Ask comment:
"So would asking if I can just have those 7 points be appropriate since I would be doing 100% of the work anyway?
Or do you get 0 points because you're explicitly not working well with others?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by gyusan, milarepa
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, I was wondering about PopRocks, too. They were my favorite as a kid, and now I'm shocked that I ever ate that.
Think how Mikey feels..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Atom Eyes
12 days ago
Ask comment:
"Or, simply right-click and drag all folders/files from A to B, and when it gives the "the folder already contains folder called "New Kids On The Block", all files will be replaced" pop-up (paraphrased), hold shift and click..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zippy
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"By putting attention on actual wealth, the fact that Obama earned his mansion by being smart and writing well is going to get put up against the fact that McCain got his 7-10 mansions by cheating on his first wife who waited on him for years during..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by Civil_Disobedient, BrotherCaine, malpractice, contessa, Mayor West, scrump, grandsham, The Bellman, lodev, bunnytricks, DU
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Interestingly, if you cross your eyes then straighten them out again while looking at the '68 poster, you can see a sailboat in 3-D.
IT'S A SCHOONER!..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by grubi, sperose, pantufla
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"And it's not serious enough to warrant a response from either the Republicans
That's why their hired thugs (Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, etc) will keep it in the news, make it a talking point, spin it as best they can to make Obama look..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by pinothefrog, null terminated, DU
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"And if that happens, then the eels will soon take over.
But then the seals will take out the eels. And the few humans left, well, I'm sure they can find a stockpile of clubs somewhere, and then get to work repopulating...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lukemeister
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Silly CNN apparently can't be bothered to even say who runs the contest (the English department of San Jose State University) or link to the contest's website, which contains the contest results. Poster may wish to do more research next time, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by doift
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Observing sporting events seems to be his core competency.
Yes, he bounces a flag on his knee real well." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MikeKD
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Just a small nitpick with the FPP -- the warrant wasn't wrong at all - they shouldn't have broken in, and shot the dogs. The cops were wrong." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hattifattener
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Likewise. I'm here to make contacts
Wait -- that feature is enabled? I assumed it was broken, and that's why mine stays at zero all the time. Right?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by orthogonality
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Wait...what?
AL Franken and FRANLKIN Roosevelt?
AL -> FRANLKIN
See it now?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by quin
Last month
MeTa comment:
"How about a costume party where everyone dresses up as their favorite fellow MeFite?
My favorite MeFite is myself. I can't wait to break out my awesome fedora...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
Last month
MeTa comment:
"What the hell do you think an ellipsis is, anyway...three full-stops...?
Technically I used four dots, so it's even better than an ellipsis. A super-ellipsis, if I may. And even if I may not...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last month
MeTa comment:
"I hate when comments include stuff like "I’m sure this comment will go over like gangbusters." Seriously? That's like on Slashdot, where you can guarantee positive mods simply by including the text "I'm sure this will be modded to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tomboko, Blazecock Pileon
Last month
MeFi comment:
"While he was doing this, there was a chance the interrogators might actually kill him, right? You know, like for the other people getting waterboarded?
I can't imagine getting waterboarded by your friends, while I'm sure it sucks, is anything like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by infobomb
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Yep, that gun ban is really working. Higher crime stats in the District than in MD or VA where gun regs are loose to looser.
To be fair, most of the guns in DC are coming in because the rules in MD and VA were loose. Rhetorical question -- is the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by feloniousmonk
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"school shootings, and gun violence in general, must be blamed on videogames and rock music
No, no, no. School shootings are the fault of government for not letting all the other students have guns in class...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chuckdarwin
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"does the fact that DC is a federal district have anything to do with how this ruling may or may not apply to states?
That distinction is only used when it's convenient...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Monochrome, xthlc, Blazecock Pileon
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Twenty-five years from now when opposing gay marriage is viewed in the same light that we view opposing interracial marriage now, the organized religions that are still around are going to feel pretty stupid.
I imagine 25 years from they'll be..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by tehloki, mr vino, Reverend John, preparat, unixrat, mike3k, arcticwoman, Blazecock Pileon, nooneyouknow, DU
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I will say I'm a big fan of the site Cooking For Engineers. It (obviously) isn't like the article, but it takes a scientific view to cooking, and the layout of the recipes is great.
Alton Brown also rocks...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by apdato, Kattullus, shothotbot
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is the same douchebag who parks in the handicapped spot because "he only has to run in for a minute." Who takes his screaming three-year-olds to an R-rated movie because maybe this time they won't start crying. Who takes two sandwiches..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by ShawnStruck, Skorgu, nooneyouknow
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"How can they be sure that Martians aren't little hermit crabs who just scurried away between shots?
If that's the case, and they decide to attack, unfortunately I know from experience that me and my college roommate could take them all down. We..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rokusan
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The best part about this post is that, by following the Suzanne Vega link, and then searching for Tom's Diner and going to Wikipedia, I learned:
"An article in the now defunct magazine Business 2.0 revealed that "Tom's Diner" was also..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dan g., furtive
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Like most steam-punk that makes it here or to BB, its not actually powered by steam. It turns out that stuff actually powered by steam is kinda boring. Plus everyone knows the cool kids have moved onto cocopunk.
Powered by cocopuffs?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by HyperBlue
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Cool technology in theory. We have one here that nobody can make work. And these are MIT math and science PhDs!
Well of course math and science phds are great at seeing the theory part of the tech. You need some engineers involved to implement and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Paying nearly $200 extra for the shipping would be one.
But they're paying $175 for a chair that (according to the OP) is "probably worth $300-400". So paying extra for more convenient shipping isn't quite as outrageous.
I agree with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by silkygreenbelly
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Not only are tellular celephones ruining concerts, the texting phenomenon brought on by such devices is one of the main contributors to the degradation of proper written language... but that is for another thread perhaps...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Korou, robtf3
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"People who obsessively photograph throughout a concert should be shot.
Well, if that's because the flash is bothering you, that's one thing, and I guess I can't disagree too much. But if that's because you think that person with the camera isn't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Korou
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If I hear the beginning of "Come Sail Away", I can't do anything else until I hear or sing the rest of the song." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by artifarce
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I came to this thread wondering who Mark Askee was and what we had asked him.
Did you hear Mark Askee got engaged the other day?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by desjardins
3 months ago
