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help teach an old bag some new tricks
favorited 25 times, recently by rider, PercussivePaul, melorama, jonesor, pepcorn, studentbaker, Otis, veronicacorningstone, ames, beccaj, bookshelves, rainbaby, Bardolph, scission, janelikes, dog food sugar, rongorongo, KathyK, xena, anthom, elis, lumosh, the.carol.baxter.experience, wens, gfrobe
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"...I'd take an afternoon of board games and hot chocolate over a night of sex right now, and that's almost scary to me.
I know your question was 'how do I find someone...' not 'how do I fix my lonely...' but give me a chance to get where I'm going..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by oceanview, idiomatika, Durin's Bane, chicainthecity, Chris4d, vers, NucleophilicAttack, digitalis3, FuManchu, LanTao
7 days ago
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"OmieWise is absolutely correct, great illustration. A lot of recreational level athletes have no basis of reference for how well conditioned they really are. I can only offer support to this example as a cycling coach, as I'm a pathetic runner...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blindcarboncopy
2 months ago
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"What this particular poster really needs is not the old "road vs. mountain" debate of the suburban cyclist - what she needs is a cruiser and/or city bike. And I say this quite respectfully, as a professional cycling coach, former courier,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
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"er, first of all, that word you use there in your title? *shudder* Don't take this the wrong way but anyone who uses marketing-speak in a post about romance? Ew. Just... ew.
So, here's the big problem with the whole nerds-falling-in-love deal...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chicainthecity, phrontist
5 months ago
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"I would like to add something that jessamyn touched on that I think a lot of people are assuming.
Not actively pursuing romantic relationships != spending tons of time alone. I think a lot of people tend to conflate the idea of not having a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I don't like controversy for its own sake. I just don't try to avoid it.
I think dame that this is likely the gist of why this callout exists in the first place. there's a metric assload of busybodies in society who just adore telling everyone..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lordaych
6 months ago
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"Also, the waking event after 2-3 hours of deep sleep is a typical 'stress' pattern. I don't have a good cite handy but I have read (coaching physiology) that for whatever reason a body under stress (whether work-related, alcohol-related or exercise..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Iamtherealme
6 months ago
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"konolia: yes, yes they can indeed. Women in particular often struggle with this because of the greater q-angle of their hip/knee. That whole train of ligaments connecting to the knee can become involved and inflamed. Strengthen your abs (central..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by konolia
7 months ago
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"You have to rid yourself of that self imposed prison you created in your mind about what a relationship should be and must be.
Bingo, well put. Seriously, lose the checklist. I hate to generalise / stereotype, but imo the biggest thing that's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"oh, awesome, a MeFi Seal of Excellence™ Thread!!
/pretentious hipster dork with catbox-liner degree does movie reviews.
/FPP linkdump posted to MeFi regarding same.
/fistfight breaks out over who's more pretentious: hipster dork movie..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tehloki, regicide is good for you, misha
7 months ago
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"yoga, martial arts, pilates, balance ball exercises, visualisation and basically anything (yes, also swimming) that will help you strengthen and lengthen your 'core' muscles and open up your shoulders from their quite-possibly-'stuck' forward stoop...." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by T.D. Strange, cosmic osmo, JoddEHaa, Aanidaani, scallion, hyperfascinated, matteo, em, LobsterMitten, ejoey
8 months ago
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"hm. Several of the 'favorited' answers are good, albiet a little misanthropic in their lean.
keep in mind that the crowd here tends to be a little introverted, and may live alone by choice, so their answers are slanted that way. Personally, I..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Asymptote, RobotHeart
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
"[OPENING SCREEN]
Utterly black screen fades to misty forested glade.
[GALADRIEL (WHISPERS)]: "I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, han mathon ne chae a han...
[GALADRIEL (OVERDUB)]: "The world is changed; I can feel it in the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by crinklebat, Jofus
9 months ago
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"Actually Abiezer, I personally see it as an attempt to avoid the issue or take the lazy man's way out of a socially uncomfortable situation. By providing a specific flag, you then take the responsibility for the user base to publicly say to the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by The Bellman
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
""Your thoughts on current and future changes to make Metafilter more woman friendly."
*reads threads, pounds head on desk*
tho I'm aware that this has been brought up repeatedly elsewhere, I don't particularly care to have MeFi..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bruce, b1tr0t
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
""when you single out and pander to that which a particular group might find more than just "flag it and move on"
this is EXACTLY what I am taking issue with. Why not "homophobic"? Why not "fascist"? I could go..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rollbiz
9 months ago
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"When I mentioned to his mom how much it touched me that he will spontaneously hold my hand or caress my shoulder - not all the time (because neither of us is much the lovey-dovey gooey PDA sort) - but it's always somehow when I most appreciate and/or..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by croutonsupafreak, Arasithil
9 months ago
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"2nd mrzarquon. I have not only seen this work, I've witnessed it firsthand. And I'm a complete macidiot.
