MeTa comment:
"This explains a lot.
Any comments supposedly by me that haven't been outstandingly witty or insightful were actually made by a hacker. Especially the extremely offensive ones. Christ, that hacker's an asshole...." [
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favorited by ShawnStruck on
October 7, 2008 9:49 PM
MeFi comment:
"They really ought to have banned the German language after Hitler lost the war, because, y'know, it always reminds me of German, and you know who was German? That's right, Hitler!..." [
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favorited by Kattullus on
October 7, 2008 9:42 PM
MeFi comment:
"They really ought to have banned the German language after Hitler lost the war, because, y'know, it always reminds me of German, and you know who was German? That's right, Hitler!..." [
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favorited by tehloki on
October 7, 2008 9:11 PM
MeTa comment:
"This explains a lot.
Any comments supposedly by me that haven't been outstandingly witty or insightful were actually made by a hacker. Especially the extremely offensive ones. Christ, that hacker's an asshole...." [
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favorited by lukemeister on
October 7, 2008 6:30 PM
MeFi comment:
"another bonus point there for use of the word "tchotchkes"" [
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favorited by nickyskye on
October 7, 2008 4:57 PM
MeFi comment:
"what a great post, nickyskye! it's great to see so many old school steam trains apparently still in use. you'd probably know that they've been totally phased out in India, apart from the famous exceptions of the toy trains running up to Darjeeling,..." [
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favorited by nickyskye on
October 7, 2008 4:55 PM
MeFi comment:
"Isn't it time you grew up from this "my band is cooler than your band" bullshit?
Especially when your band isn't Boards of Canada." [
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favorited by googly on
October 7, 2008 3:45 PM
MeFi comment:
"what a great post, nickyskye! it's great to see so many old school steam trains apparently still in use. you'd probably know that they've been totally phased out in India, apart from the famous exceptions of the toy trains running up to Darjeeling,..." [
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favorited by vronsky on
October 7, 2008 2:16 PM
MeFi comment:
"Isn't it time you grew up from this "my band is cooler than your band" bullshit?
Especially when your band isn't Boards of Canada." [
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favorited by Purposeful Grimace on
October 7, 2008 4:10 AM
MeFi comment:
"Isn't it time you grew up from this "my band is cooler than your band" bullshit?
Especially when your band isn't Boards of Canada." [
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favorited by rokusan on
October 6, 2008 8:32 PM
MeFi comment:
"Isn't it time you grew up from this "my band is cooler than your band" bullshit?
Especially when your band isn't Boards of Canada." [
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favorited by ktrey on
October 6, 2008 7:50 PM
MeTa comment:
"If you want to make a good impression, don't forget to give your sack a good scrub before the meetup." [
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favorited by not_on_display on
October 6, 2008 5:48 PM
MeFi comment:
"Worth mentioning that if the kid is actually aboriginal, the croc might be the totem of his skin. Or better put, he might actually be a crocodile. I'm an emu, for example, and my nephews are sharks. My parents might be crocs, I'm not sure. I'll have..." [
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favorited by sondrialiac on
October 3, 2008 8:49 PM
MeFi comment:
"Worth mentioning that if the kid is actually aboriginal, the croc might be the totem of his skin. Or better put, he might actually be a crocodile. I'm an emu, for example, and my nephews are sharks. My parents might be crocs, I'm not sure. I'll have..." [
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favorited by fleetmouse on
October 3, 2008 5:10 PM
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"Appropriate (and expected) that Szasz would come up. Before my bipolar awesomeness first manifested itself (typically, this often happens mid-late 20s for some reason), I was dating a psychiatrist's daughter & reading a lot of Szasz &..." [
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favorited by yclipse on
October 2, 2008 5:25 PM
MeFi comment:
"But is it worth it?
It's probably worth outsourcing the phone calls to India, then scalping the reservations to the highest bidder." [
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favorited by yonation on
October 2, 2008 1:03 PM
MeFi comment:
"do we want to condemn anyone who ever worked for the Bush Administration through guilt-by-association?
That depends on what you mean by "condemn". If you mean establishing guilt beyond reasonable doubt, through the formal due process of..." [
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favorited by Blazecock Pileon on
October 1, 2008 11:21 PM
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"Exactly, LobsterMitten.
