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Initech

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10. Especially on things that we already knew.

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 22, 2022, 04:47 PM

Nov 2022

No, Kanye running for president or Elon reinstating Trump's Twitter account do not deserve "breaking" status. We already knew these things were going to happen, because these people are insane and completely predictable.

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Can we please stop using the word "breaking" for every minute piece of news that comes out? [View all] Initech Nov 2022 OP

And LBN Forum? William769 Nov 2022 #1

I just checked, and threads in LBN don't have the word Croney Nov 2022 #3

A joke anyone? William769 Nov 2022 #4

Sorry, I got the joke but responded poorly. LOL Croney Nov 2022 #5

I'll take that! William769 Nov 2022 #9

No way! FoxNewsSucks Nov 2022 #2

To hear about the crushing, humiliation, destroying that it never is? LakeArenal Nov 2022 #7

Initech post OBLITERATES people who post in the video forum Effete Snob Nov 2022 #6

Especially on things that we already knew. Initech Nov 2022 #10

Click bait. LakeArenal Nov 2022 #8

Sensationalism liberal N proud Nov 2022 #11

Watch inthewind21 Nov 2022 #12

I blame the Krassenstein brothers. sarcasmo Nov 2022 #13

Well, I agree, but it's a syndrome on any busy, somehow competitive forum with long-term users. Emrys Nov 2022 #14

BREAKING: TFG Humiliated-- Sources say... Magoo48 Nov 2022 #15

I use "Breaking News" when I post about my lunch on Twitter Oneironaut Nov 2022 #16

Maybe they're mirroring MSNBC. TwilightZone Nov 2022 #17