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Because Everything on Craigslist is For Real

freespeech — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:49:12 MDT

@Demonbird:
yes, most sound advice!!!!

If you can shovel through all the crap on there, you can find some decent stuff. I found my apartment on there and was very happY, along with other things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freespeech

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The Operator — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:20:54 MDT

Not to sound like I do not agree with the the whole "white-approved" comments. if you look at housing "ads" in craigslist you will see that in the listing, it has the phrase "white-aprroved" (which is sad).
As for the "Nigerian 419 scam," most online scamming is done by using other countries. I do not think the person was making a racist comment, but more of naming a fact. The fact of it being a scam of a person saying they were from Nigeria. If you read the post about the person almost getting scammed by someone on eBay you would understand it a bit more.

Hope this stays calm.

PS: I would SO buy that if I had the money :-P Nintendo + Apple = Napple? I-tendo?
I got nothing.....

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VAMP — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:06:43 MDT

That cleared things up nicely Owen, good job. I think there was confusion because it's typically hard to express sarcasm through written word. Maybe some itallics or quotation marks around "white approved" would have helped. Either way, thanks for the feedback, some writers wouldn't even take the time to aknowledge their reader's concerns so keep it up. ;-)

VAMP

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CruiseElroy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:32:30 MDT

@Owen Good: don't be too hard on yourself, I would'nt say it mas a lame attempt at humor, maybe just too ambiguous. Its all good though, welcome to the good ship Kotaku, enojyed the articles this weekend.

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rannic — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:59:57 MDT

@Owen Good: I didn't get here in time to be offended by your HORRIBLE RACIAL SLUR against the BEST-HAVINGEST racial group in the world.

So... welcome to the site, duder! Keep up the energy! I dig it, even if these WHITE SUPREMACISTS don't!

(Y'all know I'm just joshin' ya, yeah? Yeah.)

rannic

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Komrade_Kayce — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:34:14 MDT

@chris_wing:

I am not your friend, guy!

Also:

*****
NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHING: Finder!

Komrade_Kayce

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chris_wing — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:19:20 MDT

@almarota1979:
I'm not your buddy, friend!

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superHOOKIE — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:48:49 MDT

@Owen Good:
"Sorry for any confusion"? Huh? It's just sort of dumb.

BTW, I'm white and I live in San Francisco.

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XWonka — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:40:59 MDT

Just as long as mario does an iPod commercial.

ya know... what does paying something like this do for you? Tell you to buy stock in Nintendo and Apple? So can't i just do that without paying someone a stupid amount of money for some "proof?" Dumb Dumb.

Meanwhile, i just sniped the highest bit on a ghost in a jar on eBay. I love how the internet never lies.

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playaj — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:44:37 MDT

@Owen Good:

Thanks dooder. :)

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j.howlett — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:41:17 MDT

@ Owen Good: thats mighty white of you.

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TokeYo — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:31:49 MDT

@Owen Good: Thanks for clearing that up Owen. I'm sure many will be relieved to hear that your tongue was firmly in cheek.
Also welcome to the good ship Kotaku, it's great to have you on board.
I'm sure there'll be less misunderstandings now people see where you're coming from.

TokeYo

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Tietsu — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:45:26 MDT

Hmm...who uses couriers for documents when we have the interwebz?

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Evil Tortie's Mom — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:12:05 MDT

@Owen Good: Hey, I got it. Maybe if you'd said "yuppie-approved" it would have been more clear, though less sarcastic.

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Owen Good — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:01:40 MDT

@playaj: Alright, for the record, "White Approved" was my lame attempt for poking fun at a gentrified/fying neighborhood in a dense urban area, San Francisco or otherwise. I think I'll just leave it at that. I'm putting this comment in the night note. Sorry for any confusion.

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Donutt007 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:21:18 MDT

Ya know what, after reading that I realize there was a typo. He forgot the word "stripes"....see the White Strips came to San Francisco and drove by Noe Valley and said "Hey I like this place"

See, it's a "White Stripes approved neighborhood".

Now go back to what you were doing and quit taking things so damn serious. Last time I checked there was still a bit of humor in comedy.

Donutt007

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Starcade — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:38:19 MDT

Upon reading the article, I didn't know how to take it. It could be sarcasm, but it could be something else. Whatever the case, it is racial and it is offensive to me. I've lived in the SF bay area my entire life. I have family and friends who live in Noe Valley, as well as other parts of San Francisco and the surrounding areas.

