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MeTa post:
Clinton Obama Filter redux
Hillary simply reminded people that it isn't over until it is over. She referred to the fact that Bill Clinton and Bobby Kennedy and their opponents were were still campagining in June.
Surely the difference is that in those cases, the California primary and its massive delegate contribution was still up for grabs in June, whereas now, she is counting on the less massive contribution of Puerto Rico and one of the Dakotas..... So the comparison,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 11:35 PM on May 23, 2008
MeTa post:
Thanks!
what happened to naxosaxosaur anyway?
Also I might have stuff to give away. Let me know if there is anything you need.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 4:18 PM on May 1, 2008
JKF, I'll send you some Sweet-Tartz
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 4:27 PM on May 1, 2008
MeTa post:
Not funny.
The thread should not have been deleted: the derails should have been deleted and their authors given a little timeout.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 9:30 PM on April 16, 2008
I don't think I've had very many comments deleted at all
Maybe not, but you did have one deleted today as a result of "sexism" flag based on your gratuitous labelling of an emotional woman as a "whore", so it is pretty hard to take you seriously on this topic.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 10:26 PM on April 16, 2008
An emotional woman who entered into a sexual relationship for pecuniary gain. I feel that last bit is relevant, and perhaps undercuts the "gratuitous" accusation just a bit.
See, that is your interpretation which you are using as if it were a fact to excuse yourself. So, no, it undercuts it not one bit, in fact, add "narcissistic" to the gratuitous.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 11:12 PM on April 16, 2008
MeTa post:
but i *deserve* it…!!
What's a ****?
Four nudists looking for nickels...
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 4:04 PM on April 11, 2008
Given that the anonymous asker noted that she/he had made a bunch of important life decisions that were financially and personally penalizing in anticipation the parents would keep their word, I don't see this as a straightforward sense of over-entitlement. The OP upheld their side of a bargain and they are perfectly reasonably entitled to feel the way they do. Indeed, suing might also be reasonable especially since it sounds like their relationship to their parents is... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 4:08 PM on April 11, 2008
MeTa post:
Backtagging Update
whoops, Ive been using deadlink for dead links
Also, whenever it happened, thanks for making the backtags not show in my user tags.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 10:43 PM on February 26, 2008
Fucking yahoo news, Would it have been so hard to have some kind of persistent URL archive thingie? Idiots.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 9:30 PM on February 27, 2008
heh
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 11:23 PM on March 11, 2008
tag you're it
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 10:09 PM on March 20, 2008
MeTa post:
Contacts Favorites Bug?
I've heard that Fuzzy Skinner is stingy with favorites and will not favorite this post.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 8:44 AM on March 19, 2008
MeTa post:
Hmm, you might know the answer to this...
what if someone asks the best way to deal with, say, a half-tailed neutered orange tabby cat with an upper respiratory problem
cat sounds obese. declaw it.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 11:30 AM on March 12, 2008
This is a natural application for the gravity model, in the manner of Tobler, W. and S. Wineburg 1971. A Cappadocian speculation. Nature 231:39-41.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 8:57 PM on March 12, 2008
MeTa post:
Live Preview Slowness
Could the plain theme be tweaked so the preview box is more different from the text box? It used to be blue-ish, I think. I am constantly trying to type into the preview box, which is very close in grey tone to the text one.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 7:12 PM on March 11, 2008
MeTa post:
He should have known he would get responces like this from wacked-out liberals.
What if his last name was Douche? Would we be allowed to make fun of him then?
No. Wash your mouth out with soup.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 10:23 AM on March 4, 2008
I agree with Plutor. Plus it would have been so easy to post this MetaTalk thread (Is gaming a community a good use of AskMe?) and then have a snark fuckfest right here. While the mods rest their gentle heads.
