Fuck I hate humans.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 3:41 PM on October 3, 2008

I'm playing republicans because the computer is better than me and it got depressing the other way around.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 4:03 PM on October 2, 2008

I'm ashamed to admit I beat the game with Palin and wallowed in the blood of the end boss, four armed george bush.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 8:24 PM on October 2, 2008

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posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 11:29 AM on September 27, 2008

So, as a rabid foaming at the mouth liberal, I couldn't care much less if Palin was involved in an Alaskan succession group. Is this attack ad supposed to target her base? Won't they just write it off as an evil liberal lie?
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 8:53 AM on September 24, 2008

Context: Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 11:26 PM on September 20, 2008

What made that video completely awesome for me was the earnestness of it all. Absolutely no notion that McDonald's is un-food. Just a sincere and successful effort to put one over on the man in pursuit of a big mac. Fantastic.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 3:41 PM on September 18, 2008

This thread is really a fine demonstration of the failure of the medium to serve some topics. Even with it being pared down to on-topic posts, the cross talk and outrage seems to remove the chance of reasonable dialogue.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 2:53 PM on September 16, 2008

I felt badly for her, then I remembered that she married a race car driver and got in the car with him. Informed consent makes it funny again.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 12:12 PM on September 16, 2008

Amazing. Thank you, and big thanks for that youtube channel link. I am embarrassingly ignorant.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 8:01 PM on September 12, 2008

I liked the ending. And I liked his talk. Though, that was the saddest hiccup ever.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 11:36 AM on September 11, 2008

After years on the internet I finally think that a topic is worthless without pictures.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 9:52 AM on September 5, 2008

I like how the completely impossible levels are bracketed by trivial levels with no discernable rhyme or reason. That makes for a fun experience. I also like how my phd in physics was of no help.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 2:35 PM on August 15, 2008

The sculpture was cool enough that I didn't notice my browser had been resized until I was done.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 10:26 PM on August 4, 2008

If he were breaking records by large margins this wouldn't be a debate, he'd be barred from competing. In light of that, I think the athletic community would be better off barring him up front. Big time sports are goofy.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 1:16 PM on July 16, 2008

Relatively rare for me, but I'm skipping reading this thread and tacking my comment on here at the end.

I was really surprised by how not-surprising all this was. Apparently my assumptions about hugely fat people were pretty much right on the money in her case. That's a little creepy.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 3:21 PM on July 14, 2008

"The thermal expansion of water as a result of global warming is already causing waters to rise around the world."

This line really made me wish I had my old textbooks around still. Had no idea.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 11:17 AM on July 8, 2008

I hope my future work in physics is described as done by "a former Baskin Robbins ice cream scooper" since I did that in high school. (and this is cool math)
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 7:46 AM on March 21, 2008

The robot quadruped troubles me greatly. When that dude kicks it I had the same gut reaction I'd have to watching a calf get kicked.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 4:22 PM on March 17, 2008

I prefer space exploration to the military industrial complex if I've got to choose my Welfare For Geeks option. That said, I'd love to see all the smart creative people who get worked up about mars exploration get worked up about problems here on earth.

(Back when I was an astronomer I was shunned by my fellow astronomers for offering the opinion that maybe spreading birth control to the rest of humanity was a more worthwhile expenditure than launching people to mars.)
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 10:43 AM on March 8, 2008

I'm a big fan of what he did with this series of videos. I ran accross them back on the crossfit.com forums and found the troubleshooting and breadth of advice very helpful for improving form. There are a few threads over there where he and others get into rather lengthy and in depth discussion of the back squat. I'll try to dig them up when I get home.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 2:17 PM on October 30, 2007

Is this where we come to show off how well we did? Excellent link, I love the concept.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 6:46 PM on October 17, 2007

As a 28 year old who hates young people, my hope is that the age of young people loathing gets lower and lower until everyone just sits around hating babies.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 11:50 AM on September 12, 2007

I just want to feel involved in the thread.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 5:57 PM on August 23, 2007

