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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
03/11/09

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Dr. A, a while back I was messing around on some 'questionable' websites. Now every time I download it burns a little? Did I unknowingly pick up an Surfing Transmitted Disease??
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Benny Goldman
03/11/09

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I wouldn't trust this guy to give me directions across the street.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@Benny Goldman: Yet you trust him with your beer. I find your lack of priorities disturbing.
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freelunch
03/11/09

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man... I wish my job allowed me to show up unshaven in a hoodie... wool slacks start to suck after a while.
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B1663R
03/11/09

@freelunch: you mean you don't? hell, i'm at work and wearing jeans, a hoodie and a baseball hat... unshaven and unshowered!! and i don't even work at home!!

hell, i just got out of two meetings, one with a new client for us and the other was a meeting with a bunch of regulars!

take a stand man!
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@B1663R: I work in a law office, so while I can't wear a hoodie and jeans, I can show up unshaven. 3 weeks going!
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

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It occurs to me that Gawker doesn't treat its employees very well. They apparently dump your week's earnings on the floor for you to collect, but require that you look ecstatic or they take it away.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
03/11/09

@Kaiser-Machead: Well, they dump Adam's money. Most other employees get 1 minute in the money box wearing only a bikini. They have to shove whatever they can into the suit, and they get to keep that. The rest? Well, Snowmodo is actually a cover story as Gawker hid a locked steel case at the top of the mountain, and using only gadgets and their wits, they must make their way to the summit in order to get paid. And the last one gets fired. I think the mountain idea came after passing out while watching "Cliffhanger" and the Simpsons one night after drinking a 12pack of that mana/life force juice reviewed earlier this year.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@I♥Hannah_GitEmSteveDave: You should've seen Goldman's pay. It's a small box with a time release trap door with an undetermined amount of time left, at which point, at the end of the cycle, will snap shut and is unable to be opened. If you hesitate to reach in and snatch the money, you risk losing your hand along with your pay.

Fuckin' Gawker. It's like working for Jigsaw.
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Brian Lam
03/11/09

@Kaiser-Machead: Oh its pretty good, actually! You just have to do your job really well.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@Brian Lam: I wish I could work for you guys. I'd get to wear actual people clothes, not office lapmonkey clothes.
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admoseremic
03/11/09

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Adam, I recently had a friend watch a video that included the editor from Engadget. Needless to say, he is a giant dork and looks the part. How do I convince her that Gizmodo is different?
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
03/11/09

@admoseremic:
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Brian Lam
03/11/09

@NoO&A_GitEmSteveDave: gagagagagahaga
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
03/11/09

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Here's a question. Adam, is that the same shirt Kent wore in Real Genius?
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
03/11/09

@NoO&A_GitEmSteveDave:

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sega8800
03/11/09

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that's all dollar bills, is it even 100 dollar?
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
03/11/09

@sega8800: I can spot a few 20's and at least one $5.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
03/11/09

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Was this image taken before you folded those dollar bills to insert into clothing, or was this after you made Mascari dance?
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Oden
03/11/09

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I love the "*Adam Frucci is not a certified expert." ;) Doesn't that just make you feel like you suck. I mean that makes it sound like you really can't do anything right and your parents hate you. ;)
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@Oden: Or basically offsets any responsibility on the part of Frooch & Co. if the advice borks your hard-earned gizmos.

*Certified commenter
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popularbelief
03/11/09

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i see a many one dollar bills. Going to a gentlemen's club are we?
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Gann
03/11/09

@popularbelief: Or coming from his night job maybe?
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discounteggroll
03/11/09

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can I have that empty nikon lens box? I collect them in hopes of looking like a pro
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

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No doubt someone out there will ask Adam:

-Are there any dildonic devices compatible with firewire?

-How do you hide the source of dirty pictures of yourself sent to the secretary?

-Can we cyber?

-A/S/L

-Can we talk? It's about that night in Vegas.

-Can we just be friends?

-What's Matt's number?

-Weren't you on Friends?

-How many Zunes can a Ballmer Chuck if a Ballmer could chuck Zunes?

-Is it wrong to call myself repeatedly while my cell phone is tucked in my underwear?

-Wanna watch?
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Xeno
03/11/09

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What is social technology?
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@Xeno: Facebook.
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Curves
03/11/09

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I am looking forward to reading the questions people send in. No matter what answer they get, the commenters will offer more/better/different advice. I expect I will be one of them.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@Curves: Well your eerily well-rounded sensibilities, while jarring, have yet to disappoint ;)
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Curves
03/11/09

@Kaiser-Machead: I used to write advice for a newsletter for a social group, until all the questions became sexual, and I got tired of explaining to wankers how to touch real women, which, of course, they were never going to do anyway, and I stopped it.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/11/09

@Curves: Ah. You'd think that these people can just troll the Barnes & Noble for guidebooks to gettin' it on and leave newsletter Q&A folk in peace.
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