MeFi comment:
"HuronBob, you DO know that this may be fiction, but that these things happen more frequently than we'd care to admit in real life, right??? See, for example, the sad story of the dachshund in my post.
And it's indicative of a deep level of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
Last month
MeFi comment:
"(And on post -- decoherence is reading my mind with secret thoughtwaves or something, particularly "That doesn't mean they're dumb or inferior; just that they're not necessarily cut out for college at that time." -- ditto!)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Huplescat
Last month
MeFi comment:
"In fact, I'd argue that the truly capable students at large public schools are both the beneficiaries (or victims, depending on your perspective) of even more profound grade inflation; because the bar is set so low by their peers, they're able to get..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by transona5
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Oh, Konolia. I tried, but I just can't help myself (a moral failing, I'm sure):
How many of you read that other thread on the front page about the "baby farmers" that took children from unwed mothers ostensibly to care for them but..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by TheOnlyCoolTim, jb
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I still like the Habsburg Herzgruft (hearts crypt) in Vienna the best. All those wee, dead Habsburg hearts separated from their bodies and preserved in tiny urns. 54 of 'em, to be exact. It's creepy, but also cool in its own way. See here for photos..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scody
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Fair enough, Forktine. And agreed, even the lowliest adjunct still has agency, but we don't know where Professor X is teaching, and what's happened to those who have spoken up in the past...it's outside the overall scope of the article. Rather than..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"MrVisible: We've allowed our educational system to decline to the point where education is the last of its priorities.
Well, yeah, more on this in a sec.
Forktine: In many ways, the author is displaying the passivity that he or she found..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I enjoy imagining Alan saying this in his Hans Gruber/Severus Snape voice.
I enjoy imagining him saying a LOT of things in that voice. Most of them involve me being pantsless.
As I recall it, at the equivalent stage, before he actually took..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by etaoin, Artw
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Recently in Cleveland there was a show on the local NPR affiliate that talked about his work and how, when he went to art school, there was an expectation he'd become a ceramics artist because he was from a town that's very well known for ceramics...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tellurian
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Speaking as someone who had a empirically measurable difference in the amount my broken, scar-tissue filled elbow was able to move (15 additional degrees of motion almost immediately after beginning the acupuncture and electrical pulse therapy, when..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"everichon: We have also seriously considered "Dracula", and this is another reason we that our union should never be cursed with issue.
Potential childrens' names I have vetoed in our house:
1. Galactus
2. Modok
3. Shaft. ("No,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by blueberry, litlnemo
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You want bitter?
(And yes, I'll pre-emptively make the "eponysterical" comment about my own username, although it predates it)
How about "the Dean scream"? That has got to be the single most egregious and offensive example..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cass
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Lentrohamsanin -- if you're interested in the Heliand, you might also want to grab a copy of The Saxon Savior (the former as translated and annotated by, and the latter written by) G. Ronald Murphy, SJ. It goes into a lot of the backstory that will..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by LeeJay, trip and a half, mwhybark, ourobouros, weebil, whir, paduasoy
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Stuff nobody likes #101: people who use the same blog template and writing style as a blogger who just got $350K for his stuff white people like blog." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Crabby Appleton
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Reminds me of my fourth grade teacher telling us she'd go up on the roof of the school if the Russians dropped the bomb instead of suffering through radiation poisoning and dying slowly. This was at the height of the Reagan era, and from the sound of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ekstasis23
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Corner the bullies yourself armed with a nine-iron and beat the mother-loving hell out of them.
A version of this worked for my 5-foot-nothing grandmother in the early 1960s when the local redneck bullies were tormenting my uncle. She used the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by vira, Crabby Appleton
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm curious what you mean by "very poor socialization."
And so am I, rusty.
School is mostly about socialization, and human society in general tends to punish those who are different to an unacceptable degree.
No, school is about..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jonp72, roystgnr
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You're kidding, right, elpapacito? How is changing seats to move in next to a sleeping woman and then masturbating to completion -- which, somehow (MAGICALLY, I suppose) ends up in her hair -- not a violation? And since when do you have to have..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by tehloki, lunit, hadjiboy, dabitch, Nattie, Locative, loiseau
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"What really irritates me is that at landing, the flight attendants are obsessed with getting you to take out of your iPod earbuds (even if it's not on), put the (usually broken) seat back into some mythic, unattainable position, and generally harass..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by tehloki, notashroom, hadjiboy, dabitch, Nattie, Dreama, bunnytricks
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If it were intentional, it would certainly be an assault, but not a rape, as a matter of unwanted physical contact rather than intercourse.
No one said it was rape, kid ichorous. I was taking offense at el papacito's tone, which basically implied..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by agregoli, hadjiboy
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh, kosher_jenny, that cannot possibly be difficult. I'm thinking soak some cooked bacon and maybe a dash of hickory smoke flavoring in vodka for a while, then chill it and skim the grease off the top. Or leave it. Why not? BACON COCKTAILS! Yes,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Watching Ralph Nader on Meet the Press this morning brought only one thing to mind:Main Entry: hu·bris
Pronunciation: \ˈhyü-brəs\
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek hybris
: exaggerated pride or self-confidenceOh, that, and Ralph Nader sure thinks..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by mek, psmealey, sidesh0w, kittens for breakfast, hifiparasol
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Knitgrrl
Knitgrrl 2
Spin to Knit
Felt Frenzy (co-author)
Crochet Style
AlterNation (co-author)
The Pillow Book
How to Knit in the Woods
Just Socks (editor)
Just Gifts (editor)
Alt Fiber -- not on Amazon yet, out this fall
plus stuff in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by GrammarMoses, Miko
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I just wanted to pull out this particular section of Pater Aletheias's comment, because I think it's been overlooked:
It starts with us. When the church is known more for humility than power, more for love than hate, and more for gentleness than..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by exlotuseater, ourobouros, paduasoy, weebil, panamax, DevilsAdvocate, mediareport, Lentrohamsanin, languagehat, misha, Optimus Chyme
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Anyone who uses "u" should be dragged from their home and shot.
