MeFi comment:
"I absolutely LOVE riding to work and back on my Segway. 3.8 miles either way.
is there enough charge left in the battery for getting over to the magic castle?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by TheOnlyCoolTim, dobbs
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"why is it -so- important to bankrupt the major telcos for obeying the executive branch?
where did you get the idea that EFF and ACLU lawsuits would "bankrupt" the most powerful corporations in the world?
it is -so- important because..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by LanTao, sondrialiac, violette, CautionToTheWind, roystgnr, Drastic, grouse, nakedcodemonkey, oaf, Blazecock Pileon, PROD_TPSL, orthogonality
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"If your vision of a perfect marriage is one where your spouse adheres to every one of your demands lest you berate them and threaten them with your support, then that would explain a lot.
does it matter that your wife told you she was a woman and..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by roystgnr, gorgor_balabala, Blazecock Pileon
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I said it a year ago. I'm saying it again. Keep it up. The Republicans are gonna win. They will.
you're a genius for mocking the idea that there's no difference between the parties.
but pray tell, oh wise hammurabi, please give me one example..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by LakesideOrion, nasreddin, Crabby Appleton, eriko, RavinDave
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"That does not sound like any sort of "control" of the Senate to me, and if they don't control the Senate, they don't control Congress.
they had the numbers to filibuster this (and lots of other crap). they're just too craven to use the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by orthogonality
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"i like the concept but the riders' reactions were srsly underwhelming. i wonder if the participants felt that way as well. 'oh, look, we got dressed up and rode the subway all day so 10 or 11 people could smile in recognition of something unusual..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Slap Factory
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Why did you wish to give our attention to these 'tards, ericb?
Ericb, why did you choose to share these idiots with us? I'm quite curious about that.
why is what you choose to click on somehow ericb's responsibility? why are you such a..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Dumsnill, treepour, waraw, h00py
Last month
MeFi comment:
"You think there's some important interest being served by these lawsuits.
just a teeny tiny little interest called THE RULE OF LAW." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, jaronson
Last month
MeFi comment:
""The first point that I think needs stressing is that oil and gas prices have been on a sustained upward trajectory for years. A gallon of unleaded regular was $1.55 in November 2000, and has more or less risen steadily ever since -- people were..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by A dead Quaker, phatkitten, davemee
Last month
MeFi comment:
"to acknowledge this sad moment, i give you the george carlin universal cheer:
ratshit, batshit
dirty old twat
sixty-nine assholes
tied in a knot.
hooray.
lizardshit.
FUCK!..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by jlbartosa
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Fantastic video. Really enjoyable.
okay, that's three comments, now make with the spam post already, livesports! don't keep us in suspense." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dmd, The Bellman
Last month
MeTa comment:
"can we get back to the discussion about the TV show we're going to collectively produce about three aggrieved conservative lawyers who all live in the same building in park slope and their twisted relationship with a left-skewing website?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"tasteless trashy rutting and spyware infested digital prostitution
please spare me your middlebrow editorializing and tastes." [
more]
favorited 8 times, recently by Sangermaine
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Metafilter: I fully expect my psot to vanish soon." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by pantufla, papafrita, rodeoclown, Slarty Bartfast, Jilder, JHarris, infinitywaltz, ChestnutMonkey, moxiedoll, flotson, octothorpe
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"i think the problem that some people have, myself included, is that scrabble is thought of as a "word" game in the english language, and yet some of the best players don't even speak the language.
so really, given that that's possible,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by peacheater
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"up to 12 songs? what kind of crap is that? everyone knows a good mix has at least 20 songs.
thank you for bringing this worthless crap to my attention, jonson...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jonson
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"kinda not getting the buckley-disdain this thread is replete with. to dismiss him as only meaningful in the context of the tragedy of his death or as an npr-crowd pet (you have, i assume, listened to npr enough to make such a snide insinuation, but..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by flatluigi, sugarfish, dhartung
5 months ago
MeFi post:
"Garlic: The Silent Killer," "Juicy Beans," and 39 other fascinating projects of SCIENCE!
favorited 26 times, recently by Rhaomi, nicolin, Large Marge, jvilter, medeine, sararah, box, GaelFC, not_on_display, paradoxflow, roboppy, JimmyJames, Alvy Ampersand, davejay, LeeJay, jstef, Blazecock Pileon, CitrusFreak12, patr1ck, mai, mistersquid, Drab_Parts, dsword, kuujjuarapik, MaryDellamorte, blastrid
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You can quote Ann Coulter or you can quote Noam Chomsky, it's all the same fucking thing: the hope that there will be some fucking war that will change things once and for all.
