MeFi comment:
"jacobian: I wouldn't really call that so unusual... I mean, my wife proposed to me...
Yeah me to. But I got the distinct impression she had made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
She was really tricky about it. We had been living together for..." [
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favorited 21 times, recently by wierdo
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"That squirrel was show boating. After all, how long does it take to eat a god damned cracker.
jbickers are you over 60 years old? I ask becuase I noticed this squirrel obsession phenomena in my and my wifes parents. It's like the second their..." [
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favorited 50 times, recently by Solomon
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"tkchrist, et al., I have a question: does fighting on a semi-regular basis affect your, um, mental health at all? Are there any other long-term health effects you're ever concerned about?
I feel like I should be clear that I'm not trying to be..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by homunculus, spiderwire
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm mostly with Telf on the Aikido thing.
I never dug Aikido. Played with it a little. I found the mai-ai /tai-sabaki (distancing) concepts kind of interesting. But over all the fundamental training was seriously flawed I thought for most of the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by spiderwire, papafrita
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I predict that he will come close to collecting the needed funds and still, sadly, he will loose the election miserably. Only because he is obviously too bright and the district he is targeting has reached the tipping point for morons (or the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by acro, russilwvong
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I like Pride better than UFC. For the rules sets mentioned above. Pride allows for a more diverse game.
The UFC the strategy is slightly more limited. Get your opponent to the fences.
The UFC is often either ground and pound or sprawl..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ignignokt
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Not to mention that the clip is not what I'd call an impressive captured brawl.
My God. If that is how people fight there... then... I WILL BE THEIR KING!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yoink
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Gog: "...SO, THE CHIEF ASKS... 'SO WHAT YOU CALL SELVES?'
AND MAN STAND THERE ALL COVERED IN SHIT BREATHING HARD AND HE SAY;
'THE GREAT MOTHER EARTH GODDESS PRIEST CLASS!""
Ook: " ME NO GET...." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by mosk, liza, Hactar, pompomtom, yoink
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The idea of sibling relationships squicks me out a lot, but that level of squickage doesn't even approach how horribly disgusting I find the idea of parent-child relationships. Like the Dan Savage links above say, there's no way there could ever be a..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by zombiebunny, Caduceus, Balna Watya
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"God no.
It's the McPoyles! I mean in high school we thought it was merely amusing rumors. But then it turns out to be true.
Never underestimate the effect of inbreeding on the McPoyles.
"You think we're bluffing!? Okay. We'll see if..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Alison
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Why is over consuming food "acceptable" and over consuming oil, or electricity, or money (or even alcohol and tobacco) not acceptable?
Could it be people who drive Humvees, own 20,000 square foot mini-mansions in the suburbs, and own..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by desiderandus, tyrantkitty, davemee
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Then what would you recommend for them to take up instead? Or should they just give up the idea of fighting if they're born little?
If they want to learn to fight or for self defense? I tend to separate the two as related but distinct categories...." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by lysistrata
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Looking a little more, table 5.04 shows that $203k in financial assets would put a family at about the 83rd percentile. So, yeah, I'm pretty sure it's fair to say that dealing with a second $100k is at least potentially an issue for a number of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Telf
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"This convinces me that the neocortex and frontal lobes of young men is not completely formed until around age thirty. You men do not emerge from the pupa stage until after they either die or get goofy crap like this out of their systems.
I have..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Juggermatt
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Poophole is so good.
It's so much better than Asshole. Asshole is more of a set of directions. It tells where the hole is. it's on your ass. But what does the hole do? Well. There's where your poophole is useful. It says this is the hole..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Lentrohamsanin, superchris, lacedback, qvantamon
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Even if it's Alan Keyes?
How is your reading comprehension?
Is Alan Keyes a Democrat?
No.
He is a self described conservative Christian "Reagan Republican." In other words a nut.
It's truly shocking how people like BigSky..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pope Guilty
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Organizing and curiosity are of course clearly lefty-pinko predilections.
The Revolution will be Alphabetized!
... and color coded for the hearing impaired...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by troubadour
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"We do? Why?
Are you kidding me? Honestly I feel pity for you if you can't grasp why this is important. Or you're like Stephen Colbert and you don't "see" race. Or gender. Right. If I have to explain it there is no hope.
I will try...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spiderwire
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"He's talking about Hillary; she voted against the FISA bill.
She wouldn't have if she had the nomination." [
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favorited 22 times, recently by lalochezia, kryptondog, phatkitten, rooftop secrets, tehloki, shiu mai baby, BrotherCaine, rokusan, ukdanae, Dreama, oaf, the_bone, mer2113, zippy, noway, aeschenkarnos, Pope Guilty, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, DrGirlfriend, tula, cashman, orthogonality
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Man. I'm having deja vu all over again. Is it 2000? Is this a thread about what a sell-out Gore is and how people "are not gonna vote for him but for Nader, a man of true principle, anywaya—there is no difference between the parties......" [
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favorited 16 times, recently by kryptondog, bitterpants, pardonyou?, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, snofoam, nightchrome, the cydonian, yoink, mer2113, MythMaker, ornate insect, Pope Guilty, DrGirlfriend, spiderwire, yhbc, cashman
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"That was way too subtle. Can they do a more graphic over the top version so I can understand it better?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by evilensky
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"It's fake.
