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"Complaining about TV is like complaining about movies that fail the Bechdel Test. I mean, yeah, pick a movie at random, and it probably fails the Bechdel Test. But think about it for a while, and it's not hard to think of movies that pass the test..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chesty_a_arthur
11 hours ago
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"But he's 19 and in college. Isn't this the time for sexual experimentation? To get jiggy with it and all that? So how can I help him have sex?
Whether or not you think these things, this is what it's going to sound like if you make any attempt to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Coatlicue, hot soup girl
12 hours ago
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"To me, writing someone back to tell them "Thanks, but no thanks" is like waving over a bum on the side of the freeway to tell him you're not going to give him money. To me, it's rude to write back. For like 3 milliseconds, you get my hopes..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by smackfu, chicainthecity, palomar, porn in the woods, nasreddin
more than 12 hours ago
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"If you must do something
If you feel you must do something, then you are being very selfish. She shouldn't have to think about you on her birthday if she doesn't want to. Her birthday shouldn't be about you reminding her that even though you broke..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by mippy, Coatlicue, inatizzy, KAS, sondrialiac, coizero, chicainthecity, tyrantkitty, MaryDellamorte, Nattie
Yesterday
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"These are pretty bad. Here's some more bad ones to add to the list:
When you see a cute baby, said to someone who's not the parent: Awwwww, what a cute baby. Help me steal it.
When you see a cute girl: There goes my future ex-wife.
When you..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Jaltcoh
6 days ago
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"At the end he wrote that "reputation, posterity and cool = fear"... on one level I can see that as being true, yet would it really be a good idea to abandon those things?
And then he wrote: "there is no them."
While that..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by themaskedwonder, elisynn
7 days ago
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"This game is really stupid sounding, but it's fun. I think I made it up, but someone may have made it up before me without my knowledge.
Plus One:
Gameplay: Plus One is a two-player game. Player A says a number between 1 and 10. Player B has to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Korou
7 days ago
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"He admitted to me that he often feels lonely not being able too talk about his ideas without them being "attacked", and pleaded with me to try to just "go with it" when he has some idea he wants to discuss... For example, last..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by mjao, for_serious, Alison, johnstein, okokok
9 days ago
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"Why is everyone pretending it's not about physical attraction.
If there's no attraction then it's not flirting and you can't flirt to create attraction.
To be blunt, it seems to me he was attracted to her and not to you.
Flirting is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by oceanview
9 days ago
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"She is very messed up
Respectfully, you seem very messed up, too. You are choosing to engage in all this wacked out behavior, and then act surprised when you can't take it any longer. You're willing to increase the drama factor significantly, when..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Phalene, Sidhedevil
11 days ago
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"An old lady gets on a bus. She sits in the only available seat, next to two guys with thick accents. She can't help but overhear the conversation:
"Emma comes first. Then I come, by two asses. Next, I come again, with the two asses. Then, I..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by grandsham
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Sorry, I wasn't more clear.
I was looking for non-snarky information about what things might have happened if he had gotten to speak to a consul." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by felix
3 weeks ago
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I want to use a new camera to make something that seems much older than it is. Help.
favorited 11 times, recently by Iteki, pmurray63, itstheclamsname, Magnakai, strangeleftydoublethink, nushustu, dinkyday, agregoli, timeistight, eatcake, JohnR
Last month
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"I think the fact that you are from different classes is kind of a red herring. I think what's really the insurmountable difference between you two is that you are one of those people who has a life plan that she would be shamed to deviate from, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
Last month
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"Yes, and those people do not waste hours trolling online dating sites and talking with women they have no intentions of meeting up with.
Sorry, I'm thinking of a friend of mine who almost the exact thing happened to. Chatted with a guy online,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, I don't get what's so wrong about changing deadhead to Black Flag. Both have a logo you can recognize without the band name, both toured incessantly, both were 20 years past their prime when each version of the song came out, both bands are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by climalene
Last month
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"I'm always asking female people for a drink or food with no romantic intent. Signalling the romantic intent in this context is trickier. So, maybe — tips for the Asker on making it clear it's a date?
"So, do you want to go out to dinner with..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Forktine, JennyK
Last month
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"Am I fair in blaming a snail's-pace relationship on my weak ability to show affection? What can I do to improve myself or get her to understand how I feel about her lack of response?
I totally don't get it. It takes two people to not kiss: one to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by zombiebunny, qvtqht
Last month
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"Thank you all; of course I know the right answer, but I am too much of a coward for that. Since we got engaged I became better at putting these feelings away, telling myself that mature relationships are about commitment, not true love, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Nattie
Last month
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"Several hours of loud music 13 times a year, ending well before midnight. Boofuckinghoo. Find a different place to live. If older residents hated this as much as you do, it wouldn't have been going on for over 30 years...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by greenie2600
Last month
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"Michael Bay wrote this comment for me. Though this may be the first you’ve heard of it, I have included a footnote* to back it up.
*I'm Michael Bay, and I totally wrote this...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Songdog
Last month
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"Question for the guys: I've been reading "He's Just Not That Into You," which posits that if a guy is really interested in a woman, he'll pursue her relentlessly, no matter what else is going on in his life. Is this a valid theory?
