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   vallor to snipeco.2@gmail.com   
   Re: Oh my...   
   17 Jan 26 03:02:12   
   
   XPost: alt.slack   
   From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:11:03 +0000, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:   
      
   > Doc Hammerslack  wrote:   
   >   
   > > snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > Doc Hammerslack  wrote:   
   > [...]   
   > > > > See, that's just the kind of post that brings forth rich,   
   > > > > varied discussion in venues such as comp.os.linux.advocacy,   
   > > > > x-posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy...   
   > > > >   
   > > >   
   > > > That's advocacy froups for you.  With Crumples in one and Arlen   
   > > > in the other, they were both so crapped upon that neither one was   
   > > > worth my time.   
   > > >   
   > >   
   > > You can get rid of most of the political screeds by killing   
   > > articles x-posted to, ahem, "THOSE newsgroups"...   
   > >   
   >   
   > Yes, certainly, but I was spending more time maintaining my k/f than   
   > the content warranted.  There are other, less infested, froups to read.   
   > I don't suppose that either froup is missing me.   
      
   I don't think they'd notice if anyone went missing, alas.   
      
   There's still some occasional gems in the muck...   
      
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