Guest Thinkers — December 12, 2010

Myspace – The Devil?

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Watch The Daily Show’s Short on Myspace.Just hilarious… As a recovering myspace adict, I actually think Myspace has been brought to us by the devil and no longer use it, but when the man’s right on emo rock, he’s right on emo rock.

good for a larf.

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