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In reply to the discussion: Some of you have been on this site for over a decade. [View all]ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)416. Agreed!
Depending upon the time of day, active posters, and interpersonal problems, the jury system is a mixed bag. It wasn't really broken, so I'm not sure why we fixed it.
Hope you have a great weekend, Puglover!
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SAME HERE! My favorite part was everyone live blogging FoxNews and Limbaugh reactions as the new day
Pretzel_Warrior
Mar 2014
#35
It's starting to come back to me now. I think I bashed my head in with a brick to forget it.
arcane1
Mar 2014
#52
Menstrual cycles out of whack, angry Star Visitors demanding refunds at the interstellar Duty-free
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2014
#70
"It doesn't really play, but it looks at you and then looks awy when you look at it."
Number23
Mar 2014
#29
Even on the Nth-reading, it's still the funniest goddamn thing ever. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2014
#317
When I was finally convinced it was real and not tinfoilhat crap, I notified every techie I knew...
Hekate
Mar 2014
#214
what has happened in four years is the reporting systems are more complicated
questionseverything
Mar 2014
#367
New Year's Eve 2008, Des Moines Register's final poll puts Obama solidly in the lead
BeyondGeography
Mar 2014
#12
NOW I know where that comes from-- omg-- I'm reading the link & laughing helplessly.
Hekate
Mar 2014
#222
I would actually say that cali covering the TPP is just as excellent as anything covered here.
NCTraveler
Mar 2014
#256
That was SO much fun! I really adored nothingshocksmeanymore and had forgotten
Rowdyboy
Mar 2014
#78
Many of my favorite DUers have been known to be a PITA but thats part of their "charm"
Rowdyboy
Mar 2014
#89
When it came out that Paddy was a disruptor (a fake person all together) it broke my
ScreamingMeemie
Mar 2014
#360
I felt like I knew the guy. His story was very believable and he wrote convincingly
Rowdyboy
Mar 2014
#361
yeah, it really did feel like the only corner in the country ehere people weren't mesmerized
fishwax
Mar 2014
#302
thats my analysis as well..although it was ok until the surge speech in fall 09
xiamiam
Mar 2014
#141
Finding DU: Exposing the Stolen Election, "9/11," Diebold Voting Machines & Bev Harris,
KoKo
Mar 2014
#255
My fave for LOL was the original "secret password" thread. OTT for sheer joy: Obama election night.
Hekate
Mar 2014
#47
Saracat's post on Skinner's "This is hard" (s.th. like that) thread in GLBT.
closeupready
Mar 2014
#51
I think that was mine too, although the situation that led to this was sad. n/t
Cleita
Mar 2014
#121
I use it as a term of utter disgust with whatever--I mean, hauling a sacred figure around like that?
Hekate
Mar 2014
#216
Me and Matcom handing out flyers in Boston about Bush and the war-drums bullshit, May 2002.
WilliamPitt
Mar 2014
#69
The "My Name Is..." thread that was started on Nov. 3, 2004. I wasn't a member then, but I think it
smokey nj
Mar 2014
#76
God bless Cindy Sheehan. I got to meet her when she & her family came to Arlington West...
Hekate
Mar 2014
#230
Roses for Helen,Will Pitt's posts during the Gore election and the growth of DU.
The Wielding Truth
Mar 2014
#99
I didn't understand why so many jurors had an "anything goes in Meta" attitude.
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Mar 2014
#294
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Mar 2014
#111
Howard Dean leading in the polls. Then the DLC and media sucked every bit of "hope" I had remaining
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Mar 2014
#116
So glad I'm alone in the house, except the dog wonders why I'm convulsing with laughter
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Mar 2014
#274
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Mar 2014
#135
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Mar 2014
#137
Best non sequitur ever: "Mainly because half the people I was with believed it...
scarletwoman
Mar 2014
#145
Green party/democratic party shit shortly (and not so shortly) after 2000 election.
enki23
Mar 2014
#163
Humor + creativity = Flashing wit --> has DU lost that somewhere in the shuffle?
Hekate
Mar 2014
#283
Definitely election night 2008 is my favorite DU moment. I've been here since March 2004.
livetohike
Mar 2014
#173
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TheMightyFavog
Mar 2014
#220
My first Moderating term. In hindsight, it was a lot more fun that I thought it was
ScreamingMeemie
Mar 2014
#182
Believe it. There was once a thread where unsolicited, out of nowhere someone gave instructions...
JVS
Mar 2014
#374
As far as favorite DU moment, a tie between Freepoween and Oscar the Mixed Animal.
Salviati
Mar 2014
#238
Yes. People have stopped writing to each other and started screaming at each other.
sibelian
Mar 2014
#275
God bless his soul -- he and Kephra are among the patron saints of DU, and deservedly so.
Hekate
Mar 2014
#306
2006 election (Dems took Congress and Rummy resigned); Obama's election 2008 and re-election 2012
LeftishBrit
Mar 2014
#289
I had a party that night and sang Happy Days Are Here Again with my poll-working friends
Hekate
Mar 2014
#305
I can't think of any one thing because, for me, there have been so many wonderful moments.
Solly Mack
Mar 2014
#297
1/20/06: Catwoman posted: In honor of DU's 5th Birthday: 7 DAYS UNDERGROUND
CottonBear
Mar 2014
#337
Boxer challenging the stolen election. And getting thousands of flowers.
Liberty Belle
Mar 2014
#352
There was a funny occasion when a software glitch caused a thread to apparently go back to 1969
LeftishBrit
Mar 2014
#364
Oh, man. SO many good times. Already mentioned below though, so I won't repeat. I will just
GreenPartyVoter
Mar 2014
#378
mainly because half the people I was with believed it until I explained the situation to them
MadrasT
Mar 2014
#389