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"I think your reaction has to hinge upon the specificity and imagination involved in how the 'roleplayed rape' played out. I've been in a pirate-themed campaign that could be loosely described as "typically evil characters go around murdering,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Nattie
3 days ago
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"I've made my cynicism less unattractive to others and less depressing by changing the way I interact with radio, tv, movies, news, etc. In communications lingo, it's pulled instead of pushed media. So I listen to music I want with an iPod, pull..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
5 days ago
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"Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Long, digressive, complicated, somewhat humorous, fun novels that teach you stuff you didn't know about:
Yes, somewhat, a bit, fuck yes, hells yes, and true if you don't mind getting a bit of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hought20, dnc
7 days ago
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""bean-plating" means overthinking something. The metafilter inside joke is that lots of people can over-analyze a plate of beans (something boring). Just to be clear, beans have nothing to do with your food question...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Asymptote
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"3 million is pretty damn modest as far as labwork goes. My mother does purchasing for a malaria lab and she's probably spent 3 mil on Kimberly Clark Utility Wipes alone. They're just like regular paper towels, but ... sciency!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by peacheater
13 days ago
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"I think alot of people have assumed the OP is looking for multiplayer help, which is not the case.
My advice: Pick up Halo 1 and play on easy. Or better yet, pick up GoldenEye and an N64. I'd wager a large portion of the console 'elite' cut..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pantengliopoli
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I work at a legal publisher, where cases, briefs, etc. are reformatted and cleaned up for publication in reference volumes. So I see alot of the raw Word .docs that lawyers (or support staff) have prepared.
#1 Cringeworthy Pet Peeve with legal..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tehloki, clarahamster, aeschenkarnos
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The sensation you are feeling is the quickening." [
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favorited 27 times, recently by up in the old hotel, LobsterMitten, tehloki, Beardman, Jubal Kessler, lunit, RussHy, jock@law, benzenedream, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, Balisong, lumensimus, Mr_Zero, adamdschneider, Heatwole, bardic, troy, Pope Guilty, Durn Bronzefist, kryptondog, kid ichorous, Auden, longdaysjourney, Fiasco da Gama, 5MeoCMP, Potomac Avenue, bukharin
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"The real reason to play games on console is that you can do so while slumped over on the couch while exhausted from work.
This is when I eat breakfast cereal and watch the news. Then I slump in my cheap office chair and play some games, like I'm..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by giraffe
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"MapGuy: Please cut out the flip remarks and somehow acknowledge jessamyn's reasonable requests of you. Why? Well, the site deserves the respect." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I just wanna see a little anagnorisis. The jokey and dismissive comments, not so much.
I already see enough posturing in my victorian shilouette collection. oh..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by supercrayon, nola
3 weeks ago
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"One classic example is Nelly in Wuthering Heights, whom some critics call an unrelaible (and malevolent) narrator." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by amethysts
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The old guy had just watched Children of Men and so he was totally like "Okay, be cool. Humanity might need this one someday."" [
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favorited 3 times, recently by cass, Jilder, pxe2000
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Don't you feel kind of dorky when you flag something, though?
To flag something, a man would have to put his soul at hazard. He'd have to say, "OK, I'll be part of this world."
It helps if you feel dorky all the time, too...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by misha, h00py, Fuzzy Skinner
Last month
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"If my bank started offering free financial workshops on basic topics (saving, debt, big purchases, budgeting) I would be delighted and charmed (you care!) – if any only if there were no hard sell in providing for-pay related services...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Metroid Baby, freya_lamb, sperose
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I'm outraged and offended that my glorious niche musical subgenres weren't included in their list. This probably means that I'm a snob but crave the attention and acceptance of the cool kids.
I hate your music but for pete's sake hold me close!..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nikitabot, Lesser Shrew
Last month
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"You've got a good handle on it already, which is amazing if this is the first week you've had your camera. I'd add the following thoughts per point:
1. Just keep it open all the way in low light. ISO and shutter will be the limiting factors on..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by minus zero, blindcarboncopy
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Not even close.
Correct. DU has obviously never seen Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. Sample Dialog: "Fucking disgusting. This isn't even cooked. Raw as your mum's arsehole. Grow a pair of testicles you sodding pussy. SHIT. Look at..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by robcorr
Last month
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"McCain is hoping that one of his houses is involved in a hurricane or tornado or wildfire or foreclosure or something so he'll look sympathetic and have zingers for the debates. I can just see him poking through the rubble and spotting his old penny..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by contessa, Solon and Thanks
Last month
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"Small web/print publisher here. All PCs running Adobe CS2. At least with text-heavy CMS cross publishing in my office, IT needs dictate windows. We're still way behind a slick XML workflow, so everything is running on custom PCS with .doc inputs..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by doctor_negative
Last month
MeFi comment:
"That little man will go home tonight, sweaty and hoarse, and have fantastic sex with his hot hot wife.
I am so proud of him." [
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favorited 26 times, recently by Solon and Thanks
Last month
MeTa comment:
"A pre-deleted spam post is liminal. It's very existence is to be celebrated.
It's like hearing distant drums across the savanna." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by MythMaker, fishfucker, schyler523, SpacemanStix, nitsuj, imperium, Mayor West, bru, matildaben, princelyfox, Huw, orrnyereg, kosem, everichon
Last month
MeTa comment:
"I predict:
• A mid-series 5 companion replacement when the Doctor's (and Producer's) daughter gets bored after her Spooks spin-off is canceled.
• The Doctor goes on trial when he is caught by the Shadow Proclaimation
• Return of the Weeping..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
Last month
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"Like others have said, give them ads to copy. Go through a few magazines which advertise local events, shop for good templates on flickr, give them design elements from iStockPhoto you want used, draw up a style guide you want used with your adverts...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dean King
2 months ago
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"why is your location and operating system part of the question?
(I think they mistook the tips on the post page for requirements. Now it looks like a AskMe parody question.)..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by lunasol, goshling, Jahaza
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"So that's what a box of win looks like.." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by chronic sublime, nasreddin, Optamystic, Jilder, dirtynumbangelboy, lumensimus, crossoverman, merelyglib, eritain, xthlc, eriko, minervous, JaredSeth, Malor, Caduceus, scody, flaterik
2 months ago
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"davey_darling: nope.
AceRock: nope.
box: nope.
moonshine: that was fucking awesome, but still nope." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jeffrygardner
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Within minutes, his cell phone was packed full of voicemail, with everyone he knew calling to tell him that they never expected he'd say that.
We should start a support group and just read each other histories of the Spanish Inquisition, pausing..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cillit bang, aeschenkarnos
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Fucking love me some Wall•E.
But I am curious as to why our Wall•E was the only one left. Did he try and fix up his buddies when they went kaput? Did they screw themselves over by staying outside in the superstorms? I mean, he's been..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ukdanae
2 months ago
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"The plant has been evolving in an inhospitable toxic wasteland for 700 years and can now weather the effects of space with no problem. For instance, it was found sealed in a refrigerator cut off from the Sun.
Morpheus voice: "You think..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by silkygreenbelly, zippy
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"There's an obvious fix if they're rich. I always find that real villains are lazy and unimaginative and really just want to control others." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by greenie2600
3 months ago
