MeFi comment:
"Zombie movies became popular when we stopped knowing our neighbors names and participating in community building the way shows like Happy Daze idealize.
The people outside in our own personal bubbles become nameless homunculus shuffling around..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Elsa, nicepersonality
6 days ago
Ask comment:
"He needs to evaluate after a couple months if the diet is actually working.
My son is on the autistic spectrum and goes to a special autistic school where half the kids are on this diet. From what the teachers can tell, the diet either works or it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phalene
3 weeks ago
MeFi post:
Not quite an egg and frying pan moment...
favorited 14 times, recently by numinous, every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes, JHarris, mano, longdaysjourney, ignignokt, agregoli, 3.2.3, horsewithnoname, frances1972, sotonohito, milarepa, yeloson, chunking express
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, I'm almost to bingo." [
more]
favorited 11 times, recently by Asymptote, now i'm piste, ursus_comiter, Uther Bentrazor, Drexen, Rhaomi, adiabat, motty, sugarfish, ignignokt, nasreddin
2 months ago
MeFi post:
Mr. Mom
favorited 24 times, recently by ifjuly, Tesseractive, triv, divabat, slf, kryptos, BobsterLobster, Stunt, mazatec, BrotherCaine, MikeKD, ShawnStruck, owhydididoit, wantwit, pgorrindo, arcticwoman, sleepy pete, internet!Hannah, pantufla, hurdy gurdy girl, natabat, Phire, pookzilla, Nerro
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Man, don't fuck with people and their coffee. That way lies danger.
In the morning I pour it in my husband's mug, push it into our room with the end of a broom handle, and then clear out until the caffeine hits his system. He, in return, does not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by damnjezebel
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's not the rich women married to the policy makers that will suffer these consequences. Those that can afford to have a baby will be the ones with enough money to travel to those willing to give them birth control or abortions.
The women who..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by InfinateJane
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"There's a love of zombies in popular culture today because of how the way we live is changing.
Sorry, I know what I mean in my head, but it's hard for me to explain it out loud.
See, we're all in this connected disconnect where we would rather..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by snwod, headspace, Shepherd
3 months ago
MeFi post:
'zines v. 2.0?
favorited 51 times, recently by lahersedor, nicolin, shoesaphone, cass, mystyk, romakimmy, MetaMan, swift, BobsterLobster, divabat, Jasper Friendly Bear, jmdodd, BrotherCaine, batmonkey, justnathan, jack_mo, pushing paper and bottoming chairs, logic vs love, roofus, fraying, cell divide, P.o.B., greenmagnet, Miko, WPW, dbiedny, pantufla, Smart Dalek, brundlefly, prefpara, Arthur Dent, roll truck roll, Ufez Jones, limeonaire, champthom, edlundart, sexyrobot, robtf3, chunking express, ZippityBuddha, klangklangston, blue_beetle, pyrex, psmealey, sillygwailo, syzygy, isopraxis, regicide is good for you, sleepy pete, jeffamaphone, CaptApollo
4 months ago
MeFi post:
Should we worry?
favorited 12 times, recently by bunnytricks, agregoli, Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks, biscotti, surenoproblem, girandole, theperfectcrime, MikeKD, mediareport, hippugeek, serazin, thisjax
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"These are the craft blogs I read every Friday. They're all run by amazing and creative women.
craft forumsnot martha
allsorts
angry chicken
HELLOmynameisHeather
Molly Chicken
Posie Gets Cozy
Wee Wonderfuls
magpie & cake
ART TEA..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Alison
6 months ago
MeFi post:
Babble babble bitch bitch
favorited 17 times, recently by Tesseractive, cyanide, flatluigi, spaceman_spiff, CitizenD, CruiseSavvy, djeo, sir_rubixalot, nicolin, lampoil, topynate, ntartifex, kittyprecious, jjwiseman, zippy, mumkin, bonobo
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I wasn't being mean or [r]ude. I just find geek girls cute. ...I understand women...on with the pics.
Wow.
