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MeTa post:
Clinton Obama Filter redux
undeniable genius
Drudge is nothing of the sort.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 12:29 PM on May 24, 2008
Impact and influence, sure. But it doesn't take anything nearing genius when all you really do is lend a helping hand to people already devoted to self-deception. Any asshole can do that.
I think it would've wound up here anyway; people have been waiting for the misstep that makes it OK to bay for her withdrawal. I've been waiting for that misstep for quite some time myself.
The reason this story is getting so much attention is simply that it... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 2:14 PM on May 24, 2008
MeTa post:
Lets not derail obit threads
Pancreatic cancer is often tied to alcoholism, no?
Also to exposure to gasoline-related chemicals (per wikipedia.) But no one who grew up in Houston would have anything to worry about on that count.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 9:54 AM on March 26, 2008
MeTa post:
I thought we were progressive
Go ahead, be annoyed.
How magnanimous of you.
they're getting their just deserts on that plane.
No they aren't. They get their just desserts when they and they alone have to put up with that bullshit. The rest of the time, they're just inflicting misery on undeserving innocents who aren't kicking your seat. It's not that others necessarily think the parents are... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 11:47 PM on February 13, 2008
Then give me some PRACTICAL advice.
Fly the grandparents to the kids.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 10:00 AM on February 14, 2008
Awwww, did trondant get a booboo from those mean kids?
No. We got our seats kicked and headrests punched (changing channels on the tv) until the friend I was flying with threatened the two little shits who were flying unchaperoned in the seats behind us with bodily harm. To top things off, the dumbass stewardess gave the little bastards candy midflight. It was a transatlantic flight and we landed lagged and exhausted at Heathrow. You are more than welcome to go fuck... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 12:27 AM on February 15, 2008
MeTa post:
Raising the level?
What I can't stand is the hand-wringing-we-MUST-do-something reactions, when what's really needed is moderation in all things.
I agree. Some of the conservatives here have gone completely hysterical.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 9:32 PM on February 12, 2008
MeTa post:
Godwin!
And people wonder why The National Review spends so much on diapers.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 12:12 AM on January 30, 2008
MeTa post:
Trainwreck Thread
It's a fucking shame some capitalist hasn't figured out how to transmit carbon monoxide over the internet yet.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 9:08 PM on December 23, 2007
MeTa post:
There is a snark in the title, covered with a URL
To be a fundamentalist southern baptist is to live in a never-ending whirl of hypocrisy, proclivities aside. That he died with a rubber dick in his asshole is just gravy, if you'll pardon the expression.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 10:23 AM on October 13, 2007
MeTa post:
Help me find an old post
I saw it, Dave. I laughed, and thought that it was a nice gesture.
I saw it too. Now that it's gone, I'm laughing.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 9:17 AM on September 13, 2007
MeTa post:
By request...
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posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 1:08 PM on August 27, 2007
MeTa post:
Over the Line
ARRIVED VENICE STOP STREETS UNDERWATER STOP ADVISE FULL STOP
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 10:51 AM on July 27, 2007
MeTa post:
IraqFilter Really Sucks.
It also reassures the participants, making them feel warm and fuzzy by being part of the group, as they all tell one another, "See! We were right after all!"
They were right all along. Really, it's like claiming that people who assert that the Earth orbits the Sun are partaking of some "secular religious ceremony" when they do so.
By any measure, Iraq is a goddamned train wreck. Stating a baldly... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 2:33 AM on July 23, 2007
the amount of crazy antagonistic shit going down in threads—is going to affect how the throttle gets handled.
Taken literally, does this not mean that all that is required to throttle discussion of and links to a given topic is to get really disruptive and antagonistic in those threads? Because this sounds like a roadmap, if not an outright invitation, to do just that.
Rather than worry about disruptive topics, might it... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 6:26 AM on July 24, 2007
I'm not saying the argument is without merit, but I don't think it's nearly so simple or objective an idea as it sounds when put like that.
I don't either. Mainly, I just wanted to see something in writing to that effect ;) My interest was primarily in foreclosing on that as a possible approach to how commenters deal with unwanted topics rather than making more claims on your time.
I do agree that it'd take more hands to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 7:38 AM on July 24, 2007
MeTa post:
Huh?
I think all of you should reflect long and hard on the fact that this was a GMS-enabled FPP.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 1:52 AM on July 19, 2007
Or GSM, even. I'm going to bed.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 1:57 AM on July 19, 2007
MeTa post:
Ads
Besides, shouldn't Coulter have Free Speech too?
People are allowed to use public toilets too, but the ones who smear their shit all over the floors, walls, and ceiling? There's another place for them to broadcast their scat.
She can express herself on her personal, private shitter until the end of time, but lunatics really shouldn't be given consideration when it comes to public discourse.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 11:34 PM on July 2, 2007
MeTa post:
Dog tags.
Look, the little yappy dogs are properly referred to as 'appetizers'.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 9:28 AM on June 21, 2007
MeTa post:
I love sweet baby jesus (sexy teenage Jesus, not so much)
Jesus, what a waste of time. Now I don't have enough time for a shower and a tug before work, so one's gonna have to fall by the wayside.
Thursday is Stinky Day at work, right?
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 8:46 AM on June 14, 2007
On non-preview: I can carpool with dersins if he can roll the windows down.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 8:49 AM on June 14, 2007
MeTa post:
MetaRacism??
Metafilter like me.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 3:58 AM on April 26, 2007
stop doing my joke or by god i'll turn your background white.
I thought you were cornering the JRun market?
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 5:32 AM on April 26, 2007
MeTa post:
The death of Protoman?
got a crowd of Nintendo-nerds off their feet for more than an hour
Any word on how well area hospitals coped with the sudden influx of ER admissions?
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 9:27 AM on April 11, 2007
MeTa post:
Once again Dios derails an interesting...
Meanwhile, I encourage any conservatives out there to post as many equally crappy right-wing posts as is this crappy left-wing post we're discussing.
Mr. "All About The Links" has spoken.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 6:28 PM on June 9, 2006
I'm not sure inoculation works on websites the way it does on people. Having said that, you can make a FPP with a single link to the Washington Times any time you want, if you want to get the ball rolling yourself.
posted to MetaTalk by trondant
at 6:41 PM on June 9, 2006
