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France Bans Use of 2.0

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stranger-things-have-happened dept.

illybilly writes "French President Nicholas Sarkozy was mad about what was called a 'version 2.0' website redesign for the presidential palace in Paris. So he pushed through legislation that bans the use of the term '2.0' in France."

114 comments

  1. OMG!! Ponies!! by cayenne8 · · Score: 1

    They are ok as long as they are the older version....

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  2. A good thing by yoghurt · · Score: 1

    Web 2.0 is a crock. You know the ".0" version is always bug ridden. Just patch it and release 2.1 already.

    Now if we could only ban "v6".

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    1. Re:A good thing by snowraver1 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Don't you see. France is trying to be an innovator. By banning web 2.0, developers will have not choice but to skip right to 3.0 thus putting france ahead of the curve.

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    2. Re:A good thing by pitchpipe · · Score: 1

      How about II.0 or 8mod6.0 or e^(i*PI)+3.0, hmm? Betcha didn't think of those now didja MessSURE Sarkozy!

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    3. Re:A good thing by Slashdot+Suxxors · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now if we could only ban "v6".

      Yes, I prever v8. It tastes way better.

    4. Re:A good thing by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 3, Funny

      I've never tried tasting the engine in my truck. I haven't changed the oil in months so I'm guessing it'd be pretty gritty.

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    5. Re:A good thing by oodaloop · · Score: 1

      I drive a Jeep with an inline engine, you insensitive clod!

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    6. Re:A good thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      idiot

      Why are you talking to yourself?

    7. Re:A good thing by commodore64_love · · Score: 1

      >>>".0" version is always bug ridden. Just patch it and release 2.1 already.

      Microsoft's already two steps ahead of you. They will +0.1 the version number from 2.0 to 2.1, and then call it "Web 3"

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    8. Re:A good thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Too true. I guess Google really does show their web viewpoint with Android. Just got 2.1 on my droid yesterday (manual update... too damn impatient). 2.1 is where it's at.

    9. Re:A good thing by morgauxo · · Score: 1

      Are you sure? I think the contents of a truck engine might be more palatable.

    10. Re:A good thing by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 1

      Whooosh!

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  3. So that explains Slashdot's next upgrade by tomhudson · · Score: 1

    Slashdot To Kill Off Web 2.0 Interface in response to complaints.

  4. Those silly French by EsJay · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur

    1. Re:Those silly French by godrik · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      why is that modeed insightful and not funny ? Is that moderator april's fool ?

    2. Re:Those silly French by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur

      either it is a joke and the flag is wrong
      or it is not a joke and some ppl don't even know entrepreneur is a french word.

    3. Re:Those silly French by cynyr · · Score: 1

      you must be new here, funny is no karma, insightful is.

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    4. Re:Those silly French by daveime · · Score: 1

      No, the problem with the French is they refuse to let go of their bloody language.

      While the rest of the world (all languages) use common terms like "computers" and "download" things, the French have "ordinateurs" and "telecharger" things.

    5. Re:Those silly French by steelfood · · Score: 1

      And here, I thought all along that it was because they surrendered easily...

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    6. Re:Those silly French by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I disagree with you:

      Spanish -> "ordenador" and "descargar"
      Catalan -> "ordinador" and "descarregar"

      If by all languages you mean English then you're right

    7. Re:Those silly French by FuckingNickName · · Score: 1

      And how I am supposed to address the Welsh Institute of Wood looking like a twit ? I look like somebody from Llanelli !

      Says the guy with the Welsh in-joke in his sig ;-).

      No, the problem with the Welsh is they refuse to let go of their bloody... best answer wins $1.40 via Paypal, judge's decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into, nemo custodet ipsos custodes, etc.

    8. Re:Those silly French by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Because the morons don't know that it's a french word.

    9. Re:Those silly French by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

      Well, deux!

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    10. Re:Those silly French by mcgrew · · Score: 1

      I don't know, but it's happened to me before; happened just last week in fact. I haven't looked at the mod history of the GP comment, but in the one I had, there were three mods of "funny" and one of "insughtful" and it got a +5, insightful. I guess someone was trying to help my karma, even though it doesn't need any help; it's been excellent all along.

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    11. Re:Those silly French by adavies42 · · Score: 1

      leeks?

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    12. Re:Those silly French by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      While I was in L.A. some guy said to me "I am an entrepreneur. You know what this means, right ?"
      He knew that I was French, but apparently didn't know this is the French word for businessman.
      I just answered "Yeah, In French we call that 'businessman'", which is actually the French translation for the American entrepreneur.

