MeFi comment:
"AZ, it seems that your categorised list of obscure words would generate great interest if put online." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by J.R. Benedict
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"It's quite fun actually to pick up for little money a heavily ornamented valuable looking 1930s edition of some croaking novel that nobody reads anymore, say Nobel prise winner Selma Lagerlöfs Gösta Berling, and present it to a friend with a glowing..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by Durin's Bane, iamkimiam, Life at Boulton Wynfevers, misha, hal9k, Lentrohamsanin, regicide is good for you, dyoneo, nasreddin, Artw
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Good idea.
And the option to filter out location specific questions by unchecking localities please.
carsonb, have you yourself seen the travel section? I go there when I'm stressed and need the chirping of crickets to sooth me...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sk4n
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"To add some more dry twigs to this bonfire of shame: Carlyles Sartor Resartus, Djuna Barnes - Under Milkwood, Rilkes Gedichte, Karl Kraus' Werke.
Yes, I'll do my measure of penitance and self-flogging...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
11 days ago
Ask post:
what are the Queensberry rules of relationship fights
favorited 30 times, recently by Bardolph, ouchitburns, snickerdoodle, Koko, polyester.lumberjack, hot soup girl, |n$eCur3, zeek321, AceRock, meijusa, doctorpiorno, googlebombed, tickingclock, not me, twiki, yohko, jon1270, desjardins, flibbertigibbet, prefpara, Defenestrator, mudpuppie, and for no one, MsMolly, Vaike, dreamphone, cider, Liosliath, limeonaire, nitsuj
2 weeks ago
Ask post:
What to ask other than "What do you do"?
favorited 20 times, recently by wildblueyonder, shinynewnick, ames, chrismear, Shepherd, The Shiny Thing, antiform, platinum, cybercoitus interruptus, oxford blue, bpt, self, mathlete, minus zero, sarahnade, comwiz, DulcineaX, idiomatika, low affect, Popular Ethics
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
""If I were to ask your friends to imitate you in Charades, what would they do?"
"Think of a time when you tried to be funny and it completely tanked."
What I like about those is that they introduce an atmosphere of making fun..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phire
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Stynxno: assinine
Yes! Of course the boring correct spelling 'asinine' in the meaning of a pejorative is derived from 'asinine' meaning pertaining to an animal. Which is in turn from 'equus asinus', meaning 'donkey'. While the synonym for 'donkey'..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by vbfg, Blazecock Pileon, chuckdarwin
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I'm surprised by the emotional reactions by US mefites about people who leave not being reliable f.i.
In my experience in NL nobody gets riled up when somebody decides to emigrate. To be with their spanish boyfriend, to work in Germany, to have..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by phrontist, jivadravya, everichon, peacheater, stinkycheese, loiseau, chuckdarwin, BinGregory
Last month
MeTa comment:
"I could do june 14th.
If we put it off for one more week we could have a summer solstice party.
In Finland that involves going out to a dacha, roasting sausages and such and getting blindingly drunk through the night while the sun doesn't set...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Iamtherealme
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Blech.
I've never seen as pure an example of relationship trainwreck tourism as this metatalk thread and the comments in the accompanying ask posts.
drezdn, you're right I guess. But we at metafilter are a very willing 'person' to be dragged..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by necessitas
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Yes, running shouldn't be that hard on the knees.
You can use the 5k programme pretty easily by just focusing on the durations. If you have a way of measuring your heartrate (electronically, by hand or by just sensing your exertion level) that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ErWenn
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"Some quick notes on my less than overwhelmed experience switching to Mac.
I'm a technically savvy power user with a history of windows and linux.
Looking back after about 4 months I'm not that excited.
I like that the wireless connects very fast..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the Real Dan
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel
Google tells me that there's a similar saying in english
Hint: als=when, huis=home" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kjs4
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I did change my position on something as a result of reading mefi.
And that turned out to be a mistake.
As a result of one of the posts on single-blade shaving I bought a 50 euro Merkur Futur single-blade razor similar to the one my old dad..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Tube, Durn Bronzefist, Free word order!
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Placing Michael Jackson on the right side slope of uncanny valley. Very good.
Thanks for explaining that 30 rock reference.
Btw watching that 30 rock episode I really regretted never having seen Amadeus...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by horsemuth
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"His official position is that he wants to marry me, but if he felt that way, wouldn’t he propose?
No. Conceivably he might just be in a vague procrastination mode. Maybe marriage in itself is not as important to him as it is to you and he's putting..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"One other thing: I think we’re both expecting that he will propose to me. I don’t want to propose to him, and I don’t think he’d like that either.
Wanting to marry somebody while having a taboo on any utterances that are similar in intent to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by drjimmy11
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"English is a foreign language to me. And I remember growing up with a lot of hit song texts that were all meaninglessly reproduced sounds, mondegreenes to me.
But nowadays I know US english to well to be able to fake it using nonsense sounds. I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blacklite
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Before hanging out at mefi I knew as a Dutchman rationally that americans could be cultured and know about other cultures etc. but on some level I still had this image of people of the US really being shallow survival-of-the-richest egocentric boors...." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by dacoit, UbuRoivas, Liosliath, BrotherCaine, madamjujujive, gen, roll truck roll, scrump, Faux Real, teraflop, Bookhouse, Artw
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I'd really like the option to filter geographically based on my location so I wouldn't see the "find me a lawyer in chicago" posts.
That would reduce desinformation clutter quite a bit...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Phew!
Misha, you're reality check broke the spell of my dissociative lapse. Thanks" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If it weren't for these people we'd only have the propaganda bulletins of the warring factions and wouldn't know what's going on.
True heroes." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zerobyproxy
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"and make sure we're all on this page
Only an awesome flameout can pull that off." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by acro
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"There are a lot of people of both sex who find it easier to be mellow with members of the opposite sex. (don't know how this works with gays)
I always think that's because they tend to be very competitive with members of their own sex but not with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Unicorn on the cob
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"jmnugent I found this little oasis known as Mefi. And ironically, I *AM* American
So basically you're saying americans are predominantly shallow materialistic etc and that the few individuals who aren't feel isolated and alienated in the US and..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by marsha56, sweetkid, empath, Artw
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Atom Eyes, I did not know that. You saved a weak post." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The wikipedia article provides a clickable list of the thinkers that are referenced in the documentary." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by mer2113, acro, destro
4 months ago
MeFi post:
I shot Saint-Exupéry down
favorited 23 times, recently by pantsrobot, snowleopard, sadie01221975, lahersedor, hadjiboy, unregistered_animagus, idiomatika, LobsterMitten, dhruva, Kronos_to_Earth, YouRebelScum, Knicke, andeles, muymuy, pantufla, banterboy, WerewolvesRancheros, juv3nal, brownpau, Smart Dalek, drezdn, zouhair, davemee
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"It was a stupid joke worthy of a 14 year old. So in that respect not a big deal.
On the other hand it reminds me of 'jokes' here on mefi about french or germans by people who've never met a frenchman or german let alone been there. Generally these..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dyoneo
4 months ago
