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Some of you have written in to inform us that Defamer has recently been littered with advertisements hawking the very object of our most fiery, recent scorn, Ugg boots. (Yes, we've seen them.) The day that Google's ad-bot understands the context of our frequent mentions of the furry fashion-don'ts will likely be the same day that robots write this website, while a completely different set of robots handles various "other needs" of ours as we drunkenly recline on a lounge chair in the backyard. Ah, the whispered promises of technology!

Regarding the picture at left: The only way that we're OK with this latest example of Uggs use is if someone wearing a Von Dutch hat is on the other end of that leash.