When people start cussing out other members of the site we try to put a lid on it.

To the extent that people on this site use a lot of coarse language talking about other people and things elsewhere, that's less of an issue that I personally am concerned about.

I like some of the imaginative cussing that goes on here, but I do feel that sometimes people are just sort of doing it lazily and sloppily because they're bored and bored lazy talking... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 4:22 PM on July 25, 2008

Sparx, if this is some sort of performance art piece you're perfecting, I suggest you take it to Projects.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 4:53 PM on July 25, 2008

Jss fckng chrst

I did NOT!
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 5:36 PM on July 25, 2008

follow-up from someone who would prefer to remain anonymous. I don't really like the direction a lot of these answers take. In my relationship, I'm the one with the higher sex drive (every day for me, every 2nd or 3rd day for him), and my partner isn't obligated to "help me out" when he's not in the mood. The fact that I often want more sex than I get does NOT mean that he owes me or that I'll eventually cheat on him and that it'll be his fault. That's crazy talk! If I were to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 4:24 PM on July 25, 2008

[a few comments removed - answers that are not addressing the OP need to go to email or metatalk, thank you.]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 8:18 AM on July 25, 2008

o_0?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 7:06 AM on July 24, 2008

Is someone mad at me?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 7:48 AM on July 24, 2008

I loved it. jssmyn s s qck

Jessamyn is squicky? I'm so happy we don't do silly vowel-modding here.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 11:09 AM on July 24, 2008

sometimes why?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 11:17 AM on July 24, 2008

Aren't you guys already in your underground internet forts?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 6:28 PM on July 24, 2008

It was nice outside.

I have it on good authority that it is still nice outside.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 5:40 AM on July 25, 2008

I read the wiki all the time and encourage people to use it, yeah.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:39 PM on July 24, 2008

[a few comments removed - take judgey DTMFA to metatalk thanks]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 5:30 AM on July 24, 2008

What exactly is going on here?
posted to MeFi Music by jessamyn at 8:19 PM on July 23, 2008

I'm in good cardiovascular shape but I can only make it through one lap in the pool, and I'm absolutely exhausted afterwards.

This is actually quite typical for novice swimmers. This can mean either

1. your breathing is off [does it happen when you do backstroke]
2. your breathing is fine but you just need to get fit.

I literally worked up to fitness swimming a lap at a time. A beginners... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 7:58 PM on July 23, 2008

There are an awful lot of MeFites who went to Hampshire, including me. Even though the place is different from when it started and different from when I went there even, I think that their approach to academics was really different from any other place where I knew people except maybe Evergreen.

Keep in mind that websites of pretty much any academic higher ed places have to fit into a pretty narrow vision -- must appeal to parents and donors as well as students, need to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 7:55 PM on July 23, 2008

All signs point to maybe.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 2:01 PM on July 23, 2008

Did anyone else grow up in a house full of sextants?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 6:18 PM on July 23, 2008

Oh and abacuses, my house had abacuses. I guess I look at this steampunk stuff like other people look back at rotary dial phones. Didn't everyone grow up with a bonegrinder in their basement?
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 6:37 PM on July 23, 2008

[removed big comment - put it in projects or on your profile, don't link to the site you are asking how to promote here, thank you.]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 6:33 PM on July 23, 2008

I'd just like to take a moment to put in a request that MetaFilter get a temporary separate forum

Build it.
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 12:02 PM on July 23, 2008

I felt that same way about the Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina Saskatchewan when I was there. It's way off the beaten path but really gave you an idea of the place and the history and was a decently priced and nice place to stay besides.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 11:06 AM on July 23, 2008

It doesn't matter whether you are a prude or not. You found the language on the tag unpleasant to you personally and wanted to let someone at Timbuk2 know about it. Since your b-i-l already cut the tag off, it's unlikely that you can return or swap the merchanidise, but it's not a bad idea to just let someone know "Hey I got something from your store as a gift because I like your products and I felt the language on the tag was a little too [insert non-omg word here] for his business environment... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 10:20 AM on July 23, 2008

[a few comments removed - this is a question about tailgating, not a chance to reiterate what you hate about other drivers, thank you.]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 10:02 AM on July 23, 2008

This AskMe post blows...

I got as far as this and was already like "hey waitaminute...." then I read the rest and calmed down. Do other people do this too? Ah yes I just have to google "grumblebee jessamyn insane" and I have my answer.

Xelf, you should put that list on the wiki, it's great.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 8:24 AM on July 23, 2008

S'up Cohenim.

Aw, you know, chillin'
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 9:00 AM on July 23, 2008

GaelFC and I are about the same age and Little House in the Prarie was definitely the book in my household.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 8:39 AM on July 23, 2008

Practice helps a LOT. There are a few things you can apply yourself to learning early on that will really help you out.

1. two letter words - this seems sort of extraneous until you realize that lot of players make a lot of points by doing two basic things 1) making a lot of teeny words in one turn 2) using all seven letters. It's easier to learn to do #1 than #2. So you can do something like this

MOB
OPE

and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 5:18 PM on July 20, 2008

Which is more likely to impress a non-tournament player? Superior grasp of the English language, or words like 'za'?

If she is in any way serious about Scrabble, she'll be more impressed that you know words like ZA. There's a bit of a divide between people that think words like XI and ZA aren't "real words" and people who think they're essential to the game of Scrabble and doing well at it. I am in the second category, as are most people in... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 4:58 PM on July 22, 2008

Why the change?

