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The Breakfast Manifesto
I cut back to one cup a day and my ears stopped ringing.
Now peep is saying I could cut down on anxiety if I cut back to no cups a day? That sounds really tempting. Half cups this week, then.
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 10:03 AM on July 22, 2008
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Beanplating Porn
Are you looking at anything that involves any kind of violence? Animals?
"I came home and caught him having a beer in front of the television. That's when I knew I had to confront him about his possible heroin addiction."
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 11:46 AM on August 24, 2007
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A guilty liberal finally snaps...
So he's over-reacting to a problem that could best be solved with moderaton, like most of life's problems? If he betrays just one hint of piety then he'll doing much more damage than he's preventing, it terms of society's somewhat-justified repulsion to these antics.
That's one less flushing toilet for us all to worry about, though.
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 9:47 AM on March 22, 2007
The "About the Family" page is really creepy.
"Who, me? Yeah, I already deprive my family in all kinds of ways. No toilet should be a cinch."
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 11:13 AM on March 22, 2007
These problems cannot be solved with moderation, even though willingness to moderate is a good thing as it bespeaks willingness to make bigger changes. Even city dwellers can start with a worm composting bin on their balcony or possibly storage area, though I've seen them concealed in furniture (?) also.
Right, Listener. That is, in my opinion, a moderated response. Converting your entire roof to worm composting wouldn't be.
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 2:03 PM on March 22, 2007
MeFi post:
safe2pee
Gender-neutral bathrooms aren't the answer. Monoperson bathrooms are. I still don't get why we're supposed to be comfortable with someone pinching one off less than two feet away just because they've hung a sheet of painted stainless steel between the two of you, which even then doesn't even extend to the floor or ceiling.
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 1:54 PM on March 16, 2007
You're right, jonmc. And everyone likes privacy when they do it. Your salt of the earth act doesn't fly.
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 2:06 PM on March 16, 2007
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Kids today
WolfDaddy, is your friend Bette Midler circa Beaches?
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 8:45 AM on February 28, 2007
Wait. People talk on their phones during class?
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 10:42 AM on February 28, 2007
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Cheney moves into the crosshairs
We don't need to go through the national trauma of another impeachment. Deadeye Dick will be gone in two years anyway.
I suspect Iranians don't want to go through the national trauma of catastrophic bombardment. A good fraction of them might be gone in two years, too.
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 8:03 AM on February 23, 2007
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Quebecois nation
This is such crap.
-Is Charest more important than the other ministers?
-Does Quebec get it's own money?
-Does Quebec get a special veto?
-Does Quebec have undue influence in the parliament?
-Does Quebec get a seat at the UN?
The answer to all these questions is no. What do they get? They get more pissed off when they find out the only thing this will bring is a new generation of political... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 11:59 AM on November 28, 2006
Flashman, hickish? I'd rather sound hickish than wrong. These words have loaded and distinct meanings around here.
Quebecois = french quebec resident.
Quebecer = english quebec resident. In fact, it could be argued that this group includes any quebec resident who isn't francophone.
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 12:16 PM on November 28, 2006
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Ruined Music.
My friend lent me a Tool CD one week ten years ago. I listened to it and liked it enough to leave it in my CD player. A few days later, I got the stomach flu. My CD player was also my alarm clock, so it snapped on the next morning at 6.30, and started running down "Stinkfist" and then "Eulogy". Too weak to get out of bed or call for help, I sat through it's insanity-inducing intro (probably helped along by the fever) for far too long.
I wasn't able to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 11:04 AM on August 30, 2006
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IT vs User... FIGHT!
I was in the bathroom once at work on the day that our sys admin sent out an email reminding us it was sys admin appreciation day. He was at a urinal when someone else entered.
"Hey, did you get you sys admin appreciation card?"
"What card?"
"Oh, it's called your paycheck."
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 7:11 AM on August 29, 2006
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Yale Shmale
Thanks, chunking. Now I know about Lakehead.
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 7:47 AM on August 28, 2006
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Insert obligatory "The Times They Are A-Changin'" joke at your own leisure.
It's not the recording or the mixing. Those things are probably as good as ever, for someone with Dylan's resources. It's the mastering that he's ignoring. He's letting his record label ruin his music so that it can be "louder" on the radio.
Today, louder = tiring/fatiguing/suffocating/white noise-esque music. Common reactions to records lately: turning it down until you find you can't turn it down low enough, turning speakers around in an attempt to cut... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 7:40 AM on August 24, 2006
I just finished recording an EP. When we took it to have it mastered, the only thing we were looking for was normalization, and a bit of compression. We went to some reputable guys here in town, and told them what we wanted.
The result: it's quiet, relative to other records. But, when you turn it up, it's loud in a different, much more musical way. A good compromise.
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 9:12 AM on August 24, 2006
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...liah ewylduorp os tahW
The caliber of those comments is way low.
Proper convservative message-board style would be, "Anyone check behind the flag for Murtha hiding his fat ass? What about Hillary's thighs? Amirite? She's fat!" or the ubiquitous, "Let's turn his yard into a glass desert", or my personal favorite, "Freedom of teh speech should be conserved for PATRIOTS ONLY! SEMPER FI, MOTHERFUCKER!"
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 7:12 AM on August 23, 2006
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Teen gets two years for selling one joint.
There's a perfectly good reason not to do drugs, and that is because you could end up in jail. Isn't that reason enough to go without?
Replace "do drugs" with just about anything and you've got one of the most hollow arguments on MetaFilter today. Good work, PastaBagel. Try it. Replace it with "masturbate" or "martininize your pants" or "swear in the bathroom with the light off".... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jon_kill
at 9:18 AM on August 22, 2006
