Ask post:
Darling, you look positively pulchritudinous. OW! No, that's a GOOD thing!
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3 days ago
Ask comment:
"I second game warden - I used to live on Low Ousegate in the centre of York, and it gets noisy with rowdy revellers until the early hours. For reasons I have never quite figured out, there was a point during 2003 when I would hear DJ Otzi's "Hey..." [
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Last month
MeTa comment:
"I'm waiting for the day AskMe is taken down and replaced with a sign saying:
"No, don't eat it, see a Doctor, call your Lawyer, then dump anyone you're in a relationship with. Then, get some therapy, take up volunteering, meet new people, get..." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by domi_p, Xany, einekleine
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The most reliable thing for me is that scene in the Sixth Sense - a parent's death, a crying child, a crying parent, tears of regretful realisation that shame and anger at your child was undeserved - Jesus. Cornball it may be, but that scene is an..." [
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2 months ago
Ask comment:
"I got this from a previous ask thread, but decided it would be funnier if the man's wish was very, very intentional. YMMV. Like the Clown joke, you have to be quite willing to draw this one out and really commit to it...
A man walks into bar,..." [
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2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I agree with nowonmai: it makes more sense to me to think of the processes of evolution as being ones which can be analysed at the gene level, group level, planet level, and so on, but that the higher levels are emergent from the lower ones. Where..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jpfed
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Tweak : Because, I'd hazard, developers don't necessarily want to make games that are considered porn - just to have the freedom to deal with adult themes, including sexuality, without scaremongering and attendant media frenzy.
Take a film like..." [
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3 months ago
Ask comment:
"All of my dri-weave/synthetic running/jogging/skiing gear has been absolutely fine on a cold wash and then a gentle dry, which is my default setting for washing basically all of my clothes, and seems to have worked well for almost everything, with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dyslexictraveler
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"You would be looking for Accelerando...available for free download here." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mincus
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Also, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time pretty much makes Ico redundant.
I have to disagree. The Prince's fluid movement, and the beautiful, soft focus rendered architecture of the Persian castle were both exceptional, and Sands Of Time was a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by verb, JHarris
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"But the rumors about Sting's prowess in bed have given rise to an unbalanced public perception.
Sting's "I have tantric sex for 3 days" media nonsense is easily explained away as yet another of the patently absurd order-of-magnitude..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by infinitywaltz
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I think it really rather base to post something like this.
I think it's rather base, too." [
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8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"a period when it seemed like there was a competition for the cheapest and dumbest show idea you could get on screen.
A period, which, it must be noted, shows no signs of either having ended or coming to an end...." [
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8 months ago
Ask comment:
"Other than not being a US city, Vancouver sounds almost exactly like what you're after. Microsoft is starting a new 300+ person campus here, there's a fair bit of web development and a large video games development industry, and there is a large..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Nickel
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"One of my personal hobbyhorse topics - I'd say you missed a select few, but otherwise excellent job.
The Harry Enfield Show: Miles Cholmondely Warner
Alexei Sayle's Stuff - very much a precursor to the Armanado Iannuci shows in style.
The..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lalochezia, Foci for Analysis
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"include rejecting parts of the "strong, aware, confident and fearless" stereotype.
I am weak, shy, and fearful, so I am doing well, there. I am also single.
So very, very single...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by vertriebskonzept, RussHy
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm inclined to believe that there are few media in western culture at the moment that would have been quite as bold, or could have been with any reasonable expectation of success.
Agreed. I wish they'd been a little bit bolder, though, and not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yerfatma
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"No BoC post is really complete without these:
Aquarius - Hair.
Recognise that bassline, hmmm?
The Conet Project- I say again. There's plenty of Numbers stations in Geogaddi, and The Conet Project is packed with sounds reminiscent of BoC...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ekstasis23, bigmusic
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Sort of irrelevant, but I remember being mildy surprised as a Boy Scout to discover that the word "FUCK" has a rather enjoyable pattern to it when spelled in Morse Code:
..-. / ..- / -.-. / -.-
letter 1 is the same as 2, with an extra..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by eritain
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I've gotten to the point that when someone says "That's not funny," what I hear is "I don't have a very good sense of humor."
I've gotten to the point that when someone says "That's funny", what I hear is "You..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by puke & cry
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Did he choose beans simply because they are easy to animate and he could focus more on guns and less on, you know, actual characterization?
Makes sense. That was why they chose Keanu, after all...." [
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10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"When a labor of love comes along that looks and smells incredibly like this entertainment
Yes, this is the problem. It's just re-iterating Hollywood/mass-market humor and values, only not nearly as well. I'm a little little icky about someone's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by stavrogin, rooftop secrets
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
"You're being a poseur and it's good for your soul to get called on it. Suck it up.
This is true. Unfortunately, it's bad for the soul to be the caller. Accusatory soul-enrichment is a zero-sum-game.
That's what I feel to be true, anyway, which..." [
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11 months ago
MeTa comment:
"The thing that bothers me most about LOLCATS is the way they're redefining our collective image of cats as aloof, intelligent, and inscrutably feline creatures (see Old Possum's book of Practical Cats, The Cat Who Walked By Himself, Edward Gorey,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by wzcx, oneirodynia
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"the separation between shit and fuck is so large
t'aint." [
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11 months ago
Ask comment:
"From the picture, I would just assume you really like The Matrix, The Borg, or Dark City, if worn in everyday life, or just have a thing for elaborate dress. I'd definitely think "geek" rather than "cool", but towards the end of..." [
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11 months ago
MeTa comment:
"One morning, as Gregor Nog awoke from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his sleep into a monstrous Viking." [
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11 months ago
MeTa comment:
""goodnewsfortheinsnae"
Ah, good news for the insane's Scottish sock puppet. He really disnae post enough." [
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Last year
MeFi comment:
"The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed sub-category. He's got esprit up to here. Right now he is preparing to carry out his third mission of the night. His uniform is black as activated charcoal, filtering the very light out of the..." [
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Last year
MeTa comment:
"They're all from the mid to late 90's dot-comment boom. Don't worry about it. There's a second dot-comment 2.0 boom happening now, but it's just a bubble. Invest your favourites elsewhere...." [
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Last year
MeFi comment:
"Fuck, that's good, Citizen Premier. That's the first release of theirs where they've really stepped out of Boards Of Canada's shadows with their electronics, not to mention their subtle but incredibly listenable subverting of current electro-house..." [
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Last year
MeFi comment:
"Ok, i can't find an image of the Black Rabbit that adequately evokes the OH MY GOD CREEPY GHOST DEMON RABBIT terror that sequence evoked in me when I was younger, but I'm sure I remember the thing having hideous glowing red eyes and floating over a..." [
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Last year
MeFi comment:
"I have to, say, I'm thorougly enjoying all the counter-arguments of this type:
By proof, they are equal to each other but otherwise they are not the same number.
The, "well, yes, using proof they are the same, or, using math they are the..." [
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Last year
MeFi comment:
"One shared quirk seems kinda lame.
Now if you'll excuse me, I still need to work out some of the details on how to fake my own death.
You mean you missed International Reggie Perrin Day? It was a blast. I didn't get where I am today by missing..." [
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Last year
MeFi comment:
"The mistake that they make which is causing unrest
Is that seldom they write with a strict anapest
So the rhythm is wrong, neither herky nor jerky
In quite the right way, so the meter is murky
And comes to a halt at an unpleasant time.
But it's..." [
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