MeTa comment:
""Also, this place is really incredibly square when it comes to sex. Sorry, but it is."
Nah. It's just that those of us who are really awesome about sex don't really waste time reading about other people's inadequacies and insecurities...." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by turgid dahlia, Brandon Blatcher
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"What we need is an "Everybody Hurts" video with MeFites.
languagehat
I wish folks would stop assuming I'm a prescriptivist.
loquacious
Oh man, the drugs are wearing off, and I'm NOT happy.
Eideteker
I just want to make people..." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by The Ardship of Cambry, daniel_charms, scody
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
""If there's one thing MeFites love more than Sarah Palin discussions, it's smug senses of superiority."
Psh, yeah. Enjoy your little 'contest...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
""with 71 Nobel prize winners endorsing Obama and his science plan, it is clear where the consensus lies."
Is that your scientific opinion? Can I see your methodology? What was your sample size, and what have you done to control against..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by rockhopper
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Aww. WaMu was always a good place to work, for a bank. It brought an independent and quirky spirit to MegaCorporate banking that was refreshing. It was fun to watch all the east-coasters during our merger reviled by the bank's west-coastness. Only a..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by geoff.
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm waiting for "Talk like you're not some sort of idiot day," but it never comes." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by idiomatika
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Also, it's great to see you folks react to a sketch with sexism as a theme by talking about how attractive various public personalities are." [
more]
favorited 19 times, recently by olya, Jon Mitchell, onlyconnect, hazel, artifarce, shiu mai baby, kosher_jenny, msconduct, craichead, Optimus Chyme, winna, crinklebat, grapefruitmoon, psmealey, piratebowling, funkiwan, flibbertigibbet, Big_B, Alvy Ampersand
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I've never heard of the dude before this. Amazing to think of how someone can have such a huge effect on so many and yet be completely unknown to someone in the same circles...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Kimothy
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
""The accent clearly isn't there (it's bad Newfie to me) but the visual hits the uncanny valley."
Really? So her portrayal of Sarah Palin was so close to lifelike that the flaws in the computer-generated portion of her performance caused..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by rough ashlar
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"This sounds a lot like Escape Velocity. That's a good thing. Might be worth a look, if I ever get my home computer unhosed.
"Could you at least add a Windows tag?"
He did. See up there where it says "game"? That means it..." [
more]
favorited 17 times, recently by sonic meat machine
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I got a chuckle out of watercarrier's comments page
"Drink up. Be merry." indeed.
...BURN THE HERETIC! Burn the one who does not believe as we do!..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Solomon
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"A drink is something of a deep, personal choice and commitment
Huh? Would I need to be an alcoholic to understand this? A drink is something cool you put in your body to refresh it, and, as long as it tastes good, who gives a fuck?..." [
more]
favorited 5 times, recently by booticon, Sys Rq, chiababe, mewithoutyou, Zambrano
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
""Seriously, MetaFilter mods are the best mods in the world! They have a stunning and mind-boggling amount of availability to the users."
You have no idea! I just showed up at Jessamyn's house on Friday and was like, "Happy birthday,..." [
more]
favorited 19 times, recently by marble, Mick, Rock Steady, Crabby Appleton, madamjujujive, meech, misha, goodnewsfortheinsane, koeselitz, Kinbote, rtha, cashman, doctor_negative, Horace Rumpole, DevilsAdvocate, Elmore, amyms, fluffy battle kitten, Ryvar
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I'm a US citizen, and that's how ElectionFilter looks to me. It's not that far off from sports, really. Rah rah, go our team! Beat the other guys, who you are obviously vastly superior to and not at all the same as...." [
more]
favorited 4 times, recently by markr, rockhopper, flibbertigibbet, Rock Steady
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you'd rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously." [
more]
favorited 25 times, recently by FuzzyVerde, chime, Grod
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Like any form of meditation, it's a way to look at your problem from a different angle. I myself prefer the Osho Zen Tarot because it does not purport to tell the future; only the present. The tarot is a mirror for the reader; it's going to reflect..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by aihal
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Man, I just want to hear the dialogue between Fleischman and O'Connell about this. He'd say something about how she's not competent to be president, and she'd take it as sexist, and then he'd have to dig himself out of a hole. Then, a couple of..." [
more]
favorited 10 times, recently by spinturtle, mecran01, ulotrichous, dhartung, transona5, spiderwire, Missiles K. Monster, naoko, teleri025, Snyder
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I was the only kid in my 4th grade class to have been skipped a grade. I was also the only kid to have passed the multiplication tables test on the first try. I had recently moved to the area from a different school district where it was not taught,..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Asymptote
4 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"onlyconnect, please allow me to publicly apologize to you. That text dump was not directed at you specifically, even though I used a quote from you as the lead-in to the joke. The "you" in "don't give a fuck what you think" was..." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by prettydrunk, LobsterMitten, ersatzkat
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Look out, God. Here comes Jerrrrrrry!
