MeTa comment:
"dnab, I don't mean you any ill will, and I've liked reading many of your contributions (when they aren't overly vitriolic), but I think if you continually have these sorts of hostile interactions with other members that obviously vex you, it might be..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by spiderwire, roll truck roll, Meagan, kuujjuarapik, pyrex, aeschenkarnos, Nattie, malpractice, BrotherCaine, scody
more than 12 hours ago
MeTa comment:
"Agreed. The hack my baby question was probably the shark jumper here. I like the idea of viewing meatspace objects and activities as software, hardware, and processes and it's interesting to see how computer use has changed our entire metaphorical..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by ifthe21stcentury, scrump, Baby_Balrog, misha, KevinSkomsvold, tyrantkitty, horsemuth, RussHy, sunshinesky
Yesterday
Ask comment:
"You want something for nothing, and you want others to tell you how to get it ASAP. I don't think anyone has successfully done that yet, so if you manage it you can write a book about it...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by crabintheocean
2 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Out of curiousity, is there a similar metaphor in non-baseball playing countries?
People that live in those countries haven't heard about foreplay yet so metaphors would just confuse them...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by languagehat, Sys Rq, Dizzy
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"And if you do go to their "family shop" because you are, in fact, looking to by a rug, you may have one of the scariest and creepiest days of your life.
posted by StickyCarpet
I think we all know what needs to be said here so I won't..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by rtha, miss lynnster
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"My guess is that it might be related to boingboing's staff trying to make their product a little bit safer for corporate network users to browse, thus increasing exposure to desirable advertising demographics. All the sexy talk was probably raising..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by orthogonality, Flitcraft, Jimbob, liza
4 days ago
Ask comment:
"Gun inside a quick access lockbox that is bolted to the bottom shelf. Pile of books and phone charge on top." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Medieval Maven
4 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Terminate each and everyone and let the Presumed Omnipresent Overarching Construct apply filters." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by isopraxis
5 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Also, maybe we could encourage less link padding while we're at it. Googling a name and working the results into a sentence doesn't always support the main link...." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by jon4009, oneirodynia, gyusan, thewalledcity, languagehat, Space Coyote, grouse, sveskemus, Rock Steady
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Somewhere in a business school in North America, a bright young MBA student is working on a futures market model for this." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sar HaPanim
6 days ago
MeTa comment:
"There are nuances that aren't being picked up here. If the angle for posting a "one link music post" is to share this cool band that you think everyone needs to see, then it's not a good post for Metafilter. If you want to share some..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Deathalicious, thewalledcity
7 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Remember that scene in "Miami Blues" where the fat pawnshop lady hacks off Alec Baldwin's fingers with a machete? That sort of signaled the beginning of the end for his character. It ain't over 'till the fat lady hacks off a Baldwin's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cgc373
8 days ago
MeTa comment:
"It's so nice of some of the resident jerks and hotheads who showed up here to make unmerited mentions of their MeFi pet pariahs in this thread just because they don't know any better...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by BrotherCaine, Blazecock Pileon, loiseau
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"First, you would need a chainsaw for a hand." [
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favorited 37 times, recently by [expletive deleted], lumosh, retronic, iamkimiam, ZakDaddy, Who_Am_I, Reto, Lou Stuells, snwod, cdavis, Dillonlikescookies, spiderwire, cadge, GaelFC
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Geez, now we're playing with two false dichotomies. How about the total tonnage of conventional ordnance dropped in the current Iraq war alone? Can we go back to gawking at the freak's face now?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, pointystick
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm as religious as dozens of you bastards combined and I wouldn't think twice to accept treatment that would prevent something thousands of times less severe than this. Don't be lumping all religions in the same basket. We can fold space and..." [
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favorited 19 times, recently by tehloki, eritain, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, flod logic, ruelle, kingbenny, dirtynumbangelboy, resurrexit, khaibit, pointystick, magstheaxe, Jilder, jtron, donnagirl, Kimothy, blue_beetle, katillathehun, Roman Graves, skewedoracle
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Isn't the will to press on with life after catastrophe interesting? It seems to be the exactly the same force in humans and animals alike, although humans can abstract and re-focus it in ways animals don't have the circuitry for. Faceless cat will..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by batmonkey
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Christ, people. This isn't something that anyone needs to get ruffled about.
And, TPS, davey_darling isn't God." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shmegegge
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Hey, that cloud kind of looks like a brain. Just like the cover of Tago Mago. I was born and I was dead, too, Damo. I was born and I was dead too." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mistsandrain
12 days ago
Ask comment:
"I've been once. They don't call themselves Quakers. Most people were dressed office casual or less. You can get up at the end of the meeting and say whatever you would like. There's a very relaxed expectation that newcomers get up and introduce..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by caddis, Korou
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Being allergic to wifi is no more delusional than being allergic to ragweed and pollen, etc..
Um, except that WiFi signals don't turn into particles that get caught in your mucous membranes...." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by tehloki, Monochrome, JHarris, Dark Messiah, you're a kitty!, hjo3, dyoneo, Pope Guilty, DU
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, that bee sting allergy is just because of some childhood trauma when your father hit you with a pillow case that had a cartoon bee on it." [
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favorited 19 times, recently by tehloki, Dark Messiah, olya, Songdog, sugarfish, Dreama, fearfulsymmetry, glycolized, hjo3, Blazecock Pileon, Lentrohamsanin, dyoneo, WinnipegDragon, davejay, pyrex, Falconetti, drezdn, nooneyouknow, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"At least we got to see Chuck D killing the governor of Arizona. But yeah, this outragefilter is far too localized." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Senor Cardgage
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Don't try to "make it a home" all at once. Just be sure that you have the furniture you need to be comfortable and functional. The personalization stuff will come on its own as you settle in...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by silkygreenbelly
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Obligatory Werner Herzog quote:
“Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity,” Herzog has said. “It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrifying, cannibalistic and nightmarish creatures..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by invitapriore
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"I make a good salary and instead of driving something flashy I have, yep, a Mazda 3. It's just fine. FWIW, I get around 28 MPG city driving. I've driven BMW 3 series and while they feel sturdier overall and probably could take a day's worth of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by RikiTikiTavi, HappyHippo
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"This thread will be so lovely if it stays around. I'm sure a pretty strong case could be made for either side as to whether death threats are covered by the first amendment. He sounded earnest. How do you get the mentality to even consider..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Reverend John, liza, facetious
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm not sure it's a good idea to try to understand any supposed logical underpinnings of those rants." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
3 weeks ago
