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    This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
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    Image of yogibimbi yogibimbi
    11/10/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    @Rosa Golijan: Oh, woman, you are just so practical. I think a closet romantic like myself would cry too many tears over you...

    That said, I can use the tag #RosaRoxxxs, if only to kiss up to our beautiful Rose. Actually, when I looked up "kiss up to" in the Webster, just to be safe I wasn't saying anything remotely NSFW, I got presented with one of the nicest definitions I have found so far, after following sycophant: A "servile flatterer". Now, where is my therapist when I need her?
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Edited by yogibimbi at 11/10/09 4:23 AM yogibimbi was starred yogibimbi was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/10/09

    @yogibimbi: Kissing up really works better if you don't misspell my name while attempting to do so. ;) #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of yogibimbi yogibimbi
    11/10/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I misspelt? :-O

    mmm, do you take offense in me using the spelling of Rose there once? Well, if so, that was an obviously misunderstood stylistic means of likening you to a well-known flower of the family rosaceae. Please don't beat the messenger, especially if he brings flowers.

    I know, it's sometimes hard for modern women to take compliments, but as I said, I'm a closet romantic, so sometimes it's a bit like Tourette's: I'm making romantic remarks but, since nobody would expect them from me, they think it's more like a tic.

    But you just showed your thorns, so I guess I can't be that far off the mark:-D #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/10/09

    @yogibimbi: Just for the final pun: i forgive you. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    11/10/09

    @Rosa Golijan: it's hard to read between the lines in one-liners #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/09/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    No thanks. I'd rather hump. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of JacquesAss JacquesAss
    11/09/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    Wow. Not a single comment about the incredibly...nubile young lady in the lead photo.

    Are you guys actually discussing the "gadget"???
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    The Lab promoted this comment Edited by JacquesAss at 11/09/09 8:41 PM JacquesAss was starred JacquesAss was unstarred
    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/09/09

    @JacquesAss: If you are looking for the lecherous comments, try two posts down about Aimee Mullins. Also, while the internet isn't known for tact, there seems so be a modicum more in the comment section of a female-posted post.

    In other news, no girl I know would be into this. It also looks expensive. And unfashionable. I mean, it is a USB drive on a lanyard! That's on a par with Bluetooth headset. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of GeekyWarrior GeekyWarrior
    11/10/09

    @The Lab: I wear mine on a lanyard all the time, though I think I prove your point. I stopped caring about fashion when I donned my pocket protector in high school... in 2006 . #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    The Lab promoted this comment GeekyWarrior was starred GeekyWarrior was unstarred
    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/10/09

    @GeekyWarrior: You exhibit self-awareness and that's really important. The worst fashion offenders are the ones that think they look good when they look bad. Those that just give up trying hard have a pleasant insouciance. Look it up.

    #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/09/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    Avoid relationships based on woodcarving, or you may end up like this... #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of :negated: :negated:
    11/09/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    Wow... this has to be the most brilliant concept ever since there's currently no way to talk to your significant other over long distances about what you've been up to, no electronic mail services to send them pictures, music, and videos, and certainly no way of uploading all this media to some kind of interconnected communications network accessible by nearly anyone just about anywhere.

    This seems about as useful as a condom doused in Novocaine. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    BergenCountyJC promoted this comment :negated: was starred :negated: was unstarred
    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/09/09

    @negated: That analogy was priceless #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/09/09

    @negated: I had to look up what Novocaine was. Then I laughed :D #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Moonshadow101 Moonshadow101
    11/09/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    If only there were an easier way of sharing pictures and such with loved ones than waiting until you next meet with them! Damnit!

    Oh, wait, there's the god-damned internet. It's not like you won't have to use a computer to view the pictures on the thing anyway, you might as well send the damn files and save everyone the bullshit. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Hobolicious promoted this comment Moonshadow101 was starred Moonshadow101 was unstarred
    Image of Hobolicious Hobolicious
    11/09/09

    @Moonshadow101: But...isn't whittling together a time-honored way of courting?

    No? *shakes fist at Grandpa* #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Th12eat Th12eat
    11/09/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    "When you get your Presence in Abstinence kit, the two pendants are actually one single birch wood-encased gadget"

    /fixed

    An article about not swapping bodily fluid? by Rosa? O.o #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Th12eat was starred Th12eat was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/09/09

    @Th12eat: Hey now, even I need a break from all that...uh...writing. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/09/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I'll say. A guy gets tired after a while ya know. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Scratic Scratic
    11/09/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    @Rosa Golijan I think there's a typo in your article. It should say "along with" where it says "instead of." Also, it'll be interesting to watch the comment-count on this one. There's no mention of rabbit penises or nearly naked guest editors. (There's still time to edit though.) #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/09/09

    @Scratic: Damn. I wish I'd seen this comment sooner. I'd have added some NSFW pictures or something at least. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Hobolicious Hobolicious
    11/09/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    This sorta seems to be a sneaky way to get your significant other to stalk themselves so you don't have to. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of EpiphyteCorp. EpiphyteCorp.
    11/09/09

    @Hobolicious: sadly very true! #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Hobolicious promoted this comment EpiphyteCorp. was starred EpiphyteCorp. was unstarred
    Image of Hobolicious Hobolicious
    11/09/09

    @EpiphyteCorp.: I dunno...it seems like it could be a real time saver! #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of red_alert360 red_alert360
    11/09/09

    In reply to This Clothespin-Looking USB Pendant Will Save Your Long-Distance Relationship
    Eh. The photo gallery is messed up. Anyways, when I saw the post, it looked like a flute or something. Uhh..really? Sounds like a woodshop love affair in the works.... #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment red_alert360 was starred red_alert360 was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/09/09

    @red_alert360: What seems wrong with the gallery? Looks fine on my end. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of charmander charmander
    11/09/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I'm only seeing 3 pictures...the other 3 being tantalizingly hidden behind some small blue squares and question marks. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment charmander was starred charmander was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/09/09

    @charmander: Mind shooting me a screenshot to rgolijan at gizmodo dot com? #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of charmander charmander
    11/09/09

    @Rosa Golijan: You've got mail. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of red_alert360 red_alert360
    11/09/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I think there's supposed to be 5 pics, right? Well I only see 3, the other two's frames are still there but alas, no pics. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/09/09

    @red_alert360: Yeah, there are supposed to be five images. I had two people send me screenshots, each seeing different pictures. Oy.

    Give it a few minutes, if things are still funky then I'll poke our bug-fixers. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of red_alert360 red_alert360
    11/09/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Works! Thanks for the interesting article nonetheless... #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/09/09

    @red_alert360: Good to hear. #presenceinabsencebycolmkeller
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