I don't like country music, but I always made an exception for Jerry.
"It's me they're after! They don't even know Cletus Snow exists!"
"Oh, they don't? Well, I tell you what we're gonna do,..." [
more]
favorited 8 times, recently by mrbill, smartyboots, jonmc, nudar, ikkyu2, sexymofo, Smart Dalek, jonp72
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Weekend At Bernie's Worlds End
See No Evil Dead II, Hear No Evil
Blacksploitation theater:
No Country for Old School Men (dag, yo)
A Civil Action Jackson
Dr. Zhivago..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Anything, JHarris
Last month
MeTa comment:
""The VPILF comment should stand on record. Maybe it should be sidebarred, even.
posted by Blazecock Pileon"
Dude, aren't you gay? Like, for men?
"if you can't see that, maybe you're not as liberal as you thought."
That's..." [
more]
favorited 29 times, recently by Megami, sharpener, exlotuseater, clon7, Wilder, papafrita, Balisong, mountain_william, LucretiusJones, CitrusFreak12, Mister_A, lalochezia, Stylus Happenstance, Heretic, PeterMcDermott, grandsham, spaltavian, jack_mo, bugbread, cj_, gjc, Crabby Appleton, louche mustachio, UbuRoivas, jocelmeow, The Light Fantastic, eyeballkid, TheOnlyCoolTim, Artw
Last month
MeFi post:
I just want your extra time, and your... Mix.
favorited 35 times, recently by mikepop, Alvy Ampersand, goodnewsfortheinsane, mippy, longdaysjourney, any major dude, wheelieman, biscotti, Neiltupper, Durn Bronzefist, gemmy, limeonaire, ronin21, jeffvc, basicchannel, ob1quixote, ktrey, Knappster, Seekerofsplendor, equalpants, Bearman, TheWaves, mwhybark, ZenMasterThis, kcds, Damn That Television, marginaliana, Cassilda, hamfisted, Falconetti, Sailormom, Slack-a-gogo, The Card Cheat, uncleozzy, yqxnflld
Last month
MeFi comment:
""I dare not spoil my good memories of the original."
Wait, what? Does watching new stuff erase your memory of old stuff, but only if the new stuff is almost but not quite the same as the original? Because otherwise, I'd imagine watching..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Hey, if anything, I got us to stop talking about VPILFs, abortion, and birth defects. Now the healing can begin.
I'm good for MetaFilter. I'm good for America.
I'm Eideteker, and I approve of this message, but not the medium...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by bugbread
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Wake me up when the change actually starts. No, not the "black nominee" type of change. The actual "our lives are better" change." [
more]
favorited 8 times
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Finally found it! Here's the PubMed entry for blogebrity:
A disease of the nervous system, blogebrity incubates in the Islets of Doctorow within the pancreas. Rather than transmission through traditional paths within the circulatory system, it works..." [
more]
favorited 4 times
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Ahem. Now that that's out of my system, one question remains: How can I make a quick buck from this?
A: Like any fad, publish a book. So look for Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing..." [
more]
favorited 2 times
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Rangeboy: You, me, Hemmingway, the shiny tugboat?
As for me:
"One thing I've noticed—I'm curious about this: you're never alone in a room with [him], are you? You're smooth about it, but you're never one-on-one with him. Why's that? Do you..." [
more]
favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"What you want to do is set up a choke point. There's not much that can stop zombies; hell, there's not anything that can stop them. But you can slow them down by choking them with their own undead. They're not terribly smart; fortify everything but a..." [
more]
favorited 2 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
""When they started teaching 'Creationism' in science class, someone had to stand up. Whoever took that gig was going to be hated for it, and Dawkins did it anyway."
This assumption is the reason we're still having this debate today. You..." [
more]
favorited 1 time
Last month
MeFi comment:
"SJG was like a funny, cool version of that pharyngula guy. Kinda like how Cory Doctorow wants to be Lawrence Lessig but ends up looking like the StarScream to his Megatron...." [
more]
favorited 2 times
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The more I read about Chicagoans, the more I hope I never meet one. Everything I hear makes me want to punch them in the face with both my feet at the same time.
Now Pittsburgh... give me a Primanti Bros. sandwich anytime...." [
more]
favorited 1 time
Last month
MeTa comment:
"The other users are ruining my enjoyment of the site. Would it be possible to delete some?" [
more]
favorited 2 times
Last month