MeFi post:
Next time around, I'm going to stay in bed!
favorited 52 times, recently by chronic sublime, peacheater, bwg, ohcanireally, estherbester, BrotherCaine, ooga_booga, madamjujujive, mewithoutyou, olya, MaryDellamorte, mediareport, puddleglum, trip and a half, jpdoane, bwanabetty, JT, Nattie, P.o.B., ratita, jwells, zarq, Twicketface, Rumple, davejay, null terminated, lisawin, god hates math, robtf3, christopherious, Alvy Ampersand, peep, chunking express, geeky, bonobothegreat, lunit, Slarty Bartfast, Anderson_Localized, Pater Aletheias, RussHy, slyrabbit, Jofus, Cedric, Fence, McGuillicuddy, JHarris, yeoja, HuronBob, dseaton, kid ichorous, liquorice, Blazecock Pileon
Almost 6 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"My dad wrote very similar notes to himself during his last years of life. Some lost, some hopeful. After he passed, I found one in his living room that I keep on my bulletin board now. It says, "A big chunk of my life still to be played out...." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by madamjujujive, olya, papafrita, Nattie, triv, Anderson_Localized, Jofus, JHarris, yeoja, orthogonality
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"I dated a much older man for 7 years. The age difference was an issue for me at first, but I grew up. Meanwhile it became more of an issue for him in that I think he felt sorry for himself sometimes and obsessed with feeling old rather than just..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"From Child of Rage: a girl who's like five years old comes onto her grandpa. Probably shouldn't watch it at work, but nothing all that explicit.
Oh, how I wish I could unwatch that clip...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Went to elementary school with a kid named Wayne Dwop. For about five minutes. I have a feeling Wayne changed schools a lot.
Anyhow, if the whole world was Venezuela, stories like this would be nipped in the bud...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by davejay, phatkitten
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"Wow, I'm apparently blowing my reputation to shreds here. Whooops.
Yeah, I know this should be a deal-breaker but since he and I have no permanent "deal" and I'm moving away, I just figure it's not worth making a big deal over. I am..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by anthropoid, mynameisluka
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"How'd this just surface now? The YT video was posted 2 years ago.
I didn't want to sound all "Dude, this is old! I'm cool so I saw it YEARS ago!" and ruin people's fun if they hadn't seen it before... but I'm actually shocked that you..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Anderson_Localized, iamkimiam
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Most disturbing cake I ever saw in person was the first time I ever saw a "novelty cake"... it was for a guy who worked in the office next to me almost exactly 20 years ago. He was a celebrity assistant, the first really flamboyantly,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Lou Stuells, Anderson_Localized, PeterMcDermott
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh honey, I've been hooked since I was 8. (Thanks, Grandma Beaulah!)
And so what if I talk so fast nobody can make out what I'm saying? Coffee understands me...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by goodnewsfortheinsane, Caduceus
3 days ago
MeFi post:
Squeeeee!
favorited 13 times, recently by rossination, cherie72, grapefruitmoon, davejay, purplemonkie, quin, askmehow, mike3k, ltracey, dabcad, BrotherCaine, Fiasco da Gama, MsCoco@6:58
3 days ago
Ask comment:
"In my experience, generally when things go from great to horrible that quickly it's because of one thing and one thing only: FEAR.
Sometimes when people find themselves happy with someone and sensing potential, it can be the scariest thing of all...." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Zeker
3 days ago
Ask comment:
"My take is this: there is no "them" because actually, all there is is "us." No matter what, we are all on this earth surviving side-by-side together, going through our daily struggles, fears, our everything. You aren't spending..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sarahnade
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"That was cool! Wow.
BTW, if you want to see how Danny and the Grady twins look nowadays, here you go, just scroll to the bottom. Apparently not one of them pursued acting. According to that page, Danny Lloyd's a teacher, Lisa has a degree in..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by magstheaxe, olya, gubo
4 days ago
Ask comment:
"Albeit far less than proper, I shall hereby reprint a copy of...
