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   Message 166,637 of 168,055   
   phoenix to William Stickers   
   Re: Oh my...   
   16 Jan 26 12:08:48   
   
   XPost: alt.usenet.kooks, alt.slack   
   From: j63840576@gmail.com   
      
   William Stickers wrote:   
   > Doc Hammerslack wrote:   
   >>   
   >> At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:52:29 -0700, Skeeter  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> dochammerslack@creon.earth says...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:44:48 -0000, William Stickers   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Doc Hammerslack wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> At Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:36:50 -0800, Kenito Benito   
   >>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:46:51 -0700, Skeeter    
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> In article , root@127.0.0.1   
   >>>>>>>> says...   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:16:50 -0800, LO AND BEHOLD; Kenito   
   >>>>>>>>> Benito  determined that the following was   
   >>>>>>>>> of great importance to Kenito Benito  and   
   >>>>>>>>> subsequently decided to freely share it with us in   
   >>>>>>>>> :   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ???? On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:59:48 -0800, Janithor   
   >>>>>>>>>  ???? wrote: ???? ???????? x-no-archive:   
   >>>>>>>>> derp! On 1/8/2026 12:24 AM, Kenito Benito wrote: ????????????   
   >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 17:20:17 +0000, onion@anon.invalid (Pink   
   >>>>>>>>> Boy) wrote: ????????????????   
   >>>>>>>>>  ????????????   
   >>>>>>>>> YIKES! ???????? I see you're a transphobe, ???? ????	  I   
   >>>>>>>>> wouldn't care if the person identifies as male or female. ????   
   >>>>>>>>> Masturbating in the restroom of a fast food place is "YIKES!"   
   >>>>>>>>> worthy. ???? ???????? which makes you racist. Nice. ???? ????   
   >>>>>>>>>     My understanding is only white people can be racist. Since   
   >>>>>>>>> I'm ???? Romani, I can't be racist.	  Are you saying   
   >>>>>>>>> anyone, regardless of ???? racial demographic, can express   
   >>>>>>>>> racist views? (Spoiler: They can.)   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Romani don't claim a nationality, yet you've repeatedly   
   >>>>>>>>> claimed to be Polish.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Liar.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Well you're a liar no matter what color you are.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>       I think this is an example of Robert's low intellect.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I don't believe that is a fair assessment.  In fact, I find   
   >>>>>> it hard to believe that you didn't intentionally create a sentence   
   >>>>>> that was wrong on at least 3 different points.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> But rather than belabor those points, I'd rather ask:   
   >>>>>> Do you know that Jen wrote the newsreader she uses?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> No, really? That piece of shit that everyone struggles to read,   
   >>>>> Robert wrote that? That's amazing!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I see you are weak with the arts.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Can he also tie his shoelaces? How   
   >>>>> about having a piss standing up, can he do that or does he need to   
   >>>>> squat?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Tiresomely weak.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Have   
   >>>>>> _you_ ever written a newsreader?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Why would he need to? Agent is a perfectly good newsreader.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Would _you_ trust a newsreader named "Agent", hmmm?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Seriously, though, you might want to consider why newer software   
   >>>> is often chosen over older software.   
   >>>   
   >>> Agent is a good reader as is Gravity.   
   >>   
   >> So why don't they handle utf-8 like a modern newsreader?   
   >>   
   >> If there were a new influx of Usenet subscribers,   
   >   
   > There isn't and there won't be.   
   >   
   >> what   
   >> do you think they'd look for in a newsreader?  I know supporting   
   >> UTF-8 wouldn't top the list, but it's so easy to do...   
   >   
   > Those newsreaders aren't being maintained because there is no money in it.   
   > Everyone is going to Web forums.   
   >   
   Web forums are not for me.   
      
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