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Not Samsung - the ice makers suck and constantly freeze up. Between family/friends we have three of them and all have had the same issues.

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this is truth!

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We just bought a refrigerator, and while we were looking around, it seemed every negative review for just about every brand recounted problems with the ice maker. So we bought one with two ice makers.

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My Samsung piece of crap has the regular ice maker with the dispenser in the door and another one in the freezer. The one in the door is constantly freezing up. Every 3 weeks or so I shut the fridge down, pull the ice tray and use boiling water in coffee cups to defrost the stupid thing. I'm moving a few weeks though and this one will be in the garage and not making ice anymore. It will be a great garage fridge for beer and extra freezer space. I bought it at a scratch and dent as others above suggested so at least i didn't pay full price for it.

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I actually dont know anyone that uses it as a derogatory term. So definitely not everyone does. Projecting my feelings on the term onto someone else's use of the term is wrong. So it is possible that we have different groups of people that use the same term differently.

I would never use the term dishwasher to describe my wife. However I would also never correlate the use of dishwasher to the rib as both are polar opposites of meaning.

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Everyone knows that it means. "Ha. ha. Woman who was made from me. ha. ha. I wont even call her wife, shes my rib. ha. ha." You're basically referring to her by the part that comes from you.

If you really believe what you wrote, then you should always introduce her as Your Rib to everyone you meet.

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Not Samsung - the ice makers suck and constantly freeze up. Between family/friends we have three of them and all have had the same issues.

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This. Don't buy a Samsumg. Ours isn't just the icemaker, now it's the water as well. The rib especially needs her ice....

I do believe what I wrote because that is how "I" mean it and how the people I associate with mean it.

No I dont introduce my wife as my rib as I dont know how the person I am talking to will receive it. Maybe they are some snowflake that takes offense to lots of things that are absolutely inoffensive or stands on made up soap boxes just so they can champion some made up cause for justice when there was none to begin with.

I usually introduce her with her name.

Edit; my grammar and spelling is horrible on a phone.

Actually I am projecting onto my phone. Sorry phone. Didn't mean to offend you.

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People think it's stupid and overused, not offensive. It was probably mildly amusing the first time someone thought of it, then over time it became lame, like many other pop culture things. Remember when that girl made that music video about it being Friday? There were jokes and memes and references galore, most of which were funny, until they weren't.

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Maybe I rarely see it used. With all of the idiotic and potentially offensive banter on this forum it seems like a minor thing that bends a few people out of shape.

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No I dont introduce my wife as my rib as I dont know how the person I am talking to will receive it. Maybe they are some snowflake that takes offense to lots of things that are absolutely inoffensive or stands on made up soap boxes just so they can champion some made up cause for justice when there was none to begin with.

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Such weak logic. It's not about offending others or all this snowflake garbage. It's just what the terms mean and what's behind them....and whether you want to identify yourself as promoting those things or not.

I'm just saying own your ****. If you don't care, then just say you don't care. Or, if you want some good natured banter around how women secondary to men, then go for it. Don't try and justify it as empowerment or a good thing.

You know what its rooted in. Get outta here with this "I mean it differently" nonsense.

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NSA Surveillance Van said:

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Not Samsung - the ice makers suck and constantly freeze up. Between family/friends we have three of them and all have had the same issues.

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this is truth!

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Busting out my blow dryer later today to thaw mine out

I really like my Samsung one with the tablet thing built into the door. It's never been easier for people to draw dicks on my appliances when they come over to visit.

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Hopefully while she's at Lowe's she gets swept off her feet by a man who doesn't use the phrase "the rib."

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Or a woman. Remember, we have to cater to "those people" these days as well.

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I really like my Samsung one with the tablet thing built into the door. It's never been easier for people to draw dicks on my appliances when they come over to visit.

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I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, because that seems like something you might like....

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I really like my Samsung one with the tablet thing built into the door. It's never been easier for people to draw dicks on my appliances when they come over to visit.

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I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, because that seems like something you might like....

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you like dick. Do you want dicks drawn on your fridge?

