MeFi comment:
"I haven't clicked on those photos, and I don't intend to. I'm not a new parent, but I still can't look at these images. I frequently wonder what the hell I was ever afraid of before I had children.
When I was much younger, I had a friend whose..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by corey flood, Augenblick, Scram, Salamandrous, redfisch, cirocco, flibbertigibbet, bettafish, tiny crocodile, god hates math, Chrischris, brain cloud, echolalia67, gomichild, Controversy2317, darksong, donnagirl
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"We used to live right next to Cheesman Park about 10 years ago. I remember hanging out there during summer evenings and watching several shirtless men blasting ABBA on their boombox and turning this structure into an impromptu gay roller disco. I..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by longsleeves, invitapriore
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"My overtired eyes kept reading "saliva," and my first two thoughts were "How are they going to outlaw saliva?" and "Hey, I can get high off of my own spit?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flamk
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Maybe he gets violently horny every 7 years?
On a serious note, I'm uncomfortable with the idea of dismissing asexuality as just delusion. I've never experienced the desire to have sex with another woman. I understand it's a lot of fun. But that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hollisimo
Last month
Ask comment:
"I didn't make many female friends until my late 20s. Before that, girls just made me feel like crap most of the time.
I never had any success in making and keeping female friends until I was in a situation where we had much more in common than..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cdferr
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Sirrah, I can but guess your present thoughts
Did he have time his musket to reload?
Forsooth, I have myself forgot if so.
But as this weapon has the strength to split
Your very head loose from its earthly frame
Then ponder, cur, your place in..." [
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favorited 72 times, recently by fidelity, louigi, Pope Guilty, spacewaitress, lalochezia, nooneyouknow, trim17, russilwvong, saffry, eponymouse, Malor, deafmute, Sangermaine, Skorgu, KingoftheWhales, Furie, DevilsAdvocate, The World Famous, rush, omegar, felix, scrump, Megafly, alidarbac, Reverend John, shmegegge, chrisamiller, Jofus, rossmik, limeonaire, bowline, schyler523, reventlov, kuujjuarapik, megamanwich, Durn Bronzefist, Dasein, isopraxis, Pantengliopoli, Wavelet, doctor_negative, misha, pompomtom, Artw, kev23f, CunningLinguist, jokeefe, Binliner, Dormant Gorilla, moift, Popular Ethics, churl, Venadium, Richard Daly, funkbrain, jamjam, Fiasco da Gama, ymgve, adamdschneider, hattifattener, Rictic, aeschenkarnos, Krrrlson, marble, Cool Papa Bell, longbaugh, loquacious, chuckdarwin, zippy, 2or3whiskeysodas, Bromius, steef
Last month
MeFi comment:
"You neurosis, your foibles, your hating
All resulted from your parents' mating
This abomination
Affects each generation
So above all, avoid procreating...." [
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favorited 16 times, recently by pocketfluff
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I thought the original McSweeney's article was funny.
But somehow the mockup of it as an actual facebook format is ten times funnier.
as for the week-old debate, I like Heartbreaking..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bettafish
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I had better luck with the boy options.
I noticed the boys have more options. just like freaking life
Me - 10 years + boobs." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dejah420
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Were the debaters talking like this? Because I might get violent after listening to too much of this debating style myself." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by clearly, Hairy Lobster
Last month
Ask comment:
"Here's what my husband did 11 years ago:
-Scouted out jewelry stores until he found one he liked.
-Proposed to me using a stand-in ring (a diamond ring that my grandmother wore but that was not my style).
-Took me to the store and showed me a few..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Deathalicious
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"About 4 years ago, one of my colleagues threw a nostalgic toga party (we were all long out of college) at the house she shared with her boyfriend. I was nervous about going to a party with my out-of-shape upper arms exposed because I like to obsess..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by SuzySmith, tommasz
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Boy, I haven't heard that exchange for a while. And I haven't said it for a while either. In my experience, on both sides of the conversation, people who say "I wish I wasn't so fat" often aren't really that fat. They're not the skinny..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Jenesta, sweetkid, peacheater
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Diapers are more absorbent than they used to be (here's a Malcolm Gladwell article that will tell you more than you'd ever want to know on the subject). Wet cloth diapers are (I assume) a lot more noticeable and annoying.
I'm toilet training my..." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by gladly, ekstasis23, cheapskatebay, dejah420, peep, Melinika, Wilder, bafflegab, The Bellman, lysistrata, docpops, arcticwoman, etaoin, Telf, Brocktoon
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Bow Wow Bugs a Bug and Cowboy and Octopus make the nightly bedtime reading routine so much better. My husband reads Cowboy's lines as sort of a cross between John Wayne and Don Knotts, which amuses the kids no end. The thing I like about these..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mkultra
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If you're happy to have them wallow in shite until they're twenty one, then go for it.
But that's not what happens - even the most dim-witted mouth breathers in my son's kindergarten class, the ones with the parents whose child-rearing techniques..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by nax, saucysault, cheapskatebay, Crabby Appleton, dejah420, Melinika, ThePinkSuperhero, Lord Chancellor, ambrosia, dw, thisjax, The Bellman, Abbril, howrobotsaremade
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow - this is the real-life version of SNL's Taco Town skit. (Hulu video, transcript ).
