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    Image of moozicmon moozicmon
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    whoever let them make this video should be bitchslapped, good gawd #heliumballoon
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    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment moozicmon was starred moozicmon was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/15/09

    @moozicmon: It all comes back to the parents... #heliumballoon
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    Image of MrHaroHaro MrHaroHaro
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    Isn't it rather ironic that if the kid(s) don't get bitchslapped, it would be a form of pussification? #heliumballoon
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    psychonaut2021:Jesus is THE man! promoted this comment MrHaroHaro was starred MrHaroHaro was unstarred
    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/15/09

    @MrHaroHaro: Welcome to Babylon. #heliumballoon
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    Image of Jarrett M. Gosch Jarrett M. Gosch
    10/15/09

    In reply to Boy Flies Away Uncontrollably in Homemade Flying Saucer
    Hey not to be a conspiracy theorist, but at 00:04 before the vid ends you can clearly see a string tied to it on the left-hand side. #balloon
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    badhatharry promoted this comment Jarrett M. Gosch was starred Jarrett M. Gosch was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    @Jarrett M. Gosch: That's how it was moored. The kids untied the string (rope, actually), and it blew off. #balloon
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    Image of Jarrett M. Gosch Jarrett M. Gosch
    10/16/09

    @badhatharry: okay that makes more sense than my crazy theory that the media was just having a slow day. #heliumballoon
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/16/09

    @Jarrett M. Gosch: Well, they did air an empty balloon floating over a field for over two hours. #heliumballoon
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    Image of snakepliskin snakepliskin
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    As someone who graduated with a degree in psychology its very apparent to me that the correct form of punishment would be to bitchslap the entire family. Who lets kids play on the roof unnattended?

    I mean from watching the news the dad is not all there. Driving your kids towards a tornado? Trying to prove pyramids on mars? #heliumballoon
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    ripfire promoted this comment snakepliskin was starred snakepliskin was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    @snakepliskin: Agreed. Have you seen them on Wife Swap? They're... not that great. #heliumballoon
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    Image of snakepliskin snakepliskin
    10/15/09

    @ripfire: Yeah someone posted it when i was watching live. Theyre pretty brilliant, apparently they were ridiculous enough to be on the show twice. #heliumballoon
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    Image of EpiphyteCorp. EpiphyteCorp.
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    Did anyone really believe that a kid could float away in a helium balloon? Really?!?!?! It would take a shit ton of Helium to lift a 6 year-old only a foot off the ground. Bottom line is that he did what any little boy would do who had just sent his dad's plane flying away.... he hid. He's a child who knows he has a bare bottom swat coming to him. #heliumballoon
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis promoted this comment EpiphyteCorp. was starred EpiphyteCorp. was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    I guess he is, shall we say, grounded? #heliumballoon
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    10/15/09

    @nutbastard: As it turns out, the only people not grounded are his family. #heliumballoon
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    I heard it was the brother who said that he went inside the balloon in the first place. #heliumballoon
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    I have to say, I honestly expected to hear in a few hours that he wasn't actually in the balloon, and was instead camped out in the attic hiding or something.

    Looks like I was right. #heliumballoon
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    10/15/09

    @Lite hates Illinois Nazis: No kidding. Whether people were filming it or not, I'm sure a kid falling out of the damn thing would've been noticed by someone, somewhere. Even in the sticks. #heliumballoon
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis promoted this comment Fractal the Meek was starred Fractal the Meek was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    With a name like Falcon Heene I'd say that's punishment enough... #heliumballoon
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    Image of Denver_80203 Denver_80203
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    OK. Unrelated by why the f*ck do I have to click show hidden comments everytime now? I'm interested in far more than the stars damnit. And I could click Share over and over.

    Sorry. #heliumballoon
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    Image of jkrell jkrell
    10/15/09

    @Denver_80203: Agreed on all counts. Don't like the new system. #heliumballoon
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis promoted this comment jkrell was starred jkrell was unstarred
    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    10/15/09

    @Denver_80203: you need to set it in your profile with the 'Settings' option #heliumballoon
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis promoted this comment deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    10/15/09

    @Denver_80203: In your profile page, go to settings. It let's you choose the option to see all threads by default. Takes effect fastest when you make a change to the settings, and then put them the way you prefer. You can also choose how to see comments, oldest/newest first.

    #commentinginfo
    #changeisscary
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    Edited by Ruthless, If you let me at 10/15/09 6:36 PM Ruthless, If you let me was starred Ruthless, If you let me was unstarred
    Image of Denver_80203 Denver_80203
    10/15/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: Thanks everyone and pardon the attitude. As a sysadmin I know new things are hard for both sides to adjust to #heliumballoon
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    ripfire promoted this comment Denver_80203 was starred Denver_80203 was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    @Denver_80203: No, you have the right to vent. It's a bug. Even if you have the settings set to show comments, it's still hiding comments. But if you refresh, it will show comments... then hide... then show...

