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Gidney N Cloyd

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30. Very well put.

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #28)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 10:10 PM

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All the "Prince is Dead" announcements. [View all] HuckleB Apr 2016 OP

In all fairness, DU scooped NPR by eight minutes Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #1

NPR, and it's durned editorial checks! HuckleB Apr 2016 #3

This DUer fact checked and got confirmation before NPR did Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #4

Sometimes. HuckleB Apr 2016 #8

I saw it here first. herding cats Apr 2016 #19

I don't really know what TMZ is but we have a game in our house..... Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #26

TMZ is the TV/online Hollywood gossip chan that broke the news. herding cats Apr 2016 #33

Aha, TMZ is opposite Jeopardy Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #39

People celebrate the death of people they don't like scscholar Apr 2016 #2

Sometimes it doesn't feel real unless you express it publicly blogslut Apr 2016 #5

"Publicly." HuckleB Apr 2016 #11

Ugh blogslut Apr 2016 #13

So you don't know how to explain it. HuckleB Apr 2016 #15

Golly blogslut Apr 2016 #16

Derp. HuckleB Apr 2016 #17

I'll tell you what... blogslut Apr 2016 #24

Are you here just to annoy people? Renew Deal Apr 2016 #29

I never understood why each person thinks they're the first on DU to post Breaking News. Atman Apr 2016 #6

I always search before I post. HuckleB Apr 2016 #10

Your post is vague and somewhat incoherent. ronnie624 Apr 2016 #7

I'm sure you can find the same greys I do. HuckleB Apr 2016 #9

Maybe it's just our way of showing our sorrow and loss. It is a discussion board. Please let people madinmaryland Apr 2016 #12

Maybe. HuckleB Apr 2016 #14

People just have to get their own OP out there I reckon. cwydro Apr 2016 #18

It's odd, and much worse on FB. HuckleB Apr 2016 #20

I haven't been on there much today. cwydro Apr 2016 #22

I prefer it that way. ronnie624 Apr 2016 #32

Maybe we are just normal Texasgal Apr 2016 #21

I suspect people want to share their feelings. herding cats Apr 2016 #23

Ever been in a bar the moment after a fight? After the fighters are led away or thrown out, FSogol Apr 2016 #25

Yeah, except when I was one who was thrown out. pintobean Apr 2016 #27

I knew we must have met before. FSogol Apr 2016 #38

Some things are bigger than culture Renew Deal Apr 2016 #28

Very well put. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2016 #30

The overall number of threads on DU is way down and the board now moves slower Stinky The Clown Apr 2016 #31

DU is way up herding cats Apr 2016 #34

I don't think it says much except that DU culture and moderators are really lax on thread discipline cemaphonic Apr 2016 #35

Not at all. ronnie624 Apr 2016 #36

Funny, a "look at me" post! Lol! Logical Apr 2016 #37