MeFi comment:
"Cool Papa Bell: The problem is that the "tactical" gear, the kevlar, the armored cars, the M4A1s or whatever are supposed to be for highly dangerous hostage situations or those once in a decade situations like the massive shootout at the..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by letourneau, Reverend John, Kadin2048, orthogonality, Skorgu, Optimus Chyme, supercrayon, kid ichorous, PenDevil, Blazecock Pileon, five fresh fish
43 minutes ago
MeFi comment:
"Is it possible that, here on MeFi, we can keep this focused on the event in question and avoid generalizing to every police officer in every department?
No, actually, focusing on this specific event misses the point completely. Every time one of..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by lupus_yonderboy, fourcheesemac, MikeKD, oflinkey, c13, perilous, jimmythefish, kid ichorous, jamjam, Astragalus, orthogonality, Phalene
5 ½ hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Hell, my (tall) girlfriend had a grudge for years about "short women stealing tall men."
Tall men dating short women is common. Tall women dating short men is very uncommon. Not unknown, but it sure isn't the way to bet...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by marble
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"McSweeney's is bland inoffensive pablum, kind of like that JibJab shit they keep playing on MSNBC. Guaranteed to be mildly amusing at best but at least it won't rock the boat too much. Wouldn't want someone to accidently laugh out loud and disturb..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by PostIronyIsNotaMyth
more than 12 hours ago
Ask comment:
"This is an easy one.
Are you a porn star in the 70s? Are you a police officer with mirrored shades? Are you kaiser of a 19th century middle European nation? If you answered YES to any of these questions, go ahead and grow the 'stache. If your..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vegetableagony
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Virtually all of the countries in the world are sitting on conquered territory, there's no reason to pretend this one is any different.
I agree with you completely. There isn't any reason to pretend this one is any different. But that cuts both..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by ST!NG, Deathalicious, nasreddin, Edgewise, mw
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"How about books that you are embarrassed to have read?
Way too goddamn many books with dragons on the cover." [
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favorited 23 times, recently by chronic sublime, tehloki, tzikeh, mad bomber what bombs at midnight, Baby_Balrog, kev23f, arcticwoman, Huw, Bokononist, ZakDaddy, flaterik, ch1x0r, you're a kitty!, dismas, liza, spaceman_spiff, Foam Pants, kwaller, Ickster, bonaldi, lord_wolf, monju_bosatsu, bitterpants
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"It's never easy being a voice of dissent on Metafilter, so let's not make it unpleasant as well.
God forbid it should be unpleasant to be a bigot." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by axon, perilous, Caduceus, five fresh fish, electrasteph, ShawnStruck, catlet, dirtynumbangelboy, cj_, Legomancer, Blazecock Pileon
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Because the situations are all different. Now, there is certainly a valid discussion to be had about coverage of Israeli issues in the USA, but pretending that all of those situations are the same is a strawman.
Let's not pretend that the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Deathalicious, Sangermaine, rottytooth
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"SF1? Really? It wasn't available in a PC-compatible format for a dog's age. At least until the famous fan page (geocities!) provided it, AFAIK.
They show a picture of the PC version right there at the top of the geocities page. It's the first..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kattullus
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The best game of this type ever was STARFLIGHT from 1986.
There can be no debate." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Baby_Balrog
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow.... I didn't write anything mean just my views and I got called stupid and outdated." ... "Guess what... IN THIS COUNTRY IF THE MAJORITY WANTS SOMETHING AND VOTES FOR IT.... EVEN IF IT IS A 51% to 49% vote the majority wins. Period...." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by sriracha, electrasteph, grubi, turaho, Optimus Chyme, captnkurt, cazoo, cadge, roystgnr, DevilsAdvocate, Pope Guilty, sidesh0w, fleetmouse, joyceanmachine, pointystick
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Yep, Cory just lost a bunch of respect. Cory probably doesn't care about my respect, but he lost it none the less." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nomisxid
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, Cory is happily posting the same old stuff with not even a hint of commentary on the VB situation. Very disappointing but not surprising.
It's easy to be a hardliner on issues when they only apply to other people...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by nomisxid, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, I got an A on a paper about PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, crash davis. Even though I couldn't read more than a third of it.
Let's hear it for grade momentum! Sometimes I suspect the teachers only read your first couple papers. After that they just..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by you're a kitty!
