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76 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Or you could start a thread about something more in line with the charter of the list ... you know, be part of the solution rather than part of the problem? Yes, let's do that. I fucking hated Twitter for quite a while. Then eventually I found the instant response/reinforcement thing very compelling. It's very addictive, that little high when you get responded to, favorited, or retweeted. The thrill lasts about 15 seconds, then you want anoth ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 13:15:21 PDT 2012

77 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

John Gulick writes: >> This is an excellent example of how not to communicate. > > Yet it is one of the factors killing this list. You can't force Doug and Daniel to have their conversation here. > Of course, we could revive the list by discussing how > it's killing the list. Or you could start a thread about something more in line with the charter of the list ... you know, be part of the solution rather than part of the problem? /jordan

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Mon Apr 30 13:07:35 PDT 2012

78 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

> what was the primary cause(s) of the crisis that Greece > et al find themselves in? I think Krugman would explain it this way: - Credit glut + common currency meant easy-to-close, large speculative lending to the "cheaper" countries in the Eurozone, leading to housing bubble - Housing bubble brought up wages and prices, which eventually must revert - Bubble burst: soaring unemployment, general indebtedness, no way to dig out - Forced austerity has made things worse; not having ...

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Mon Apr 30 13:07:28 PDT 2012

79 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

Jordan on Twitter: >This is an excellent example of how not to communicate. Yet it is one of the factors killing this list. Of course, we could revive the list by discussing how it's killing the list.

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Author:	John Gulick
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:55:35 PDT 2012

80 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

> I find twitter impossible to follow. It's a little easier if you're the one in the middle; watching it from the outside is like trying to eavesdrop on a conversation between two people who are sitting while you're straphanging on a crowded subway. > I cannot see how 144 character soundbites can say anything meaningful. That format should be reserved for two people, on the phone or in front of each other. /jordan

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:39:15 PDT 2012

81 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > Doug: "I hope Cde Cox has added it to his list." > > [WS:] This precisely is what inspired my comment ;) > > But seriously, I find twitter impossible to follow. I cannot see > how 144 character soundbites can say anything meaningful. It is far > worse than TV evening news - at least these guys use standard English > and speak in full sentences. It *is* terrible for these kinds of discussions. I left the smileys ...

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Author:	// ravi
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:37:38 PDT 2012

82 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > > There's no way to answer your question ("which one of them is right?") because they are both making, along with Brad Delong and others, some good points back and forth. Hence my confusion. There are a bunch of questions really: what was the primary cause(s) of the crisis that Greece et al find themselves in? To what extent did they bring this upon themselves? How much of German motivation in the formation of the Eurozone was fa ...

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Author:	// ravi
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:31:00 PDT 2012

83 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

Doug: "I hope Cde Cox has added it to his list." [WS:] This precisely is what inspired my comment ;) But seriously, I find twitter impossible to follow. I cannot see how 144 character soundbites can say anything meaningful. It is far worse than TV evening news - at least these guys use standard English and speak in full sentences. -- Wojtek "Modern conservatism is just a neoliberal gloss on medieval domination."

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Author:	Wojtek S
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:30:18 PDT 2012

84 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > Twitter is descent to barbarism. I hope Cde Cox has added it to his list. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:16:38 PDT 2012

85 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

Jordan: "This is an excellent example of how not to communicate. " [WS:] Ditto. Following this jumble is not humanly possible. Twitter is descent to barbarism. -- Wojtek "Modern conservatism is just a neoliberal gloss on medieval domination."

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Author:	Wojtek S
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:13:29 PDT 2012

86 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

>> it's a mass of jumbled spaghetti. > > Yes, true, it s a mess. But you didn t answer my question! There's no way to answer your question ("which one of them is right?") because they are both making, along with Brad Delong and others, some good points back and forth. It's not a set of position papers. If you'd like to pick one of the 30+ points in the last two hours and determine truth value, go right ahead. Or was that your attempt in the Subject: line? If so, you'll h ...

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:11:10 PDT 2012

87 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: >> https://twitter.com/#!/dsquareddigest/status/197019765091471361 >> >> (and follow the tweet thread there) > > This is an excellent example of how not to communicate. There's *no effective way* to "follow" this "thread" -- it's a mass of jumbled spaghetti. Yes, true, it s a mess. But you didn t answer my question! ravi

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Author:	// ravi
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:05:57 PDT 2012

88 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

> https://twitter.com/#!/dsquareddigest/status/197019765091471361 > > (and follow the tweet thread there) This is an excellent example of how not to communicate. There's *no effective way* to "follow" this "thread" -- it's a mass of jumbled spaghetti. And the 140 character limit means that items which could be a paragraph aren't given enough attention to do much more than lead the recipient off on another tangent. If this is the future of human communication, I'll ...

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:01:41 PDT 2012

89 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

The old school Luddites amongst you are unaware that a bit of a joust has broken out on Twitter between Doug and Daniel Davies on the cause of the Euro crisis (Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece ) and what Germany can do about it today. Y all should get off your righteous email only behinds and check this out: https://twitter.com/#!/dsquareddigest/status/197019765091471361 (and follow the tweet thread there) Because I need to know which one of them is right! ravi

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Author:	// ravi
Date:	Mon Apr 30 11:05:42 PDT 2012