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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    08:18 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
    So she's nutty. And did something a bit madcap, like in a romantic comedy. This could be "You've Got Mail" for a new era. Where hideous bad feeling leads to Googling vengeance, awful online invective, and intriguing romance.

    She was clearly picturing herself as Meg Ryan being adorably miffed like that actress could pull off in 1989. Of course she went to his house! To her, that's where a lifetime of Hollywood trash led her- to believe there'd be some delightfully witty comic bickering before passionate lovemaking.

    "Your Honor, I move that these two crazy kids kiss and realize that they're the soulmate they've both been searching for."

    Me? I'm just glad bookstores still exist, I don't care if a crazy bitch owns it. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of Bottle-Of-Smoke Bottle-Of-Smoke
    08:14 PM

    In reply to This 16-Year-Old Has 120,000 Twitter Followers, Brighter Future Than You
    "Brighter future" = picking out many a wedgie. #danielbrusilovsky
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    08:03 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
    I don't know why he gets a "zero star rating for honesty", she could be lying just as easily. She *did* send those nutso emails and she *did* show up at his house unannounced... Doesn't sound like a trustworthy source to me. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    07:57 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize

    .
    Sean C. Should have just gone for the lulz and posted this:

    What a dump! #oceanavebooks
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    07:45 PM

    In reply to This 16-Year-Old Has 120,000 Twitter Followers, Brighter Future Than You
    When I was about this kid's age, I attended a Mac User Group meeting in my local area. The local MUG leadership was a lot of guys who looked and acted like Dave Winer, Mike Arrington, Robert Scoble, etc. -- self-important shitbrains who weren't even legitimate nerds.

    The only thing worse than knowing about their pathetic corner of the Universe back then is having it covered by mainstream outlets today. #danielbrusilovsky
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    07:16 PM

    In reply to This 16-Year-Old Has 120,000 Twitter Followers, Brighter Future Than You
    If he was a ballroom dancer, I'd be impressed. All the best kids are now ballroom dancers. #danielbrusilovsky
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    Image of lionel-mandrake lionel-mandrake
    07:15 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
    You know, if the price of being an anonymous and unaccountable internet asshole is the occasional unhinged loony bringing you to account for said assholery with their fists, maybe he'll think twice the next time he wants to savage someone from the safety of his keyboard. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    07:23 PM

    @lionel-mandrake: i'm not sure there's any real lesson to be learned here, lionel. it's just pathetic all around.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    07:37 PM

    @lionel-mandrake: WTF? Why was he an asshole? He was using the service exactly the way it's supposed to be used.

    Also -- "savage someone"? He said her bookstore was messy. I'm guessing he's right about that.
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    Edited by MissNormaDesmond at 11/04/09 7:38 PM MissNormaDesmond was starred MissNormaDesmond was unstarred
    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    07:45 PM

    @MissNormaDesmond: I'm hoping that's her office behind her and not the store. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of Bottle-Of-Smoke Bottle-Of-Smoke
    07:58 PM

    @MissNormaDesmond: Yeah, on a scale of 1 - Internet Asshole, he was about a 1.4.

    Sincerely,

    Internet Asshole #oceanavebooks
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    Image of lionel-mandrake lionel-mandrake
    08:15 PM

    @MissNormaDesmond: I'm just saying, internet anonymity makes people fearless. Maybe they shouldn't be. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08:24 PM

    @lionel-mandrake: People should not have to fear that if they use a service that's meant to allow people to give others a head's-up about local businesses, a maniac who can't handle mildly negative feedback will show up at their door and assault them. This is not in any way a good thing. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    07:14 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
    So is Diane like the mayor of Sean's house now? #oceanavebooks
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    06:59 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
    Dear Internet-
    Sorry about that stuff I said that time. Please don't come to my house and beat me up.
    Love,
    Me #oceanavebooks
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    Image of Bottle-Of-Smoke Bottle-Of-Smoke
    07:59 PM

    @ms_priestypants: Love you back. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    08:06 PM

    @Bottle-Of-Smoke: Aww, and they say this online stuff is all about dehumanizing each other and anonymous cruelty!
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    Edited by ms_priestypants at 11/04/09 8:09 PM ms_priestypants was starred ms_priestypants was unstarred
    Image of Bottle-Of-Smoke Bottle-Of-Smoke
    08:19 PM

    @ms_priestypants: Mostly, but I've been drinking and that made me laugh. A couple more rounds and I'll be back to my surly, misanthropic ways. And in the morning I'll ask you to pretend like this never happened. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    08:23 PM

    @Bottle-Of-Smoke: please, in the morning I'll be confirming you in the faith and convincing you to tithe;)
    Kampai! #oceanavebooks
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    06:58 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
    So if you don't really know what happened, and have just he-said/she-said accounts, how do you conclude that he gets zero stars for honesty? Just because she talked to you? #oceanavebooks
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    07:10 PM

    @TheBusinessGuy: Ah, I now get the implication that the zero stars rating comes from the shopkeeper. But still... #oceanavebooks
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    Image of Ryan Tate Ryan Tate
    07:27 PM

    @TheBusinessGuy: *A* zero star rating. Anyone can leave a rating, on Yelp!

    @YG2012 I posted in that thread mainly because people repeatedly said someone needs to get the other side of the story. And they had a point. Now I;m trying to get the other other side.... this could be endless. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of secretagentman secretagentman
    06:57 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
    She's got 'crazy' eyes. Goodman, if you're reading this, please don't track me down and 'Yelp' me to death. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of LittleLolly LittleLolly
    06:56 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
    Geez. Things really haven't been working out for Tina Yothers these days. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    07:00 PM

    @LittleLolly: oh man. awesome. #oceanavebooks
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    Image of LittleLolly LittleLolly
    07:10 PM

    @ms_priestypants: Thx! #oceanavebooks
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    Image of JPMarat JPMarat
    06:55 PM

    In reply to Microsoft Flacks Banned 'Forever' Over a 'Significantly Less Blue' Scoop
    Dear Mr. Arrington, you are not as important as you perhaps think you are. #mikearrington
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    Image of JPMarat JPMarat
    06:53 PM

    In reply to This 16-Year-Old Has 120,000 Twitter Followers, Brighter Future Than You
    I honestly wish him luck and success but at the same time I hope someone punches him in the face. #danielbrusilovsky
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    06:52 PM

    In reply to Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
    "I don't want this guy to escalate anything." Really?

    Based on her totally unhinged emails to him, I have no difficulty believing that she was the one to escalate the situation. Those are not the communications of a sound mind. #oceanavebooks
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