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Borogravia

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    Comment #14612554

    "Come back, dear leader!"

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    Comment #12114948

    At first I was all "tee hee, Japanese commercials are so goofy" and then Tommy Lee Jones showed up. What.

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    Comment #11496126

    Oh, we're still paying attention to Sean Parker?

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    Comment #11438593

    Oh, look - it's the "help twitchy white people feel safe" app. Illustrative that we're making this kind of thing, rather than anything that might actually help make neighborhoods s…

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    Comment #11438574

    Imagine my surprise to learn that this utopia of privatization literally dumps shit on the poor people who live there.

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    Comment #10857843

    People have been doing "google bombs" like this for about a decade, haven't they?

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    Comment #10651138

    Beyond parody.

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    Comment #10581097

    >That one is on Obama Well, no. Bush had a glorious, golden opportunity in the wake of 9/11 to turn this huge wave of international goodwill into something that could have actually…

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    Comment #10271411

    It's going to be funny as hell when the Chinese version dramatically outperforms the great-at-nothing boondoggle we've talked ourselves into buying.

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    Comment #10227445

    Hi generic_user - It looks like you're trying to make a "LALALA IT'S NOT RACISM UNLESS SOMEONE'S ACTUALLY WEARING A KLAN HOOD" argument. Do you want some help with that?

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    Comment #10227409

    Of course America isn't the worst case - but the point is kind of at the heart of the matter, and minimizing the issue just because the issue is even worse elsewhere is nonsensical…

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    Comment #9896734

    You're not kidding - calling le Carre a "pop novelist" to begin with, let alone lumping him in with a hack like Tom Clancy, is selling him desperately short.

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    Comment #9659957

    Uber are a bunch of assholes, but I don't think anybody's arguing that established taxi monopolies aren't also a bunch of assholes.

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    Comment #9331544

    If you genuinely believe that, you are among the most stupid, callous people on the Internet, which is saying something.

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    Comment #9269433

    Google PR are such a bunch of fucking clowns.

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    Comment #9144776

    Because nobody else in politics ever did this.

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    Comment #9044923

    Strongly disagree. Inelegant, but effective.

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    Comment #8876370

    Something something tech bubble, something something are you kidding me...

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    Comment #8856697

    Fascinating.

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    Comment #8844839

    Great piece.

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    Comment #8717135

    Actually, Uber already did exactly what the article was talking about, to a Buzzfeed reporter. You should probably read more carefully.

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    Comment #8717090

    Depending on the country you live in and what your race/religion/sexual orientation is, a company selling your information to somebody else could also get you killed.

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    Comment #8424177

    Like CocaKoala, I have no idea what Gaming on Linux is, and the article wasn't at all helpful in explaining it. It must have been those "high editorial standards" getting in the wa…

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    Comment #8362785

    Nobody ever explains why people comment before reading articles, yet here we are.