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    Image of thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe. thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.
    07:50 PM

    I encounter someone every day whose rude actions toward me are, I believe, due to racism. And it upsets me every day, even though he has no power over me. It's just a tiny little prick in my side every. single. day.

    #groupthink
    #racism
    #venting
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    Image of SUNNY1 SUNNY1
    07:43 PM

    Just finished a paper (it was crap, but whatever) and am sitting around eating a cup of buttercream frosting from Claire's Corner Copia. If anyone's ever in the New Haven area, go to that place. I'm not Team Cake, but damn those cakes are good.
    For the moment, life is good.
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    Image of funnyface funnyface
    07:40 PM

    My favorite restaurant, a slow-food/soul-food place just around the corner from my house, had a wine tasting tonight with samples of their new wine. Plus bottles were half price. Plus I had the best meatloaf ever. PLUS they gave us free pie (chocolate pecan) for being such good regulars. This is a good night. #teampie

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    Image of dirtybee dirtybee
    06:43 PM

    Here is my question - if I prefer flan or crème brulée to cake or pie, does that make me Team Custard?

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    Image of LikeChai LikeChai
    06:52 PM

    @dirtybee:I'll happily join you there. My desserts appear as a bowl of custard, garnished with pie.

    Also would chocolate mousse appear in this category?

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    Image of LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman
    06:38 PM

    In reply to Have Your Cake & Eat It Too: A Guide To Our Reader Forum, #Groupthink
    OMG, my post about my date is up there! That just makes me laugh.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    06:44 PM

    @LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman: Your cats like him and your comment about him is now featured in a post. This obviously means that you two are soulmates.
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    Image of LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman
    06:56 PM

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: After only three dates! : P
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    06:23 PM

    Words can not describe how much I love this picture. Actually, I think that's the guest list for my Christmas party.

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    Image of Snizzy-Snazz Bullets Snizzy-Snazz Bullets
    06:29 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Brilliant! I love Sandwich Board Man hanging his head in defeat.

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    Image of Short_Attention_Sp Short_Attention_Sp
    06:41 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.:

    I couldn't agree more. However, for the most pressing issue of the day, let's face it, this guy is probably on the money...

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    Image of LogosKaiEros LogosKaiEros
    06:45 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Ya, wow, that's really impressive balance.

    Oh...and because of the guy in the corner. I missed that--distracted by impressive balance.

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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    06:55 PM

    @Short_Attention_Sp: ALSO FIREFLY!!

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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    06:57 PM

    @Short_Attention_Sp: I want to be this guy's friend.

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    Image of SUNNY1 SUNNY1
    07:16 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I WAS THERE!!

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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    07:31 PM

    @SUNNY1: That is freaking awesome.

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    Image of dirtybee dirtybee
    06:13 PM

    In reply to Have Your Cake & Eat It Too: A Guide To Our Reader Forum, #Groupthink
    Please don't tell me this will replace our lovely Saturday night thread? :(
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    06:24 PM

    @dirtybee: the groupthink thing has actually been around for a while. It seems that most just didn't know it was here. The weekend threads have been coexisting with it nicely.

    #groupthink
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    Image of dirtybee dirtybee
    06:40 PM

    @token_illiterate_commenter: I had no idea until today that it existed. I'm glad it was brought up - there have been many occasions where I'd have a random thought but kept to myself to avoid threadjacking.
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    Image of TurtleSpeak TurtleSpeak
    05:33 PM

    I need advice...
    I have this old friend who just made a birthday event on Facebook and invited basically everyone except me... We haven't spoken in a long time except at parties but we share the same core group and we've known each other for a long time. We've never had a fight or a falling out, we just sorta drifted a part a bit after high school but like I said, we are always friendly when we're together and we used to be quite close.
    I'm feeling kinda hurt by the exclusion and wondering what the best way to handle it is... do I say anything? Or do I just take it as a sign that she's not interested in knowing me at all any more, cut my losses and move on?

    #groupthink
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    Image of MsAvignon MsAvignon
    05:42 PM

    @TurtleSpeak: I think your response depends on what you want out of the relationship: do you want to rekindle it? Or are you okay with being occasional acquaintances?

