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2016 Postmortem

ebayfool

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8. First thing I learned working as a bartender ...

Reply to De Leonist (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 01:52 AM

Mar 2016

stay behind the bar when a fight breaks out. Don't try to break it up or both parties, likely as not, will join together to whup your ass. And then go back to fighting each other.

Sometimes you have to fight it out.

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Can the Clintonians and Bernites please just stop bickering. [View all] De Leonist Mar 2016 OP

The trash thread and ignore functions work great. I use them a lot. liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #1

Not gonna happen. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #2

Yours is about the 25th similar OP I have seen and I am sure I haven't seen them all. stevenleser Mar 2016 #3

Maybe it starts with those of us who read these things, eh, Steven? villager Mar 2016 #9

Ignore is your friend Leonist desmiller Mar 2016 #4

I have a fair list myself:) litlbilly Mar 2016 #10

My list is getting longer, but will never catch up with the Hillary group list. n/t PonyUp Mar 2016 #16

Cactus up my ass? Iggo Mar 2016 #5

I can quit bickering. I will trash the forum for a while. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #6

Have you noticed? Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2016 #7

First thing I learned working as a bartender ... ebayfool Mar 2016 #8

"dislodge the collective cactuses that seem to be stuck up your ass" NuclearDem Mar 2016 #11

ROFL De Leonist Mar 2016 #12

It's not a bug, it's a feature. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #13

I was thinking of posting an OP very similar to yours, but with a lot more explicit language... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #14

Hell, there's not even time-outs to quell the bad behavior any more Fumesucker Mar 2016 #15

I wish I could rec this for the last sentence. reflection Mar 2016 #17

I hope they don't. bigwillq Mar 2016 #18

With the new immunity to hides rule, I expect it will get worse. aikoaiko Mar 2016 #19