MeFi comment:
"God this place has become a shitheap.
posted by ibmcginty I'm a little taken aback by the desire to unleash snark in this thread.
Welcome to MetaFilter.
And an example of exactly why this place has become such a shitheap...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ifjuly
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"grubi, could you just drop it? Or take it to meta if you're so goddamned curious. The fact of the matter is that no matter how many long, trying, exhausting sexism threads we have here, a person can't make ONE goddamned post about a female-oriented..." [
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favorited 27 times, recently by Phalene, Jpfed, ArmyOfKittens, tractorfeed, bettafish, George_Spiggott, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, dejah420, mudpuppie, Melinika, marble, tehloki, dhruva, theiconoclast31, pointystick, LobsterMitten, jokeefe, bluishorange, sleepy pete, klangklangston, The corpse in the library, turaho, rtha, languagehat, olinerd, agregoli, aramaic
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I've seen more than a few skewerings of Liefeld online but this is easily one of the funniest.
I am shocked though, because I read the entire list being 100% sure what #1 was going to be, only to discover it didn't make the list at all. I'm..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by interrobang
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You and I have very different ideas of what it means to be "free."
Care to elaborate?
Sure. Your statement rests on the assumption that everyone starts out on a level playing field; that everyone will go through life with..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by symbioid
4 months ago
MeFi post:
Basic Concepts in Science: A List
favorited 79 times, recently by Saxon Kane, shelbaroo, keds, fizzix, flibbertigibbet, tickingclock, nzero, ifjuly, Mik3, nicolin, metasav, jcterminal, elphTeq, KAS, 517, JHarris, chrismear, leibniz, waxbanks, grumblebee, garrett, fermezporte
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh man! I cannot stop cringing. The phone call to that poor, poor secretary/assistant whatever! Must have been the highlight of her day." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by delmoi
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Class Goat, Dan's Data review was adorable but I dispute his claim that babies do not have multiple rendering pipelines. I just recently spent some time with my baby cousin and she came equipped with several pipelines, all of which eventually..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by parhamr
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't know. When you're that young everything is magic. It doesn't take an adult telling you these things to dream them up. The trees talking to one another and the clouds rubbing the sky and all fish being either Jack or Lorna makes perfect sense..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by amyms, lia, arcticwoman, txsebastien
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"There's no end to the stupid shit and tall tales people will tell your kids, mostly because they have no real idea or comfort level with relating to them as children. You want to do something incredibly awesome and loving for your kids? Become..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kato
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"For me it's not so much being afraid of heights as it is a fear of falling.
Yeah. It's not so much the landing since from that height I imagine you don't have time to actually feel anything. It's the seconds between falling and splatting that I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by you're a kitty!
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Once during fourth grade I unknowingly spent about half a day with a little Hitler moustache after smelling a Sharpie a little too enthusiastically." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by John Smallberries
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Ah, the intellectual bravery of so many in boldly declaring rape to be a bad thing.
So reasonable, so civilized. Tell me, though, do you support the troops?
No stavros, I am only able to oppose one act of sexual assault per day. I just added..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by George_Spiggott
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It may shock some of you to learn that of the medical professionals who have worked extensively with transgendered individuals for several decades, one of these may have joined metafilter.
Please let me be the first to offer my condolences to the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by confusionball, Dreama, tehloki, mudpuppie
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Part of the argument goes (and I'm not saying I agree one way or the other) that MTFs tend to assume parts of the female gender role that feminism is trying to undo or be freed from
I've heard that argument as well and I just don't buy it. One of..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by confusionball, Dreama, bettafish
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"pineapple, you are consistently one of the more thoughtful commenters on this site. You have nothing to apologize for!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by danOstuporStar
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I think I see the beginnings of a double chin on it too. Pit stubble and chins. Damn. Bacon still good though.
Please tell me you're referring to the photo as "it" and not the woman. Not that it would make you any less of a wanker. I'm..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by nasreddin, Skorgu, fractalid, Jon Mitchell, h00py, Gary
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"A friend and I in middle school plotted a bunch of different ideas to kill this one kid who we didn't like for some reason. One of mine was to put a poisoned thumbtack in his chair. We also had a pyro club. We sure were evil.
My group hatched a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, davejay
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"That whole thread is pretty ugly if you ask me. But if I have to choose, I'm going to have to come down on the side of those opposing the sexual exploitation of children...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by deborah
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Seriously, the one link to Flickr thing is the problem you had with that thread? Did you even read the comments? Is there some sort of extended April Fool's day thing going on or did all the knuckle-draggers crawl out of the wood work at the same..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hadjiboy
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"This was a pretty damn good joke if you ask me. It's also a good way to tell who the geezers are. When everyone else was busy fretting about their monitors, we geezers were having panic attacks over our failing eyesight. Good work, admins! It was fun!..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by pjern, madamjujujive
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I call shenanigans! The blank page isn't blank.
