MeFi comment:
"The real problem in wealthy western nations is the failure of the populations to come to terms with wealth in real terms.
We. You. Nearly every person here on Metafilter. All of us. We are rich.
We have lifestyles and creature comforts..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Why do these morons think their god needs somebody to stand up for him? If you believe the man's brochure he built the planet and then sometime later up and flooded the planet and then just for kicks blew up a couple of cities.
So if a god like..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Nobody— and I mean NOBODY— should feel guilty getting money/help from their parents IF their parents can afford it and are willing to help.
I left home at 17 years old. Went to college. Never came back from more than a couple of weeks during..." [
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MeFi comment:
"This was the dumbest thing I have ever done in my life.
Heywood that, and even this Ghost riding nonsense, was positively GENIUS compared to the stoooopid fawking things we attempted in The Beast from 1979-1980.
The Beast was a brick red 1971..." [
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MeFi comment:
"This reminds me of an only slightly less perverse past-time I and some friends adopted in High school and college. And some of you from the Northwest who are of a certain age may remember the...
Adventures of The Stunt Monkey! Too bad there was no..." [
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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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MeFi comment:
"Jesus H. Christ. You know what I'm sick of?
Let's clear some myths up.
First. There is no "conservative voice" in this thread. Okay. I doubt very much the person(s) in question, who by name call them selves conservative, could..." [
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MeFi comment:
"My buddy Scott had a brain tumor a few year back. the doctors told him after surgery he would have some memory loss. Or he may feel "lost time." This made him super excited. Before he went in to get a brain tumor removed he had a party..." [
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MeFi comment:
"This is real? I have never cared one whit what equipment the person pissing next to me has or doesn't have. As long as they are not pissing ON me.
And the one time I did care?
I was at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the Hagler v. Hearns..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Deja frigg'n Vu. Some friends of mine had driven back from their honey moon on the coast and stopped in a commuter lot to exchange cars after 3am. They had borrowed a friends larger car and he had dropped off theirs earlier that night. After seven..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Ok. We are in agreement.
Based on the priceless info in this thread, if I were to manage Al Gore for his '08 run, I would advise:
Gore no longer quote from faggy Greek play writes — yet he must still use enough multi-syllabic words to let us..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Tkchrist - but can't the internet also be used to support all those claims?
True. The kooks have caught up with us. However my family, if they are anything, they are scientific in their outrageous beliefs and can be assuaged with some logic and a..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Ah. The good old days. Say that reminds of a good old one. How many Iraqi's does it take to change a light bulb? Five. Four to hold the ladder and one to set the detonator.
Boy speaking about that war in Iraq. What's with all the criticism. At..." [
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MeFi comment:
"This part really unnerved me:
Hitler: Mein Hund hat keine Nase.
Audience: Wie riecht er?
Hitler: Schrecklich." [
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MeFi comment:
"Enyone hoo dont vote like me is a idiot.
I'm just using this as an example of some fucking dumb-ass knee-jerk contrarian reductive thinking that is infuriating about Metafilter. The comment or the commenter themselves may not be. But I'm still..." [
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MeFi comment:
"LONG POST
I wish I had seen this post yesterday so I could respond up top. I have heard the linked story told in about 10 different variations for years. It has been attributed to many people. I suspect it's like the Bruce Lee "roof top..." [
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Ask comment:
"After 12 years of marriage where the sex has only gotten better I can only add this:
Establish the rule that each of you are in charge of your own orgasm and the other must obey the directives of this rule. Like everybody said above be explicit...." [
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MeFi comment:
"If we can get Bin Laden BEFORE we pull out of Iraq we will be able save some face. But looking at how Pakistan is now on the brink that is not very likely.
This administrations choice of politics over competency and blind ideology over practical..." [
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MeFi comment:
"I just got back from fishing in Alaska. With us at camp was a guy who got back from Anbar about five months ago. He was six ten years younger than me - 33. But he looked five years older.
Now with us was my dad. We go to the Nushigak River..." [
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MeFi comment:
"My family goes off into the woods for vacations often. One thing I do miss? The internet has done wonders for settling long standing family disputes.
Up at our cabin suddenly my brother feels emboldened to make outlandish claims. Some of that is..." [
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