MeFi comment:
"Yep, homunculus' link describes precisely the scene, and Time (or Cox anyway) appears to agree with me. Unless McCain's middle name is Boo-urns, them was booin'...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scody
17 minutes ago
MeFi comment:
"Tell me you didn't just advocate genocide.
Yep, he did.
I think you owe a LOT of people an apology.
Yep, he does." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by dejah420
3 ½ hours ago
MeFi comment:
"But I'm probably just missing the point.
Bread-making (and baking in general) is intimidating to a lot of novice cooks. You hear about gluten strands this and resting that and it can seem like a sort of dark art. Removing as many steps as..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by horsemuth, Jaltcoh
Yesterday
MeTa comment:
"Kang only takes Minnesota? Is he Kang Mondale or something?
I am grateful to live in a world where questions like this are asked." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by The Ardship of Cambry
7 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I know installing a Greasemonkey script isn't exactly challenging, but the UX/UI developer in me cringes at any solution that doesn't pass the Grandma test.
Your Grandma doesn't read Metafilter, even if she does, then she's only a casual reader of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flatluigi
8 days ago
Ask comment:
"Each bridge section could be a sleeve of the costume? He'd have to hold his arms out for pictures, which would be really cute" [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by contessa, pointystick
8 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Someone needs to cross-reference the frequency of "amirite" in cortex's favorited comments." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Kattullus
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I think a "Superman of the 1940s" superhero movie would be infinitely more interesting than the space cop premise introduced by Hal Jordan and his allies and successors.
Agreed. We've done the modern supes thing to death, and I'd like..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Donnie VandenBos, Lentrohamsanin
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Green Lantern just doesn't seem to be a good movie character at all.
For Jordan, no. For really any of the Lanterns other than Rayner or Alan Scott (which, great idea that ain't gonna happen), probably no. But Hal Jordan's your guy, so the only..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bettafish, benzenedream
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, the rainbow thing isn't accurate. Showing how it distorts and multiplies and spreads and slowly...drifts...outward... was pretty good though. Good enough to make me go "Ugh," and set my coffee down.
Ah, fuck, my right eye's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by fairytale of los angeles, ssmith
2 weeks ago
Ask post:
Upscaling DVD player that's region-hackable?
favorited 11 times, recently by zennoshinjou, TedW, chewbud, JimN2TAW, Mael Oui, cgg, brandman, blind.wombat, winston, nooneyouknow, yonation
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"VOTE LURK/MOAR '08" [
more]
favorited 29 times, recently by Scoo, elfgirl, starzero, Jilder, MikeKD, AD_, orrnyereg, tehloki, misha, claudius, ktrey, Lizc, 999, Garak, Rock Steady, Kinbote, JHarris, demagnetized, lekvar, delmoi, davejay, tapeguy, sidereal, Banky_Edwards, shitcock, seanmpuckett, cowbellemoo, sperose, burnmp3s
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Man, Rove has really become the boogyman to some people. Is anyone seriously contending that he set up a fake email account seeded with illegal-looking stuff and left it as a low-hanging for someone to hack, so that they can use said media attention..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by illiad, Pope Guilty
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Do it. Makes your wang look bigger, makes you look like you care about personal grooming. I never slept with a woman who didn't prefer it.
Plus you can run faster!
Be sure to use lower-powered clippers (beard trimmers are perfect)...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by medialyte
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Please cut this drunken douchebag off until he dries out. Close the thread. I know you've been directly challenged and are likely therefore reluctant to drop the hammer, but those of us with sense already understand...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by fourcheesemac, Blazecock Pileon
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I think this is aimed at "spammers" of the Grandma-with-computer-and-too-much-free-time variety rather than the OMG-GET-HYOOGE-PEENZORS variety.
Indeed. I actually wrote a personal blog post about this recently in the hope of hitting..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by wires, orthogonality
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Is there an appropriate way to respond to those kinds of pushy AskMefi responses w/out starting a flamewar?
Flag. Let the mods decide what stays. Use e-mail if you want to be heard, either to the mods or to the offending poster you want to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Rock Steady, DevilsAdvocate
Last month
MeFi comment:
"corrupt Southern state
I'm going to go way out on a limb here and guess, just guess that you've never set foot in Arkansas and in fact don't know a goddamn thing about it beyond the Clintons, Mike Huckabee, Johnny Cash, and Billy Bob Thornton...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by box, konolia, dirtdirt
Last month
MeFi comment:
"An awful lot of you seem to be assuming that women voters are shallow idiots, and that PUMAs are more than an invention of Fox News.
Jesus Christ, yes, for the thousandth time: PUMA is a Republican operation. Its chairman voted for McCain in 2000..." [
more]
favorited 11 times, recently by nonmerci, dejah420, blueberry, mer2113, Mick, jtron, sondrialiac, kableh, madamjujujive, Nattie, mkultra
Last month
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 4 times, recently by Sys Rq, =^^=
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The only man who could destroy Batman is Alfred. And he could do it with a word.
SHAZAM! No, wait." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by humannaire
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Can anybody tell me why David Brooks is taken seriously.
One wonders. My favorite TV news program is "News Hour with Jim Lehrer." I love the commentary, I love the fact that they don't focus on fluff features and celebrity bullshit..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, ilovemytoaster, any major dude
Last month
Ask comment:
"This thread is making me see quite a few things I missed about that story and is making me really want to ditch work to go see it again. Thanks." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by dog food sugar
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Incidentally, if you ever catch the A&E "Biography" of Sesame Street, there's a curious fact: there's only one episode they never aired, the episode they filmed about divorce. These shows were (and, one presumes, still are) tested..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by fantabulous timewaster, JHarris, ZachsMind, mecran01
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Watching that, I imagined that God looked down, nudged somebody, and said "Hey, watch this. You see those guys? I am going to seriously fuck with those guys. Yes, dig faster, my little worker bees. Muahaha...." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Snark if you will. If you played with one of these for two goddamn minutes, you would be grinning hard enough to split your goddamn face, because playing with something like this would be FUN. In a nutshell? Be jaded internet people if you like...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by phrontist
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't know, I' m of two minds here. On the one hand, it is kind of paternalistic and shitty. On the other, they're not banning fast food, they're temporarily blocking the opening of new fast food restaurants. I'd bet you the cheeseburger I'll..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by furtive
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Is that why check cashing stores, liquor stores and OTB flourish in these places but there are no banks?
In a way, yeah, actually, at least in part. I've worked bank branches in poor neighborhoods, and there was always a pervasive and often vocal..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by designbot
2 months ago
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 21 times, recently by the_bone, 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
2 months 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." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by jimmythefish
2 months 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
2 months 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." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Lou Stuells
2 months 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 months 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 months 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
3 months 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),..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by horsemuth
3 months ago
