Guys, my current wife is nagging me too much. Should I shoot her in the head or just stab her in the neck a few times?

JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION!
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 2:02 PM on October 16, 2006

lol brownpau
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 10:14 AM on October 4, 2006

Looks nice. Shouldn't there be a sort by distance feature for mefi jobs, though? (Not that I'm even looking for a job -- I just like pointing out work that other people can do. :-)
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:11 AM on September 2, 2006

Is that somewhere one would want to park a car? I'm going to be going from MD to VA that day in a car, so public transportation won't make much sense for me.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 7:10 AM on August 2, 2006

If you score something, people will try to "win." We do not want that to happen.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 8:53 AM on December 28, 2005

I used to think there should be a separate section for news or politics, but I recently realized that part of what makes MeFi special is that it isn't broken up into a bunch of sections. MeTa and AskMe serve fundamentally different purposes than the blue, but poli. or news.mefi would fracture the community.

Why can't people just ignore posts they aren't interested in? The solution to bad posts isn't bitching -- it's good posts.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:55 AM on November 17, 2005

It shouldn't, right?
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:18 AM on November 13, 2005

Don't rush on my account -- just letting you know it's out there.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 8:10 PM on November 13, 2005

bugbread, it makes the comment threads much less readable. A better solution would be to post it elsewhere and link to it or to email it as originally requested.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 8:56 AM on November 13, 2005

In lieu of webspace, perhaps someone could post it to their profile page temporarily.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 8:56 AM on November 13, 2005

"Newsfilter: Indictments in Plame Case" would be the appropriate FPP as far as I'm concerned. If someone takes the time to provide depth, their FPP will be deleted as a double-post anyway.

It's stupid how we feel we need some sort of excuse to talk about what we all want to talk about.

Let people killfile the "newsfilter:" prefix and everybody's happy. Except people who don't want others to have newsfilter, either.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:22 AM on October 28, 2005

timeistight: okay, I misspoke with "all." However, it's clear that a LOT of mefites want to talk about it. For those that don't, I suggested the "newsfilter:" killfile.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 11:35 AM on October 28, 2005

It's worded too strongly, but it's not altogether wrong. In similar situations, I have withheld rent for affected days, but I always informed management about it ahead of time. If they put up a fight, I negotiate.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:18 AM on October 28, 2005

I also did a double-take. Although, if they were really trying to do a callout, they would have probably been more obvious about it.

If Jon plays the "summon Bevets" card tonight, we'll know for sure.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 10:28 AM on October 20, 2005

He seems to have a wishlist on del.icio.us. Don't everybody buy him the stapler.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 6:28 PM on October 10, 2005

I would say that 90% of the lectures I attended in college were completely redundant if you read the book. However, you had to show up because assignments were given and attendence was taken (in some of them.) Why the fuck shouldn't I read the paper/blogs? It's my time and my money. Your job is to teach. If you aren't contributing to my education, why should I pay attention to you?
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 8:34 AM on September 9, 2005

I liked the post. I thought

"I feel that the banal nature of this article offers some insight into this mindset."

was an excellent justification for it.

If the post caused a contentious thread, that's too bad even if it was predictable. I don' t think you can blame the flaws of commenters on the poster.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 7:16 AM on September 1, 2005

That is, there could be a half-dozen posts like this every single day from the middle-east, Africa, China, whatever. All links to mundane news articles.

If that became a problem, I'd support you. But it hasn't.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 7:59 AM on September 1, 2005

I continue to find it strange that doctors are so horrified at the idea of saying "What X said is bad advice. See a doctor." How could you possibly be sued for that?

Maybe they're worried about what it implies when there is no such comment. If it happened enough, people (being capable of stupidity) might say to themselves, "Well, no doctors have said that X's advice was wrong, so I'll go try it.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:08 AM on July 12, 2005

"Doctor etiquette??" Isn't your responsibility to the patient?
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 12:35 PM on July 12, 2005

new trend? really?

People want to talk about news. It's going to happen unless some sort of administrative action like aggressive deletion or the creation of news.metafilter.com is taken.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:06 PM on July 10, 2005

This is a big improvement. Thanks.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:24 AM on June 29, 2005

Thanks for at least complaining on metatalk instead of in the thread. Being strangely fascinated by Tom Cruise, I for one enjoyed the discussion a lot. It's a built-in flaw of metafilter that Matt hasn't found a way to fix: people want to talk ... ON METAFILTER ... about stories which aren't "post-worthy." We were going to talk about the election, the new pope, the tsunami, and Tom Fucking Cruise no matter what. The smart thing to do would be to have a separate category of posts on... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 10:46 AM on June 17, 2005

justgary: It's not a flaw, it's the difference between what metafilter is and is not.

