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Title: "They" ruined "it" for everyone!!!
Post by: Texasmame on February 06, 2007, 10:58:00 pm
Hitler ruined the little moustache for everyone.  In other words, unless you're a total ---uvula---, skinhead or whatnot you wouldn't be caught dead wearing a "Hitler 'stache."

What other things have been sullied forever due to one person/group/event?

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Post by: leapinlew on February 06, 2007, 11:07:35 pm
Rainbows!

Seriously, I can't be a dude and like rainbows. Thats crap.
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Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on February 07, 2007, 12:08:27 am
Rainbows!

Seriously, I can't be a dude and like rainbows. Thats crap.

 :laugh2:    :laugh2:     :laugh2:


This is the funniest thing I've ever read on this forum. Hands down.
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Post by: mr.Curmudgeon on February 07, 2007, 12:09:28 am
Sports fans. They ruin every sport.
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Post by: fredster on February 07, 2007, 10:10:15 am
Shoe Bomber: Ruined airports forever.
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Post by: leapinlew on February 07, 2007, 11:40:14 am
"Insert coin to continue"

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Post by: horseboy on February 07, 2007, 12:41:51 pm
K-Fed ruined Britney Spears.
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Post by: Buddabing on February 07, 2007, 12:55:19 pm
Patient Zero: ruined the whole "bathhouse experience".
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Post by: RayB on February 07, 2007, 01:31:04 pm
Lawyers. Lawyers ruined just about everything imaginable.
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Post by: Havok on February 07, 2007, 01:38:27 pm
Texasmame: totally ruined polls!!!

 :angry:

j/k...
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Post by: shmokes on February 07, 2007, 03:52:31 pm
shmokes, DrewKaree, Mr. C, Chad, Dexter, Dartful Dodger, Fredster, etc.,  ruined the EE forum and therefore the entire hobby of BYOAC for everyone.  Even after being relagated to the obscurity of the PnR forum we continue to destroy BYOAC by sheer proximity for everyone, especially Chris.
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Post by: Havok on February 07, 2007, 04:02:07 pm
Chad also threatens to rip a hole in the space-time continuum with his shear number of posts...
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Post by: leapinlew on February 07, 2007, 04:29:44 pm
Video ruined the Radio Star
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Post by: SithMaster on February 07, 2007, 04:35:19 pm
Palphatine ruined the master and apprentice rule.
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Post by: sphetr2 on February 07, 2007, 04:41:20 pm
Video ruined the Radio Star

Or did podcasts?  ;)
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Post by: ChadTower on February 07, 2007, 04:58:31 pm
Chad also threatens to rip a hole in the space-time continuum with his shear number of posts...

I've been called an a-hole more times than I can count but that one may win for sheer scale.
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Post by: shardian on February 07, 2007, 07:03:22 pm
Video ruined the Radio Star

MTV ruined the video star.
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Post by: sphetr2 on February 07, 2007, 07:10:39 pm
Video ruined the Radio Star

MTV ruined the video star.

Along with Youtube's "Comedy" section...
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Post by: Texasmame on February 07, 2007, 07:31:53 pm
Lawyers. Lawyers ruined just about everything imaginable.


I think we can close the thread after this since it's pretty much all encompassing and oh so true.   :censored: shysters.   :angry:

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Post by: danny_galaga on February 08, 2007, 04:13:28 am
Shoe Bomber: Ruined airports forever.

not to mention shoes...
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Post by: FrizzleFried on February 08, 2007, 10:19:51 am
Illegal Aliens ruined California and are working their way North and East....

Burger King ruined their fries when they changed them...

Pepsi Co ruined a perfectly good pizza (Pizza Hut)...

Tonka ruined their trucks when they went from metal to plastic...

Microsoft ruined Mamewah with Vista...

....the list goes on and on...

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Post by: ChadTower on February 08, 2007, 10:31:36 am
Illegal Aliens ruined California and are working their way North and East....

FYI, in MA, they were already here.  They're just not from Mexico.



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Burger King ruined their fries when they changed them...

Amen.  Those "new" lactose sticks of death are horrible.  They may as well just put Ex Lax in them and be done with it.



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Tonka ruined their trucks when they went from metal to plastic...

I have a deep scar by my left eye from my brother smashing me in the face in 1984 with one of their metal trucks.  I miss those metal trucks.


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Post by: FrizzleFried on February 08, 2007, 12:50:50 pm
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FYI, in MA, they were already here.  They're just not from Mexico.