    I know my answer is not very specific but what you want out of the relationship (and what you're willing to commit to in order to rekindle it) may put your feelings in more context.

    Though it does suck being excluded, especially if all the mutual friends were invited. That strikes me as bad form on her part.

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    Image of TurtleSpeak TurtleSpeak
    05:52 PM

    @MsAvignon: I'm not sure what I want... I guess I want to be her friend but I have reached out to her a few times over the past few years and she's never really responded, so for whatever reason she's not interested. I just hate to think that it's going to be awkward now when I see her at mutual friends parties and stuff. I also just hate the idea of losing an old friend for no real reason. I don't really have any close friendships at all and I am very weary of losing the casual acquaintances I have. I know, I'm pathetic. Blah. It's just depressing to see myself be eliminated from her roster of casual friends.

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    Image of thebuffster thebuffster
    05:59 PM

    @TurtleSpeak: Might it have been an oversight that she didn't invite you on Facebook? She might have been doing a name search and missed yours. This doesn't get to the heart of the issues, but I tend to give folks the benefit of the doubt.

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    Image of TurtleSpeak TurtleSpeak
    06:02 PM

    @thebuffster: If it was an oversight (which I don't really think it was)... how do I deal with that? It would be super awkward to be like "Hey you forgot to invite me" only to have her say "Oh... I didn't invite you on purpose" or whatever... You know what I mean? This is bothering me much more than it should. I don't really think it was an oversight anyway. Sadness.

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    Image of thebuffster thebuffster
    06:12 PM

    @TurtleSpeak: I am of a few minds about this. 1) You could get a mutual friend to ask the friend in question, "Oh, is TurtleSpeak coming to the party?" in a nonchalant way. That would get you more details, that you may or may not want to hear.

    2) You could call/message the friend in question and invite her to coffee/for a drink and to catch up. If she's like "Oh, I'm washing my hair that night," then you know what's up. If she goes with the plan, then you may re-kindle the friendship.

    3) You could cut your losses and move on. I've done this to former friends before, and never looked back. It's hard at first, but then you just forget about them.

    If you do decide to move on or she has some illwill towards you, you can think about it like this: Not all friendships are permanent. Think fondly of the good times that you shared together, and be only somewhat regretful that you're not as good of friends as you once were.

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    TurtleSpeak promoted this comment thebuffster was starred thebuffster was unstarred
    Image of TurtleSpeak TurtleSpeak
    06:21 PM

    @thebuffster: I'll probably do number 3... the friendship has been slowly deteriorating over the years... it really hurts and it really sucks but my past attempts to rekindle the friendship have been fruitless, which makes me think she's just... not interested in being my friend. =/
    It's weird because we've never fought, but for some reason it seems she doesn't like me any more. It wouldn't bother me as much if it seemed like there was a reason for it. But I'll have to come to terms with that I suppose.
    It's especially difficult because, like I said, I don't have any close, real friendships at all, and sometimes I feel very lonely. When I see things like this it reminds me of that loneliness. I'm just... socially inept unfortunately.
    Thanks for all the advice you helped a lot. =)
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    Image of icyblonde icyblonde
    06:21 PM

    @TurtleSpeak: I've been in both your shoes and in the unfortunate shoes of your friend. Sometimes it sucks that, yes, you really want to end a friendship or at least compartmentalize it and/or you honestly feel like the other person views you as a friend whereas you view her as an acquaintance only. I think you need to decide if you want to feel charitably toward her or not. If not, write her off. She doesn't care about you the way you do about her. If you do want to feel charitably, maybe there was a cap on attendees due to space? Maybe a different mutual friend has some quarrel with you that you don't know about? You can just not go and not worry about it make up a reason so you don't have to hate her.

    On the other hand, you could try one more time to reach out and find out what the what is, but if she doesn't take you up on it this time, you need to let go.

