MeFi comment:
"Here's a true story about how awesome Pixar is.
As some of you know, when the trailer first came out, my girlfriend, Courtney, burst into tears at the trailer. She was emabrrassed but somewhat amused by this, as so she made a video of herself..." [
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An hour ago
MeFi comment:
"I can't hold a grudge against Jesse Helms. He was very nice to my mother once. She was trying to cross a busy intersection, and he stopped punching a black man in the face long enough to help her get across...." [
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An hour ago
MeTa comment:
"I tried to hack sex. The result where initially vigorous and satisfying, but, right at the climactic moment, my partner kicked very hard, sending my testicles flying in the air. As an autonomic response, my own legs kicked forward, coincidentally..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by ifthe21stcentury
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Quick follow up: Courtney, and I, briefly, were interviewed about our trip to Pixar by local tv station WCCO." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dirtynumbangelboy
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"when you spill out into the world at large, there are many people who aren't liable to chuckle and say, "Kids will be kids."
I love it when people sniff dismissively at Metafilter, adjust their monacle, take a sip of brandy and a long..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by dansdata
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"And I thought it was embarrassing to date a singer/songwriter and have her write a song about you when you break up." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by batmonkey, Scram
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I've been thinking about this overnight, and the conclusion I have come to is that, aside from the public relations cock up, the biggest gaffe made by BoingBoing was that the violated the spirit of the Web. And, by that, I mean they deliberately..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by waxbanks, paulg, liza, wendell, mrzarquon, bunnytricks, Mick, spiderwire, Blazecock Pileon, jamjam
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm curious. Was Teresa Nielsen Hayden around when all this was supposed to have gone down, a year ago? She seems to have inside dope about the quality of Violet Blue's character, which she describes in very unflattering terms; did she come by that..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by waxbanks, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I wanted to play that game as myself, since that seemed to be an option, but it didn't work. So I'll just continue playing it here, as myself, which has always been an actual option...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by delmoi
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"What shall we use
To fill the empty faces
Where we used to talk?
How shall I fill
The final places?
How should I complete the wall..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Secretariat
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Did the Trademark think really happen a year ago? Because that's when the stories were "unpublished," according to the post.
I don't really care what happened that made them decide to delete VB's posts. And I don't really care that they..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Artw, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"We're all representing the BoingBoing musical experience here, but there is one experience that is being forgotten. I submit:
Violet Blue
Violet Blue
You lost your posts
On BoingBoing
What did you do?
Violet Blue
Violet Blue
Nothing..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Nice try, Cortex, but all you can really expect is an eye roll. This fellow seems to be here only to express displeasure at his buddies getting called out, and not to engage in any real discussion...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I hope one of the lessons they are learning from this is not to treat their readers like adversaries when they don't like the questions that the readers start asking. With a few obvious exceptions, these are your audience, and alienating them and..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by RakDaddy
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I have never compared this to Orwell. I just think it is bad Web policy and worse public relations, and I'm pretty sure that whatever alienation of BoingBoing's readership will be the fallout from this, however large it may be, will not be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shmegegge
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Most people think I am a compulsive liar. Thank God the Web lets me link to photographs." [
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favorited 1 time
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"My prom date also claimed she had her period.
(Rereading.)
I misunderstood what you said there, Alvy." [
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favorited 2 times
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Horrifying. But not as horrifying as people who transpose the words "itch" and "scratch."
"Will you itch my back for a moment?"
No I won't. I will hit you with a 2X4 instead...." [
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favorited 21 times
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"At least nothing like this ever happens on MetaFilter, thanks to fair and well-considered moderation. Of course, that doesn't change that fact that Mtt's psts lwys sck ss, but what can you do?
Holly crap! what the fuck? I watched the vowels..." [
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favorited 3 times
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"It's a sad, sad world for Happy Mutants. Life used to be so easy: wandering around office buildings just to see what was there; buying sea monkeys; reading Dr. Seuss; listening to Tom Waits and The Residents. Now it's all self-promotion, technobabble,..." [
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favorited 1 time
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Sure, it's their site. But they have engaged in an act that a significant amount of their readership reads as hypocritical and a violation of the spirit of transparency that they have espoused for quite a while. This story is tearing through the..." [
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favorited 1 time
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I refer to every one who lives everywhere as American, because even if you don't live in the United States, you either work for us or act as our aircraft carriers and munitions stockpiles...." [
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6 days ago
MeTa comment:
"All of Matt's posts suck. We politely ignore the fact." [
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6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"My girlfriend can't watch the trailer for Wall•E without crying. Here. See for yourself." [
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7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"This has nowhere near the destructive force of the original human tornado." [
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7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I used to think killing hookers was depraved, but then I played Grand Theft Auto and realized you're a fool if you don't do it. It's how you get your money back!..." [
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10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Look, personally, I don't think they should have pulled the exhibit, mostly because it gives fuel to a popular myth, already repeated in this thread, that American supporters of Israel are somehow uniquely aggressive in shutting down criticism of the..." [
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favorited 8 times
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"And I'm just thinking this thread is going to consist of a series of knee-jerk criticisms of Israel and American supporters of Israel. God, this shit gets old...." [
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favorited 2 times
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"You guys, this shit's not funny. This is exactly how my brother died." [
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13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I hear flour in condoms is a freaky sex thing. It's like fucking a kaiser roll, but without the irritating hard crust. The kids call it bunjamming." [
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13 days ago