The very first *week* I had my MBP, it did this twice. I was a PC user up to that point, had never really even dealt with an Apple machine..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
9 months ago
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"I really don't want to move in with this guy, spend my twenties with him, and find myself dumped at 32 because I wouldn't have kids.
yep. Welcome to my reality, circa 2003. This is exactly what happened in my case. I spent almost ten years..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Riverine
9 months ago
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"This doesn't suddenly change when they're out of their twenties, alas.
oh yes, please, read that again. I sincerely wish people would get over the concept that the twentysomethings of this earth have some kind of monopoly on assholishness. Sure,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by papafrita
10 months ago
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"Another trick I've heard of is to line your entire lips (not just the edges) with lip liner in a shade similar to your lipstick, apply your lipstick, and then dust your lips with loose powder through a single ply of facial tissue to set the color...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hot soup girl
11 months ago
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"you've got some great suggestions here already from The Only Cool Tim, item, fredoliveria and zackola.
I like and frequent bars like you're describing, and agree that (at least when i lived there) Germany is overrun with techno thumpbathump bars..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kolophon
11 months ago
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"my first thought is the 'flat a'. it's not so much that you may or may not drop your Rs, but that you pronounce the 'ar' combo with a bit of a, shall we say, legato on the 'a'.
mr. lfr does this and he grew up in connecticut. and he doesn't drop..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, gregb1007
Last year
MeTa comment:
"ortho, this is the best idea I've seen in a very long time. I'm tired of my boredom and ignorance being an excuse to do nothing about my boredom and ignorance... if you get me.
I think the concept is something more along the lines of MeFi..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
Last year
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"I haven't read all of the excellent suggestions here, but I'll chime in
Fist off, I'll simply Nth the *drink water* suggestions.
//personal experience: I've lost (at most recent check) nearly 40 pounds in a little over five years and haven't..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by prophetsearcher, halonine, Pigpen, tastybrains
Last year
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"oh for the love of god. WAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! YOU'RE NOT PLAYING FAIR!!!! BAAAAAAAWWWWLLL!!! I'M GONNA GO TELL DADDY!!!
why is this becoming the central theme in MeTa?
*everyone* who views their contributions as some holy untouchable right really..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jason's_planet, rmm, cmonkey
Last year
MeFi comment:
"Sk4n i think my concept was this, albeit likely badly worded:
you can get away with things in New York City or Hollywood that you'd never dream of attempting, say, Bloomington, Indiana or Provo, Utah.
India's a big country with a pretty diverse..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by small_ruminant
Last year
MeTa comment:
"any way to invoke a character limit on the FPP, that includes a [MI] link?
please note, i am not any form of script kiddie, so i'd have no idea if that's actually a reasonable assumption. it just seems like it'd be fairly simple to reduce the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by RussHy
Last year
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"well there's been plenty of good info in this thread already but i'll chime in with a link to a post on a similar topic i made awhile back on Roadbikereview.com
now, please understand, that above-linked post was made in their women's cycling forum,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bluishorange
Last year
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"okay, insert long, deep breath here... this is something that's taken me being very darn close to twice the OPs age to figure out:
as a caring, loving partner, I have absolutely NO RIGHT to that part of his past which pre-dates our relationship...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by roger ackroyd, OmieWise
Last year
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"IMO it's somewhat of a tossup, and I'm not a compact camera expert by any means. Good Brain has some good info, but I'd also recommend the ergonomics factor, and for that, no one can help you but you. Now that you've got it narrowed down, go to a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CliffDiving44
Last year
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"daggone it my link-fu is completely owning me today. here's the raw site addy:
http://www.hdrsoft.com/resources/dri.html
check it out. HDR is awesome, but personally I find most HDR photographers seriously overcook the images (at least to my..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CliffDiving44
Last year
MeTa comment:
"sure dios. great shambling purple zombie jesus i'm an arrogant prick today, and that's bad since i don't actually own a prick.
anyhows i suck at MeTa arguments and it's beer thirty.
*drops pitchfork, tips hat, shambles..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by and hosted from Uranus
Last year
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"I am a woman, but I have mostly male friends (because, well... I can't stand most women, go figure). The biggest dealbreakers I've heard in bitch sessions from my guy friends are:
- nagging. tip: the majority of men I know take the approach that..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by sophist, StrasbourgSecaucus, Xoder, zippity
Last year
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"does anyone find it mildly ironic that the OP seems to be taking this thread personally?
yes it's turning into a 'dump on women' thread, and it's a crappy question but honestly everyone here has been guilty of dumping on the opposite sex all the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by If I Had An Anus
Last year
