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   vallor to phoenix   
   Re: Oh my...   
   16 Jan 26 18:27:56   
   
   XPost: alt.usenet.kooks, alt.slack   
   From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:08:48 -0600, phoenix  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   A lot of web forums have no slack.   
      
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