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    In-the-Closet Lesbian Sues Netflix for Releasing Her Movie Preferences

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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    12/25/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    Why does porn always get the cheese?
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    Image of Vascof Vascof
    12/25/09

    @Software_Goddess: same thing i was thinking....
    porn stories are funny, but they get old after a while cause its all the same thing.
    The battery one, that one was genious and original
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    Image of Duckspwn_Reborn Duckspwn_Reborn
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    The batteries story is just... cruel. It's the kind of story you laugh at a little bit when you first read it, then regret laughing because you realize how much that must have sucked for the kid.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Duckspwn_Reborn was starred Duckspwn_Reborn was unstarred
    Image of COCOViper COCOViper
    12/24/09

    @Duckspwn_Reborn:
    They could have been preemptive and bought their batteries on Dec 23rd from their Dad, and then marked them up further and sold them to their brothers and sisters that didn't have the same foresight.

    At least that's the great lesson in capitalism I see there...
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment COCOViper was starred COCOViper was unstarred
    Image of MacBandit MacBandit
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    I think winner is the definitely the dad that tried to assemble the trainset without the necessary skill set. Deliver the pizza to the grave site immediately.

    As for the nincompoop with frosty Nikon. That guy deserves a reward as well. NO TECHNOLOGY FOR YOU. Take it all away the guy is an idiot.
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    infmom promoted this comment MacBandit was starred MacBandit was unstarred
    Image of infmom infmom
    12/25/09

    @MacBandit: That works. Pizza was one of my dad's favorite treats. :)
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    "Son, You Can Play With Your Toys When I Sell You the Batteries" = not an original story (I think).

    "This year, he got a multi-instrument weather station that he knew his dad had been eying, and he took out all the instructions except the ones written in French." - I have heard this story before.

    When I find time I shall try to find evidence to prove this. Until then, assume that I am wrong.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    12/24/09

    @Scotland: [gizmodo.com]
    I apologize (with a z).
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    Image of Counterglow Counterglow
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    Marte and her brother had a wonderful father. Maybe he wasn't the handiest guy in the world, but he sure had a good heart.
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    infmom promoted this comment Counterglow was starred Counterglow was unstarred
    Image of infmom infmom
    12/25/09

    @Counterglow: We did indeed have a wonderful father. But that was the last time in his long life he ever tried to build something. :)
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    Image of Counterglow Counterglow
    09:06 AM

    @infmom: So he was smart, too. ;)
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    Image of MostlyHarmless MostlyHarmless
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    Personally I think the "You Can Play With Your Toys When I Sell You the Batteries" was the worst because thats totally a dbag move on the part of the dad.
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    Image of Zing Zing
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    I've got to give it to batteries, if only because I know that pain.. So many Christmases spent running through the house trying to find every battery from every remote and such to get my new Awesomemobile to work right, only to come up a couple short..
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment Zing was starred Zing was unstarred
    Image of Jeff Reyes Javier Jeff Reyes Javier
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    hey now... it may not be porn... but i still felt like the saddest kid on earth that Christmas lol.

    these other stories are entertaining as well. i voted for batteries
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment Jeff Reyes Javier was starred Jeff Reyes Javier was unstarred
    Image of kevinschram kevinschram
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    Hey, its letting me vote more than once.

    Time to stuff the ballot box for that charming floppy disk box story.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    Pr0n in the PS3 is going to win for sure.
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Bawb - The One, The Only, The Builder Bawb - The One, The Only, The Builder
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    I find great irony in the fact the "Porn in the PS3" currently has 69% of votes :)
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment Bawb - The One, The Only, The Builder was starred Bawb - The One, The Only, The Builder was unstarred
    Image of Michael Torres Michael Torres
    12/24/09

    In reply to Tales of Holiday Techno-Failure
    Honestly, is porn a big deal anymore? Like walk out big deal? My wife and I watch it together all the time, and think nothing ill. Are we the minority?
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    MostlyHarmless promoted this comment Michael Torres was starred Michael Torres was unstarred
    Image of MostlyHarmless MostlyHarmless
    12/24/09

    @Michael Torres: I think the walkout was because of the kids being there.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    12/18/09

    In reply to In-the-Closet Lesbian Sues Netflix for Releasing Her Movie Preferences
    This just in: Most men are closeted lesbians based on their netflix viewing preferences.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/18/09

    @philibuster: So true...........
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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    12/18/09

    In reply to In-the-Closet Lesbian Sues Netflix for Releasing Her Movie Preferences
    I don't know if Dan's reporting is precise, but he wrote, "...alleges that her identity could be divined...".

    That's could, as in, there is a potential.

    In other words, there has been no harm, no foul, and no grounds for a lawsuit.
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    Edited by Dacker at 12/18/09 11:26 AM Dacker was starred Dacker was unstarred
    Image of smartboydan is banned from Deadspin :( smartboydan is banned from Deadspin :(
    12/18/09

    In reply to In-the-Closet Lesbian Sues Netflix for Releasing Her Movie Preferences
    I'm pretty sure that I recall from a citizenship class that there is no ennumerated right to privacy.

    But it has been about 6 years since I took that class.
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    Image of johnwonderbread johnwonderbread
    12/18/09

    @smartboydan is banned from Deadspin :(: I don't know if you recall it from civics class (obviously because I wasn't in your civics class) but there is a notion of privacy by the 4th (and subsequent 14th) amendments that has come to evolve from legal rulings in this country. It doesn't have to be written in the constitution for it to be a law, actually... it doesn't have to even be mentioned in an amendment. The United States Air Force isn't in or anywhere near the constitution but it is still a military force that has certain powers during times of war that overrule our "civil liberties".

