MeTa comment:
"A few months ago I was at work at the famous indie bookstore and some frizzy-haired dude came up to me, looked at me for a moment and said 'Do you post at Metafilter?' 'Who wants to know?' I asked. 'Me. nasreddin...'
I was sort of expecting some..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Solon and Thanks, adamdschneider, louche mustachio
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"But forcing the most involved commenters into a ghetto of a crowded over-long barely-loadable thread just so that Matt can keep the horror of political opinion off the public marquee is a slap in the face.
As the snark flies...
On a blue and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cashman
Yesterday
MeTa comment:
"I believe people all over the world are going to look back at the Palin nomination as a defining moment for our time.
Man, our time is pathetic." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by Mastercheddaar, shmegegge, XMLicious, longdaysjourney, penduluum, mediareport, Lentrohamsanin, bugbread, h00py, dyoneo, Abiezer
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"listing your favorite books and authors is a crucial, if risky, part of self-branding
It's always nice when livestock learn to do things for themselves...." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by Hello Dad, I'm in Jail, ryanfou, Durn Bronzefist, Zeker, mippy, tehloki, Wolof, spaceman_spiff, graventy, turgid dahlia, sebastienbailard, bodywithoutorgans, lukemeister, quintessencesluglord, Your Time Machine Sucks, nasreddin, hattifattener, fleetmouse, LucretiusJones, Bitter soylent
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Great, now I'm imagining Aubrey Morris, aka Mr. Deltoid, in a porno: "Take my trousers off, yess? I've heard of ending up in stripey holes, but this is ridiculous, yess? Oh yess? Yess? YESS?"
The second scene in the Sexxxing montage..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by imperium, BrotherCaine, JHarris, ooga_booga, subgear, turgid dahlia, ao4047, gregvr, Hactar, hal9k, nola, TypographicalError
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Will there be bridezillas who want their hubby-to-be injected with the genes of Gibbon apes, wolves, termites, coyotes, barn owls, beavers, bald eagles, golden eagles, condors, swans, brolga cranes, French angel fish, sandhill cranes, pigeons, prions..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by BrotherCaine, nickyskye
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Bleargh.
We can do better at making Republicans look like dicks than this.
Shit, so can they." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by etaoin
3 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Maybe it is indeed a "stunt post" - but its one that happens to have genuine content that is worthy in its own right.
I agree, but the framing cuts the legs out from under it in such a way that the content would not be the main focus,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 days ago
MeTa comment:
"No true Scotsman would ever dare disparage oatmeal.
I'm not sure a true Scotsman could afford to, unless he wants to subsist on a diet consisting solely of every part of the sheep that isn't edible...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Cool Papa Bell
4 days ago
MeTa comment:
"If this MeTa proves anything, it's that being a defective human has nothing to do with one's chromosome count." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by supercrayon, skyper, madamjujujive, Falconetti, grapefruitmoon, Asparagirl, Pope Guilty, iamkimiam, hydropsyche, nasreddin
4 days ago
MeTa comment:
"angrybeaver is a cool username.
Can the same be said for placidmuskrat or "Hey, it's cool, man"otter?
Case closed." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by willie11, fourcheesemac, kyleg, fogster, vytae, bitter-girl.com, Dormant Gorilla, nasreddin
4 days ago
MeTa comment:
"a poster who might not be aware his link isn't as fresh as thought
It's a website, not a dairy case." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by merelyglib
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"clowns like those at hillaryis44 who maintain that they won't vote for Obama and will, in fact, vote for McCain: "I’d love to be able to do that. But I can’t. OBAMA CAN NOT BE TRUSTED. And for me, that’s the bottom line. Now, I can vote for..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by jonp72, lord_wolf, Solon and Thanks, redfisch, verb, quonsar, Korou, Durn Bronzefist, dirigibleman, Blazecock Pileon, enn
8 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I do like "placidmuskrat" though.
Well, since All posts are © their original authors, you'll be paying a bit more than $5 for that shiny new account. We here at the Intellectual Properties Division of AmperCorp. accept most major credit..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by IndigoRain
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I still can't beleive no-one called me out on "HYPERTHETICAL".
