MeFi comment:
"I honestly don't understand this article.
The title is Believe me, it's torture.
After describing the experience, he says:
I apply the Abraham Lincoln test for moral casuistry: “If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.” Well, then, if..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ShawnStruck
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Understanding the viewpoint is not the same thing as buying the argument.
But he's at least acknowledging that he thinks the viewpoint has merit, yes? I mean, the argument he's presenting boils down to this:
* When contrasted to actual torture,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by axon
Yesterday
MeFi post:
chainsaw maid
favorited 13 times, recently by lupus_yonderboy, phaedon, Furie, JonahBlack, goshling, ooga_booga, xmattxfx, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, robtf3, jeffburdges, mattoxic, Citizen Premier, Dark Messiah
2 days ago
MeFi post:
city of shadows
favorited 34 times, recently by molrak, matildaben, phaedon, Cassilda, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, kosher_jenny, BobsterLobster, subtle-t, Durn Bronzefist, Rora, longdaysjourney, Haruspex, Dark Messiah, paperpete, P.o.B., rory, Kikkoman, sarcasticah, normy, sixswitch, vernondalhart, dbiedny, hecho de la basura, Tacodog, selfnoise, Ufez Jones, languagehat, Artw, lazymonster, biscotti, slimepuppy, sleepy pete, vacapinta, cortex
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"why would you name your character "Achmed"
So you can do the phlegm joke!
and then have to make him say "Achned" during the long bit you do about his name?
Because you can still do the phlegm joke!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by The Bellman
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"In 2003, the Southern Baptist Convention issued a statement confirming its opposition to gay marriage. It called on “Southern Baptists not only to stand against same-sex unions but to demonstrate our love for those practicing homosexuality by sharing..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by des, tehloki, gursky, pompomtom, MikeKD, Reverend John, unixrat, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, mike3k, 912 Greens, the dief, lord_wolf, Blazecock Pileon, greenie2600
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"When I read the opinion, I came by figuring there would be a thread here.
And a golden opportunity to insult everyone while in the same comment whining about how people have insulted poor you. Thanks for stopping by!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"You should see how many Branch Davidians I can fit in mine.
Whole or in parts?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by matteo
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain… Time to die." [
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favorited 30 times, recently by Jpfed, Who_Am_I, RussHy, gen, hattifattener, liza, The Light Fantastic, b1tr0t, reventlov, regicide is good for you, Kinbote, agress, Snyder, Khalad, strontiumdog, kittens for breakfast, muteh, Dormant Gorilla, maxwelton, quin, ymgve, bunnytricks, hal9k, milarepa, docpops, juv3nal, naju, Divine_Wino, mumkin, phrontist
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I can't wait until I have kids just so I can raise them right and show that it can be done.
Here's hoping they don't have asthma." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by The Bellman, drjimmy11
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"He's inept, at best.
He's a 46-year-old African-American first-term senator who built a machine that raised 270 million dollars and stole the nomination away from the presumed frontrunner. But whatever...." [
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favorited 145 times, recently by penduluum, fearfulsymmetry, fatehunter, the luke parker fiasco, allkindsoftime, AceRock, campheatwole, shinynewnick, blueberry, hexxed, ZakDaddy, tzikeh, Jaybo, splatta, the_bone, Kinbote, Telf, chiababe, oaf, marble, changeling, turaho, CtrlAltDelete, Pendragon, iamkimiam, JustKeepSwimming, robot, HighTechUnderpants, redfisch, pointystick, sa3z, hojoki, stinkycheese, Mick, confusionball, flyoverstate, EmptyK, quin, lunit, djeo
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Wasn't this up yesterday, saying these were SFW?
No, that was a different cervix." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by perilous
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"He didn't win his party's nomination, decisively. He couldn't. He's proven he's not powerful enough to win in a way that forms consensus.
Yeah, that turned out to be true of all the Democratic candidates, grandpa. So vote for the dead guy whose..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by blueberry, Telf, notjustfoxybrown, HighTechUnderpants
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"It was a horse race before the primaries, and it ended up, 57 contests and several hundred million dollars of campaign spending later, still a horse race. That's political ineptitude, in my book.
By your definition, if there are two candidates who..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by punishinglemur
Last month
MeFi comment:
"C-Span (cspan.org) has a link to video of the full speech, but only in RealPlayer format." [
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favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"So did the race have any rules about none of the contestants breaking any laws?
No. If you watch the video, you can clearly see the cyclist stab a few people in the neck on the Manhattan Bridge...." [
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favorited 3 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Paul Graham sends the message that Paul Graham's choices highlight his extraordinary intellectual prowess." [
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favorited 14 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I would never have seen it if I didn't make a point of occasionally seeing what bullshit they're shoveling to the masses.
How unpleasant. Couldn't you employ a lower class person to do that for you and report back?..." [
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favorited 48 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The Upright Citizen's Brigade is like decaffeinated humor. All of the setup and structure is there, it looks and smells like a comedy sketch, but there's never a drop of funny...." [
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favorited 2 times
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Why on earth would you go there?
Yet another presentation of the D--s Fairness Doctrine makes people cranky." [
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favorited 2 times
Last month
MeTa comment:
"The comments thus far about d--s are short, small in number, relatively benign, and he hasn't been mentioned at all since last night. It would be just awesome if nobody took the bait at this point...." [
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favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"If you really had allkindsoftime, this wouldn't happen." [
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favorited 6 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"“I’m taking it down,” Ruth called to me from the living room, where my laptop sat on a table, displaying our no-longer-so-secret blog.
I opened my eyes. “Don’t delete it,” I managed to say. “Just make it all password-protected.”
This reads like..." [
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favorited 9 times
Last month
MeTa comment:
"A couple times a day I find myself trying to apply the asshole flag.
You need to grease it up first." [
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favorited 4 times
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Is there somewhere I can move to where the pubic lice post is blocked?" [
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favorited 1 time
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Where's the line? Does this cross it?
posted by Asymptote
Stop that." [
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favorited 58 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Arrggh! is the noise I make when I post something an almost immediately discover it's a double.
Oh shiit. Daaaamn." [
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favorited 1 time
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