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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 09:54 PM
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If someone tries to tell you some bullshit, and you say 'that's bullshit,' are you being intolerant?
Or are you just calling bullshit bullshit?

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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 09:55 PM
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1. hmmm
:popcorn:

(for the mean ol' skeptic...;) )
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:27 PM
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11. I am apparently become death, destroyer of worlds
Edited on Sat Feb-21-09 10:27 PM by Orrex
Or else I am brother to dragons and a companion to owls
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.


Or something like that. I should pick up another pamphlet.
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IGotAName Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 09:56 PM
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2. What kind of bullshit thread is this?
;)
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:02 PM
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3. If this is what I think it is...
Edited on Sat Feb-21-09 10:04 PM by Pierre.Suave
:popcorn:

and

IBTL

I would say no.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:03 PM
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4. I'm, uh, referring to something that happened in the grocery store this afternoon
Diet soda sample my ass!
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:04 PM
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5. ROFL
make them PROVE it damnit!

:mad:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:04 PM
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6. no, you're being truthful
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:06 PM
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8. Bullshit!
Wait a minute--I agree with you!
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 11:04 PM
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17. you want I should kick your indecisive ass, Orrex?
:7
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 11:18 PM
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18. As a matter of fact, I do. No--I mean I don't!
Doh!
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:05 PM
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7. Not intolerant at all - just racist and hateful
:P
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:08 PM
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9. Does it matter? Like jobs and workers, opinions are a dime per dozen. Do not expect quality.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:10 PM
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10. Au contraire. My opinion is worth at least a nickel, even in today's economy
That'll be five cents, please.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:31 PM
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12. You can probably guess where I come down on this one.
:evilgrin:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:33 PM
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13. Is being intolerant of nonsense a problem now?
I don't think it's a problem to say that some ideas are simply too stupid to be tolerated.
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:33 PM
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14. well why do you have to ask?
just call it like you see it.
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:35 PM
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15. I find it more gratifying to baffle bullshitters with more bullshit.
Returning the favor, as it were. I'm a giver.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 11:01 PM
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16. No. Tolerance does not mean "unconditional agreement."
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