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MeTa post:
Memorial fund?
"Something for the family"? You have got to be fucking kidding me.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 10:04 PM on July 2, 2008
It's a horrible story, and I can see why local folks are upset, but
a) Wasn't it her family that pimped her out and murdered her? and
b) This isn't what MetaTalk is for.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 10:19 PM on July 2, 2008
MeTa post:
Ugh, all RIGHT, mom, I get it.
Hi, I haven't bothered to read the other responses, but I just wanted to say that, in my experience, people like answering questions.
Hope this is helpful!
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 1:22 PM on July 1, 2008
MeTa post:
=Noise? Derail? Breaks the guidelines?
I don't understand why we have "derail," "noise," and "breaks the guidelines."
Don't derails and noise both break the guidelines? And aren't derails a form of noise?
I'd happily trade "derail" for "obnoxious."
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 3:27 PM on May 22, 2008
MeTa post:
Some MeFis in Paris
Don't cry. Here's the sunny side: I was going to reply using some dumb joke involving your username, but then I changed my mind.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 6:16 PM on April 15, 2008
MeTa post:
Boobs + Cured meat /= Best of the Web
For my recent colonoscopy, I drank a liter and a half of citrate of magnesia solution, for which I selected the pineapple flavoring packet. I fear that this experience has forever impaired my affection for pineapple.
Learn from my sad example, pineapple. While viewing that photo in no way diminishes the charms of bacon and boobs, reading that thread may change how you feel about boys.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 12:56 PM on April 3, 2008
MeTa post:
How does flag work?
When I flag a post, I hear a tiny bell ring, followed by the sound of Jessamyn's silvery laughter. Then a bluebird drops a chocolate truffle on my head. Why -- what happens when you flag a past?
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 8:02 AM on February 14, 2008
It's my way of saying "this sucks" without going to the thread and snarking... Is this kind of flagging useful, or is it just wasting your time?
Nelson, either you're more of a newbie than your join date indicates, or that is a truly impressive display of straight-faced sarcasm.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 10:24 AM on February 14, 2008
MeTa post:
Godwin!
Thanks, this has been bugging me too. I think sidebarring that post makes the place seem less friendly to diversity and dissent, and lends ammunition to those who claim that Mefi is a liberal echo chamber.
I see a parallel to the sexism discussion: although many of us share a certain cultural context, we don't want to act like we think there's nobody else here but us.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 8:24 AM on January 29, 2008
If he had said in his youth he was a follower of McCarthyism, would we have found the parallel so off-putting?
Or what if he was a vegan PETA member? I doubt the comment would have gotten all those flags and favorites, and thus would never have made it to the sidebar.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 8:28 AM on January 29, 2008
MeTa post:
No Pepsi blue?
MetaFilter: This is not the MetaFilter you are looking for.
And yet here you are.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 7:09 PM on January 15, 2008
MeTa post:
No AskMeFi Thread For You!
That one was even worse than the itchy persistent rash of chatty chatfilter questions with no clear answer -- it didn't even have a clear question. I'm happy it was closed.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 2:35 PM on January 8, 2008
MeTa post:
hopefully nipping this in the bud
as far as "people coming down so hard" on me, i don't let the frothings of specters on my monitor get me down, and you're by no means the brightest specter i've seen this morning.
You know what? bruce is sounding better and better to me as this thread goes on. Whereas the rest of you are starting to get on my nerves.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 4:32 PM on January 6, 2008
MeTa post:
IAALBIANYL
Seems like a good article. That'll be $150.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 12:24 PM on December 21, 2007
I am not a lawyer, because I find arguments like this boring as hell.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 4:49 PM on December 21, 2007
MeTa post:
Slapping someone in the face a bit too much ...
WHAT
THE
FUCK
NERDS?
Favorited x10K, and saved as a keyboard macro.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 7:57 PM on December 18, 2007
When did a leatherman become an annoying affectation?
Maybe she means being a leatherman is an annoying affectation.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 7:57 PM on December 18, 2007
"I am the first woman in my family."
Hey who knows, maybe it's some kind of multigenerational "Heather Has Two Daddies" scenario.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 8:13 PM on December 18, 2007
People, focus!
I agree. People are passing over this new insight into what floats Jessamyn's love boat with a surprisingly small amount of snark and razzing.
I bet all you lonely horny librarian lovers are out buying fedoras right now.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 11:47 PM on December 18, 2007
I think there is more concern about the Problem of Lonely Guys because (as tkchrist notes) lonely guys are more likely to shoot up a bunch of random strangers in a shopping mall, or engage in other violently anti-social behaviors.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 1:28 PM on December 19, 2007
MeTa post:
Jesus ...
If you liked that thread, you'd probably also like The Sun -- an ad-free monthly full of heartrending and uplifting first-person stories, essays, fiction, photos, and quotations. It's my all-time favorite periodical.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 1:49 PM on December 10, 2007
MeTa post:
Sexism debate, displaced.
grumblebee, I just want to say how much I appreciate your honesty and vulnerability.
I get what you're asking: for (older) women to treat (younger) men with a little more kindness and understanding around their sexuality, and not like they're all dangerous predators just because they have dicks.
And that kindness is something I do try to give the men I know and am fond of, because I can see how they have been wounded by the message that their... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 6:19 PM on December 6, 2007
Massive, thunderous shout out to everyone who has participated in both these threads. You people are giving me hope for the quality of online discourse.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 5:02 PM on December 7, 2007
MeTa post:
'Spergin
Cookie party cookie party COOKIE PARTY!
Oh, and I just told the cat (who is haranguing me about his dinner) that he has a gob like a Croydon fishwife.
And from now on, I am going to spell it "pantywaste," which rescues it from being a homophobic insult and instead means a person who is a complete waste of panties.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 7:57 PM on November 29, 2007
Pantywaste doesn't mean what I think it means?
Which would be...?
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 8:59 PM on November 29, 2007
So then when she said "sliding down the couch," she meant...
...EWWWWWWWWWWWW!
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 9:07 PM on November 29, 2007
I agree, pantywaist is an out-of-date word that can be funny in context.
But it also conveys ideas about gender roles that are fundamentally sexist, and that have been used to insult and repress effeminate men.
Kind of like calling a woman a harridan or a virago.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist
at 8:25 AM on November 30, 2007
