Ask comment:
"If you don't care about web access there's a ton of choices for the mac. Everything from yojimbo to devonthink, though devonthink may be overkill for what you're needing.
If you'd like web access you might want to check out evernote which has an..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by webhund
Last month
MeFi comment:
"But I am still allowed to smirk when I see people paying big money for a powerful looking sports car that has a tiny engine and a cheesy transmission.
posted by three blind mice
You're simply wrong three blind mice. I could easily link to 5..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by blueberry, jtron
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Apple's deal is that they have always been able to get away with charging premium prices for average performance - whilst convincing their customers they are really getting something special.
Marketing is what they do best.
posted by three..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by influx
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"How does asking a question propagate a stereotype?
I agree that asking a question is an opportunity to educate, and I never said this was an invalid question.
But just the fact that it is being asked will lead some to believe it is true. Some..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cinemafiend
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Anyone who forgave buckner either doesn't understand the game of baseball or were looking for a scapegoat. His error was merely the period on a whole inning of 'how to lose a game when it should be in the bag'. There was nothing to forgive.
To all..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by kuujjuarapik, matteo, Flem Snopes
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Sure he does. I've been reading his stuff since 1990 (?), and I've learned so much about movies - from his reviews - that I don't even bother reading other critics anymore. As noted above, his reviews are entertaining -- I like them. He doesn't just..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by brundlefly
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"More people more noise. You can't stop it, you can only hope to contain it.
It is what it is, people. You don't like it, then I suggest you design and implement your own site. I'm serious. This is Matt's sandbox, and it runs pretty much how he..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by misha, MLIS, scody
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's mostly just that it's pretty much entirely incorrect.
posted by dersins
No it's not. Every time I hear someone say renting is 'throwing your money away" I want to hit them. A place to sleep? A place to store your stuff? A place to be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MikeKD
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Wait, starbucks coffee tastes burnt?
I've never heard this before. Must look into it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by found missing
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"He doesn't want to break up, he just wants to take a step back from the relationship and just see eachother a few times a week or whenever he's not doing his music stuff.
He might not want to break up with you, but he certainly wants to know what..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Ladysin, chicainthecity
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I wouldn't be at all surprised if she returned under a new name, without the target on her back. I hope so, anyway.
Didn't she come back under a different account because the first one was banned? She wanted bunnyfire back, and many times she..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BitterOldPunk
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Growing up in a black neighborhood I also questioned why the majority of black people would cross to the other side of the street to avoid our half Dachshund / half mutt behind a fence and my black friends wouid have to be convinced he wasn't going..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by grobstein, yerfatma
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"On the other hand, if I don't believe in Kaycee's existance (and make comments about it) and am proven wrong, who have I hurt? Many, many people who are mourning for a wonderful young lady.
How is anyone hurting them? PLEASE explain. I seriously..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Such a thing would be beyond despicable. 99% of the reason people go online in the first place is to escape the mundane backstabbing and bullshit the real world provides.
Really? I guess I'm in the minority then. I go into the real world to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by DevilsAdvocate, mosessis
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I just pick the sexy flag every time just to stay out of trouble." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by terrapin
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The 'thug life' idea might have a smidgen of validity if we were talking about some gangsta rapper or death metaller here (and even then it'd be meaningless legally and morally speaking), but this guy plays 'emo,' music for whiny poorly-dressed..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by melorama, delmoi
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"Out in the country it's more Southern-feeling, but Florida reminds me more of Texas than Alabama.
Except for northern florida, which is almost identical to alabama. Florida is more than disney world and miami.
Maybe it's just where I'm from but..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Still, I manage to get 80% of what's going on here. But not quonsar.
There is nothing to get, as several commenters have already stated. As soon as someone says "you just don't get it" without being abloe to explain themselves you can be..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by thinkpiece, lodurr
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Rap music is just one of several topics that metafilter doesn't do well (sports being another). Sure, there are exceptions, but few and far between. Members who know nothing about the topic run to those threads to crap in them.
I had no idea who..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by the other side, proj, dead_
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Can we all post personal projects to MetaTalk or is it just a mod thing?
Yeah, a little weird. It's not affiliated with metafilter at all, but it's posted in metatalk?
Oh well, it's good to be king...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by terrapin
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"It was a pretty weak post, it's rare that a "oh ha ha watch that animal struggle" link stays on the front page though it has happened.
posted by jessamyn
Very true. We've got the 'is it christmas' post up, and the cat purrrrring is..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by klangklangston, wendell
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"If you read the linked thread (and anyone who wants to be taken seriously by me might want to)
Being taken seriously by thepinksuperhero or reading a thousand comment thread. That's a difficult choice.
