Comments on: In defence of ‘Is…’ http://www.paulcarr.com/in-defence-of-is/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:08:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Director Son http://www.paulcarr.com/in-defence-of-is/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Director Son Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.bringingnothing.com/in-defence-of-is/#comment-63 God, I miss The Friday Thing.... God, I miss The Friday Thing….

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.paulcarr.com/in-defence-of-is/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Anonymous Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:14:00 +0000 http://www.bringingnothing.com/in-defence-of-is/#comment-61 "No you is haven't Katie you fucking lazy, idiot mong."<br/><br/>hahahahahaha. “No you is haven’t Katie you fucking lazy, idiot mong.”

hahahahahaha.

]]> By: Nick Saalfeld http://www.paulcarr.com/in-defence-of-is/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Nick Saalfeld Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:29:00 +0000 http://www.bringingnothing.com/in-defence-of-is/#comment-60 Precisely. And more elegantly put than I ever could.<br/><br/>The thing is, without the "is", it isn't a status update. It's a random stream.<br/><br/>I am interested in my friends' status. I am not interested in absolutely everything anyone has to say.<br/><br/>Just wait and see how much unpleasantness will result, e.g.:<br/><br/>Nick knows JFK wasn't shot.<br/>Nick hates Bob.<br/>Nick wants you to support the BNP.<br/><br/>etc. etc.<br/><br/>The "is" keeps things civilised. Precisely. And more elegantly put than I ever could.

The thing is, without the “is”, it isn’t a status update. It’s a random stream.

I am interested in my friends’ status. I am not interested in absolutely everything anyone has to say.

Just wait and see how much unpleasantness will result, e.g.:

Nick knows JFK wasn’t shot.
Nick hates Bob.
Nick wants you to support the BNP.

etc. etc.

The “is” keeps things civilised.

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