    I swear, friendship breakups are worse than romantic breakups sometimes. :(

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    Image of TurtleSpeak TurtleSpeak
    06:26 PM

    @icyblonde: I have tried too many times and been rejected, I think by now I have learned that, like you said, she doesn't view me as a friend at all any more. I hate the feeling of being rejected/excluded but I guess it's not her fault, she's not a bad person, she's just... over what we used to have together. It's understandable... but still painful. =(

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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    05:32 PM

    I was at the Cheesecake factory over the weekend and had some Red Velvet Cheesecake. Red Velvet cake, layered with cheesecake with white chocolate curls on the edge. I challenge you Pie die-hards to eat that and NOT change your allegiances.

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    Image of KFlem KFlem
    05:39 PM

    @boobookitteh: So, I feel like I just wandered into a strange (and delicious) war zone... I've been gone from Jez for a bit, and I come back and everyone's all team cake or team pie?
    My problem is with the "OR."
    Can I not have them both??
    (perhaps, at once?)

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    Image of Blodwynn Blodwynn
    05:41 PM

    @boobookitteh: That. Sounds like. HEAVEN. If it wasn't ridiculously hard to make (I'm guessing), I would so make this my contribution to the Christmas Dinner Table.

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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    05:43 PM

    @KFlem: No. You must choose one. Like "Sophie's Choice" but without the killing and heartbreak.

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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    05:43 PM

    @KFlem: So you're a double agent then? :)

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    Image of KFlem KFlem
    05:55 PM

    @boobookitteh:
    Double agent between cake and pie?
    Sounds profitable! Count me in.

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    Image of WagaMama WagaMama
    05:58 PM

    @Mary McCarthyite: Where's Team Custard? Are my creme brulee and I just Switzerland over here?

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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    06:05 PM

    @WagaMama: There are subgroups like Team Custard, Team Donut and Team Macaroon but none of them will gain any foothold. Jez is a 2-party system!

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    Image of winner winner
    05:08 PM

    I stabbed myself in the ear with a plant and perforated my eardrum on Saturday night.

    No, I am not lying.

    Dr. Mayoclinic.com says there's nothing she can do for me - it has to heal on its own. Do I need to go to my *real* doctor? What say you?

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    Image of SomeAuthorGirl SomeAuthorGirl
    05:18 PM

    @winner: Please go to your real doctor if you can.

    XOXO,
    A Mom

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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    05:21 PM

    @winner: How do you stab yourself in the ear with a plant? What kind of plant was it? This sounds like something I would do.

    And there's not much you can do with a perforated ear drum but be alert for any symptoms of infection - increased pain, discharge, red, inflamed ear, fever, etc. Also if you have any change in hearing.

    ETA - how do you know your perfed your ear drum? you actually need to go have someone take a look in there and make sure your diagnosis is correct.


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    Edited by boobookitteh at 12/07/09 5:22 PM boobookitteh was starred boobookitteh was unstarred
    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    05:21 PM

    @winner: Get thee to a doctor! If you can see an ear-nose-throat doctor, better.

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    Image of rileycal rileycal
    05:22 PM

    @winner: I think you should at least get it looked at by your doctor. I'd rest more easy knowing it was seen, especially concerning the eardrum!

    It will make an awesome story after everything is sorted medically! I can't bend my right pinkie because when I was 18, I cut my finger carving the eyes in a pumpkin. Yeah, not my best moment.

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    winner promoted this comment Edited by rileycal at 12/07/09 5:26 PM rileycal was starred rileycal was unstarred
    Image of mcpumpkin mcpumpkin
    05:25 PM

    @winner: Oh, please go to the real doctor. When I read that I grabbed my own ear and said, "ow, ow, ow" to my empty apartment. I think I might have to go to the doctor.

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    Image of winner winner
    05:29 PM

    @boobookitteh: This is the culprit. Though mine has been outside for months and so it is half dead and stabby. The pot is large and i picked it up and was carrying it inside and one of the dead branches stabbed me in my ear. I was like WHAT. THE. FUCK. This plant just STABBED ME!

    Hearing is muffled and it was draining Saturday night but it's pretty much stopped now. I DON'T know that I've actually perf'd my eardrum but all the signs point to yes. No fever just kind of a dull throb. Though, I guess if I have a fever, that would indicate infection?

