[…] despite the absence of the proverbial home-grown 75-foot high steel sky hook.

A while back I heard a perfect description of the idiots who troll around in newsgroups. They are called Seagulls. They fly in, make a lot of noise, shit all over everything and then fly off.

These people invented youth culture and rock and roll. They also invented the kick me sign and the ever-popular donkey punch (circa 1952).

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