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MeFi post:
Literal Videos
Shit. My colleagues are going to think I'm crazy tomorrow when I keep singing "PIPE WRENCH FIGHT (pipe.wrench.fight)" all day.
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 11:29 PM on October 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Oy, oy, oy...
It would be cooler if the croc had a laserrrr on its head, but otherwise this is just sad.
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 6:52 PM on October 3, 2008
MeFi post:
φαινομαι
I live in the valley on the East side of the Shawangunk (pronounced "shon-gum") ridge. I can see the tower (called "Skytop") from my terrace. If it's hotter here, it's just me.
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 6:59 PM on September 17, 2008
MeTa post:
No more dead baby jokes.
this thread : tl; dr.
I did however teach Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" today (with a great deal of relish) to a bunch of Freshmen, who had never read it before! AWESOME!
posted to MetaTalk by exlotuseater
at 7:43 PM on September 11, 2008
***SPOILER***
it's about EATING babies!
posted to MetaTalk by exlotuseater
at 7:44 PM on September 11, 2008
HURF DURF BABY EATER
posted to MetaTalk by exlotuseater
at 10:05 PM on September 11, 2008
Ask post:
How to fill 70 minutes of in-class writing time?
Try bringing in a really short article, and discuss tone, diction, audience, et cetera-- have them rewrite the article for different purposes. Think Queneau's Exercises in Style. Take ideas like "reportage," or "anger," or "cross-examination," and have them rewrite all or part of the passage in that style. It's fun, allows them to flex their writing muscles, and teaches them different registers for different audiences.
posted to Ask Metafilter by exlotuseater
at 2:38 PM on September 10, 2008
Ask post:
Possible causes for pain in left shoulder, arm and hand for about two weeks?
I had a ruptured disc at C4-C5 and very, very similar symptoms, though I couldn't actually raise my left arm at all. The nerve was compressed where it exited the spine, and that's what caused the pain. Not knowing what to do (I didn't know about the nerve yet) I went to an orthopedic surgeon, who had me get a shoulder MRI-- they found a very slightly torn labrum, and ascribed my problem to that and assumed I was exaggerating the pain. I persisted and got an MRI of my neck, and that was the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by exlotuseater
at 9:04 AM on September 10, 2008
Zambrano is right, in that the discs themselves do not cause the pain. The discs pressing on the nerves cause the pain.
posted to Ask Metafilter by exlotuseater
at 11:01 AM on September 10, 2008
So-called pseudoscience helps no one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by exlotuseater
at 11:02 AM on September 10, 2008 
marked best answer
MeFi post:
Corn and You
It annoys me to see an ingredient list that looks like this: "WATER. HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. CITRIC ACID. PHOSPHORIC ACID. SUGAR ALCOHOLS (SORBITOL). ASPARTAME" &c.
They already have sugars IN there. Why add aspartame? It reads, to me, like this:
"WATER. CANCER. HIGH CANCERY CANCER SYRUP. LEMON CANCER. MATCHHEAD CANCER. VOLATILE CANCER. (CANCER). ARTIFICIAL CANCER." &c.
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 3:35 PM on September 9, 2008
GuyZero: of course not. Neither does phosphoric acid. They provide a little bite, is all. But. My underlying point is that ingredient lists are ridiculous. I'm all about better living through chemistryTM, but when there's thirty ingredients in a food item, I tend to try to avoid them. I can deal with methylethylisothiazolinone or whatever in my shampoo (it's not actually in mine) but twenty compounds including two... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 5:10 PM on September 9, 2008
cornholing is funny though.
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 5:13 PM on September 9, 2008
Ask post:
Are nipple piercings attractive on straight men?
I have 'em (rings with hematite captive beads), I got them many years ago, I'm 35 but look like I'm in my late twenties, and have met a ton of women who either liked them or were neutral. I got them primarily for me, just like my tattoos. I recently put small diamond studs in my ears, after not having earrings in for a few years.
Just another datapoint.
posted to Ask Metafilter by exlotuseater
at 11:21 PM on September 7, 2008
MeFi post:
That's Dum
The Chaos (by G. Nolst Trenité, a.k.a. "Charivarius"; 1870 - 1946)
Dearest creature in creation
Studying English pronunciation,
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse
I will keep you, Susy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye your dress you'll tear,
So shall I! Oh, hear my prayer,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 9:43 PM on September 6, 2008
MeFi post:
St. Paul Police say Democracy? No.
