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Thu Feb-02-06 07:08 PM
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Name the point when DU "jumped the shark" |
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I have been away awhile, came back, and don't recognize the place.
Has DU jumped the shark? Is it approaching the ramp?
Is it not even close to jumping the shark?
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:09 PM
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:10 PM
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2. A few weeks after the discussion board started. |
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:11 PM
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3. I have no idea what you're talking about, sorry. |
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I'm not familiar with that term "jump the shark".... :shrug:
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:16 PM
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4. It's the point where something gets as good as it ever will... |
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and from there starts a slow, inexorable slide. It's from the old Happy Days tv show, when there was an episode where Fonzie literally jumped a shark with skis behind a boat. The end for that great show was near. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:17 PM
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:19 PM
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8. Cool! I'd never heard that expression before. Thanks for the tip! |
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learn somethin' every day, huh? well, hopefully, anyway... :)
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:16 PM
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:20 PM
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10. Thks, the OP turned me on to that same link, too. I'd never heard of |
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it before. Guess I'm a lame-o... :eyes: Oh well.
Hi primate1! :hi:
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:23 PM
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11. Haha, you must live under a rock. |
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It's a pretty common expression, especially online.
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:28 PM
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15. heheh. but it's a cozy rock. :) |
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I just joined DU back in Sept. and I'd never posted on a message board before, so it's all new to me. I'd never even heard the term "snarky" before!!
but that moment the phrase "jumping the shark" refers to, on the Happy Days show, I definitely remember watchin...and thinking , "gawd, how low can this show get??"
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:26 PM
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13. I'd never heard of it either, jumped his/her bones yes but not |
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:29 PM
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16. Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the ONLY one. |
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:16 PM
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Nice seeing you around again. :hi:
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:19 PM
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:24 PM
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12. jump the shark? boehner the blunt? banzai the bishy? |
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Grate the cheese? No wait, cut the cheese. Tank the dog? Nah, we're all still crazy here, just a little more apprehensive.
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:27 PM
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14. Cindy, cindy and more cindy |
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will she, won't she, what would you do if, why, why not, I think, I think, I think, you are wrong I am right, she should, she shouldn't, it is, isn't is too. Seems like one of the normal flibberties after some politically important and emotional stuff.
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:32 PM
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17. nader on the top 10 conservatives list - but giving lieberman passes |
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whatever you think of ralph, he's hardly a rightwinger. however, if this standard is going to be used, why the hell hasn't holy joe ever made the list. because he has a 'd' beside his name? and how long did it take to put zell miller on there. he'd been leaning right for years, but it was glossed over til he endorsed bush
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:44 PM
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:09 PM
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22. The statement "Nader is hardly a rightwinger" is false. You jumped the |
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shark.
Nader is about as rightwing as you get. He is a fraud.
Anyone who states that "Bush is the same as Gore," is engaging in Republican propaganda since it seems to imply that Bush is an intelligent, thoughtful man with character and a deeply reflective nature. Only rightwingers inflate Bush.
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:47 PM
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19. About a brazillion times ago. |
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Thu Feb-02-06 07:57 PM
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20. The second Ted McGinley joined |
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once he joins a show, it is doomed (Happy Days, Welcome Back Kotter, Married With Children, etc.)
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:35 PM
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:03 PM
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21. When they let the good writers leave and refused to let them come back. |
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Edited on Thu Feb-02-06 08:04 PM by merh
Like any good television show, the writers are the heart and soul of DU.
We have let good writers leave and their mediocre replacements seem rather bitter that they can't match their talents.
Just my opinion, of course. :hi:
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:00 PM
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39. Ladyhawk trudges away sulking, kicks a rock that wasn't in the way... |
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:04 PM
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:hug:
I love your posts. :pals:
I do miss others who brought such life and love to the place. :-(
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:25 PM
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42. I was just being an attention-seeking jerk. :D |
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I like your posts, too. :D :hug:
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:36 PM
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If we all weren't attention seekers, we wouldn't post on a public message board. :hug:
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:12 PM
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41. I think it was a little before that time... |
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This place flipped when certain members were tombstoned - and then one was permitted to come back after a few weeks. Frankly, if you're going to have rules for people to follow, they need to be equally applied to ALL, with no special dispensation.