    My parents were in the "doctors are for old people and babies" camp and I will look for every excuse not to go now that I'm an adult. Thanks for your input.

    #groupthink

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    Image of winner winner
    05:30 PM

    @SomeAuthorGirl: Ugh! FINE!

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    Image of winner winner
    05:31 PM

    @boobookitteh:

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    Image of winner winner
    05:34 PM

    @mcpumpkin: You read "I stabbed myself in the ear with a plant" and knew how painful it was?!?!? You are so sweet and empathetic!

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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    05:36 PM

    @winner: Audrey 3?

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    Image of boobookitteh boobookitteh
    05:37 PM

    @winner: I'm a terrible patient myself, but I do go to ENT and Gyn - anytime there's something going on where I can't see it for myself! :)

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    Image of winner winner
    05:46 PM

    @boobookitteh: Hahaha - excellent point. Making an appointment. :)

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    Image of mcpumpkin mcpumpkin
    05:56 PM

    @winner: After years and years of constant ear infections, any mention of ear trauma really kills me. Feel better soon!

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    Image of Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin) Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
    04:58 PM

    In reply to Have Your Cake & Eat It Too: A Guide To Our Reader Forum, #Groupthink
    Can we bring "fisted by sunshine" back? I miss it.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    04:56 PM

    Is it weird that I'm thinking of getting a "Happy Taylor Lautner's 18th Birthday!" cake in February and am disappointed it's going to land on a Wednesday?

    Because if it is, I am aware that I'll probably have to register as a sex offender.

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    Image of spamanda spamanda
    04:49 PM

    In reply to Have Your Cake & Eat It Too: A Guide To Our Reader Forum, #Groupthink
    Hey! I'm on the very top of the groupthink graphic! Wooo!
    Err.... that's probably off-topic. Dammit.

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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    04:52 PM

    @spamanda: It's okay, I'll admit to being a little jealous of your whore-self since I'm not featured at all.
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    Image of spamanda spamanda
    04:58 PM

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Awwww, Zombie Ms. Skittles is jealous of me! *blushes*
    Also, "whore-self" is fantastic. How'd you know?

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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    04:59 PM

    @spamanda: Well, I was trying to think of a good alternative since "whore mouth" wouldn't fit well here...
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    Image of spamanda spamanda
    05:06 PM

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: I like "whore-self" better anyways. It's more encompassing of ALL my liberal whorish ways.
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    04:45 PM

    You know, there's been a lot of talk about Team Cake vs. Team Pie today, and I'd like to take this opportunity to point out one salient fact:

    There are three or four different reality shows featuring people who bake cakes for a living. And not one featuring people who work in a pie shop.

    I rest my case.

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    Image of labeled labeled
    04:52 PM

    @rodmanstreet: You don't know why? Really?

    Pie is love, motherfucker. Love. You can't fake it.

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    Image of xgurl3eb xgurl3eb
    04:52 PM

    @rodmanstreet: also, when was the last time anyone actually saw a pie shop? Cake shops, yes, pie shops...not as common as team pie members might lead you to believe

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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    04:53 PM

    @xgurl3eb: You know who else likes pie?

    Communists. True fact.

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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    04:54 PM

    @rodmanstreet: Good point. I will pitch this idea to the Food Network. Mark my words you will soon be watching the Mary McCarthypie Show.

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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    04:54 PM

    @rodmanstreet: You think having a reality show is an endorsement? I'm sure all Italians from New Jersey are loving having one about them.

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    Image of LBB LBB
    04:55 PM

    @rodmanstreet: Yes, but Pushing Daisies took place in a pie shop, and Ned the Piemaker is more awesome than Chef Duff et. al.My case, it rests. #groupthink
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    04:57 PM

    @LBB: And that shit got CANCELED didn't it?

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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    04:57 PM

    @token_illiterate_commenter: As a Jersey resident, I have many things to say about this. I just typed and deleted and typed and deleted many things. But I'm going to stay mum.

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    04:59 PM

    @LBB: (Also one of my favorite movies, Waitress. And I happen to love pie. But in war, one must pick a side and stick to it. So to Team Cake I shall enlist.)

