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Friday, October 26, 2007 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Do airplanes make you fart more? What happened to the dog hair on my suitcase? The pilot lets us in on readers' probing questions.
By Patrick Smith

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  • Friday, October 26, 2007 06:51 PM

    I Guess I'm a Douchebag (From the Author)

    "Jason G." calls me a penis *and* a douchebag. I went and read his past letters, posted in reply to various articles here in Salon. I am troubled to I find that I concur with most of his comments...

    He writes: <<< ... but terms like "hipster" and "scenester" are meant to be PEJORATIVES. You're not supposed to want to be a hipster any more than you supposed to want to be a poseur or a tool or a douchebag."Hipster" is a term of derision. Hipsters are people you make fun of, not try to emulate. >>>

    I agree.

    <<< Nice that Bill waited until after he was out of office to start giving a shit about poverty.>>>

    I agree.

    <<< Asking why men care about abortion rights - since they have "no dog in this hunt" - is offensive, and analogous to asking why white people care about civil rights for blacks.>>>

    I agree.

    <<< You know, it's just good manners not to link to PDFs without clearly labeling the link as such. >>>

    I agree.

    <<< Baseball playoff games should be on free TV, period.>>>

    I agree. (I don't have cable either.)

    - PS

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