So you can question my understanding of a slur and offer me pity all you want. It doesn't change how I feel about what was written.

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Gorp900 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:41:00 MDT

What?! :O
everyone surely knows when u get stuff like that you blackmail it back to them!

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geekgrrl — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:17:10 MDT

i came across one of those scams too. 2 bedroom, 2 bath in chicago with a jacuzzi tub, breakfast bar, fireplace, rooftop deck, etc, etc for $900. contacted the landlord who 1. lived in hawaii, 2. said the rent was paid 'in three-month cycles,' and 3. said i had to put up the first cycle before i could even see the place. i'm ashamed to say i almost fell for it :( thank goodness my bf's cooler head prevailed...

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SAKY — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:32:25 MDT

Two bedrooms, 1300 sq feet, air conditioning, parking, cat-friendly, in San Francisco's white-approved Noe Valley, for $1300.

"White approved"?

SAKY

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JGab — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:25:22 MDT

Wait...they sell other things besides sex on craigslist?

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TheJordanator — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:07:57 MDT

The reason that this type of scam is referred to as a "Nigerian scam" is because it originated in Nigeria in the 1970s. The scammers hope that the commission offered will be enticing enough to compel the recipient to take the risk of sending thousands of dollars to a stranger. The reasons given for the transfer can differ from a government freezing an account to the existence of an account with no beneficial owner. When it comes to this type of request, however, it is important to remember that anything that sounds too good to be true usually is.

Warnings signs of a Nigerian scam include a U.S. currency account in a foreign country (Nigeria, Iraq, Mauritius), odd spelling and language in the body of the email, and a promise of substantial compensation for little effort.

(From dictionary.com)

TheJordanator

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saruxiii — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:33:43 MDT

Mr. Good, I feel your pain. I too would love to live in Noe Valley in a $1300/mo 1300 sq ft apt, even a one bedroom 600 sq ft apt would do, but unfortunately I don't think they exist. Nothing that close to Mitchell's ice cream could have a price tag that low.

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GorbyGipper — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:23:08 MDT

@Demonbird:

"Scams. You should never buy anything on craigs list unless you are meeting in person, in a public area, and you get your item at the same time."

There are exceptions...

[kotaku.com]

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zanzibarlegend — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:19:00 MDT

while i do have a great sense of humor, your satire was not too clear for the masses. as a person of color i was thinking that perhaps more caucasian peeps would be offended by this, signaling them to being picky about where they want to live in SF. Whatever, i would just say be careful when you walk that line, it is a very thin one. last time i cheked a scam is just a scam. the whole nigerian scam thing got peeps here fired up, so i would be clear so that people don't get the wrong impression. oh and by the way.....

welcome to kotaku :D

zanzibarlegend

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playaj — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:00:29 MDT

seriously this guy should clear up the "white approved" thing. I've clicked on this story a few times just to see if he addressed the comment.

playaj

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Otacon91 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:52:42 MDT

@johnny_ultimate: Isn't Sonic in the new Brawl game, as well as that whole Mario VS Sonic Olympics game?

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aelfin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:59:20 MDT

I was reading this article on the front page, wondering where it would get to a bit about videogames... Sometimes some articles just don't need a "jump" :P.

aelfin

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DaiMacculate — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:23:15 MDT

@Onizuka-GTO: Ssh, they wanted to wait on that announcement until after Bill gets his sex change operation! :)

As to the "White-approved" line I think it was clearly a sardonic dig at the de facto segregation that exists in this country, nothing more. Its just like if I, a white person, make a sardonic dig at the police over their likelihood to pull over a black person and let me drive on; its not an approval of that state of affairs by any means, and if anything its a very mild statement against it.

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Krondonian — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:48:30 MDT

@kingmanic: ...that's exactly what s/he was saying.

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SonOfVoorhees — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:47:08 MDT

Wouldnt a console made by Nintendo/Apple be called a Ni-pple? Which suits me because they are always fun to play with. hee hee

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Onizuka-GTO — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:26:53 MDT

i'll believe an Apple - Nintendo merger when Bill Gates marries G Dubuya Bush.

which comes to think of it, might be true.

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CruiseElroy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:25:34 MDT

@Clushje: not trying to blow anything outta proportion (really didn't mean to come across like that if I did), just more like saying "Dude, that didn't sound so good."

