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15 May 2009

CA Prop 8 goes down!

post by: ooga_booga at: 13:59 | 20 comments

Is this real? If so?

::::falls the ground and writhes with JOY!::::

posted by Stewriffic 15 May | 14:02

Oh, there's a street party planned for my neighborhood for this day (the day of the decision). Good thing the baseball game in the 'hood is rained out, or it would be a really wild scene!

So very glad it's to be a party, not a riot! Hope to go my nephew's uncles' wedding soon.

posted by crush-onastick 15 May | 14:04

2008

Two Thousand EIGHT!

argh.

posted by Stewriffic 15 May | 14:05

ARGH. Please delete this.

posted by ooga_booga 15 May | 14:06

Three! Three websites have fallen for this! What is going on does everyone get news from the same twitter feed?

posted by muddgirl 15 May | 14:15

(I almost posted this to metachat about 10 minutes ago and barely refrained)

posted by muddgirl 15 May | 14:16

Sorry folks, my bad. There is so much egg on my face, you could make the world's largest omelet.

posted by ooga_booga 15 May | 14:18

It's okay, ooga. (I'm actually glad this didn't happen today. Not glad it didn't happen, just glad it isn't today. The whether is really yicky for a street party.)

posted by crush-onastick 15 May | 14:21

ooga_booga, no worries. I think the recent news in the NE combined with a HUGE DESIRE for something like this makes it easy to fall for.

posted by Stewriffic 15 May | 14:23

Thanks for making me look like a dipshit in front of my coworkers!

posted by mudpuppie 15 May | 15:20

Sorry pup, that wasn't my intentions. Obviously, my intention was to make me look like a dipshit to everyone I know online. And some in real life too.

It started with the LA Times tweeting the fact: http://friendfeed.com/latimes/6d95a947/california-supreme-court-overturns-gay

And it spread like wildfire from there.

posted by ooga_booga 15 May | 15:36

Haha this gets better and better! Screw you LATimes! You're ruining lives for your own page-click benefit!

posted by muddgirl 15 May | 15:40

Obviously, my intention was to make me look like ~~a dipshit~~ an optimist to everyone I know online.

FTFY.

I did a little dance of joy, too. Sigh. The day will come, though --- too bad it's not today, but soon!

posted by Elsa 15 May | 15:43

Shit!

Soon, please, yes.

posted by Specklet 15 May | 15:49

I wasn't blaming you, Ooga. Hope it didn't come across that way. I'm just joining you in your sheepishness.

posted by mudpuppie 15 May | 15:52

Sheepish in wolfish clothing.

posted by taz 15 May | 16:44

Another "news" site that I can throw on the bullshit pile.

posted by Ardiril 15 May | 17:29

Twitter is a news site now?

posted by mudpuppie 15 May | 17:49

This WILL happen soon, I do believe, I do I do I do!

posted by scody 15 May | 17:55

mudpuppies: I was referring to breitbart.

"It started with the LA Times tweeting..." Not quite:

Some Twitter readers came across an archived Los Angeles Times story from a year ago, assumed it was breaking news and started sending it out on Twitter. A Times Web producer noticed the traffic and intended to send a Twitter message telling people that the story was a year old but instead copy and pasted an incorrect headline along with the Times logo.

LATimes didn't start it but used gasoline to try and douse it.

posted by Ardiril 15 May | 18:03

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