MeFi comment:
"oh, nice. CNN is declining to go into the spin room, as it's "not worth it"
"if you want to see the spin room, you'll need to go to another..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Meatbomb, blueberry
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"(and that's not a racial epithet)
..the fuck is wrong with you?" [
more]
favorited 24 times, recently by Dormant Gorilla, RussHy, demagnetized, infobomb, chiababe, minifigs, blueberry, stefanie, Pantengliopoli, Blazecock Pileon, defenestration, jokeefe, jamaro, every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes, maxwelton, fourcheesemac, scody, cj_, dirtdirt, Lentrohamsanin, peacheater, cashman, penduluum, dejah420
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I think that it's clear in context that no one is disregarding the very real pain and trauma of being a prisoner of war. What we're making fun of is John McCain's offensive attempts to capitalize on that experience.
McCain's experience means I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"CNN Poll:
Who expressed his views more clearly?
Obama: 60% , McCain: 30%
Who spent more time attacking his opponent?
Obama: 17% , McCain: 63%
Who seemed to be the strongest leader?
Obama: 54% , McCain: 43%
Who was more likable?
Obama:..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by blueberry, Blazecock Pileon
2 days ago
Ask post:
What "Rules for Life" should I pass on to my 15 year old brother?
favorited 94 times, recently by lahersedor, eclectist, grateful, themaskedwonder, ewiar, woebot, 913, mhz, Squee, jmdodd
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"It would be a shame to dignify that thread with a response as well thought-out and *humane* as this. I mean, that thread is just horrible.
Not to comment on the content, but I think it's a bad precedent to be able to declare, (and man, do i not..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Kwine, DevilsAdvocate, zarq, yhbc, grouse, smackfu
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Scenario: Apple makes code-signing mandatory for desktop Mac applications. You can now only buy them through iTunes. Think it can’t happen?
And if it did, people would stop buying Macs. The market would work it out. I'm all for anti-trust - I hate..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Kadin2048, ninthart
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, you can call it unprofessional all you want. Personally? I would LOVE a picture like that of myself.
I'd hang it behind my desk in my undersea lair...." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by tehloki, JaredSeth, strontiumdog, phidelity, reventlov, JHarris, lord_wolf, Caduceus, Floach, lupus_yonderboy, MegoSteve
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"....
Oh, I think you won this thread pretty handily back there.
No, really. You won. No need to prove it.
Really.
(help)< small>" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gen
Last month
Ask comment:
"Jesus scarabic!
Anyway, here's my thought..
I live near the ocean, and was always told not to let balloons go as they'd end up in the ocen and choke fish.
See where I'm going with this?
My thinking is, all of the physical evidence? Let it..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by fogster, Mike1024, chrisbucks, granted
Last month
Ask comment:
"Personally, I prefer
Metafilter: okay, awkward.
To answer the above how would you kill someone without getting caught, I suggest the key to that is minimal contact. If you break into a house, bust in their room, stab them fifty times through..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by granted
Last month
Ask comment:
"Okay, the temporary database divergence means that a few comments to this thread just disappeared, it looks like.
Reproducing them below....
Y'all are amateurs. The more cutting, cooking, and chemicalling you do, the more likely you are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by oogenesis
Last month
Ask comment:
"Yes, it's normal. Like everything awesome, it's possible to let something rule you too much, but really, you could say that about card games, you can say it about chocolate, you can say it about Metafilter, you can say it about exercise.
And it..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Solomon, arcticwoman, scody, arianell, dinger
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Video for that, anyone?
I live to serve.
As a "me too", I'm always amazed, considering how reasonable and honorable Buchanan seems on modern networks, to remember things like his culture war speech. I wonder which Buchanan is the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by the_bone, billyfleetwood
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Scarabic's post may simply be the best Ask Me comment ever. I stand by that. And even if the whole thread isn't sidebar worthy, his answer most definitely is...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by magstheaxe
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Every once in a long while, I think about Mr. Rogers, for no reason, and I tear up that he's gone.
And people look at me and ask what's wrong. And I feel like the biggest dork in the world when I say "I miss Mr. Rogers."
