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Anonymous wrote:U2—like a lot of overrated bands/musicians—barely have a handful of hits. They simply don’t have a robust catalog…and their best songs are easy listening.

You cannot be serious. U2, in their prime, were one of the world's greatest bands. They have album after album of hits.

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Add me to the list of people who hate U2

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Anonymous wrote:I haven’t liked U2 since the time that their album was automatically loaded onto everyone’s iTunes account. How arrogant can you get to force your music on everyone?

I’m surprised this is the first time U2 has been mentioned.

I cannot stand U2 and have mentioned it a few times in the past. I don’t think there are many like me though.

I've never liked U2 either.

I always just thought they were OK. Most of my HS friends on the early 90s were obsessed

I'm still obsessed. Whenever I hear Bad or Wild Horses it's thrilling. I just love his voice.

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I still remember the utter thrill of hearing "In God's Country" and "New Year's Day" live. All of their early albums on through Zooropa keep will always hold me spellbound. Their more recent stuff, not so much. But in their day, they were absolutely iconic.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think Channing Tatum is remotely sexy or good looking.

- straight woman

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He looks like a thumb.

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Anonymous wrote:My unpopular culture opinion is that no one wants to hear about your kids’ sports or your pets. And if you spend over $2k for any one treatment for your pet, you are a fool.

What do you recommend when your dogs tears their ACL? Taking them out back and shooting them?

that is a tough one (new poster here) I probably would pay for that.

We had to pay for expensive x-rays and such when our black lab suddenly became paralyzed in her back end. I think the tests and such alone ran us near to $5K (probably included boarded, etc). They discovered several discs in her spine had burst/been damaged.

They then offered the option for a $15K surgery that had a 50/50 shot of working and a 6 week recovery time that would require us carrying our 60 lb+ dog around 24/7. In my mind, we just couldn't justify $15K from our savings for a surgery that may or may not work. And if it didn't work AFTER we spent all that money and time, then we have a lab that needs one of those carts and likely other medical equipment for whatever was left of her life. This sounded miserable all around.

We had a cat at an earlier time that likely had cancer. We'd already paid a couple thousand in tests and had nothing conclusive. We just decided we were done torturing her with tests and let her live until the doctor said she was probably just in constant pain. She made it another year or so and then we said our goodbyes.

Our next cat was an indoor/outdoor guy (he's the only one I have ever had). He was a hunter and apparently a fighter. He had paw injuries, ear injuries, and tail injuries over time. Our vet told us at one point they might have to amputate part of his tail. That booger. Luckily, we just had to treat the injury and his tail remained intact. We've had these cats that seem to cost us more money than they should ;P Our current cat is much less problematic, thank goodness. Only one expensive trip to an emergency vet when he apparently ate something he shouldn't have.

I'm the PP. Sorry about your experiences. I've had two labs (one a purebred, one a mix) that tore both their ACLs. The first one was older when they happened (a few years apart), the second did it at ages 3 and 5. Each of those surgeries were over $2K and I'd do them all again.

I realize I wrote a book! I was sympathizing. Yes, we have limits on what we can and cannot do wrt pets. But if something is fixable within a non objectionable price range, we’ll do it. The acl surgery doesn’t sound crazy to me.

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DP- I hate seeing wonderful pet owners guilted into costly, and risky and likely ineffective treatments for animals they have loved to pieces day in and day out . I see this esp among my younger coworkers who don’t have the resources to pay for surgeries or anything beyond an expensive course of meds. They seem to think they are obligated to do whatever it takes to keep their pet alive. It’s too much. Why do you think there are animal urgent cares on every corner now ?

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Anonymous wrote:DP- I hate seeing wonderful pet owners guilted into costly, and risky and likely ineffective treatments for animals they have loved to pieces day in and day out . I see this esp among my younger coworkers who don’t have the resources to pay for surgeries or anything beyond an expensive course of meds. They seem to think they are obligated to do whatever it takes to keep their pet alive. It’s too much. Why do you think there are animal urgent cares on every corner now ?

This is so true. And having been there, it's so sad. You feel like you're killing your pet because you can't afford the (often experimental) treatments.

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Anonymous wrote:Beyonce and Jay Z are Diddy creepy.

This

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I don't want to see the ad for the new Downtown Abbey movie ever again.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want to see the ad for the new Downtown Abbey movie ever again.

I’ve never watched a single second of Downton

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Anonymous wrote:DP- I hate seeing wonderful pet owners guilted into costly, and risky and likely ineffective treatments for animals they have loved to pieces day in and day out . I see this esp among my younger coworkers who don’t have the resources to pay for surgeries or anything beyond an expensive course of meds. They seem to think they are obligated to do whatever it takes to keep their pet alive. It’s too much. Why do you think there are animal urgent cares on every corner now ?

This is so true. And having been there, it's so sad. You feel like you're killing your pet because you can't afford the (often experimental) treatments.

You’re not wrong. And a lot of time, you don’t know the cost that’s going to hit you when all you want is for your beloved pet to be healthy.

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No clue who Jen Hatmaker is and why we have 847 pages of posts about her on dcum.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want to see the ad for the new Downtown Abbey movie ever again.

I’ve never watched a single second of Downton

I'm trying to watch other shows on PBS Passport but all this week, every episode has been preceded by the same Downton movie ad. Last night I went to the cinema and the first preview was for ... the Downton Abbey movie. Enough!

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Anonymous wrote:U2—like a lot of overrated bands/musicians—barely have a handful of hits. They simply don’t have a robust catalog…and their best songs are easy listening.

You cannot be serious. U2, in their prime, were one of the world's greatest bands. They have album after album of hits.

They were great entertainers with some great songs…then they fell off a cliff. As far as being musically influential, they didn’t really leave a mark. I can’t think of any bands after them that they truly influenced.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want to see the ad for the new Downtown Abbey movie ever again.

I’ve never watched a single second of Downton

I'm trying to watch other shows on PBS Passport but all this week, every episode has been preceded by the same Downton movie ad. Last night I went to the cinema and the first preview was for ... the Downton Abbey movie. Enough!

Same! It's been shown at the beginning of every show I've watched this week. Side note: this week has been Marlow Murder Mysteries and Professor T. Both are very good if anyone needs something new to watch. Next up for me is Unforgotten's new season.