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Aug 19, 2008, 08:56 AM
 
I'll start:

MADD
Greenpeace
PETA
     
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Apple?
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Aug 19, 2008, 09:07 AM
 
The Bush Administration.

*edit* Oh, you said good organizations.
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Aug 19, 2008, 09:26 AM
 
The Mafia.

I use to see them all the time, now they're nowhere. What happened?
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Aug 19, 2008, 09:41 AM
 
Originally Posted by wallinbl View Post
MADD
Greenpeace
PETA
I never really considered the latter two organizations as good. Both have holier then though attitudes and try to dictate how I should live my life.
( Last edited by Maflynn; Aug 19, 2008 at 10:42 AM. )
     
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Aug 19, 2008, 09:49 AM
 
ISO (they've just ratified MS' `xml' format).
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Aug 19, 2008, 09:57 AM
 
Mtv
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Aug 19, 2008, 10:12 AM
 
RIAA?

(Wow that's strange.. the forum didn't let me write RIAA and insisted to replace it by Riaa, but now that I wrote a complaint below, it lets me use it all in caps...)
     
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Aug 19, 2008, 10:19 AM
 
Playboy.

Them there boobies used to be real. Real, I tell you!
And furry bits were still furry.
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Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
Playboy.
Luddite
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Originally Posted by FireWire View Post
RIAA?

(Wow that's strange.. the forum didn't let me write RIAA and insisted to replace it by Riaa, but now that I wrote a complaint below, it lets me use it all in caps...)
FYI
     
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Originally Posted by cjrivera View Post
Mtv
Are you referring to back when there were music videos on it? Yeah, I remember that.
     
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Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
Playboy.

Them there boobies used to be real. Real, I tell you!
And furry bits were still furry.
I just ran a quick domain name search for you, and it turns out [not a PG-13 site name -CW] is available! I think you should start a site...
( Last edited by Cold Warrior; Aug 19, 2008 at 05:51 PM. )
     
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That is one of the best posts I've seen on these forums in a while.
     
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I bet there're plenty of hirsute websites out there already. The world doesn't need another one.
     
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Aug 19, 2008, 03:00 PM
 
Every major movie studio in existence.
And their millions of lifeless sequels.
     
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Aug 19, 2008, 03:10 PM
 
Microsoft.

oh, wait. They were never good.
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ACLU
McDonald's (horrible service, slow lines)
     
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Wal✭Mart?
     
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Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton View Post
Wal✭Mart?
I prefer the cleaner, friendlier Target these days...

...but OHHHHH, wait...Target apparently only allows once return per year now for items such as clothing and bedding. Boooo!
     
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Aug 19, 2008, 08:00 PM
 
the national socialist party was a good enough organization to be voted to power.
     
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Aug 19, 2008, 08:27 PM
 
Originally Posted by Doofy View Post
Playboy.

Them there boobies used to be real. Real, I tell you!
And furry bits were still furry.
It's hard to tell if boobies are real anymore. If every female that someone says had been "augmented" really had been, then those booby docs would be a LOT richer than they are. From my unscientific and totally subjective study of this subject, I believe that we've been breeding for big boobies for the last hundred years or so, and when you add much better health and nutrition, that adds up to bigger boobs at younger ages. Of course this study should be followed up with a fully funded, truly scientific study that addresses both "realness" and genetics. I figure at least $3M to cover the initial set up and first several thousand subject interviews and exams... Of course, going hand in hand with this study is my long-planned "curtains and carpet" study.

Speaking of which, according to Playboy, it's not THEM that's asking for shaving. They say that this is the way the models show up. Not too pleased with this myself...

Originally Posted by zro View Post
I bet there're plenty of hirsute websites out there already. The world doesn't need another one.
"Hirsute" on such websites does not mean "only just trimmed." Not at all. It means "oh my! are you sure she's really human?" Trust me on this-as part of the background research for my second above-mentioned study, I did some checking...

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Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
I believe that we've been breeding for big boobies for the last hundred years or so,
You would think natural selection would have led to bigger breast (big breasted gals get the best guys?), but technology is changing that. Same way children who would not have survived childbirth 100 years ago are now surviving. My children would not have been born alive if not for cesarian section. Makes you wonder where we are headed.

I'm not sure I see the link between nutrition and bigger breast size.
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Aug 19, 2008, 10:12 PM
 
The New York Yankees

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Originally Posted by d4nth3m4n View Post
the national socialist party was a good enough organization to be voted to power.
?????????

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
     
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The NRA has gone from a gun rights group to a lobbying group for the firearms industry.
The era of anthropomorphizing hardware is over.
     
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And the distinction between the two would be?

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Aug 20, 2008, 10:10 AM
 
I suspected this thread was headed for the PL from the first post.
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Originally Posted by design219 View Post
I suspected this thread was headed for the PL from the first post.
Affirmative. I'm actually suprised neither of the two major American political parties have been named yet, though I'm beginning to suspect that's due to a refusal to admit either one was "good" in the first place.