That, and the slowly creeping acceptance of profanity. (when I first came here, you couldn't say "Fuck" - at least not in a post title.)
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:37 PM
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24. I'd have to go with this |
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:38 PM
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:39 PM
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Will Pitt grandstanding?
That'll never happen.
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:58 PM
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Excuse my ignorance, but does Will no longer post here?
I thought he was a good writer. What happened?
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:59 PM
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It'll make sense. Sortof.
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:28 PM
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35. Wow, that's fucked up |
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Was it Free Republic, or some other fucked up site?
Rest in Peace, Andy.
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:16 PM
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33. Oh wow....I had no idea amazona had been banned.... |
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:21 PM
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I remember that name, hadn't noticed :hi:
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:51 AM
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53. That whole scene was fucked up |
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WAAAAAY too many people getting WAAAAAY too angry at other people with the best intentions.
Poor Andy. :(
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:49 PM
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27. Not the same since BIG left |
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But that's only IMHO:blush:
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Thu Feb-02-06 08:50 PM
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28. when people actually replied to my posts |
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for the first time in 4 years of posting.
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:34 PM
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36. I never threatened to kick your ass in FOUR YEARS? |
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:01 PM
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right after the 2004 elections.
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:03 PM
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32. We might have a winner... |
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but I need to read that Will Pitt post.
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Thu Feb-02-06 09:57 PM
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38. How about when I chimed in just about NOW. |
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OK, now it has jumped the shark, but only if you let it. IMHO (I learned that here) DU could only JTS (jump the shark) if everyone went their separate ways, foregone all the connections, and gave up--Not gonna happen. So before y'all call me a Pollyanna, just think about it.
And yes, I love what DU does!
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Thu Feb-02-06 10:54 PM
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Thu Feb-02-06 11:06 PM
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45. Alrighty then, Fonzeee. |
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So when do we have the pep rally to burn Skinner in effigy & then where is the sock hop w/the keg?
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Thu Feb-02-06 11:11 PM
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46. It hasn't jumped yet. |
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If you think is has, it's probably just unfamiliarity from your time away.
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:22 AM
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We may be in a "rebuilding, redefining" season now, ala the third years of Friends and ER, but we're not about to pull a shark-jump ala the eighth year of Friends, the sixth of ER or the ninth of The Simpsons. Not there yet. As long as Admin doesn't make any major changes, we could survive another twenty years, like Gunsmoke.
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Thu Feb-02-06 11:39 PM
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47. When Ted McGinley joined (as HEyHEY) |
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Fri Feb-03-06 12:48 AM
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48. A reply from a banned stalker: |
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picked up from the site where losers end up.
"Once they started banning the long term, donating Lounge Lizards.
One by one we started dropping off like flies.
Sadly, some of the worst toads are still there, in the Lounge.
Still there are some of the most beautiful butterflies there, who, as delicate as they may be to me, still live in the conservatory, and have never seen the flowers outside the greenhouse."
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:33 AM
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That is INSANE.
I had no idea banned crazies were THAT bad. Well, I mean, I did, but MAN. That's some heavy delusion, there.
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Fri Feb-03-06 12:51 AM
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49. When they added a robot to boost ratings. n/t |
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:45 AM
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52. When some forums became a liberal dick wagging contest. |
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Seriously, there are some discussion forums here that are filled with posts that do nothing but bait others so they can argue who the bigger liberal is.
I still love DU though, mostly for Latest Breaking News, the Lounge, and the smaller forums. Those sections have never jumped.
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Fri Feb-03-06 05:53 AM
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54. Huh. That's interesting. Maybe it's because I just haven't been |
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paying attention to that shit, but that is one trend on these boards I haven't actually seen at all. In fact...what?
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