MeFi comment:
"Why is it, indeed, that the conservative values that power our defense -- values like morality, faith, self-sacrifice and the nobility of fighting for the right -- only appear in fantasy or comic-inspired films like "300,"
I think this..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by electrasteph
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"She told people her name was K
Why didn't she tell people her name was just Talula?
Sex Fruit
More of a description than a name, no?
the judge added, 'tragically, Violence.'"
Am I alone in thinking that Violence would be about..." [
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favorited 24 times, recently by Anything, Molesome, bokane, no1hatchling, Fiasco da Gama, six-or-six-thirty, sebastienbailard, matty, sperose, bayliss, bettafish, pyrex, Dormant Gorilla, mosk, invitapriore, nooneyouknow, tippiedog, Caduceus, penduluum, cashman, cereselle, yhbc, Jilder, Alvy Ampersand
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"give everybody immunity from prosecution in return for testimony.
I'm all for this as long as you only get immunity if you testify. There is no way that Bush would risk his Legacy by publicly admitting that he had done wrong. So we can just let..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by DreamerFi, aeschenkarnos
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"TheOnlyCoolTim : It's inherently embarrassing to be on a Segway
Hence the guns. You go make fun of the heavily armed guy wearing body armor for riding a scooter. I'll be over here, behind hard cover...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sebastienbailard
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"As a child of the enlightenment, a rationalist and an atheist, I was sure I wouldn't be unduly affected by the death of a person unknown.
I think I kind of understand what he was trying to convey here: that as a rationalist and an atheist, there..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by librarina, h00py, Sk4n
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"One star hotel: You might get stabbed on the way to the parking lot. Don't lay on bed, it's filthy.
Two star hotel: Stabbing unlikely. They have a pool. Safe to lay on bed if fully clothed.
Three star hotel: Bigger pool. Bed safe for nude..." [
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favorited 18 times, recently by shokod, googlebombed, retronic, kcds, Lord_Pall, dejah420, reventlov, Spanner Nic, sebastienbailard, The Card Cheat, Laura_J, JaredSeth, twine42, The White Hat, Telf, jessamyn, Anderson_Localized, Blazecock Pileon
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Those that obey God's rules for sexual conduct get to avoid a multitude of health issues.
I know. I mean, the way that not using those sinful condoms has nearly completely wiped out all traces of AIDS from Africa is a sure sign that following the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by wendell, chuckdarwin
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"All I know is that whenever I see playgrounds nowadays, they seem to have gotten rid of the merry-go-rounds and I think this is a terrible mistake. Not only were these things invaluable in our childhood training to be able to withstand the G forces..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by TheWhiteSkull, avocet
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"So, it's not really a baby animal alphabet so much as alphabetically ordered photos of baby animals. Ok. That pretty fantastic as well.
But no baby lemurs?
(Fun Fact: This weekend I discovered that I am delicious, to lemurs anyway. I was at a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nooneyouknow, Faint of Butt
3 days ago
MeTa comment:
"On a somewhat related cookies issue, I can't log in from my PSP anymore. It just hangs after I enter the password/ username and click log in.
I suspect something may have changed on the PSP browser side with one of the recent updates.
Out of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sk4n
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"HuronBob : someone please tell me what the hell "weaponized it" means.
See, when I'm holding this stick, it's just a stick, but when I sharpen the end and use it to push the launch button of a inter-continental-ballistic-missile then..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by symbioid, mindless progress, retronic, CunningLinguist
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I read that as "life sentences were meted out based on the findings of BeOS profiling." And my first thought was "Wow, they really re-purposed that operating system for evil, didn't they?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rusty
4 days ago
MeTa comment:
"carsonb : ...and with "Ducks, you sucker!" it just gets ugly.
Which is why I always preferred "Suck, you duckers!"
...
Wait, what are we talking about again?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by facetious
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"So; pills, an electric chainsaw, and a timer? This guy was inventive, but not really that committed to leaving a bizarre death scene. He completely forgot about covering the walls with Aramaic writing, and occult supernatural symbols. His note should..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by you're a kitty!, MrBobaFett, nooneyouknow
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Personally, I think they are just turning into the skid at this point. They know it's never going to get done and they are having fun with it by releasing silly videos of the title flashing over and over and whizzing in and out of frame.
It's so..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the other side
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm with the others who have suggested that this is inappropriate. Sewage treatment plants have a demonstrable benefit to society, and it seems wrong to burden them with the name of someone who has, at every turn, done what he could to aid the top 1%..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lupus_yonderboy
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Man, I've just got to write that buddy cop script I've had in the back of my head. It's got Gary Busey as the by-the-book guy who gets in touch with his inner anarchist, and Nick Nolte as the loose cannon partner who learns that by blowing a bunch of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Ambrosia Voyeur, Bovine Love
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Communal, cold blooded, feed on giant tubers, impervious to pain?
For a moment I was sure this was going to link to some cold war propaganda about the Soviets.