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:15:07 MDT

@Everyone who uses CL. Just a tip over at another Gawker site LifeHacker there is a script for fire fox that will display the pictures for you just as you regularly would browse. Just without the click to see the crap before hand. Just a little FYI, I have it installed and it works very well.

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:05:34 MDT

@majatt: He's not your pal, guy. ^_^ I just watched that episode an hour ago.

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Thoas — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:29:19 MDT

LMFAOOOO

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kingmanic — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:19:17 MDT

@Donutt007:
"But seriously, White people are actually a minority in San Francisco. So it's really no difference than a Chinese person wanting to move into China Town in any other city."

Not many Chinese people actually live in "China" towns. Their businesses are there but they often live in the suburbs. New comers may live in Chinatown but usually move out.

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Revenge_of_Nekojin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:51:46 MDT

@CruiseElroy: Well, the RE5 trailer was construed as racist too. Big deal.

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Clushje — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:15:37 MDT

@CruiseElroy: Oh come on, its a satirical dig if anything. Don't blow it out of proportion.

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Purple Dave — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:40:56 MDT

@NinjaBurg3r:
Dude, you lose an honor finger for giving away your identity. I do not, however, because I am not confirming my status one way or the other, just that I have, at some point, been acquainted with the rules.

Purple Dave

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Platypus Man — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:39:08 MDT

I agree with the "white-approved" thing. I mean, I don't think anybody here is actually being racist, but it doesn't sit well with me either. It might be the truth, and it might be sarcastic, but I just don't see the point of saying it. I just don't see why it didn't occur to the new weekend editor to choose his words better on his opening weekend...

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Slothboy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:29:05 MDT

Craigslist is the ultimate crappy yard sale. It's the one you drive by to see what they have and it is just piles of old clothes that should be taken to Good Will that they have the balls to try and sell for $1.00 each. Lady, you should pay me to dispose of that stuff. It is a hazard to the health of our community.

I'm not saying there isn't the occasional gem on Craigslist, but all I've ever managed to find there is shuffling brain dead masses, sifting through refuse looking for something shiny. Or a SWM seeking a lesbian couple looking to experiment.

There is nothing for you there, only madness.

Slothboy

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Witzbold — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:07:51 MDT

lol brilliant!

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CruiseElroy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:54:14 MDT

@Andrew831: I think you're missing the point here. I'd like to think that most of the people who read Kotaku 'get' his sarcasm, but we just didn't really like it or how it was used. He's the brand new weekend editor, and so this weekend is sort of his introduction to the site and its readers. The part of the post that shows up on the front page contains the "white-approved' line while talking about Nigerian scammers. I'm just saying that that may be construed as racist by some, which is surprising to see on Kotaku. I think it was just a really bad choice of words, and nothing else, but I think it has to be at looked at as somewhat questionable, no? Its good to talk about things...

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CruiseElroy — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:30:54 MDT

@Ignatius: I want to know the same thing, and it doesn't look like we're gonna find out. The whole 'white-approved' line just doesn't really sit well with me for some reason. Say what you will about Kotaku - they're biased against/for Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft, they're too juvenile/they take themselves too seriously, your thoughts on the ban-hammer (I wish every site had one...), hey, whatever - but I would've never thought I'd ever see a thinly veiled racist/hateful remark by anyone on their staff, or even ever have such an accusation leveled against them. I'd really think this should be addressed by someone, even if only in the comments of this post. I'm not a 'minority', or whatever you wanna call people who aren't 'white', but can you not understand how such a statement can be taken badly? Would you be willing to lose readers, even one, over a post about a silly prank that will probably never even be heard of again? I'd think not, so maybe it might be a good idea to clear this up in some way.

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RaepGoblin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:14:27 MDT

I have $100,000 and a hankering for some internal corporate communication emails.

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Andrew831 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:01:20 MDT

@Starcade: I don't think you know what a racial slur is. Because there is no racial slur in that post.

If you don't see the obvious satire behind his use of 'white-approved' I pity you.

Believe it or not in America the idea that an area or neighborhood is mostly white is seen as a benefit for moving. And this is not just white people who take it into consideration.

Is it right? Nope. But it's there, and him mentioning it sarcastically is not a 'racial slur'.

Andrew831

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majatt — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:43:27 MDT

@almarota1979: I'm not your buddy, pal.