For what it's worth, it's never been my experience for that kind of random chitchat with strangers to lead directly to friendships or dates etc, although you might sometimes chat for the duration of a bus ride or whatever..." [
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favorited by Asymptote on
October 1, 2008 9:33 PM
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"I disagree with people advocating you practice cold-calling. You may be thinking "Hey, why not give it a shot," but for the woman it can be tremendously obnoxious. Many, many women have experience with random guys wandering up to them and..." [
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favorited by Asymptote on
October 1, 2008 9:31 PM
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"Given the new information about the guy aggressively pursuing you, and doing all the "romantic" door-opening (etc) stuff, he now sounds like a bit of a player, and I'm inclined to agree with Atreides (but that's because I'm rather cynical..." [
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favorited by freshsprout on
September 30, 2008 11:41 PM
MeFi comment:
"do we want to condemn anyone who ever worked for the Bush Administration through guilt-by-association?
That depends on what you mean by "condemn". If you mean establishing guilt beyond reasonable doubt, through the formal due process of..." [
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favorited by liza on
September 30, 2008 7:08 PM
MeTa comment:
"Huzzah, now we can close this garbage up. Don't mock people just because their honest question has some easily-ignorable irrelevant bits in it they found something funny that you didn't; it makes you look like a shitheel and discourages people from..." [
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favorited by Sidhedevil on
September 28, 2008 9:33 PM
MeTa comment:
"Huzzah, now we can close this garbage up. Don't mock people just because their honest question has some easily-ignorable irrelevant bits in it they found something funny that you didn't; it makes you look like a shitheel and discourages people from..." [
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favorited by turgid dahlia on
September 28, 2008 3:29 PM
MeTa comment:
"Huzzah, now we can close this garbage up. Don't mock people just because their honest question has some easily-ignorable irrelevant bits in it they found something funny that you didn't; it makes you look like a shitheel and discourages people from..." [
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favorited by sk381 on
September 28, 2008 12:34 PM
MeTa comment:
"you know, i might just pop in to that thread tomorrow or later, if anybody cares to hear the thoughts of a jaded ex-refugee lawyer.
short form:
* the old couple (to my mind) are blatant economic migrants (read: with a social aspect, ie getting..." [
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favorited by paleyellowwithorange on
September 28, 2008 2:31 AM
Ask comment:
"parkerama took the wind out of my sails by writing exactly what was on my mind, only better.
This, in particular, is something I've long believed:
Personally, I've never bought the whole "I need to get my life sorted out before I can be in..." [
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favorited by MD06 on
September 27, 2008 10:39 PM
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"As a guy, I'd probably be a bit twitchy about a 30yo talking "commitment" after four weeks, because it would conjure up spectres of body clocks & bridezillas.
If it means "not seeing other people" then fine, but as zhivota..." [
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favorited by blueberry on
September 27, 2008 8:03 PM
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"As a guy, I'd probably be a bit twitchy about a 30yo talking "commitment" after four weeks, because it would conjure up spectres of body clocks & bridezillas.
If it means "not seeing other people" then fine, but as zhivota..." [
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favorited by freshsprout on
September 27, 2008 7:27 PM
MeTa comment:
"Huzzah, now we can close this garbage up. Don't mock people just because their honest question has some easily-ignorable irrelevant bits in it they found something funny that you didn't; it makes you look like a shitheel and discourages people from..." [
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favorited by hjo3 on
September 27, 2008 7:27 PM
Ask comment:
"Let him know that everyone in your community knows about this, how you took the high road
Um, in my books "taking the high road" does not include talking shit about people behind their backs. That's what this guy did.
There's no..." [
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favorited by oneirodynia on
September 27, 2008 1:06 PM
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"A combination of physical and behavioural factors really put me off her
Out of respect for her privacy, please don't go into any detail, but have you considered that these factors might be capable of being changed?
Especially the behavioural..." [
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favorited by grippycat on
September 26, 2008 9:32 PM
MeFi comment:
"The pessimists, the optimists, they're all doing the same thing. Pushing numbers around, "making bets," producing nothing
Isn't it in the essential nature of gambling, that some will win, some will lose?
So, this guy got lucky and..." [
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favorited by rusty on
September 26, 2008 9:00 PM
MeFi comment:
"The pessimists, the optimists, they're all doing the same thing. Pushing numbers around, "making bets," producing nothing
Isn't it in the essential nature of gambling, that some will win, some will lose?
So, this guy got lucky and..." [
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favorited by Nahum Tate on
September 26, 2008 7:46 PM
Ask comment:
"Of course it's possible, and of course it's happened before. There are almost seven billion people alive in the world at the moment.
It might help if you could narrow the question down somewhat. We don't even know if Someone was a former partner,..." [
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favorited by Nattie on
September 26, 2008 12:25 PM
MeFi comment:
"Apparently reading the article and understanding it are two different things.
Let's set out whatever facts can be gleaned, along a timeline:
pre-1984: Uncle living in US, presumably as a citizen or some kind of permanent resident.
