MeFi comment:
"I never saw even one complaint here about sexism or misogyny pointed at Hillary (although after Hillary's concession, Howard Dean and others offered token, condescending apologies, as did the press) that sort of thing here.
Are...are you serious?..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by turaho, BrotherCaine
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"AAAhahah, hilarious Tao Lin story.
My girlfriend works, here in New York, as an assistant manager at a Major University Bookstore. One day we're walking down the street and we see one of the ubiquitous Tao Lin ad stickers that he or someone he knows..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
4 days ago
Ask post:
How do I feel okay about being alone?
favorited 13 times, recently by Gerard Sorme, WalterMitty, prefpara, khaibit, randomstriker, howiamdifferent, rmm, desjardins, loiseau, idiomatika, TheSecretDecoderRing, melorama, divabat
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"ND¢: With industrial farming, we're much better off if people migrate to high-density cities because the provision of services is then much more efficient. Poor peasants in marginal farming areas are an environmental disaster.
....ergh? You're..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"As a white guy living in a condo-conversion building in Harlem, I'm already extremely sensitive to how I act within the neighborhood. Even though my building is set up in what I feel is a reasonably equitable manner (people who are already renting..." [
more]
favorited 4 times, recently by thedaniel, arcticwoman, elfgirl, [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I guess I don't understand stuff like this, and the whole pick-up artist stuff, because I've never considered just going up to someone on the street and hitting on them, or even going up to someone in a bar. Maybe I'm just too timid, but every..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by danb
Last month
MeFi comment:
"My foster cat had to have one of her forelegs amputated, and as soon as the stitches came out, she threw herself right into the task of re-learning how to jump and climb and bat at the dogs.
God, I know this is exactly how my cat would feel if..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by turgid dahlia, sebastienbailard
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Everyone here has made a lot of statements about whether spanking or beating can be conflated, and I'm not really sure if you can separate the two in any reasonable way. I was hit- maybe it was spanking, but it was definitely on my face- probably..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by ShawnStruck
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I really hate these sorts of threads (he says, ignoring the fact that he's read all of it by now), mostly because they tend to be the same people arguing with the same, well, person. To be honest, no-one is having their minds changed to any degree,..." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by Kadin2048, aeschenkarnos, tachikaze
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I have tried to be exceedingly reasonable in discussing this with you, konolia, because I understand the position where you are coming from- I was there once. But you have routinely refused to answer my questions in good faith.
I changed my mind..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
Last month
MeFi post:
Interview with a Hedge Fund Manager
favorited 37 times, recently by ruelle, peeet, cruelfate, Thoth, pantsrobot, spinturtle, sevenyearlurk, cdmwebs, SemiSophos, generalist, Happy Dave, blacklite, syzygy, painquale, madh, nicolin, sculpin, dylan20, ifjuly, juv3nal, polyhedron, Phire, Mr Stickfigure, The Shiny Thing, dd42, dreadpiratesully, antiform, EricGjerde, phyrewerx, muzzlecough, limeonaire, delmoi, mai, mullacc, GuyZero, kortez, Blazecock Pileon
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Man, I read the comments, went to brush my teeth and came back furious, until I saw nasreddin's post, which perfectly encapsulated everything I should have said but better. The only thing that I will add is this- a simple expression of terms will..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Likewise, the short film Twelve Monkeys was based on came out in 1962.
Actually, it was based on Chris Marker's breathtaking La Jetee, which came out in 1962.
...I...I think these say the same thing?..." [
more]
favorited 4 times, recently by Locative, ekstasis23, oh pollo!, brain cloud
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"is it better that a murderer go free than be tricked into confessing?
I don't think you can really make this sort of statement, because it ignores the fact that we are not discussing a particular case- we are discussing a widespread practice that..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I've decided that anything sold as "America's ____" totally sucks. Mayors, trucks, beer, candy bars- you name it, if it belongs to AMERICA, it sucks...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Skygazer
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Jesus. This just makes me certain that the US Army believes in peak oil. Where else but some Mad Max lone standoff would this be useful? I can only see this being used in a situation where there are a whole lot of people in front of you and you're..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, poweredbybeard
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If someone seeks, they will find.
Never say this to anyone. Especially never say it to children. If you ever say it to children or young adults who are struggling with their faith, you are a terrible person. Because you are setting up a terrible..." [
more]
favorited 15 times, recently by BaxterG4, shotgunbooty, agregoli, lord_wolf, Anything, nooneyouknow, sheila t, Benny Andajetz, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, filchyboy, vertriebskonzept, Blazecock Pileon, rtha, roll truck roll, edd
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"God. I really cannot stand these articles. This one is only slightly better than the bullshit one about the "new infantilism", where the author spends a thousand words when they just mean to say, "FAAAAGS!"