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Darkest Daze — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:23:24 MDT

Hey guys, on April 28th, Nvidia will buy Intel for $2billion. I'll sell you this info for $49.95. *sigh*

Darkest Daze

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Nessman — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:20:07 MDT

It sounds like something i'd read on a forum thread. "If you don't believe me, it's your loss" psh, they could at least photoshop some pictures.. April fools jokes this year were much better than this and they were free.

Nessman

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hellodon — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:05:09 MDT

It looks like it was flagged for removal. I wonder if it was posted on April Fools Day.

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Phantommizzi — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:45:16 MDT

Apple, Nintendo, yeah right. Now that I said that Its gonna happed, just cause gods got beef with me.

Phantommizzi

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deviantchicken — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:43:49 MDT

I was nearly Nigerian scammed as well, when someone contacted me on eBay trying to pay full price for my iPod. The address they gave me was peculiar, and the payment method (strange money order) was more than odd. Especially the fact he couldn't just bid on my auction. He insisted he buy it seperate frome eBay. We spoke on MSN and he had terrible spelling and grammar, and it took forever to get a clear answer from him on details for the transaction. The morning I was going to ship the iPod off, I had gotten the email to submit the money order (looked horribly unofficial for a confirmation email, terrible HTML, etc.) and I had finally decided to look up Nigerian addresses for online orders.

Got my answer, of course. The situation was too out of the ordinary to be a coincidence.

Contacted PayPal and eBay. Before eBay could ban him, he shut down his account so my messages with him would disappear. PayPal investigated his account and apparently closed it.

I emailed all the spoof and pics of proof to spoof@ebay.com, and they looked into it as well. Was very, very close to contacting my local authorities, but I doubt they would bother looking into a case overseas for fraud.

eBay applauded my promptness and the fact that I kept all the evidence.

Hopefully that's one less frauding-fucker the internet has to deal with.

deviantchicken

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Starcade — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:28:57 MDT

I read this and thought to myself, what the...? You lost me as a reader after the racial slur involving the SF bay area.

Starcade

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joebobfunguy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:52:07 MDT

yes, white-approved is a racial thing. Didn't you guys get the memo?

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almarota1979 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:45:49 MDT

I'm not your guy, buddy

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blackadvent — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:30:50 MDT

April's Fool was a few days ago, guy.

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globones — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:18:52 MDT

@ TheJordanator:

*throws up all over screen*

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mmx — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:17:39 MDT

@DiscipleofJamzy: Not to be confused with McDonalds' "McSassins", of course.

mmx

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almarota1979 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:10:32 MDT

cognitive dissonance bargain of a lifetime? explain

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TheJordanator — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:59:45 MDT

I'd be pretty scared if they merged.

THINK OF THE FANBOY ARMY THEY WOULD HAVE!

...just...so...annoying....

TheJordanator

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EmTeeZ — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:54:04 MDT

I'm actually just really curious to know what documents would be provided (if any). Not $99,999 curious, but curious nonetheless. Plus you'd think someone with such info would know more than to post it on Craig's List...

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Highlander Wolf — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:47:27 MDT

El O'el. Good post.

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thesillyone — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:42:22 MDT

over here in Indy, for 1300 you can get yourself a nice little luxury apartment downtown :)

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sorolla — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:33:21 MDT

We saw that same housing scam at work. It was taken down and flagged by the end of the day. It's really terrible that even house/apartment hunting is all scams now.

sorolla

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fastball611 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:33:17 MDT

hey... that's my b day :)

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j.howlett — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:33:05 MDT

does this mean mario, kirby, and company will officially be on my p-p-powerbook

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NinjaBurg3r — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:26:02 MDT

Owen, if you want a word of advice, move to Texas. Housing is SO much cheaper here than just about anywhere else. Just my two cents :p

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Lixie — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:25:54 MDT

What's with everybody living in San Fran nowadays. You people know there are other cities out there?

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Skitch01 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:20:44 MDT

I really think it could easily have been an American scam too.
Damn Oprah, brainwashing everybody....

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MeleeKirby — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:20:00 MDT

Oh snap, I just bought myself documents detailing Sega's plans to get back into the hardware business! And while I was at it, I also purchased documents of Microsoft's deal on buying out Nintendo and giving Mario a gun!

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Green-clad Gamer Dude — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:19:54 MDT

So can I have a $100,000 now?

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adaorardor — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:09:17 MDT

@Zunnoab: yeah welcome to life in a large city. i live in chicago at the moment (which isn't that expensive compared to when i lived on the east coast), but i still pay more per month for my small 1 bedroom apartment than my parents paid on the mortgage for their home, which is like 10 times bigger.

