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"As everybody else is saying, you're going about this backwards.
Go to a psychiatrist.
Ask for an evaluation.
If you have ADD, then discuss treatment, and ask if you should be prescribed.
If you don't, you still have a problem with..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by cirocco, silkygreenbelly, echolalia67, Nattie, jasminerain, jesirose
12 hours ago
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"The interesting thing about this question is that you neglected to say whether you're a guy or a girl, yet it's obvious from the way you talk ("I was in threesomes with girls, so I gave the orders") that you're a guy. Not too subtle a guy,..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by tomboko, chicainthecity, bettafish, Metroid Baby, pointystick, sondrialiac, Nattie, np312, mippy, headspace, Phalene, pushing paper and bottoming chairs
Yesterday
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"You should never be with anybody more than a week over 'feelings.' 'Feelings' don't make relationships work. 'Feelings' change constantly. 'Feelings' aren't the basis of two people working well together. If you weren't happy, then something was wrong..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by halogen
2 days ago
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"The greatest novel in the 'dystopian' genre, I believe, is Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. Yeah, it's set more than a century ago, but it certainly feels like the end of the world. Particularly the image of a barren prairie carpeted as far as the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by paradoxflow, arianell
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I can only say that I am happy that Sarah Palin's term as prime minister of Canada will soon be over." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kattullus
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"DU: Boy, word to this. But actually, I only want to follow certain threads of the discussion. Which requires threading. Which is objected to for some reason, even though threads really do exist conceptually, they are just crippled by a lack of tools..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by paleyellowwithorange, Rock Steady
3 days ago
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"This is precisely the problem that this guy had: people on his network wanted access to a VPN but also wanted strong security. His solution? A Linux live CD that didn't touch the hard drive, so that you could stick the disk in, disconnect your home..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Asymptote
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"ewkpates: He's a genius. That doesn't mean you have to like him. It does mean that if you want to grow your brain, you have to study him.
What in the holy hell has he contributed to film? He made a few funny movies in the late seventies. Zelig was..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Meatbomb, stirfry
7 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Jofus, I am sorry, but my censer is more super than yours.
I mean, come on. They had to hang it from a rope attached to the ceiling because it's so big. Incensational!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jofus
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"dirtdirt: Annie Hall, to take one f'rinstance, is one of the best movies EVER MADE.
Sez you. And a whole lot of other people.
So are several-to-many other Woody Allen films. To judge his recent excellent movies as not even decent, simply..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
8 days ago
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"It's really an art. Good on to you for moving to what lots of cooks believe is the ideal cooking setup; it just takes some getting used to. I cook with Calphalon stainless pans myself, and they're fantastic.
First, remember why a gas range is the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sagwalla, mitzyjalapeno
8 days ago
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"geoff.: "she was so boring she made my boner die." = I made out with her and I got rejected.
I wasn't going to comment because, as has been noted, matty answered this question the best it can be answered - you don't owe him anything, not..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by amanda, Mephisto, UbuRoivas, Coatlicue, grippycat, geoff., Joh, arianell, droplet
9 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Kickstart70: I'm using original Linux (taken out of simple mode) and Firefox.
Wow - original Linux? That's incredible!
How do you keep Firefox running under 64mb? Did you port in the X windows system yourself?
And, uh... how the hell did you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by finite
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I am but a mere mortal, Kickstart, and bow to your mighty cred, which is far better than mine.
As I said, I joke out of jealousy." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kickstart70
10 days ago
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"althanis: Am I being immature and burning my bridges?
No. And that's your whole mistake, guy.
She's a person who's desperately in need of help and support. You, my friend, as nice as you seem, are not the person who can give it to her. What's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
11 days ago
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"... A few years ago, I was privileged to teach a group of splendid students at the University of California at Santa Barbara. In order to do so, I had to fly in and out of that coastal paradise on a weekly basis, and, as pleasant as my class was and..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by freya_lamb, Ryvar, cgc373, Ictus, fidelity, kittyprecious
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Although
Jofus: shooty-from-the-hippy
sounds like I'm buying heroin for injection from a guy who smells like patchouli." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sk4n
12 days ago
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"Okay. The French formulation is:
« Est populaire tout ce qui n’est pas officiel ».
Or, as you say above, 'the popular is all that isn't official.' Mauss appears to have formulated this as a way to think about folklore and ethnography. It is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dr. boludo
13 days ago
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"It may also be that Europeans, Africans, and Asians are finally heeding our requests and just staying awake while it's dark and sleeping when it's light out so that they are awake whenever we'd like to talk to them...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by johnstein, jouke, lukemeister
13 days ago
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"troy: geez a 3 point turn in a business district is more dangerous than a straight "U"ie. The whole point of the law is to prevent people from swooping into available parking spaces like that.
I don't know if you read the comment..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kwantsar
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"mannequito: I'm also interested to know, from some Americans, where the logic of attacking Iran comes from. It seems to me like a no-win situation, and, although I've never really followed it, has Iran even made any threats towards the U.S.?
Good..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by urbanwhaleshark, nickyskye, Sys Rq, redfisch, quin
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Dave Faris: As the Cult of the Quasi-Significant Numbers cries out in anguish...