Lynn's Patented Method for Taking Sneaky Photos Without Asking Permission
1. Find your subject.
2. Either stand against a wall or sit down and pretend to be fiddling with your..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cmgonzalez
5 days ago
Ask post:
We love it. Deal with it.
favorited 100 times, recently by bookshelves, Xere, ethel, Bookhouse, Clementines4ever, Brian James, hwyengr, sebastienbailard, Doctor Suarez, yqxnflld, lalochezia, keame, pwally, kms, mullingitover, spiderskull, klangklangston, Guy Smiley, hindmost, ikaruga, Kloryne, xanthippe, evil holiday magic, Neilopolis, picklebird, jmhodges, ames, MrMustard, lunaazul, FuzzyVerde, paultopia, shucksitsjeremy, librarylis, vagabond, adamk, skewedoracle, Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese, Joh, yoyobates, Cyrano
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Fourteen years ago, I was cornered by a coke-fueled Gary Busey playing harmonica. I have never tried to climb backwards into a wall before or since. He is far scarier in person. I'm told the Busey night terrors will stop someday...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by kryptondog, Navelgazer, zippy, influx
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Actually yhbc, I beg to differ. YOU, my friend, are mixing up your Whiplash with your Dastardly.
See, here's the key: headgear.
A tall drink of water, Dick Dastardly (and his wheezy but multi-talented dog Muttley, who were spun off from Wacky..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by flaterik, subbes, Bromius
8 days ago
Ask comment:
"Take classes at The Groundlings School
Sing with Marty and Elayne at the Dresden on a Tuesday night." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I was a little girl once. I'm reading all of these comments while thinking of myself as a kid. There were a few disgusting adult men who considered behaving inappropriately with me when I was small. Fortunately nothing ever happened (thank God), but..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by BrotherCaine
9 days ago
Ask comment:
"Might I also add that I've been in the shoes of the woman that you will pursue to date right after your marriage with her finally ends. And trust me, you will not be in a good place to date for at least one to two years after you decide to finally..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by ImproviseOrDie, moxiedoll, chicainthecity
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Times like this I'm very glad I make my own damned espresso drinks. If I ever choose ruin an espresso's "crema" by pouring it over ice, I can just slap myself around for it. And then blog about myself. And then sue myself for assault. Or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
10 days ago
MeFi post:
Don’t put it in your mouth!
favorited 12 times, recently by Esoquo, babybuns, triolus, Karmadillo, MotorNeuron, pinothefrog, extrabox, dantsea, timshel, Tbola, box, Tube
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Well, the minute people said things akin to "Jenny Diski is new to Metafilter and doesn't know the rules in these here parts." I was concerned. That was really not a great way to make her feel welcomed or as part of the community. I thought..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by marble
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I know she wasn't hit directly but by an arc, but I still wonder how/if that's going to affect her.
From this link:
How Do Lightning Injuries Affect People?
Lightning tends to be a nervous system injury and may affect the brain, autonomic..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by liza, Dizzy, Scoo, Blazecock Pileon
12 days ago
Ask comment:
"Since dogs are allowed, if she's proactive and enrolls the dog into active obedience training, showing she's making an effort to teach the dog proper manners but the animal is just in an adjustment period, those efforts will probably win points with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by alicetiara
13 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Okay... so when I was 18 years old, I was going to school full time and working two jobs. I came home late after work one night and as I walked to my gate, a strange man (I could tell by the hair he was in the Navy) jumped from around the bushes and..." [
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favorited 33 times, recently by marble
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Is this something I would need a full body zombie tattoo to understand?" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by whir
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"I hate to give away my trade secret, but I disarm celebrities and get on their good side with a little technique I developed a million years ago. Totally works though. After I moved to LA in the 80s I often found myself standing next to celebrities..." [
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favorited 38 times, recently by cashman
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Personally when I take a Mefi break I've found it's best to just ignore the time I was away. To pretend as though metafilter didn't really exist in my absence so I didn't miss a damn thing.
That said, I tend to use delusion and denial as coping..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mullingitover
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Okay, I'm in!
Q: How did Hitler tie his shoes?
A: In little Nazis." [
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favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Okay, I just got really squicked out by this:
"And I’ve thought about getting my eyes blacked in. I’m thinking that in five years from now, if no one’s gone blind from it by then I’ll go and get my eyes tattooed black, so there’d just be big..." [
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favorited 1 time
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Also from that article:
"I regret most of my tattoos, but now that they kind of blend in together I don’t even notice them anymore."
Also... his MOM told him "you started it, now you better finish it." Wow. I understand..." [
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favorited 2 times
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"These comments are really making me think, actually... I really wish people could post comments as anonymous sometimes. Because by percentages alone, YOU KNOW that there are people reading this thread who are, indeed, serial flashers or public..." [
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favorited 4 times
3 weeks ago