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sean.thor — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:04:43 MDT

My girlfriend and I almost got sucked ino one of those scams. When the "owner" said I had to wire her money, all the red flags went flying. 5 minutes of research later I cut off comunication with the "owner". I was just as pissed as you were man.

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Purple Dave — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:03:49 MDT

@Demonbird:
And verify functionality. How many times have you heard about someone buying a game console only to get a busted machine or a box of rocks?

Purple Dave

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snakepliskin — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:01:20 MDT

Wtf are you going to do with insider documents? If hes so damn sure then just invest in one of the stocks and then wait for t his ridiculous deal to never happen.

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Dakkonfire — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:50:06 MDT

Sorry, I posted 99,999 or no deal... It's my favorite Final Fantasy number.

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mariospants — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:37:00 MDT

That apartment scam is EVERYWHERE craigslist is. Big variation is: sublease apartment but you have to cash a cheque they give you and send them the difference. They get like 10-20 people to give them $2-5k and in a week or so the cheque bounces and those people never see the guy again.

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ThatsMrOffDutyNinja — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:22:48 MDT

I love me a good scammer to play games with. Nothing beats wasting that time whilst at work, overnight.

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Brackynews — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:21:25 MDT

Yes, of all the classified intel he could smuggle out of Cupertino... "Nintendapple" will surely be the jackpot he can retire on.

Epic Black Turtleneck Fail.

Brackynews

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Zunnoab — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:20:51 MDT

$1300 rent is outrageous, I'd move, though I could understand if it's your home area.

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jynxce — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:20:09 MDT

Bite;p

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Verum — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:17:29 MDT

*Translation from hyper-ambiguous legalize to english not included

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jynxce — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:17:15 MDT

@mashuu83: Well, let's just put it like this.

Brutal Legend => Rock infused adventure game about a rodie => loved by all before it's even released => white-approved

50 Cent sequel => Rap infused adventure game about rap artist => hated by all before it's even released => white-non approved

As much as I dislike 50 and his music, it's apparent that it's not white-approved. Some will argue that Tim Schafer has a good track record, but I'm sure if he was even behind a game like the latter it still would get slammed...

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mphz — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:15:14 MDT

Once I saw a woman offering sexual services in exchange for World of Warcraft gold, everything on Craigslist ceased to surprise me. :/

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ottothecat2008 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:14:58 MDT

Is this even getting posted.

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ottothecat2008 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:13:40 MDT

It's over 99 thousand!

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Donutt007 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:12:42 MDT

@Donutt007: Sorry that was meant about the whole 'white-approved' thing

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Donutt007 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:07:37 MDT

It probably means that it's not Hunters Point.

But seriously, White people are actually a minority in San Francisco. So it's really no difference than a Chinese person wanting to move into China Town in any other city.

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Gangsta-Grillz — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:06:10 MDT

What approved? I thought San Fran was synonymous
with same sex approved.

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roflwaffles — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:05:58 MDT

IT WAS REMOVED? D:
"ninpple" probably got to them before i could.
and in hindsight the combined name of nintendo and apple is amazingling awsome.

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TheFooFighter — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:04:33 MDT

Now you guys tell me its fake.....

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TokeYo — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:04:17 MDT

@VAMP: @Ignatius: I was also wondering that? I can't seem to get any sense out of Google though.

I'd hope that it's something to do with having official documentation (because I like to think the best of people). But I fear it's some terrible draconian saying that people should rightly be pelted with rotten fruit for uttering.

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mashuu83 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:00:17 MDT

@trachten: Yeah me too... it comes off as pretty racist to me.

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trachten — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:55:50 MDT

I'm also curious what 'white-approved' means.

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superHOOKIE — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:46:30 MDT

Noe stinks.

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excel_excel — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:46:11 MDT

@kingclip: wow....thats....disturbing....
the i-ds! I can see it now! It'll be a phone! and have a touch screen! and it'll have games!!
huh? what do you mean they already have the i-phone? WHAT?!

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2NinjasTapedTogether — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:45:01 MDT

99,999? I'd be a fool NOT to! I'm glad I finally have a reason to spend money on something. I've just been sitting on a cool million for so long and lo... Craigslist beckons!

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VAMP — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:42:58 MDT

@Ignatius: I was thinking the exact same thing, is it some kind of racial thing?

