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"Vote for environment is the only place I have encountered riding-by-riding polls. My riding is extremely tight and it is really valuable for me to know which parties have a viable shot at winning the seat and which are way behind. I simply don't..." [
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4 days ago
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"I recognized the multiple one with 4 left turns from San Francisco. I've actually followed it several times. It's not as bad as it looks. I think it's here. A sharp almost U-turn onto a busy road is possible only from the left two lanes; most..." [
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5 days ago
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Ecuador has a new constitution
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8 days ago
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"The wedding is a rite of passage. I learned in my undergrad course "Anthropology of Religion" (what a great course, it changed the way I view the world) that such ceremonies, which occur in all cultures in some form or another, have a..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by graventy
2 weeks ago
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"The itinerary certainly seems doable to me. I think you could even push it to two nights if you're in a rush, but why kill yourself. Roadtrip tips:
- The interstate is big and fast and boring. It's good for getting you where you need to go but..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ms.v.
3 weeks ago
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"I decided on my answer before I read the "more inside".
Yes: if this is a throwaway type job, such as applying to be a waiter at a chain restaurant, where a faked reference doesn't really matter a whole lot and is unlikely to be found..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Dreama, drjimmy11
4 weeks ago
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"Well, I for one would not want to work in your company, because I like to do my job and go home and don't like working extra hours, nor would I enjoy feeling pressured to befriend my coworkers. If the office culture was made clear to me in the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tyrantkitty, sperose, sageleaf
Last month
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"He has taken a sudden, renewed interest in his physical health and is trying to quit smoking for the first time since I've known him.
Maybe he's anticipating being single again in the near future? That was my gut reaction to what you wrote...." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by headspace, pinksoftsoap, magicbus, peacheater, orrnyereg, ClaudiaCenter, kate blank, hfbellefille, Meatbomb, Ookseer, thisjax, winna
Last month
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"Shapiro. I knew it would be him. I read his book, "An American in China". I bought it randomly from a used bookstore in San Francisco. It was an interesting read for a little while but it eventually degenerated into a gushing ode to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Countess Elena
Last month
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"Does TV count? How about Battlestar Galactica? Gradually you realize that in order to keep the surviving humans alive, the heroes you've been cheering for have been acting like ruthless dictators, stomping on civil liberties in the name of security...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cass, brain cloud
Last month
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"I feel like there's a very specific question in here. Kind of like the scene in Cast Away where Tom Hanks does some quick calculations to figure out the search area his rescuers would have to cover, and realizes: "that's twice the size of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by wfrgms, ZeroDivides
Last month
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"Actually, we use paper ballots for all federal elections in Canada (the procedure is regulated by law) and election results seem to come in just as fast here as they do in the US. Typically the winner is known by late evening, depending on where in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by desiderandus
Last month
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"They've either caused or exacerbated a tendency to see women not as people, but as a means to an end (sex, "a little son") and as types who need to be assessed and manipulated by category in order to reach those ends
Exactly what I was..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by PFL, melissam
Last month
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"I don't know about the unemployment but may I suggest a few things:
1. Don't quit until the move happens. Moves sometimes don't.
2. Don't deliberately hurt your company. The world is bad enough without spite.
3. If the company negotiated a..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by thebrokedown, Ookseer, jenkinsEar
2 months ago
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"Green Jelly or Jello or whatever was strangely popular among some of my friends back in the 7th grade. That year in gym class we had the dreaded dance unit, in which students in groups of four had to prepare a dance routine to a song of their choice..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Knappster
2 months ago
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"Fuck. Late to the thread and I might have been able to contribute something. Oh well.
