MeFi comment:
"I thought the premise was that the conservatives are a bunch of monolingual uptight arses. Which is at least, you know, factual." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by furtive
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Metafilter: Why the hell would you have something like that connected to the internet? Surely that is dumber than hell?" [
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favorited 13 times, recently by you're a kitty!, Dormant Gorilla, lukemeister, Dillonlikescookies, babybuns, pompomtom, loquacious, thebigdeadwaltz, porn in the woods, bardic, Jahaza, jinjo, Korou
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Her reproductive and child rearing choices are hers and the "first dude"'s. I find the discussion of these choices here utterly creepy. Privacy is at least the legal foundation of abortion rights in the US, right?
Also - with regards to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flibbertigibbet
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I'm not American; but I find myself unguardedly admiring Obama as an American, not simply as an admirable man living in America. I think it's the first time in my life I have had this feeling.
Also, this isn't deep, but to hear a politican..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by mazola, infini
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Lest anyone feel daunted by how elusive the "value" of money is... the discussion predates MetaFilter! (For early examples, see: Ricardo & the labour theory of money, John Stuart Mill (good lord I just wrote Jon Stewart Mill) &..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
Last month
MeFi comment:
"How do Human Activities Contribute to Climate Change
and How do They Compare with Natural Influences? (From the IPCC's FAQ.) Also, I highly recommend real climate. (I am not a climatologist. However, for what it's worth, I am a relatively evil..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last month
MeFi comment:
"There was a piece on measuring intelligence on Quirks and Quarks a few weeks ago. ("A Dummy's Guide to Intelligence" — scroll down a bit for the ogg/mp3. How I loves thee, Bob McDonald.)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by willie11
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Damn. Grey hoodie. Masters. Married. Activa in the fridge. And -- I thought -- X and Y chromosomes." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ZaphodB
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This paper has introduced the term "newshole" to me, for which I am grateful." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by o2b
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't know if Archie will ever come around, but the rest of the family's all about Obama." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm certainly not the first person to point this out, but with all the hand wringing over outsourcing and privatization and races to the bottom in so many industries over the last couple of decades, the commodification (ok - the utter retardification)..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by liza, Miko
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"The implication was that if IQ drops over time, it may not be the absolute measure of intelligence he thinks it is. (Let's say, for example, that extrapolating the relationship backwards to the time of the American revolution leads us to note that..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by anansi, jtron, Blazecock Pileon, hadjiboy
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I'm conflicted. There's so much pointless parsing of a couple of transparently fucking awful comments. And then Grumblebee has to show signs that maybe he's listening. I don't know what to think. Gak! Buncha parseholes...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Wilder, nasreddin
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Another voice in the chorus: there was nothing about that comment that could reasonably be parsed as "cuz we hate u". It was restrained and an answer. Its only fault was that it answered the part of the question that was either ignorance or..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by marsha56, peacheater
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You know, it occurs to me how exhausting the last 7 years have been. Parsing every speech for malice and treachery. The constant shame and cognitive dissonance of a president that who says things that are inconsistent with my moral system.
I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Eh, thanks for the link SB. Regarding outcomes, here. (Not NEJM, but I think the journal is somehow associated with CMAJ. The metastudy got a little play in the news here.)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Slarty Bartfast
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I have a number of close friends who trained in Canada and have practiced medicine on both sides of the border. Their observations, synthesized and arranged four part harmony are thus:
The amount of time, money and staff devoted to dealing with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Turtles all the way down
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Total load of phenomenon. Bit sweeping to reject the idea based on specific computer simulations of taste-forming, the pathways of which are presumably complex and poorly understood. (He says having just read the magazine article, not the research.)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by grobstein
8 months ago
MeTa comment:
"A sincere offer: Send us your George Bush. We'll instate him as Prime Minister immediately. While we don't like him one bit, he'll probably do us less harm as the head of our country than as the head of yours. xoxo, Canada...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pineapple
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Now that this conversation is over... :) There's no question that the constant sexualization of women is sexist and oppressive. Take as evidence that nihlton's minor sexist postscript put everyone in mind of threatening cat calls.
Most of the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by h00py
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"...and not borrow at interest, leaving useless banks out of the loop...
Because if there's anyone who will do better at allocating funds efficiently than banks, it's government...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by moonbiter
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"(Just because you asked, I'd like to note my own personal tally of articles written by Americans on the subject of eminent black men not including the adjective "eloquent" remains steadfastly at zero.)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sluglicker
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Is There a Free-Market Economist in the House? Most free-market supporters in academia may be economists, but most economists are not free-market supporters. (A nice claim.)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jb
Last year
MeFi comment:
"if the opponents of Bush say "yeah, Chavez isn't a great guy", then Bush hears "If we send in the CIA ... no one will complain".
If a rat's ass falls in the forest, does Karl Rove Dick Cheney?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jlbartosa
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Well... perhaps we don't like inequality because we observe that sometimes bad things happen to good people (who is good people? us.) so we want to minimize the potential impact of bad things. For another, most of us don't like poverty. We don't like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MythMaker
Last year
Ask comment:
"iScroll2 - specifically does 2 finger scrolling (w/ older iBooks and PowerBooks)." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BaxterG4
Two years ago