Like someone suggested check the section of the store with damaged items. We bought a new fridge at Lowe's that had a small dent/scratch on the back right side by the floor. Our fridge sits in a recess between counters in the kitchen so no way in hell you see it. Saved me close to $900.

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No I dont introduce my wife as my rib as I dont know how the person I am talking to will receive it. Maybe they are some snowflake that takes offense to lots of things that are absolutely inoffensive or stands on made up soap boxes just so they can champion some made up cause for justice when there was none to begin with.

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Such weak logic. It's not about offending others or all this snowflake garbage. It's just what the terms mean and what's behind them....and whether you want to identify yourself as promoting those things or not.

I'm just saying own your ****. If you don't care, then just say you don't care. Or, if you want some good natured banter around how women secondary to men, then go for it. Don't try and justify it as empowerment or a good thing.

You know what its rooted in. Get outta here with this "I mean it differently" nonsense.

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Actually your logic is weak. You seem to think that what YOU think the term means is how everyone uses the term. That is actually illogical. Everyone I know does not use it as any level of defamation.
I do own my stuff and if I have a conversation with you and use the term rib and then you go off and are offended I will just chalk that up to your lack of understanding and your projecting your meaning of rib onto me.

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I actually dont know anyone that uses it as a derogatory term. So definitely not everyone does. Projecting my feelings on the term onto someone else's use of the term is wrong. So it is possible that we have different groups of people that use the same term differently.

I would never use the term dishwasher to describe my wife. However I would also never correlate the use of dishwasher to the rib as both are polar opposites of meaning.

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Everyone knows that it means. "Ha. ha. Woman who was made from me. ha. ha. I wont even call her wife, shes my rib. ha. ha." You're basically referring to her by the part that comes from you.

If you really believe what you wrote, then you should always introduce her as Your Rib to everyone you meet.

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I have a neighbor that uses "the rib" or "rib" a lot and it doesn't come across as endearing. He's very controlling when it comes to his wife. You can tell she doesn't care for it, but she won't say anything.

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The Rib

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Why the frown?

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Because calling your wife "the rib" is incredibly ******y.

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Not sure what as bleeped out but to me it is saying
Bone from my bone, flesh from my flesh, one that is a perfect companion. Therefore they are held to the highest place and I cannot love them any more because I am incapable of loving someone more than myself and since you are such an integral part of me that I consider you the same as myself then you have my highest form of love. That the ribs function is to protect the vitals of a person therefore not only do they honor you and love you as themselves but they look to you as protecting them too. Where they were two people before but are now one body means that they are inseparable.

And this is bad?

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I'm a Christian, I know what the rib means but still think it is a stupid way to refer to my wife.

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what does Christianity have to do with the expression? Christ didn't come along for several thousand years.

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Actually your logic is weak. You seem to think that what YOU think the term means is how everyone uses the term. That is actually illogical. Everyone I know does not use it as any level of defamation.

I do own my stuff and if I have a conversation with you and use the term rib and then you go off and are offended I will just chalk that up to your lack of understanding and your projecting your meaning of rib onto me.

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I didn't think it would be so hard. I'm not offended. I just know what the terms mean and the condescension underneath them.

Communication is always on the communicator. If you wish to ignore the meaning of words for your own enjoyment, that's on you.

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The Rib

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Why the frown?

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Because calling your wife "the rib" is incredibly ******y.

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Not sure what as bleeped out but to me it is saying
Bone from my bone, flesh from my flesh, one that is a perfect companion. Therefore they are held to the highest place and I cannot love them any more because I am incapable of loving someone more than myself and since you are such an integral part of me that I consider you the same as myself then you have my highest form of love. That the ribs function is to protect the vitals of a person therefore not only do they honor you and love you as themselves but they look to you as protecting them too. Where they were two people before but are now one body means that they are inseparable.

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I'm a Christian, I know what the rib means but still think it is a stupid way to refer to my wife.

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what does Christianity have to do with the expression? Christ didn't come along for several thousand years.

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Just curious, do Jews call their wives "ribs".