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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    05:01 PM

    @rodmanstreet: Especially because that show isn't really populated by New Jersey residents.

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    Image of LBB LBB
    05:04 PM

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: Twist the knife a LITTLE harder...

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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    05:08 PM

    @token_illiterate_commenter: I can't tell you how many times I've responded to Jersey digs by saying, "No, those are STATEN ISLAND people!" And look at this now. Three members of the cast are from Staten Island. What a surprise.

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    Image of Blodwynn Blodwynn
    05:09 PM

    @rodmanstreet: Team Pie, imma let you finish but cake is the best desert of all time. OF ALL TIME.

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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    05:24 PM

    @Blodwynn:
    Why Pie Beats Cake

    10. Pie has more variety: Because of pie’s simple structure – a crust with a filling – everything from super-sweet coconut creams to quiche falls under the "pie" mantle. Heck, even pizza can be categorized as a type of pie.
    Now, I’ll concede that there are foodstuffs which use the word cake in them – like crab cakes or pancakes – but there is no way that these items would be in any way be categorized as a cake in the traditional sense.

    9. I love icing, which is the only reason I eat cakes. But I can get icing on pies, too. (Philadelphians – remember those great tastykake French apple pies with the raisins and the icing on top? Mmmmmm.)

    8. Pies are easier to make. If I’m feeling really lazy, I can go to Safeway, buy some frozen crusts and some canned fruit, and voila! I’ve got pie. Even boxed cake mix takes more work than that.

    7. Pies are more progressive, embodying the best values of our country. No one says anything is as American as cake. Rather, we associated cake with Marie Antoinette and the worst excesses of the French monarchy.

    6. Agent Dale Cooper loved pie. (And if you don’t know who Dale Cooper is, that’s probably because you’re the type of bland sheet cake eating folks who like "According to Jim.")

    5. "Can I buy you some pie?" is a great pickup line. Non-threatening and fun at the same time. "Can I buy you some cake?" just sounds sleazy.

    4. In terms of holiday horror foods, mincemeat pie is much less threatening than fruitcake. Mincemeat pie may not taste great, but at least it won’t mess up your digestive tract until the new year.

    3. Pie is an all-year round treat. I don’t have favorite seasonal cakes, but I do have favorite seasonal pies.

    2. Pies can be full of ingredients that are bad for you, but it’s easier to make a healthy pie than a healthy cake.

    1. Pies taste good. ‘Nuff said.


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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    05:24 PM

    @Blodwynn: Why is BabyJane promoting nonsense like this? This is cake favoritism! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

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    Image of madeofawesome madeofawesome
    05:27 PM

    @xgurl3eb: That's because pies are best made at home, with LOVE as the secret ingredient! Nobody puts secret ingredients in professional cakes.

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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    05:29 PM

    @Mary McCarthyite: That can also be labeled "10 Reasons to Love Mary McCarthyite"

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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    05:31 PM

    @token_illiterate_commenter: BabyJane is Team Cake 4Eva. That means more pie for the Pie Loyalists!

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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    05:33 PM

    @token_illiterate_commenter: I can't take credit for it, alas! I will, however, accept your love!

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    Image of labeled labeled
    05:36 PM

    @madeofawesome: SEE? Pie is love.

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    Image of PilgrimSoul PilgrimSoul
    04:11 PM

    Curt Cole asked that someone talk about Jezebel history in groupthink and I'm worried that will start a fight. But honestly you guys there have been so many great shitstorms here. God I miss the drama. It's been tame for months now.

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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    04:13 PM

    @PilgrimSoul: Remember the Polanski "Banging" gate. That shit was epic.

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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    04:15 PM

    @PilgrimSoul: Also, I've been here since Jan, 2008, but I didn't know what you were referring to on the thread. Must've missed it.

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    Image of sassyredhead sassyredhead
    04:19 PM

    @PilgrimSoul: But every time something goes down we lose so many great commenters.

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    Image of Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin) Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
    04:48 PM

    @PilgrimSoul: I personally enjoyed the "Thinking and Drinking" debacle best.

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