jessamyn [8:33]: gay elf sex means what?
*cortex [8:33]: Dragon Age
*cortex [8:33]: it's this new game
*cortex [8:34]: there's this elf
jessamyn [8:34]: okay
*cortex [8:34]: he's gay
jessamyn [8:34]: you can stop at this point
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You know, MeTa is not so that we can have Nerd Thunderdome. If you have an issue with one specific person, your options are email, MeMail, getting over it, pie, hugging a tree or something I'm sure I haven't though of.... [
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Because I can tell you, if you think having one fake spouse is bad, having thirty of them will be worse. [
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I'm sorry you're feling poorly. I go through a bunch of stages really, the major one of which is really that it's okay to still love someone, what you're mostly getting used to is not being loved back. That is, it's okay to love someone who doesn't... [
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I'm rarely a vindictive person, but if I find out someone's asking lulzy questions under the guise of being someone with a true problem, I'll ban them so hard they'll forget MetaFilter ever existed.... [
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I wrote Lucy a nice non-anonymous comment on her blog.Ah the irony of the hot-under-the-collar web world.
Hi -- I'm not anonymous, I'm one of the moderators of MetaFilter and I got to spend some of my New Years Eve watching this unfold and making... [
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I keep a notecard my the computer for when I'm actually working and think of something offline that I'd like to do but can't at the moment. This drives my offline time. Here are some things on that list. Some of them have online components, but... [
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Great friends are people who
- remember your preferences for food/drink stuff and always make your coffee the way you like it
- send you little fun stuff in the mail for no reason
- remember things that are going on in your life and ask you... [
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Reminder to non-Americans: all the daytime mods do celebrate American Thanksgiving so if you could be cool today while we hang out with our families and/or friends we'd really appreciate it.... [
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I know people who have done this. It was sort of a craze with the crusty punk types in Seattle when I lived there. While I'll respect your right to not be talked out of it, I think a lot of your choices and decisions will be determined from where you... [
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This even though to the best of my knowledge I was never rude or hateful when discussing same.
This may be a matter of perspective. The specifc issue that this was centered around was that you would show up in threads discussing homosexuality and... [
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Calling it an experiment changed my view of what science is.
I know you're probably taking the piss here, but this sort of statement just makes me frustrated and sad.
We made a post about this and explained what we were doing and why. We did... [
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he's probably a pretty nice and decent guy who has some growing up to do.
My feeling exactly.
He's admitted he's a dweeb and doesn't quite get the "how to meet women" thing, but he's got a sense of humor and he's *24* for christ's... [
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The woman deserves a good mocking. Honestly.
No. No one does. If you feel otherwise, that's your right but it's not how we feel on the site at a mod level and it's not behavior we encourage or condone.... [
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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.
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I'm irrationally angry about this. Maybe we need to set up a non-profit Friends of MetaFilter group so that we can occasionally do the odd good work here and there?... [
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When I satisfy a woman, she pops.
Awwww, get one that isn't inflatable next time. [
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I can't imagine it gets much more cut and dried than that.
That explains a lot, actually.
- First of all, there's definitely the nuance of domestic vs "from away" terrorists, that's one.
- There's the "hey is murdering one guy... [
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