Your Dedekindian 'numbers-have-no-intrinsic-nature-or-quality' bullshit is over, punk. Numbers have natures. They are not nameless, faceless stops on some ridiculous..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bunnytricks
2 weeks ago
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"Python is very good at string manipulation and at natural-language analysis, which (I believe) is what you're talking about: it would, for example, be very good at trying to do more and more complex parsing of written text for more and more complex..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by peacheater, shivohum, PFL, korpios
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Crushed fans of Harry Potter expressed outrage
I DEMAND FILMIC REPRESENTATION OF THESE CHARACTERS WHICH ALLOW ME SCANT SPIRITUAL SOLACE IN THIS COLD HOLE OF SIMULATED EMOTIONS, AND I WILL NOT FORGIVE A CORPORATE BOARD FOR DENYING ME SATISFACTION!!!..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by manguero, unixrat, gen, brundlefly, nasreddin
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Pastabagel: Here's how you hack a VIP's email. Upon successfully accessing someone's email account...
Heh. See, you didn't even describe the fun part - the part where somebody got Sarah Palin's email password.
I won't say precisely how I'm sure..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by MikeKD, diablo37, PROD_TPSL, eastlakestandard
2 weeks ago
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"Geez, don't people know how to talk anymore? There's such a thing as rational discourse.
Talk with her. Tell her you disagree. Listen carefully to her points and decide whether you think she's right, then tell her what you think and tell her why...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dinger
2 weeks ago
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"kiraracha: ... we overthrew Iran's democratically-elected government in 1953 so we could get their oil...
That's true in a sense, but it's simplistic. It's true if "we" is "Britain;" the US never saw oil or even much money from..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
2 weeks ago
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"Oh, fuck it, I should give a better answer than that tendentious-sounding shit I just wrote. Even though I agree with it, I made it sound awful.
Look, lots of people, everybody religious and everybody not religious, will tell you: "helping..." [
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favorited 22 times, recently by ifjuly
2 weeks ago
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"nickyskye: His were pretty shocking, bloodthirsty statements for a young man who is "a fixture in Colorado Republican politics" and "a respected Denver attorney".
I mentioned this story to my father-in-law, who actually is a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lukemeister, nickyskye
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Kiwi: You can have Russell.
UbuRoivas: We'd rather have a Crowded House drummer back.
'The crisis in New York has seen international repercussions today, with the markets in Australia and New Zealand responding to increased economic instability..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by thivaia, MikeKD, Megami, elmono
2 weeks ago
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"Damn That Television: FOUR MORE YEARS OF REPUBLICANS OUGHTA FIX THIS MESS
Yes, I wish George Bush would just pull his happy little economy-lever and make things right. So sad that his Republican policies that have ruined the economy. Since, as..." [
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favorited 23 times, recently by shmegegge, magstheaxe, chrismear, slf, GrammarMoses, Librarygeek, schyler523, escher, iminurmefi, theiconoclast31, Telf, khaibit, xthlc, Scoo, like_neon, sperose, Pendragon, hattifattener, Asparagirl, christonabike, inqb8tr, Kadin2048, gsteff
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"konolia: I agree with "drill baby drill" insofar as the Republican position is to pursue alternative fuels while using our own resources and getting away from such heavy dependence on foreign oil. Finally, the most important issue of all-I..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by chuckdarwin
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Xoebe: Um, don't expect the Republicans to cop to this. I have seen them blaming Democrats outright for the last few weeks for all manner of things. Never mind that that makes no sense at all; it's what fits on a bumper sticker that matters.
To be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by greytape
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"troy: Republicans have positioned themselves as champions of the unregulated market, and they absolutely have to answer for that. They've left the nation's economy entirely at the mercy of people who want to make a quick buck for themselves, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zippy
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"CommonSense: Oh, and also, to the laissez-faire fanatics...
Are there any left? Geez, I guess I knew one once at an engineering firm I used to work at, but he's probably dead by now, and he was probably the only guy who self-identified as a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by roystgnr
3 weeks ago
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"I hate to say this: my experience is that there aren't many.
I imagine you've already seen this chart on the OCR Wikipedia page. Yes, the chart is pretty spare. That's because the market is pretty spare. Nobody's developed this as far as it can go..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blindcarboncopy
3 weeks ago
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"mrzarquon: Don't think this needs to be a meta, but its a typo, and means "little debbie snack cake", which is well, a small snack cake.
I feel that way as well. It's a very reasonable thing wgrbrsfsrs brings up in that comment, in fact:..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kattullus
3 weeks ago
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"I found that comment disgusting and offensive, but only because every time I read
Are you emotionally mature enough to not loose your shit
it's very difficult for me not to think of the horror with which I first realized as a child what my..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Kattullus, Your Time Machine Sucks
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"effbot: ... there's in fact a reason why you might want to change the value of the Pi constant in an old Fortran program, btw. Any programmer here that can figure out what that reason is?
You sometimes need fewer or greater numbers of significant..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by Your Time Machine Sucks, Kadin2048, FatherDagon, dyakofborneo, elephantday, whitelight, ghost of a past number, humannaire, hattifattener, jmhodges
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to Pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead of the longer form of the..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by Your Time Machine Sucks, ntartifex, Kabanos, JHarris, humannaire, oaf, influx, teraflop, nasreddin, trip and a half
3 weeks ago
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"plexi: Is Jeff Koons a fraud?
This is his annoying trick. So long as you ponder that question, he's not a fraud. It's been, what, ninety years since the toilet?
I guess you're asking: is he saying anything? Leaving aside whether that question..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by horsewithnoname, Morrigan, carbide, Snyder, klangklangston, MrMisterio, George_Spiggott, Evangeline, asterix, zpousman
3 weeks ago
