Comments on: Should I cancel my subscription? http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911 A Daily Digest of Twin Cities News, Arts and Culture Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:32:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: josie http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145508 josie Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:06:02 +0000 #comment-145508 <em>Talk about "can't win for losing."</em><br /> <br /> MnSpeak'a got the grumples! Talk about “can’t win for losing.”

MnSpeak’a got the grumples!

]]> By: mazasapa http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145474 mazasapa Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:17:55 +0000 #comment-145474 Yeah, I assumed she was being eye-rolling sarcastic about the "environmental costs of printing the strib" because as we all know, no trees die to make paper ... trees die to make lumber and pulp for paper is made from the scraps of that endeavor. The problem is, we don't really know anymore if the author of that piece was writing tongue-in-cheek or if he was actually ignorant of the process, such is the state of today's journalism. :-) Yeah, I assumed she was being eye-rolling sarcastic about the “environmental costs of printing the strib” because as we all know, no trees die to make paper … trees die to make lumber and pulp for paper is made from the scraps of that endeavor. The problem is, we don’t really know anymore if the author of that piece was writing tongue-in-cheek or if he was actually ignorant of the process, such is the state of today’s journalism. :-)

]]> By: jderusha http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145470 jderusha Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:08:40 +0000 #comment-145470 I think people should give Cristina a break. Maybe because she hasn't commented a lot in recent months, people aren't familiar with her sense of humor. But it would be nice if people didn't immediately assume the worst.<br /> <br /> FWIW: She's funny, sarcastic, smart, and trying to provoke thought. Which is better than most of the provoking that goes on around here.<br /> <br /> This is not a newspaper. People have different voices and different approaches. Try to roll with it. I think people should give Cristina a break. Maybe because she hasn’t commented a lot in recent months, people aren’t familiar with her sense of humor. But it would be nice if people didn’t immediately assume the worst.

FWIW: She’s funny, sarcastic, smart, and trying to provoke thought. Which is better than most of the provoking that goes on around here.

This is not a newspaper. People have different voices and different approaches. Try to roll with it.

]]> By: aliecat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145469 aliecat Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:07:48 +0000 #comment-145469 God, people, get a life. People screeched about the first post and now they're screeching about the revised one. Talk about "can't win for losing." God, people, get a life. People screeched about the first post and now they’re screeching about the revised one. Talk about “can’t win for losing.”

]]> By: mazasapa http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145467 mazasapa Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:54:36 +0000 #comment-145467 Vlad - ask your dad about government censorship. He probably can tell you alot about it. Vlad – ask your dad about government censorship. He probably can tell you alot about it.

]]> By: The Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145465 The Rat Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:32:01 +0000 #comment-145465 Vlado:<br /> <br /> Censorship is when government thugs break into you offices, smash your presses, beat you up and throw you in jail. <br /> <br /> Then you know you've been censored.<br /> <br /> <br /> Vlado:

Censorship is when government thugs break into you offices, smash your presses, beat you up and throw you in jail.

Then you know you’ve been censored.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145458 msparber Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:25 +0000 #comment-145458 I don't have that kind of time to spend deleting things. I don’t have that kind of time to spend deleting things.

]]> By: cato http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145456 cato Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:58:17 +0000 #comment-145456 Yeah, what's next? Are we going to start deleting things here because they're stupid or untrue? Yeah, what’s next? Are we going to start deleting things here because they’re stupid or untrue?

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145455 msparber Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:56:53 +0000 #comment-145455 <a href="http://www.mnspeak.com/mnspeak/archive/post-4880.cfm" target="_blank">Here are the previous comments</a>. My only point in revising this thread was to make the post more clearly reflect the story it linked to. Here are the previous comments. My only point in revising this thread was to make the post more clearly reflect the story it linked to.

]]> By: vlado4 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11911#comment-145454 vlado4 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:35:46 +0000 #comment-145454 Re: Yoshi<br /> <br /> Do elaborate, I am interested in refining my definition. Re: Yoshi

Do elaborate, I am interested in refining my definition.

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