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[show_my_cannons]

Got to love how in the midst of a holiday supposed to be about... giving and togetherness and crap...

All we're doing is drawing lines in the sand.

If it's Us against Them, quit making trouble between each other already.

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[synonymouswithdookie]

that's asking a hell of a lot from these folks, y'know.

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[show_my_cannons]

Maybe I'm just hoping for the best.

Or wishful thinking.

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[synonymouswithdookie]

i guess i can't really blame you for that. it can get frustrating.

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[show_my_cannons]

Frustrating was a week ago.

This is beyond it.

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[glorifiedtrash]

You sound exactly like a tired babysitter.

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[show_my_cannons]

Look at the bullshit on the network, and tell me I don't have good reason.

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[glorifiedtrash]

True. Don't they say raising kids is like herding velociraptors?

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[poisonousflame]

gotta say, i haven't seen much unity on the "Us" front, period

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[show_my_cannons]

That's because there hasn't been any.

Hence the irritated commentary.

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[poisonousflame]

ever, or just recently?

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[neonnerd]

That's the trouble when dealing with civilians thrust into a situation like this, I suppose.

[There's a pause, as he considers saying something more along those lines, then dismisses it.]

Do you usually celebrate this holiday, then?

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[show_my_cannons]

They should know better than to start riots with bullshit pranks.

[He doesn't really hesitate. But there's a pause of his own.]

... I usually work. Cover one of the guys who has a family.

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[neonnerd]

I suspect whoever was behind it is a teenager or a college student.

[Another pause.]

Or an ass. Often they're the same. Either way, not terribly known for knowing better.

[And now he's smiling. Of course that's what Harding usually does. Perhaps he should consider it sad, the implications that the other man has no family, but - he doesn't. Possibly because it's familiar.]

I usually do the same. I suppose I should have picked up on that, given that you added 'crap' to the end of the sentiment.

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[shiromadoushi]

Eating. Don't forget eating. Giving and crap comes later with Xmas.

Also, what's this "we" stuff, huh? Some of us have actually been trying to get shit done instead of farting in the wind.

[[Not that he's clean of troublemaking by any stretch...]]

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[show_my_cannons]

Giving's kind of in the name of this one.

Yeah, well, then that "us" needs to be more obvious.

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

The name is just giving thanks, different kinda thing entirely.


And can't be any more obvious than using this thing to organize search parties and info raids. If you can ignore the loud mouthed idiots, there's plenty going on.

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[selfassured]

You expect a bunch of bored teenagers to behave themselves?

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[show_my_cannons]

Apparently I was too optimistic.

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[selfassured]

Incredibly optimistic.

Just let them fight amongst themselves. It might knock some sense into them. Literally.

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[envisaging]

Most of us aren't making trouble.

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[show_my_cannons]

Good.

Keep doing that. Makes you smarter than half the idiots on this network.

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[envisaging]

This isn't a tone that will help with the line-drawing, you know.

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[metalbent]

Yeah, it's kinda a mess right now, isn't it?

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[show_my_cannons]

"Kind of" is an understatement.

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[metalbent]

Hey, I was doing the family holiday thing, coming back to this is sort of "what the hell did you guys even do this time?"

So far I got the story of "some crazy guy pretended to be the chief of police".