MeFi comment:
"Don't kid yourself into thinking that anyone is clean.And don't patronize me, or anyone else who's had it up to our fucking eyeballs with bullshit like "what the Clintons did was just as bad".
The only incident in our nation's history..." [
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favorited 37 times, recently by Dr-Baa, ShawnStruck, nickyskye, graventy, Reto, mystyk, grouse, MegoSteve, lazymonster, spaltavian, Slarty Bartfast, fleetmouse, nightchrome, XMLicious, zardoz, P.o.B., any major dude, Solon and Thanks, mek, Liosliath, rtha, Joey Bagels, ZakDaddy, Servo5678, mothershock, shavenwarthog, philip-random, Durn Bronzefist, Benny Andajetz, jtron, PsychoKick, Pope Guilty, boo_radley, madamjujujive, dbiedny, Bromius, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
5 days ago
Ask comment:
"The spiritual/emotional/transcendent aspects of parenthood are nearly impossible to quantify, because, in my practical experience, they're different for everyone. The one thing that I can say was common to my father, myself, and my friend Randy was..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by y10k, melissa, Effigy2000, Twicketface, banjo_and_the_pork, razzman, Ladysin, onlyconnect, scody
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"And, before this goes tearing off into the weeds, my main point is that it sure as hell would have been nice to see the media taking such a penetrating interest in these kinds of parties when they were being thrown routinely for Republicans. You know,..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Mayor West, rtha, jtron, PsychoKick, Pope Guilty
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I think nola might like the Olympics better if there were gators in the pool.Who wouldn't?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"One of the things about friendship is that the trust relationship cuts both ways: if you're my friend, I have a certain obligation to try to keep you from having to bail me out too often. Being someone's friend does not involve providing them with an..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Solon and Thanks, anitanita, PhoBWanKenobi
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"This is wonderful.
My best friend, who has been involved in various flavors of SCA amusement for nigh unto decades, took a job one summer working at a historical park, and developed a deep and abiding interest in metalworking. So he decided to..." [
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favorited 16 times, recently by mattbucher, MythMaker
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I'm totally amazed that it doesn't seem to matter what is happening anywhere in the world MetaFilter has someone on the scene.Now that's a take on "newsfilter" I hadn't thought of.
newsfilter.metafilter.com: commentary on the news, from..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phalene
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"You make me embarrassed to be male. I mean, I guess it's some sort of back-asswards version of "progress" that we've apparently made enough progress on gender issues for someone to feel comfortable posting this kind of idiocy to the front..." [
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favorited 23 times, recently by bitter-girl.com, Baby_Balrog, numinous, khaibit, ukdanae, tractorfeed, Pope Guilty, grapefruitmoon, Salamandrous, peacheater, pointystick, loiseau, mostlymartha, shiu mai baby, mudpuppie, Pax, contraption, redfisch, The Light Fantastic, mkultra, agregoli, scody, Coatlicue
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"The discussion about salary negotiations is very interesting to me, because the glaring issue I see with flat, non-negotiation compensation discussions is that it assumes good faith on the part of the employer.
I can't speak to nonprofits or,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cjets, ukdanae
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The greatest advances in emergency medicine, particularly the treatment of trauma, generally come from war zones. That's because the chess game between force protection and antipersonnel warfare results in new and challenging injuries, often in great..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Durn Bronzefist, vorfeed, frecklefaerie, Turtles all the way down, axon, orthogonality, Miko
Last month
MeTa comment:
"My dad's take on things was simplicity itself. He told me, when I came of age to be verbing nouns with girls, that before I had sex with anyone, I should carefully consider whether I wanted to raise kids with that person, because that was one..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Miko
Last month
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"Scrabble should be about enjoying the English language and improving your vocabulary.Kitchen-table Scrabble, maybe, but anyone who's even slightly competitive about Scrabble doesn't play this way, and will completely clean the clock of someone who..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by 0xFCAF, aeschenkarnos
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I must have missed the point at which William Saletan became something other than a bigoted idiot." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by matteo
Last month
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RUN, FAT BOY, RUN
favorited 40 times, recently by featherboa, deusdiabolus, ruevian, thewalledcity, saradarlin, snofoam, gac, Helix80, khaibit, JohnYaYa, Country Dick Montana, jbroome, not that girl, zouhair, nowonmai, herbaliser, kittens for breakfast, Helga-woo, Eideteker, droplet, the luke parker fiasco, Nattie, kyleg, Bibliogeek, kirkaracha, T.D. Strange, brent_h, ugf, jeather, cyanide, necessitas, maloon, rivenwanderer, disaster77, jeremias, littleredwagon, Madamina, samstarling, ColdChef, crios
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I can't believe people are actually arguing over whether being a completely judgemental asshole is really all that bad, or, you know, totally justified because, like, this person is clearly speaking from a position of privilege just by dint of being..." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by lioness, BozoBurgerBonanza, rodgerd, Mael Oui, DevilsAdvocate, pombiki, horsemuth, toomuchpete, pineapple, desjardins, ThePinkSuperhero, mudpuppie, misha
3 months ago
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"Howdy:
I'm sorry this happened. You're completely within your rights to be upset, and they should make this right.