Am I really out of the loop or is the user in that first link roughly 13? Seeing pictures of a kid getting high on his own shit really wasn't pleasant.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 4:56 PM on July 30, 2007

If the first post had been remotely clear I doubt it'd have been nth'd.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 9:36 PM on April 8, 2007

Even though it seemed like they set it up for this result pretty carefully, thanks for the article.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 11:11 PM on April 7, 2007

Saw "Absinte" on a menu in Victoria BC last weekend. Couldn't decide if it really supposed to be the famous drink or not. Ordered a beer instead. Anyone know if it's legal/common in Canada these days?
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 2:13 PM on March 28, 2007

I believe psych studies have shown it's an empirical fact that most people would do the same placed in those conditions, given those orders. We're all potential monsters just waiting to be programmed. The real problem lies in the source of the policy.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 3:03 PM on March 3, 2007

Good point...I better go say it over there too.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 3:27 PM on March 3, 2007

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posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 9:38 PM on February 6, 2007

So much awesome. Thanks jonson.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 12:39 PM on January 29, 2007

As I watched those (thank you for the post) I wondered if he picks up on slow changes. Like his wife aging. There was a part where he said he had no idea if his hair was grey (it was at that point) as he'd never seen it before. Seeing his wife as a middle aged woman, rather than the young woman from years ago, I wonder if this is jarring to him? Or is it the kind of detail that the brain (or love) glosses over?
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 12:32 PM on January 29, 2007

Also, excellent use of the Love Tag. His wife comes accross as completely amazing.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 12:33 PM on January 29, 2007

Genius.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 1:49 PM on January 26, 2007

That was impressive and thought provoking, thanks for posting it.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 2:57 PM on January 25, 2007

Damnit, I just got that song out of my head this morning. Now it's back crooning me straight out of productivity. scrubs is amazingly great and all, but you're under no obligation to make an fpp you know. Better not to force it.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 12:58 PM on January 24, 2007

I've been a fan of Heifer for a while now, my current charity of choice. Looking at the report linked to above by lyam I'm puzzled again. Did Heifer really turn nearly eight million dollars of profit last year? Is that even remotely normal?
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 1:46 PM on January 18, 2007

Oh, wait, I spoke to soon. That page was for the Heifer Foundation rather than Heifer International, the later seems to be the actual charity and scores a bit better. Then again, the actual charity seems to have made nearly 10 million dollars of profit last year. I remain confused.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 1:57 PM on January 18, 2007

Fantastic article, I need to send it to the folks I know who get 30mpg on their hybrid. Thanks.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 7:02 AM on January 4, 2007

This would be really cool if they had just not killed it.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 11:51 AM on December 22, 2006

I got a pair of these last year. Pretty banged up and over 15 years old according to the date on it. Grandmothers give the absolute best gifts.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 5:07 PM on December 20, 2006

Yes, satire.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 9:44 PM on December 19, 2006

I just made the mistake of thinking about how many animals they aimed this thing at, and for how long. I feel a bit sick now.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 8:46 PM on December 8, 2006

4 seconds on the dot.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 9:10 AM on November 17, 2006

Is this really what things look like from the right? Doesn't it strike folks on the right as shrill, petty, and simple-minded too?
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 8:53 AM on October 31, 2006

I had a friend as an undergraduate who once exclaimed in all sincerity, "Goddamnit I pay good money for my tuition, they should give me whatever grade I want!"
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 12:37 PM on September 28, 2006

That was charming. Thanks!
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 9:21 AM on July 7, 2006

This reminded me of something I saw at least 15 years ago on public television. A man doing a sort of reverse juggling routine, he bounced balls off the ground and various surfaces. My favorite part was when he stood in a large equilateral triangle and had 4+ balls cruising around at once. Great rhythm. Don't suppose anyone know what that is eh?
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 7:53 AM on June 1, 2006

Perfect Gubo! Thank you, I've been wondering who that was for years.
posted to MetaFilter by Shutter at 11:53 AM on June 1, 2006