MeFi comment:
"1000 faxes a day? It seems that the 80s are a mite too interested in our present day politics. Let the Time War commence!
On a related note, I imagine that people in the White House mail office are thanking God that flatbed fax machines never..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by [insert clever name here], Salvor Hardin
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"While I hate to be a picky little tit, I am one, and the author not knowing that the word "tenet" is different to the word "tenant" didn't fill me with hope. The list is pretty glib and uninspiring, seemingly written by someone..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mirepoix
8 months ago
Ask comment:
"I think that making a point of the correct pronouncation of your name, in a humourous or slightly self-deprecating manner, can be played to your advantage. I have a mildly humourous surname, "Onions". I know that I'm always going to have to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lentrohamsanin
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"Concorde. Stupid wasteful beautiful miracle. I miss Concorde. It was one of the things that made me feel like we were living in the future.
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favorited 1 time, recently by Goofyy
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"A public school is the private school you go to after a prep-school. My God we like to make things complicated for ourselves. (I went to neither, but my father was a scholarship boy at a public school, and vowed to educate his children in the state..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kolophon
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't really get that at all. What is it meant to achieve? Smug middle-class people get to pat ourselves on our collective back for having read books? Who cares?
Christ, the next thing you know, so twattish video director will release a syrupy..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by delmoi
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"This article could have been cool, but it's not. D&D players will have already done all the obvious piss-taking in the article, and, like he says, why should anyone else care? Book of Ratings had this first and funnier here, here and here. Also..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by jiawen, flibbertigibbet, JHarris, poweredbybeard, dirtynumbangelboy
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"I'll be the one saying "I told you so" when the lawsuits start in a few years.
Well, Arik Sigman (former kids' TV shrink, of course), might say all TV is bad, but I don't really buy it. Of course, if used excessively there's a danger,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Huw
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"Ahhh!!! *runs around holding groin*
Smedleyman, SHHHhhhh. For God's sake don't say that out loud. We don't want another thread hogging argument with about whether it's bigoted to be freaked out by people getting their knobs chopped in half.
The..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by h00py
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"Visitor Q horrible? Nonsense. Visitor Q is a, ultimately, a family comedy about the possibility of redemption through individuality and acceptance. And the guy getting repeatedly bonked on the head from behind always slays me.
Why is everyone..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by knapah
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"Cool Papa Bell, what excellent arguments for gun control. Also, I note that possessing semi-automatic pistols didn't help the officers in this situation, so how does it counter my point? Your response here also suggests that your initial position was..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Goofyy
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"To those people saying "it's better than being shot", well yes, obviously. But the point is that non-lethal weaponry is not usually used as an alternative to lethal weaponry, but rather in addition to it. This device is more likely to be..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by lalochezia, tehloki, poweredbybeard, tittergrrl, DU
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"I have no idea where you're ultimately going with it
Cool Papa Bell, I think where I'm going is toward the argument that we need to think extremely carefully before we put any weapon in the hands of anybody.
the best answer is "provide..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Goofyy
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"Well yes fandango_matt, I neglected to mention the tendency of non-lethal weaponry to be used as torture devices. Cattle-prods discharged through metal objects in rectums and vaginas, anyone? Sorry if you're having your tea...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"asok, you going to be saluting his indefatigability next? Galloway is a nasty, lazy, self-serving little shit. He votes so infrequently that, in the period 2001-2004 he cost nearly three times as much per vote, in expenses, as the average MP. Only 4..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lalochezia, Arch_Stanton
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"I keep clicking on the sunset screen but I can't seem to hit a single one of those seagulls. Frustrating!
Also, doesn't "Chillmaster Flex" sound either too pervy or too much like an in-car refrigerator to really put you at your ease?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sebastienbailard, iamkimiam
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"rhymer, I think because Rand believed herself to be, and is presented by her followers, as a visionary philosopher, cutting through the nonsense of the academic tradition. On the other hand, very few people in academic philosophy can find anything..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Orrorin
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"Jesus. We live in a world where people play golf. GOLF for God's sake! A game that is exactly as boring as eyeball tattooing and genital mutilation. Why aren't more people discussing that incredibly dull activity instead? At least getting your..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by agregoli
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"It seems to me that professional journalists tend to ignore the sheer hungry joy of the game that they play with professional politicians. Campbell, of course, has played at least two parts in the game. No-one is particularly keen to reveal quite how..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nthdegx, MidAtlantic
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"But Mr_Zero, what the hell would you do with 80,000 songs? I've got maybe 3 or 4 thousand songs in my fairly small record collection, and that's far more than I can appreciate or effectively use.
Maybe the real worry for artists should not be the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sgt.serenity, footnote
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"From Luzy P Hur's link:
“One of our tech guys who should be looking for child porn has spent 50 hours doing nothing but this."
Sounds either like a vicious attack on "tech guys", or a case of offender rehab gone badly wrong...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Esoquo, feloniousmonk
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"Forktine, I think you have a point about the controlling and categorisation of food. I've often wondered if the higher prevalence of vegetarianism and veganism among women is linked less to feminine compassion for animals than to the female tendency..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by not me
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"The piece makes some valid points, but never really adds up to a convincing argument. It seems to suggest that neither harm nor good is done by intervention, or even interaction, with the Middle East. Essentially, the argument runs, "Arabs are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by SBMike
Two years ago
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