Meh, I pretty much wrote off anything you had to say after your description of Namor egregiously omitted the Sub-Mariner's ankle wings.
Luzer...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by djfiander, ursus_comiter
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"If you're the product of an interspecies dalliance between a human sea Captain and an Atlantean princess, sprouting ankle wings is probably the best case scenario in the 'What weird shit could come of such a genetically unholy union?' sense of things...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
""Where the world comes, together."
"World's fastest man indeed."
"Officer I swear, her country said she was 16!"" [
more]
favorited 29 times, recently by bitter-girl.com, Kimothy, elizardbits, cgomez, every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes, bugbread, phredgreen, grobstein, Hubajube, pyrex, grandsham, Dragonness, Lou Stuells, JHarris, sixswitch, tehloki, koeselitz, Servo5678, scrump, decagon, milov, RussHy, arcticwoman, MikeKD, roll truck roll, mek, aye, jonp72, Telf
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"McCain could have easily side-stepped the question:
"Heh... [light chuckle]... to be honest with you, there's only one house for me. It's a bit of a fixer-upper [non-scary smile], but it's got a lot of charm and, and a lot of character..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by iamkimiam, grobstein
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I love that reporters are staking out a sticker factory, looking for sources nearby.
Hopefully while they're there they'll do a hard-hitting investigative piece on what goes into the Banana Scratch & Sniffs.
'Cuz that shit don't smell like..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by dirtdirt, brain cloud, Hilweh
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"who among us has not surreptitiously corrected a public sign?
I haven't, because:
a) I'm not that arrogant a prick, and
b) Becoming a spelling commando may be the best thing that's ever happened to your Twitter feed, but it doesn't do anything..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by penduluum, divabat, tehloki, tyllwin, doctor_negative
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Stuff White People Buy
"Before I die I want to spend as little time as possible with assholes."
Ditto, that's when I closed the tab." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jayder
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Besides, who needs rhythmic gymnastics, sync swimming, or other barely-sports anyway anyway?
Both require a pretty high level of coordination, focus, and endurance. Lord knows they're more interesting to watch than baseball or cycling...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dreama
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I didn't put them in the same category as real books.
That's probably because they're not books, they're comics, you silly wank. Do you put TV programs in the same category as films, too?
Comics are getting way too expensive, and the audience..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lentrohamsanin
12 days ago
MeTa comment:
"It was funnier without the soulsapping political correctness.
And if you had been funny.
Shall I expect Matt to also step in...
Yeah, what's up with the three of those guys, it's like they think they moderate and administer the site or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by schyler523
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"And who else but rednecks would build a giant replica horse?
The Achaeans?" [
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favorited 23 times, recently by Locative
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Near as I can tell dame is still around and participating, albeit with less frequency.
Seconding the amberglow-missing.
Naxosaxur I'm not really familiar with, beyond the slight irritation I experience every time I see the username and realize it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Snoopy doodles a kitty and Kilroy in this strip from 1967. Thanks for the wag, crapmatic!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spec80
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Might I suggest a regular feature on Geometry called "The Line Segment"?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"My 45-day quest to convince myself that I didn't just waste 45 days." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Knigel
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I have awesome credit and a stable financial situation thanks to my folks giving me something far better than cash and prizes. It's called "knowing how to live within your means". A hell of a lot of folks know how to do it, it's just not..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by nasreddin
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"More testicles mean more iron.
"Hey, honey, Dung Chow Ping died!"
Deng Xiaoping's ghost is not amused." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"*Steps up to microphone, taps it once, twice, coughs*
Has this happened to you?!?
"Dude, check this out!"
"Oooo, look at that link! 'BUSH TO BE IMPEACHED!', wow! I better click it!"
[Opens link]
"NEVAHGONNAGIVE!..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by paisley henosis
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"the Metafilter thread on the Violet Blue affair is now longer than that provoked by 9/11
On a cursory look, the highest user number in the original September 11, 2001 thread is around 12k. Nowadays, there's 75kers running around, and I'm thinking..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by paisley henosis
3 weeks ago
