MeFi post:
Our sustainers
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2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I posted it because it seems like a big deal to me. It's a bad precedent, killing off an entire population of mammals. I don't know what to do about it, but it sure seems like something to be mindful of. I mean, we see an obit thread for every person..." [
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Last month
MeFi post:
Be afraid
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Last month
MeFi comment:
"There's sunshine falling all the time, providing more energy per square foot than we will need for a long, long time, and all we have to do is figure out good ways to harness it. Moreover, there are plenty of interesting technologies that do so, and..." [
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Last month
MeFi comment:
"Hey, folks on the web believe all kinds of things. Did you check out the interesting tidbits?" [
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Last month
MeFi post:
ZOMG flukes!
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2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I remember a girl in my first grade class who took her shoes off a lot, even though she would get in trouble for doing so. One day we drew pictures of ourselves and hers had rays coming out of her fingers and toes...." [
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2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I like Carver's work, and he was part of the curriculum for one of the fiction classes I took at Evergreen in 1994. I had the honor of serving cocktails to Tess Gallagher on the veranda at Lake Crescent Lodge the following summer. I told her I had..." [
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2 months ago
MeFi post:
Name that note
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2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Unlike your partner, you are continuously producing new gametes. Most teratogenic drugs cause problems when you are taking them, not years later." [
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2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"What a curious collection. Some of them I'm just shy of whacko for, others are completely unfamiliar to me. But Dianetics? Now that's cult lit." [
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2 months ago
MeFi post:
Hive-minded
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3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Sounds like De Leeuw is a fine gentleman, and the clip and post simply cast him in an unflattering light. I still don't understand the joke (and it makes me uncomfortable), but it seems the post borders on defamation......." [
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3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I'd be happy to answer any questions involving remorse." [
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3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"It seems to me that the intent of the poster should count for something. Obviously, this was not intended to spur crude humor.
Here's a paper on Cameroonian folklore and internalized misogyny (pdf). Perhaps a little more comfortable for those......" [
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3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I work at Microsoft. I've been there for a couple of years, mostly as a full-time employee. I can't speak for anyone but myself, and should add that my discipline is "content engineering", which has not been a core discipline as long as..." [
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favorited 1 time
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm curious about the correlation of "cognitive enhancement" drug use with age. A cursory look at the charted data suggests that something happens in the 45-55 age range that makes scientists decide it's not such a bad idea after all...." [
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favorited 1 time
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"sometimes pot can inspire people to let life pass them by and lose the momentum of their dreams in lieu of staying baked
True, but pot's no different from any other intoxicant in that respect. The problem is abuse, not the substance...." [
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3 months ago