Especially because the veteran community is, like other minority communities often portrayed inaccurately in the media
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And in the real world: the library.
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update from the OP So, before I posted, I was totally ready to get on the phone to Mr Anonymous and make an idiot of myself by apologizing for being fat. And I was convinced that he wouldn't want me. How COULD he? I'm FAT. And ugly. Who in their... [
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[Folks idle speculation on what a random suspect might or might not be doing gets real non-useful really fast. Please consider taking more of the speculative stuff to chat. This is just a friendly suggestion, not an edict, but we'd like to keep this... [
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One guy who had a glass of whiskey in his hand as prop had me laughing pretty steadily
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[We do not do that "Let's post their email here so people can bug them" stuff here. Please don't. Thank you.] [
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[Time and place folks, time and place. If you need to have a discussion in MetaTalk, we totally understand but try to be cool here at MetaFilter.] [
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Go home cortex.... you're ... oh wait you are home. [
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Respectfully, unless you know what his intent was, this is not a thing you know about him. Ubu is a long time commenter and is trying to make himself effectively understood. Be cool.... [
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If Christians don't want this to be the face of Christianity, they need to speak out. Many do.
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I went to one maybe 20 years ago, more like a ball-in-training because it was with a date who was in military school. I wore what was basically my prom dress (full length) with a fancy jacket and some nice gloves and did my hair. Folks who are in the... [
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NB - I've been in at least one home that went all-in with X10 - all of the light switches and outlets were addressable, on schedules, etc. Staying there as a guest was wildly confusing - flipping the switches didn't do anything because they... [
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It never occurred to me that I might be obsessing. I make todo lists, constantly. I always have a list of lists that are for things that are going to be coming up and sort of reminding myself that I need to do this that and the other thing. And I go... [
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[From this point forward, answer the questions being asked, don't argue with other commenters.] [
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I think the "ye olde skool" section of JJG's weblog list is probably the definitive list of "blogs that were around in '98".
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Why is this disgarceful comment still here. It is a personal attack using a person's posting history.
Because it's MetaTalk and we expect people to work that sort of stuff out among themselves, but I agree with you: not cool.
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Cortex, you're more intelligent than not to understand thought experiments. Just sayin'. Mull it over for a few months then tell me what you think.
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Toad baked some cookies. “These cookies smell very good,” said Toad. He ate one. “And they taste even better,” he said. Toad ran to Frog’s house. “Frog, Frog,” cried Toad, “taste these cookies that I have made.”
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To me the difference between "I really don't like this' and what I perceive of as flaming is the protracted dug-in hateyness of it. And the performative aspect (i.e. the "I am doing this because people are watching me do this") One or... [
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Without getting too much into it, I was recently faced with a similar, though not quite as actute, problem. My father died shortly after his health started to decline, quite recently. My father was a wonderful man with a serious chronic drinking... [
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If you find it axe-grindy, maybe that's a problem with you.
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nobody in this thread has bothered to thank the police that were there that day, and thanking God that we have an organization like the FBI for promising to find out who did this no matter what it takes?
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Using sexually threatening language like that is beyond offensive.
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I went from being a pretty couch-y person to being someone who is at the gym a few days a week without fail or walking around outside doing stuff. I almost never want to go but I'm decent at putting my ass in the car and getting there. Here is what... [
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Mr. The Whelk
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Ev and Caterina dated? I'd love to see a similar chart for the Movable Type/6A folks. No love for Jack Saturn! [
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[Don't do that "people are getting bombed other places in the world every day" thing either. There is a MeTa thread, you can go there.] [
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If I ignore a story about a weddings bombing, it's because I'm spending "attention" doing other stuff. Yet, if I'm already empathizing with strangers, then adding more works just fine.
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On the other hand, the moderation seems a tad too heavy handed.
29 31 comments deleted total out of almost 1000 which is less than the overall site average and a lot of them were jokes (early "too soon"? sorts of things and... [
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[Folks, please. Parodying the voices of media outlets you dislike is counterproductive to reasonable discussion in this thread. Riffing on worst case scenarios is toxic at this point. Reconsider doing that.... [
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If I'm understanding you correctly, he's suggesting some one way fares to get people to the airport where you are all converging so that you can fly out internationally? If that's the case then yes, that is exposing you to risk.
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Oh please oh please oh please do not try and pull us into this. This is fucking despicable.
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But I thought we were actively trying to be a diverse community?
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You should bring the delicious rice salad that I had at this dinner this week. It is simple, festive, tasty and interesting enough that people won't be all weird about it. I think it went something like this
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Friendly note: people who find it therapeutic to talk about hunting down and punishing the perpetrators need to have that conversation
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[Do not pre-doom the thread with random "I bet the people who feel other than I do will say/do $TerribleThing" comments please. ] [
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We are now on duty in three places. We appreciate everyone's assistance in trying to keep calm and collected as news trickles in. [
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[Please don't start the mental illness debate right now, please] [
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This latitude applies to the content of the post as well. I congratulate this website, for howtofinddealer is now a MeFi tag. What took so long?
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They for sure can comment at the top of a thread. I've seen it at least twice.
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[Chill folks, there is an open MeTa thread if you need to complain or make this personal. People deal with terrible news in different ways.] [
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Yes, they would crowd out the left wing red meat.
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