But I do...." [
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favorited 35 times, recently by marsha56, magstheaxe, babybuns, flatluigi
Last month
Ask comment:
"I don't have a science answer, but my guess is that, with novels and film, we view them for the story first and foremost. Once we know the story, know the twists and turns, we can never enjoy it quite the same way again. Not that we can't enjoy it,..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Koko, Who_Am_I, synecdoche, yohko, you're a kitty!, notashroom
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm someone, one of far too many in this country, who has good reason to have no love for drunk drivers. And so I say this as someone who agrees with the intended message strongly: this is plain and simply cruel, fucked up, and people who would play..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by pointystick, Crabby Appleton
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"And never invite Jimmy Stewart over to taunt him at a dinner party after the murder. I made that mistake once.
Once." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chrismear, hjo3
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Of course, over time, I think the meaning has changed, and I would disagree with Mr. McLean over whether the word is used 'wrongly'. It is used differently, and when 99% of the public understands it to meean one thing, sorry, that's what it means now...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I'm consistently amazed by how above and beyond some people go here for others on MeFi. This question of mine even resulted in a MeMailed explicit transport offer from someone who I've sometimes vehemently disagreed (and sometimes agreed, for that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I once had a guy on a subway train ranting about the New Order and how it must be stopped. I had a lot of fun arguing with him, to the horror of my friends, about how he was nuts, Bizarre Love Triangle is a phenomenal song, and then started singing..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by punchdrunkhistory
5 months ago
MeTa post:
Embrace this new feature, and take it to where it needs to go, where the world clamors for it to go -- OPTIONAL HYPOTHETICAL FILTER
favorited 8 times, recently by Phire, MikeKD, tehloki, Iamtherealme, agregoli, empath, Rock Steady, grobstein
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Does someone really think there's anything remotely good faith about this post?
Oh my word, no. Clearly trolling, or trying to support a project no one would have seen otherwise...." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by the other side, Baby_Balrog, shmegegge
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Has no one yet linked to How do I dispose of a body?
(and I'm totally gonna start slowly collecting these in my profile. Wanted to keep a rundown for a while now, even though threads like these make it somewhat unnecessary.)..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by olya
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"This thread is like Atlas Shrugged. Many claim to have read the whole thing, but nobody actually has.
I've read all of both. One of them was worth it. The other was Atlas Shrugged...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Phire, grouse
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"You know, I really have to agree with the point that, while konolia's phrasing was a bit "I have all the answers, kids", it surely got made into a much bigger thing than it would have been had it been posted by someone else...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by loiseau
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Frankly, konolia, I think Brand New Day only goes so far, and I think U.N. Owen is well past that point. As far as I am concerned, she is persona non grata. This is not my decision, obviously, but I think there's a point where someone has..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"treat her like YOU would like to be treated, folks
But people already did that. And look where it got them." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by shmegegge
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"(because I'm bored, decided to continue with my last thought.)
Okay, here's my suggestion for watching the new series and still learning about the history, seeing its roots, and helping you decide which old ones you'll want to focus on watching...." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Nickel, mindless progress, team lowkey, misanthropicsarah, Gary, runtina
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm not sure how this works in traditional religions as my knowledge is quite limited, but in churches like the one in which I was born into you are told it is the ONLY true church and your only hope for salvation....
No, that's pretty much the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Avenger, nooneyouknow, Pope Guilty
8 months ago
MeTa comment:
"To address "Did it force them to change the way they posted?", that's actually WHY I'm non anonymous. To quote my own profile here:
What's the deal with your nickname? ....
I'm an aggressive, confrontational person, with strong..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Slarty Bartfast said "My mouth is hanging wide open."
Huh? Shouldn't you be the LAST person to be surprised by the beauty of rugged coastlines?..." [
more]
favorited 7 times, recently by longbaugh
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
""There are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade."
--Rick Blaine" [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Artifice_Eternity
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It doesn't seem very realistic to me that the Nazis would have changed all the street names." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, lou
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I remember in 1999 my very Republican neighbor, in all truth, was prepared to move to Canada if Gore became the POTUS.
...yeah... Cause if you don't like living in a country with leadership who believes in diplomacy, environmentalism, and..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by loiseau, tehloki, MLIS, The Loch Ness Monster
9 months ago
