MeTa comment:
"As someone who is sometimes an asswad and a fuckhat herself, I think that namecalling can be useful. As a dog trainer, I constantly remind my clients that any behavior that gets reinforced will tend to occur more frequently. Any behavior that is..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by KAS, mynameisluka, librarina, Sparx, h00py, batmonkey, John Smallberries, nooneyouknow, ClaudiaCenter, bigbigdog, The corpse in the library
8 hours ago
Ask post:
Intermediate Swimming Advice?
favorited 28 times, recently by TrashyRambo, Haujobbin, wander, pumpkin11, lalochezia, lemonade, dancestoblue, ames, kev23f, wabbittwax, Mundungus, Who_Am_I, featherboa, venividivici, DulcineaX, Sneutrino, Xere, cyanide, kandinski, lia, Madamina, bonheur, sarahw, mumbleitaliano, ArgentCorvid, synecdoche, headnsouth, donajo
more than 12 hours ago
Ask post:
Sometimes beauty really does come from within
favorited 34 times, recently by theperfectcrime, hazel, JohnYaYa, citron, softlord, hot soup girl, moonmilk, Arthur Dent, peacheater, khaibit, alyxstarr, whoojemaflip, Ariadne, Rabarberofficer, jbickers, bleucube, andoatnp, runincircles, googlebombed, davar, not me, Advocate, I, forallmankind, palomar, Large Marge, MsMolly, grablife365, minus zero, limeonaire, Madamina, divabat, nowonmai, loiseau, martinrebas
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I remember the smell, too.
All of the coolest girls in my class were obsessed with Lisa Frank stickers - she was sort of a Thomas Kinkaide for the lavender unicorns and rainbows set. I preferred the more minimalist Mrs. Grossman stickers...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jvilter
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Animals amaze me by their sheer resilience. My foster cat had to have one of her forelegs amputated, and as soon as the stitches came out, she threw herself right into the task of re-learning how to jump and climb and bat at the dogs. The only way..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
Last month
Ask comment:
"Good, good advice above, but I'll add my own bare bones viewpoint.
Cat behavior is a little less mysterious when you strip away the feline quirks, and consider the laws of behavior that all healthy animals, ourselves included, follow.
When a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by longdaysjourney
Last month
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"IANAV or a mind reader, but If your adult cat is a vaccinated indoor cat, the vet most likely recommended against introducing the kittens to protect the health of your adult cat, rather than the other way around. Besides scary acronyms like FIP and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Arqa
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Maybe I'm just getting a different read on this than some other people. I liked the "popped collar college boy with a heart of gold" aspect. No doubt, he approached this with the idea that asking to cuddle at a brothel would be OMG hooarz..." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by Asymptote, Espoo2, turgid dahlia, RedEmma, Pants!, agropyron, Elsa, sockpup, ShawnStruck, nowonmai, showbiz_liz, pravit, eponymouse, fullerine, vronsky, By The Grace of God, Carolellan, batmonkey, nebulawindphone, ZaphodB
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Well done, I think, and clever. For those of you who take issue with the song, or the band, or what they were wearing or what their facial hair looks like or how they were standing: that's what you came away with, is it?..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by wires, nthdegx, Pope Guilty
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down. Just reading your askme made me out of breath.
No wonder you feel anxious. You sound like someone who just doesn't have any kind of "off-switch." Meditation won't help if your brain is still going 65 MPH the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by salvia, Zosia Blue
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Do we really want him to stop making movies? All that energy has to go somewhere, and I'm terrified of what would happen if he turned his hand to, say prog-rock or theme-restauranteurism.
Don't play with fire, Internet, unless you're willing to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lattiboy
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I'm also thinking Mr. Steve etcetera is a tincture of evil. The idiocy that spews from his keyboard can't be explained by mere stupidity.
Mr. Steve blah blah blah is a tincture of pure tapioca. His commentary is stupid, but hardly original. He..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by PeterMcDermott, five fresh fish, Blazecock Pileon
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Ads are ads, and we don't have to click on them if we don't like them. We Mefites are a smart bunch, and I don't think that any of us are in danger of becoming Scientologists just because we're exposed to the occasional Xenuphilic text ad...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lentrohamsanin
3 months ago
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"Of course you should figure out why your dog is getting hotspots, and you are. This is not a replacement for figuring out why your dog has a hotspot, but it's a quick, dirty, lo-tech trick to keep her from chewing herself into a bloody pulp until..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by killy willy, amtho
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I've been waiting for that NPR piece or something like it for a long, long time, but I was disappointed. Gedde Watanabe sounds almost mystified that he gets accosted when he's recognized by Asian-Americans.
