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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/06/09

    In reply to Best Buy Testing New Section For Electric Scooters, Segways
    ...and changing their name to Best Buy N Large?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/06/09

    In reply to Best Buy Testing New Section For Electric Scooters, Segways
    Flexing your real muscles in a fitted suit is just tacky and stupid. As for eccentric billionaires and mall cops, you forgot their other role, one that has even less flair and a higher douche quotient, the hipster chariot. Saw a gaggle of these guys on Kenmare the other day, letting their limbs atrophy as they tapped on their iPhones. I swear I have diabetes now.
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    Image of infmom infmom
    01/22/09

    In reply to Wooden Vespa Is Dining Room Furniture You Can Die On
    Come ride on the back of my Vespa and we'll see who gets the wedgie. :)
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    Image of Curves Curves
    01/21/09

    In reply to Wooden Vespa Is Dining Room Furniture You Can Die On
    I am not really a Vespa person, but wow on that woodwork. Its amazing.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/29/08

    In reply to Dog-Powered Vehicles Force Man's Best Friend Into Manual Labor
    When you realize that some cultures actually eat bikes, it's not that cruel.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    12/29/08

    @frigg: they're actually very nutritious, you know. Among some asian cultures, the seatpost is prized as an aphrodisiac.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/29/08

    @m4ximusprim3: Absolutely. It's only because we grew up not eating bikes that the idea seems so unappealing. I also suppose it makes a difference if you're eating a bike that you've actually ridden, as compared to some generic bike made in a factory that you've only known as food.
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    Image of vqro vqro
    12/29/08

    In reply to Dog-Powered Vehicles Force Man's Best Friend Into Manual Labor
    Even though I totally detest these smelly disgusting animals and their owners who take them to public parks to shit, I feel it's wrong because it'll make Americans even fatter [[www.jhsph.edu]].
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/29/08

    @vqro: Did a dog bark at you when you were young?


    Dogs do smell but they're hardly disgusting. They are loyal, friendly, and more often than not, intelligent and caring. Without dogs, humanity would not have achieved what it has. At the beginning of civilization, dogs proved their utility in hunting, herding, guarding, and providing warmth on chill nights.


    Even today, they provide companionship to the ill and elderly, conferring little-understood but well-documented benefits. You give them far too little credit.

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    Image of GadgetPlayPissedSomebodyOff GadgetPlayPissedSomebodyOff
    12/29/08

    @vqro: I'll take a nice loyal doggy over a whiny, hate-filled human any day.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/29/08

    @vqro:


    Dog shits in cradle+

    Superior infant memory =

    ______________________

    Whiner

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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    12/29/08

    @GadgetPlay: I tend to not like having dogs around, as they can be a tiny bit annoying. I tend to dislike having people around because they tend to always be annoying.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/29/08

    In reply to Dog-Powered Vehicles Force Man's Best Friend Into Manual Labor
    The only legit use I can see for this, is to excercise animals that their owner is unable to walk or keep up. Lots of old folks have animals and their elder immobility keeps the dog from getting excercise.
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/29/08

    In reply to Dog-Powered Vehicles Force Man's Best Friend Into Manual Labor
    All these poor dogs, being forced to get their pants on. It ain't right.
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    Image of MagnoliaX12 MagnoliaX12
    12/29/08

    In reply to Dog-Powered Vehicles Force Man's Best Friend Into Manual Labor
    I always thought dogs were invented for working, and that they even like it.
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    Image of canned-air canned-air
    12/29/08

    @ANSIx12: Depends on which factory they come from...


    Invented?

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    Image of MagnoliaX12 MagnoliaX12
    12/29/08

    @canned-air: Yea, we invented Dogs, from wild animals... I.E., Domestication, Breeing, etc....
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    Image of bobman1235 bobman1235
    12/29/08

    @ANSIx12: That's a pretty loose definition of invention.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/29/08

    @bobman1235: I invented the internet. And the BlackBerry.
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    Image of MagnoliaX12 MagnoliaX12
    12/29/08

    @bobman1235: If some guy had an idea to breed wolves for specific traits suited to a specific task, than he invented them didn't he?
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    Image of kaden kaden
    12/29/08

    @ANSIx12: The term is 'domesticated'.


    No, it's not the same thing.


    Yes, it makes a difference.

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    Image of MagnoliaX12 MagnoliaX12
    12/29/08

    @kaden:No, if this was my PHD thesis it would make a difference, not a gadget blog where creative writing and vocabulary is encouraged. You know they genetically engineer pets now? You know what word show up in the thesaurus when you look up engineer? Try the dictionary instead and look at the definition of Invent. It doesn't apply how exactly? If some guy came up with the whole concept, worked out the details, and implemented his findings, you can say he invented 1.) Domestication, and 2.) the Dog, since they didn't exist before he started.