It looks like the "knee-jerk..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by and hosted from Uranus, Kwantsar
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"That very same article has been written a thousand times since 2004. Even if he's correct it's a crappy link due to plagiarism. Watching the sox win after 86 years of losing was amazing. Winning again 4 years later was unbelievable. Watching the sox..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LobsterMitten
8 months ago
Ask comment:
"Someone at work just pointed out that the engraving is meant to discourage resale.
That's a small part of it. While it might 'discourage' resale, it prevents return completely. So if you were to buy it for yourself engraved, or for a gift for..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kidsleepy
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Mmm, weather...best of the web.
There should be at least a couple more before the season ends, so get read to cut and paste. And the "big one"? Almost every hurricane could be the big one. Pour me a hurricane......" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by EarBucket
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
"who the hell asked you, gary? Do me a fucking favor, don't drag my name into fights that I have no part in. Thanks.
posted by jonmc
Your name was already in the discussion (and I don't owe you any fucking favors). If you want to get your panties..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Tennyson D'San
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
"More than 10 percent of my posts have been favorited by others.
Ahh, it's the jonmc defense but with a twist. Favorites instead of contacts.
plenty of advocacy
As for the advocacy claims, metafilter lost that battle long ago. Some members..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Tennyson D'San
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Conditions under which records set are under constant change" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ORthey
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Doesn't even look like the same guy.
In the first picture he was what, 21, 22? The second in his 40s. Go to your 20th reunion. You won't recognize some people. Of all the evidence pointing to steroid use, that's the lamest one...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by thekorruptor, geekyguy, Hat Maui
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Cranky, alcoholic, stubborn, cantankerous, bitter, egomaniacal, and sometimes downright vicious... but goddamn was he cool.
What you mean 'but,' kemosabe? Those were the things that made him cool.
No, those things just make you an ass. It was..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by psmealey
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Stynxno, you clearly put a lot of work into this post. I don't know why.
Because TPS was looking over his shoulder going "please, oh please post it!!!1". Sadly, it took a minute to switch accounts once they swapped places in front of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chuckdarwin
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"By the way, I am old enough to have watched Jim and Tammy's show back in the day. My opinion is that if you sent them money you knew exactly what you were getting for it.
(I never sent them a dime.)
posted by konolia
Such christian values,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pope Guilty
Last year
MeTa comment:
"I thought this was a bit of a big deal because I know the icanhascheezburger people get a TON of submissions. I wanted to celebrate the fact that one of our own made the cut.
This has nothing to do with metafilter and this is not metachat...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by goml
Last year
MeTa comment:
"I doubt the deletion was personal against orthogonality.
I think it was. Everyone's out to get ortho. I mean everyone. Either that, or he's paranoid. On second thought, never mind...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by terrapin, puke & cry
Last year
Ask comment:
"It depends on what you want. Some people are completely happy with being compatible, so they're telling you to screw the spark.
I personally want the spark. If I don't have the spark then I'm always going to wonder if that person over there could..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blacklite
Last year
Ask comment:
"In my humble and uneducated opinion, good motion-activated nighttime outdoor lighting is going to do as much or more than any kind of security system proper. And it doesn't cost recurring monthly fees, nor does it trigger false alarms, nor does it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lucien
Last year
Ask comment:
"The fact that you asked this question is a signal that you don't know a whole helluva lot about lesbian and gay issues. Not meant as an insult, just noting that you might want to back off a bit from judgment and spend a little bit more time listening..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by mammary16, agregoli, kittyprecious, modernnomad
Last year
MeTa comment:
"Pay attention, justgary. With gmail every last bit of email connected to these shenanigans was contained in one email "thread." If this had gone to my hotmail account I may have been a bit perturbed.
Yeah, I get that. I have gmail. I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chiababe
Last year
MeTa comment:
"The first one made me smile. They got progressively annoying after that.
In all seriousness I can see how this could be annoying to someone without a Gmail account.
What is it with you and gmail? Is it 2004 again?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scody
Last year
MeTa comment:
"Aaand we're on to mentioning the a-list
posted by anildash
and because I've been a member of this community longer than, well, all of you. Which means I've seen what it takes to attract new people to the site, including yourselves.
posted by..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by waxbanks, grouse, grobstein
Last year
MeTa comment:
"He thinks it's unwieldly. Many others think it's "special."
And that part drives me nuts, because I hate elitism. I endure a lot of BS in high school for being a nerd/geek/spazz, but I came out of it hating all cliques -- even the ones..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by marble
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I won't click the link...
This is about as Christian as the bottom of Osama Bin Ladin's shoe.
posted by konolia
If you haven't read the link, perhaps it's best you refrained from commenting...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by From Bklyn, jtron, John Kenneth Fisher
Last year
