# "you're screwed."  A question...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-screwed-a-question/341084>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2006, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-screwed-a-question/341084 "2006-01-22T06:53:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-screwed-a-question/341084/21 "2006-01-25T21:01:11Z")

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Borked!

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**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-screwed-a-question/341084/22 "2006-01-25T23:26:27Z")

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> [@Troy McClure SF](#):
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> Borked!

I like that. If anything was meant to be named after Bork, that would be it.

I’ll support “You’re toast.” It has the excellent connotation of getting burned. I prefer to say “mess,” as in, “We got completely messed over.”

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**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-screwed-a-question/341084/23 "2006-01-26T03:08:07Z")

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What happens when a web surfer in China tries to access a censored site (regardless of Google)? What comes up? A 404 message? A patriotic picture and a redirect to a Chinese gov’t site?

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**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-screwed-a-question/341084/24 "2006-01-26T03:11:42Z")

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Dang. Wrong thread. First time I’ve ever done that.

[sub]::slinks away::[/sub]

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