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November 12, 2009

Good Riddance, '00s Newsweek made a video titled "The Decade in 7 Minutes," which could have been a fun look back except that 9/11, George W. Bush, and Afghanistan all happen in the first 30 seconds and then you start looking at your watch because, man, this has been a rough one!

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Best of the decade in Nov. 2009? Newsweek is like "FIRST".

Posted by: Senator Puma Crock profile link at 11/12/09 10:51 AM  | Reply
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"Flags everywhere!"
Patriotism isn't dead, it's just contracted terminal stupid.

Posted by: goddamn. profile link at 11/12/09 11:14 AM  | Reply
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This overlooks the real tragedy: the decade is almost over and we still haven't come up with a catchy name for it. We still have a month and half for "the naughty aughties" to catch on, help me out people.

Posted by: Cromwell's Head profile link at 11/12/09 11:16 AM  | Reply
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I vote for "the guidos".

Posted by: petepetepete profile link  in reply to  Cromwell's Head's comment at 11/12/09 11:25 AM  | Reply
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Why is your avatar resistant to hover enlargement? Creepy.

Posted by: Lew Zealand profile link  in reply to  Cromwell's Head's comment at 11/12/09 11:37 AM  | Reply
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Iconoclasm? I have no idea.

Posted by: Cromwell's Head profile link  in reply to  Lew Zealand's comment at 11/12/09 2:33 PM  | Reply
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The 2:(:(:('s
(the two-frownzens?)

Posted by: PerhapsAnAtticShallISeek profile link  in reply to  Cromwell's Head's comment at 11/12/09 12:09 PM  | Reply
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The frownies!

Posted by: petepetepete profile link  in reply to  PerhapsAnAtticShallISeek's comment at 11/12/09 1:50 PM  | Reply
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The Flaming Douchies (which is also, coincidentally, the name of my next band)

Posted by: Ginger Ball Z profile link  in reply to  Cromwell's Head's comment at 11/12/09 2:10 PM  | Reply
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apparently natural disasters are a lot rougher on countries that aren't America. I guess that's the benefit of having a god-loving president.

Posted by: bearface profile link at 11/12/09 11:26 AM  | Reply
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We "ought" to forget the "Aughts"! It has been a truly abysmal decade from start to finish and I cannot wait for 2012 to come and wipe everything out.

Posted by: ClownCoffee profile link at 11/12/09 11:28 AM  | Reply
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Welp, the Katrina response still has the power to make me feel really sad and angry. Thanks for reminding me, Newsweek.

Posted by: ev profile link at 11/12/09 11:30 AM  | Reply
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This is officially the most solemn comment to ever start with the word "Welp"

Posted by: goddamn. profile link  in reply to  ev's comment at 11/12/09 11:34 AM  | Reply
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At least we're only five years away from hoverboard technology.

Posted by: dezien profile link at 11/12/09 11:36 AM  | Reply
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Thanks for reminding me how much the past decade sucked, Newsweek.


I wanna go back to the 90's when I was a kid and still naively believed that everything was great and that people would always the "right" person for president (aka what my parents thought because I was a kid) and he would make everything good and happy.

Posted by: The Life of the Mind profile link at 11/12/09 12:34 PM  | Reply
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