MeTa comment:
"Everybody on the site would meet each other in person on a regular basis.
One thing that attracts me to Metafilter is its similarity to an old-school BBS, both in its format and in the quality of its user base. However, there is one crucial..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by misha, mkultra, schyler523, loquacious, Solon and Thanks, roll truck roll, Tube, Navelgazer, dog food sugar, batmonkey
6 days ago
MeFi post:
Freeways Without Futures
favorited 13 times, recently by Dee Xtrovert, manguero, Mach5, Bahro, limnrix, regicide is good for you, limeonaire, There's No I In Meme, BrotherCaine, lunit, Rykey, Navelgazer, pracowity
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I love it when people talk about pot, and they drag out some crusty old hippie that they knew and kick him around for a bit as an example of "losers who smoke pot." What about all the lawyers, engineers, and other successful people who..." [
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favorited 49 times, recently by swlabr, scission
Last month
MeFi comment:
"There was a post like this a while back discussing this "phenomenon" in reference to Judd Apatow comedies.
I've found that the people who write pieces like this are usually bullshit social commentators who like to present personal..." [
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favorited 25 times, recently by ifjuly
Last month
MeTa post:
Apology.
favorited 11 times, recently by LobsterMitten, you're overprivileged (and dumb), nickyskye, orrnyereg, jpdoane, BrotherCaine, Phalene, Blazecock Pileon, iamkimiam, Fiasco da Gama, Coatlicue
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
".... popping back in to say that I'm also offended by the degree to which people are just dismissing the OP's concerns. A number of people have done so in a rather insulting manner. And, worst of all - JOKES HAVE BEEN MADE! (gasp!)
Does the OP..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by vsync, EatTheWeak, ukdanae, bugbread, Liosliath, schyler523, Mick, Symeon, grobstein, MythMaker, nowonmai, toomuchpete, waraw, Ambrosia Voyeur, theiconoclast31, rocket88, ekstasis23
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Yeah, this whole line of thinking that "guys don't have it as bad as women have it, so stop your complaining" is particularly toxic. What, you think that Asians don't have the right to complain about discrimination because they don't have..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bugbread, grobstein
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"NY Mag : Writing awful trend pieces are our business, why you want to read them is yours" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Maias
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I think that you probably misread my original comment. When I said this :
this whole line of thinking that "guys don't have it as bad as women have it, so stop your complaining" is particularly toxic.
I wasn't speaking specifically..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by johnjoe
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The gorillas share the park with tens of thousands of heavily armed soldiers engaged in a three-way guerrilla war between two rival militias and the Congolese army.
Further proof that gorillas and guerrillas don't mix...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Afroblanco: Not like I expect any of you to understand, since it's such always such a freakin' boyzone in here.
Jessamyn: It's not generally, but comments like this make it moreso.
Orang Swan : Uh, Jessamyn, that whole comment was obviously..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Skorgu, timeistight, nasreddin
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Holy crap. Watching y'all duke it out is fun and all, but this really needs to stop.
Can we just agree on a few simple premises?
1) Women on the pill DO get pregnant.
2) To suggest that a woman may occasionally forget her pill is NOT..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by marsha56, clerestory
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I hate playing post police, but this is kind of a crap post. A couple links to forum posts, a link to a mefi thread, a google search, a blog post, a savage love article, a wikipedia entry, an askme post, a link to literotica, and another mefi thread...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lizc
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Also, I have to admit, LobsterMitten's description of the Trickster Girlfriend made me laugh out loud. I imagine this malign, Loki-like figure running around stealing mens' sperm and dreaming of juicy child support checks. Someone should turn that..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Miko, scody
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hearing people talk about playing real music for their kids is heartening and encouraging and makes me feel good inside. I think the idea of a kid rocking out to "19th Nervous Breakdown" is awesome and adorable and cute in every possible..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by UbuRoivas
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"web 2.0 companies with awful made-up names die die die die die
just shell out the fucking dough to buy a real domain already, jeez
it's like they want us to laugh at them or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"And Naoko, I love you for naming yourself after a character in a Murakami book. Some day I want to meet Murakami in one of his restaurants (which no doubt resemble the bar from South of the Border, West of the Sun) and shoot the shit with him and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by reductiondesign
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The Illuminatus Trilogy, it was cute at first, but then I realized that it was like 800 pages of suck, and it became a grudge match.
Hey now! No shitting on the Illuminatus Trilogy. I read that book when I was 15 and it changed my life!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Who_Am_I
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"How about books that you are embarrassed to have read?
Winter's Tale. Helprin's prose isn't merely purple; it's positively ultraviolet." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Navelgazer, goethean
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If it was meant in good-natured humor, this was hilarious.
If it was meant to have the ugly tinge of disrespect that a lot of anti-cory and anti-xeni humor often has, fuhgeddaboutit.
And guys, please don't respond to Dios...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"What a terrible way to play the game.
Scrabble should be about enjoying the English language and improving your vocabulary. If you play with the scrabble dictionary, all that you're doing is proving your ability to memorize a book of fake words...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by turgid dahlia
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I actually approve of this.
The whole "Obama is a Muslim" meme seems absolutely retarded to anyone with an IQ above 30, but the mouth-breathers who have been ruining this country for the past 8 years have fallen for it hook, line, and..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by tractorfeed, vsync, juiceCake, JHarris, everichon, etaoin, lukemeister
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Actually, I think that people should have their kids declawed and their cats circumsized, but that's just me. AND STOP MAKING PALESTINE SUCH A BOYZONE!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by grobstein
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"You people only think that MeFi is a boyzone because you're too fat to get your cats declawed. Obviously, the antidepressants aren't working. Then again, how can one be happy at a time like this, what with Israel making life a living hell for all..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dorian
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I actually enjoy watching people get all hissy about stuff like this. It's an amusing way to cap off the day." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Zambrano
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"He's still better than McCain." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by dawiz, axon, giantfist, Twicketface, John of Michigan, adamp88, tehloki, cass, chuckdarwin, blueberry, cashman, oaf
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I loved Doctor Sbaitso. He was loads more helpful than that Talking Parrot motherfucker." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by robcorr
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"That's just absurd. The drum circle was there first. And it's not like it attracts crime or anything, so you can't argue that it's a quality of life issue. It's local flavor, and if you don't like it, you can go back to the UES or Jersey or..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by teleri025, doctor_negative
3 months ago
MeFi post:
The Ramones like you've never seen them before.
favorited 12 times, recently by mike3k, Navelgazer, Mamapotomus, hal9k, evilelf, pdb, sidr, Slack-a-gogo, intermod, Haruspex, Pope Guilty, arto
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"2. They do not understand the influence they have over the women who read them, nor do they accept any responsibility as role models for young women who are coming of age searching for lifestyles to emulate.
If you're a young woman coming of age..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by rokusan, Jacqueline, 0xFCAF, aeschenkarnos
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Sometimes I feel that MeTa is a useful part of the community. At other times, I feel that it's the most mean-spirited group therapy session ever convened.
Symbolic interactionalism can be a bitch. We all want, very badly, to develop each other...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nomisxid, acro
3 months ago