I just want to say that this thread captures the worst of Metafilter and it means I will never, ever share anything that really moves me, because I don't think..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by god hates math, regicide is good for you
2 months ago
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The mysterious old shop
favorited 13 times, recently by findango, TryTheTilapia, orrnyereg, jack_mo, Smart Dalek, dantsea, hilatron, BrotherCaine, cribcage, arcticwoman, metaname, Chinese Jet Pilot, Debaser626
2 months ago
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"I've done it twice, I think I've had my fair share of fun and now I'm done, it's a big undertaking to get down there and I'd rather spend my vacation on something new. I've had some amazing experiences though and would never call it miserable..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hazel, Ziggurat
3 months ago
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"Is there a name for this? It's certainly not suicidal thoughts, and "imp of the perverse" doesn't seem to cut it. But it's right alongside the aforementioned "if you have a hammer, look for things to smash" feeling - not in the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
3 months ago
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"A general tip for lectures that I've discovered over the years (i'm not a law student, but I imagine it's universal): it can be tempted to space out during a lecture, especially if you are given the material ahead of time as lecture notes or printed..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by carbide
3 months ago
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"Posted on behalf of my girlfriend, who reads MeFi but doesn't have an account, and first wondered if this might be a cultural thing:
I am from a Muslim country with very traditional sets of values, especially when it is concerning women, marriage,..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by lunasol, Ladysin, freya_lamb, HighTechUnderpants, konolia, shamble, you're a kitty!, minervous, chelseagirl
3 months ago
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"Earnest, joyful singing can be endearing and warming. Cutesy, goofball singing can be really aggravating.
Like, imagine you're on a bus and someone starts singing along to their headphones and it's like, I don't know, "Satisfaction"..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by minus zero
3 months ago
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"Not a lawyer but I found lots of stuff on Google. See Law FAQ. Melgy appears to be correct in that he is allowed to detain shoplifters outside the store. See also this story which came up in my Googling in which security guards tackled a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by astrochimp
3 months ago
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"A CD-ripping party. Invite 15 or 20 of your friends over on a Sunday and tell them to bring their laptops. Each person gets a stack of 100 CDs to rip. Afterwards they can dump the results on a network drive. Provide entertainment, food, and drink...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by malaprohibita
4 months ago
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"Oh hey, you know what's always bugged me about Reboot, at least in the early days? The ending of the opening sequence.
"They say the user lives *outside* the web. No-one knows for sure... but I intend to find out." Reboot!
Except the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
4 months ago
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"God dammit. I was expected a poignant thread filled with emotional stories that would bring me closer to all of my fellow mefites. Instead we get Yoda snark. Well fine, I'll keep my own emotional story then...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Korou
4 months ago
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"Kind of speculating here but this quote brings lots of interesting ideas to mind.
Imagine an island close to the mainland that wants a bridge. The bridge is built and all sorts of wondrous things are expected. But a generation later, the island..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by iamkimiam
4 months ago
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"Actually, I've been thinking about this and I tend to agree with straight, to a degree. Music may succeed at doing what it is supposed to do, and thus we should call it good music; yet we may not agree that the music's purpose is valuable. I would..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hal incandenza
5 months ago
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"fourcheesemac, I would definitely subscribe to your newsletter. And if you write a book about this stuff, I will buy it (when I can afford to buy books again).
Seconded! This was one hell of a thread. I also skipped over it since I didn't feel..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
5 months ago
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"P.S. I wasthinking more in terms of environmental problems but it could apply to the economy as well. I was talking to someone about the prospects of some kind of environmental doom or collapse. He said, "what would collapse look like if not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by salvia
5 months ago
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"Did anyone notice this? Some 89 percent of persons known to have AIDS are homosexuals or intravenous drug users.
Drug users and homosexuals are lumped together. So really the amount of homosexual AIDS cases could be as high as 89%, but could be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hulahulagirl
5 months ago
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"According to the article the original sign said "Caution" only - I didn't catch any mention of "Prohibido". Presumably it was added later on. Which is fascinating, in fact. The sign has two interpretations, depending on who you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"xkcd comes through with the most sophisticated rickroll ever. First read this comic, it's the recent one about marching band kids falling over when you pause the background music: comic
Now imagine you're a musician and you see the music he's..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by flatluigi, crawl, dosterm, you're a kitty!, ymgve, lizzicide, EarBucket, FfejL, Bugg, nooneyouknow, nowonmai
6 months ago
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"I don't see anything wrong with saying "I would appreciate a decision with two weeks", whether there is another offer to back it up or not. You're not willing to sit in limbo forever, right?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zeph
6 months ago
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"I can't help but think of the awesome Polysics show in Vancouver I saw last year, featuring such heavily-accented-English gems as:
"Thank you VanCOUVAAA!"
"We are Polysics, from Tokyo, Ja-PAAAAAN!"
"We are going to rock..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by msittig, rokusan
6 months ago
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"Yeah, this is the trouble with AskMe. Often you get answers to the questions you didn't ask. You did ask for what to put in the drawer. You did not ask if your boyfriend would enjoy such a gift.
The thing is, like katillathehun says, people try..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by solipsophistocracy
7 months ago
