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ShazzieB

(16,374 posts)
31. I skip a lot of them, but once in a while I'm pleasantly surprised.
Sat May 6, 2023, 12:55 AM
May 2023

I watched one tonight with the title "Jamie Raskin DEMOLISHES Lauren Boebert and the GQP," and it was worth it for the great clips of Jamie Raskin responding to a speech given by Bobo on the House floor. There was a little bit of Bobo in the beginning, but most of it was Raskin, and he was on fire!

The problem is, you never can tell with these things. I happened to get lucky with that one, but there have been a lot of others I only watched a little bit of, once I saw that they consisted of a tiny clip or 2 buried in the middle of someone pontificating for several minutes on What It All Meant. Those are the ones that feel like a waste of time to me.

I do NOT fault anyone for posting these, though. I assume good intentions on the part of my fellow DUers, and I am seldom disappointed. People who come here with genuinely bad intentions usually get caught and banned early on. (Go, MIRT!) The ones that stick around seem to post things for the same reason I do; because they got something out of an item and think someone else might as well. Sometimes people guess wrong, but so what? I've guessed wrong myself. Far be it from me to beat up on anybody else for doing the same.

Same here. They are just clickbait videos. Ocelot II May 2023 #1
It's a very small handful of posters Effete Snob May 2023 #20
Many website editors use those headlines Bobstandard May 2023 #28
Me too. zuul May 2023 #2
I hate the new hyperbole posts. Kablooie May 2023 #3
It seems like hyperbole, but I think of it as hope that there will finally be accountability JohnSJ May 2023 #9
Maybe he melted. Sneederbunk May 2023 #4
Same way with the Tom Kitten May 2023 #5
kinda' in this camp too stopdiggin May 2023 #6
I don't watch even the clip ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #33
I'm still waiting for an EMBARRASSING MUST SEE SLAPDOWN. n/t Harker May 2023 #7
but... but... it was on TWITTER! I mean, there is no coming back from that! Takket May 2023 #8
Thank you for posting this! BlueKota May 2023 #10
Same here Hekate May 2023 #11
But EVISCERATES is still okay? True Dough May 2023 #12
And don't forget destroys. Lol. Nt ecstatic May 2023 #34
Ditto. If something truly important happened - describe it. Don't need any hype. Earthrise May 2023 #13
We're already seeing moniss May 2023 #14
K&R stage left May 2023 #15
Generalization: most posts with words in ALL CAPS are mahina May 2023 #16
Gets my hopes up and lets me down every time. n/i brewens May 2023 #17
I finally put about four posters on ignore Effete Snob May 2023 #18
I don't read the "Putin lost his mind when ..." articles anymore, either. marble falls May 2023 #19
Wishful Hyperbole Luck Counts May 2023 #21
Does this mean Steve Bannon didn't really drop dead last week? Marcuse May 2023 #22
They are so stupid iemanja May 2023 #23
I don't read posts about what people don't read.... jcgoldie May 2023 #24
Glad you said it. I can't tell whether it's a symptom of a problem or a new problem. Artcatt May 2023 #25
I'll only click on the ones which promise me a disembowelment. nt Carlitos Brigante May 2023 #26
Same issue with HUMILIATES. Or pretty much anything with a capitalized word. n/t thesquanderer May 2023 #27
I keep hoping for actual obliteration GenThePerservering May 2023 #29
Right Traildogbob May 2023 #30
I skip a lot of them, but once in a while I'm pleasantly surprised. ShazzieB May 2023 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore May 2023 #32
Also "TURN ON "XYZ' RIGHT NOW!" Xolodno May 2023 #35
Agree Kaleva May 2023 #36
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