Music comment:
"w00t!
(title's A man's a man..)
This song is one of the top contenders for Scottish National Anthem when we become independent. I am a huge supporter. How awesome would that be?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jan murray
12 days ago
Ask comment:
"It's something you have to deal with indefinitely, but it is something that can get better. BPD is an extremely treatable disorder if the person gets help.
Comments of 'crazy people' and 'psychic vampire' in this thread are a good example of the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by firevoice
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"the best way to be compassionate to these folks is through action - capture the spider, put it outside, quickly and without fuss." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by The Toad, kaarne, orthogonality, tyrantkitty, sebastienbailard, Solomon, rtha, desjardins
4 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Respectful disagreement with paisley henosis here. Fasting for Ramadhan is one of the number one things people do before converting to Islam..
Definitely hang out with your local muslims, let 'em know you are fasting and they will be all over..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by milarepa
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Oh, the internet is a third space, just attracts folk from everywhere. Metafilter is a third space in pubs and dog parks all over the fucking world for instance.
I've gone to meetups hours away, have since I was 14, developed my culture almost..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jtron
Last month
MeTa comment:
"This is all a very interesting thread. I always grew up, being the born and bred red that I am, not wanting any kids.. now I'm married to someone who wants some kids and I've decided to go along with it, because they are wonderful and fun, and why..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by supercrayon
Last month
Ask comment:
"Generally protective services can't be guaranteed to provide the outcome you want. You don't know the entire story. The risk is just too great. If you care enough about the child, you can take the time over months and years to provide a supportive..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by huxley, danOstuporStar
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Since when do we get to give up?
Shit, nobody told me that we get to give up. Iraq is a chaos, Palestine is falling apart, and we get to give up our modest efforts and go home to quiet leafy gardens without any bombs falling? Wow.
Six months..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lysdexic
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"dialectics, you fucking shitpeas! You're just going to create more anti-Zionist havoc on the faebook by blaring your victory over the internets :)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by PostIronyIsNotaMyth
2 months ago
Ask post:
Getting started with acoustic guitar.
favorited 18 times, recently by xthlc, Effigy2000, sLevi, darkripper, codswallop, whir, yohko, carbide, anthom, Advocate, I, Blacksun, sailormouth, hadjiboy, bastionofsanity, melorama, cyanide, fusinski, chrismear
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Teresa, Mark, Cory:
Seriously, if you were writing or editing a novel about this, about a group of people like the boingers faced with a situation like the one you are in, and the novel-boingers decided to DELETE THE FUCKING POSTS and then NOT..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by waraw, dansdata, Monochrome, wendell, nomisxid, bigbigdog, cillit bang, ShawnStruck, spiderwire
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"+1 vote for intensity. I have never had anything but emotional pain and exhaustion from trying to deal with people my body was telling me not to deal with. That zen attitude may work for some people, but for the rest of us, 'fake it till you make it'..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by salvia
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"a) they're my friends - OMG I AM AFRAID OF WHAT THEY WILL THINK OF ME
b) I feel like a narc - OMG MY FRIENDS WILL THINK I AM A NARC
cowboy up and report. Warn your friends first. A living creature depends on it. Caring too much about what others..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ImproviseOrDie
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"I really hate it when people question the premises of my AskMe question, and I apologise in advance, but this seems to be one of paulsc's overstressed bolt situations. There is a great deal of good advice in this thread, but the risk of the guest..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ImproviseOrDie, ceri richard
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Seriously, I've about had it with the entire culture of hip-artists who are waving a bunch of lawyers around while crowing about (and giving lectures about) how radical they are. Furthermore, I've had it with their yes men.
The free culture..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by StrikeTheViol, delmoi, Snyder, cillit bang
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I have had such a horrible day filled with angry and alienated people, and I am reading Balrog's blog and I am so glad to see it. Tears are streaming down my face. I am so proud of him...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by quonsar
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Agreed, slimepuppy. The entire United Kingdom should thank her for infesting the top 40 stations with decent music instead of the utter shite that would be there in a Winehouse free world...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ceri richard
3 months ago
MeFi post:
Coco Wang: China 5:12 Earthquake
favorited 47 times, recently by kosher_jenny, amdg, batmonkey, pyrex, PhatLobley, aihal, snowleopard, zabuni, divabat, Korou, agregoli, hecho de la basura, milov, sleepy pete, agenais, cashman, jammy, fatehunter, sillygwailo, GoingToShopping, chara, pineapple, subtle-t, elphTeq, sebastienbailard, lunit, DecemberBoy, Solon and Thanks, Richard Daly, WalterMitty, ao4047, jinjo, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, BitterOldPunk, TryTheTilapia, mrzarquon, pookzilla, Anything, Popular Ethics, sveskemus, interrobang, phooky, aldurtregi, bunnytricks, Rhaomi, mikesch, pravit
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Devil's (or God's? kidding) advocate here.
Konolia probably sees this as an opportunity to save a life. She raised the opportunity in a hostile environment and was gracious about it, and for this I commend her. Ire at konolia is (justifiably)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 months ago
Ask post:
I can handle the truth.
favorited 18 times, recently by apartment dweller, idiomatika, 8dot3, flibbertigibbet, ethel, Jurate, hip_plumber, yoHighness, deborah, not me, jon1270, P.o.B., GaelFC, citron, divabat, Madamina, WalterMitty, The1andonly
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Is there one of these for bread machines and mysterious old VCRs and the like?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by paduasoy
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Note: the title is a reference to Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, a collection of short stories on Vietnam that a wise teacher made us read in 10th grade. Tim goes up there in the top 10 short story writers in English of the 20th century, up..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lahersedor
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Because my heart hurts reading this, and I really want to know that there are caring experts who can successfully help them." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Anything
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I am a white Jewish origin person who sang in a black gospel choir in the fine gospel music city of Cleveland Ohio, for three years just before I moved to Scotland. This is a black choir and I was the only white member. It did more good things for..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by madamjujujive, psmealey
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"Ask your daughter.
I think that over fifty percent of the problems caused by mental illness (or any other impairment) are caused by the social environment.
Read up on the social model of disability. And ask your daughter to read up on it too...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by metahawk, nebulawindphone
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I am SO glad that paulsc is back! Now please come back to MeCha too, particularly with the jazz posts!!!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by acro
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"Remember that this person has LESS POWER THAN YOU. Have mercy.
Take all the suggestions above, but also examine areas in your own life that are causing you stress. Work on them (maybe they're a lot easier to solve than the problems caused by this..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by icollectpurses
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"Not at all tacky. Moms understand that things come up. They'll (positively) remember being asked." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by msali, taff
6 months ago
