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MeTa post:
Mumbai
Would it help if I tossed you a link for a $1155 ticket?
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 8:33 PM on July 6, 2008
MeTa post:
Can we get a policy regarding the ads on Metafilter?
If you tell me the domain on the ad, I can block it and there won't be any more pro-life product ads.
Does this mean if there's pro-choice ad sites, I can request for those to be blocked, too? Or any political add I disagree with?
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 9:03 AM on June 19, 2008
Looks like it. And why not? mathowie doesn't have to grant your request.
Agreed. However, my point was more that while it sounds like mathowie's going to grant the initial request, I have to wonder if the same request would be granted from the reverse position, particularly on an issue like abortion?
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 9:18 AM on June 19, 2008
Dave, please, that line completely misses the point. This is about website policy (which I know I don't have any real say over regardless of what goes on here, but discussing policies is what MeTa's for), not ways to get around advertising.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 9:43 AM on June 19, 2008
MeTa post:
Oh shit, it's a walk-off!
.A
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 9:18 PM on June 17, 2008
Actually, I like A+Brandon's columns. Instead of a completely new column for each letter, just start at the next row
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 10:27 AM on June 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Why the gender discrepancy?
While I think both of the posts should have stayed or been nuked, Pastabagel and Deathalicious are dead on, IMHO. Rightly or wrongly, how a potentially chat-filter question is framed has seemed to dictate whether it's deleted in the past.
I seem to even recall one of the mods saying the same thing over a chatfilter callout in the past.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 9:17 PM on May 29, 2008
MeTa post:
We've got a network - let's use it!
Oh hey, I actually see a job I'd apply for. Too bad I don't have anything resembling a resume at the moment.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 12:59 PM on May 12, 2008
I used to look at Jobs all the time, but I grew discouraged because almost every single job title has acronyms in it that I don't even recognize.
That's kinda' how I feel about your username.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 3:04 PM on May 12, 2008
MeTa post:
Congrats Jessamyn
His blog would look a lot less unprofessional if half of the background weren't gray.
Always refreshing to hear a new joke.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 1:33 PM on May 9, 2008
MeTa post:
GAME OVER
I'm still trying to figuring out whom cortex's dad deleted. Or doubled up on.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 8:14 AM on May 9, 2008
MeTa post:
We, have, like...commas
Try pronouncing "loquacious's". Come on, say it.
Sounds like a fun idea for the podcast. We all call in trying to pronounce whacked out names 's.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 7:11 AM on May 1, 2008
MeTa post:
Color coded usernames
How about each post assigns a randomly-generated number to a user throughout the post. That way, we never base comments on user personalities- only their written word!
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 9:48 AM on April 29, 2008
MeTa post:
But I don't even like this post!
I agree that metafilter could use a little iphone usability updating
There are other, more popular smartphones out there yet...And previously when mobile.metafilter.com was updated for the iPhone, it was unusable for a WM phone browser. iPhone-specific does not always rock.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 1:25 PM on April 25, 2008
That's interesting reasoning. Metafilter should drop Firefox support, too. Only a tiny minority of the browser market in the US actually uses Firefox. Microsoft Ueber Alles!
Are you serious? FF/IE is a completely different issue than the smartphone browsers. Most websites work perfectly fine under both browsers (including mefi!), and if need-be, I have IE right there. The cellphone browser situation is a completely different landscape, where some... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 2:20 PM on April 25, 2008
MeTa post:
Should or shouldn't
Instead of opening a new page when you click on comments, the page should just expand to show all the comments. It's annoying having to open a new window/link just to see some stoopid comments. I'm pretty sure what those 93% would want.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 6:20 AM on April 25, 2008
MeTa post:
Everybody needs a mux.
Could we ad some kind of "super poke" function as well?
We prefer the "wish I was funny" feature around here.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 8:50 AM on April 16, 2008
MeTa post:
Horay for Mayday!
It depends. Will spring finally be here?
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 9:26 AM on April 10, 2008
Does sound like fun, though I know nothing of the area. Us Mankatoians just don't get around much.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 9:20 AM on April 11, 2008
MeTa post:
My Ask MeFi
pet suckage!
I knew there was a question I needed to ask, but I've been busy.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 11:19 AM on April 2, 2008
MeTa post:
pathetic insensitive
I'm Catholic and far from offended. Really, I eat stuff like this up. Mmmmm, tastey!