I'm telling you that shit is likely fake.
And this is why:
This is exactly how it would play out just about anywhere.
No it isn't. Not in my experience.
I worked as a bouncer and Have witnessed hundreds of fights and..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by Mid
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Aside, just wanted to note that drinking/drugs/being drunk/being high is the most fucking boring thing in the goddamned world...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Edgar Allen Poe.
Papa Hemingway
Jack Kerouac.
Hunter S. Thompson.
Ken Kesey...." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by M.C. Lo-Carb!, Dumsnill, bitter-girl.com, rooftop secrets, Baldons, jtron, Blazecock Pileon, mullingitover, treepour, Count, skepticbill, strontiumdog, waraw
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"What a source of inspiration for my next Sci-fi opus:
The America of 2080. Impoverished diabetic obese illiterate uber-patriots sitting around in hover-rascals litterally shitting themselves waiting for Jesus to to kill all the terrorists...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bitter-girl.com, TochterAusElysium
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I had a female room mate with a boyfriend eventually diagnosed with BPD. He was also a heavy coke user. A drunk. A thief. Abusive. Expertly and shamelessly manipulative.
Once he was diagnosed he would use the "but I have a mental..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by scrump
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I mean if she was 50 and had had a bunch of kids, perhaps I could see it, but she's how old?
Either that or they must all have some tiny penises over there in the USA.
First: Eeeeew. Oh no you dih'int.
And second: So. We either got poorly..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Not a complete list, but maybe this will help you out.
Things to get upset about:
Cancer.
War.
Famine.
Somebody you love dying.
Things to not get upset about:
Oprah.
A Puppet telling off color jokes.
Gay Marriage...." [
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favorited 30 times, recently by scrump, synecdoche, oxford blue, tigerbelly, swordfishtrombones, matildaben, desiderandus, everichon, boubelium, johnofjack, adamdschneider, shinynewnick, melorama, papafrita, thewalledcity, The Light Fantastic, crataegus, Gular, Wilder, milarepa, Nattie, pyrex, dash_slot-, gregvr, badmoonrising, JDHarper, BrotherCaine, Caduceus, yhbc, mumkin
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I think these writers were interesting when they were sober.
You would be in a, how do I say it... in a... peculiar minority there.
I like tacos without hot sauce. Or meat. Or tortilla. Or beans. I think they are better that way.
But to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by treepour
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"My peeps is all big mo's from South Eastern Idaho — yes, a long line of Mormons. Mostly Jack Mormon. So being sacrilegious Jacks it used to be an inside family joke to dress like Polygamous folk for Halloween. When my wife heard about this she..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by mrbill, timetoevolve, litlnemo, Drop Daedalus, orthogonality, Reverend John, RedEmma, deanc, sutel, RussHy, the_bone, naoko
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"In my family it's considered "constructive" to begin all statements addressing another family member as follows:
"So. You know what your problem is? Your problem is..."
It took me YEARS to figure out that dealing with..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by sondrialiac, Pyry, badmoonrising, scody
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"The Google thread started this? Usually it's guns, fat people, pedophilia, or whether or not Bono sucks, that get's this riled up. MetaFilter's threshold for gasket blowing get's lower every god damned day. Seriously. Take fucking pill, man...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spiderwire
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I think all young ladies should dress modestly.
And by "modestly" I mean like a stern librarian or teacher. Only the kind of librarian or teacher in 1980's hair-band videos.
And when they "shush" you, grab you by the ear..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by litlnemo
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I just heard somebody on TV say that WALL-E was "manipulative."
I think it's interesting that when film makers are so successful at soliciting emotions that they are then called "manipulative." I find that odd. Since the point..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cass
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"We must protect the children from Environmentalist Propaganda!
That fucking crying Indian is what get's my goat. Jeebus said right in the Holdy Beeble I can throw my trash out the car window! And. As everybody knows Indian tears are deadly..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by five fresh fish
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I want to warn you all and everybody out there that is going to steal this idea that a lawyer is already retained. Said lawyer is already drafting a letter to Mr.Shymalan.
See. I wrote this movie. My version was way better. And I am disturbed to..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"4. They make the bomb somewhere right? Probably under some mountain. NUKE THE MOUNTAIN!
We must nuke them to stop them from holding the world hostage with nukes!
It's like how invading and bombing the shit out of Iraq, creating a failed state,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, jtron
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"But hey, you're not gonna let the truth get in the way of some firearm fantasies here, are you?
You're lecturing me on fire arm fantasies?" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Snyder, Dizzy
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"This old coot in Texas was in zero danger. Let's get a little perspective here.
Oh jeez. Again. You don't know that. You don't.
Yes. Let's put this in perspective. These were not idle fun loving teenagers up to hi jinx. They were career..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by oaf
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Okay, so what if we don't consider unknowables like an individual's motives? Another way to ask the question is, would a non-white person have the same "freedom" of vigilantism as Mr. Horn, if the race roles were reversed? Considering the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
3 weeks ago
