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Angelina Did Not Adopt Two Black Kids From Harlem
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NellMood
06/12/09

In reply to Angelina Did Not Adopt Two Black Kids From Harlem
Wow, I loved all those super-relevant pop culture allusions!
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lolacat
06/12/09

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The references just made me feel old. Barney Miller, indeed!
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keldo
06/12/09

@lolacat: When I immediately recognized Bernice and Phil Fish I thought I would be the only one. Greetings, fellow oldster!
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keldo
06/12/09

In reply to Angelina Did Not Adopt Two Black Kids From Harlem
I really don't get the...humor? in the original article. Yes I recognized all the TV personality references - Bernice and Phil Fish, Louise Jefferson..etc and knew it wasn't real. So what was the point of it? Someone help me out.
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Laulau
06/12/09

@keldo: My best guess would be ... racist humor?
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Laulau
06/12/09

@Laulau: Ahem, "humor"
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keldo
06/12/09

@Laulau: I have a big broad accepting latitude when it comes to humor and this was lost on me. What the hell is funny about a faux adoption of foster children?
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MizJenkins
06/12/09

@keldo: Because they didn't really get adopted, get it? There are just millions and millions of wise-talking Black kids in foster care, but no one actually wants to adopt them except on t.v.

HAR DEE HAR HAR!!!
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MizJenkins
06/12/09

@keldo: I'll be honest, since it was written by a Black man I get the feeling it's more bitter snark than anything...because really, there's nothing terribly funny about it.
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keldo
06/12/09

@MizJenkins: Okay, I'm getting a wee bit more understanding of the tone of article. But man, it still feels too hurtful to be funny.
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Whiskey and Popcorn
06/12/09

In reply to Angelina Did Not Adopt Two Black Kids From Harlem
I can't even speak on this case from experience. What I can say is as a South African is that it rips my heart to shreds that people get in queues for white infants while black infants grow up as orphans if they get to grow up at all.
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kookla
06/12/09

In reply to Angelina Did Not Adopt Two Black Kids From Harlem
Whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis?
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NotIt
06/12/09

In reply to Angelina Did Not Adopt Two Black Kids From Harlem
I was re-watching True Blood episodes, and in a tabloid, there's a headline "Angelina adopts Vampire Baby."

Now, that was funnier. The thought of a bloodsucking infant that never grows up is just so awful.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
06/12/09

@NotIt:

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NerD: Blattella
06/12/09

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I'm agreeing with you completely on this.

My only nitpick is that I really wish editors on this site would stop using "" to accentuate their arguments. It doesn't help.

I know. It's a "Pet Peeve".
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Laulau
06/12/09

@NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: Hmm, well I guess one could overuse the "scare quotes", but in my mind, they're one of the necessary compensations for the difficulty of conveying tone in the written word (internet or otherwise). Heck, I think I actually have a verbal intonation that denotes scare quotes.
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NerD: Blattella
06/12/09

@Laulau: You should be able to get your point of view across without relying on them.

Also you run the risk of giving something the incorrect emphasis. And they are overused.

We do a lot to try to attempt to show our tone in commentary. I think the quotation mark has been used to the point where its' meaning has been lost.

The more I go on about this, the more I realize I am sounding like an english teacher. I'll stop now.
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prettycool
06/03/09

In reply to WTF Moment On Late Night TV
This just makes me imagine Ol' Obama reading the theme song in his serious speech voice. Which I am loving.
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Lolita Hazed
06/03/09

@prettycool: "When the WORLD never seems... to be living up to your dreams, suddenly... you're learning that the facts of life are all about... YOU."
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stoprobbers
06/03/09

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Whatevs LETTERMAN. Conan's Rodeo shopping spree was better.

Also, I think I'm the only one of my friends who never really watched The Facts of Life. Young Person Fail.
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MissyMcCLung
06/03/09

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ok - having watched some of that "The Obama White House" yesterday, this kinda fits the way it was presented.
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hfree
06/03/09

In reply to WTF Moment On Late Night TV
Come on now, Norman Fell is (was) always funny.

Can't wait for part two of the Obama White House special tonight!
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Treeless
06/03/09

In reply to WTF Moment On Late Night TV
Replace Norman Fell w/ the late, great Don Knotts and I'm totally in.
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BabyJane
06/03/09

@Treeless: Me too! Let's all meet at the Regal Beagle for drinks.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
05/20/09

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I've never really experienced or observed prude shaming. Even when I was a virgin I knew plenty about sex and wasn't opposed to having it, per se, given the right circumstances. It also helped that the average age of first sexual experience among my closest, hottest friends was like 20. Seriously, most just knew boys they liked would be hotter in a few years, and that worrying about pregnancy and STDs would screw them over at exam time.
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kemperboyd
05/19/09

In reply to The Many Faces Of Jezebel: Confessions Of A Prude
The closest I've come to losing mine was two years ago, I was 'seeing' a guy who goes to uni up north, I went to visit we fooled around had a really nice time. I came home and we arranged for him to come and visit soon after. He then phoned 3 days before he as coming to break up with me because of the distance. When I told a close friend about it her response was "you didn't sleep with him, good, dodged a bullit." But I think he was an over all good guy who broke it off for the right reasons.
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MediasBlue
05/19/09

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Thank you Sadie! I only slept with one person - my boyfriend who is now my husband. And I'm fine with that. And I'm fine with that fact that he had many previous partners.

As many people have said here today - each person makes their own choices and as long as we respect ourselves, who cares?
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