I'm not sure which is more disturbing, the fact that you're a socially retarded sexist, or that you are unaware just how much of a..." [
more]
favorited 9 times, recently by ArmyOfKittens, tzikeh, mudpuppie, tehloki, saturnine, headspace, scrump, nooneyouknow, languagehat
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"HOLY SHIT I'M NEVER GOING IN THE WATER AGAIN!
Or putting my feet under my desk, or dangling my legs over the side of my bed. I may just walk around in a suit of armor for the rest of my life.
Now I have to go wash my hands. Ickickick...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sarahmelah
8 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Of course no one likes it, but I don't see why people get so touchy about it.
Because some people are so invested in not just the message but the system built around the message, that any tiny nudge to change one's belief becomes a scary overhaul..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nooneyouknow
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
"CPB, you didn't want the anti-sexism thread on metatalk to continue. Now you don't want threads about the police allowed on the blue. How about you make a list of things we are allowed to post and discuss so we can all be clear on your wishes.
I..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by panamax, mediareport, Crabby Appleton
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"A friend of mine made some really good points after looking at the link, so I'm just going to drag them over here.
The idea that this is about "the health of Americans" is false. It's about a perceived drain on the healthcare system...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by notashroom
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"In every discussion about Female Genital Mutilation done against a woman's will, a man will always wander in and change the topic to his penis and his circumcision.
Unless you've gone into minor surgery and woken up without your penis and a..." [
more]
favorited 10 times
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"But it wasn't a divorce or annulment here.
What happened here was one man hating a fictional marriage so much that he wiped it out entirely so that it never happened, enabling him to clean slate any character development made since the beginning..." [
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favorited 4 times
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Quesada has said on more than one occasion that he hated the Parker marriage and that he thought marriage defined the character too strictly, and that more could be done plot-wise if Peter Parker were single.
When Fangirls Attack have been..." [
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favorited 3 times
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I can't really see why someone who admits that he doesn't give a damn would care to get involved.
Because when you don't care on the internets, you have to repeatedly tell everyone you don't care so that they know just how much you don't care...." [
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favorited 1 time
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I think I managed to get all the tired and overused arguments used regularly during these sexism threads. Now instead of getting worked up, I'll just play along. When I get bingo, I'll apologize to another female acquaintance for having suggested she..." [
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favorited 45 times
11 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I have a lot of women friends on line, and I've talked up Metafilter because there have been some really wonderful discussions and finds here. But of that pool of women I've tried to convince, only one has actually joined and she hasn't really..." [
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favorited 1 time
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"These are my favorite craft/crafty blogs and forums to follow.
not martha
allsorts
angry chicken
HELLOmynameisHeather
Molly Chicken
Posie Gets Cozy
Wee Wonderfuls
magpie & cake
ReadyMade Magazine
craftzine
craftster.org
ART TEA..." [
more]
favorited 4 times
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I hate threads like this.
It's very hard to pick a couple ads and hold them up and say, "These are offensive to women," because half the audience right off the bat is not affected by the cumulative effect of these images.
Because..." [
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favorited 1 time
Last year
MeFi comment:
"‘Certain things happened,’ Carter’s mother told Vanity Fair, ‘and it almost destroyed our family. I tried to warn everyone. I tried to warn all the mothers.’
And then after she was done warning all those other mothers, she turned her other,..." [
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favorited 2 times
Last year
MeFi comment:
"The conversation spun out from her admitting that she doesn't believe in evolution because it's against what the bible teaches and her belief in god.
One of the others asked the flat earth question one assumes because a round earth isn't faith..." [
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favorited 1 time
Last year
MeFi comment:
"You know what, people who obsess over gay underage Harry Potter fan fiction are a bunch of lame neckbeards and maladjusted whiny teenage girls and they all have self-diagnosed Asperger's
Your band/show/hobby sucks! We hear it here all the time,..." [
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favorited 2 times
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I've stood in line at markets and watched young mothers with kids unload a cart full of sausages, donuts, sugary cereals, fruit "juice" with no fruit...
Not to make you feel any less condescending and human, but when my single parent..." [
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favorited 1 time
Last year