I don't think anyone is advocating for free reign to do whatever they want (i.e. splash bleach/urine/ink/whatever, break windows, overturn garbage cans/kiosks/cars/people, but instead simply asking for their right to assemble peacefully and air their grievances. For my own part, having been a peaceful protester, I understand why the police react as they do, but that reaction is akin to swatting a gnat with a buick. When the first (very large) anti-war protest took place in NYC, I was there with... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 1:55 PM on September 2, 2008
MeTa post:
What's in a name?
The Odyssey, Homer.
see also Alfred, Lord Tennyson:
Branches they bore of that enchanted stem,
Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave
To each, but whoso did receive of them
And taste, to him the gushing of the wave
Far far away did seem to mourn and rave
On alien shores; and if his fellow spake,
His voice was... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by exlotuseater
at 9:32 PM on August 28, 2008
MeFi post:
It tastes like burning
Boy, I sure loved CheeriosTM as a kid. But then one morning I poured a bowlful for myself, added the milk and a teaspoon of sugar, and sat down at the table to eat. I ate almost all of it and then noticed something odd. What the heck is that? pokepoke. poke poke. poke.
Worms. Freakin' MEALWORM GRUBS. In. My. Cereal.
I have never eaten cheerios since. Though I have been known to eat much stranger... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 5:26 PM on August 26, 2008
Bananas = white turds.
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 8:14 AM on August 27, 2008
MeFi post:
WashPost on graphic novels
Teaching Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis in my Composition class in a few days. It was picked as the class-wide summer reading for the entire incoming freshman class.
Graphic novels are accessible but complex, "fun" to read but demand a great deal of mental energy to really understand. Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is still one of the best resources on this.
Anybody who simply dismisses the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 7:32 PM on August 23, 2008
MeTa post:
?
snus is great (General White Portion Wintergreen)
posted to MetaTalk by exlotuseater
at 8:42 PM on August 5, 2008
Ask post:
Italian Elevator Use Filter
Another possibility is that some cultures consider buildings differently; what is the first floor in the U.S. is "RDC," or rez-de-chaussée in France, and the corresponding (U.S.) second floor is actually the "first" floor. So floors labelled "1," "2," etc, might be misleading? I dunno.
posted to Ask Metafilter by exlotuseater
at 8:21 PM on August 4, 2008
MeFi post:
Moby Dick? Middlemarch? Jane Eyre?
Work "weltanshaung" into your paper = instant A.
and A+ if you spell it "weltanschauung."
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 7:22 PM on July 28, 2008
Being an English student, I realize every day that I will never manage to read all the books that I want to. I'm particularly interested in poetry, and one summer I was hanging out with friends at a cafe at a state Uni. (not mine). We were drinking coffee and hanging out, and there were a bunch of Greek students that were taking summer classes, and they ended up joining us. The conversation turned to favorite poets, and one of the women asked me whether I liked "Kavafis," and I had no... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 7:33 PM on July 28, 2008
MeFi post:
Wine Jelly!
I just realized the other day that yog(h)urt was "milk-jelly." Fruit and fruit juice + pectin = jelly. Milk + pectin = yog(h)urt.
Little perspective shifts can change your whole outlook.
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 6:18 PM on June 7, 2008
MeFi post:
Slipping towards the Singularity
I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 7:01 AM on June 3, 2008
My mommy doesn't hate me! Because I'm special! And unique! Because there's never been anyone like me before, ever! Mommy loves Martin because he is real, and when I am real Mommy's going to read to me and tuck me in my bed and sing to me and listen to what I say and she will cuddle with me and tell me every day a hundred times a day that she loves me!
posted to MetaFilter by exlotuseater
at 10:19 PM on June 3, 2008
MeTa post:
Facts do not respect majority opinion.
Plate of Beans (read: "red"). It wasn't a beanplate until after a few well-explained and supported answers, at which point people just started popping in and saying reed, red, reed, red, fish, cow, isaywhatiWANTandyoucan'tstopme, &c., with no reason other than "it's how I do it." Whether descriptive or prescriptive, one ought to provide some compelling reason for their particular usage.
Otherwize it's a gotdam eggcorn fite.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by exlotuseater
at 6:11 AM on May 30, 2008
