MeFi comment:
"I used to love listening to my wife go round and round on the phone with the copyeditors at her last paper. One highlight was when they called her to inform her they were removing a reference to alchemy in the first paragraph, a somewhat important..." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by Crabby Appleton, the quidnunc kid, yath, Huw, rocket88, Wavelet, Koko, ambrosia, jwells, zylocomotion, Smart Dalek, Caduceus, roystgnr, everichon, Bookhouse, Alvy Ampersand, Axle, bicyclefish, nooneyouknow, Jofus
Yesterday
Ask post:
Give me feet of steel.
favorited 13 times, recently by catlet, jessica, lilacorlavender, silverstatue, pumpkin11, taff, djgh, hippugeek, katemonster, zhivota, stubby phillips, Large Marge, sandraregina
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Obscenity is the crutch of the inarticulate.
Yes, but the occasional, well-placed "What the FUCK?" has its own sort of simple eloquence." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jimmythefish, blixco
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"It's disingenuous to liken limb replacement to cortisone shots.
It's also disingenuous to liken it to driving a car or having powered cybernetic limbs, and it's not much more disingenuous that stating flat out that his limbs are the only reason..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by ShawnStruck, bookish, tracicle
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Figure I'm going to write an article criticizing Apple for misspelling "Macbook Preau" and see what I get in the mail." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lou Stuells
9 days ago
MeTa comment:
"The answer you're looking for isn't the one you're going to get, because the answer you're going to get is what jessamyn said plus an honestly good-natured (from me, anyway) "you don't need to know the asker's motivations, because it's none of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"It's just that it seemed strange to see approved an everyday question like that and I was curious about the criteria used behind the decision.
I'll grant you, it's unusual, but I imagine self-esteem issues are involved there. I can't speak for..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sluglicker
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Y'all is plural.
Not necessarily. Y'all can indeed be singular, and if you wish to be unambiguously plural in your usage, you say "All y'all...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't get all the Shearer hate.
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. As you say, the radio show's not that great (though I'm sure it has its moments, I listened to precisely two podcasts, had a mild "WTF is the big deal" reaction, and unsubscribed),..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by horsemuth
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"This would happen the weekend I'm out of state at a friend's wedding with no laptop. That and the effing Batman premiere.
My friend is shit at wedding planning...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vertigo25
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Dear Hirose Fukushima Lab People:
Please let me take one of these to the Buffalo River next Memorial Day weekend so I can make my wife pee involuntarily.
Thanks,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tehloki, jrockway, Goofyy
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Perhaps. And, speaking as a software developer, I would not want to be the Netflix DBA. But it's a bad move.
There have got to be other ways to solve this problem for Netflix without axing profiles entirely. Like tell your customers, okay, we're..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by warble, peacheater
Last month
MeFi comment:
"For the record, as a northerner, I don't hate southerners. But I hate their culture, since it has magnified the importance of such sterling political figures as George Wallace, Strom Thurmond, Trent Lott, and George Bush.
That same culture gave..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Kato, flamk
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Any "Democrat" who votes for the telecom amnesty bill must be primary challenged and if they win the primary I say let them fall to the Republicans.
While I totally agree with the sentiment behind this, the reality in the southern states..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Slap*Happy
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Instead, they used an off-the-shelf solution that only satisfies a fraction of their customers.
The vast majority of web users still, in defiance of all sense, use IE. Using an off-the-shelf solution that will cost them less than internal..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Riki tiki
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Ah, Jesus.
Fucking Hydra-Slide. I remember that as a kid -- that was the HARDCORE slide where if you hit this one curve on the way down JUST RIGHT you would go FUCKING AIRBORNE and TOTALLY LEAVE THE GROUND and there was this one time that this..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by bitter-girl.com, schyler523, howrobotsaremade, Bookhouse, Falconetti, Slarty Bartfast, Space Kitty, fusinski, ekstasis23, nicwolff
Last month
MeTa comment:
"I didn't know they made turkey pot pie?
I once had a duck pot pie with a 35-year-old bottle of red. Dessert was homemade chocolate chip ice cream topped with strawberries marinated in balsamic vinegar and brown sugar.
I haven't had sex that..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by palomar, Blazecock Pileon
Last month
MeFi comment:
"We have a pig owner in the neighborhood. Lives just around the curve from us. She takes him for walkies by our house, but she can't find a suitable harness for it, so she made one out of a t-shirt.
So my neighbor walks a pig wearing a t-shirt...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by uncleozzy
Last month
MeFi comment:
"And I saw that swell guy Pat Buchanan on the tube last night, explaining why World War II was the "unnecessary war"--quoting Churchill and almost making sense until he got to the part about how Hitler would have stopped somewhere in France..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, Kid Charlemagne
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I mostly keep it on my wall where it is a fascinating conversation starter, especially hanging up next to the spurs.
That's it. The wife and I are coming out for a meetup, after that...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by five fresh fish
Last month
MeFi comment:
"This is awesome, but would be better if someone would dub in Mario jumping sound effects." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
Last month
MeFi comment:
"My buddy's kid: "Dad, do penises have birthdays?"
My buddy: "...? Well, your penis is a part of your body, and your birthday was the day your body was born, so yeah, I guess penises do have birthdays."
