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Re:The Face Behind Bitcoin? by ctdonath on Thursday March 06, 2014 @12:06PM (#7354976)
Who said everything is outrageous? That X is not uncommon doesn't mean everything is X.
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Re:The Face Behind Bitcoin? by bane on Thursday March 06, 2014 @12:33PM (#7355184)
Your claim is that my examples are "outrageous", which implies they are unusual or uncommon. But they aren't uncommon and therefore can't be outrageous. If my examples of common behavior is outrageous, then every behavior, from common to rare must be outrageous by the definition of the word.

In fact my original post is questioning why examples like this are so common.

If really pressed, I suppose I could go through my FB friend's walls anonymize and take screenshots of the thousands upon thousands of posts by Government workers and contractors I know who endlessly post things similar to my example. But I'm not sure I should spend my time trying to make you aware of a phenomenon that's plainly obvious for anybody to see.

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Re:The Face Behind Bitcoin? by ctdonath on Thursday March 06, 2014 @03:41PM (#7356423)
they aren't uncommon and therefore can't be outrageous.

Our definitions differ. I'm going with "very bad or wrong in a way that causes anger; too bad to be accepted or allowed; going beyond all standards of what is right or decent; deficient in propriety or good taste".

I'm aware of the phenomenon, and noted that it is plainly in abundance throughout the sociopolitical spectrum.

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