MeFi comment:
"Does replaying bittorrent-downloaded episodes off a network storage device with a hacked XBox, projecting them onto a 10 foot image the wall count as "watching TV"?
Whut? I hate commercials...." [
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favorited 21 times, recently by KebertXela, mjao, DreamerFi, nudar, Pope Guilty, cj_, blucevalo, ekstasis23, starzero, buzzman, The Great Big Mulp, gohlkus, Floach, letitrain, JHarris, Dr-Baa, shmegegge, sperose, tylerfulltilt, Korou, Skorgu
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"It's "its"." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by GeckoDundee, migurski, Pope Guilty, sidereal, cyrusdogstar, yath, phrenq, malaprohibita, reishus, By The Grace of God, halsted, shazzam, An Infinity Of Monkeys
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"...[S]ince it would seem logical that a strong, healthy male, "a stud" of the herd, would be inclined to spread his DNA, I wonder what is at the root of the non-philandering gene?
Simple: I hate condoms...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Goofyy, motorcycles are jets
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The secret to enjoying kid's cereal as an adult is to "cut" it with an unsweet variant (or as similar as you can get) so that you can enjoy the flavor without the overpowering sweetness:
Frosted Flakes + Corn Flakes
Lucky Charms +..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by papafrita, estherbester, sondrialiac, zippy, jtron
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
""I wanna spwit you open wif my cock."
I dunno about you guys, but I just got myself a new pick-up line.
Or LOLCAT caption... y'know, whichever comes up first...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by turgid dahlia, Xoebe
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I can't speak for the world at large, but Americans today are risk-averse to the point of insanity. I think it's due largely to easy access to nationwide news reporting of sensationalistic, panic-inducing (ratings-grabbing) news. 100 years ago, if a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by longsleeves, JHarris
11 days ago
Ask comment:
"konolia: You might want to dial it down a little. One day you are gonna meet someone you really really like and she is just going to think you are a flirt and disregard you.
Exactly the opposite. Flirting is a skill, a social skill, like public..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vegetableagony
11 days ago
Ask comment:
"Huh? Really? When someone asks my status I don't say "Oh I'm gloriously in love, I have a firmly established romantic partnership" I say...I have a boyfriend.
Ya RLY. Those words are 20% of the information of the real-life statement...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by porn in the woods
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"milqman: YES! Perfect! The weird ironic thing is that if you're all self-deprecating, and, well, giving your self-esteem away**, she will assume you must be so awesome that you don't need any more self-esteem.
The guys who are trying to act like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Of course she's into you -- she's a woman, isn't she?
(So what's so special about this gym girl? Surely there's more to her than just her looks..? How many hot women do you see over the course of an average day? Beauty is common, you know.)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by orthogonality
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Some people may find referencing the Bible in a post about propaganda, truth, and the "test of time" to be ironic in its own right." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by DU, Reverend John
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"konolia, what if your folks had abstained from sex? What if your mom hadn't ovulated that month? What if your dad shot blanks? What if they did teh butt secks? Oral only? Or, heaven forbid: WHAT IF YOUR DAD HAD A VASECTOMY???
And everybody knows..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by LanTao, adamdschneider
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Brockles, I only have 4 years of road-racing (and another 5-6 yrs of autocrossing, FWIW) under my belt, but it's been consistant -- mid-engine cars have to lift in corners where I (spec miata -- front-engine, rwd) don't. Surpised me, to be honest...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Cool Papa Bell
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"But I love the idea that Obama and Bono are viewed somehow as liberal sacred cows -- as if.., I could live without Obama, but NOT BONO!
NOT!! BONO!!!!!!!!..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by grubi, oogenesis
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I now travel regularly with a laptop belonging to my employer. I can't give consent for their laptop to be searched, so I won't, and I'll let them send the government's lawyers home crying if necessary.
And you'll no doubt be detained until they..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by orthogonality
Last month
Ask comment:
"I'm in a very similar situation to plexi (OP) -- I'm the uncle atheist (former fundy) watching his nieces and nephews be raised as fundamentalist Christians, many of them home-schooled.