I..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Ruby Doomsday, chicainthecity, wyzewoman, misha, sondrialiac, softlord, Meg_Murry
2 months ago
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"I guess what I find so damning is when people don't weigh in to agree (because that would be phrased more like a "oh yes, so-and-so is right"), but weigh in to say something to the effect of "DOOD OMG UR WRONG" (like they're the..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by BrotherCaine, RussHy, davejay, tomboko, cashman
2 months ago
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"I have never met her
Go over there and meet her. Bring some cookies or some shit. Say that you're sorry that the color you picked isn't to her liking, but that you're not going to repaint it because it's the exact color you want. If she starts to..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by zardoz, Espoo2, scrm, [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST], glycolized, gjc, srrh, mudpuppie, dpx.mfx, Debaser626
2 months ago
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"My mac friends recommend using the gray disk to use the "Disk First Aid" utility, which I could do in five minutes. There are other options I can work on if that doesn't work. (Unless one of you mac geniuses have better ideas)
She works..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by giraffe
2 months ago
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"When asked, by someone I don't know well, I said that I was a vegetarian. I did this because I didn't feel like explaining why I didn't want to eat an entire hamburger, a hot dog, and an entire half of a chicken, besides all the sides, that day.
I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pointystick
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
""Finally, I'll have someone to love me unconditionally!"
"You mean like you love your mom?"
"Exac... ohshit."" [
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favorited 75 times, recently by olya, Baby_Balrog, graymouser, RussHy, Caduceus, serena15221, k8t, bitter-girl.com, deborah, graventy, willie11, Melinika, RakDaddy, ThomThomThomThom, unixrat, Optimus Chyme, Wilder, etaoin, Mayor West, Hollow, Faint of Butt, Marla Singer, DreamerFi, mer2113, a., Brainy, Monochrome, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, Kimothy, Foam Pants, Drastic, HyperBlue, Jacqueline, xthlc, dirigibleman, nightchrome, schroedinger, konolia, Crabby Appleton, snofoam, hollygoheavy, hal9k, h00py, arnicae, BrotherCaine, msconduct, sperose, Lotto, The Light Fantastic, Servo5678, snwod, nooneyouknow, Inspector.Gadget, cometwendy, ZenMasterThis, paddysat, artifarce, brain cloud, doctor_negative, Avenger, Senor Cardgage, Sys Rq, zarah, lumensimus, magstheaxe, Debaser626, Lou Stuells, dellsolace, batmonkey, Durn Bronzefist, Nattie, bunnytricks, lord_wolf, davejay, Ludi
2 months ago
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"Just about everything a good relationship needs. I can see myself going the long haul with her.
I think you may have greatly overestimated how necessary the things in your "good" list are to a relationship (and underestimated the..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by ouchitburns, hot soup girl, Merlyn, Deathalicious, argylekneesocks, arha, spinturtle, ihope, Ookseer, lysistrata, scody
2 months ago
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"Is my humor counterproductive? Am I really hurting these people with my sarcasm?
Depends on the people. Some people like it, some people don't like it. For the people who don't like it, not everyone dislikes it because they're hurt by it. Some..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by salvia
2 months ago
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""Even in the greatest pain, that ugly battle-scarred cat was only asking for a little affection, perhaps some compassion."
I don't understand why it's so surprising that an animal in shock would behave like this, especially if the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dmd
2 months ago
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"A few years ago, I attended my ex-stepsister's wedding... and my former stepfather pretty much ruined the reception chasing me around and touching me inappropriately, to the point that my stepsister screamed at him in front of everyone and I left..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by estronaut
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"But then you seem to be saying that discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs is not only all right, but required.
That doesn't seem right to me, either.
The people in this story aren't being "discriminated against" because of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pope Guilty
2 months ago
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"If I could combine these two into one I'd have the perfect guy.
So go find a guy who possesses all of their positive characteristics: fun, passionate, close in age, same life path. It's really not that hard to find...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by you're a kitty!
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"No, really, what rights are you talking about?
The right not to sin.
And biblically, we are supposed to not sin even if law requires it.
The only way someone's "right not to sin" is being infringed upon is if it's a religious..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"So if I were gay, and I hated Christians, it would be so very tempting to make sure Christians could not be photographers, or landlords, or businesspeople...after awhile, if I was diligent and crafty about it, they'd be reduced to begging on..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh, but not if forced to do something that is AGAINST that religion.
No one is being forced to do anything against their religion. Any religious photographer who has a moral objection to photographing gay weddings can keep being religious if they..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hades
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The point is not that anybody is right, but instead that you'll never ever convince them by using science because they start with such a fundamentally different assumption that they think science is the wrong tool for the job.
I don't personally..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Deathalicious
2 months ago
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"Are you old enough to remember a time before everyone had cable TV? The most that anyone had was like 6 channels of TV. Now people have like hundreds of channels. I think that people nowadays are much more likely to be bored by television than people..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by anildash
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Because these weren't just elderly people, but people suffering from dementia, they were unable to negotiate the public/private boundaries on sexual affection that we normally practice.
We have no way of knowing whether the reason they were..." [
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favorited 4 times
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is a sad story, but until you see the effects of dementia first hand, its hard to understand why they had to do what they did in separating the poor couple.
Repsectfully and non-rhetorically, do you think that the results of letting the..." [
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favorited 6 times
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I think making the video in the first place wasn't the right thing to do either.
Yeah, but there's "creepy-wrong" and there's "should-be-illegal-wrong". I think filming people who are having sex without their knowledge is..." [
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2 months ago