As to the naked mole rats, they are one of those creatures that are so ugly,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by orthogonality
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Despite being an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a man of tremendous faith, Mister Rogers preached tolerance first. Whenever he was asked to castigate non-Christians or gays for their differing beliefs, he would instead face them and say, with..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by magstheaxe
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I work right on a river and we frequently get traffic jams in my area from duck and goose families crossing the street in spring. I'm always pleased when I realize that I've been stuck in bumper to bumper for five minutes it's because people are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by By The Grace of God
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"It could be a Wii game and your controller would be the handle of a net. This could have the added bonus of, at some point, having a net full of ducklings on the screen, with their legs and beaks sticking out all akimbo...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by giraffe, dejah420, matildaben
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I was struck by the same thing as CaseyB. He took a picture of the note he wrote on the bill. So either that part is fake and he dreamed it up later, or he was sitting there thinking about how he was going to blog this affront to all that is good and..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by aydeejones, CaseyB, Dreama, drezdn
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I think everything after the kid finds the mushrooms is a hallucination. I mean a few seconds later they find a talking grasshopper? With a fiddle?
I vote high.
[Actually, I'm at work and could only watch a minute or two. It seemed nice..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mkim
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Exactly. It's not like there aren't other prisons around the globe where American's are torturing people.
And we have apparently used things like strappado (in 2003). The idea that people are being illegally held and having shit like this done to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cell divide
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The other fear - entirely rational - is that rabid anti-homosexual elements in the military will gang up on the queers and beat them or even kill them.
This strikes me as the same kind of thing that could have been said about blacks in the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DU
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Just once I'd like to see someone realize what is going on, know that they are being filmed, decide to turn it around and do a little improv theater of their own. Basically turning the stunt around on the actors.
If it were me, I'd try completely..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Dillonlikescookies, Del Far
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Hmm, it looks like next year, July 14th falls on a Tuesday. A drunken meetup might be hard on people who work.
Unfortunately, that really only leaves one logical solution: Everyone must quit their jobs next year, we'll start drinking on Friday..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by donnagirl
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Seeing Michelle Obama depicted as someone with a big afro, army pants, combat boots, and an AK47 made me realize that, as much as I like her, she could be so much more awesome.
If Barack takes the presidency, I think she should totally embrace..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by kid ichorous, Artw, docpops
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I keep this page bookmarked and do the cut-'n'-paste thing. It gives me terrifying powers.
░░░░░░▒▒▒▒▓▓█▓▓▒▒▒▒░░░░░░" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by telstar
12 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Yes. Exactly like that. I was digging my nails in my palm as soon as I saw that.
It was just. as. I. hit. the. fucking. button.
*sigh*" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jjwiseman
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I would like to posit that as sin in general is more and more accepted, tolerated and even celebrated in America, our economy is going more and more in the toilet
You might be right. I have noticed a lot more people eating shellfish these past few..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by marble, axon, blucevalo, Blazecock Pileon
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The next time a parent wants to complain about a book being used in a class, I think they should have to read the entire story and write a report on it, explaining exactly what their objections are. I think this should be a mandatory action and no..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by marble, Mayor West, drezdn, tractorfeed, roll truck roll
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"If I did this, I would have tried to figure out a way for the robot to shoot itself afterwards. Not only would it give it a bizarre murder-suicide feel, but it would ensure that the robot wouldn't go through the rest of it's existence with my death..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by subbes
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Going through the full list, I see Hellboy at 35, The Tick at 28, and Marv at 26. So I'm mollified somewhat, but where is Johnny the Homicidal Maniac?" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by JaredSeth, Jilder
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I would love it if in one of these game shows someone said the tired cliché "I'm not here to make friends", and a person on the other side of the room came charging over, vein popping out of their forehead, screaming "You know what? I..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by miss lynnster, infinitywaltz, LucretiusJones, drezdn
13 days ago
MeTa comment:
"What the hell do you think an ellipsis is, anyway...three full-stops...?
You know how when people get really excited about something they let you know like this!!!
An ellipsis is just a really strong commitment to end a sentence...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by milov
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't know. With our tendency to stoke the fires of flameouts and bicker over minutia, if we were elected president, I suspect that we would nearly instantly manage to offend every other nation on the planet.
Besides, who would we get as a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Goofyy, Rock Steady
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"How many people who think this is so, so terribly sad own a t-shirt with these name of a band on it?
Well, in most cases, when I wear a bands t-shirt, I've bought it from them at a concert, so I know that my money is helping to support a musician..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dantsea, George_Spiggott
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I get that there are other places for the kids to play, and I understand that the neighbors have a valid concern with regard to the reduced functionality of the field's drainage abilities, but why is it that people's first instinct in a situation..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by howrobotsaremade, sunshinesky, Dr-Baa, subaruwrx
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I just watched Brilliant Noise and now have this fear that I'm going to get a phone call telling me I have seven days to live." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by talos
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't remember when the war started, but I know where it ended for me; I was in a trench, the slowly cooling bodies of my friends on either side of me. I could see my enemy not a hundred feet away in a similar position, keeping his head down and..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by mosk, sebastienbailard, sevenyearlurk, BrotherCaine, Dark Messiah, Blazecock Pileon, KokuRyu
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The value of a statistical life is $6.9 million in today's dollars
See, that family I've got locked in my basement isn't a felony, it's an investment...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jrockway, spiderwire
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"What'd I miss?
I learned some valuable life lessons:
While it is certainly possible to eat 15 Red Savina Habaneros in a row, it's not recommended.
When reading up on potential new ways to get high, if someone suggests huffing a small..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by papafrita, oxford blue, Wilder, drezdn
2 weeks ago