Here's what's worked for me in the past with situations like this:Call customer service, and get a supervisor.Frame the situation..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by Mael Oui, SpacemanStix, merelyglib, sebastienbailard, nooneyouknow, FuzzyVerde, treepour, numinous, jessamyn
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Man. I'm so out of the loop on MeFi escapades. Half the time, it sounds like a new Robert Ludlum novel:The Dhoyt AffairThe ParisParamus FlameoutThe KayCeeNicole EpisodeSolder, Sailor, wendell,..." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by agropyron
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"OK, scrup, no biggie. Just making a point. I'm sure we can "Bury the hatchet."
If you want more conservative numbers, look up the Johns Hopkins study that places Iatrogenic death as the #3 leading cause of death in the US. I won't bother..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by one more geek, Dillonlikescookies
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"snakey: Are you hard of thinking, or what?
I'm not going to bother with your accusations, because none of them are remotely supported by anything I've posted here.
What I will say is that my position has nothing to do with the validity, or lack..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dillonlikescookies
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"snakey, your "observations" have zero credibility with me, and should have no credibility whatsoever with anyone else reading this thread.
Your citation goes to a website that says, in the first paragraph:Shocking statistical evidence..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dillonlikescookies
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Man, this pisses me off.
I spend an inordinate amount of time in the Emergency Room at one of the most famous hospitals on the planet. I've spent the past 15 years eyeball-deep in the healthcare system as a provider. I have read more medical..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Dillonlikescookies
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Did some unexpected convolution of time and space occur where Fareed Zakaria suddenly knows what he's talking about and is no longer a complete idiot?
Or did I just miss a memo?..." [
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4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"serial commas are absolutely mandatorySTOP THEM BEFORE THEY STRIKE AGAIN" [
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4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Do you like being smothered in gravy and juicy smacking kisses?Well, who doesn't?" [
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4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Count me as one of the indignophiles who is pretty disgusted that we can't have an adult conversation about a serious topic without a bunch of poor-impulse control people making boobie jokes. The fact that we have to have threads deleted because..." [
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favorited 1 time
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The plaintive bleating or the thud sounds like the title of a new album by Chaos! At The Drive-Thru! or Monkeys Fucking or Thirteen Ways Of Looking At My Navel or one of those hipster bands...." [
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favorited 1 time
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"and he was all "o shi missed that wevs"And I was all like \m/ and he was like /v\ and I was like ? and he was like "wevs, geddit" and I was like, dude...." [
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favorited 6 times
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"mathowie, you really need to send them a note that says "we're blocking your ad because it's suppressive content". With any luck, it'll create a kind of self-fulfilling circle-jerk Charybdis of unholy ScientoloLOL that'll destroy the church...." [
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favorited 2 times
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"As people grow older, stereotypes tend to fall apart. You'll notice that there aren't a lot of 18-24 year-old "ripsters" in that article.That's because shit starts to wear out and break down, and you realize that, hey, you know what, if you..." [
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favorited 2 times
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"True stories, based on actual experiences, don't often sound true because they do not conform to our standard of characterization, story arc, etc. This is why many "fiction" stories feel more "true" than a real life story.I..." [
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favorited 3 times
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I think my biggest problem with this story is in how it's related. I hope it's a true story. I really, really do. But my biggest problem with it is that transactions like the one described just aren't, in my experience, that simple, with clear..." [
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favorited 2 times
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"My favorite Widmark biographical note:A passionate liberal Democrat, Widmark played a bigot who baits a black doctor in Joseph Mankiewicz's "No Way Out" (1950). He was so embarrassed by the character that after every scene he apologized to..." [
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5 months ago