Also, even though I knew the colored pages were supposed to be blank, there was still this tiny part of me that felt frustrated because I was waiting for the content to load. Why is this taking so..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm probably too close to this subject to discuss it rationally.
I think you're doing a fine job and I'm glad you're here. I really do wish we had more transpeople here on Metafilter...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by soviet sleepover
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Was that second monkey smoking a cigarette too or did I just hallucinate?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by subaruwrx
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Which is yet another reason why I have a hard time with the idea that they're truly 100% women, or that they're operating from a healthy perspective.
bravelittletoaster - please read ArmyOfKittens's comments on this post, especially this one, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Wonderwoman
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"The thing about these books is that they do actually work on a certain type of person. The problem is that these people are usually exactly the sort of people who suck at maintaining healthy partnerships.
From what you've told us your boyfriend..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chicainthecity, loiseau
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"You'd have preferred Pirate Jesus, Ninja Jesus or Robot Jesus?
Do we really have to choose? Pirate Ninja Robot Zombie Jesus." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by shinynewnick, misha
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I should be allowed to express my view also. And I am. And you've heard it.
There is a more effective way to stop such a project from gaining ground - stop giving it more attention. I never would have heard about it if you hadn't posted about it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hadjiboy
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"People, please! I am trying to set aside my bitterness and feel good about people for once in my miserable life. Are y'all gonna cooperate or am I going to have to go back to trolling Youtube for videos of people forcefeeding citrus to infants?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hazel, jabberjaw
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Without a certain amount of fear about posting an FPP - caused by the snark you get when it's terrible - I think we'd see a lot shoddier FPPs. And, anyway, isn't that part of the initiation process?
Posting on Mefi for the first time is like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by h00py
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I wonder how the Mefi Hicks Brigade originally heard of Bill Hicks or his (very funny) rants? I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of them didn't just wander into a HaHaHut in the 80s and happen upon him. In fact, I'm pretty sure most of them..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by waxbanks, the other side, drezdn, psmealey
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Ehhh, I don't think it's worse. There are just more members now so it's a little louder and the snark is a little more frequent. I do get a little tired of it every now and then and that's when I take a little break from the site for a while. Trust..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by madamjujujive
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Gerald Kunkel (or, at least, someone claiming to be Kunkel) left this comment on the blog:
Chris,
Your article on “Comcast Cameras to Start Watching You” portrayed some assumptions that require correction and clarification. I want to be clear..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by chime, ceri richard, lukemeister
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Awwww...who loves her box? Phoenix loves her box! Yes her does! Yes her does!
I probably wouldn't hate real spiders nearly as much as I do if they all played with boxes like they plucky little kittens...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by kittens for breakfast, babybuns, quin
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"You might also want to look into Textpattern. It's not just blogging software -- it does a lot more when it comes to content management. I moved from Wordpress to Textpattern and while I still really admire Wordpress I found Textpattern to be easier..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by dhammond, parmanparman, telstar, loiseau, cowbellemoo
6 months ago
MeFi post:
The Nature Photography of E.J. Peiker
favorited 10 times, recently by SuperSquirrel, geeky, a_green_man, glycolized, nickyskye, johnj, Del Far, interrobang, jamjam, Ritchie
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The poor ancient Sumerians. Their Gods attract all the nutballs -- reptilian UFO enthusiasts, Nazi pseudo-Satanists, those marketing hucksters who made that Secret movie...
Leave the ancient Sumerians alone!..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by humannaire, schyler523
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"And what's the motive force that makes it keep happening: the women themselves, having always wanted to do Marilyn? The old photographers, wanting to catch a glimpse of the good old days? The young photographers, wanting to steal some of that sense..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by phatkitten
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I think the OP brings up a very interesting point. Many of us seem to be getting hung up on the technicality of "this is not what the AskMeOP specifically asked for", but the problem here is what the OP implied, which, if addressed, would..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Mitheral, yerfatma, mygothlaundry
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"item, you sound like you could use some soothing. I've got a pic of Lenin wearing nothing but sock garters. I use it as a visual aide in my kindergarten class. Would you like to see it? I always find it very calming...." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by LobsterMitten, deborah, malpractice, kosem, scody
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"What the original poster may be talking about doing is offensive to me
Stop projecting. Stop assuming that everyone is a big jerk and give someone the benefit of the doubt once in a while. Maybe the poster is just a dirty, dirty pervert who likes..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by dawson, herbaliser, yerfatma
7 months ago