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I think it's the equivalent of the paper that you read in your white bucks while sitting out on your patio in the Hamptons before getting ready for your polo match, or perhaps a bit of yachting...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
10 days ago
Ask comment:
"My guess is that robself has it and he's misremembering "I Vant To Bite Your Finger". You'd stick your finger in the vampire's mouth and it would "bite" you, leaving two red felt-tip marker dots on your finger...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Solomon, DevilsAdvocate
10 days ago
Ask comment:
"You've said that paying her off when she is using your property as leverage is unacceptable to you. So what exactly is your question? If you're not willing to pay her off the alternative is to write off the furniture and dress and never lend or..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by wearyaswater, blueberry
11 days ago
Ask comment:
"Oh, I'm betting on Bank of America today. Cash flow is good. Insider trading activity shows confidence. Management is claiming the dividend can be sustained unless the whole economy tanks. The dividend yield is approaching 10%. I'm going to look..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, there's a grainy picture of a footlong in a back alley attached to a tranny, but I don't think it's a sandwich.
I am trying so, so hard not to make a joke involving buns...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Monochrome
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"So in terms of genetics, race does not even really exist.
This is misleading, though. Race might not exist but distinct ethnic groups do. Are you going to deny that a person in an ethnic group known as "Ashkenazi Jewish" is more likely..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mitheral
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I wanted to make syphilitic necrotizing fasciitis but they don't let you do sexual transmission :(" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by parhamr
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The six minutes is how long it takes to assemble the ingredients and get it in the oven.
But I'm not hungry in 30-60 minutes. I'm hungry NOW." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by climalene, acro
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"CUSTOMERS WHO BOUGHT THIS ITEM ALSO BOUGHT:
The Last Dangerous Visions - Harlan Ellison, A Method for Madness - David Gerrold, A Dance with Dragons - George R. R. Martin...." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by flaterik, John Smallberries, synaesthetichaze, nomad, T.D. Strange, fidelity, C.Batt, fearfulsymmetry, Telf, Standeck, hattifattener, zippy, kuujjuarapik, JDHarper, Artw
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"These look like something that might get airbrushed onto the side of a truck or a Harley Davidson fuel tank.
You are either unfamiliar with the work we're talking about, or you're unfamiliar with the type of stuff that gets airbrushed onto vans...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the other side
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The technique of Senor Valls (a Catalan, no?) is luminous and extraordinary, evoking the best of the realistic painters of Europe. But I must agree that it glorifies nothing
Who said art has to glorify something? Why should certain artistic..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by madamjujujive
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, hell, if you're counting Descent why not count Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. That came out in like 1992." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Wait, what am I thinking? That's the one that actually got written. I meant "The Splendor and Misery of Bodies, of Cities"." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by freebird
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"It will mean far more than any amount of interest.
I actually disagree with this. I'd actually appreciate interest a lot more than flowers, a card, and some art. Sure it's not as thoughtful, but cash is cash...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by null terminated
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"and this retarded two party b.s. we have here in this country stops
This would take a constitutional amendment. Good luck with that." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pope Guilty
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Hey, I can help with this one!!
Are there any guilds that operate across multiple games?
Yes, the clan I am in operates in whatever game we happen to want to play. We started in Multiplayer Battletech in 1991. Yes, 17 years ago. We've been..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, shirobara
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"But Batman doesn't have the body type to win, place, or show at every event! Yeah, okay, maybe he wins the shooting events regardless of body type. But how can you be a top marathon runner, a top sprinter, a top weightlifter, and a top gymnast all..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by liza, JHarris, Blazecock Pileon, regicide is good for you
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm not too proud to admit having had my fair share of dry spells here and there, but can't say the prospect of fucking my sister ever tempted me.
That's really weird. Because I've had my fair share of dry spells as well, and the prospect of..." [
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favorited 22 times, recently by lizzicide, ymgve, The Bellman, HighTechUnderpants, zombiebunny, rusty, agress, perilous, Hicksu, dhartung, Locative, Krrrlson, liza, Dark Messiah, aeschenkarnos, Space Kitty, drezdn, quin, Caduceus, sotonohito, Ynoxas, Greg Nog
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Surprisingly, I don't see anyone who has mentioned the "genetic sexual attraction" phenomenon
I believe this was mentioned by at least 3 people already.
Hey, it's a long thread...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Do you have references for that statement? You seem very sure of it.
You want a reference for the idea that you gain weight when you consume more calories than you burn, and you consume calories by eating them? I guess I can repost the first law..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by clarahamster, skjønn, Meagan, c13, phrontist
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"But fat people really do seem to be the brunt of a lot of eggregious misbehavior at the hands of strangers, and a lot of it comes from the sense that they wouldn't have this problem if they'd just steer clear of the twinkies.
Except that if by..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lothar, Pendragon
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Well...as someone who's been an instructor in college, slogged through grad school, and taken a production workshop that often had us working some 12 hr days (regular classes plus workshop plus filming to finish by deadline)
There's a reason I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Ah, I knew Clarion was right about now (given the whole Laptop Theft issue) and I knew Cory was an instructor at Clarion this year, but my idiot brain refused to put those two facts together.
If Doctorow is teaching at Clarion West this year (and..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
3 weeks ago
