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20. Self delete because yeah, it is whining about DU (text included)

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Sat Mar 22, 2014, 05:01 PM

Mar 2014

What Skinner thinks of Your Mom

C'mon folks... if Skinner wants everyone to be hyper-aware of what Skinner thinks then Skinner will post more

It's his freaking site. He knows how to use his keyboard.

He has the power, as an autonomous human being, to let everyone know exactly what he thinks, 24/7/365.

Invoking "what Skinner thinks" on this site is an appropriation of the man's name for one's own purposes and, more pointedly, it's creepy... like some religious leader claiming to speak for God, poring over scripture for "pull out quotes" to support a position.

Skinner is a real living person capable of speaking for himself.

(And it follows that I do not speak for Skinner. He may love the "What Skinner thinks" posts and want more of them. I speak only for me in saying they are creepy.)

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] cthulu2016 Mar 2014 OP

Can I have an amen? LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #1

"....who can speak for his self. " pangaia Mar 2014 #2

I fixed that. Started with "his damn self" then cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #4

"...and, more pointedly, it's creepy..." That was EXACTLY my first reaction to that post. nt ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #3

Also, it's confusing. Last week, our motto was, "What would the bonobos do?" This week our Squinch Mar 2014 #5

More importantly rrneck Mar 2014 #6

What brought this on? You mean to tell me there is Skinner worshiping going on Rex Mar 2014 #7

I like it when Skinner's pronouncements are solemnly disseminated on GD. Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #8

Skinner thought he was going to alert on this post pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #9

Does he have a secretary to chisel his opinions in granite? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #10

You never did tell me what he thinks of my mom pscot Mar 2014 #11

Skinner thinks? I thought that was EarlG. Autumn Mar 2014 #12

Wha...? Iggo Mar 2014 #13

you are wrong hfojvt Mar 2014 #14

i don't believe there is a Skinner Enrique Mar 2014 #15

Is that like the "Bernie says this" and "Robert Reich thinks that" threads? polichick Mar 2014 #16

If Andrei Linde is correct about an eternally inflating infinite series of fractal multiverses Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #17

Wow. Earth_First Mar 2014 #18

Skinner did speak for himself, someone merely pointed it out... Spazito Mar 2014 #19

Self delete because yeah, it is whining about DU (text included) cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #20