Wake me up when someone is really being oppressed, ok?

First they came for the movie creators, but I said nothing, because I don't create any movies...

Next they came for the picture takes, but I said nothing, because I don't take any pictures...
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:00 AM on July 23, 2008

The make an awesome halloween costume
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 1:04 PM on July 19, 2008

I think I like this one best...

yip, I do..
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 1:06 PM on July 19, 2008

The thing takes sewage and produces clean water. How can the Republicans object to naming an environmental benefit like that after Mr Bush?
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 5:03 AM on July 18, 2008

Twenty stabwounds to the back - worst suicide I ever saw!
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 1:48 AM on July 17, 2008

As John McCain would say, we really need missile defense batteries in Czechoslovakia to defend against this potential danger.

[He actually did say that:]“Iran’s most recent missile tests demonstrate again the dangers it poses to its neighbors and to the wider region, especially Israel. Ballistic missile testing coupled with Iran’s continued refusal to cease its nuclear activities should unite the international community in efforts to counter Iran’s... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:35 AM on July 16, 2008

I'm sure the central bank in Zimbabwe also gladly pays you 100,000 zimbabwean dollars now that the banks there are insolvent...
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 12:46 AM on July 15, 2008

More proof that the USA has dumbed itself down: presidential candidates have to apologize for saying that children should learn things.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:25 AM on July 14, 2008

But surely they don't have weddings, right?

Or at least not until this century?
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:20 AM on July 14, 2008

Can the 13 year old appeal if the damages indeed are just $1?
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 6:28 AM on July 13, 2008

After having person after person tell me about how not only should gay people not be allowed to marry, but they should also be hauled out into the street and shot, I asked to be placed on another survey.

And you were still talking to the same bigots, the only difference is that you didn't know.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 8:55 AM on July 11, 2008

[Italy also has a long way to go:]An Italian court has ruled the government must pay 100,000 euros ($157,700) in damages to a man who was told to retake a driving test because he was homosexual.

When 26 year-old Danilo Giuffrida told doctors he was gay at his medical examination for military service, they passed the information to the transport ministry, who told him he must repeat his driving test or have his license withdrawn due to his "sexual identity... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 9:41 AM on July 12, 2008

So it's perfectly ok to fire anyone for their religious beliefs, if those beliefs are different from everyone else's. Good to know.

No, it's perfectly OK to fire anyone for not fitting in.

It doesn't suddenly stop being OK just because religion is involved.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 11:48 AM on July 12, 2008

So, up untill this century can anyone point me to any place on this planet where same sex marriage has existed as part of a society?

Since, technically, we appear to be talking about "civil partnerships" I'd say The Netherlands, since Jan 1, 1998. That counts as earlier than "this century", right? Full marriage rights are since 2001.

Society here hasn't collapsed yet.

Early on... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 12:22 PM on July 12, 2008

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posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 11:44 AM on July 12, 2008

I Still miss my guilders.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 9:59 AM on July 7, 2008

Health insurance is bad enough, because it subsidizes idiots, fatties, smokers, druggies, and drunks--but hey, most of us are one of those things at some point or another. I'm not really enthusiastic about subsidizing breeders too. If a kid would be too expensive for you, don't fucking have one.

You really, really should visit at least four or five European countries for at least three months each. I don't care which ones - you... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:40 PM on July 5, 2008

Oh man, I'd love to.

at this point I should probably throw back a snark about changing employers, but I won't.

Instead, when you do manage to get the funds to visit Europe, even for a few days, and if the Netherlands manage to make it to your list, drop me a mail.

Although (or perhaps I should say "because") I disagree with a lot of the things you say on this site, I'd... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 3:01 PM on July 5, 2008

Assuming company provided child care were off the table, it's very clear that salaries would be higher across the board

That's your problem right there. That isn't at all clear. The company would try to pay "market rates" and "benchmark" their salary with other companies, and "conveniently" forget the side benefits in their calculations. So, when employees are negotiating as a group, it's in their best collective... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 3:07 PM on July 5, 2008

So, when employees are negotiating as a group, it's in their best collective interests to get as many side benefits as possible, even if not all members of the group would use them.

To the extent this even makes sense, it's so obviously wrong, it hurts. What do you mean by "collective interests?" I want to be better off personally

Here's the thing you seem to be missing: you can be better of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 12:43 AM on July 6, 2008

Then start your own company

Would this be a good point to startle Steve some more and tell him I own my own company?
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 8:26 AM on July 6, 2008

I'm clearly way, way too good for this world.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 8:23 AM on July 3, 2008

The order also requires Google to turn over copies of all videos that it has taken down for any reason.

So, if google has taken down a video from some non-viacom entity, for any reason, viacom gets a copy, in violation of the original owners’ copyrights?
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 8:23 AM on July 3, 2008

what if the artificial uterus were perfected

Drop me a mefi mail the moment that happens, and we'll have this discussion again, based on the then-current data.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 5:26 AM on July 3, 2008

[CNN reports on it as well:]President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have rejected findings from U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran has halted a clandestine effort to build a nuclear bomb and “do not want to leave Iran in place with a nuclear program,” Hersh said.
“They believe that their mission is to make sure that before they get out of office next year, either Iran is attacked or it stops its weapons program,” Hersh said.
And since evidence for the “stops its... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 12:09 AM on June 30, 2008

I'd really like to see people in the US do something about it, like not fighting stupid wars, using their ingenuity to invent alternative energy sources and more efficient cars.

