MeFi comment:
"How did they decide that the world needed a snowman in the Unicode standard?
Unicode has a whole set of Miscellaneous symbols. Their explanation is, and I quote:for snowy weatherI hope that clears things up...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by azazello, drezdn
10 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"posted by dancestoblue
I wish there was a MeFi meme that made incongruously shilling a music product with this username amusing." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mick
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"How exactly is this site ever-engineered?
Just listen to the podcast, where Jeff talks endlessly and absolutely sincerely about the the stupidly complex system of karma and badges and modes and modding and tagging and piles and god knows what else...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chrismear, atrazine
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Gotta say I'm very relieved that Heart did not give permission for them to use Barracuda. If someone has the wherewithall at this point, could they let me know what other songs were used without permssion? I'm googling but failing.
As I understand..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Right. Going back to the original calendar the German captions names the location as the Westmänner-Inseln. Googling that turns up this photo gallery, and the house is clearly visible in the 8th picture. The island is named as Elliðaey, an aerial..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Bummus
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I know it was suggested far up in the thread but this "Hockey Mom President" idea is sounding better and better. I mean someone at Lifetime has to be smacking their forehead.
Geena Davis is Mackenzie Allen, a leftfield VP pick who..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Servo5678
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The buildings wrapped in white in photos 1 and 15 are being dismantled in place piece-by-piece in order to build m much taller ones (20 Fenchurch Street and the Shard of Glass, respectively). The Shard will be the tallest building in the country, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Optamystic
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Apple shuts down another app, this time because it was a Tetris clone. The author says he thinks it's legal, and that he would keep it up if it was his choice but no, Apple just shuts it down.
No they didn't, they forwarded a complaint from a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by zpousman, rokusan
Last month
MeFi comment:
"You don't take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it.
No, I believe you hotlink them from a German magazine." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by madamjujujive, koeselitz, fourcheesemac, chrismear, rongorongo, Abiezer, electrasteph, dabitch, Orb, zippy
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Metcheck is currently predicting a dry afternoon. Hurrah!
Let's pin down some details:Meet here in Victoria Park at 3pm-ish - use the gate off Sewardstone Road and turn left after you cross the Regent's Canal, or from the Gore Road gate do the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by edd
Last month
MeTa comment:
"I hope not. While it's a fine piece of writing, an essay with a few throwaway links shoehorned in is not an FPP at all." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by magstheaxe, Monochrome, dmd, jammy, arcticwoman, tomcooke, longdaysjourney, blind.wombat, gyusan, timeistight, Rock Steady, Sys Rq, By The Grace of God, Reverend John, fishfucker, smackfu, NinjaTadpole
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The Blair one is a million times better than this. And they managed to avoid any actual Clash, which is always good." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by By The Grace of God
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I've been doing some spidering and processing and have come up with 407 posts that simply don't exist in their online archives." [
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favorited 26 times, recently by paisley henosis, iamkimiam, lunit, merelyglib, madamjujujive, Optimus Chyme, euphorb, boo_radley, blasdelf, goo, the Real Dan, spiderwire, gmcmanus, Skorgu, grobstein, xchmp, Kattullus, jack_mo, Mick, grouse, zippy, lalex, zota, bunnytricks, JHarris, lattiboy
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"who wrote the pop anthem "Girls Just Want to Have Fun,"
At last, obitfilter for someone who did something with their life.
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favorited 1 time, recently by phrontist
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"What a ridiculous suggestion. It'd instantly ruin the site. And the technology to make it happen surely doesn't exist outside a handful of little known 1960s science fiction novels.
Why do you hate mathowie?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
4 months ago
MeFi post:
Analog textual clocks
favorited 23 times, recently by BobsterLobster, javelina, AsYouKnow Bob, Esoquo, alms, nzero, Rubbstone, BrotherCaine, Substrata, fiestapais, thebestsophist, milov, zouhair, P.o.B., Araucaria, baltimoretim, tomcooke, skyper, puckish, chrismear, mrg, farishta, prefpara
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"A lot of Londoners believe that the average Londoner is just plain smarter than the average American. This myth is shattered.
That's only because the average mistakenly includes the idiots of Outer London. Fuck them and their Harvesters...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lleyam
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I wish tonight's election coverage had been as awesome as last night's." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by phrontist
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Tell you what - if there's a consensus in this thread, that's how I'll vote.
There seems to be a pretty clear consensus against Boris. So vote for whoever you like with your first vote, but you have to put Ken down as your second vote...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twistedonion
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I have had scores of people - mostly those who have lived on the route - writing to me saying they really love London Cross, and they can’t believe it hasn’t found a publisher
"Hey, this is a great audience. Have we got anyone in from......" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Drexen
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I've suggested before that the OP's answers should just be shifted to the left like the question is, but apparently it's much easier for everyone to switch browsers, install a plugin, and install a plugin for that plugin...." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by FlyingMonkey
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Care to elaborate?
The thing that bugs me most is that Century of Self, Power of Nightmares and (it seems) The Trap all want to tell the backstory of the mindset of western society ca. 1930-present. He presents each one as if it's telling the one..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Smart Dalek
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"that when the first time machine goes back in time, and the first time traveler plants a flag right in baby Hitler's ass, that that flag is going to be red white and blue
Liberté, égalité, fraternité!..." [
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favorited 21 times, recently by triv, oh pollo!, h00py, etaoin, Durn Bronzefist, vira, Jimbob, abulafa, schyler523, suedehead, nasreddin, rokusan, pravit, SBMike, aclevername, Optamystic, vivelame, Adam_S, zippy, Molesome, shakespeherian
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Also: "the amazing phenomena which is Obama" makes no sense. It should be "phenomenon".
And that's exactly the kind of small minded, divisive thinking Obama will rid from American grammar...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by donovan
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Did the Gettysburg Address include an entirely unnecessary and pandering (to God knows who, though) mention of YouTube?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by seanyboy
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"that's just not possible under WP's open administration and transparent article editing structure
Bollocks. From what I gather Jimbo Wales barged in and demanded changes be made with little or no explanation (or rather, made them himself and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by axon
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Can I attach my own earmark to this pony? The system considers my friends to be dullards and/or losers, as they are rarely able to reach its goal of 10 favorites. While I wholeheartedly concur, I would nevertheless like to be informed of their..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chrismear, misha
7 months ago
