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13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Health care options fo... · 5 replies · +11 points

The company I work for does something like that. I get annual checks of BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, and the presence of nicotine. Each healthy result reduces my health insurance premium by a certain amount for the next year. It does add to my motivation to exercise and watch what I eat.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Romney\'s wife says wo... · 1 reply · +9 points

The headline "Romney's wife says woman being eyed for VP candidate" seems a little misleading.

Here's the context from abcnews.com:
"We've been looking at that," Ann Romney replied, when asked if her husband should pick a female as his No. 2. "I'd love that option as well. So, you know, there's a lot of people that Mitt is considering right now."

So it was a reporter's idea, and not ruling it out made headlines.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - What was with the spoo... · 0 replies · +11 points

"if you think this is just a conspiracy you are wrong,"
Wait -- so you're saying it's not a conspiracy? Or are you saying it's not just a conspiracy?

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Ballmer, Gates show su... · 0 replies · -3 points

No, I'm ignoring the thumbs as you suggested. I'm just looking at the content of the posts.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Ballmer, Gates show su... · 2 replies · -3 points

Okay, let's use a different metric, then. Looking through these 106 posts, I only see 16 that unambiguously oppose gay marriage. I didn't count the ones clearly in favor, but I'd estimate the number to be at least 50. So it's hard for me to see Yupitsme as simply following popular opinion. Unless maybe you're defining popular at the national level, by looking at how many states have legalized gay marriage so far?

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Ballmer, Gates show su... · 4 replies · -1 points

Isn't a lemming a metaphor for someone who follows whatever opinion happens to be popular? Because if that's the case I really don't think Yupitsme qualifies as even a pretend lemming. Check out the TU vs. TD scores on these comments. Even Sparky2112, seven posts below us, who supports gay marriage, is getting negged just for questioning whether the story is significant.

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Ballmer, Gates show su... · 0 replies · -5 points

Thanks for the laugh, Sunny!

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Guys who like My Littl... · 0 replies · +1 points

Googling "brony" gives you 12,800,000 hits, most of which have to do with male fans of My Little Pony. Most bronies wlil insist that they're serious about MLP, but there's a definite campy aspect to this fad. It started on 4chan in late 2010 and spread from there.

Here's Stephen Colbert regretting that in some earlier shows he had said "I'd like to give a shout-out to all my bronies." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvVlZe3hDS4

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Orbitz toying with sho... · 0 replies · +2 points

Maybe, but they'll also suggest the most formal restaurants for you (Tux required).

13 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - P-word? OK. The V-word... · 2 replies · +3 points

Obviously you never saw The Wall. :)

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