1984:..." [
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favorited by generichuman on
September 26, 2008 9:29 AM
Ask comment:
"Let him know that everyone in your community knows about this, how you took the high road
Um, in my books "taking the high road" does not include talking shit about people behind their backs. That's what this guy did.
There's no..." [
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favorited by DevilsAdvocate on
September 26, 2008 6:58 AM
Ask comment:
"Let him know that everyone in your community knows about this, how you took the high road
Um, in my books "taking the high road" does not include talking shit about people behind their backs. That's what this guy did.
There's no..." [
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favorited by hazyjane on
September 26, 2008 4:17 AM
MeTa comment:
"you know, i might just pop in to that thread tomorrow or later, if anybody cares to hear the thoughts of a jaded ex-refugee lawyer.
short form:
* the old couple (to my mind) are blatant economic migrants (read: with a social aspect, ie getting..." [
more]
favorited by agropyron on
September 25, 2008 10:22 PM
MeFi comment:
"Apparently reading the article and understanding it are two different things.
Let's set out whatever facts can be gleaned, along a timeline:
pre-1984: Uncle living in US, presumably as a citizen or some kind of permanent resident.
1984:..." [
more]
favorited by Coaticass on
September 25, 2008 6:18 PM
MeTa comment:
"you know, i might just pop in to that thread tomorrow or later, if anybody cares to hear the thoughts of a jaded ex-refugee lawyer.
short form:
* the old couple (to my mind) are blatant economic migrants (read: with a social aspect, ie getting..." [
more]
favorited by batmonkey on
September 25, 2008 4:10 PM
MeFi comment:
"Apparently reading the article and understanding it are two different things.
Let's set out whatever facts can be gleaned, along a timeline:
pre-1984: Uncle living in US, presumably as a citizen or some kind of permanent resident.
1984:..." [
more]
favorited by Librarygeek on
September 25, 2008 6:56 AM
MeFi comment:
"Apparently reading the article and understanding it are two different things.
Let's set out whatever facts can be gleaned, along a timeline:
pre-1984: Uncle living in US, presumably as a citizen or some kind of permanent resident.
1984:..." [
more]
favorited by languagehat on
September 25, 2008 6:47 AM
MeTa comment:
"you know, i might just pop in to that thread tomorrow or later, if anybody cares to hear the thoughts of a jaded ex-refugee lawyer.
short form:
* the old couple (to my mind) are blatant economic migrants (read: with a social aspect, ie getting..." [
more]
favorited by ghost of a past number on
September 24, 2008 10:47 PM
MeTa comment:
"you know, i might just pop in to that thread tomorrow or later, if anybody cares to hear the thoughts of a jaded ex-refugee lawyer.
short form:
* the old couple (to my mind) are blatant economic migrants (read: with a social aspect, ie getting..." [
more]
favorited by doctor_negative on
September 24, 2008 6:32 PM
MeFi comment:
"In addition to Friday Flash Fun, we need to institute Thursday Bollywood Cheering-up!
On second thoughts, why restrict it to Thursdays? Regardless of the day of week, everybody needs a hug bosom for a pillow...." [
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favorited by HopperFan on
September 24, 2008 6:21 PM
MeTa comment:
"you know, i might just pop in to that thread tomorrow or later, if anybody cares to hear the thoughts of a jaded ex-refugee lawyer.
short form:
* the old couple (to my mind) are blatant economic migrants (read: with a social aspect, ie getting..." [
more]
favorited by tellurian on
September 24, 2008 4:47 PM
MeTa comment:
"you know, i might just pop in to that thread tomorrow or later, if anybody cares to hear the thoughts of a jaded ex-refugee lawyer.
short form:
* the old couple (to my mind) are blatant economic migrants (read: with a social aspect, ie getting..." [
more]
favorited by dash_slot- on
September 24, 2008 4:44 PM
MeTa comment:
"you know, i might just pop in to that thread tomorrow or later, if anybody cares to hear the thoughts of a jaded ex-refugee lawyer.
short form:
* the old couple (to my mind) are blatant economic migrants (read: with a social aspect, ie getting..." [
more]
favorited by metaname on
September 24, 2008 2:19 PM
MeTa comment:
"you know, i might just pop in to that thread tomorrow or later, if anybody cares to hear the thoughts of a jaded ex-refugee lawyer.
short form:
* the old couple (to my mind) are blatant economic migrants (read: with a social aspect, ie getting..." [
more]
favorited by kisch mokusch on
September 24, 2008 1:37 PM
MeTa comment:
"if only we had an "ignore" feature." [
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favorited by PhoBWanKenobi on
September 24, 2008 1:31 PM
