MeFi comment:
"Fat is one area where it is completely acceptable for a bunch of strangers to sit around making moral judgments about someone they don’t know - often with a lack of basic respect or empathy, with little knowledge about the science around this issue,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by aeschenkarnos
12 days ago
MeFi post:
Belles Lettres
favorited 52 times, recently by bumbleintuit, prophetsearcher, omarr, JaredSeth, cazoo, flibbertigibbet, benimoto, of strange foe, Foci for Analysis, amberglow, taff, pantufla, muymuy, hippugeek, Smegoid, stet, dtp, keds, deafmute, blahblahblah, painquale, whimwit, Haruspex, horseblind, Hal Mumkin, nicepersonality, Optimus Chyme, kpmcguire, Kifer85, kickback, jokeefe, lemhuxley, Spacelegoman, grouse, headlessagnew, katillathehun, phooky, trip and a half, Richard Daly, Blazecock Pileon, motty, fire&wings, heresiarch, felix betachat, kosem, tkchrist, mr vino, sculpin
4 weeks ago
MeFi post:
Just call 'em slabs of joy.
favorited 25 times, recently by rmd1023, TheDonF, keds, nenequesadilla, Caduceus, daravida, marcelm, rabinowitz, palomar, Hackworth, BrotherCaine, jstef, PueExMachina, tomble, pointystick, sacre_bleu, Science!, interiority, geekyguy, Xere, miss-lapin, Blazecock Pileon, silby, The Light Fantastic, youcancallmeal
Last month
MeFi post:
Audio as Visual
favorited 53 times, recently by Kikkoman, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, phaedon, keds, senterstyle, bach, salishsea, Bron, thisjax, dlanznar, whir, jouke, subtle-t, Cassilda, moocheen, nicolin, ravelite, Hat Maui, sebastienbailard, reishus, Seekerofsplendor, ltracey, billtron, figment of my conation, Sailormom, ntartifex, soplerfo, honeydew, waraw, kuujjuarapik, johnj, estherbester, nímwunnan, UbuRoivas, minervous, fondle, Rinku, Elmore, ryoshu, azlondon, tip120, yertledaturtle, retronic, eustatic, P.o.B., invitapriore, flapjax at midnite, aheckler, hackwolf, yoga, box, artaxerxes, googly
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Boys, boys! We don't need to fight--you can use Pandora and Last.fm at the same time!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by xorry
2 months ago
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"I wanted to add that Aristotle had much to say on the topic as well." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pipstar
2 months ago
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"Well, some Christians believe that the child-rape that goes on in FLDS communities should be legal before same-sex marriage under the guise of religious freedom and--get this!--tolerance. Do yourself a favor and avoid the comments on that post. UGH...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Brian B.
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"As noted, it's been done. And I hate to forget about the children, but this is far more exploitative of those stuck in the complex maze of cocaine capitalism. Anyway, my curiosity as to the obvious way in which hiptards will attempt to consume this..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by PostIronyIsNotaMyth
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"For the record, I don't think Dave Sim hates women.
The man is not a misogynist.
Wait, what? I'm not familiar with the guy, but just scanning his "tangents" betrays a deep-seated animosity towards women:
If abortion is, as the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by flibbertigibbet, axon, Nattie, Sangermaine
2 months ago
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"And I'm no hippie, but if the side effects of some herbs put you off, you might be frightened by what the real drugs can do." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wafaa
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Student of Man, this isn't the first time that you've lashed out at the Western media over what you see as their interpretation of the situation in Zimbabwe. If you find the debate one-sided, do you care elucidate the other side(s)? I have yet to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I found another online Warhol-izer that's a bit more complex. Here's a really nice exploration of what this "Warhol" style really consists of and thus how it can be achieved in Photoshop. This is a simpler but nice Photoshop Warhol..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by NolanRyanHatesMatches
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"#1 - Coffee
#2 - Religions their parents don't belong to
#3 - Film Festivals
#4 - Assists
#5 - Farmers' Markets
#6 - Organic Foods
#7 - Diversity
#8 - Barack Obama
#9 - Making you feel bad about not going outside
#10 - Wes Anderson
#11 -..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by mammary16, sparkletone, estherbester, the christopher hundreds, GrammarMoses, blacklite, apostrophe, nervestaple, ch1x0r, BinGregory, Baby_Balrog, Rock Steady, a young man in spats, Optimus Chyme, dydecker, yerfatma, chunking express
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Also, some think of vegetarianism/veganism as a feminist issue. See Carol Adams' The Sexual Politics of Meat and The Pornography of Meat." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by agregoli
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"okay, as a feminsit she's not keen on the idea of using women's bodies to sell things. understood. but if she's not into the idea of using veganism to sell women's bodies, would she prefer they use meat? what precisely is the relationship that..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by agregoli, BrotherCaine
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Triple Canopy is nice except for the unscalability; the keyboard shortcuts especially are a considerate touch. But that Rosa B interface is all. Kinds. Of. Fucked. Up. Who wants to feel anixety about whether their mouse pointer might drift two pixels..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fcummins
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I really thought that if and when this story ended up here, MetaFilter would be better than to snark about sexual assault along with the rest of the internets.