If you do not..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by joedan
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I was actually on the #80 bus with the skull-faced guy this spring, in Montreal. The hilarious thing is is there was some drunk punk asshole who kept trying to sell everyone hash who had apparently decided that skull-face was his spiritual brother...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by saturnine
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's mindblowing that the poor, and others going through hard times, willingly have children.
In many cases, depending on the type of economy in which a person is living, children can be a net economic benefit instead of a drain. In other..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Marla Singer
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I kind of like how after the Big Collapse I'm going to eat Ben Stein." [
more]
favorited 10 times, recently by acid freaking on the kitty, sudama, Heywood Mogroot, The Bellman, tehloki, eriko, well_balanced, Blazecock Pileon, IronLizard, the biscuit man
11 months ago
Ask comment:
"It turned out both Sanford and Son and Bandidas were on TV. And Miller High Life is 6 for 4.95, and you can rig up a cooler using a sink, ice water and a towel. Thanks, everyone!..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by juv3nal, Mayor Curley
Last year
MeFi comment:
"You know, I got a pamphlet from Canadian Peta (not sure if it has a different name) a while back that encouraged me to reduce my meat consumption. It specifically said that reducing your overall meat consumption- to once a week or so- would have a..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by SBMike
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Maybe men don't use Dove....
I doooo.
The best deodorant I've ever used. Now, if only they'd package the same thing under a manly name. I'm thinking "Hemingway's Ball-Sweat"...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by soundofsuburbia
Last year
MeFi comment:
"For about 3 months in high school I was really into Ayn Rand. A friend gave me a copy of "The Fountainhead", and it struck all the right notes at the time. Then I read "Atlas Shrugged", and I think I picked up a few of her..." [
more]
favorited 4 times, recently by MarkO, tehloki, aye, Foci for Analysis
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Guys. She put ANTENNA in her HEAD. She's the coolest person I've ever HEARD of.
Jesus, once I get my prehensile monkey-tail grafted above my ass, I guess I know where not to announce it...." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by spaceman_spiff, elkelk, mediareport
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I'm living in Harlem now, if in West Harlem, and feel partly responsible- when my siblings and I first moved up here, we were the only white people in our building and three of about ten in the neighborhood proper. Now the demographic has changed..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by amberglow
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I'm not really sure I understand why every week the news media pulls out one example of ridiculousness from middle schools across the nation and posts it up as an example of some sort of culture war. Of course a middle school is being ridiculous...." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by konolia, roll truck roll
Last year
MeFi comment:
"There was a story, I think it was a William Gibson but I could be misremembering, that introduced (in passing) the idea of a weapon that had been banned by most civilized governments; it lay in the dark watching the night for reflections, when it..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by quin
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Oh god, pyramid termite- I had to do the exact same thing when I was hosting at a restaurant. Afterwards, you can easily divide your life into "Before I Cleaned Liquid Shit for Two Hours" and "The Hurting"...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Cyrano
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Oh, musical prodigies. WARNING: LONG, BORING, SAD RANT.
Here's the thing that most people don't realize. It's actually pretty easy to pump out a prodigy, i.e. a kid with great technical skills at a certain instrument and absolutely no skills..." [
more]
favorited 6 times, recently by aye, mothershock, LooseFilter, nickyskye, Pastabagel, gubo
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Do I want to jeopardize my future by getting involved with drugs? Don't I want to get into a good college, get and keep my driver's license, play sports, get a good job?
Hmmmm...I choose....D. All of the above...." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by tehloki, kcds, imperium
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Can we get a moratorium on edjamacational strategies copied from Christian self-help books?
No, it's a sociological fact. Studies were done wherein teachers were given false test scores for certain students that indicated that they were the..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by jb
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Hmph. The best orgasm I ever had was on weed. I though I had given myself brain damage, it was so good.
When I mixed opium with weed, I thought I broke my kneecaps.
In regards to the article itself, I'm so frightened that I'd rather this..." [
more]
favorited 4 times, recently by cryosis, Boydrop, supercrayon, mijuta
Last year
MeFi comment:
"New York magazine is the worst piece of shit dreck I've ever stumbled upon. My old roomate used to get it, and my brother and I would sit around the kitchen table just gawking at how utterly masturbatory it was. Take it from me- if New York magazine..." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by flapjax at midnite, jonmc, Brown Jenkin
Last year
