[sdiy] Real cause of DIY death

[jared]

>>Sorry if I've dissed your favorite show.
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>What does dissed mean?
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dis, or diss, also, diss-ed
1. the colloquial short form of "disrespect"

p.s. it took me awhile to figure that out, too.

>Quothe Harry Bissell Jr, from writings of Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at
>02:32:36PM -0700:
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>>Now, are those who watch a larger portion
>>of TV 'dumber' than that average ???
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>That's because it rots the mind; people don't think while watching
>television.  When they read books or even listen to old radio shows,
>the mind is working to create imagery, etc.  *When watching television,
>the brain basically acts as a sponge*, does it not?  Perhaps it's a
>good thing that most television shows broadcast and carried by cable
>networks are mindless rubbish, since that helps some people to watch
>less television.
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e.g. "don't dis sponges, you insensitive clod."

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