Damn French Canandians!!!

 :laugh2:
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Post by: ChadTower on February 08, 2007, 01:34:34 pm

Eh!  Vas t'en faire foutre!

Here, seems to be folks from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.  There are eleventy brazilian Brazilians but most of them actually settle and assimmilate legally from what I can tell.
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Post by: leapinlew on February 08, 2007, 01:36:08 pm
Tonka ruined their trucks when they went from metal to plastic...

I have a deep scar by my left eye from my brother smashing me in the face in 1984 with one of their metal trucks.  I miss those metal trucks.

Chads Brother ruined the planet by not finishing the job


 ;)
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Post by: _) (V) (-) on February 08, 2007, 01:43:59 pm
ATHF ruined lightbrites.

No more 'Makin things with light' unless you are prepared for the Boston Bomb Squad busting down your door. 
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Post by: fredster on February 08, 2007, 02:26:35 pm
I think we should all be honest and call it.

Chadtower has runied "it" for everyone.

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Post by: ChadTower on February 08, 2007, 02:27:55 pm

(http://www.houseofthemes.com/WS-Stephen%20King%20IT.jpg)
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Post by: FrizzleFried on February 08, 2007, 03:17:02 pm
Jack n the Box ruined their burgers by making Secret Sauce a "requestable item"...and then 1/2 the time they don't have the crap!

McDonald's ruined fast food advertising with their continued instance on running nothing but "urban" themed spots over and over and over and over again...da da daa daaaa daaaaaaaaa....we're lovin' it!"  AAARRRGGGHHHH!

Cap n' Crunch ruined itself with crunchberries!

Rosy O'donnel ruined The Vie....er....nevermind...The View has sucked from the get go.

SOMEONE ruined the one last chance for an American version of Godzilla...and they did it good!

Ebert ruined Siskel & Ebert At The Movies by not up and dying first!

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Post by: danny_galaga on February 09, 2007, 08:30:24 am

(http://www.houseofthemes.com/WS-Stephen%20King%20IT.jpg)

i dont see that scar, chad...
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Post by: ChadTower on February 09, 2007, 09:02:11 am

Yes you do.  That's not an eyebrow.
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Post by: edwardvci on February 10, 2007, 09:44:04 am
Mario         ruined   it   for ......        Luigi    ;D He never had a chance
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Post by: sodapopinski on February 12, 2007, 12:21:21 am
Brokeback mountain ruined cowboy hats.
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Post by: FrizzleFried on February 12, 2007, 09:28:14 am
MAME ruined the resale value of old games.

Blaspheme!!!!!!!!

 :angry:
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Post by: FrizzleFried on February 12, 2007, 09:30:47 am
Brokeback mountain ruined cowboy hats.

This is actually truer than you think!   I read a story a few months back where COWBOY RETAIL SHOPS outside of the "cowboy" states (Texas and such) were experiencing a DRAMATIC drop in business.   One retailer I remember they interviewed from the Los Angeles, California area claimed business was down by HALF because of the movie and that she was going to have to close up shop likely...
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Post by: Texasmame on February 12, 2007, 01:26:49 pm
Brokeback mountain ruined cowboy hats.

This is actually truer than you think!   I read a story a few months back where COWBOY RETAIL SHOPS outside of the "cowboy" states (Texas and such) were experiencing a DRAMATIC drop in business.   One retailer I remember they interviewed from the Los Angeles, California area claimed business was down by HALF because of the movie and that she was going to have to close up shop likely...


I'm pretty sure the sequel will help sales. . .
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Post by: ChadTower on February 12, 2007, 01:31:02 pm
This is actually truer than you think!   I read a story a few months back where COWBOY RETAIL SHOPS outside of the "cowboy" states (Texas and such) were experiencing a DRAMATIC drop in business.   One retailer I remember they interviewed from the Los Angeles, California area claimed business was down by HALF because of the movie and that she was going to have to close up shop likely...

It's not that far to move her shop from LA to SF.
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Post by: JamIt on February 12, 2007, 01:43:33 pm

Eh!  Vas t'en faire foutre!

Here, seems to be folks from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.  There are eleventy brazilian Brazilians but most of them actually settle and assimmilate legally from what I can tell.

Ignorance ruins my appetite. 
Chad, Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the U.S.  As such, Puerto Ricans are free to reside here.
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Post by: ChadTower on February 12, 2007, 01:52:19 pm

I am not ignorant of that fact. 

