Ask post:
Please help me overcome my aversion to staying in hostels.
favorited 17 times, recently by kaydo, Xelf, RedEmma, Bigfoot Mandala, qvtqht, junesix, KAS, apartment dweller, elisynn, palomar, Liosliath, kattyann, inigo2, Windigo, shelleycat, divabat, Happy Dave
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Your use of anonymous e-mail to address problems of this nature suggests that you might be completely chickenshit." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"It made parents nervous, especially fathers, when I would cruise by and pick up their daughters for the evening. I can't say I blame 'em.
A friend of a friend worked for an auto insurance company. He said that one of the older gentlemen who..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by anthill
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I still think this is funny as hell, and often have reasons to agree with it, but the kind of durrr, excersize is dumb attitude held by otherwise inquisitive and intelligent people is just, well, dumb.
Very well put, there.
My own take on..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by wuwei, Khalad
7 days ago
MeFi post:
Interval Signals Online
favorited 14 times, recently by nicolin, musicinmybrain, peterkins, bukharin, Mid, Slack-a-gogo, gac, initapplette, mduda, mykescipark, vronsky, greenie2600, Heatwole, Karmadillo
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"It's easy to laugh at moneyed douchebags going into therapy because their tennis game isn't so hot but, you know, I've been through therapy and in that course of therapy, I've revealed some things about myself that would make me seem like an ass too...." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Hot Like Your 12V Wire, mrgrimm, peacheater, small_ruminant, aeschenkarnos, Skwirl, prefpara
2 weeks ago
MeFi post:
On Kimchi
favorited 13 times, recently by magstheaxe, rux, Araucaria, Rora, surenoproblem, nowonmai, bardic, destro, Kronos_to_Earth, desuetude, cog_nate, Cassilda, sacre_bleu
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I've long thought she was the best poster on the site, proof positive that filtering the content according to favorites (read 'validations') was a poor idea.
Yeah, I agree with you.
mdn writes in paragraphs and constructs actual arguments..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Wilder
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"BUSH = TEH SUXXORS
LOLLERSKATES
OK, I dissed Bush.
Now give me lots of favorites." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by zpousman, oaf, scatman, ZakDaddy, Hicksu, Jeremy, rokusan, butterstick, Krrrlson
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"odinsdream said: Number stations require setting up one or two shortwave stations, which can be anywhere with reliable power and equipping your agents with one-time pad info (up for debate, obviously).
One theory I've heard is that some agencies..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by regicide is good for you
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"On the other hand, close to four-in-ten workers (39 percent) who do not attend happy hours do so because they like to keep their work and personal lives separate.
*raises..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by winna
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Wow.
Bashing Republicans. And the Republican Party.
This post certainly breaks new ground here at MetaFilter.
Live dangerously, Wet Spot. Keep on rockin' that wild spirit of innovation...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by inqb8tr, Krrrlson
Last month
MeTa comment:
"why anybody reads it may be the Web's greatest mystery'
You're right, VF. We'd all be much better off reading stuff like this:
CELEBRITY
Madonnarama!
As she nears 50, Madonna is searching for her true self. Whisked to L.A. for an..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blucevalo
Last month
MeFi comment:
"*sigh*. This is a typically American thing to say in this context.
We are pretty exasperating, aren't we?
When you add our big fat asses to the gas-guzzling SUVs to the First Amendment . . . well, I'd be annoyed too.
Moving right along ...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Inspector.Gadget
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Clearly the misogynist material needs to be illegal,
Clearly = "I strongly believe -- and you should agree with me on this, for this is the position of all right-thinking people--..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by orthogonality
Last month
MeFi post:
Vintage Girly Magazines
favorited 53 times, recently by Rubbstone, 912 Greens, crystal.castles, Large Marge, Tripps, agregoli, Darth Meatloaf, Twicketface, aquanaut, joelhunt, subtle-t, COBRA!, dozo, ageispolis, spacewaitress, KoobieKitten, ZenMasterThis, bitter-girl.com, Ariadne, slimepuppy, hot soup girl, suki, flapjax at midnite, googlebombed, xchmp, sir_rubixalot, BobsterLobster, MaryDellamorte, leviathan3k, kosher_jenny, booth, CunningLinguist, snowsuit, Esoquo, billyfleetwood, Mamapotomus, SentientAI, Dec One, dawson, BrotherCaine, jbickers, Snyder, ColdChef, beaucoupkevin, hecho de la basura, chronic sublime, scody, limeonaire, champthom, pantufla, jonmc, hilatron, bardic
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Neurons are not intelligent and self aware. They're just cells that react to electrical and chemical stimuli. Yet when you combine enough of them together in certain ways, suddenly there are emergent properties that appear to include intelligence and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nooneyouknow
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Transhumanists have a narrow vision. They focus on the acquisition of large amounts of computing power which, they believe, will create superior, "post-human" life forms.
