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"I'm a guy, and I'm in New Zealand, so my comments may not totally apply. However, I've used online dating extensively and met my current partner online.
1. Approach guys that you find interesting. In my experience, there are more males than..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
2 months ago
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"But one in a hundred? Would you be up in arms if it were one in 200? Do you want to release half of the current prison population ... today? OK. So, which half?
Ooh! ooh! I know!
The ones who are imprisoned for non-violent drug offences?..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by delmoi, jtron, graymouser, tehloki, Jimbob
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I have the world's greatest music collection.
I keep it all over the internet.
Either my searching skills suck, or there's a lot that just isn't available online. Back when Oink was still running, I was going through a book called '1001 Records..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sparrows
5 months ago
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"The reviews on that page are great. I loved the woman who blamed the book for her friends growing up to a life of walking on the wild side...and the 14 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO HAD TO WRITE THE TRUTH IN ALL CAPS!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ignignokt
5 months ago
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"[On preview, i_am_joe's_spelln beat me to most of these, but I typed it all out so here you go anyway]
I wouldn't say The Front Lawn were ever popular in the sense of having major chart hits, but they're certainly well-regarded by Kiwi music fans...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by myopicman
7 months ago
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"A query, perhaps answerable by MeFi's kiwi contingent or else maybe ultimately unknowable: Why is New Zealand indie/garage so goddamn good? Is it the southern air? The water?
My private and probably completely wrong theory: because we're a small..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Slack-a-gogo
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"*How is filesharing any different from back when we used cassettes to share songs (beyond the obvious difference in efficiency)?
**It's not different at all. In fact, it was illegal then, too. ;-)
And the recording industry was campaigning..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flatluigi
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Fourth Division? The Spice Girls are Derby County.
Hmmm....by which logic, Oasis (ironically) are Manchester United; adored by millions of empty headed morons for no explicable reason, and loathed by the rest, they remain a benchmark of success..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jon Mitchell
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Standard practice here in New Zealand. The radio stations fill out forms listing every song they played, and the fees get divided up on a pro rata basis, to each artist. But they only record songs for one week every few months (maybe one per year)...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dillonlikescookies
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hank Williams overdosed on drugs and alcohol.
I'm not sure I'd call that an accomplishment.
Well, you have to remember, Hank had a pretty high tolerance. Defeating that, and ODing - that's actually quite an accomplishment...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
7 months ago
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"Sorry, but criticising a religion is not tantamount to racism.
No (although the original article argues that it is): but talking about racial profiling is: ""The Muslim community will have to suffer until it gets its house in order...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by axon
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I find it so interesting that people are getting pissy because I am not for drugs. Maybe a better question is why are people so into them? Why is just living the human experience not enough?
First up, I want to say that I think your posts over in..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by bugbread, ekstasis23, mazatec, jtron
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The next time someone tells me they are "high on life" I'm staging an intervention.
Guy I know used to have as his sig: "I used to get high on life, till I found out it was cut with idiots".
Some more trip reports.
The..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, RedEmma
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"StickyCarpet: It would be an interesting exercise to design an IQ test that would advantage African-Americans.
A New Zealand academic did just that back in the 80s (only for NZ Maori, not for African-Americans). Average score for white NZers was..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Ira.metafilter, moonbird, nasreddin
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I walked past Tower Records in Manners Mall the other day. It was once filled with excited and confused teenagers filling their lives with musical feeling.
The kids have gone now leaving only old men
But c'mon, that's a lousy store and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Samuel Farrow
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The national anthem of the New World Order is Dancing Queen by Abba.
I.am.sold." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Monochrome
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Fond of 1991 myself:
Blue Lines - Massive Attack
Nevermind - Nirvana
Screamadelica - Primal Scream
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
(Not to mention the La's, Teenage Fanclub, De La Soul, KLF, the Orb, the Pixies, Public Enemy, the Chilli..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by psmealey, alidarbac, nasreddin
10 months ago
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"I personally prefer travelling on my own; I get to choose what I do, and meet people (most of the time). YMMV, but I'd do it if I were you.
Echoing Stopgap, I'd suggest staying in hostels as a way of meeting people to hang out with. if you value..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kjs4
Last year
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"Davy: I see what you're saying, but then if you shelved "a literary critique of Thucydides' History [alongside] an analysis of what it reveals of internal power relations" you would be seperating the literary critique of Thucydides from the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pope Guilty
Last year
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"The decision that (US, public) libraries had to filter children's internet access or lose federal funding - which meant that adults using the same computers were denied their First Amendment rights b/c they had access to constitutionally-protected..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
Last year
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"IIRC, Google can only search for up to 10 search terms. The original query has 11. But this still doesn't make sense to me, because surely it would match "Washington and", even if the last term was excluded.
Actually, no: they raised it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jaybo
Last year
MeFi comment:
"UbuRoivas: there's surely a bit more to it than that - the karanga, the mihi, the waiata.
Heywood Mogroot: your memory's pretty good - check the link in the second post for the words.
I have to say, I'm not wild about non-Polynesians adopting..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by TheWhiteSkull
Last year
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"I visited India nearly ten years ago, so my advice may be out of date; also, I'm male, and I never visited Rajasthan, so my experiences may not be directly relevant to yours, but seeing as you haven't had many replies I'll give you what I've got...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CitrusFreak12
Last year
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"Just to clarify, this is not about copyright on the music itself, only for specific recordings. So the original recording of "Hard Day's Night" will no longer be protected, but the song itself remains protected for 70yrs after the artist's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the cydonian
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