I work p/t at that Saskatoon bowling alley. I was out of town at the time, but I did go to the concert proper, which was awesome. I managed to get Jack White's bowling ball, and I'm working on getting a bowling pin he signed.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 8:38 PM on July 5, 2007

Jack White is the greatest living guitarist.

B.B. King is still alive. Unless you mean greatest guitarist based on today's output.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 9:00 PM on July 5, 2007

Anti-illegal sentiment cuts a wide swath through the political landscape with about as much presence on the left as the right.

Yeah. It's disheartening to watch intelligent lefties like, for example, Matt Yglesias and the commentors on his site talk about this issue. Anti-illegal sentiment is as much a bipartisan thing as pro-illegal sentiment.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 3:08 PM on June 13, 2007

I've never really liked Angel all that much, although on his own series he had his moments where I liked him a lot.

Yes. The two-parter that includes "Five By Five" is freakin' brilliant. And the Connor arc is really great. It was hard not to admire Angel pre-kidnapping, even though you knew he was just fighting fate.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 1:47 PM on May 6, 2007

The White Stripes are awesome. This is yet another reason why. I got my tickets. Haters: STFU.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 8:24 AM on May 6, 2007

The first time he hit the hidden block was hilarious. 1-1 was a lot easier once you realize that there's a mushroom and that the top is breakable. I wonder if there are hidden traps up there.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 11:19 AM on April 13, 2007

Bush was funny, unlike Colbert last year.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 10:19 AM on March 29, 2007

After all the talk of Tim Horton's, I finally got to Canada to try some.

Meh. Not much different than Dunkin' Donuts, or any other local donut shop's coffee.

I agree. I don't think it's terrible, but it is bitter. In many ways, Tim Horton's is Canada's Starbucks, except the former, for whatever reason, isn't so maligned, probably because it's not American.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 3:44 PM on March 22, 2007

Lots of bad defenses of eating meat here. If you eat meat, just say it: I don't care enough about animal suffering to alter my eating habits. If that's what you believe, admit it. Don't rationalize your actions with bullshit arguments about "needing" meat or arguing from the nastiness of nature.

And I'm not a vegetarian. In fact, I'm looking forward to spending lots of time fishing this summer. But I know exactly what I'm doing when I go fishing; it's just... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 6:34 PM on March 12, 2007

The suffering of another species is not a pressing issue for humanity, and if that species cannot rebel and fight for its own rights, then they will never be granted.

Animals already have rights. We created them. Oops, there goes your argument. But easy dismissals like yours are de rigueur for self-proclaimed relativists who invoke the idea whenever they don't want to face up to the consequences of their own actions, but who,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 12:21 AM on March 13, 2007

It's funny. I'm a meat-eater, and I find Dantien to be the most persuasive person in this thread, and I think the ridicule he, as well as the other vegetarians, has received is inappropriate and unfounded. I think he has good reasons for his position, and it is not steeped in ignorance, unlike many, if not most, of the positions opposed to his. Unfortunately, though, I'm not convinced by the arguments for vegetarianism, or even the arguments opposed to "mistreatment" of animals.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 6:48 PM on March 13, 2007

One can be environmentally conscious, and care about minimizing the suffering of animals and still choose to eat meat.

Ah, but the vegetarian is saying that one doesn't care very much about minimizing the suffering of animals if one also chooses to eat meat in our society. Which, it seems to me, is probably right. Meat-eaters need to admit this.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 6:55 PM on March 13, 2007

I can't say I'd want to live in an airplane, but I thought the site was fascinating.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 11:17 PM on March 11, 2007

I don't know, I thought EB's arguments made hincandenza look kind of foolish. The others who are quick to point to EB's supposed arrogance are simply demonstrating his point. They wouldn't complain about his arrogance if they didn't value the thing he's supposedly arrogant about. If he claimed to be especially good at, say, color perception, no one would bat an eye because no one cares about one's facility with that sort of thing. But because he's talking about intelligence, the situation is... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 4:50 PM on February 14, 2007

Yes, people who comment on MeFi tend to value intelligence. You're surely not claiming they are a representative sample of the American public.

Nope. But I've heard way too many people talk about intelligence as if it's the greatest thing to have to think that EB's argument is ridiculous on its face.
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 6:29 PM on February 14, 2007

Amberglow, are you trying to confirm EB's analysis?
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 2:35 PM on August 12, 2006

You've lost perspective. EB linked to Guardian stories that support his case. Furthermore, and as a general rule, when there's no evidence of a conspiracy, reasonable people don't assume one exists. There's no evidence, so EB assumes there's no conspiracy. In fact, there's evidence to the contrary. That seems to be his argument, in a nutshell. It's good and sound, from my perspective.

You seem to assume a conspiracy at the outset and look for... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by smorange at 3:39 PM on August 12, 2006