...isn't there at least some level of self-editing always present in most people? Isn't it part of being human and being aware of and/or worried about what other humans think of us?

Sure, but I think that for most well-adjusted people, any generic self-editing and/or worries about what others might think of them are relatively minor compared to what we're talking about here.

I'm a reasonably well-adjusted hetero who worries... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 11:31 AM on May 6, 2008

PS. Here in the progressive Bay Area at least, I know a number of straight folks, some legally married, who refer to their husbands or wives as their "partner".

I think I referred to my husband as my partner more than once during the long stretch of serious committed relationship before we got engaged. I seem to recall thinking "boyfriend" sounded too grade school or something. (I had weird ideas then.)... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 6:36 AM on May 7, 2008

Very cool. Can't wait to play again when I can listen to the soundtrack. Thanks for posting.
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 10:23 AM on May 5, 2008

92% Dixie here. Strangely, I'm always told I don't have much of an accent.
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 10:02 AM on May 2, 2008

Actually, I thought the worst thing about the narration in Civ4 was installing the expansion pack, and having the "new" quotes narrated by Sid himself. Talk about a jarring contrast. Sorry, Sid.
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 1:49 PM on April 21, 2008

I didn't know about No Depression until I heard the NPR piece a couple of weeks ago, and I'm sorry I missed out.

But I'm having a hard time feeling sorry for these guys... they bemoan the loss of this medium (because who else will write 10,000 word pieces about Little Miss Cornshucks?), while seeming, at least in the interview, to completely ignore the vast potential that the website provides. Do they really think so... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 3:30 PM on March 4, 2008

Ooh, that's a bummer. And totally unnecessary -- looking at the original, I think that one would have been way funnier/trippier if they had just left Jon alone in panels 5 and 7.
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 11:42 AM on February 27, 2008

Alvy, surely you recognize that there's a cultural element to Paula Deen's recipes, no?

That Krispy Kreme bread pudding recipe you linked to (whether it's hers, or from one of her viewers) apparently came from an episode called "Southern BBQ." I am from the South. I have been to many "Southern BBQs." (It sounds so quaint that way.) And I can tell you just from reading the recipe, without a shadow of a doubt, that this... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 11:39 AM on February 22, 2008

...yet I see that the region is still in a drought and there's been no more serious news coming out of that area.

The drought hasn't been overstated, but the story is what it is. What else are they going to report?

"DROUGHT WATCH: Day 206 -- Georgia STILL hasn't gotten enough rain to replenish its drastically depleted water supply. Residents STILL encouraged to conserve water in every way possible. Film at 11."... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 9:39 AM on February 22, 2008

Very cool (the post, not the tragic and mysterious sequence of events). Makes me wish I could read Russian.

It's also the first "orphaned article" tag I've ever seen on wikipedia. For some reason it creeps me out in a similar way, albeit on a vastly smaller scale. Something about the thought that the article about the lost hikers might itself get lost in some kind of wikipedia information avalanche... (ow, my head).
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 9:23 AM on February 22, 2008

What's with all the poodle hate?

The haircut, AND a complete lack of personality. Those glassy eyed freaks creep me out. (And I grew up around poodles.)

My big fear is that the beagle will now become a "must-have" dog for some people who have no business owning that breed. They can be a very, very challenging pet.

Very true, but for every typical,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 10:13 AM on February 13, 2008

that I won't deny. mixing up the gene pool makes all the difference.
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 10:30 AM on February 13, 2008

You know, I was just thinking that my Tiny Balls of Butter were missing that certain... little-hairy-fish taste. Thank goodness Mark Bittman is here to set me on the path of anchovy righteousness.

blech.
posted to MetaFilter by somanyamys at 7:12 AM on December 20, 2007