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The Rib

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Why the frown?

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Because calling your wife "the rib" is incredibly ******y.

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Not sure what as bleeped out but to me it is saying
Bone from my bone, flesh from my flesh, one that is a perfect companion. Therefore they are held to the highest place and I cannot love them any more because I am incapable of loving someone more than myself and since you are such an integral part of me that I consider you the same as myself then you have my highest form of love. That the ribs function is to protect the vitals of a person therefore not only do they honor you and love you as themselves but they look to you as protecting them too. Where they were two people before but are now one body means that they are inseparable.

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It's stupid and annoying.

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I really like my Samsung one with the tablet thing built into the door. It's never been easier for people to draw dicks on my appliances when they come over to visit.

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I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, because that seems like something you might like....

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you like dick. Do you want dicks drawn on your fridge?

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I like vagina as much as the next guy but I don't want vaginas drawn on my microwave. Well maybe the microwave but not the refrigerator.

You gotta love the GB... gets all in a tizzy over the rib but routinely asks about "cans" on any thread with a reference to women (oddly not this one due to the current ethical crusade going on).

You fight that good fight.

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The Rib

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By far the most annoying trope on texags. I do the Lucille Bluth eyeroll every time.

thread has some great ones in between all the rib talk

I was going to say that my wife calls me her boner, but I don't want to follow rule #1 for all the pervs.

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Actually your logic is weak. You seem to think that what YOU think the term means is how everyone uses the term. That is actually illogical. Everyone I know does not use it as any level of defamation.

I do own my stuff and if I have a conversation with you and use the term rib and then you go off and are offended I will just chalk that up to your lack of understanding and your projecting your meaning of rib onto me.

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I didn't think it would be so hard. I'm not offended. I just know what the terms mean and the condescension underneath them.

Communication is always on the communicator. If you wish to ignore the meaning of words for your own enjoyment, that's on you.

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I am going to have to disagree with you here. Communication is not solely up to the communicator. It is also up the the listener to learn context and skills to understand what the speaker means.

Again the terms meaning to you is up to you. But you should not apply your meaning to all cases. Thus is the beauty of the English language. People do understand nuances and not everything is black and white.

If you cannot listen from the communicators perspective then you might misunderstand a lot. I doubt you dont have that ability and use it all the time.

I find it interesting that what I attribute to a biblical term would also not have the biblical meaning behind it but be misappropriated to mean the opposite.

Something low tech from Whirlpool or GE will serve you well.

Leave the TV and Cell phone makers to making just that.

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The Rib

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I am going to have to disagree with you here. Communication is not solely up to the communicator. It is also up the the listener to learn context and skills to understand what the speaker means.

Again the terms meaning to you is up to you. But you should not apply your meaning to all cases. Thus is the beauty of the English language. People do understand nuances and not everything is black and white.

If you cannot listen from the communicators perspective then you might misunderstand a lot. I doubt you dont have that ability and use it all the time.

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The communicator is the one trying to get the message across. Seems pretty stupid to require that they understand your nuance without explanation.

In the end, you know it's wrong. That's why you hide behind this meaning definition and snowflake BS.

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I find it interesting that what I attribute to a biblical term would also not have the biblical meaning behind it but be misappropriated to mean the opposite.

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You should teach all the women at your church how honorable being "the Rib" is.

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You gotta love the GB... gets all in a tizzy over the rib but routinely asks about "cans" on any thread with a reference to women (oddly not this one due to the current ethical crusade going on).

You fight that good fight.

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meh. One is admittedly immoral. One is trying to pretend like it's not.

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You gotta love the GB... gets all in a tizzy over the rib but routinely asks about "cans" on any thread with a reference to women (oddly not this one due to the current ethical crusade going on).

You fight that good fight.

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Motion to refer to spouses as "Cans". Second?

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You gotta love the GB... gets all in a tizzy over the rib but routinely asks about "cans" on any thread with a reference to women (oddly not this one due to the current ethical crusade going on).

You fight that good fight.

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POST YOUR RIB'S TITS

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Post yours!