And both would be great names for drive-through brothels, should the ever become legal...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by fuzzypantalones, Telf, rokusan
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"You'll want to emphasize your teaching ability, not your publications or research interests. Most community colleges don't care if you publish or not, but you need to show the committee that you are willing and able to teach a heavy courseload (it's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by SuperSquirrel, yoyobates
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Good timing. I should be getting my Wii Fit tomorrow, so I'll be able to publicly track how little weight I lose by standing on a damn board in the middle of my living room...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sys Rq
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"I had such a hard time with breastfeeding my first child, and I didn't have a support group at that time. Most of the information I found on the internet basically equated formula with meth-spiked Dr. Pepper. I spend the first few months pumping..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cass
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Also, Bibliowench, when you say:
"it reminds me of my earlier experiences with female cliques and I assume that I'm being judged and found lacking, in part because I just don't care about common topics of conversation."
You're not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Commander Rachek
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"You're me, aren't you? From the past? Buy some Microsoft stock, ok?
I missed being a student too: the set schedule, the ability to start over each semester, the affirmation I got from my professors, the peer group of people my age, income-level,..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by rio, elisynn, kittyprecious, Solomon, pete0r, jayder
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Oh, it was here. And to be fair, the thread was mostly talking about how cool this thread was. It was just humbling to remember that this style has rules, and that I've forgotten (or never knew) what many of them were. I thought I was so smart for..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flibbertigibbet
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"F: Marry, my lord! But whence has come this mare?
B: Tis not a mare, fair wench but tis a stallion.
F: Prithee, my lord? To whom does this stallion belong?
B: Verily, tis the stallion of Zed.
F: And tell, my lord, who is this Zed?
B: Zed hath..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by ukdanae, hulahulagirl, shiu mai baby, subaruwrx, Artw, medialyte, borborygmi, Cool Papa Bell, dirtynumbangelboy
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"In several scenes we see couples engaged in sexual intercourse: we see several different sexual positions, we see them thrusting up and down, and hear them grunting and making other noises and we also hear their explicit sexual talk during..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by flatluigi, Acey
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"I dropped out of my PhD program after taking all the classes and exams and writing two dissertation chapters. I was discouraged by the job market and figured that I would never get hired a place that I or my husband would be willing to move. To this..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"My homemade "mcmuffin" is similar to the above recipe: crack an egg in a small bowl or ramekin, microwave for about a minute until the yoke is mostly firm but still a bit runny, put on a piece of whole-grain bread, layer a slice of cheese..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Calling Obama "elitist" is the acceptable way of calling him an "uppity negro."
I read about this lovely tactic by way of John Hodgman's blog (Hillary's folks passing out homemade looking "I'm not bitter" stickers at..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"Adding my support for "Psychopomp." Be careful to enuciate it though. I just graded a mythology exam which explained how Hermes and Anubis were examples of "Psycho Pimps." This student is attending a much more exciting class..." [
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favorited 11 times
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Did the kid have scurvy? Otherwise, I don't see the point of the whole exercise.
Remember Timmy, most food is evil. Especially fruit. And flavor. Stick with food that reminds you of the bland pablum of your infancy, which you can easily find..." [
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favorited 1 time
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Do you have a sense of humor at all?
Yeah. And I've got kids. And I've learned a lot about the connection between food and trust.
I have no trouble with offering kids new flavors - because it helps them expand their culinary horizons, not..." [
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favorited 1 time
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Of all the spinoff sites I'd like to see, a Should I Eat It type thing is high in the running.
EatMe" [
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favorited 8 times
7 months ago
Ask comment:
"My workout mix always includes Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls" - kind of meta-inspirational." [
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favorited 1 time
7 months ago
Ask comment:
"Thanks for all the suggestions. I hadn't thought about the similar inability to read or do math in dreams - my dream persona is embarrassingly unintellectual - but I'm wondering if, like many of you have suggested, our sleeping brains don't process..." [
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favorited 1 time
7 months ago
Ask comment:
"Well, I don't like his work, but you're probably looking for more cogent and authoritative rebuttals.
Look at Robert Segal's Joseph Campbell: An Introduction or his Theorizing About Myth In both books, Segal looks at the logical inconsistencies of..." [
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favorited 1 time
7 months ago
Ask comment:
"I got bored.
I was lucky enough to have my 20s to bum around in various cities and graduate program, live in all four time zones, travel to other countries, become as "well read" as I felt I needed to be, meet and marry a wonderful guy,..." [
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favorited 1 time
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Sweet merciful crap, why would you do this to your kids?" [
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favorited 2 times
9 months ago
Ask comment:
"I use a bath poof. I've never liked the feel of washcloths, although my family used them.
My husband uses a washcloth, which he then HANGS UP OVER MY POOF! Honey, if you're reading this, please stop doing that...." [
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favorited 1 time
9 months ago
Ask comment:
"My advice is to beware of advice
If you're still reading, let me explain.
The best parenting advice in the world, whether it come from books or from the internet, may not apply to your particular baby. Our first would not sleep without..." [
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favorited 3 times
10 months ago
