MeFi post:
The Bechdel Test
favorited 29 times, recently by symbollocks, Sangermaine, Herman Hermanson, LobsterMitten, megamanwich, dlanznar, serazin, limeonaire, hoppytoad, spinifex23, brookedel, P.o.B., Karmakaze, mnsc, k8lin, Cassilda, frances1972, Richard Daly, exlotuseater, Wilder, moonlet, Xere, spinturtle, longdaysjourney, Rarebit Fiend, o0dano0o, Brittanie, Jody Tresidder, statolith
3 weeks ago
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"i use canned air as well. besides an unpleasant puff of air, there's a noise that the cats don't like.
after a bit of experience with "hey, that thing sucks", i just have to pick up the can of air and the cats skulk away...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lizzicide
Last month
MeFi comment:
"i hadn't seen this before, and i'm sorry to have only found it once he was dead.
i'm coming up on a couple of personal cancer-related anniversaries later this year (1st edition, 10 years this october. second edition sequel, 5 years this december),..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
Last month
MeFi comment:
"languagehat: i recall an anthropologist friend of mine telling me, years ago, that the american south has a kind of deep cultural identity more like older countries than like the rest of the US. and the more i know folks from the southern US and get..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by manguero
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"i'm putting my political kvetching on hold in favor of talking about saving lives.
i'm glad medical technique -- and particularly *documented* medical technique -- is catching up with the changes in injury demographics, here. the faster the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by marble
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"oh good, since i last checked, the thread has turned into a drinking contest now. i've been up past my usual bedtime drinking booze and playing rockband, so i'm all set to get drunk under the table.
i was going to try and pull my thoughts..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phalene
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"yeah, i'm kind of confused about the hoopla about this -- i remember reading about patrick and matt years ago.
hooray for kids coming into a loving home where they're wanted!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by humannaire
2 months ago
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"depending on where you live, do you have a town councilman or alderman who represents your district? talk to them and ask them to put some pressure on the police as well.
and document document document...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mynameismandab
2 months ago
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"this is *absolutely* the sort of thing that can often be helped with therapy. while it doesn't sound like you have an eating disorder, talking to groups that deal with people with eating disorders might help since they may be able to suggest a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lou Stuells
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Mister_A: i know for me, really bad audiobooks are much more annoying than really bad print media. it's much harder to skim thru audiobooks. with print, you can sort of skip ahead till there's an exclamation point and then see what's happened...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by smackfu, 0xFCAF, DU
3 months ago
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"gawker will let you do time lapse movies with the isight, too
i recently set it up to record what my cats are up to when i sleep. turns out one of them spent a little while laying *on* my head. sneaky damned animal...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by oaf
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"lots of sneakers can float, which could explain how the feet decompose off and wash up on shore." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Meatbomb
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"i love how the "voluntary simplicity" movement has to put such emphasis on it being "voluntary". it has such wonderfully classist undertones.
because god forbid people think you're ACTUALLY POOR...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by tehloki, peacheater, agregoli, docpops
4 months ago
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"i'm so very sorry. my dad was starting to slow down with age and then died very suddenly in an accident this past winter, and i've been slowly dealing with my own situation for a while, now.
while your mileage may vary, here are things that i..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rtha
4 months ago
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"something like "mmm, roll over." then when she does, "mm. raise your hips". a bit of stroking and encouraging with hands can help here, too.
depending on how verbal and conversational you are during sex or else before or..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by inatizzy, JakeLL
5 months ago
MeFi post:
From beans to bars
favorited 11 times, recently by BrotherCaine, JHarris, longdaysjourney, regicide is good for you, ntartifex, shelleycat, hecho de la basura, davemee, and for no one, prefpara, ssg
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"yeah, i'm intruiged by this possibility of macallan 25 on the corporate dime. do i have to kill and eat kittens as part of this job? build orphanage-seeking missiles? or just whore myself to The Man like i'm doing anyways......" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by timeistight
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"i thought ethiopia had a fifteen year long famine because of industrial pollution elsewhere in the world" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by axon, BrotherCaine
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"oh man, that survival of the fittest link has been around for years, possibly decades. i'm pretty sure it was on rec.humor.funny back before the web was cool...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by parilous
7 months ago
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"there was a news pic some time in the last year of a publicity stunt of a bunch of firefighters (i think somewhere in europe) where they were protesting a lack of new turnout gear by standing in a line wearing nothing but their helmets held..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sweetkid
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"oh. my. god. from the tales from the boobie bar via customers_suck.
There's a customer who ... picks a girl, seemingly at random, and gets $1000 worth of courts (the 30 minute dances) with her. During the courts, he doesn't want the girl to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bugbread, bunnytricks
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"nickyskye: my favorite example -- the first go-round with cancer i had was uterine cancer. so i had my uterus removed (although the ovaries stayed in, until the second go-round with cancer 5 years later). after the surgery, some very good friends..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by olya, amberglow, nickyskye, tickingclock, docpops, grouse, madamjujujive, chronic sublime, Kato
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"hla9k: for those so inclined, dark humor is a fabulous salve. it's a way to talk about unpleasant things and blows off steam with the laughing.
i've had two go-rounds with cancer (happily, neither required chemo or radiation -- i strongly suggest..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by amberglow
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"When he declares a third term for himself in 2008
nah, he'll just go to President-for-life. it worked for Julius Caesar!
google cache of an article from family security matters suggesting bush take the Roman approach...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, Pogo_Fuzzybutt, furtive
Last year
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"on an optimistic day, i see american history as a long struggle to live up to the ideals the country was supposedly founded upon. it's had its ups and downs, but i think on a long term we're succeeding.
on a pessimistic day, i think of my country..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by oaf, Miko, kuujjuarapik, DevilsAdvocate
Last year
MeFi comment:
"DU - Yeah, I was surprised to realize there wasn't an overlap between the two shows -- They are both of a type.
mattoxic -- rocky and bullwinkle was definitely not *only* for kids, though. Some of the puns were particularly sophisticated...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by RussHy
Last year
MeFi comment:
"when we had a problem with too many people parking like assholes in our office's parking lot, one of my coworkers got a box of painfully politely phrased business cards done up by vistaprint (not fabulous with raised print and all, but cheap and easy!..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Bugg, moss
Last year