You're dead wrong. What metafilter IS is a place where posts you consider postworthy reside as well as lots of politicscelebritystupidFilter posts do. You (and Matt!) may want it to be different, but that's the way it is. The "flaw" I'm referring to is Matt not finding a way to work with the reality that tons of MeFites want FPPs like this. It's his... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 12:33 PM on June 17, 2005

C17H19NO3, I'm glad you had the balls to try. Now you don't have to look back and wonder "What if I had asked that hottie to prom?" Also, you've begun learning the lesson that hot =/= good.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 12:11 PM on June 8, 2005

Thanks, Matt. metafilter++
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 10:26 AM on January 19, 2005

I'll try to make it. They do have booze there, right?

I'm pretty sure they do. We'll see if I'm brave enough to come.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 8:42 AM on December 23, 2004

If people could sit down, NOT INTERRUPT EACH OTHER and calmly discuss things, I honestly believe we would be closer to consensus than we would dare to guess.

konolia:

I agree. That's why I posted this question, which got 2 real responses.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 12:33 PM on October 8, 2004

don'tactuallycallmejay'causeit'snotveryfunnyandsomebodydoesiteverytimeigetonirc.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 8:23 PM on October 2, 2004

I'm less skeptical of your claims than the mob, but I'd be really interested to see specific examples also, especially linguistic affectations.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 1:05 PM on September 20, 2004

And saying "it IS all of them" indicates you have some insight into the personal objective of every single guest of the RNC.

From the Republican Party platform:

"We affirm traditional military culture, and we affirm that homosexuality is incompatible with military service."

and

"President Bush will also vigorously defend the Defense of Marriage Act,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 11:36 AM on September 6, 2004

Ah. Your post just said "anti-homosexual agenda," which is clearly an apt description of the GOP platform.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 11:53 AM on September 6, 2004

"Mommy, nofundy hit me back!"
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 7:15 AM on June 23, 2004

All I want to know is what was wrong with meeeee? :-(
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 2:01 PM on June 22, 2004

Comment posting ain't broke.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 1:24 PM on June 22, 2004

Also, superfluous [mi]s waste bandwith.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 8:09 AM on May 21, 2004

There's no way he was really fired.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 1:39 PM on May 19, 2004

Yes, eleventh-graders are WAY too unsophisticated to be trusted with unfettered 'net access. (Please read that sentence abosolutely dripping with sarcasm.)
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:40 AM on May 18, 2004

thomcatspike: I meant mine, but I see where you might be confused.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 1:37 PM on May 18, 2004

LittleMissCranky's link is NSFW.

111 is a hateful person and probably a troll as well. However, there is some value to having him/her around. His/her views unfortunately represent a large number of Americans' (and others') views and it's important to be reminded of that. amberglow, I understand your point, but I would argue that racists and antisemites shouldn't necessarily be excluded from mefi either.

Allowing free speech to the KKK works... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 10:19 AM on May 17, 2004

One of the things I love most about metafilter is that despite the A-list mefites, metatalk callouts, lots of bitching, and the occasional deletion, each of our posts is displayed as prominently as everyone else's. Miguel can comment and I can respond and nobody is able to vote me down or him up. Our comments stand as they are and have a good shot of being judged on their own merits. This is as true of mostly-lurkers as it is of posters whose opinions are 180 degrees from the median mefite's.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 11:01 AM on May 13, 2004

I think it's okay. For instance, I answered a "how do I clean this?" question with a "Sorry if this doesn't answer your question, but hiring an expert to do it might be cheaper than you think" since I had found that to be the case when I was in a similar situation. My "answer" seemed well-received. You can always skip off-the-mark answers, but you can't read the would-be-helpful ones which weren't posted because they weren't exactly what the question was asking.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 10:19 AM on March 8, 2004

Optional, customizable (10, 20, 50, 100 with some default) pagination?
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:26 AM on March 1, 2004

I think it's kind of silly that we still act like the particular form of the FPP matters in a case where we all knew we were going to talk about the subject anyway.
posted to MetaTalk by callmejay at 9:41 PM on February 23, 2004