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Evil Tortie's Mom — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:37:49 MDT

Owen, you should room with Flynn. It would be a mini-Kotaku Tower.

Although you'd never fit all your game gear in one apartment.

@Donutt007: 510 4 LIFE!

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sir_carrot — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:37:27 MDT

Haha. I completely feel your pain. Finding housing here in SF is such a bugger, but in the end Craigslist is the place it comes down to.

Why must I move every year? Why!

I dread finding a new place as I will have to in the next three months...

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Señor Vorpal Kickass'o — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:34:58 MDT

I'll sell you my Wii for 20 bucks, just meet me in this alley on the south side, kk?

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kingclip — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:33:52 MDT

Hey, I got my kids Wii on Criagslist. Totally awesome, woman bought it for her son, he didn't play it so she sold it. He was this surly angry teenager and when we turned it on to clear the memory out so it could start from scratch the kid had created all this various ethnic looking Miis and given them racist names. It was lovely.

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DiscipleofJamzy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:33:09 MDT

Steve Jobs has already sent his Macsassins to "silence" this courier.

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Donutt007 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:32:49 MDT

HA, parking and 1300 sq ft in San Francisco for only $1300, you should have known it was a scam, I live in Oakland and can't even get a deal like that.

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ZinkO: Balls of the Patriots — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:32:02 MDT

@johnny_ultimate:
SUPRISE BRAWL, YOU OWE ME 100 GRAND.

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Ignatius — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:31:55 MDT

Um. What's the 'white-approved' mean?

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TRT-X — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:23:46 MDT

I love it. He's got "exclusive information" for sale and the annoucement tells you exactly what that information is.

A duuuhr.

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dead_red_eyes — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:22:10 MDT

Good ol' Craigslist.

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hrabbit — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:22:04 MDT

even if you did pay up and it was real it would most likely be some stupid papers with big words in it >.> *rolls eyes*

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johnny_ultimate — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:20:36 MDT

Jokes on us if on April 10th Apple and Nintendo announce a merger.
Although there is as much a chance of that as Sonic in a Nintendo game.

Oh. But still: good try sale-630957096. Better luck next time.

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Shigamado — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:18:33 MDT

Sorry, I only have $99,998.

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Komrade_Kayce — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:18:33 MDT

@jcsunshine:

BAHHH BAHHH BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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boopadoo — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:18:08 MDT

If it was a scam, wouldn't they make it more affordable? You know, because it's made up?

That must mean IT'S TRUE!

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jcsunshine — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:17:10 MDT

"They said I'd never make it big as a courier. Well, I'll show them. I'll show them all."

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Mike918 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:13:37 MDT

I will just point and laugh at the guy who buys that...i think we all are going to do the same.

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Muffin_Man — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:13:05 MDT

Haha, really? I like to think theres people who actually sit around and contemplate paying for this.

Also, had no idea what this could be about, no info in title, but drew me in. Hard to say if this works to get me to read more or if I miss the heads up. Enjoying Owen's writing though, thats for sure.

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scoli83 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:12:38 MDT

Insider info:

Apple says, "want to merge?"
Nintendo replies, "no."

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wriXeL — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:09:56 MDT

it would be so Ironic if he was actually telling the truth. ^^

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Kcgig1 (NY FTW) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:09:15 MDT

OH NO WAI..THIS IS SOO COOL, INSIDER INFO!! *pays 100k*

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Krondonian — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:08:43 MDT

And if you post the url for that posting in 20 different threads on Kotaku and hit F9 the name of your crush will appear on the screen and if you dont you will die and dis iz realy scary becus its tru.

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MonkeyBiz — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:08:41 MDT

insider = illegal = jail = Martha Stewart

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Aethyr — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:08:39 MDT

@icepick314: I drop my iPod often enough when using the accelerometer function.

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mizzle — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:08:37 MDT

He had me at Cupertino.

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SynKade — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:08:01 MDT

That's probably both the dumbest and smartest thing i've seen this year beause you know some idiot is going to try and get him to lower the price...

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DaiMacculate — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:07:31 MDT

Wow, people are amazingly silly.

Besides, even if Nintendo was somehow to overcome their century of corporate culture that bears against this, I would hope Apple learned their lesson on pairing with Japanese game companies with the Pippin ;)

Although Bandai does kind of suck, so maybe it would go better with Nintendo....

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