MeTa comment:
"I taught a class today for high school staff and teachers. The topic was Google docs. I was showing people how you could create a form and have it populate a spreadsheet. Pretty tame stuff right? There were 19 people in the class including my boss,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Sova, Caduceus
4 minutes ago
MeTa comment:
"Would it kill y'all to have to see an opinion you don't agree with occasionally? Sheesh.
If this is a joke, it is an annoying one." [
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favorited 31 times, recently by odinsdream, Nattie, jroybal, brina, almostmanda, Reverend John, nadawi, Ms. Saint, umbú, mordax, redfisch, Lentrohamsanin, Lexica, ericthegardener, scody, pravit, teleri025, 0xFCAF, cj_, Sidhedevil, ooga_booga, EatTheWeak, Pope Guilty, LittleMissCranky, rtha, The Light Fantastic, special-k, Caduceus, dirtynumbangelboy, Space Kitty, Pronoiac
34 minutes ago
Ask comment:
"[comment removed - if you can't talk about roux without calling people idiots you need to come back to AskMe when you can be decent to people.]" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jefficator
2 ¼ hours ago
MeTa comment:
"I don't recall getting any message from you via the contact form and I answer most of the mail. You seem to not like it here and take great offense at what are just the day to day operations of a website that has human moderators. AskMe is more..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by jmnugent, blueberry, kiki_s, peep, strixus, oneswellfoop, grouse, boo_radley, scrump, Optimus Chyme
Almost 3 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"Maybe this just needs to go in that AskMe thread, but I'm chilled to hear the "I'm a nice guy I'm not going to rape you" line, especially since I've heard it before [from an okay guy, who didn't rape me but acted completely sexually..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Heretic, kalessin, foodmapper
5 ¼ hours ago
MeTa comment:
"what do you wish she'd done?
Good question. I guess I felt like she was telling me that since I was staring at the guys they were perceiving that as interest and so it was my fault they were giving me weird looks or fake asking me out (to be clear..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by PhoBWanKenobi, catchingsignals, foodmapper, mordax, Caduceus
Almost 7 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"The first time I remember being touched sexually in public by a strange man, I was with my parents in a London Tube station. I was 12 and a man smacked me in the rear as he was walking by.
This exact same thing happened to me when I was maybe 10...." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by PhoBWanKenobi, Infinite Jest, foodmapper, velvet winter, Secret Life of Gravy, heyho, madamjujujive, catchingsignals, kalessin, curie, Dormant Gorilla, rtha, hermitosis, bakerina
7 hours ago
MeTa comment:
""When the leopards get unleashed, this may change."
This is my new favorite insider phrase.
And kaibutsu, I hear you. I feel that sometimes especially progressive organizations can have a hard time trying at once to be inclusive and..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by yarrow, foodmapper, velvet winter, klangklangston, bakerina, kaibutsu, Caduceus, Forktine, rtha
8 hours ago
Ask comment:
"comment from a MeFite who would prefer to remain anonymous. Please, please don't do this. Encourage him to spend more time getting used to it, and encourage him not to give up. He is not in high school anymore, and may not realize the very real..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by douglaswth, Houstonian
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"If that were about black people instead of men, it would have been rightly shut down immediately.
This is not the case
Rape culture indeed.
I know right? Every time I think that the experiences of me and my close female friends are in some..." [
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favorited 43 times, recently by Lexica, Heretic, magstheaxe, god hates math, Sidhedevil, kalessin, klangklangston, bigbigdog, jonathanstrange, tweemy, Wilder, Space Kitty, mordax, ocherdraco, ambrosia, Miko, lazaruslong, pinky, philotes, Limiter, kiki_s, foodmapper, Elsa, Nattie, mothershock, koeselitz, nooneyouknow, Caduceus, marble, orrnyereg, nebulawindphone, ArkhanJG, bakerina, caddis, jokeefe, rtha, velvet winter, miskatonic, Doublewhiskeycokenoice, naju, heyho, palomar, Forktine
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"I think everyone, including the mods, should stick to that model, and not try to stretch it into something else.
Using words like "more" and "less" and "a lot" are normal parts of speaking vocabulary and are going to..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Arch_Stanton
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
""Well we had one rock in the road and now we have no road. The mountain has came off. It was unreal" Wowie, neat video." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nola, honest knave
more than 12 hours ago
Ask comment:
"I'm someone who is really fussy about noise and sleeping. I see them as two separate issues and sometimes the fussiness really becomes the thing that is keeping me from sleeping. I have no idea if you are like this or not. So, my ideas...
1. you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jenfullmoon
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"See Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory for a perfect representation.
If you've seen this show, this is a really apt statement. Wolowitz is portrayed as being an ubernerd, still lives with his mom, very smart but not "people smart" but likes..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mikeh
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for or how techie a project you're willing to undertake, but I've always been smitten with the MythTV project...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JanetLand
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"am I just being insecure and competitive unnecessarily, or do I have a point?
You have a point. That said, you can have a point and keep that point to yourself which is my suggestion of what you should do.
