mike Aug 2019 #13

If only that were the most important thing we have to worry about. paleotn Aug 2019 #11

I suspect it's not a huge inconvenience sobenji Aug 2019 #16

The issue is some people read the forums while at work cojoel Aug 2019 #17

Can't they bring it up with their employer? gristy Aug 2019 #27

it's tradition here Demonaut Aug 2019 #39

It's a courtesy to those DUers on-line at work.... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #9

Yes. Some people seem vexed by the request for the courtesy of taking that extra step. demmiblue Aug 2019 #10

+ 1 for a return to civility! n/t PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #38

my pet peeve is when people do not cut off the shite after the main part of the url on tweets & pics Celerity Aug 2019 #12

How are we to know the ridiculousness of the sentence without it being cut and pasted? brush Aug 2019 #30

So wtf ever happened to "SPACE FORCE" anyway??!! Leghorn21 Aug 2019 #5

Ah, Space Farce. The good old days. nt Hekate Aug 2019 #19

Sometimes I suspect tRump is bipolar. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #7

And repeat himself many times over.... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2019 #14

Yes, in my experience the repetition is quite common with bipolar folks. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #15

Trump is juiced up on Adderall crazytown Aug 2019 #20

Is that a reversible side effect or does it do permanent damage? KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #34

It's a reversible side effect but ... crazytown Aug 2019 #35

My mother calls this "diarrhea of the mouth." Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #26

Yes, an old country expression. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #33

Drugs. Dr Feelgood kept him supplied, as far as we know. Now who? Hekate Aug 2019 #18

Good question. Plenty of Rethugs would supply him anything illegal. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #21

No. Don't denigrate the real illness of bipolar. happy feet Aug 2019 #25

Not denigrating any illness, just discussing experiences. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #36

FTR, it's Monaca, not Monaco DeminPennswoods Aug 2019 #22

When Reagan did it rocktivity Aug 2019 #23

But Biden's gaffes. SunSeeker Aug 2019 #24

They're keeping me up at night ornotna Aug 2019 #28

If only most people understood this is donald rump, he has always been like this Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #29

My theory: Trump just riffs like he's doing a late night talk show monologue. no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 #31

I agree...loves the lights, thinks he's a star... stillcool Aug 2019 #37

Good. We need strong Democratic candidate in the Senate. We need the Senate, too. marble falls Aug 2019 #32