Instead we get whining, dunking and prayer circles.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 11:15 PM on June 29, 2008

I don't like soccer much, but I do agree with goodnewsfortheinsane on Jack van Gelder's commentary. I've seen what sports commentators do for the NBA and NFL, and I'd advice anyone who thinks that is great to learn dutch, just to be able to listen to Jack.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 11:04 PM on June 29, 2008

If you ever felt like Mefi has its threads full of useless remarks and all kind of shit, try to follow that thread. I find the story interesting, but gave up - it's almost impossible to find the posts by the guy owning the property amongst all the garbage... Perhaps somebody braver than me can find and link to all the individual posts...

other than that, good find, ortho!
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:03 PM on June 29, 2008

How about candidates must donate some percentage of their net worth to their political party? Say 1% for a representative, 2% for a senator, and 5% for a president.

Wouldn't change much in funding, but it would end the two-party system, as suddenly every candidate will have their own party, with just one candidate.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:54 AM on June 27, 2008

I'd like to see which blogs have the most posts.

About a year ago I was contacted (and listed in the top 3) of somebody who kept track of that. My weblog, the Daily Irrelevant (warning, self-link!*) had some 10,000 posts in the database back then (a bit over 12,500 right now), and it could have been much higher but I deleted a lot of stuff on my move to wordpress.

Having the most isn't really all that interesting, I think.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:49 AM on June 27, 2008

I don't think I'd be playing camera man.

Why not? Either the building is going to collapse, or it isn't, and there's nothing you can do about it - the ball is mounted so high in the building that if you can see it, you're not going to have enough time to get out of the building before it collapses, if it collapses.

So you might as well get some footage. Either you can post a cool video on youtube afterwards, or your... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:32 AM on June 27, 2008

You're likely to hear a lot of turkish poetry tonight on the german streets...
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 9:17 AM on June 25, 2008

I'm curious. What's the thing he did to delete the email from his boss's Sent folder?

Simple - add another IMAP account to your mail client.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 11:38 PM on June 24, 2008

I just hope it doesn't sink in too deep a location. Looks like a great dive spot in the making...
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 11:22 PM on June 24, 2008

Belushi doing a Joe Cocker has always been brilliant, part of the best SNL ever.

Unfortunately, the only Joe Cocker interpretation by Belushi I can find is this.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 12:28 PM on June 21, 2008

Awesome, DanielDManiel - those were exactly the two I had in mind when I was searching the tube.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 11:49 PM on June 21, 2008

If they were in the same room, it is extremely unlikely they only took one picture. Show us thumbnails of the dozens of pictures you decided weren't good enough for the ad. That should do the trick of convincing us..
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:29 AM on June 21, 2008

I read Zambrano's comment as "there's plenty of things we don't know". And you know what, that's actually correct.

That's why we invented double blind tests. To find out things we don't yet know.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 12:04 PM on June 17, 2008

Okay.... recap: it asks me if I think the world is a mess. I said no. (it may have a lot of problems, sure, but a mess? No.) It says 600 million girls disagree with me, and shows me a blinking white ball. Whilst claiming again the world is a kind of a mess, which I already disagreed with. After that, nothing changes on screen.

What does it expect me to do? Visit each of those 600 million girls and tell them they are wrong?... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 7:41 AM on June 17, 2008

And the math... oh boy. I clicked the "facts" link, and it tells me 70 percent of the 130 million out-of-school kids are girls. So that's 91 million. Where did the other 509 million girls go?
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 7:42 AM on June 17, 2008

I taught my twin 3 year olds, when asked if something is magic, to raise their arms up and shout "No, it's SCIENCE!"

Any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:05 PM on June 16, 2008

Yes, there's an election coming up: they are raising the "terror level" on every possible occasion:

[Quote:]
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said that the Supreme Court decision to allow enemy combatants to challenge their detention could lead to the nuclear destruction of a U.S. city.
What the fuck? Do the prisoners at Guantanamo have a nuke stuffed up their ass that nobody knows about, that they’ll set off the moment they... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 1:57 PM on June 16, 2008

Now all we need is plan for the U.S.-useless creatures.

Does it always have to be about Bush on this site?
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 2:43 AM on June 12, 2008

It wasn't the vagina. It was the cunt.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 12:06 AM on June 9, 2008

It doesn't appear to understand prefixes. It has the parsec, but not the attoparsec. Let alone the "attoparsec per fortnight" (which would be about an inch per second)
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 1:25 AM on June 6, 2008

Well, that's what the trusty old Xerox machine is for.

You may want to check into the source of the phrase "carbon copy" as well...
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 1:14 AM on June 6, 2008

Today Bush is meeting with our (Dutch) Prime Minister, Jan-Peter Balkenende. Perhaps he can escort Bush back to the Hague and drop him off at the international court...
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 1:02 PM on June 5, 2008

So ....Republicans, you're either really dim or really corrupt.

Why is this an "either" - "or" question? They can easily be both.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 1:10 AM on June 6, 2008

I'm looking forward to the comments on this on Bruce Schneiers' weblog.

This one is going to end up in all the books as an example....
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 1:57 PM on June 4, 2008

As in you have some maturing to do.

As do most companies, apparently.
posted to MetaFilter by DreamerFi at 12:40 PM on June 4, 2008