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​There are times in the great big blogoverse in which we are faced with the fact that certain things we have been doing are somewhat or hugely annoying. Upon that discovery, we generally continue to do those things, but with a nagging feeling of guilt and self-doubt that only continues to grow in intensity until we can't stand it any longer and throw up our hands and shout, "Make it stop!" And then, we blame everyone else, because they made us do it.

In a similar vein, and because it's Monday, here is a hand-crafted artisanal guide of commonly used words and phrases that we can take no longer, whether online or outside the confines of an internet connection. Mostly we hate them because they are overused, lazy, cliched, boring, deplorably cutesy, or could be better put another way. Other times we hate them because, well, frankly, haters gonna hate. Read on, after the jump.

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​Thanksgiving: The holiday commemorating the time this country's forefathers took a bunch of natives out to dinner before killing, raping, stealing from, and giving diseases to said natives, one that even the most pink-liberal New Yorkers find themselves celebrating in some iteration. It is, among other things, a good time to think about how great we have it.

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​After twice publishing examples of the nutcases and bigots who responded to last week's cover story, "White America Has Lost Its Mind," we thought we'd share some of the other kind, the people who read, understood, and were moved.

In fact, the majority of about 1,000 e-mails sent to writer Steven Thrasher were kind, enthusiastic, and even touching. Even the majority of critical e-mails were civil (and rarely called for race war).

So here's a peek into some of the love we received. Thanks, readers!

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​​Hear now, "boy": last Wednesday's Village Voice's cover story by staff writer Steven Thrasher, an essay entitled White America Has Lost Its Mind, sure has attracted some interesting attention! Whether or not readers agree with what we have to say, we often get letters from them regarding our stories, many of which are exciting, substantial, or, at the very least, rational, nuanced, and psychologically stable. These -- the second installment in the letters we've received regarding the story -- are none of those things.

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​Yesterday, we unleashed Steven Thrasher's cover story, White America Has Lost Its Mind, on an unsuspecting -- and partially mental-health-care-needing -- public. Since then, besides producing some pretty amusing, enlightening, and point-proving hate mail, Thrasher's story has also generated record amounts of comments for us: in just one day, 247.

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​Hear now, boy: This week's Village Voice's cover story by staff writer Steven Thrasher, an essay entitled White America Has Lost Its Mind, sure has attracted some interesting attention! Whether or not readers agree with what we have to say, we often get letters from them regarding our stories, many of which are exciting, substantial, or, at the very least, rational, nuanced, and psychologically stable. These letters are none of those things.

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​We'd like to congratulate our intern, Leslie Minora, whose last day with us is sadly today. You know you've made it when the New York Post is just openly jacking your shit without attribution.

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​We love our readers! Some of them love us! Others, not so much. Occasionally, we get letters from them. These are their stories.

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​And we thought it was a big deal on hearing that the Jersey Shore guys know what a Village Voice is. Behold! Ethics chages schmethics charges. We know a good fellow when we see one, like this guy. Granted, if Rangel can make it to Congress, apparently, anyone can, but not just anyone can make it to Congress and say they still keep it real by reading the best and oldest weekly newspaper in the land. Readers: we've got 'em. [FK]