MeTa comment:
"A short play about obituaries
(Alan, Bob, Cressida, Debbie, and Fiona are sitting at a café, discussing extraterrestrial life sources)
Alan: OMG aliens, right? This is bullshit. Just because the building blocks of life are present in meteors,..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"A great way to spend a cheap day in London is to start at St. Paul's Cathedral (there's an underground stop that takes you right there), then walk across the millennium bridge to the Tate Modern. You can easily spend a whole day there, but limit..." [
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Last month
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"Architecture in Helsinki's In Case We Die is a great album for summer-time head-bopping feel-good car-driving music- it's quirky, sometimes sweet, sometimes fun, and well produced. You can listen to some of their songs here, check out 'Wishbone' or..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by chicainthecity, vkxmai, lunasol
2 months ago
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"This is a big question, and there have been some interesting answers thus far. In the interest of full disclosure, I will say this: I am an academic- a budding scholar of religious studies, continental philosophy, and naturalistic explanations of..." [
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2 months ago
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"My father-in-law swears by oatmeal. He did Weight-Watchers, and for one or two meals a day had a bowl of Quaker oats made, I think, with skim milk. It fills you up enough that you don't get hungry again later. Plus you can change it up easily,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
MeFi post:
We'll Do It Live! F*ck It!
favorited 18 times, recently by adamdschneider, Mrmuhnrmuh, agregoli, pwicks, I-baLL, pantufla, JHarris, divabat, Thoth, Esoquo, spish, interiority, dilettanti, EarBucket, muymuy, darkripper, ukdanae, dabitch
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Is it just me, or is it pretty cool to live in our little post-QM, post-modern, post-traditionalist society? A quantum foam right in front of our eyes, that we can't parse without changing? Beats the hell out of Daddy God in the Sky if you ask me...." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by ThomThomThomThom, tehloki, JHarris, fleetmouse, c13, bunnytricks
3 months ago
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"Three ingredients:
1) Cardboard from a toilet paper roll.
2) Sheet of fabric softener.
3) Rubber band.
Replace fabric softener every 2 to 16 weeks as needed...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Orrorin
4 months ago
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"I agree that it's totally chatfilter, but happiness questions are the hardest to call out or reprimand because, you know, the OP is depressed and sad. I say leave it up, plus there are some good comments in there.
One day I'll post the following..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by brina, anazgnos, Solon and Thanks
4 months ago
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"(on re-read:) That came out a lot snarkier than I had intended. Apologies for coming off like a philosophy grad student douchebag who reads Chomsky all day with a poster of Einstein sticking his tongue out next to his desk. That description is only,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lupus_yonderboy, spaceman_spiff
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Amusing to see "socialist", "pacifist", and "nonviolence" tags next to each other. One of these things is not like the others.
From the OED:
Pacifism: (noun) the belief that disputes should be settled by peaceful..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by lupus_yonderboy, jb, lalochezia, peppito, mrgrimm, homunculus, thebigdeadwaltz, mikedouglas
4 months ago
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"These two Askme posts might put you onto some helpful novels about countries and cities.
I'm a big fan of Lonely Planet guides. They're well researched, include historical and cultural information, and can serve as inspiration. This massive..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by willie11, schroedinger, PinkButterfly, whitelight
4 months ago
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"That was nice, but I prefer a War on Stress to calm me down.
(Clips from the IT crowd, on the last link you can skip to the seven minute mark.)" [
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4 months ago
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"The Metafilter Protectorate: First we liberate Sealand, then the Aerican Empire.
Aid packages will include health advice about your cats, moderately entertaining youtube videos, and sci-fi short stories you'll vaguely recognize from the 10th grade...." [
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4 months ago
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"Did you hear about the new corduroy pillows?
They're really making headlines.
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What do you get when you mix a brown chicken and a brown cow?
brownchickenbrowncow (prounounced like..." [
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4 months ago
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"I would take a cheap bus like Eurolines to Moscow or St. Petersburg, then take the Trans-Siberian train to Chita (I randomly plugged in June 5 and it was $257), then bus or train to Anadyr in the north east, where there are ferry rides to Alaska..." [
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4 months ago
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"Does this strike anyone else as homophobic, if not offensive? I can empathize with the inconvenience of having to introduce yourself to people who, in that juggling act of subconsciously discerning a political entity from a sexuality, can only..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by crabintheocean, Asymptote, Rock Steady
5 months ago
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"Something I would like to do one day in Disneyland, that I accidentally experienced as a child: stumble into some behind the scenes rooms. When I went as a kid, my little sister got scared of one of the slow moving rides, perhaps one on a boat, so..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Scram
5 months ago
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Art for Beginners?
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6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm waiting of Will Wright to make Godel, Escher, Bach: the videogame. I imagine it would be on the Wii, with aspects of guitar hero and that paper mario game, and you'd climb through fugues only to meta out of them every time they returned to their..." [
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6 months ago
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"If you would like to come by for an introductory meeting, please do not hesitate to contact us. We have a wide variety of refreshments.
Brilliant." [
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6 months ago
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"Why are modern white people so afraid of the infinity of definitional platitudes contained within the single discursive structure of the word we call 'Dog?' Is dog the reverse of God not just in language, but in post-Nietzschean metaphysics? Will..." [
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6 months ago
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"Great clip, bookhouse. Is there anything the benny hill theme song doesn't make funny?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by duende
6 months ago
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"I liked it when he said, "gets nasty, get down to business." I imagine him daydreaming about ninjas attacking him in the parking lot during his walk from the office to his Honda. He whips out the flashlight gun, takes them down, and..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by tehloki, Dillonlikescookies, Deathalicious, peppito, JDHarper, bullitt 5, regicide is good for you, nzero, The Light Fantastic, jonson, brain_drain
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"A link to their brilliant documentary. Also, google video search results, which include smaller clips of the film. A great exxon hoax, as well." [
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6 months ago
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"Are you looking to travel in the UK or specifically in London? If you're on a budget, London is one of the most expensive cities in Europe, and there are plenty of small towns in the region that might be worth a stay not only for the scenery, but to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by missmagenta
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The last link strikes me as a bit misleading. I've read elsewhere that crows and non human primates have similar brain/body mass ratios, and this article uses the same premise to imply that the crow's brain is "relatively the same size as the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pointystick
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Thanks for the post, dhammond. I'm usually the first to voice out against Britney news- it's all such depressing, pointless drivel, as we all know. What I liked about the rolling stone article is the perspective: let's take the 'tragedy of Britney..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by crystal.castles
7 months ago
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"I was just about to post a taboo askme myself, I'm glad someone jumped the gun. In case you're wondering, it was: why do white people dance like this, while black people dance like this???..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ekstasis23
7 months ago
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"Since the image is easy enough to find in high quality, why not go to your local hobby shop and buy some transfer paper and then iron it on yourself? The whole project, mess ups included, shouldn't cost more than eight or nine dollars, plus you can..." [
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7 months ago
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"Via my avatar, all my friends will now know how much I browse donkey porn.
Eponysterical?" [
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7 months ago