I really did...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by agregoli
4 months ago
MeTa post:
God be wi'ye.
favorited 10 times, recently by sveskemus, greta simone, onlyconnect, eriko, TwoWordReview, halitosis, Effigy2000, [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST], shelleycat, schyler523
4 months ago
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"I don't know that there's a name for it, but some people aligned with various ethical eating movements promote doing so. Some foraging movements have hunting counterparts, and parts of the anarcho-primitivist movement hunt/forage/etc. These forums..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Greg Nog
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh dear me I love Linda Barry so very, very much; I must now alarm my roommate by jumping up and doing the funky chicken with all the groove God has so graciously given me...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by not_on_display
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? ALAS...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by eriko, rockhopper
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Look, I've already laid out my creepiness in front of him and a thousand* MeFite witnesses in real life, so let me just say here: jonmc was the whole reason why I finally signed up for this site after lurking for a long ass time. Someone better let..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by hjo3, tehloki, schyler523, By The Grace of God
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"Waxy.org Links - link blog much like kottke's
3QuarksDaily - "...science, design, literature, current affairs, art, and anything else we deem inherently fascinating."
Damn Interesting - longer articles, but, well...damn interesting.
and,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by I Foody
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'd noticed long ago that every ostensibly literate liberal arts college attendee/graduate I know triumphantly tacks Marquez up on their facebook profile as an emblem of their erudition. It's annoying. I love the guy, but I'm not about to lump my..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by uaudio
6 months ago
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"Seth Godin says that "people talking about you is far more effective than talking about yourself," noting that his stats show that he sells more copies of others' books that he promotes on his blog than his own...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by anildash
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Similar, if more sinister, idea sold by ThinkGeek here; an alarm clock that donates money to a cause you disagree via WiFi with each time the snooze button is pressed.
The SnuzNLuz uses the very complex psychological phenomemon known as 'HATRED'...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by poweredbybeard
6 months ago
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"...or your seafood of choice:
broiled chili shrimp
broiled orange roughy
cold broiled swordfish
dijon glazed broiled salmon
broiled lobster tails
broiled scallops
Okay, I'm hungry now...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by melorama, RobotHeart, peacheater
6 months ago
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"Did you Google? The Straight Dope result is the first answer.
Apparently, someone won the Ig Nobel Prize asking this very question. From the article:
“To our surprise, the removal of the high frequencies didn’t reduce the aversive qualities of..." [
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favorited 12 times
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"p.s. i don't believe in god but i do like data kthx" [
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favorited 1 time
11 months ago
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"To further answer your first question:
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has an article on acquiring English as a second language. Wikipedia has a good summary of the research done to date on critical period. The idea is that there..." [
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favorited 1 time
Last year
MeFi comment:
"phylum sinter writes "anybody else got any favorite equally wow-worthy infographics to share?"
Try the information aesthetics weblog. Lots of juicy infovis on a daily basis...." [
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favorited 1 time
Two years ago
Ask comment:
"Here's a PS tutorial on getting a comic-y effct, and another on acheiving "Sin City"-style illustrations." [
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favorited 1 time
Two years ago
MeFi comment:
"More:
"1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
= Durability = Fun = Educational = Overall
Ooz or Lose!, May 4, 2006
Reviewer: Ima Retard "Ima" (USA) - See all my reviews
I'm not sure if any one else is having this..." [
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favorited 1 time
Two years ago
MeTa comment:
"Phew, I having been searching desperately for a "Favorites" link since I noticed the "+ add to favorites" a few minutes ago and went wild clicking on every thread I could. Thanks...." [
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favorited 1 time
Two years ago