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    Image of Kilotwat Kilotwat
    11/16/09

    In reply to Even Wild Horses Need Their Girlfriends • Fire Turns Irwin Land Into An "Animal Graveyard"
    A quibble with the above write-up

    For the first time in decades, the U.S. skating team has no clear-cut Olympic medal contender.

    While that is painfully true in the ladies skating, there are other disciplines in figure skating, too. The US currently boasts the reigning world champion in men's figure skating (Evan Lysacek) and the reigning silver medalists in ice dancing (Belbin and Agosto). They've been performing well this season, too: all three just won Skate America in their respective fields. We'll see Ol' Glory hoisted over that icy podium yet. #horses
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Even Wild Horses Need Their Girlfriends • Fire Turns Irwin Land Into An "Animal Graveyard"

    There's Kim Yu Na of South Korea, the woman who's a good bet to win the Olympic gold. She's skating to a medley of James Bond music for her short program. #horses
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    Image of La Chica Lucy La Chica Lucy
    11/16/09

    In reply to Even Wild Horses Need Their Girlfriends • Fire Turns Irwin Land Into An "Animal Graveyard"
    I was hoping Jezebel would post that coat hanger link! #horses
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    Image of J.D.Regent J.D.Regent
    11/16/09

    In reply to Even Wild Horses Need Their Girlfriends • Fire Turns Irwin Land Into An "Animal Graveyard"
    am I reading that British sex ed article wrong? It seems like it says their approaches DID work? #horses
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    Image of Kivrin Kivrin
    11/16/09

    @J.D.Regent: That article appears to be saying two different things. I am totally confused. #horses
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    Image of labratintraining labratintraining
    11/16/09

    In reply to Even Wild Horses Need Their Girlfriends • Fire Turns Irwin Land Into An "Animal Graveyard"
    I wonder if all the male horses stand on the perimeter and complain to each other about how the female horses walk away with a sneer when they go up behind them and start grinding awkwardly. And then stare down the girl horses while trying to figure out why they can't get a date. #horses
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    Image of J.D.Regent J.D.Regent
    11/16/09

    In reply to Even Wild Horses Need Their Girlfriends • Fire Turns Irwin Land Into An "Animal Graveyard"
    wait, you can look up UNPROVEN ALLEGATIONS against people? that can't be right. #horses
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    Image of Zombies make the heart grow fonder Zombies make the heart grow fonder
    11/16/09

    @J.D.Regent: Yeah, that was my exact reaction... #horses
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    Image of formergr formergr
    11/16/09

    @J.D.Regent: Yeah, that sounds a little too like that website Don'tDateHimGirl.com, or whatever it is... #horses
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    Image of Elaken Elaken
    11/16/09

    @J.D.Regent: I don't have qualms with it because they are talking about serial abusers and men with allegations from several different women. It isn't as if a guy gets accused once and than put on the list. #horses
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    Image of yvanehtnioj yvanehtnioj
    11/16/09

    In reply to Even Wild Horses Need Their Girlfriends • Fire Turns Irwin Land Into An "Animal Graveyard"
    That Gaddafi snippet is comedy gold. I'm not even going to follow the link, because nuance might kill my buzz. #horses
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    Image of Jeremy Jeremy
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    I...don't think I've ever sent x's to a male friend via text. I'm far more likely to lick the camera and send them a shot of my taste buds.

    I blame Twitter for holding us back. As a result of the character limitations, people are forced to use abbreviations. More smartphones + more keyboards + more-accomodating eVenues = better English! #metrotextuals
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    Image of blazedom blazedom
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    I get so annoyed when I get texts like that. We are not 13! It does not take any time or effort to type up full words! Words that I don't have to decrypt!
    /rant #metrotextuals
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    Image of lilyHaze lilyHaze
    11/03/09

    @blazedom: So I'm not the only person in the world that writes almost full sentences and proper capitalization out in texting (and IM)? I have unlimited texting, so character limitations isn't an issue. #metrotextuals
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    Image of CollegeCamel CollegeCamel
    11/03/09

    @lilyHaze: I even use proper punctuation...oh yeah. I'm cool. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Kakapo Kakapo
    11/04/09

    @CollegeCamel: I've been known to go back and edit the damned things. Please call my doctor if anyone sees me pulling out a style manual while composing a text. #metrotextuals
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    Image of o-line o-line
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    Maybe they all really enjoy the British band The xx.

    Or, maybe xx is text for fistbumps. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Scout Scout
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    I have a feeling that all (most) posts here in this thread will look as though Hortense had a field day with "disemvowling" #metrotextuals
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    Image of hydrogen_jukebox hydrogen_jukebox
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    I still type texts in full sentences, with correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. I did even when I had a phone without a qwerty keyboard. Yes, it takes me forever sometimes, but no one ever texts back, "LOL wut??!? xx0o"

    Or whatever the kids say these days. #metrotextuals
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    Image of soykatrina soykatrina
    11/03/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: Me too. The only time I have ever used "text speak" in a text message is when making fun of it. Also, I hate when people respond with LOL. I find it to be disingenuous. I prefer a nice hahahahah response. Of course the amount of ha's corresponds with the level of hilarity. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Elaken Elaken
    11/03/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: Right there with you. With my new phone it is literally three times as more difficult to text properly and I still do it. Heck, even looking at my drunken texts they are 100 percent correct. Well, as correct as my spotty knowledge of punctuation can make them. #metrotextuals
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    11/03/09

    @hydrogen_jukebox: I thought I was the only one to do this. I feel kind of silly typing everything out and putting in punctuation, but it's like I'm compelled to. #metrotextuals
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    Image of hydrogen_jukebox hydrogen_jukebox
    11/03/09

    @soykatrina: I do exactly this! I never, ever use LOL. Though I have been known to say "brb" in real life - but I'm only being facetious. #metrotextuals
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    Image of AthertonMerriweather AthertonMerriweather
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    I hate texting. I used to hate talking on the phone, but now I hate them both. I may have to revert to carrier pigeon. #metrotextuals
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    11/03/09

    @AthertonMerriweather: Smoke signals are always an alternative. #metrotextuals
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    Image of sweet_communist sweet_communist
    11/03/09

    @token_illiterate_commenter: I prefer semaphore. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Newsgirl Newsgirl
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    lol wtf. idk. wut about oo? hugz r nice 2! #metrotextuals
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    Image of fictitious fictitious
    11/03/09

    In reply to "Metrotextuality" Even More Absurd Than "Sexting"
    this is a very, very British thing to do, for men and women. I have questioned my friends to no end to figure out "x" sign-off etiquette. It no longer means actual kisses but instead stands for friendship-- though a few of my manly man friends say they wouldn't be caught dead sending it to other manly men. #metrotextuals
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    11/03/09

    @ficticious: I've noticed this with the Brits. It's not a youth thing, either. My boss gets emails from British men and women in their 40s and 50s that are signed with x's. It's usually with an initial, like "Jx." #metrotextuals
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