MeFi comment:
"I loved this game. Which is to say, I loved watching my rich friend play this game." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by troy
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Right before the husband lost his job on Wall Street, the couple had ordered $35,000 drapes. They had to move to a smaller apartment in Manhattan and had to sell their vacation home.
I know it's not nice to snicker at others' financial problems,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The problem isn't that the chances of something bad happening are low, the problem is that the consequences of something bad happening are essentially infinitely bad.
From an individual standpoint, this type of thinking would lead to total..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Pope Guilty, DevilsAdvocate
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"There's a federal appeals court judge in the Seventh Circuit named Posner who is well-known for using economic and mathematical measurements of risk as a method of deciding cases involving potential risk. He teaches at U of C and seems to never have..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Reverend John
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Seven years of war have taken a visible toll. His hair is much grayer, and the line in his face deeper and more pronounced.
I too have grayer hair and deeper lines than I did seven years ago. It must have been the war! There is no other..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ao4047
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Shepherd, hell yes. That's why I got all worked up over an item in the paper a few days ago that pointed out factual inaccuracies in each of the major convention speeches. In an effort to be "balanced," it devoted one-half of the page to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by JoeXIII007, mer2113
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"It's possible that the kids are spoiled, inconsiderate punks.
It's also possible that the adults are crotchety, selfish NIMBYists.
Most likely, though, this is a situation where (i) the kids innocently and with good intentions set up a play..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by HighTechUnderpants, pointystick, Miko, magstheaxe
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I don't see what was so "ridiculously provocative" about the way the question was framed. It's sort of a goofy post, and it does sort of activate my joke-post sensors, but it is an actual question that seems to have an actual answer. The..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sevenyearlurk
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"From yesterday's NYT: If anyone thinks they’re going to get Fluffy back,” Dr. Lanza said, “they’re gravely mistaken.” A cloned dog is “likely to be a totally unknown dog, just as if you went to the pound and adopted another, unknown animal...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, Artw
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"An African baby has become the latest celebrity accessory;
Yes, there's Madonna and Angelina Jolie and -- wait, that's it." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hjo3, Nattie
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The Internet creaked and groaned as it struggled to accommodate the efforts of 1,024 virtual cheerleaders to create images of thousands, if not millions, of dongs...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by parhamr
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Guess who else is a married woman, around 50, with two daughters and a son? The governor of Michigan -- who also happens to be in her last term. Commutation, here we come!..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by perilous, Scram, glycolized
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"For a more general discussion of the nature of antonyms, this paper might be of interest. It tackles the following questions:
1. What makes two words antonyms? What exactly are the semantic dimensions which antonyms are said to share?
2. Why..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ErWenn, rikschell
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Fine, but what if it's thrown from a plane that is trying to take off from a conveyor belt?" [
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favorited 14 times, recently by neetij, olya, Jubal Kessler, DevilsAdvocate, chime, rokusan, milov, humannaire, ZachsMind, Bonzai, Blazecock Pileon, homunculus, asuprenant, MillMan
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I believe it'll be good for her if she undergoes the punishment she escaped.
Seriously? I doubt she's hearing the beating of a heart beneath the floorboards...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by miss tea
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Welcome to MetaTalk! You have been called out by another user. Please select from the following options:
(1) Accept the criticism with good humor and a dash of humility
(2) Flame out in spectacular fashion
*nasreddin presses..." [
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favorited 18 times, recently by peacheater
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I tried to read and understand these controversies, but I found myself unable to navigate through the dense fog of vague accusations and interpersonal grudges...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hellslinger, josher71
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The poor thing has fallen on hard times of late. I hear it's working in a strip club now." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sperose
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Stein denied in the New York Times that he had misled anyone. "I don't remember a single person asking me what the movie was about," he said.
"Hi, do you want to be in my movie?"
"Sure!"
"Do you have any..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by Pope Guilty
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"The term "black majority" was taken directly from the post itself. TBM said that the majority came to power and did a crappy job running the country. I don't know enough about the history to say whether that's factually correct one way or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Cool Papa Bell
5 months ago