    It's fucked up. #heliumballoon
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    Image of Denver_80203 Denver_80203
    10/15/09

    @ripfire: sorry I'm submitting a bug and need a screen shot.. ignore post
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    Edited by Denver_80203 at 10/15/09 6:56 PM Denver_80203 was starred Denver_80203 was unstarred
    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    10/15/09

    @Denver_80203: I’m having a few anger management issues as well over the new changes.
    Hang in there.
    One can only hope things will get better; they can’t get worse; can they? #heliumballoon
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    10/15/09

    @ripfire: Browser issue? Mine's well behaved in FireFox. Sure it'll work out soon enough anyhow. #heliumballoon
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    ripfire promoted this comment Fractal the Meek was starred Fractal the Meek was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    @Fractal the Meek: Nah. I'm using Firefox (3.5.3) and tried IE. Same results. My guess is that it's using the setting of the last person who posted. (maaaybee) #heliumballoon
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    Did you say... Spank him? #heliumballoon
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    10/15/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Fuck I loved 'The Pest'. #heliumballoon
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    Image of Miss_fortune Miss_fortune
    10/15/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis:
    good god that is a terrible cover of" I love rock and roll". #heliumballoon
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/15/09

    In reply to UFO Balloonbrat Falcon Heene Found Safe at Home—Please Someone Spank Him Hard
    Well, let's go easy on him. He had no way of knowing his brother told everyone he was in the balloon. He's just a kid and he was scared. #heliumballoon
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    Image of jkrell jkrell
    10/15/09

    @lostarchitect: Why was he hiding in a box, then? What did he have to be scared about if he didn't know people were looking for him.

    He and his big bro cooked this up as a joke. #heliumballoon
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment jkrell was starred jkrell was unstarred
    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/15/09

    @lostarchitect: I agree. A 6 year old kid has no sense of consequences. And I think suggesting to "bitchslap" a kid is pretty offensive. #heliumballoon
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    10/15/09

    @lostarchitect: Just one bitchslap? #heliumballoon
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/15/09

    @jkrell: Well, because he destroyed his dad's science project, for one. Maybe I'm wrong, but it doesn't sound like an intentional hoax to me. In any case, I'm just glad he's OK. #heliumballoon
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    10/15/09

    @weatherman: Okay Mr. Moral High-Ground, how do YOU punish bitches? #heliumballoon
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    Image of jkrell jkrell
    10/15/09

    @lostarchitect: I'm obviously glad the kid's OK too. We'll see. I'm guessing that big bro is the mastermind. #heliumballoon
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    @IN THE FACE!: You don't "punish". You "correct poor behavior". #heliumballoon
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    Image of boo_radley32 boo_radley32
    10/15/09

    @lostarchitect: Have you seen the way these kids are allowed to behave? The dad is a crackpot and they're allowed to do whatever they want. DCFS needs to gets involved in this ASAP. #heliumballoon
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    10/15/09

    @boo_radley32: I dunno, I think having a storm-chasing dad who helps me make rap videos would be pretty cool.

    I find that many of my friends who come from relaxed households are amongst the most creative and happy compared to my friends who came from "regular" households.

    DCFS has no place in telling him how to raise his kids as long as he isn't directly harming them. There is absolutely no way to know whether relaxed rules in a household has a harmful effect, and a lot of evidence would suggest quite the opposite. #heliumballoon
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    weatherman promoted this comment The5thElephant was starred The5thElephant was unstarred
    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    10/15/09

    @weatherman: Sir I hate to say it, but you're wrong. 6 yr. olds have a very keen sense of consequence hence the hiding. Children are the most manipulative beings on earth and they WILL lie to avoid consequences.

    And @ripfire... yes you normally have to correct and not punish, but as a father or 2... this warrants punishment and a hardy ass-whupping.
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    Edited by Cordfucious of Tech Clan at 10/15/09 6:57 PM Cordfucious of Tech Clan was starred Cordfucious of Tech Clan was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/15/09

    @Cordfucious of Tech Clan:

    seriously. sneaking cookies before dinner - that's a stern talking to.

    create a national news story involving your possible death? that's an ass whoopin. #heliumballoon
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    10/15/09

    @weatherman:

    i have very vivid memories from when i was 5 and younger. i had absolute comprehension of consequences.

    don't underestimate kids, they're sharper than most give them credit for. #heliumballoon
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/15/09

    @Cordfucious Jackson of KingPop Clan: hehe. Oh I know. I figured "Correcting behavior" is just the PC version of ass-woopin. #heliumballoon
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    10/19/09

    @ripfire: you are NO FUN what-so-ever. :P
    j/k #heliumballoon
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    Image of omarabuhashish omarabuhashish
    10/15/09

    In reply to Boy Flies Away Uncontrollably in Homemade Flying Saucer
    Update child safe at home and was hiding the the garage attic in a box.
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    badhatharry promoted this comment Edited by omarabuhashish at 10/15/09 6:12 PM omarabuhashish was starred omarabuhashish was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    @omarabuhashish: Aah. That's what you meant by basement attic. I didn't want to be a jackass and call you out on it. #balloon
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    Image of omarabuhashish omarabuhashish
    10/15/09

    @badhatharry: I know thats why I changed it right away. It's fine it was just a typing mistake I was thinking of a basement for some reason.
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    Edited by omarabuhashish at 10/15/09 7:35 PM omarabuhashish was starred omarabuhashish was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    @omarabuhashish: Yeah, I didn't want to be a typing nazi, but your original post made me chuckle at what I was guessing was english not being your first language.

    EDIT: And I made three typos in this post. There's some irony for ya.
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    Edited by badhatharry at 10/15/09 7:42 PM badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of omarabuhashish omarabuhashish
    10/15/09

    @badhatharry: Okkay I was born and raised in the US and no, English is my first language for your information. I just made a typo thats all. #balloon
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    @omarabuhashish: Relax. I'm not making fun of you. My first comment was meant more as a "Hey, remember when you called it a basement attic? That was funny." #balloon
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    Image of omarabuhashish omarabuhashish
    10/15/09

    @badhatharry: It's all good. #balloon
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    @omarabuhashish: cool. #balloon
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    badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    In reply to Boy Flies Away Uncontrollably in Homemade Flying Saucer
    The kid's been found. He's alive. #balloon
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    10/15/09

    In reply to Boy Flies Away Uncontrollably in Homemade Flying Saucer
    I love how Gizmodo knew who the family and child was before CNN did. #balloon
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