MeFi comment:
"In the news story some Public Official is quoted as saying something like "we have no reason to suspect TERRORISM at this time," and now Charmston just brought up "the morning of the 11th of September, 2001." Can't a shitty bridge..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Actually, what some of "these kids" needed was for the community to raise taxes to benefit the public schools they came from: fix the heating system, buy decent textbooks and hire competent teachers. Too bad all that starts with raising..." [
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MeTa comment:
"Grrrlson asked me: "I presume you're equally welcoming of anti-Muslim, anti-gay, anti-atheist, and anti-abortion propaganda, yes?"
I myself am an anti-Islamic (to cut to the chase, anti-theist in general, including $cientology),..." [
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MeTa comment:
"But, you know, like, EVERYBODY thinks they're RIGHT and so, like, you have to AGREE with them whatever they say or you're a BIG MEAN POOPIEHEAD. And if somebody ELSE says something totally different you have to agree with THEM too because like..." [
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MeFi comment:
""During the first Gulf War, a Wall Street Journal reporter asked an anonymous Kuwaiti leader why the Kuwaitis were not staying to fight for their homeland. His response?
'That is what we have our American slaves for.'"
posted by..." [
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MeFi comment:
"This is very stupid link to a very stupid site about a very stupid thing done by very stupid kids." [
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MeTa comment:
""This is still a community."
No, this is still a WEB SITE. An entirely voluntary one in which leaving does not even mean renting anything from U-Haul, let alone arguing over who gets the dog.
People who persist in calling this WEB..." [
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MeFi comment:
"I must point out that some people can be degraded, crazy, dirty and lots of other Bad Things without ever using any kind of drug." [
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MeFi comment:
"I can't believe somebody forked over whatever the fee was to put four white words on a blue background. I paid $5 to mathowie in Nov. '04 and I've been saying "I HATE YOU ALL" several times a week ever since!..." [
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Ask comment:
""Always remember to be slightly wary of the 'instant click'."
More than "slightly." An 'instant click' is a sign that you're psyching yourself into something and/or the other person is. Maybe that night your "buttons"..." [
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MeTa comment:
"Stavros, the Wondrously Easily Pleased Chicken. And fuck "favoriting", that only supports my contention that the social aspect of Metafilter is like 7th Grade...." [
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MeTa comment:
""Brian B doesn't even know that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a classic antisemitic text, yet he thinks he can quote and accurately represent Maimonides."
So? We should tar and feather everybody (or even only every Mefite) who..." [
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MeTa comment:
"Your ONE example of my "sycophancy" is me PICKING ON quonsar? (I wonder why HE thinks I bold and italic the capital Q which he himself never uses.) I bet you thought picking on Jessamyn's nose piercing was an example of my winning charm,..." [
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MeTa comment:
"Let's see, culling the American Heritage parts of the relevant items at dictionary.com:
inherent - Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; intrinsic.
ubiquity - Existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time;..." [
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MeTa comment:
"shmegegge asked: "What on earth has your day been like that this seemed like a reasonable way to spend your time?"
Well, I for one wish I'd learn a better excuse for cleaning the bathroom than overflowing the toilet the day after a big..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Of course this guy does get some things right (is he THIS Steven Pinker?):
"Political correctness from the other end of the ideological spectrum has also distorted many people's conception of violence in early civilizations--namely, those..." [
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MeTa comment:
""We're not all embittered grouches who hang around here."
An embittered grouch is a sweet romantic who got mugged by reality. You're young, you'll learn...." [
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