MeTa comment:
"Actually, I thought the deletions I saw were pretty reasonable.
'He smells like nothing': not a joke. He has no noticeable/memorable smell. The lead-in: other people's anecdotes, perfectly valid answers.
'He smells like B.O': funny enough to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Optimus Chyme, Nattie
3 days ago
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"anecdote: I'm just graduating in software development in Australia, and there seem to be jobs littered on the side of the road. As a (presumably) young American, you can try the BUNAC program for a 12 month visit, or get a skilled immigrant visa (60..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by libraryhead, lahersedor
11 days ago
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"I guess there's a fundamental divide in people's attitude to the transitivity of responsibility, because in my family getting a friend in to take over the housesitting would be fine...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by magstheaxe, TomMelee
12 days ago
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"Just felt that I should respond to Lottie's comment above: I've never heard anyone able to mathematically justify borrowing to pay off a HECS debt. It may well be slightly complicated to pay it back, but no more difficult than paying taxes in general...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by robcorr
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"This seems as good a place as any to present some conservative opinions from my brother, on why he supports McCain (out of order and disjoint, because they're extracted from a conversation). (Background: he's fairly anti-religious, anti-regulation,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, ignignokt
13 days ago
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"At the time I was like "We never get to do anything!!" But the other day I actually thanked my mum and told her I'd be doing the exact same thing with my own kids. Because did we ever get molested? Hell no we didn't!!
FFS, you know who..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by hazyjane, PhoBWanKenobi, tristeza, ZeroDivides, blue_beetle, lunasol, Meagan, Ookseer, qvtqht, shelleycat
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'd love to but I'm scared to leave the house in case there are American fundamentalists outside. I'm going to hole up in here with my liquor supply until Obama wins the election...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scody
2 weeks ago
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"You won't be in any trouble. You are not behind on your obligation at all, because compulsory repayments are calculated on your Australian taxable income. There is also no interest charged on HECS, it is annually indexed (using the CPI). You get a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by paleyellowwithorange
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"While talking about the transcript: what I found most disturbing about that session is that the bill (1663) was apparently about to pass with the 'support' of a senator not actually present. Is that correct? And it would have passed if somebody..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Deathalicious
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Have you thought of flagging them as 'noise'?" [
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favorited 12 times, recently by ooga_booga, mustard seeds, grouse, flatluigi, milestogo, RussHy, Pants!, toomuchpete, nitsuj, armoured-ant, cashman, DU
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"If I were American, Sarah Palin would have inspired me to give money to Obama, even if I had to do it on credit. If your country elects that woman, where everything I have seen indicates that she is a lying, hypocritical, barely educated moron who..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by sephira, atropos, Pantengliopoli, schyler523, dydecker, blueberry, five fresh fish, clarahamster, hecho de la basura, jamjam, Balonious Assault, Nice Guy Mike
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"And that is something that most non-Americans don't get: in our minds, we can live without you. And theoretically, we have for a very long time. In simpler words: the average American couldn't find Australia on a map, never mind give a crap about..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by five fresh fish
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Personally, wfgrms' answer expressed pretty much exactly what I was thinking while reading the question, and if it hadn't been there I might have tried to say the same thing - or I might have thought 'the OP's obviously not going to listen to any..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Meatbomb
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Oh, please. Unless McCain comes out and says 'haha Palin was a practical joke we NEVER considered her a serious possibility', it should be impossible for him to mention Obama's inexperience as a drawbacks. Disturbingly, however, it seems possible..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dejah420, bigbigdog
3 weeks ago
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"I can visualise pretty well. When remembering a speech or facts for an exam, I can picture the layout of the page containing the relevant information, although I wouldn't say I have a photographic memory because I can't see details that I didn't..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by silkygreenbelly, you're a kitty!
Last month
MeTa comment:
"So email the mods already, you think anybody else knows why they're gone? Asking in MeTa is just attention-seeking." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by tommasz, Lentrohamsanin, DevilsAdvocate, longsleeves, iamkimiam, blueberry, special-k, chiababe, koeselitz, Nattie
Last month
MeFi comment:
"dejah420: When people in other countries riot, they're fairly sure that someone will step in to stop their government before the government kills everyone.
You honestly believe that Americans don't protest because their government is so much more..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by knapah, davar
Last month
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"You might want to google "(self-injury,self-harm) alternatives" - there are a lot of suggestions out there for helping yourself deal with/get around the idea (here is one example page)...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by anitanita
Last month
MeFi comment:
"But the problem is that it's impossible to buy a completely open cellphone.
That's only true in the US. This is your friendly non-American reminding you that the rest of the world exists...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by finite
Last month
MeFi comment:
""What we've found looking at the final year exams of Queensland students is that those who have studied philosophy perform better across all subjects," Mr Ellerton said.
Correlation and causation, let's equate them!
""I now..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Frankie Villon, Kwine, brain cloud, Rock Steady
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Firstly, I have never proclaimed myself to be a feminist. And despite the fact that your approach makes me want to tell you to fuck off and ignore everything you say, you are making some interesting points.
For instance, there are two different..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phalene
Last month
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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
3 months 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
3 months ago
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"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
3 months 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
3 months ago
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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
3 months ago
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
4 months ago
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
4 months ago
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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
4 months ago
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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
4 months ago
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
4 months ago
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
4 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
5 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
5 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
5 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
5 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
5 months ago
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"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
6 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
6 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
6 months ago
