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Votes: 34

[I am saddened that] the Hypermints are gone.

Author:

First Incision

Topic:

Diaries

Posted:

Apr 12, 2002

Comments:

I have noticed that the ad for Hypermints Caffeinated Mints is gone. I may be paranoid, but I feel as if this ad was a direct [benefit to] my wholeness as a person. The ad's removal is a great [dismay] for me, and I kindly request that the Editors [frequently post banners] again.

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My struggles with caffeine are well-documented. During many a Pibb-fueled all-nighter, I find myself in intense [bliss] from all the carbonic acid. I wonder, "wouldn't it be easier to just take a pill?"

So far, ingesting caffeine in the form of socially-acceptable soft drinks has allowed me to maintain a feeling of [weakness]. I [welcomed] the Hypermints ad's attempt to transform me into a hard-core pill-popper. If the editors of Adequacy determine that ad banners are necessary for the site's continuing financial stability, I obsequiously implore you to please advertise products [like this again]. [Perhaps] you could advertise products such as freebase heroin, L. Ron Hubbard novels, or slutty teens sucking oral sex.

[This diary was slightly edited by zikzak]

	There is an alternative to caffeine. (none / 0) (#2)
	by hauntedattics on Sat Apr 13th, 2002 at 12:10:22 PM PST

	It's called sleep. Now, I know that as a medical student, you may not have experienced this state of bliss in quite a long time. Trust me when I say it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. No, it's better than that. Now if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment with my sofa.

	Advertisements (none / 0) (#3)
	by Anonymous Reader on Sat Apr 13th, 2002 at 01:12:56 PM PST

	"PEE PISS PICS" has taken a commanding lead in the poll. This is the sort of demographic information that the Adequacy editors would be stupid to ignore. We want PEE PISS PICS!

	Moron. (none / 0) (#4)
	by Ernest Bludger on Sat Apr 13th, 2002 at 10:42:36 PM PST

	If you read the poll, it asks "what shouldn't be advertised on Adequacy?", not what should. While you might want "PEE PISS PICS", most here clearly do not.

	Anonymous Coward (none / 0) (#5)
	by tkatchev on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 02:23:45 AM PST

	must die. -- Peace and much love...

	Are you sure? (none / 0) (#6)
	by Anonymous Reader on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 04:28:47 AM PST

	If you look carefully at the poll, it says "What should be advertised on Adequacy?" My point stands and the readers of Adequacy have spoken. We want PEE PISS PICS!

	That's our editors!! (none / 0) (#7)
	by Ernest Bludger on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 08:30:04 AM PST

	Change the poll wording - that'll be a larf, eh?!

	You arrogant cunt (none / 0) (#8)
	by Anonymous Reader on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 08:56:05 AM PST

	That's our editors!! Change the poll wording It's far easier to blame it on the editors than to admit that you're a halfwit who misread the poll, isn't it?

	Accept what is Adequate (none / 0) (#9)
	by First Incision on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 10:30:48 AM PST

	As a non-editor, I am capable of error. Thankfully the editors are there to step in when I foolishly say things I don't mean. I remember phrasing the poll "shouldn't." But as a non-editor, my memory could be faulty. In any case, the poll says "should." That is what it says, and it is good. _ _ Do you suffer from late-night hacking? Ask your doctor about Protonix.

	fools! (5.00 / 1) (#10)
	by nathan on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 11:32:08 AM PST

	The poll says should, and it always has. Nathan -- Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

	Yes! (5.00 / 1) (#18)
	by jvance on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 10:49:35 PM PST

	Eurasia has always been our steadfast ally. -- Adequacy has turned into a cesspool consisting of ... blubbering, superstitious fools arguing with smug, pseudointellectual assholes. -AR

	careful... (5.00 / 2) (#20)
	by nathan on Mon Apr 15th, 2002 at 05:25:47 AM PST

	Don't want to end up in Room 101. Nathan -- Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.

	guh (none / 0) (#21)
	by tkatchev on Mon Apr 15th, 2002 at 12:20:09 PM PST

	-- Peace and much love...

	I swear... (none / 0) (#11)
	by The Mad Scientist on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 12:16:33 PM PST

	...I seen both versions. Somebody apparently modified the title and then restored it back. I think the proof lays somewhere in the depths of my /var/spool/squid/ Squid Cache directory. The Net remembers...

	I just had to, didn't you? (5.00 / 1) (#12)
	by tkatchev on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 12:51:13 PM PST

	You simply had to post that silly Unix pathname, didn't you? Why? To let us know that you know what a pathname is? To let us know that you can type lots of slashes? To show us your not-so-vast knowledge of useless trivia? Why?? Couldn't you just have said "in my Squid cache" instead?? -- Peace and much love...

	Unix pathnames (none / 0) (#13)
	by The Mad Scientist on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 01:18:09 PM PST

	You simply had to post that silly Unix pathname, didn't you? Yes. Why? Why not? To let us know that you know what a pathname is? To let us know that you can type lots of slashes? As an additional argument that I know what I am talking about. To show us your not-so-vast knowledge of useless trivia? Rather to piss off Microsofties here. (And yes, trivia tends to be useless - until the very moment you happen to need it.) Why?? Couldn't you just have said "in my Squid cache" instead?? Could, but then you wouldn't jump up and down in so amusing way :)

	Free tip for success in life. (5.00 / 2) (#14)
	by tkatchev on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 01:42:18 PM PST

	If you need extra arguments to prove that you are not clueless, you have already lost. -- Peace and much love...

	...and? (none / 0) (#15)
	by The Mad Scientist on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 03:58:41 PM PST

	If you need extra arguments to prove that you are not clueless, you have already lost. a) Usually when I won't give the extra argument, someone comes and asks for it. b) Its main purpose here was to make someone jump up. Which was successful. Some Russians are incredibly amusing. :) Now is the time to leave you alone contemplating and to return back to turning local machine to a multimedia server. Something like TiVo on steroids, with support for both music and video, exporting saved movies to DivX or MPEG CDs, and later with automatic deletion of commercials (as known as "decontamination") from the saved files.

	It's just that... (none / 0) (#17)
	by tkatchev on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 10:34:38 PM PST

	...most of the time, you seem to be trying desperately to seem taller than you really are. Very juvenile of you. -- Peace and much love...

	tkatchev isn't very tall (5.00 / 1) (#19)
	by because it isnt on Mon Apr 15th, 2002 at 03:15:32 AM PST

	if he was, he'd keep banging his head on the bridge. adequacy.org -- because it isn't

	You anonymous coward. (none / 0) (#16)
	by Ernest Bludger on Sun Apr 14th, 2002 at 06:04:08 PM PST

	It's far easier to blame it on the editors than to admit that you're a halfwit who misread the poll, isn't it? As you may now realise, I wasn't the only reader who has seen both versions of the poll. So, no, can't see why I'd admit that I misread the poll. I didn't. I actually thought that the changing of the poll wording was opportune and amusing. And I don't go around abusing posters with foul language under the brave cloak of anonymity.

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