Either way, see you on the other side.
     
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Aug 20, 2008, 10:50 AM
 
I'd rather discuss ghporter's theory than let this go to the PL.

Just sayin'.
     
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Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
Trust me on this-as part of the background research for my second above-mentioned study, I did some checking...
Excuse me, ma'am, I'm a scientist, and I'm going to need to see your beaver. I'm doing a study.
     
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Yeah! Remember the days when they used to actually show sports?
Actually, I don't get this one.
     
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
Yeah! Remember the days when they used to actually show sports?
Actually, I don't get this one.
Remember when the sportscasters had talent?
Remember when Stuart Scott wasnt on that often?
Remember when they used to give credit to the journalists who actually broke the story and not just set up a film crew on location and just repeat a story someone else wrote?
Remember when they didnt try to invent sporting events (X games)?
Remember when they didnt try to invent post season awards (ESPYs)?

That whole show about acompetition for an anchor job was just retarded.
     
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Originally Posted by TheWOAT View Post
Remember when the sportscasters had talent?
Ehhhh...they're not THAT bad (though I do miss some of the old guard).

Remember when Stuart Scott wasnt on that often?
Valid.

Remember when they used to give credit to the journalists who actually broke the story and not just set up a film crew on location and just repeat a story someone else wrote?
This is a rampant problem?

Remember when they didnt try to invent sporting events (X games)?
Maybe I'm just an imbecile, but I've always liked the X Games.

Remember when they didnt try to invent post season awards (ESPYs)?
I think the awards themselves are cheesy, but I do like the recap.

That whole show about acompetition for an anchor job was just retarded.
Definitely valid.

ESPN has always had its problems though. I don't think it's entirely "gone bad." I still think most of what they do is quality work.

Unless we want to get into a discussion on the travesty that is the broadcasting of WNBA basketball.
     
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Originally Posted by TheWOAT View Post
Remember when the sportscasters had talent?
Remember when Stuart Scott wasnt on that often?
Remember when they used to give credit to the journalists who actually broke the story and not just set up a film crew on location and just repeat a story someone else wrote?
Remember when they didnt try to invent sporting events (X games)?
Remember when they didnt try to invent post season awards (ESPYs)?

That whole show about acompetition for an anchor job was just retarded.
Don't forget Craig Killborn.
     
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Originally Posted by TheWOAT View Post
Remember when the sportscasters had talent?
Remember when Stuart Scott wasnt on that often?
Remember when they used to give credit to the journalists who actually broke the story and not just set up a film crew on location and just repeat a story someone else wrote?
Remember when they didnt try to invent sporting events (X games)?
Remember when they didnt try to invent post season awards (ESPYs)?

That whole show about acompetition for an anchor job was just retarded.
Pepridge Farms remembers. And Pepridge Farms isn't going to keep Pepridge Farms' mouth shut for nothing.
     
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
Maybe I'm just an imbecile, but I've always liked the X Games.
Same here.

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
I think the awards themselves are cheesy, but I do like the recap.
The ESPYs are worthless. I doubt the participants even care, and its not as if anyone can even remember who won one of them in the past.
     
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
Ehhhh...they're not THAT bad (though I do miss some of the old guard).



Valid.



This is a rampant problem?



Maybe I'm just an imbecile, but I've always liked the X Games.



I think the awards themselves are cheesy, but I do like the recap.



Definitely valid.

ESPN has always had its problems though. I don't think it's entirely "gone bad." I still think most of what they do is quality work.

Unless we want to get into a discussion on the travesty that is the broadcasting of WNBA basketball.
I find that Euro League BBall is just as bad to watch... but at least their arenas are filled.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth View Post
The ESPYs are worthless. I doubt the participants even care, and its not as if anyone can even remember who won one of them in the past.
I think it would be cool if they got rid of the Oscar-like ceremony and just had a massive, week-long special on all of the significant sports happenings of the year. Replays, interviews, analysis of where it would stand in sports history, etc.

The last thing anyone needs is another awards ceremony.
     
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Originally Posted by TheWOAT View Post
I find that Euro League BBall is just as bad to watch... but at least their arenas are filled.
It's like broadcasting Single-A baseball.
     
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Aug 20, 2008, 03:36 PM
 
Don't have much of a problem with Stuart Scott at all... then again, we share a hometown.

For the topic though, I'll say the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Nobody has mentioned any religious organizations yet.

That will be the end of this thread.
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The State of California.
     
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Originally Posted by design219 View Post
Nobody has mentioned any religious organizations yet.

That will be the end of this thread.
DNC

And the thread will be move to the POL Lounge in 3... 2...
     
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You know, I just don't think people have the spirit they used to. This place may be dead.
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