Or have their their whole myspace copied, whichever is easier.
For a while it was really fun to replace the images MySpacers were hotlinking from my images directory..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Nattie
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The big difference is fear. Many Americans simply avoid getting checkups for fear that they will find something and then they'll lose everything they had. They'd rather simply get sick and die.
That's right! I had a healthcare scare a few weeks..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Slarty Bartfast
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Ah jeez. I finally figured out the interface so I could see ALL the photos and all I have to say is this: fucking Tremont hipster.
[note for non-Clevelanders: Tremont is a section of Cleveland that has been overrun with twee little art galleries..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jonmc
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"When I sold computers full time (I took a few months off in college to earn money for my internship abroad), I took all kinds of abuse from male customers who didn't think a GIRL could possibly know anything about Big Fancy Electronics. Specifically,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by herbaliser
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Awww, what's worse? This or (ca. December 2001) when Tommy Thompson told us all to LOSE TEN POUNDS FOR AMUHRICA?To fight the [obesity] epidemic, all Americans should lose 10 pounds as a patriotic gesture, said Health and Human Services Secretary..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by GuyZero
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If we ever get universal healthcare, I predict an explosion of startups; lots of people only stay in their jobs now so they can go to the hospital and get their prescriptions filled.
I think emjaybee is right on this... the state of our economy is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wuwei
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Meh. It's better than the [expletive deleted] who "reviewed" my latest book in the Philadelphia Weekly by commenting on the cover model's hair and making a lot of incoherent remarks about "knit-Nazis" (never mind it's not even a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Benjy
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You might also like the office-supply artwork of Larissa Brown, who also happens to be a kickass knitwear designer and author." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by madamjujujive
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"ClaudiaCenter, whether it was teasing or not, it wasn't appropriate. If you're running for president, you should be treated as if you actually could be the president. This is the respect given to the office that keeps the national media from running..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"She handled it pretty well, though, and responded by patting him on the cheek like he was a child who didn't know any better.
In my opinion, she should've hauled off and smacked that smug fuck. Enough with sucking it up and acting like there isn't..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by misha, zebra3, maryh, RedEmma, nola
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I think this product promotes an unrealistic aromatic expectation of men.
Welcome to Woman's World! Now, get yourself a boob job, nose job, fake nails, a dye job, some high heels and a shorter skirt and you'll really have fun here!
It is funny..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Good bye, and good riddance to the man. But keep an eye out for those students.
What, we can't burn them on the ship in a proper Viking funeral? Or bury them in the pyramid? Just tell them Mr. Falwell asked them to come along. Use cookies as a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mental Wimp
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Just wanted to pass this along for those who have friends, children, or siblings traveling abroad; FUCK is your best friend. Honestly. And steel toe boots.
Amen and halleluia. Having lived in Prague, where it wasn't unheard-of to have tiny mobs of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dejah420, miss lynnster
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"whoaali: I don't have a big problem with this per se, but I'm constantly amazed at the effort, pain and money that will be spent by some to avoid adoption. I mean people will take fertility drugs that cause them to have 5 premature and deathly ill..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phire
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh, and lumping in acupuncturists with chiropractors is just about the most irritating thing I've read all day.
Dire infection in open wound on my foot?
Dermatologist: "Oh, it looks fine, I wouldn't worry about it, we'll culture it just..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by miss lynnster
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"So while we're on a big huge flamey derailathon, this comment
My guess is that admins can use the tag and see deleted stuff. Like that Dune thing with the spice and what have you.
reminded me of a story. Once, in Boston, I was in a video store..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by munchingzombie, miss tea
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Elizabeth Kucinich is not just young and beautiful and intelligent, she is a genuinely lovely person who seems to take a real interest in not only her husband. but in the people he represents.
Kucinich's constituents are not the wealthiest people..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by homunculus, saulgoodman
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
""random virtue testing"?
Man, dreamsign. When they start instituting that, there are gonna be a whole lot of Republicans in troub-bllllle...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"See, Crabby Appleton, that's exactly it. I was spanked as a child, and here I am, a fully-grown, functioning member of society, without some deep-seated horrible emotional problem about it. Then I look at the generation immediately after me, the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Crabby Appleton
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If you're furious at your spouse or girlfriend and slap her across the face, it's domestic abuse.
Unless you're in Ohio, and you're gay. In which case, carry on. Thanks, Issue One!
<>
I was spanked as a child, and I will probably spank my..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Crabby Appleton
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"From a link on one of the sites:
A blog is a dangerous thing. A woman can write anything, anywhere, going from house to house taking her “prayer requests” or other noble causes in the name of good intentions, and wreak destruction in other..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jb
8 months ago