If there's a God, then there's a hell,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wuwei
4 months ago
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"Plumbers have their own favorite term for flushed tampons: the red rat. Tampon clogs bring them lots of business, so much business that I'm sure that there's a bass boat named "Red Rat" in every state of the union.
Tampons who like to..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jeanmari, asuprenant, wilde
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"This girl has some serious issues, and this isn't going to solve everything for you, but you should become familiar with the psychological concept of extinction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_(psychology)
Pay attention to the concept..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by moonlet, rottytooth, Melismata, Ladysin
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The first time I heard My Chemical Romance on the radio in my car, I thought to myself, "Jesus, Styx were a terrible fucking band. How did anyone listen to this shit??"
It was weeks, weeks later when I discovered that "Welcome to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by psmealey
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Cow's milk isn't such a great thing to give cats. It can upset their stomachs and lead to diarrhea.
Cats must eat a fairly specialized diet in order to get all of the nutrients they need, but just for tonight, feeding the kitten human food won't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by francesca too
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"We're living in an exciting time.
One development that I don't love about the past twenty years in dog training is how enamored some trainers are with Behaviorism. It's great that we're using more positive methods now, but some folks seem to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"What an asshole. He didn't start out "from scratch." He had a family willing to pony up for four years at an expensive private college.
If there's a lesson here, it's that our bottom-tier colleges are turning out sheltered, uneducated..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by tehloki, AsYouKnow Bob, RedEmma, jba, panamax, wires, entropone, arcticwoman, ShawnStruck
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"Sometimes, we have contractions, and other times, we don't.
Like fitness and beauty articles, sexuality articles in magazines exist mainly to give freelance writers something to do. Sex advice articles in women's magazines such as Cosmo have..." [
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favorited 18 times, recently by necessitas, AlisonM, Skygazer, sascha, phrontist, RobotHeart, puddpunk, andifsohow, streetdreams, peacheater, gaspode, Silvertree, ceri richard, minervous
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Metafilter could also use something like this. Maybe in future threads about cycling, we can make a box for small, unhappy men like Dersins to put their comments, and the rest of the discussion can proceed forward without being derailed...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by acid freaking on the kitty
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"This seems like an ugly situation. Yeah, Joe is a prick sometimes, but he's certainly not a monster who deserves to be ostracized from all human society. You wouldn't have asked him to live with you if he were. Big group houses suck, because there's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yohko
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I thought the original comment was stupid and long-winded, and not worthy of being sidebarred, but you know what?
Until the Neocons among us can create a site as compelling and widely-read as Metafilter, they should quit their bitching. Most of..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by redfisch, malpractice, Blazecock Pileon, ursus_comiter
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"No one's done the Irish edition yet, because we can't do a thing with our hair." [
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favorited 1 time
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If you like reinterpreted thrift store art *and* art in the James Kochalka vein, Travis Nichols does some wonderful stuff." [
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favorited 1 time
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"Echoing the first two posters. Punching bags are sometimes marketed and sold as standalone exercise equipment, but they shouldn't be.
Punching and kicking on a regular basis, until you've had proper training, is an excellent way to get injured...." [
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favorited 2 times
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"Are you feeling jealous, really? Or are you feeling bitter or threatened?
Are you comparing all of these new people to yourself, wondering if they have something that you don't? Are you secretly disappointed that he's been able to move on with..." [
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favorited 1 time
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I saw the FPP, and I thought, "this is great." So many people have art absolutely *killed* for them in ineptly taught high school or required college courses.
And then I clicked on the link, and saw that it went to a Flickr set of facile..." [
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favorited 1 time
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Any argument about race that relies on post-Holocaust Ashkenazi Jews is flawed. They were never a large population to begin with, and we lost six million of them during WWII and the period that led up to it.
We will never know what that population..." [
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favorited 3 times
6 months ago