And, why should I care? It's not like this is going to weaken my faith. And I don't see it casting any more doubt on those who don't believe.
I'm not the one supposedly blaspheming. It's someone else, and that's between them and God, not between you; God; and myself.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 12:52 PM on March 28, 2008
MeTa post:
BOTW
I always thought it was "dispose the motherfucker already."
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 9:18 AM on March 13, 2008
MeTa post:
Blue meta make head spin
Who scolds people over their choice of stylesheet? The entire site has a clean white background to me.
Don't blame us for being colorblind.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 8:41 PM on March 5, 2008
MeTa post:
He should have known he would get responces like this from wacked-out liberals.
I have to disagree with the claims that this is a troll. Like some others, I grew up in an environment with the hard-core conservatives and his post sounds exactly like something they'd do. Methodology, and in particular the reasoning. Maybe that does make the OP a brilliant troll. Either way, the sad truth is that, if anything, childhood friends who were that hardcore only get more intense as they get older. And not to say he shouldn't be rightly ridiculed, but the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 6:26 AM on March 4, 2008
MeTa post:
Magnanimity
Ok, seriously, how does a person help someone like Butho?
I'm sure my experience will be different than others, but mine is with mission trip groups (not the "CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY" style, but rather just to help out in the area). I've been on a few trips myself to Mexico where people donated clothes and non-perishable goods for us to distribute to the people, of which 100% was given out while we were there. I totally know where... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 6:13 AM on February 29, 2008
MeTa post:
White people on Metafilter
It was deleted because people who thought this was funny didn't anticipate that they needed to flag this as "Fantastic" in order for their opinions to be considered.
Or get 235 favorites.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 10:33 AM on February 15, 2008
MeTa post:
Wo bist du, Peter?
Me neither. I don't think the suicide button has really been a net positive for the community.
But perhaps it's a different story for the user?
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 7:08 AM on February 14, 2008
MeTa post:
Raising the level?
There are still an awful lot of great links posted here but the political threads attract the comments.
That's exactly what I was thinking. This thread, for example is just a recent political news post and already has 84 comments.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 12:17 PM on February 12, 2008
People Agree with My political Opinions = Level of Discourse Good.
People Disagree with My political Opinions = Level of Discourse BAAAD.
Bullshit. Circle-jerking easily can and do lead to bad levels of discourse. And it is not differences in opinion that lead to bad discourse- it is how people disagree and respond to those disagreements.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 1:37 PM on February 12, 2008
In HTML there is no sarcasm tag, jmd82. There is no sarcasm tag.
Bullshit. I take back everything I said- it's statements like that which bring down the level of discourse.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 2:43 PM on February 12, 2008
Bullshit. I take back everything I said- it's statements like that which bring down the level of discourse.
Yelling "bullshit" at the start of every post also raises the level discourse significantly.
I was attempting to respond to my own failing at recognizing sarcasm with my version of sarcasm, and failed miserably again. I never have been able to do it anyways.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 3:23 PM on February 12, 2008
MeTa post:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
If I don't get my own ObitFilter post when I die, I'm calling y'all out.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 3:21 PM on February 11, 2008
MeTa post:
WTF
If you're logged out you couldn't make a MetaTalk post - but other than that it sounds like being logged out.
Every once in a while, I also see graphic adds while logged in. Right now, it's Dice.com. I guess about 1 in 5 front page views I see it.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 6:15 AM on February 11, 2008
MeTa post:
Godwin!
Crying about being nailed by thoughtful introspection from one of their own.
A thoughtful introspection equating neoconservatism to Nazism from someone who's obviously not "own of their own" anymore? I'm not a neoconservative, but I wouldn't take too kindly to my political leanings being compared to Nazism no less than liberals get in a huff over being labeled as commies.
So just start a Metatalk thread... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 12:00 PM on January 29, 2008
MeTa post:
metametameta
Penitence, you say?
Fuck that. And you.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 1:14 PM on January 28, 2008
MeTa post:
mobile.MeFi.com
Oops, I meant Ryvar.
FWIW, if I navigate directly to a MeFi mobile post from WM and type in the post's URL (which I retrieved by navigating mobile.metafilter.com from my dekptop- ie http://mobile.metafilter.com/comments.mefi?link_id=81900&sitetype_id=3#_page), I can properly see the mobile version of the post on my WM phone.
posted to MetaTalk by jmd82
at 7:48 PM on January 24, 2008