    13. Re:Those silly French by eleuthero · · Score: 1

      Continental languages tend to be self-centric. English has become the new French (or the new Latin... or the new Greek, or the new Babylonian/Egyptian whatever) and as such most new words in most languages that stem from an English / American dominated area tend to have English roots. Your examples demonstrate only that Spain and France developed an understanding of computers before the English-speaking world came to dominate the world scene (The Spanish for "computer" everywhere but Spain is "computadora").

      More importantly, at least one of your two examples demonstrates that they have used similar root words (order / compute).

    14. Re:Those silly French by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 1

      I, and most German geeks i know, do call their box "Rechner", which is literally "computer". I like it - it has that flair of ancient geekery that makes you think of huge relais-driven dusty machinery.

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    15. Re:Those silly French by Djupblue · · Score: 1

      It's funny but not a real quote.

      http://www.snopes.com/quotes/bush.asp

    16. Re:Those silly French by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 1

      They don't need it. All they do is smoke cigarettes, eat cheese and have loads of sex. Where's the motivation to run a business?

    17. Re:Those silly French by macshit · · Score: 1

      I don't know, but it's happened to me before; happened just last week in fact. I haven't looked at the mod history of the GP comment, but in the one I had, there were three mods of "funny" and one of "insughtful" and it got a +5, insightful. I guess someone was trying to help my karma...

      I'd say rather it's moderator meta-humor...

      They risk the wrath of the meta-mods to bring us meta-enjoyment!

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    18. Re:Those silly French by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I guess someone was trying to help my karma, even though it doesn't need any help; it's been excellent all along.

      Just post something disagreeing with Pudge and see how long that lasts.

    19. Re:Those silly French by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Spain and France developed an understanding of computers before the English-speaking world came to dominate the world scene

      HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

    20. Re:Those silly French by mcgrew · · Score: 1

      I disagree with Pudge here quite often, sometimes in his own journals. I don't think it's the disagreeing, but HOW you disagree.

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  5. Next? by jordanjay29 · · Score: 1

    Version 3.0? Anyone?

    1. Re:Next? by ryantmer · · Score: 1

      Version 3.0? Anyone?

      Bueller? ... Bueller?

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  6. Noooo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Someone destroyed slashdot :(

  7. Damn.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I didn't know France was under communist rule...

    Anyway, what about 2.0.0 ?

  8. WTF slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "This content requires the Flash Player."

    For all the bashing Flash gets around here, you guys sure are Flash whores.

    Fuck you.

    P.S.: we're all tired of the fucking april fool jokes all fucking day long, fucking stop it.

    Signed,
    everyone.

    1. Re:WTF slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      April Fools!

      Keep the jokes comin'

    2. Re:WTF slashdot by halivar · · Score: 3, Funny

      You and 5 whiny children who modded you up need to learn how to not click on April Fool's links. It's that easy. Don't. Click.

    3. Re:WTF slashdot by Rijnzael · · Score: 1

      Oooh baby yeah, yeah. Show me more of that anger, yeah. You want some upmod? Here you go baby. Yeah.

    4. Re:WTF slashdot by The+Moof · · Score: 1, Troll

      need to learn how to not click on April Fool's links

      Or, they could stick them in Idle, the category specifically made for exactly these types of articles.

    5. Re:WTF slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The problem is, I should have made two separate posts. I'm not sure the upmods come from the Flash comment or the April Fool comment.

      This is Slashdot. They shouldn't bother people with no Flash plug-in tell them to "activate it" and all those fucking warnings about how to setup their shit properly for the sake of a stupid April Fool joke. Flash is installed? Go ahead with your lame prank. Flash missing? Don't fucking bother me.

    6. Re:WTF slashdot by Tynin · · Score: 1

      Exactly, April 1st for all intensive porpoises might as well be called Make the Internet Useless Day (at least for news).

    7. Re:WTF slashdot by mapkinase · · Score: 1

      I am actually annoyed by slashroulette. I got the joke. Once you got it, any repetition does not make it funnier.

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    8. Re:WTF slashdot by thePsychologist · · Score: 1

      How about just not visiting Slashdot for a day? The fact that you're so annoyed means that you'd probably benefit from less internet for a day. The internet doesn't matter that much. Who cares? It's just silliness.

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    9. Re:WTF slashdot by mapkinase · · Score: 2, Funny

      I guess people can't understand a difference between April Fool and April Troll.

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    10. Re:WTF slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      yay for adblock!
      |http://*.fsdn.com/aprilfools/* in case you were wondering

    11. Re:WTF slashdot by imakemusic · · Score: 1

      Yeah, having it in the one post would have been funny. Having it in every post just makes surreptitiously browsing from work harder.

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    12. Re:WTF slashdot by dargaud · · Score: 1

      Make the Internet Useless Day

      We turned it extra useless at work (300 science guys) by putting upside-down-ternet in action... People were in fear of complaining. Those who did were told that they should check if they were using a crossover cable. Fun for the whole day.