Speaking of time-zoned moderators, how about the down-underers and east-asianics hold a little contest for best deletion reason. We can start with the AskMe under discussion:
This post was deleted for the following reason: "____________" -- username
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 10:33 AM on March 4, 2008
(the winner gets to be nightwatchman)
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 10:34 AM on March 4, 2008
mudpuppie: AskMe's beloved troll, Armen Rezai Asl (whose name was posted in the original Ebay thread), is pursuing a degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at CSU-Bakersfield.
Five years from now, if the dude graduates and gets his license, folks will be going to him for help dealing with mental health and/or relationship issues. I think it's kind of important for there to be some sort of Google-able record of his own apparent -- what? -- instability? Dishonesty?... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 12:27 PM on March 4, 2008
What kind of Marriage and Family student is also a peeping tom?
25 Jan 2008
My Naked Neighbor...
Current mood: imaginative
Category: Life
I can see my neighbor take showers from across the building. The window is closed, so all I see is a blurry outline. I have yet to determine if my naked neighbor is male or female, however.
8:09 - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 12:32 PM on March 4, 2008
That scuttles my nomination of UbuRoivas as midnightmod, or, as we say in Canada, Maudit Nuit. but the plan for a Comonwealth takeover of metafilter continues, right guys?
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 8:59 AM on March 7, 2008
Yes, soon the sign-up fee will be referred to as a Wilfred.
The Queen, with a willie on her back side.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 1:10 PM on March 7, 2008
It will be so weird to hear "God Save the King" and see that moronic prat on the money. We should just go all primitive and keep the Queen even after she is dead. Put her in a waxen tomb or have her bones wheeled out for the throne speech.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 4:17 PM on March 7, 2008
MeTa post:
You get more with a kind word and a gun than a kind word alone.
I'm glad it worked out.
I'm with LobsterMitten (whose ideas fit me like a glove) - if I was the official, I might just call Campus security, what with recent events on campusses, what might be under the trenchcoat, and all. But then, I'd be inclined to try to pull all the strings to get you the $$ in the first place, so my feeling probably doesn't apply.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 11:50 AM on February 20, 2008
When did keyboards lose the ¢ anyway?
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 12:14 PM on February 20, 2008
MeTa post:
When is Enough Enough?
If, and I realize for some people, this is a big "if", if this is a community then it would be odd not to discuss politics. Having said that, US Politics are rather one dimensional and while this is an interesting story it is arguably not the best of the web, even in an election cycle. The equivalent of the Pentagon Papers released on the web would be the best thereof. But it isn't the worst of the web and like I say, it is a good thing that there is political discussion here.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 11:48 PM on February 19, 2008
MeTa post:
It was the best of MeFi. It was the worst of MeFi.
teraflop - that's awesome. I remember that thread from way back - I think it was right after registration opened and Miss Smartie Pants was a new member and I think it was referred to several times as showing the new sign-ups were not entirely useless.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 1:26 AM on February 18, 2008
Can I get a portobello with that?
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 7:05 PM on February 18, 2008
fine. portabella. with a side of beans.
UbuRoivas, if you got up before noon you could have had a coveted sub 18059 number. Think of the magnificent prestige. Perhaps your friends would dig it more.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 8:08 PM on February 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Are some more worthy of respect than others?
how about atheists and everyone else (and not just Christians) use the "offensive" flag on LOLXTIANS comments as surely as they would on God Hates Fags comments. and move on
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 9:36 AM on February 18, 2008
I wonder what God thinks, as He looks over this thread.
Hopefully He thinks, "I gotta stop reading Metafilter and get to work on Darfur"
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 9:39 AM on February 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Funny, Sad
hadjiboy - very sorry to hear that. Would she have appreciated any of the jokes in that thread?
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 11:28 PM on February 17, 2008
MeTa post:
Briliant!
The free time. My GOD
20 minutes tops. Compare it to the original.
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 6:43 PM on February 15, 2008
language fat
posted to MetaTalk by Rumple
at 11:37 AM on February 16, 2008