My buddy's kid:..." [
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favorited 39 times, recently by kidsleepy, grouse, tizzie, hippugeek, iamkimiam, Dreama, brina, seanyboy
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Well, goddamn. I always assumed these were urban legends, like the car that runs on water. The "miraculin" thing in particular seemed a bit over the top...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by h00py
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I'm trying to start up running, and considering those Vibram Five Fingers things.
I've got 'em and used 'em, but not nearly long enough to give you meaningful, long-term feedback on. But FWIW, here's what I've found out from doing a few barefoot..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cashman
Last month
MeTa comment:
"ND¢ - you're getting the little bugger vaccinated, aren't you?
Be sure to use the stuff with the preservatives that they store in BPA plastic bottles...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by olya
Last month
Ask comment:
"Ditto what pomegranate said about Happiest Baby (warning, that page loads QT video). Do what that man says and your baby will stop crying.
Buy your baby clothes and gear at consignment stores, or, if your area has them, periodic mass..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ambrosia, pomegranate
Last month
Ask comment:
"I thought of a couple more that are more hacky-style:
Crib sheets are a PITA to change, especially at three in the morning. So go buy 3 fitted crib sheets, and three large cloth changing pads. Put a pad down on the mattress, then a sheet, then a..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by echolalia67, sondrialiac, feathermeat, jeanmari
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"There is not a single joke anyone could possibly make in this thread that would be funnier or more deeply soul-scarring than that youtube video." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by nooneyouknow
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"If there are certain heroes or teams you want to get the low-down on before you go shopping for books, allow me to recommend Scott Tipton's excellent Comics 101. You'll learn everything about these characters you could ever hope to know.
It's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jammy
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"You guys are borrowing trouble, I don't think we have real plans to do this.
Oh, good. I read p&c's comment to mean that it was in the works. Not that it's a big deal in the grand scheme of things, just I like the script and would hate to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Every time I see "rectal thermometer" I remember the first time I ever put one in my baby's butt. He hadn't pooped for two days, the nurse said putting a thermometer in might help him work his sphincter.
Hoo boy. That thing shot a full..." [
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favorited 61 times, recently by takeyourmedicine, flibbertigibbet, palomar, omegar, Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks, marcelm, SeanMac, deborah, spec80, the_very_hungry_caterpillar, Goofyy, Pollomacho, Esoquo, susanbeeswax, jjwiseman, speedo, HappyHippo, agress, Emor, grubby, ursus_comiter, Richard Daly, IronLizard, echolalia67, bluefish, ambrosia, phooky, arcticwoman, Mamapotomus, flatluigi, khaibit, jmhodges, notsnot, Ella Fynoe, hal9k, lowlife, myopicman, kosher_jenny, Space Kitty, mudpuppie, hifiparasol, Kinbote, davejay, pxe2000, roystgnr, JDHarper, Fiasco da Gama, joseph_elmhurst, jonson, eckeric, Dave Faris, Mick, ColdChef, Slarty Bartfast, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, Venadium, beagle, mrzarquon, Kabanos, Mcable, pmdboi
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Vincent Price is gone.
Maybe they could do a Dr. Orpheus movie instead. Because I would totally go see that.
I HAD TACO BELLLLLLLL FOR LUNCH!" [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Avenger, M Edward
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I wish to Christ I understood why people care so much, on either side of the divide. Software not for you. Sky no fall, car no asplode, clothes still comfy, oral sex still a possibility. Ignore post, drink whisk(e)y, take goddamn nap. Find software..." [
more]
favorited 10 times, recently by misha, Pantengliopoli, shiu mai baby, shinynewnick, oneirodynia, KevinSkomsvold, loiseau, bugbread, tomboko, docpops
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Delicious food should be referred to as "slap-your-momma good," as in "so good you'd slap your own mother away from the table to get the last piece."
My favorite aphorism, not widely used, but this comes from a board-certified..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by willie11
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"(I'm hoping that it's the latter, btw, and that there are capes involved somehow. Or cortex in a unitard.)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"How do you stay up with it? Just reading comments, or do you have some sort of pb/cortex hackamariffic little HitItSignal that sounds klaxons and fires up a twirly red light and tweets "d jessamyn reset the clock lol" whenever that string..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I had one of these when I was a little kid and couldn't make it work. Curved, yes, but that thing didn't come back.
Fuck you, Aerobie. Fuck you and what you did to my childhood.
Their frisbee is pretty awesome, though...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I find that getting my point across is best facilitated by addressing my subject with one of the following titles:
mod douche
hitlerfag
corn-fed mulefucker
ham eater
President..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by scrump, misha
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is precisely how I intend to raise my children. That kid contains 50% more of the US RDA of Vitamin Awesome than the average kid." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by the cydonian, liza
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"This really happened: I just woke up from a dream about 15 minutes ago in which I discovered a battery-powered device you could put in your shoes to analyze your gait and report back audibly what you're doing wrong.
It had three settings: Lance..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by nicepersonality, ottereroticist, Space Kitty, loquacious
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is an excellent idea and makes me want to really piss off my wife by buying an anvil and building a forge in my shed." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by mecran01
3 months ago