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    13. Re:WTF slashdot by mcgrew · · Score: 1

      P.S.: we're all tired of the fucking april fool jokes all fucking day long, fucking stop it.

      Speak for yourself, if we were all sick of AF jokes there wouldn't be any.

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    14. Re:WTF slashdot by WebmasterNeal · · Score: 1

      http://cry-me-a-river.ytmnd.com/

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    15. Re:WTF slashdot by mapkinase · · Score: 1

      It does not work. Frankly, I haven't been editing my ABP custom list for a while...

      Is that part also a part of the joke? (inability to AdBlock this shit?)

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    16. Re:WTF slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dolphin like creatures that are VERY motivated.

      Intents and purposes FTW!

    17. Re:WTF slashdot by mr_lizard13 · · Score: 1

      I was one of those 5.0 children.

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    18. Re:WTF slashdot by plague3106 · · Score: 1

      I suspect its more than five whiney people. Its annoying when pretty much every story is fake.

      It was funny when they first did it, clever. Now its just stale and dule. Look at the comments for most stores; below 100, fairly unusual.

  9. I Can Breathe by hduff · · Score: 1

    Finally the French get something right besides sex and food.

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    1. Re:I Can Breathe by imakemusic · · Score: 1

      You need something else?

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    2. Re:I Can Breathe by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 1

      Ehm.. Alcohol? But they mostly got that right, too.

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  10. God, by jitterman · · Score: 0

    I hate this day more than any other day of the year. Let's just skip to the second, please.

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    1. Re:God, by halivar · · Score: 1

      You may take this opportunity to stop surfing the web at work, then. For one day out of the year, at least.

    2. Re:God, by Delusion_ · · Score: 1

      Amen.

    3. Re:God, by jitterman · · Score: 1

      I give you kudos for not posting AC, but you may also take this opportunity to not bitch at people you don't know.

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    4. Re:God, by halivar · · Score: 1

      Physician, heal thyself.

  11. Seriously... by judolphin · · Score: 1

    Seriously, how does this happen in a country that is not a dictatorship? Incredibly odd.

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    1. Re:Seriously... by DjReagan · · Score: 1

      This sort of thing usually happens around once per year. Not as odd as you'd think.

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  12. Nice try for an April, 1st... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Anyway this "2.0" buzz leads to stupid marekting again.

  13. Hmmm... by ssarasin · · Score: 1

    April fools? (I hope...)

  14. No end in sight? by WoodenTable · · Score: 1

    Wait...

    Since today is April 1st, doesn't this mean France has just banned tomorrow?! It's the second and way more stable version of today!

    Now how will the madness end!? April 3rd? THERE IS NO APRIL THIRD!

  15. The joke's too good. by Millennium · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I know it's April Fool's Day and all, but come on; you're talking about France banning a term that originated from another language. That's way too plausible. Net-pranks are supposed to be obvious fakes, man.

    1. Re:The joke's too good. by gawaino · · Score: 0

      Should've made the spokesperson Poisson d'Avril or something like that...

    2. Re:The joke's too good. by SleazyRidr · · Score: 1

      That takes all the fun out of it. The perfect prank has people believing it right up to the point where it becomes completely ridiculous, and then you laugh at the people who still believe it after that.

      It's all about the build up.

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  16. Canada by Stenchwarrior · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Canada = France 2.0

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    1. Re:Canada by jockeys · · Score: 1

      oh snap!

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    2. Re:Canada by Toze · · Score: 2, Funny

      Canada = America 1.8.1.4

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    3. Re:Canada by SillySilly · · Score: 1

      Canada is actually a mash-up of Great Britain 2.1 and France 2.2.

  17. ITS A FUCKING GEEK SITE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Being devoid of a normal sense of humour and incapable of generating original jokes, geeks like to 'slipstream' other people's and milk them till they're dry at every available opportunity. A good example is those enormous 'well in my day...' threads that crop up in just about every story ever.

    1. Re:ITS A FUCKING GEEK SITE by pitchpipe · · Score: 1

      It's a NERD site you fucking geek!

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  18. If only it were real by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'd love to see "versioning" terms banned for everything that's not software that has a definite versioning pattern.

  19. Waiting for 2.1 by LaminatorX · · Score: 1

    Responsible republics don't deploy .0 releases.

    1. Re:Waiting for 2.1 by idontgno · · Score: 1

      French Republic 1.0

      You'd think they'd have learned that lesson.

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  20. France finally gets something right! by DontBlameCanada · · Score: 1

    I'm moving to France! It's about damn time someone banned Web 2.0. I was dreading the upgrade-hell of revving all my browsers just to be able to continue to access ./

    1. Re:France finally gets something right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      France finally gets something right!

