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MrSaigon wrote:Last week we went to watch an awesome fireworks show from a new transit line bridge downtown. 4/10 people were watching on their phone screens while recording.

1. When are you ever going to watch that?
2. Are fireworks a thing worth not filtering through a 3.5" screen?
3. Is that guy in your sophomore Home Economics class looking at Facebook and saying 'Hey that guy from my sophomore Home Economics course saw fireworks' worth cutting something's impressiveness from thousands of feet to 3.5 inches?

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When I was in San Diego a few weeks ago, at the zoo there was a guy walking through the place with a selfie stick recording video of himself. So he will be left with a lengthy video not of the amazing animals of the zoo, but of himself walking through the zoo.

Yep. This is our world.

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The problem with the internet and social media especially is that it gives an outlet to very stupid people who are also wanna-be iconoclasts.

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ESPN's frontpage scoreboard is really dumb these days. The top events listed on the front page of the site right now are the little league world series, a couple premiere league soccer games, a couple MLS soccer games and some preseason NFL games.

Which means I have to go click on MLB and scoreboard to go see MLB scores. Who the hell cares about that other crap?

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JL21 wrote:The problem with the internet and social media especially is that it gives an outlet to very stupid people who are also wanna-be iconoclasts.
It's the technological equivalent of the many, many people in cubicle farms who have some item that says "You Are Unique!"

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But I'm the world's best father! The mug on my desk says so!

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i took the day off 'cause its my birthday. i went to the nearby park to get a few laps in and i noticed the most perfect coiled piece of dog crap i think i've ever seen in the wild. i immediately went into Goldblum mode and said "that is one big pile of [expletive]"

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Jocephus wrote:i took the day off 'cause its my birthday. i went to the nearby park to get a few laps in and i noticed the most perfect coiled piece of dog crap i think i've ever seen in the wild. i immediately went into Goldblum mode and said "that is one big pile of [expletive]"
You should have taken a selfie with it. A birthday to remember.

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Radbird wrote:
Jocephus wrote:i took the day off 'cause its my birthday. i went to the nearby park to get a few laps in and i noticed the most perfect coiled piece of dog crap i think i've ever seen in the wild. i immediately went into Goldblum mode and said "that is one big pile of [expletive]"
You should have taken a selfie with it. A birthday to remember.
that'd be hilarious

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A nearby dentist office just sent our newsroom a cookie cake...

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I saw "Aaron Miles" was the #1 trending topic on Twitter in the KC area. Was afraid for a second to find out why.

Huge sigh of relief when I saw they were referring to the former kU basketball player joining the jayhawk coaching staff.

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