Did something change; hasn't it always been like that? I have a few people who I marked as a muse and I swear I can't remember why.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 7:49 PM on July 21, 2008

The faces I am making at you right now? E-Moues.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 9:33 PM on July 21, 2008

The Friendship radio

This is the frequency I am tuned to all the time. Lalala.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 10:07 PM on July 21, 2008

Jessamyn wins at vocabulary.

And I was afraid the plural of moue was something like mieaux or something and all the its/it's spazmos would lose it.

friendship radio says creative boning is due out in the 2.0 XFN spec, but I just use "Geographical: none" since it's invisible and all.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:50 PM on July 22, 2008

A lot of this will depend somewhat on your lifestyle while you're here. If you're going to be commuting, you'll need certain clothes whereas if you're living on campus [and not paying for heat] you'll need something different. If you're really into oudoor sports [or decide you love snowboarding or showshoeing] you'll get something else. A lot of people manage to be decent looking in New England despite having to dress for winter.

That said, the answer to this question... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 10:32 PM on July 21, 2008 marked best answer

I have stayed in hostels as an early-thirtysomething [a while ago] and found them fine, a little noisy and with long lines for the showers. Sharing big rooms with a lot of people was hit or miss but you couldn't beat the price. In a few countries I've been to, notably Australia and Canada, there were sort of midrange student hotel type places which were like YMCA sorts of places, a little spendier than hostels but with private rooms, sometimes a bathroom down the hall. These accomodations don't... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 10:18 PM on July 21, 2008 marked best answer

The really slippery slope, in my experience, is not oral but rather the easy progression from snuggling to rubbing things together to "well, I'll just put it in a little bit." Because if you are ok with having her rub her wet parts up and down your shaft, how much riskier could it be to just get that little bit more close? That, not oral, is where you have your tricky judgment calls and risky behavior.

This brings up a good point, you can... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 9:26 PM on July 21, 2008

I drove by that place a few times when I was in Abu Dhabi. It didn't look like that much fun. The thing about being in the UAE generally is that their idea of decadent is a lot of super rich-person stuff but doesn't include like a lot of drugs and sex tourism and what I think many Westerners would think of as "over the top" wretched excess sorts of things. For example I don't think "a bit of mile-high champers" means what I think it means....... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 2:08 PM on July 21, 2008

You will not be able to post as that user or do anything as that user, so while the "hello SOMEONE ELSE" thing is unnerving, there's no actual possible mischief you can get away with with it.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 12:36 PM on July 21, 2008

[some namecalling removed - metatalk for that, thanks.]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 8:11 AM on July 21, 2008

If by worms you mean pinworms (little worms that you can maybe see in your poop) then you don't need a specialist at all to deal with them. Your doc will confirm that you have them and then give you some medicine which will kill them dead. If you don't go to a doc, you'll wind up with recurring stomach cramps and you'll still have worms. It's a simple enough thing that yeah, you can go to the doc to set him/her up as your primary care physician and have them treat your worms at the same time. To... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jessamyn at 4:09 AM on July 20, 2008

so now she's my slave forever.

I have a great idea for a t-shirt...
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 11:24 PM on July 19, 2008

I have a six pack of delicious beer, cookies [homemade and not] apples and cheese and coffee and misc other stuff. People should probably bring what they'd like to drink, there's a nice backyard for sitting in. Due to incredibly ridiculous planning on my part, I have to scoot out to my redeye flight around 10:30 so it will be an early night but I hope people can make it.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 3:58 PM on July 19, 2008

Hey thanks to everyone who came out! I'm waiting for my plane at the airport enjoying some of Portland's FREE WIFI. I'm pretty sure we took almost no photos. Special thanks to everyone for helping me clean up and to mimo for the swell pen.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 11:22 PM on July 19, 2008

I seem to recall that the player is some sort of stock thing we're using, but I'm not sure. If that's the case, then no. cortex is back from vacation tomorrow, maybe him or pb can shed some light on this.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 9:37 PM on July 19, 2008

My first boyfriend had one of those and I have early memories of being driven to the Worcester Centrum to see... Rush maybe? ... hanging out in the back of it, on the bed, under the shag carpet ceiling, looking out the little porthole. I never really understood why his Russian immigrant parents had such a sweet ride, but by the time he got his license and could drive the thing around, we were no longer dating but had progressed into some sort of FWB arrangement. Ah that van!... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jessamyn at 4:36 PM on July 19, 2008

that's not actually where I'm living now jamjam.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:51 PM on July 19, 2008

It is (informally) for sale. Cheap.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 3:02 PM on July 19, 2008

Ask your librarian how to unblock it. According to a decent interpretation of the Children's Internet Protection Act, if your library is filtering to be in compliance with CIPA, it should have a provision for unblocking sites at an adult patron's request. It would be helpful if you let us know what library you're talking about, whether you were in the adult's or children's area and what the error message was that you got when you tried to access AskMe. Did you try to get to the rest of MeFi?... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:29 PM on July 19, 2008

Also if you're talking about your particular public library (just going by your profile page) it looks like the reference area computers may hav filtering but the computer lab computers don't. The teen area is monitored with SurfControl which means if you wanted to unblock something there, you might be out of luck since they would just direct you to the adult comptuer lab. According to SurfControl's test-a-site page, AskMe is blocked because it's in the Blogs & Forums category.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:33 PM on July 19, 2008

Is that a category libraries generally block?

No, not usually. There's library policies and then there's federal level legislation about filtering. CIPA [linked to above] basically says that libraries that receive federal funding (i.e. not all libraries by a long shot) have a legal obligation to filter out obscenity (I'm overgeneralizing but that's the gist) and so libraries who get money for internet connectivity or their phone lines have to install... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:50 PM on July 19, 2008