    I've heard of Grammar Nazis and Typo Police. Vocab Terrorists now? How about just a general term to describe all of them, 'Thought Police'. INGSOC ring any bells?

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    Image of canned-air canned-air
    12/29/08

    @ANSIx12: So that coyote I saw in the woods the other day is not a dog?
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    Image of MagnoliaX12 MagnoliaX12
    12/29/08

    @canned-air: I don't get you. Coyotes are Canines last I checked, so are foxes, wolves, etc...
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    Image of kaden kaden
    12/29/08

    @ANSIx12: Defensive much?


    At this point silence is your best tactic, because each and every additional word you write displays personal traits you likely don't want spread all over the internet.

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    Image of MagnoliaX12 MagnoliaX12
    12/29/08

    @kaden: ...Uh, that I like using words creatively to express myself and I don't like your brand of English Socialism? No, I want everyone to know that.
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    Image of bobman1235 bobman1235
    12/29/08

    @ANSIx12: Jesus, crazy person.


    I personally wasn't arguing about semantics of your word choice, more your mentality. While this application doesn't seem particularly cruel, the idea that because we bred dogs in a certain capacity gives us the right to do with them as we please is.... distasteful at best. They're still animals, and while using them for something mild as this is fine, thinking of them as our creations with which we can do what we please is a stupid way to think.

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    Image of MagnoliaX12 MagnoliaX12
    12/29/08

    @bobman1235: You know, this is 17 or 18 comments deep, and this is the first one that actually touches on the intended content of the first post. I'm crazy? When did I say anything about it being OK to abuse any animal? Are you serious? When did I express the notion that because we breed animals for specific tasks, it makes it ok to do whatever you want with them? So far I've gotten a bazillion responses to my writing style, and 1 for actual post content which makes gross assumptions about my views on animal rights. I must be crazy, apparently I wrote a bunch of stuff I can't remember and only internet peoples can see.
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    Image of Thats Dr Bear to You Thats Dr Bear to You
    12/29/08

    @ANSIx12: I would actually wager to guess you're crazy because you attempted to be clever knowing that you would be taken and raked over the coals for defending a simple poor wording choice.


    It's ok, really, no harm done, everyone has their off days....

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    Image of MagnoliaX12 MagnoliaX12
    12/29/08

    @Thats Dr Bear to You: I agree with you, but I had fun anyway. :-P
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/29/08

    @ANSIx12: Huh?! Dog smoothies are you nuts? That's even gross. Who cares if dogs like being made into smoothies, that's just gross.
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    Image of MagnoliaX12 MagnoliaX12
    12/29/08

    @frigg: Lol, I'm taking my "meds" now, no worries...
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    Image of os_2 os_2
    12/29/08

    In reply to Dog-Powered Vehicles Force Man's Best Friend Into Manual Labor
    Love to see that thing on Paris Hilton's dog.
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    Image of Mr-Mr Mr-Mr
    12/29/08

    @os_2: No, I'd like to see that thing on Paris Hilton.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    12/29/08

    @Mr-Mr: it's a position she's comfortable with, from what I've seen.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/29/08

    @m4ximusprim3: She's comfortable doing work?
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    Image of ArrEmmDee ArrEmmDee
    12/29/08

    In reply to Dog-Powered Vehicles Force Man's Best Friend Into Manual Labor
    Wait, what? In before dog lovers around the world chime in with the SPCA at how insane this is.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/29/08

    @ArrEmmDee: Nah. I'm sure they've heard of dog sleds before.
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    Image of ArrEmmDee ArrEmmDee
    12/29/08

    @Ajh: @ripfire:

    Oh, I know, but I'm expecting some level of irrationality from them. I'm pleasantly surprised otherwise, it seems!
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/29/08

    @ArrEmmDee: You might be confusing them with PETA.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/29/08

    In reply to Dog-Powered Vehicles Force Man's Best Friend Into Manual Labor
    This is useless to me. I need a way to hitch up four cats to a wagon to get them to haul their own kibble and litter from the store. Please repost with a photo of a team of 7-pound cats in harness.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/29/08

    @OMG! Ponies!: Beat me to it. My freeloading cats need to earn their keep.
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    Image of CrispyAardvark CrispyAardvark
    12/29/08

    @Wowwee, a Zeppelin! SteveDave:


    I'm screwed unless they make a waterski version with tiny little tropical fish sized harnesses..

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    12/29/08

    @CrispyAardvark: You have a squirrel?
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