MeFi comment:
"If say there was a DNA test that could prove without any scientific doubt that men are better than women, whites are better than hispanics, and asians better than whites in math, what would you do with the results?
I'd use it as more data in the..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Arch_Stanton, juv3nal, yoink, Perplexity, Skorgu, Jpfed, kid ichorous
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, but did they test Asian women?
No, all the data is based on American high school students. So, essentially they've found that in a group that can't do maths at all, there are just as many girls as boys who can do maths...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by small_ruminant, Goofyy
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"Please start posting about poor missing/dead minority women.
He didn't say he cares about missing/dead poor/non-white women, just that he dislikes people caring about rich white ones...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by TheOnlyCoolTim
7 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Yea, I object to the Pommy/Seppo-centric nature of this conversation.
When I was growing up 'twat' was pretty much the only swearword my mother would use. It's about as offensive as 'oh my goodness!'. 'Cunt' can be used either like 'fuckhead'..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by h00py
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Sir Richard of ... Tissington Hall, ... heavily in debt having borrowed "a hell of a lot" to convert an old stable block into a small private school that has now closed for want of pupils. ...
"Ideally, I'd like to put a marquee up in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by delmoi, WPW
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"I thought it might help you feel less alone and 'running out of time' if you could see some of the previous versions of this question:
'What should I be when I grow up?',
'Am I too old for an MBA?',
'Is 30 too late to get a degree?',
'How old..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by handabear, fingers_of_fire, humannaire
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"How is the extreme science-y end of things anywhere CLOSE to as lethal as the extreme religious-y end?
Umm..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by magstheaxe
Last month
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"I think I replied-to-all for one, but I can't remember why: it might have been because of the nature of the story itself. If it's from someone I don't know very well I ignore it and mentally reduce my evaluation of their competence at life. If it's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Skyanth
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I skip all those recipes off allrecipes, etc., that want me to use '1 can cream of xx soup' as the base flavour/sauce. Seriously? I'm looking for a recipe - I am trying to make real food...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by sotonohito, Siberian Mist, uncleozzy
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Oddly enough, I was familiar with this practice from a children's novel I read about it years ago - Mama's Babies, by Gary Crew." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pianomover
Last month
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"I have the studying focus of a two year old except for the 24 hours before an exam. A couple years ago I was trying to be really responsible and start studying earlier, but found it difficult to motivate myself sufficiently to stop just screwing..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chara
Last month
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"I used Workrave, originally for reminders to stretch and then I thought of using it as a prompt to actually do something useful :) I've started studying for exams on Saturday and next week already, so maybe I'm getting better :)
I also use..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nooneyouknow
Last month
MeFi comment:
"My mother had polio as a child and can't use her right leg (has a caliper). I remember as a kid reading a storybook about Elizabeth Kenny's treatment of polio patients, and 'I can jump puddles', the first section of Alan Marshall's autobiography,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by h00py
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Are there seriously people who don't know that BMI is not used for kids? That 'over-diagnosis of anorexia' link sounds like a scifi nightmare: people are being forcibly treated for anorexia simply because they are short! I don't believe it.
Also,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Monochrome, Pope Guilty, Blazecock Pileon
Last month
Ask post:
How to 'fess up to slacking off.
favorited 10 times, recently by casarkos, bilabial, BenzeneChile, yohko, emyd, DulcineaX, needled, WalterMitty, LobsterMitten, GaelFC
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Dear fucking christ, you know all that stuff people say about sexism in IT and the world and the internet and all that shit? It's never touched me. I have known, from other people's stories, that it exists, that somehow people can behave in a way..." [
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favorited 32 times, recently by ifjuly, ch1x0r, gemmy, loquacious, casarkos, shiu mai baby, theora55, susanbeeswax, M Edward, effigy, h00py, tippiedog, FelliniBlank, notashroom, LiliaNic, Wilder, msali, flatluigi, marble, arcticwoman, chunking express, bonaldi, retronic, headspace, cavalier, Pope Guilty, Jilder, porn in the woods, jammy, scrump, nicepersonality, Hot Like Your 12V Wire
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I had the fortunate advantage of reading all your comments and then being forced to leave for a meeting for an hour before I could respond. I still had to edit my response heavily before it came across as reasonable, and for an example of my..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by divabat, miss-lapin
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Me of all people? I thought I actually was demonstrating 'taking responsibility for lifting the level of discourse'. Clearly, however, I am as dead* to you, so I'm going to go drink my sorrows away over the long weekend.
*or maniacally violent,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by miss-lapin, lore
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Act like an asshole, and I'll treat you like one.
