MeTa comment:
"The Internet has delivered many wonderful and horrific things to us, but I would never have predicted that one of them would have been a group of intelligent people speculating about the smell of a presidential candidate, and that another would have..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by humannaire, bigbigdog, Nattie, madamjujujive, sveskemus, jason's_planet, iguanapolitico, ersatzkat, sperose, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, Dormant Gorilla, DU
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"So the logic here is that if we can somehow convince children not to say "that's so gay", then they will stop insulting each other by using slang words for homosexuals?
Yes? Correct? OK, then, carry on!..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Monochrome, Brocktoon
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Youtube comments are the sound of a hundred thousand morons fapping -- with one exception. I dial up a lot of amateur musicians performing covers of songs I want to learn, and I have to say with extremely rare exception, the comments on those clips..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Dreama, JHarris
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Stupid idea. Gmail should just hold the email for 12 hours, and then email it back to you with a big fat button that staring you right in your fat puffy hangover face asking you if you want to go ahead and send this for reals...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Ariadne, gac, marble
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"(Nibble On My Dick) Like A Rat Does Cheese
I'm unfamiliar with the song, but isn't that supposed to hurt like hell?
No, Suzanne's a capella version of it goes over quite smoothly...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"God bless Sandisk, for conning their partners into believing this is the new future of music distribution. Brilliant, just brilliant, probably will wind up selling a ton of flash drives to the labels. They'll have to find a place to stack all that..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tehloki, doctor_negative, Big_B
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I want more over-the-shoulder journalism like this. Along the same lines, the New York Times had a feature series for a while involving the reporter watching old movies with famous directors and actors. That was great, although looking today I can't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"My neighbor is a hardcore Republican. Is it safe to eat him, or not?" [
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favorited 19 times, recently by streetdreams, Wilder, Jahaza, starzero, longsleeves, Solon and Thanks, Sys Rq, Symeon, bitter-girl.com, longdaysjourney, Sidhedevil, cashman, freshwater_pr0n, Pants!, clearly, Caduceus, Rock Steady, xorry, Riki tiki
Last month
MeFi post:
The short life of an aquatot
favorited 10 times, recently by vivelame, JHarris, orrnyereg, agregoli, nax, carbide, BobsterLobster, nickyskye, BrotherCaine, davar
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The explosive popularity of The Dangerous Books for boys
I bought that book and was actually disappointed that it includes no explosives instruction whatever. Forewarned is forearmed (or not)
All the hand-wringing about kids not playing..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
Last month
MeFi comment:
"London 2012 looks like a broken window, but if I understand correctly Vandalism is scheduled to be a demonstration sport that year so it makes sense." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by pocketfluff, rottytooth
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I baited a craigslist scammer for a while, requiring that he send me a photo of a pig riding on a cow before I would complete the transaction. (Don't ask, I had my reasons)
i hope u are not make fun of me due to what is going on between us and..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by manguero, Twicketface, mullingitover
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I love that painting. George Washington's Mount Vernon estate is an idiot." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ColdChef
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I think the person that wrote this IS the boss, and instead of spending Fridays/Monday's at a bed and breakfast, because he's got no social life, he's in his office behind closed doors vomiting up his self-loathing into blogger. yes, he's a man, the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by boo_radley, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
Last month
MeFi comment:
"If I paid the tuition for an education that resulted in me confusing "greater attraction" with "lower standards" I would ask for my money back. Pathetic...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by 517
Last month
MeFi comment:
"mine once ate ZZ Top's Fandango CD
Good taste in music. However, poor choice of format. My dog ate a cassette one time and I can't tell you how, um, interesting it was to pull that stinky tape ribbon out of his butt, hand over hand. It just keeps..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yhbc
Last month
MeFi comment:
"From studentbaker's link, a commenter explains why the espresso no-ice policy is reasonable:
"Destroying the crema results in a beverage that lacks the flavor that many people (to name a few, the farmers, roasters and baristas) have worked..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by melorama, Deathalicious, fairytale of los angeles, Monochrome, perilous, Rock Steady, bitter-girl.com, Pyry, msalt, nev, callmejay, jonmc
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"I will pay everyone here $1,000 if the fratboy boyfriend DOES NOT sleep with the Maxim centerfold. Feel free to PM me with your mailing addresses. I am completely serious. There is no way this does not happen.
Have the laws of physics been..." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by johnstein
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"re: philly -- the R7 goes to West trenton, completely different trainstation from Trenton. Not sure if NJ transit goes to WT also.
You could also take the amtrak direct from penn station to 30th street station in Philly, puts you directly in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kidsleepy
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"In 1998 it was annoying when people used PDF files instead of html for text-based content. I assumed in 10 years things would be better.
And before you tell me about the neat sound effects and video clips that really make this come alive on..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DU
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"What's worse is to call it a wet-nap. There's just nothing good about that mental picture." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by damn dirty ape
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Did the survey. They totally ignore whether yiddish speech patters are picked up from watching catskills comedians & marx bros. movies on TV." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"That McCain joke -- he really said that? I don't think even George Bush's judgment is that bad." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is none of our business.
I wish this statement were true. Nice blinders you got there, though." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by doctor_negative
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Couple of thoughts. First two are in conflict-
1. It's in your nose because your body is trying to get it out. If you defeat this mechanism you may get more bacteria, germs etc. than you otherwise would, and may get sick more often.
2. If you..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by thejanna, bonobo, twistofrhyme, anildash, nakedcodemonkey, Capri, shinynewnick, lia, JaredSeth
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Playing wiffleball and building structures on open land are not the same thing. One is a red-blooded American pastime that has made this country great, and the other is just a sport played with plastic balls and bats...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Jpfed, generalist
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"in 2005, approximately 32,000 Americans committed suicide, or nearly twice the number of those killed by homicide.
The thesis of this article, and this fact in particular, make a hell of an argument for a mandatory waiting period on any gun..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Freen, arcticwoman, tehloki, Jilder, Richard Daly
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Actually, forrest's post pretty much proves that there's no point trying to describe what an excellent FPP looks like. What's the goal, to get people to emulate this? How do you think that might work out?
He wrote it, it was a flash of brilliant..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by LarryC, PeterMcDermott
3 months ago