      Yeah, it's not like they had any good wine, cheese, beer, or fries (lol).

  21. OK.... by rickb928 · · Score: 1

    What's today's date?

    Think about it.

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    1. Re:OK.... by imakemusic · · Score: 1

      It's April Fool's Day, a day for amusing pranks and jokes. Why is that relevant?

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    2. Re:OK.... by rickb928 · · Score: 1

      When you put it that way, April Fools Day is indeed irrelevant.

      Sorry, I get cranky when semi-lame April Fools jokes start hitting my sphere of influence around 5:00 AM. Yes, the lame ones make me cranky no matter the time.

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    3. Re:OK.... by mr_lizard13 · · Score: 1

      April 1.0

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    4. Re:OK.... by dcw3 · · Score: 1

      What's today's date?

      Think about it.

      Well, I'm reading it on April 2.0

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    5. Re:OK.... by rickb928 · · Score: 1

      When I wrote it, today was tomorrow. You're reading yesterday.

      Where the hell is the Doctor when you need him? Always showing up unexpectedly and unbidden.

      Sheesh.

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  22. I really hate... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    April first.

  23. someone mod parent funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    nt

  24. oh i get it! by circletimessquare · · Score: 1

    its april fools

    you're making believe you're a needlessly angry and negative person over some minor pointless detail anyone with a life doesn't care about

    that's a good april fools trick!

    thank god its april fools, and such people don't exist in the comment section outside of today, right?!

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  25. -1, Indistinguishable from reality by Millennium · · Score: 1

    Come on. Net-pranks are supposed to be obvious fakes, and here you are, talking about France banning a term that didn't originate in the French language. That's way too plausible.

  26. It's official by C_Kode · · Score: 1

    It's official, I'm going to start avoiding /. on April 1st. These is just dumb.

  27. Also ban on anyone taller than Sarkozy by Endophage · · Score: 1

    Given his touchiness about height it's not surprising Sarkozy has also banned anyone taller than he is. All those people have the option to either leave the country or get free "shortening" surgery on the French health service!

  28. New term by God_TM · · Score: 1

    They prefer the term "Part Deux"...

    1. Re:New term by RebelWithoutAClue · · Score: 1

      Of course they do. Don't they have a law mandating French in France ?

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  29. France 2.0 by 517714 · · Score: 1

    "... there exists no possibility of applying the term ‘2.0' to anything that is viable or comprehensible."

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  30. merde by Jeek+Elemental · · Score: 1

    you know the point of a good april fools joke is to catch people unaware, when there are more jokes than real stories it kinda DOES NOT WORK.
    April 1. has now flipped to a game of trying to find a real story among all the unfunny crap.

    Oh well its just 1 day i guess.

  31. Slashroulette is for whores and crack whores. by desertfoxmb · · Score: 1

    Get rid of the fucking SlashRoulette.

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  32. If its real then its the only thing that by unity100 · · Score: 1

    Sarkozy done right during his presidency.

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  33. Finally by Compaqt · · Score: 1

    Sarko accomplishes what legions of web developers, deletionist Wikipedians, and curmudgeonly Slashdotters could not!

    Seriously, though, this is from the same folks that brought you

    Republic 1.0
    Republic 2.0
    Republic 3.0
    Republic 4.0, and
    Republic 5.0

    And they say Microsoft has trouble getting it right the first time.

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  34. If only it was true. by Mirar · · Score: 1

    If only it was true.

  35. Since 1.999... = 2.0 by zill · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new Web 1.999... overlords in France.

  36. Fish? by HikingStick · · Score: 1

    Poisson d'Avril, anyone?

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  37. What's wrong with you? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 1

    April Fool's Day is Internet Christmas!

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    1. Re:What's wrong with you? by jitterman · · Score: 1

      Hmm... maybe I didn't sleep enough last night. Or it's possible that I put my sense of humor in the dryer accidentally, and it shrunk :( I'll try to stretch it back to normal and be more chipper next time I post, I promise.

      I suppose if I have your positive outlook, Christmas DOES come twice a year after all!

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  38. Is this a 2.0 copy ? by marcas1 · · Score: 1

    http://www.elysee.fr/
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/

    It would be clearer if he bans 4.3.0 : the whitehouse is copying the EzPublish french site

    Marc, Paris

  39. Re:Those silly Welsh by zogger · · Score: 1

    boiled coal pudding pie.

    Not really all that bad if you have enough mayonnaise...

  40. you think america by shnull · · Score: 1

    has the sole night to rednecks ?

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  41. 2.0 Fries by kmoser · · Score: 1

    They should replace "2.0" with "Freedom."