The two concepts that seem to elude them are: selfhood and..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nooneyouknow, Monochrome
Last month
MeTa comment:
"If such a feature already exists, that would be fantastic.
Yeah. It would be fantastic for people who are good at telling the OP what he or she wants to hear.
"I know the scale says 400 pounds but you're really just big-boned...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by misha, [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]
Last month
MeFi comment:
"On the morning of June 19, 2034, we will succeed in creating a machine that is smarter than we are.
Upon awakening, the machine will decide to devote its life to obsessive mathematical analyses of London Tube schedules and to scanning random..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by Monochrome, JHarris, Smart Dalek, Caduceus, stumcg, ymgve, Divine_Wino, Reverend John
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Funny you should mention this. I just got back from the UK, where gas already is $8 a gallon.
Life goes on. People take transit. They drive much smaller cars. They even . . . walk. No, really, they do.
Of course, if you believe the..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by tehloki, dantsea, gorgor_balabala, blueberry, jamesonandwater, Xere, gaspode, humanfont, silkygreenbelly
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Hobbies: “getting drunk everynight down by the water, playing my guitar and smoking pot”
Why Interested in Position: “to keep my parole officer from putting back me in jail”..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
Last month
Ask comment:
"I try to force myself to socialize and face the world because, well, isn't that what people are supposed to do?
Don't think of it as something you are supposed to do, like eating your wheaties or something. Think of it as something that can be..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by interuptus
Last month
Ask comment:
"Also, my work environment was extremely unsupportive and I could not lot it be known that I was in therapy lest it be held against me. If this is an issue for you, I recommend discussing coping strategies with your therapist as early as possible so..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hulahulagirl
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"I also see that Canada has strict gun control laws while the US has none.
We have no gun control laws? No. Wrong. Utterly wrong.
We have spotty, inconsistent gun control laws. But we do have them. It varies by jurisdiction. Big cities..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dreamcast
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Are you listening?
No, not really.
But the Left has always had a talent for advancing ideas that I like and then poisoning those ideas by coating them in self-righteousness and over-the-top rhetoric.
Why should you be any different?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by regicide is good for you
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The Perfect Suspect Unsuspected by Police
Back in 1990, a man entered a police station in St. Charles, Missouri, and claimed to be the next Jeffrey Dahmer. The police ignored this man, but he finally got the attention of one detective when he..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Nattie, palmcorder_yajna
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Wonderful.
Another excuse for grown men and women to act like toddlers.
Just what this country needs." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by hjo3
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Oooooooh! You beat me to it, chunking! Awesome article!
I suppose my point is that it is impossible to trust Western interpretations of indigenous cultures.
The story ends with (by my count) three men dead, one guy blinded in one eye and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Canard de Vasco
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's a damn shame she's lost her life in such a brutal way. I feel terrible for her family.
But I can't help but think of the cynical exchange:
"Can the lion lie down with the lamb?"
"Only if there is a fresh supply of lambs...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by konolia, Mayor Curley
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"What makes me sad is that someone probably wants to offer her a book/television deal now.
The Attention Whore Economy." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rottytooth
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Honestly, I don't know what they're doing.
They're having a fucking blast.
A vulgar, tasteless, self-indulgent blast.
Some people like that kind of stuff, you know? It's not my cup of tea, personally. The whole thing strikes me as a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jonmc
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The music industry charges 18.99 for shitty CDs with one good song.
CD sales drop.
They charge $200 a ticket for acts that haven't released any good songs since the Reagan Administration.
Ticket sales drop.
Might there be a pattern here?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cass, Blazecock Pileon
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"hank14:
I personally could give a fig if Darwinism is right, and I don't really care that ID people think they're right . . . and I prefer the political outcomes associated with Darwin to the ones associated with intelligent design.
Wow...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kid ichorous
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"VIII. Americans all have big fat asses.
IX. They drive big gas-guzzling SUVs
X. LOL" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by systematic
4 months ago
Ask comment:
""I don't plan when I'm going to pay rent. I'll get to it when I get to it."
Holy fucking shit. How old is this guy -- twelve?
"OK, if you don't want to plan this, let us plan it for you. Give us your share of the rent every..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by FlyingMonkey
4 months ago