    That aside, if you study law there is a noticable relapse to pre-1950's interpretations (such as yours) that were around before the (liberal) Warren Court that lasted aprox. 1950-1967 (dates are a little fuzzy). That's when all of our landmark civil rights' cases were ruled on and ever since then they've been trying to balance it out again.

    The Bush Administration did a hell of a job in tipping the scale too might I add.
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    Image of DonLuc DonLuc
    12/18/09

    In reply to In-the-Closet Lesbian Sues Netflix for Releasing Her Movie Preferences
    This is why we can't have nice things, stupid lady.

    I'd say they did her a damn favor. She just went from boring housewife to lesbian porn watching MILF. Her stock has gone up and incredibly, she feels Netflix's stock should suffer.
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    Image of Gators15 Gators15
    12/18/09

    @DonLuc: Or maybe, just maybe she's in the military and it's not something she can openly talk about without losing her career. Maybe she shouldn't have entered the contest, but, if I was on Netflix, I wouldn't exactly expect it to be able to spit out my identity like that either.
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    Image of david.kintz david.kintz
    12/18/09

    @Gators15: They can't kick you out of the military for watching gay/lesiban film. The military uses the acronym SAM - Statements, Acts, and Marriages. Watching gay/lesiban movies is NOT considered either of those.
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    Image of Gators15 Gators15
    12/19/09

    @david.kintz: Right I know, however, if this Netflix thing is able to identify her like she claims, it can be something they could use against her. Like, I know for certain in the Air Force finding homosexuals is like a witch hunt and more women are discharged from the Air Force for homosexuality than any other branch.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/18/09

    In reply to In-the-Closet Lesbian Sues Netflix for Releasing Her Movie Preferences
    If she wins this will open the floodgates for lawsuits from single, childless men who watched the Hillary Duff movie.
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    Image of ploopsy ploopsy
    12/18/09

    In reply to In-the-Closet Lesbian Sues Netflix for Releasing Her Movie Preferences
    Now the whole world will know that she likes scissoring!
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    Curves promoted this comment ploopsy was starred ploopsy was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    12/18/09

    @ploopsy: Who says Giz isnt educational. I just learned something new. I just hope there isnt a test.
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    Image of ploopsy ploopsy
    12/20/09

    @Curves: Are you planning on putting your new knowledge to use?
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    ploopsy was starred ploopsy was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    12/20/09

    @ploopsy: No. That pic you posted has pretty much put me off ever giving it a try. You have scared me into remaining str8.
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    12/18/09

    In reply to In-the-Closet Lesbian Sues Netflix for Releasing Her Movie Preferences
    In suing Netflix, she's just drawing attention to herself, making it even more likely for people to figure out her identity.

    Besides, it's not like straight people don't watch movies with homosexual themes. Netflix on demand has some great documentaries covering GLBT issues. If anyone ever did figure out who she was... unlikely as that is, she could just claim she wanted a different perspective. Or she could just be honest with herself and her peers and come out.
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    Image of ShadRS ShadRS
    12/18/09

    @atrus123: You're right, straight people do occasionally watch movies with homosexual themes. However if you can divine which IMDB reviews are her's, you could perhaps use the comments she made and the IMDB movies she didn't review to draw conclusions. Though to be honest that sounds like an aweful lot of effort to find out some random chic is in the closet.
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    Image of johnwonderbread johnwonderbread
    12/18/09

    @atrus123: I'm no lawyer (yet)... but I'm pretty sure that's why she's doing it anonymously.
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    atrus123 promoted this comment johnwonderbread was starred johnwonderbread was unstarred
    Image of korybing korybing
    12/18/09

    @atrus123: That's what I was thinking. I'm very interested in sexuality and GLBT issues and Netflix has a lot of really great movies and documentaries on the subject, yet I don't identify as a homosexual.

    I guess I don't understand how someone could figure out her identity unless they really really really wanted to (which seems unlikely unless she's made a lot of internet enemies (which is very possible, I suppose) ), and bringing attention to herself through this lawsuit just makes me think that her identity will likely come out.

    The choice to be in the closet is a choice, and if she feels she has reasons to stay in the closet she has the right to do so, but to me, this seems counter-intuitive to keeping her privacy. How is she filing this lawsuit without her family finding out?
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    atrus123 promoted this comment korybing was starred korybing was unstarred
    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    12/18/09

    @johnwonderbread: My point was more that, now that she's bringing up the lawsuit, she's more likely to be exposed, whether she's bringing the suit anonymously or not. If news of this spreads too wide over the internet, I'm sure all the kids at 4chan will start their own investigation. Within a few weeks, her photo will become the latest meme.

    Well, maybe it won't go that far, but she is opening herself up to a lot of potential scrutiny, which is pretty much what she seems to be interested in avoiding. If this lawsuit never existed, she's still be a nobody from nowheresville. Now she's Miss Anonymous (for now) suing a massive corporation.
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    Image of Deckard Deckard
    12/18/09

    In reply to In-the-Closet Lesbian Sues Netflix for Releasing Her Movie Preferences
    My father in-law rented Brokeback Mountain, thinking it was about modern day cowboys. "They were hugging and wrestling, and then he spit in his hand...I didn't know what the hell was going on!"
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