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((macro))
They can be placed ad lib in diaries and comments.
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Alerts
For faulty statistics:
((badstats))
[Bad Statistics Alert!]
To point out the system is broken:
((broken))
[System.Is.Broken Alert]
Citation needed:
((cite))
[citation needed]
Macho Alert:
((username macho))
[username's Macho Moment of the Day™ Technology]
Neoconservative thinking ahoy!
((neocon))
[Neocon Moment Alert]
Smells like propaganda:
((propaganda))
[Propaganda™ Alert]
For unfortunate instances of Russophobia:
((russophobia))
[Russophobia alert!]
For strong Europessimism:
((doomed))
[Europe.Is.Doomed™ Alert]
For "What about... ?" situations:
((whatabout))
[Whataboutism Alert]
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Media alerts
Murdoch media in general:
((murdoch))
[Murdoch Alert]
Conservative views from the British Telegraph:
((torygraph))
[Torygraph Alert]
Neoliberal or Atlanticist views from Der Spiegel:
((spiegel))
SPIEGEL alert
Here comes NYT columnist Thomas Friedman!
((moustache))
[Moustache of Understanding Alert]
France 24 all too often:
((france24))
FRANCE 24 is SUCH rubbish
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Miscellaneous
Ironic bad:
((badthing))
You say that like it's a bad thing
Accompanies dire predictions of doom:
((username doom))
[username's Crystal Ball of Doom™ Technology]
ONOZ OMG!!
((onoz))
For Condie Rice-style "unpredictable" events:
((predict))
Who Could Have Predicted?
For likely official censorship:
((redacted))
[redacted]
Roll eyes
((roll))
That was obvious!
((sherlock))
[No Shit, Sherlock!]
Channeling Capt Renault from "Casablanca":
((shocked))
I'm SHOCKED, I tell you, SHOCKED
For 1789 situations:
((guillotine))
When encountering Orwellian language:
((orwell))
Orwell Lives
When calling bullshit:
((bullshit))
When CT radio waves come on too strong:
((tinfoil))
For "Well, duh" situations:
((duh))
For head-scratching situations:
((scratch))
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