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vamusical
12/22/08

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Dear Economists:

Buying Lipstick in recessions is a widely known behavior due to the fact that lipstick is considered an "inferior good". Please spend your time and energy solving the world financial crisis, not repeating facts I learned in Econ 101 as if they are new theories. Thanks.

sincerely,

vamusical
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I, Zombie Normal
12/22/08

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I think Hello Kitty could make better cowboy boots then these. I keep thinking those boots were made for eating, of cake and fondant.
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hellosunshine
12/22/08

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Y'all. I love me some cowgirl boots and I love me some gaudy shit, but damn. I can't do these boots.
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
12/22/08

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So, when I go out to the dude ranch in March, I should buy a pair of these? Having never been out West or on a dude ranch, I kind of assume these boots are expected.

Will the horses laugh at me?
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hellosunshine
12/22/08

@gerbilsoutofexile.anti-depressant free.not withdrawal free.: No. Basic brown or black will work just fine!
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DangerMouse
12/22/08

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"British scientists are working on a "sex chip" to stimulate pleasure centers of the brain with electric shocks."

Apparently, they learned nothing from the fact that monkeys died when they set this up for them because they would forego food.

British scientists, REALLY???
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Stabby McStabberson
12/22/08

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in the thumbnail,those boots look like they have designs of the simpsons on 'em. d'oh!
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happysquid
12/22/08

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those boots are So Rocco's Modern life...
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
12/23/08

@happysquid: I loved that show
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Mkp-hearts-NYC
12/22/08

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Sex chips, eh? Will they be sold in vending machines, like Doritos?
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special_boots
12/22/08

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Oh god, Madonna's boy toy looks like Zach Braff.
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CollegeBookworm
12/22/08

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Wow.

I'm not really sure what to say in reaction to it, except that if you didn't click through to LaToya's essay (the Racialious link, "The Not Rape Epidemic") that you absolutely should. It does have a trigger warning, and the page loads below the trigger warning, so beware of that. But it's an incredibly powerful, moving piece, and the comments are worth reading as well.

Just- wow.
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amsci
12/22/08

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Ugh, so much word on the umbrella article. Golf umbrellas should be outlawed in NYC.

People are so afraid of getting one speck of rain on them! It can be overcast and people are already huddled under their umbrellas, clogging up the sidewalk and nearly blinding me with the tips of the spokes. It's called a HOOD, people. Wear one in light drizzles and make all of our lives easier. It's OK to get a little wet, you are NOT made of sugar and you will NOT melt.

When being carried but not in use, please do not vigorously swing your arms! I've nearly been stabbed in the legs (or blinded on subway steps) when walking behind these people. What is with vigorous arm swingers (mostly ladies) anyway?
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
12/22/08

@amsci: I melt in the rain, but I also ride a bike with a basket on it. (a la wicked witch of the west)
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Mama Penguino
12/22/08

@amsci: It's called power walking and those doing it need to get themselves to a mall that's losing business!
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Ascendo_tuum
12/22/08

@amsci: I've been told I am a vigorous arm-swinger (I do it unconsciously), but I don't carry an umbrella.
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hellosunshine
12/22/08

@amsci: Whenever someone's swinging their golf umbrella and come precariously close to stabbing my legs numerous times, I just grab their umbrella. Works like a charm. Also, if you're not on a golf course, you do not need a fucking golf umbrella.
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lolowyo...wants a zombie baby
12/22/08

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I live in the West, and have seen many a pair of cowboy boots that hideous, and moreso.

Try coming out for Cheyenne Frontier Days, and look at what you see people wear. The tourists (as always) are much, much worse than the real cowboys and girls.
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hellosunshine
12/22/08

@lolowyo: HA! So damn true (to your last statement). I've found that for rodeo days, a nice brown or black pair of boots and matching hat work just fine.
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Miss Pontificating
12/22/08

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>>>>>>>Boot porn: who knew that shoes could be this ugly and expensive? (The gems on the left cost $1,350. Yee haw!>>>>>>> How can people with this much money have taste like this.
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Plum-Pie
12/22/08

@Miss Pontificating: Dolly once said in a moment of blinding clarity 'It costs a lot of money to look this cheap'.
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YourScreenplaySucks
12/22/08

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Also, Madonna's come back to us, y'all! She's returning to NY, in a recent interview, she did not sound like a British national, and she's back to doing hot young Hispanic men like it's going out style (which it won't be, ever. Doing hot young Hispanic men is like the little black dress of sex).
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YourScreenplaySucks
12/22/08

@Your Screenplay Sucks: Also, umbrella etiquette is simple: If you're 5'9 and above, you may carry one of those fancy, enormous umbrellas as you are unlikely to poke anyone's eye out or crowd people into the street. Everyone else, use a Totes.
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clevernamehere
12/22/08

@Your Screenplay Sucks: I'm 5'9" and am constantly being bashed in the head by men with ginormous umbrellas.

The rule of umbrella using should be the taller person lifts their umbrella while passing people on the street. This works quite well in Dublin. In NYC however, people see me raise my umbrella to pass and then raise their umbrella, so they collide mid-air.
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YourScreenplaySucks
12/22/08

@clevernamehere: Yeah, I probably undershot that - 6"2 is probably a better estimate. Everyone else wears a big yellow raincoat. The raising your umbrella option has the problem you mentioned as well as the problem of relying on other people to consistently have manners and be aware of the people around them, which is always hit or miss.
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clevernamehere
12/22/08

@Your Screenplay Sucks: The funny thing is that it is the manners that make it a clusterfuck. If people just ignored me, my raising my umbrella would work for 95% of the population. Instead, most people see me and raise their umbrella to meet mine. If people could stop being dumb that would be great.
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
12/22/08

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I would pay $20 for those boots if they would fit my 2 year old goddaughter
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