It doesn't address the massive problems we had where I used to live regarding the numbers of people moving from there and not getting jobs, not contributing to society, committing welfare fraud, clogging up the high schools with 20 year olds that don't intend to graduate, etc etc.

I'm not saying all of them... but there were far, far too many who did.
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Post by: Ed_McCarron on February 12, 2007, 03:43:55 pm
Chad also threatens to rip a hole in the space-time continuum with his shear number of depressing posts...

Fixed that for you.
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Post by: ChadTower on February 12, 2007, 04:01:18 pm

Nice pun, that misspelling. 
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Post by: JamIt on February 16, 2007, 09:34:55 pm

I am not ignorant of that fact. 

It doesn't address the massive problems we had where I used to live regarding the numbers of people moving from there and not getting jobs, not contributing to society, committing welfare fraud, clogging up the high schools with 20 year olds that don't intend to graduate, etc etc.

I'm not saying all of them... but there were far, far too many who did.

Poor attempt at spin control Chad.  You initially lump Puerto Ricans in with talk of illegal aliens and when you are corrected, you begin to describe some outbreak of lazy Puerto Ricans which has nothing to do with my response.   ::)

You know I'm not ignorant to the fact that Pluto is no longer considered a planet.  But that doesn't address the problems we had with science teachers always making us create those model solar systems.

Moral of story, its okay to say "my bad" :)
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Post by: ChadTower on February 18, 2007, 11:05:32 am

When they come here with the sole intent of committing fraud against the state, that is illegal, and I do lump them in with the rest.  Because the only reason they're not illegal aliens specifically is because of where they were born, and that's just probability in play.  I used to work in that welfare system and the blatant in your face fraud was mind boggling and it was almost always, in that particular locality, people from Puerto Rico.  We'd catch people blatantly lying in our face about anything you could think of, then they'd claim it was a language issue, then they'd say it was racism on our part, then they'd threaten us personally, then they'd actually have to be dragged out of the office kicking and screaming by a Police officer.  And they'd just move two towns over and start again a couple months later.

There was no spin involved.  That's how I see it.  You don't like that, apparently, and I do not care.
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Post by: leapinlew on February 18, 2007, 11:54:56 am
Frizzle ruined Arcade Miscellaneous
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Post by: FrizzleFried on February 18, 2007, 12:43:46 pm
Damn Lew...you beat me to it.

 :dunno
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Post by: leapinlew on February 18, 2007, 04:39:55 pm
Damn Lew...you beat me to it.

 :dunno

 ;)
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Post by: JamIt on February 19, 2007, 01:20:44 pm
When they come here with the sole intent of committing fraud against the state, that is illegal, and I do lump them in with the rest. 

The "rest" being just Mexicans and Dominicans?  Or are the illegal aliens from Poland, China and other countries included as well?  Just curious as I want to be sure who you are lumping Puerto Ricans in with.

Because the only reason they're not illegal aliens specifically is because of where they were born, and that's just probability in play. 

Cmon Chad, even you have to admit that this is a silly statement.  "Alien" status by definition is driven by where a person is born.

I used to work in that welfare system and the blatant in your face fraud was mind boggling and it was almost always, in that particular locality, people from Puerto Rico.  We'd catch people blatantly lying in our face about anything you could think of, then they'd claim it was a language issue, then they'd say it was racism on our part, then they'd threaten us personally, then they'd actually have to be dragged out of the office kicking and screaming by a Police officer.  And they'd just move two towns over and start again a couple months later.

I can imagine that this experience could cause you to have a negative impression on a culture.  I ask that you remain open-minded and realize that every culture/race/nationalism has its bad eggs.

There was no spin involved.  That's how I see it.  You don't like that, apparently, and I do not care.

The only part I actually care about, which my initial comment stemmed from, is ignorance being spread.  You implied that Puerto Ricans are illegal aliens and I simply corrected you in case others were reading.
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Post by: ChadTower on February 19, 2007, 01:38:15 pm
The only part I actually care about, which my initial comment stemmed from, is ignorance being spread.  You implied that Puerto Ricans are illegal aliens and I simply corrected you in case others were reading.

Understood.  It wasn't where I was going with that, but if it appeared I was, consider that clarified.  The non-alien status of these particular individuals actually helps them as you can't simply arrest and deport someone from Puerto Rico when they're caught committing fraud.  We used to occasionally catch people with faked Puerto Rican documentation trying to pose as Puerto Rican immigrants.  That was always fun.