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"*sigh, pulls out soapbox*
I haven't seen a public "this is our headquarters" building in I-don't-know-how-long where stairs weren't used to create some sort of Grand Sweeping Entrance effect, and the ramp was put off in an inconvenient..." [
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5 days ago
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"My current plans include trying to get all of the irreligious freshmen in the Corps to attend these meetings with me, pending cooperation with the Corps-wide Chaplain on just who those freshmen are.
No. I'm an irreligious college student (well,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by missmagenta
6 days ago
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"Depends on where you live and what you like to do, but every now and then, take a day for yourself (or yourself and a friend) and go do something that's out of your routine. Example: I'm a college student living in a sort-of-suburb of a big city. I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
2 weeks ago
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"MADD also is pushing the idea that all cars should be equipped with those devices that you have to blow in to to see if you're sober. Not just people convicted of DWI. Everyone. What a bunch of assholes.
Have they addressed the issue of people..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by schyler523, rough ashlar
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"This sounds suspiciously familiar...are there any well maintained mass transit systems?
DC's was excellent, when I was there. Admittedly, it was only for a few months in the summer, but my experience (and what I've been told by others) was that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Suparnova
3 weeks ago
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"Someone up above mentioned meditation; I want to elaborate on that a bit. When you're meditating - with whatever goal, and not necessarily an 'empty mind' - it's natural to have distractions, especially at first. You'll notice there are sounds..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Korou
Last month
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"roll truck roll: The sentiment I've heard from most fans of Card's - and my own: "gee, I loved Ender's Game, and a bunch of the sequels were decent, as was [some other book by Card] but the man is fucking nuts!" So, no, not news...." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Sangermaine, Monochrome, ericales, Goblindegook, oxford blue
Last month
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"ZachsMind: Now, if you're bedridden and in constant pain and you've talked with your loved ones and the doctors are no longer trying to cure you they're just mollifying you, that's a completely different thing (I was with Kevorkian on that score) -..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by iminurmefi, pinothefrog, borborygmi
Last month
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"Like him enjoying resting his balls on your forehead while he chokes you unconscious with his legs some how makes the exercise less dignified.
Metafilter: Like [it] somehow makes the internet less dignified...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Monochrome
Last month
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"What Miko said. My name is short enough - and more importantly, easy enough to fingerspell - that I don't have one yet, despite being deaf and having been part of the community for a few years. Maybe someday I will be given one.
But yeah, it's..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Lou Stuells, rossination, furtive
Last month
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"When the video participants were signing their given names, I didn't recognize the letters as the ASL alphabet that I learned as a (non deaf) child. Does anyone know what/how they were signing in the video? Is there a more up-to-date ASL alphabet?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Miko
2 months ago
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"Anyway, to add a bit more: some sign names are initialized. Like Waffle in the video; his name is the sign for waffle, but with a J in there as well (I think - I don't know BSL, really). And often there are sort of generic-ish sign names; in ASL,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by rongorongo, rossination, Rock Steady
2 months ago
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"If you are against medical intervention then please don't fight Cancer when it happens upon you, or get help if you have a heart attack or any of the other millions way we choose to "accept" medical intervention without judgment.
You're..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
2 months ago
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"TheOnlyCoolTim: quite a bit. A good portion of my control is because I can route audio in from a number of different sources as described above. As far as the device itself ... it depends. Bare minimum with a cochlear implant or hearing aid, you..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by NikitaNikita, yarrow, desjardins, TheOnlyCoolTim
3 months ago
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"Therapy. I know everyone says this, but there's two parts to my answer. It might be overkill for your current upsetness, but there's a chance that you could discuss it with a therapist. More importantly, a therapist could work on what seems to be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hulahulagirl
3 months ago
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"At the very least, it's unethical. If they'd left a house key in their desk, would you be justified in stopping by their home and taking a look around? IANAL,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by missmagenta
3 months ago
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"Meditate. Not religiously, either, if that's not your thing. Feels good short term; feels good long term. And has demonstrable long-term implications for mental health and all of the physical things that tie in to stress - blood pressure and heart..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Korou, chicainthecity
3 months ago
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"I don't know about the temperature thing, but the others seem to match my experience. My wild-ass guess is that the need to pee keeps you awake because there's pressure on your bladder, but urine isn't really involved in metabolism, so it's just..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by konolia, hjo3
4 months ago
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"I read the first two links; both are complete crap. And I say that as an atheist (albeit an implicit one)." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Henry C. Mabuse
4 months ago
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"Schools need committed students and families and not just people who come for 4 years and leave.
