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usonian

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4. Reminder to DU'ers. Eschew Obfuscation!

Reply to Augiedog (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 11:59 AM

Yesterday

Use precise terms such as the ones below

incentivize scalable methodologies
deploy robust paradigms
orchestrate granular niches

These are especially handy at cocktail parties and "smokers"
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The Epstein SNAFU is being covered up by the Iran FUBAR which is hiding the Hegseth Lobster scandal [View all] Augiedog Yesterday OP

This perpetual obfuscation is reminiscent of the children's story: The House That Jack Built. GreenWave Yesterday #1

Or the children's song, "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly" Wednesdays Yesterday #3

I can only hope that the resolution to this is... mwooldri 23 hrs ago #12

"I have never killed any one... Wednesdays 22 hrs ago #14

Which is hiding the Noem $223 million malfeasance and so on ad nauseum Ponietz Yesterday #2

crimes all the way down Be Leave On 23 hrs ago #10

Reminder to DU'ers. Eschew Obfuscation! usonian Yesterday #4

Makes me think of George Carlins' sketch of how words change. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #5

"Maybe if they stuck with 'Shell Shock' BidenRocks 23 hrs ago #8

It's a Merry-Go-Round! Nasruddin Yesterday #6

Remember Sir Walter Scott's 1808 Marmion? "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." n/t PatrickforB 23 hrs ago #7

Or maybe they're just general fuck-ups. Tommy Carcetti 23 hrs ago #9

BOHICA for the rest of us I guess n/t NotASurfer 23 hrs ago #11

Superseded by the hat scandal and underscored by the Hegseth pictures controversy NBachers 22 hrs ago #13