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Time Well Spent (4.00 / 4)

Funny how it is such a waste of time to join a Facebook group, which took me roughly 30 seconds this morning, but apparently well worth the time to write paragraph after paragraph criticizing people for joining the group.

It reminds me of someone watching someone else playing a video game and then, after an hour or so, criticizing the video game player of wasting his time.  Perhaps, sure, but not compared to the guy who didn't even play.

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by: Mark Matson @ Thu Aug 14, 2008 at 01:10:46 AM CDT

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Wasted time (2.00 / 2)

Did I say I was engaging in activism, influencing Obama, or contributing to political discourse?

Nope.  Personally, I think that the facebook group is emblematic of the Obama campaign, and many Obama supporters.  I find it revealing and I find it amusing to discuss it.  Also, when it comes to Paul Rosenberg, it is sport in itself to pierce his microthin, pseudo-intellectual, overly earnest mental skin.  But I certainly haven't kidded myself into thinking that discussing it is "activism."

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by: kanzeon @ Thu Aug 14, 2008 at 08:10:04 AM CDT

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gamer activist (0.00 / 0)

And the person watching someone else play a video game never claims to be a gamer, either.  So yea, that sounds about right.

The point wasn't that you were a bad activist.  The point was you were a loser wasting your life at this site by some margin guaranteed higher than those you are making fun of.

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by: Mark Matson @ Thu Aug 14, 2008 at 11:20:03 AM CDT

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