MeTa comment:
"Oh my god. Do you take everything in life this seriously? What happens when the tag over the butter on the shelf is ripped off, obscuring the *real* price? do you scream for the manager? I bet that parking meters really get you too...the government..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
3 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Private or non-favorite favorites. I often favorite things as examples of some thing other than my endorsement of what they've said." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by the_latin_mouse, paleyellowwithorange, 8dot3, vincele, batmonkey, streetdreams, stinkycheese, pineapple, jammy, flapjax at midnite, carsonb, Afroblanco, iamkimiam
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I want to hear somebody stand up and ask both candidates what their thoughts are on race relations and minorities in the US." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nax
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"You know what I want to see? A list. I want a big fat long list of names and titles, with links on the names*, of every public figure that endorses Obama. Bonus if its organized by field (ex. Entertainment, Science, History, Politics, Art, Healthcare..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Miko
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"There is something (dare I say "fundamentally") wrong with this country when both the Presidential nominee and the VP nominee from the same ticket will lose their jobs and be forever banned from the field if they don't win the election...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I think its interesting to note, and I didn't see explicitly stated in the article link, is that the English spelling system was mostly solidified just before the language underwent its greatest and most mysterious sound change of all, The Great..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by liza, litlnemo, chuckdarwin, Jofus, No-sword
5 days ago
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"Start out under the covers. It will get hot under there and you will kick them off. Trust me. Also, there's nothing that says the covers need to start out on the bed...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dreama
6 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Last night, in my Sociolinguistics/Narrative class, we analyzed a bunch of transcriptions from recent political speeches. We were looking for patterns and more subtle linguistic features that help to build a narrative, through identity construction..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Librarygeek, tractorfeed, P.o.B., scody
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I was totally against arugula before I was for it.
(Ironically, I ate arugula last night, while watching Stephen Colbert. Or maybe I should say, "While watching Stephen Colbert last night, I ate arugula ironically.")..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by shiu mai baby, lekvar, fourcheesemac
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"fourcheesemac: "Seriously, in her answer to Couric's SCOTUS question, she blithely shot the legal foundation for the anti-abortion movement out from underneath her own legs. And the bullet passed through her foot."
Best mixed metaphor..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Locative, notsnot
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"sien: "It's time to see some accounts of getting over internet addiction."
That's like walking into a bar looking for the recovered alcoholics...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
9 days ago
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"I thought Richen was well, bitchen'...until I saw it paired with White. Then I laughed out loud so hard I woke up boyfriend sleeping in next room.
I really like Yeshi, Jamma, Palmo, Seldon, Kelden, and Dolkar (that one is nice with Dechen)...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nzydarkxj, hazyjane
10 days ago
MeTa comment:
"Do you ever start to write something on metafilter, and then for whatever reason, just stop and erase it? Maybe close the page, go do something else? Sure, the world won't get to benefit from your brilliant comment, super funny joke, or most awesome..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by batmonkey
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I think that polls would reveal that the Palin Effect is doing wonderful things for SNL. And Tina Fey. Go Palin!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fourcheesemac
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I can totally see this happening. Obama wins the Canada election. McCain takes the US. The music stops, and we all scramble around the continent looking for a chair...." [
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favorited 28 times, recently by flibbertigibbet, kryptondog, Dormant Gorilla, Silly Ashles, bpt, Beardman, Kronos_to_Earth, Jenny is Crafty, merelyglib, es_de_bah, Phalene, bitter-girl.com, null terminated, Nattie, lizzicide, theiconoclast31, jonp72, lunasol, jock@law, DU, LMGM, Jimbob, From Bklyn, crossoverman, Fiasco da Gama, lumensimus, grandsham, Caduceus
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow. I placed my cursor about halfway into the post, to select a line to quote and comment on here, but then I couldn't stop highlighting and scrolling until I reached the end. How does one begin? And how does she stop once she's taken the bait from..." [
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favorited 50 times, recently by papafrita, peep, yohko, mathowie, ahdeeda, minifigs, Baby_Balrog, Floach, wires, KAS, hot soup girl, liza, nicepersonality, divabat, small_ruminant, MythMaker, exlotuseater, Librarygeek, googlebombed, arcticwoman, mindless progress, sir_rubixalot, miss-lapin, vocpanda, The Light Fantastic, roll truck roll, kcds, Popular Ethics, klangklangston, brookedel, odinsdream, EarBucket, Leon, Haruspex, olya, Hactar, Deathalicious, Ambrosia Voyeur, Effigy2000, bunnytricks, self, infini, peacheater, brundlefly, jamaro, Comrade_robot, aeschenkarnos, jtron, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94
2 weeks ago
MeFi post:
“The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.” –Ben Okri
favorited 13 times, recently by New Frontier, manguero, rzklkng, moonlet, lahersedor, atropos, Araucaria, mike3k, daniel_charms, Cassilda, acro, neroli, Haruspex
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Cortex, you sexist pig! That's it, I'm not showing my face around here until you all promise to be nicer to me and give me the deference I deserve! I've spent 18 months on Metafilter, and dammit I can see BoingBoing from my browser window!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jonp72
3 weeks ago
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"In the beginning especially, watch what he says and does. If he doesn't follow through on his promises or the simple things he says he'll do (calling you back, making plans, etc.) then realize that he is ok with disappointing you. (Not ok!)
I got..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by yeoja
Last month
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"At the beginning of relationships i always try to remind myself that you never get this time back. This is the magical and crazy discovery period where you both act stupid and googly. Embrace it! Run with it! Because pretty soon you'll both be..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by streetdreams
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I didn't know about the konolia challenge until your recent post, fourcheesemac (#3818, not linking to it because I don't want to reload the SLPT* for the comment stamp), but there are two things that strike me here:
I think it unfair that you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ryanrs
Last month
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"Part of being silly IS being dumb. Sometimes I find whatever silliness I just did even more hilarious when I'm met with blank stares or annoyance...and I've got some stock rejoinders for cases when that happens. Usually those go over well when the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
Last month
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"This is not about saving money, paperwork, or time. This is about race, nationality, and power—all three of which are inextricably tied to culture. And the "currency", "ice cream flavor", or "means of..." [
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Last month
MeTa comment:
"I don't see how either definition is a misuse of the word in the original post, but whatever. Flagged as fantastically excellent." [
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favorited 1 time
Last month
MeTa comment:
"uncleozzy: "Oh yeah, nobody ever parses my name right the first time around. I don't know why."
I just fell for it too. I think we are conditioned to recognize the first two letters, "un", as a bound morpheme, modifying the..." [
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MeFi comment:
"And man, I'm sorry, but your post title is just terrible." [
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