And yet there are schools where students remain committed for years - decades, even - after they graduate, that have no legacy policy. I wonder how..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by grouse
5 months ago
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"Dear Metafilter: How can I/we vanquish the CoS?
Thanks,
Anonthe next day:
Dear Metafilter: How can I/we vanquish Anon?
Thanks,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spiderwire
5 months ago
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"Cannons were not very accurate - the usual method was to rely on (a) superior weaponry, and (b) better trained crews (see: "Master & Commander" for an example of drilling to increase firing rate) and take whatever damage your opponent..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by crunch buttsteak
6 months ago
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"Also, I can't quite remember the name of the story, or who did it (may be another Asimov?) but there's an older short about a contemporary (1960s?) SF writer who can't get published because every time he writes a story and sends it off, he gets a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by malapropist
8 months ago
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"If you're not completely fucking crippled, you need to park in the regular spaces just like the rest of us.
Most of the time, I'm a wheelchair user. (I would take exception to being called "completely crippled", though. What decade is..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by andywolf, Robert Angelo
10 months ago
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"Back on topic, for those of you pointing out that there are some whose handicaps may not be apparent, I would suggest that's the exception, rather than the rule. I think you need to at least acknowledge that there's a serious problem with handicap..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Robert Angelo, craichead
10 months ago
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"Oh, and on top of that: even in my wheelchair, which mostly eliminates the distance issue, I still sometimes have a legitimate need for the handicapped space - because it's the only way to guarantee (well, sort of, because people are idiots and will..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Robert Angelo
10 months ago
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"It's not *quite* skating, but Youtube has some videos of a guy named Rollerman. I think they were featured here a few weeks ago - the guy has a suit of body armor with 30-ish rollerblade wheels attached to him; the videos show him going through city..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ManInSuit
11 months ago
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"About six or seven years ago I read The Dilbert Principle, in which Adams writes that he doesn't understand how people can be against building more prisons, because obviously there will be no crime once you put all the criminals in jail. I only..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rougy
11 months ago
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"What OS? If you're using Mac or Linux, get FFMpeg (FFMPegX on a Mac has a gui; on Linux, you'd want something like "ffmpeg -i inputfile.flv -f mp3 outputfile.mp3"). I suspect there's an FFMpeg for Windows as well, but you could also use..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
11 months ago
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"Soooooo... the doll designers didn't ever communicate with the product designers who worked on other Barbie accessories. And in turn, they made her wheelchair so big that she didn't fit into the elevator of Barbie's Dream House.
That's not a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by TedW
Last year
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What would Steve Austin have listened to?
favorited 11 times, recently by theperfectcrime, safetyfork, jkaczor, VegaValmont, jason's_planet, wesley, ntartifex, cephalopodcast, Many bubbles, Lizc, Ambrosia Voyeur
Last year
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"You really shouldn't post the key on metafilter--matt might get in trouble.
posted by 09-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0 at 11:46 PM on May 1 [13 favorites +]
Did you actually spend $5 just to make that stupid joke? Or is this..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, petsounds
Last year
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"If it's important to you that you be the only one getting a blowjob, or that it's "going somewhere" relationship-wise, it is your responsibility to bring up that topic - not hers. It's your desire; take some personal responsibility, man!..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by AV, lampoil, Lucie
Last year
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"Could you pass the DVDs themselves on to your future son(s), sort of like parents giving their children their old favorite toys?
Ew. What the fuck are you on? And when you say "old favorite toys" ... I hope you mean of the non-sexual..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by miss lynnster
Last year
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"If you have a legitimate medical need for it, see a real doctor (not least so that if the legitimacy of your 'prescription' is ever challenged, you can say it was signed by a real doctor). If you don't have a legitimate medical need for it, don't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
Last year
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"And another point: I am bipolar type two. When I was diagnosed there were people in my life who were flummoxed, and told me to my face I did not need meds, that I was fine. What they could not know was how incredibly hard I was working in order to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Adelwolf
Last year
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"Feynman called this "cargo cult science", and talked about it in several of his books, including "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman". Basically, it was a reference to some (South Pacific?) indigenous island tribes. During WW2,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cribcage
Last year
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"This is something that makes more sense if you use a Mac; it's kind of the default behavior. But don't use the screen for just one window - put your browser in one spot, IM next to it, text editor next to that, and so on and so forth (depending on..." [
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