I had a friend for a long time who..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by deborah
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"Rhinoviruses which cause the common cold are thought to be very contagious. Baylor College of Medicine says this "The introduction of rhinovirus into a household by one family member causes the disease in about two-thirds or of other family..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by jjwiseman, LobsterMitten, ManInSuit, grouse
Yesterday
MeTa comment:
"We should write up a bunch of press releases anyhow, you know how mainstream media loves internet japery. Maybe we could get in Time Magazine!
what" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by not_on_display
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"Now I'm trying to remember where I read this.... I think it was in a book about the CDC, because of course I read that stuff for fun.... they were talking about a project that took place at one of those odd out of the way medical testing labs. I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LobsterMitten
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"I got a benzo prescription way back when, when my tinnitus was making me insanely anxious and I realized I was in a vicious circle and it needed to stop. Now I tell people that I think they can be lifesavers for situational anxiety that needs to not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by PhoBWanKenobi
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"What I like varies with what sort of sex I'm having and whether the guy I'm with has any particular talents in any one regard. Any generic "chicks dig this" statements will be wrong for a big population of women. That said, there are..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by AnneBoleyn
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"You know it's on a per-computer basis, right? Otherwise
1. I am not sure
2. you can always email us
I promise we are not fucking with you." [
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favorited 27 times, recently by Oddly, Mick, blucevalo, spaceman_spiff, dabitch, annathea, delmoi, lmm, stresstwig, serazin, stillwater, Jacqueline, bakerina, Galvatron, deborah, DevilsAdvocate, fixedgear, St. Alia of the Bunnies, MLIS, nadawi, flatluigi, By The Grace of God, thejanna, schyler523, the dief, boo_radley, iamkimiam
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Then, once you'd raised $20,000 take it public. The hard thing now is that for all of the public notice this thread gives you it is to only raise another $5,000.
Kickstarter only funds you if you hit your goal though, which encourages people to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by stilist
2 days ago
Ask comment:
"This is what I do.
- have a place to put mail when it comes in so it doesn't become part of the furniture
- open your mail as close to when you get it as you can. Immediately toss anything into the recycling bin that is not necessary [return..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Wilder, contrariwise, chicainthecity
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"This is odd timing. Someone who came from that thread left a bunch of "you're an asshole" comments on my personal blog today. No one from MeFi, or at least the IP addresses didn't match anyone, but that thread pissed them off and they came..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sambosambo
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"It's important that the astral mod NOT have any terrestrial mod powers, actually." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ocherdraco
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"We have a problem here in that people complain in threads to degrees that fuck up threads. They have a few possible avenues that are okay... taking stuff to email, taking stuff to Meta, getting over it. Usually I'm okay with anyone taking anything to..." [
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favorited 28 times, recently by dubitable, tzikeh, MLIS
2 days ago
Ask comment:
"Now my husband is saying ok, fine, we can do this, he wants me to have things that will help me. But I DON'T want to feel like I manipulated or guilt tripped him into this.
I would move forward on this, get the dog, realize that your emotions are..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by hot soup girl, TheLittlestRobot, By The Grace of God, barnone, beandip
3 days ago
Ask comment:
"I notice the slowness with the MBA compared to the MB Pro and I don't do much with it. It's the perfect laptop for what I need it for [slinging around in a backpack with a larger machine at home] so it's fine but as far as bang for buck, yeah you'll..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 days ago
MeTa comment:
"What's amazing is the amount of nasty I'm capable of dishing out contrasted to the amount of nasty I do actually dish out." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by oneswellfoop
4 days ago
MeTa comment:
"jessamyn: bacon bra yes or no?
*cortex: i think it's meh, because, hey, I saw that two weeks ago and whatever. On the other hand, people seem to love that shit.
*cortex: Except for the XXXX-and-counting have instead flagged that shit.
jessamyn:..." [
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favorited 59 times, recently by cortex
4 days ago
Ask comment:
"When I do get my pictures, I'm sure he'll tell me how sorry he is about the delay. I don't really care if he's sorry, and the delay isn't okay with me. What do I say?
To this direct question (and not the pushover question) I deal with this from..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Melismata
5 days ago
Ask comment:
"I'm not sure where you live but where I live -- a place where there is real winter -- I often put the covered pan out on the porch for an hour and then bring it in and put it in the fridge...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Nanukthedog
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"a certain worldview that I found difficult to leave totally unchallenged.
Then a personal email is the right way to address that if you can't answer the questions without being sarcastic [i.e. unhelpful]. I'm aware that you're not asking me..." [
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favorited 18 times, recently by surenoproblem
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Wait, so you people don't read every comment in every thread?
I do, and now I feel a little like that weird kid who reads the dictionary (who, to be fair, I also am)...." [
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favorited 19 times, recently by stoneweaver
5 days ago
Ask comment:
"There are a lot of people in your area doing systems work very happily in the public library systems in the general area where I live. In fact both Massachusetts and New Hampshire are looking into large state wide systems projects with their..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by rhizome
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"My vote has always been to have one day "off" per month where the site is totally inaccessible and everyone has to go do something else for a day. One of these days......." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by nola
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Pandemic, now, please. Apparently the population needs to be markedly thinned.
I think you have confused a MeTa thread about people's nice Halloween costumes for the "rants about how stupid people are" thread which is... elsewhere...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by odinsdream
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"BUT EVERY EPISODE OF THE IT CROWD IS ON NETFLIX AS AN INSTANT VIEWER
My father is going to rue the day he gave me his password and said "I like After Hours, can you pick some other movies I might like?..." [
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favorited 2 times
6 days ago
Ask comment:
"Like a lot of people, I have up days and down days that I can't always control as well as I'd like to. Over the past, maybe, five years I've noticed that there are some things I can do to sort of tip the scales at least a little bit and I try to do..." [
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favorited 6 times
6 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Which is why it is good that you willingly choose to participate in threads about Mad Men...
I think it does speak to the "except we're seeing a whole ton of non-Mad Men threads turn into Mad Men discussions or making Mad Men references"..." [
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favorited 1 time
6 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I have never seen it so I think these references just fly by me also. *whoosh*" [
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favorited 1 time
6 days ago