The short answer that I've arrived at is to keep your nose..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CorporateHippy
Last month
Ask comment:
"She's not a bad person -- she's just not that into you. Be honest with yourself, and with her: It's clear that you want more than a fuck-buddy relationship with her; it's clear that she wants nothing serious with you. You can't convince somebody to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
Last month
MeFi comment:
"tl;dr" [
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favorited 20 times, recently by aparrish, wfrgms, acid freaking on the kitty, bergeycm, mek, sondrialiac, Korou, Pollomacho, ftrain, nervestaple, Sys Rq, lalochezia, tehloki, griphus, dhoe, owhydididoit, Artw, Blazecock Pileon, milov, ManInSuit
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Briefly: Women are attracted (on an animalistic, lizard brain, I-wanna-snorgify-you level) to men they see as equal or better social value than they are. Nice guys tend to act insecure around women, constantly trying to prove they're good enough,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by zpousman, LooseFilter, aeschenkarnos, The Light Fantastic
Last month
MeFi comment:
"beelzbubba: side note: all of you fuckapples slipping and falling on each other's stairs are not suing HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS, dimwits! You are invoking home owner's casualty & liability insurance. Not that this is not its own huge sack of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'll throw in my own couple anecdotes:
1. My insurance company of several years ago had a really shitty strategy of dodging claims: For, say, a $50 doctor's visit, they would break the claim into 12 little chunks of $4-10 each. Then they would..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Maias: ...[M]alpractice isn't such a huge problem in systems like the UK's because you basically know that even if you are crippled by a medical accident, YOU HAVE FREE HEALTH CARE!!!!
Here, you kind of have to sue because you DON"T!!!
And..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"You have to be hardcore: Stop answering his calls (roll your eyes and send it to voice mail), returning his voice mails (delete them without listening), and replying to his text messages (delete them as they come in). Ignore them all. No exceptions...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wfrgms
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"This isn't an exercise, but maybe it'll help you hold your head up a little higher: Girls like tall guys." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lunchbox
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Ditto that. You messed up; deal with the guilt (if any) and take it to your grave. Telling him is passing that burden on to him and fundamentally a lousy thing to do.
If I wasn't clear before: Next time, break up *before* you cheat...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by idiomatika
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Okay, one-liners aside...
I completely buy the premise, but as the author implies towards the end, it's a net win, much like the invention of the written alphabet and the printing press. Google makes us stupid in the same way that calculators make..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by snwod, Senor Cardgage, Korou, FissionChips, willie11, grobstein
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I would rather have the big picture and know that I could dive in if I wanted to than be forced to dive in at a certain place and risk not getting what I am looking for.
Exactly. Most or all of the information was available before -- it was just a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Senor Cardgage, Return Zero
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, my Treo 650 did actually cure AIDS, but it didn't do it with a lot of panache, so...
Yes, I'll be making the Switch." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bertrandom
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hurray, because woman are valued for their orifuses!!
orifi? penis, penii? dammit... LANGUAGEHAT???" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"False Dichotomy.
Yep. I'm a greedy mutherfukker, so I'd go for both. Keep painting, keep sculpting, AND date this person. A relationship doesn't (err, shouldn't) mean you drop everything you're doing in order to worship the other person. Keep..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by thisjax, chicainthecity
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"And, to second what wayward vagabond said, it's very likely that without you pursuing your passions, without your newfound ALIVEness, you'd still be the sucking void of clinginess and NEEEEEED that so many of us are, and this awesome other person..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Unless you shell out $459.95US for the RealMovement mod kit...
Yeah, that option is not what you think it is. Think "niche market"." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Cat Pie Hurts
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"She's been clear, *crystal* clear: She's just not that into you. But she's too sweet and polite to tell you to fuck off, in so many words -- instead, she uses the tired old cliche that EVERYBODY is supposed to know, "Let's just be friends."..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by idiomatika
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"DO NOT RESPOND. Doesn't matter how polite, clear, and/or firm you are, you are virtually guaranteed to get a followup from her -- "but... WHY?????"
Ignore them without reading**, or (even better) block/filter/auto-delete them. If you run..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"i'm waiting for science to explain the positive correlation between arrogance and atheism.
From the atheist's perspective: You believe in Santa Claus. You're a grown adult that believes in Santa Claus, because somebody told you it's true and..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by tachikaze
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"ornate insect -- If I may...:
Aside from the truly disturbing ethical issue and human rights violation
of sedation
through psychotropical vacation
in order to, ostensibly, remove folks from the nation,
which is obviously a really bad situation,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ornate insect
3 months ago