this is almost too dumb to respond to, but for the record: chomsky is..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by dantsea, papafrita, graymouser, axon, Blazecock Pileon
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"So, can I come to their house and paint various slogans on the walls?
sure, but only because your analogy is so precise." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by papafrita, fullerine, preparat, Reverend John, Optimus Chyme, graventy, lupus_yonderboy, flatluigi, tehloki, blueberry, JHarris, Ambrosia Voyeur, regicide is good for you, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, zylocomotion, schyler523, davey_darling, arcticwoman, sebastienbailard, mrnutty
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"people who can hardly write a complete sentence or in some cases even find the shift key trashing William F. Buckley Jr.
you're right -- buckley was, if nothing else, a master at finding the shift key...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by matteo, Blazecock Pileon, Afroblanco
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"we fondled mercury with our bare hands
man, i remember taking mercuric oxide, putting it in a test tube and then putting that over a bunsen burner so as to extract the mercury. no ventilation whatsoever, and then we played with the mercury, all at..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by darkmatter
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Now we'll finally find out who shot Kennedy.
Now we'll finally find out who shot Kennedy.
Now we'll finally find out who shot Kennedy.
Now we'll finally find out who shot Kennedy.
Now we'll finally find out who shot Kennedy...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by olya, waxbanks
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"based on my experience as a banquet service captain at a resort, i'd guess it's that you're drinking decaf. the standard practice where i worked is to serve everyone decaf at evening banquet events, regardless of what they requested. the reasoning..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by tastybrains, JaySunSee, almostmanda, kuujjuarapik, thebrokedown
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"whereas of course if someone suggested they try posting at a right-leaning site they'd be positive they wouldn't be fairly treated
be great if you could come up with an example of a comparable right-leaning general interest site and maybe we can..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by wendell, Blazecock Pileon
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"this is an obama-nation." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by schyler523, The Light Fantastic, tehloki, thinkpiece, lohmannn, Pope Guilty, roofus, allkindsoftime, loiseau, Alvy Ampersand, streetdreams, flapjax at midnite, humannaire, the dief, wendell, panamax, roll truck roll, Blazecock Pileon, Ryvar, Sys Rq
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"sorry for being dismissive, although i feel no obligation to engage with anything that fareed zakaria has ever said.
i'm not super-invested in the idea that obama is a centrist. that was more in reaction to somebody else's characterization of the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by RedEmma, AceRock
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"In America, this is what a revolution looks like
oh, great. so it's a revolution now to be a centrist from the rust belt? give me E85 or give me death!..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by hydropsyche, Jimbob, nasreddin
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"billysumday, let's take the example of john kerry. prior to his running for president, he was the furthest thing from a polarizing political figure. oh, maybe in 1975 when he was speaking about his viet nam experience, some people didn't like him...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by symbioid, etaoin, octothorpe
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Here's what men want: sex, money, power, glory, and fame. Each man differs only in how he ranks them, and each man's ranking will change over time. But this has been true forever.
this is totally wrong. glory and fame? i'm not on your football..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by papafrita, nasreddin
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"man, that lead article is an ubertroll. this author is about as enlightened as ann coulter, producing policy papers for an institution that has bill "the NYT regrets the error" kristol and peggy "even reagan's corpse is handsome!"..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Your Time Machine Sucks, C.Batt
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Fucking with the TVs during a presentation?
a presentation about how awesome the TVs are. in other words, a sales pitch. you could even go so far as to say it was an advertisement.
now if CES = SERIOUS BUSINESS to you, i guess getting your..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"stavros, there was nothing sidelong about it -- i was making a general observation about your tendency to look at many of this site's participants and their comments in a less-than-charitable light. to me, you seem to be the proverbial diner who..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, grouse
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"a few weeks back on metafilter there was an fpp about amusing english translations in chinese grocery stores
holy fuck. okay, stay with me now -- those amusing translations? exactly the same sort of thing sewell's "thug life" image on..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by roll truck roll, sourwookie
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Dude, he's already apologized for that—did you read his comments? Again, let he who has never committed the sin of overreaction and temporary asshattery (Hat Maui, old buddy, I'm looking at you) throw the first stone
i was asking those questions..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jayder
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Well, you know Hat Maui, my dear friend, that Jesus was a Capricorn...
he was also way cool. he turned water into wine, and if he wanted to, he could have turned wheat into marijuana, or sugar into cocaine, or vitamin pills into amphetamines......" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jimbob
7 months ago
