Ask comment:
"Your father is who he is. And you are who you are. You may very well not be able to modify his behavior, and it's not going to be healthy for you to modify your behavior to fit what he believes is appropriate.
If at all possible, you should try to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thebrokedown
Yesterday
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"You could start by not treating this guy as a problem to be solved but as a human.
Friends get to talk to each other frankly and express concern for each other in sometimes-intrusive way because they are friends first. My friends can talk to me in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bettafish, catlet
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"When I first read this headline on the BBC news site, I thought it said "boy goes on rampage at Aussie zoo, fed to crocodile".
After reading the story, I find myself kind of wishing that were true...." [
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favorited 23 times, recently by turgid dahlia, arcticwoman, RussHy, non-kneebiter, cerebus19, dejah420, shavenwarthog, Coatlicue, maxwelton, misha, Kimothy, tehloki, kuujjuarapik, Pantengliopoli, bitter-girl.com, wreckingball, koeselitz, porn in the woods, oneirodynia, M.C. Lo-Carb!, giantfist, horsemuth, Artw
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"but expecting every little kid to emotionally identify with a lizard is downright asinine.I'm not expecting kids to emotionally identify with a lizard. I'm expecting kids to emotionally identify with the idea that killing something solely because you..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by andraste, babybuns, giraffe, dabitch, magicbus, Nattie, MythMaker, shiu mai baby, misha, Phalene, Kimothy, orrnyereg, thirteenkiller, Dreama
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Ah, but be sure not to taunt the tiger on Christmas Eve.That happened at the zoo to which we used to belong, and that incident led directly to us not renewing our membership. We haven't been back there since. When the incident happened, both my wife..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by ShawnStruck, babybuns, Librarygeek, Coatlicue, Nattie, pushing paper and bottoming chairs, goshling, OolooKitty, wendell
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"That kid was having a blast, and I don't hold it against him.I'm kind of worried about the kids you hang out with, then. My 3-year-old already knows the difference between right and wrong behavior, and I'm pretty sure he and all his classmates would..." [
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favorited 21 times, recently by babybuns, anansi, longsleeves, non-kneebiter, Pope Guilty, chicken nuglet, hal9k, effwerd, Nattie, RedEmma, misha, cirocco, mosk, emyd, Kimothy, wendell, mygothlaundry, lord_wolf, mudpuppie, thirteenkiller, Dreama
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"How many of you had the opportunity to feed horny lizards to a god damned crocodile when you were kids? Does that not sound exhilarating?It does not. It sounds cruel, and kind of horrible. If I broke into a zoo, I would have used the time to get as..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by Librarygeek, arcticwoman, electricinca, dabitch, bookish, Nattie, MythMaker, misha, Kimothy, CitrusFreak12, orrnyereg, malocchio
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I suppose the problem I have is the assumption that this means the kid is deeply disturbed.It's not an assumption: it's an inference drawn from actual research that hazel linked to.
There is abundant empirical evidence that this kind of behavior..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jtron, Nattie, flatluigi
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I found this little passage slightly confusing:Stay tuned to this wavelength, but switch your radios off now to save your batteries until we come on the air again...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Senor Cardgage
8 days ago
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"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 4 times, recently by urbanwhaleshark, Solon and Thanks, anitanita, PhoBWanKenobi
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm a little mystified by the people who are still stuck on the "he can't write an ending" hobbyhorse. I've read everything Stephenson's written, including his two novels as Stephen Bury, and the overwhelming impression I've come away with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spacewaitress
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Why should people who (I assume) did not follow simple rules get a pass to the front?Instead of assuming, you could read the goddamned article and know for sure that, hey, these guys did follow the rules, are following the rules, and are getting..." [
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favorited 34 times, recently by outlier, MLIS, tehloki, Soulbee, Pope Guilty, jammy, electrasteph, Ira_, blueberry, supercrayon, king walnut, jonp72, Wolof, bitter-girl.com, gum, Optimus Chyme, aeschenkarnos, misha, wintersweet, lalochezia, mudpuppie, lord_wolf, Coatlicue, headspace, dejah420, peacheater, sutel, lemuria, acro, sebastienbailard, thejanna, Phalene, nickyskye, rtha
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The current issue of Reason magazine (which is not yet available online) features an examination of the system and comes to the conclusion that legal immigration is so difficult that illegal immigration is inevitable.To get totally tinfoil-hat on..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by tehloki, etaoin, misha, wintersweet
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Jaco's influence on the art of the electric bass is impossible to overstate. It was one of those moments where a single genius provides a new way of doing something that is so perfect, so right, that everyone says "oh, yes, of course, that's how..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by nickyskye, not_that_epiphanius, Wolof, JHarris, Devils Rancher
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"shouldn't get a spot on the blueHeh.
Sorry, I have nothing nearly as good as jessamyn's bus to CrazyTown, so I'm reduced to "heh"." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by electrasteph
3 weeks ago
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
MeTa comment:
"It seems like there are a lot of people saying "but what can I do on an individual level" in here.
It's simple: you can speak up, loudly, where you have the chance to. And sometimes you're going to have to make that chance. At my..." [
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favorited 4 times
2 months 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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"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
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"The OP wants to impress their ladyfriend with their Scrabble skills. Obviously, they're not playing in a tournament.There's a big difference between "playing in a tournament" and "playing by tournament rules". The first is..." [
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favorited 5 times
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"likes Nightranger and beer from cansAnyone who doesn't is probably a goddamned Communist." [
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favorited 2 times
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Here's a hint - NEVER play using the Scrabble dictionary. It contains all kinds of abbreviations and words that aren't words. For example, 'za' (as in "short for pizza") is considered a word in the Scrabble dictionary. Only use a real..." [
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favorited 4 times
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I love this so much I'm favoriting this post despite the "of whom"." [
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favorited 1 time
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Childhood has nothing on adulthood. Being a grown-up is an awfully grand adventure.Goddamn YES. A THOUSAND TIMES YES." [
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favorited 3 times
3 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 months ago