And you wonder why people aren't giving you the courtesy of 'cordial, cogent responses'? That's exactly the reasoning everybody else has used in responding to you. If you actually want a real..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by miss-lapin
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"huh. It's all about me now - I feel special. You know what, jsonic? I'm a total non-confrontational wuss. Part of why this whole thing infuriated me so much is that I am absolutely that girl who would be all 'um...ok' while thinking "NO! WTF?..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by miss-lapin, shelleycat, klangklangston
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"LiveLurker: If by 'melting' you mean 'dies', then yes, some people do 'melt' in the 'rain' without an 'umbrella'." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Locative
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"and on non-preview, papakwanz is accepting Justinian's apology, yes?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bonaldi
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"bathtub burrito pudding guy
Holy shit, am I glad I didn't click on that godkiller thing!
Also, Grod: today's winner of person I would most like to never hear from again...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Joseph Gurl
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I just thought it was my net connection and kept refreshing - in my defense, it's actually April 2 here!
screenshots:
one
two
three
(it just keeps slowly changing colour)..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by vers, tehloki, LobsterMitten, tastybrains
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I find it disgusting that people are suggesting that prison rape is somehow a desirable outcome in any situation." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by misha, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, Hutch, Locative, nicepersonality, ryanrs, Malor, nasreddin, Blazecock Pileon, batmonkey, boo_radley, jedicus, the other side, Pope Guilty
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"A lot of my beliefs/opinions have been changing over the past few years, but I would be reluctant to pin the blame on mefi specifically (as opposed to 'an influence') for most of them. However, my opinion of the US as a place to live has gone waaaaay..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by 0xFCAF
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Yea, I love cricket commentary. Massive respect to a guy who can think 'hey, I'm pretty sure that somebody else once bowled that exact combination of sixes and dot balls, ah yes, old Whatsit in the second innings of the '67 Test between X and Y'! I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by peacheater
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"My former housemate's awesome recipe for blue cheese sauce:
"Saute crushed garlic (I like 2 cloves) for 2 minutes in tablespoon butter or olive oil for 2 minutes on medium heat in a good size frying pan.
Add a goodly amount of ground pepper..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by exceptinsects
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"You have absolutely no legal recourse for the fact that you dated him without knowing he was bisexual, that he deliberately withheld this information, or even if he flat out lied about it. None. Not even if he was cheating on you with other guys. The..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by flatluigi, confusionball, DevilsAdvocate, minervous
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I updated the script (still here), the buttons look screwed up now but it deletes individual notes. If anyone knows how to fix the buttons I'd appreciate it!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ooga_booga
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"It sounds completely intuitive that, if the only thing you change about your life is the amount of exercise you're doing, you'll be more tired. People who exercise properly also need to eat and sleep properly, but people who don't do anything all day..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Hermes32
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I manage to pack my whole life into a few boxes to move every couple of years, but my brother is so un-consumerist that when he thought his car had been stolen (containing everything he owned in the world, while he drove around Australia for a year),..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by divabat, milestogo, schyler523, bh, JHarris
5 months ago
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"Locking a tab means disabling the Close options for it, so you can't accidentally close it in the midst of ten others. To do it manually, right-click on a tab and there should be an option saying 'lock this tab'. I assume this is a firefox feature,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dawson
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"maxwelton: A surprisingly large number of psychotic parents think their snowflake will be better off for having a 'unique' name. I knew three sisters named Amey, Emiliy and Rachaelle, all pronounced in the normal way. Poor bastards...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
5 months ago
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"My cousins' house was basically uncleaned for years, as their mother's schizophrenia got worse. The children there were also clean and tidy and loved, but the house was a dump - and aside from any health issues, it certainly affects kids knowing that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tristeza
6 months ago
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"FFS, so the girlfriend hasn't contacted the OP. She has definitely been in contact with her ex, who was actually supposed to be looking after the cat. While we're hoping, I hope ecs gets over themselves and gives the cat back to it's damn owner, or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
6 months ago
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"I'm one of six kids, so when we all lived at home there'd be two loads of laundry every day. Mum would run the hose out of the machine into a collection of buckets and the sink to collect the rinse water, then fill the machine with it for the second..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by stupidsexyFlanders
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"rtha's story reminded me of my own random friendly stranger: I was catching an overnight train back from Italy towards Paris, near the end of both my trip to Europe and my money, sharing a compartment with a mother and daughter and a random..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by amberglow
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I never understood how people can be in a ridiculously locked down environment and yet still be free to browse metafilter as they like. Surely anywhere you actually can't run firefox, they'd want to restrict browsing altogether? (I actually suspect..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by paduasoy
6 months ago
