MeFi comment:
"Hey Honey, Has Juniors T-Ball Score Come in From Bangalore yet?
Is there Seniors T-Ball? I miss t-ball." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rokusan
5 ½ hours ago
MeFi comment:
"I have an Emily change purse and I'm a 44-year-old man." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fantine
more than 12 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"I thought this was going to be about Kaldi and how coffee came to be. But it was neat- Raul Julia is missed, absolutely." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vronsky
3 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"I had debilitating panic attacks that got especially bad in late 1996; my doctor put me on Xanax, which I took dutifully for a month, but the only thing that changed was that I was desperately tired in the mornings (much moreso than normal) and I..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ethel, JimN2TAW
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Obama would be an amazing change for America. In Canada he would be a mediocre leader of the Progressive Conservative party.
Seconded, and two things:
1. Canadians don't vote for a prime minister. Nobody outside of the Calgary SW riding..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Turtles all the way down
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"also, "Napoleon Dynamite" is flagrantly derived from Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson's* "Rushmore," only without the heart and actual funny parts.
I think you meant "without the budget, the well-connected Coppola kin, and Wes..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Countess Elena
2 months ago
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"You don't "move," you "emigrate," which is far, far more complicated than moving. It's currently taking about 18 months for US applicants to secure landing visas (what you'd call a "green card") so no, you won't be able..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the dief
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Cleaning hotel rooms is "tough" in the same sense that working on an assembly line (like my dad did) or as a carpet layer (brother in law) or industrial carpenter (brother) is. It's backbreaking and makes you tired but is not "exercise...." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by electrasteph, mrzarquon, mulligan, Sangermaine, aeschenkarnos, nickyskye, rusty, Forktine, fourcheesemac, tippiedog, arcticwoman, space2k
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"el_lupino, I think OP is actually closer to late 30s if s/he foresees finishing at 45 or 46- big difference.
We all (meaning all academics) know of older grad students who've made it on the job market, even some who've done very well. One in my..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the dief
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Until I was well into grad school, I used to write "in consort with" instead of "in concert with." There, I said it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 months ago
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"You're not responsible for what your dick likes. I like men, but among men maybe 5% actually turn my crank. It doesn't mean I'm "discriminatory."
Be nice to people you're not sexually attracted to, male and female, and pursue/fuck (AND..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yohko
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"Jerk off when you're horny and stop feeling so much shame about it and overthinking it. It's your body- enjoy it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by malaprohibita
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Frist!" [
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favorited 11 times, recently by Dillonlikescookies, vorpal bunny, chronic sublime, schyler523, orrnyereg, crossoverman, iamkimiam, Bonzai, LiliaNic, Ike_Arumba, crystal.castles
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"What kind of fucking provincial moron doesn't know what a Cornish pasty is? This guy is supposedly educated and not only has he never come across one (they LITTER Wisconsin and upper Michigan and I'm sure they're available all over North America-..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blucevalo
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"On competitive reality shows, it seems that a good strategy IS to "make friends." The Apprentice is a superb venue for networking, and "making friends" is the most beneficial of beneficial externalities a contestant can find on..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Navelgazer
4 months ago
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"I'm a coffee geek and there are some coffees, and methods of coffee preparation, that I cannot stand. But not all coffee is created equal, and part of appreciating coffee is recognising its diversity and complexity and finding a bean, roast, and brew..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by eiramazile
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You learn "facts" in almanacs and in email forwards. University isn't about learning "facts" any more than it's about learning the alphabet.
Sociology, which I teach, is largely concerned with getting students to unlearn the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Mapes, sebastienbailard, 235w103, RogerB
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"In effect, wealthy hetero westerners got a lot of money spent on them they didn't need, that could have been spent on other groups at much greater risk that needed it more.
AMEN. A-FUCKING-MEN.
I came out in 1983 having read that story about..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by kryptondog, Slap Factory, Forktine
5 months ago
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"When my partner and I first met and for the first few years of our relationship, we both had beards and glasses- now partner is beardless (w/ mustache tho) and had Lasik, but for that first while everybody (gay and straight) would comment on how much..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Robert Angelo
5 months ago
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"I read a piece a while ago that said that we cry at "happy endings" because we regret our own unrequited happiness. We can't have that experience unless we've actually been unhappy ourselves... I know that's only part of what you cry at,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by onepapertiger
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"There are many things that are "genetic" but are still stigmatizing. Black people are "genetically" black. Fat people (many of them) are "genetically" fat. Red-haired people are "genetically" red-haired. Saying..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, malpractice
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Call me ... idiosyncratic, but I thought he was completely, devastatingly sexy. Hotter than hell.
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favorited 1 time, recently by h00py
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"New Yorkers often seem rude to non-New Yorkers because they appear to be obsessed not only with themselves, but also with how awesome they are for being New Yorkers-- and non-New Yorkers can't possibly understand how awesome and superior they are for..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jamesonandwater, jb
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The simplest measurement that indicates anything about (very) general overall health is Body Fat Percentage.
Where in the hell did you learn this? Body fat %age says nothing at all about "general overall health." It's completely possible..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dreama
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Yep, rtha, agreed. In fact just today I read a little narrative on a never-you-mind discussion forum from an 18-y/o kid who had sex with a guy in a gym shower- guy entered him and pulled out after a few thrusts without coming, and that made it, in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Goofyy, blucevalo
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"More health care innovation that doesn't do anything to actually provide care to anybody.
This isn't available in Canada, which is fine, because there is no use for it...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by loiseau
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"About the only picture I would say "pos", with any confidence, would be Goatse.cx
Are there people, in 2008, who seriously have (A) never seen a man (and yes in 99% of cases it's a man) with facial wasting, and/or (B) wouldn't recognize..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blucevalo
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Does the ethnomethodologist even know what a ghetto is?
What's with the ad hominem bullshit? I'm a sociology professor, of course I know what a "ghetto" is. Do you have some disability that doesn't allow you to read profiles on here?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jammy
6 months ago
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"Neurologist? "Doctor"? Fuck that, you call an ambulance and they need to get you to an ER.
I can't believe that you live in a country where a person has to think about calling 911 when something like this happens because she..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by fan_of_all_things_small, Adelwolf, loiseau, phrontist, elkerette, malpractice, hannahq, amethysts, raztaj, kamelhoecker, zeph
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Why didn't the blogger call them "nigger mcmuffins"? Does the moron even know what a "ghetto" is?
Fuck, it pisses me off when middle-class white (or non-black, whatever this tool is) people throw "ghetto" around. If..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LarryC
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I've suffered a lifetime (almost, I started shaving at 13) of painful and ugly ingrown hairs on my neck because of the 360 degree direction those hairs grow, and even though I sport a (completely gorgeous) full beard I still have to subject myself to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mojohand
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You know what else doesn't work? Pressing the elevator call button multiple times or after someone else has already pressed it and it is lit up. People like that should be sterilized. It's like the people who still walk around with their umbrellas..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by noway, jtron
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I couldn't disagree more. It is a class protection system, plain and simple.
Seconded. Legacy should count for absolutely nothing. In fact I'd give preference to first-gen college applicants if they've performed as well WITHOUT the outrageous..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by sotonohito, tehloki, kuujjuarapik, Benjy, shmegegge
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"So what you're saying is, because you can't be trusted no one else can, either?
So what you're saying, because you can be trusted everyone else can too?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by marble, axon
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's amazing what eight years of Bush will do to people's sense of credulity when it comes to someone doing something decent.
I haven't had any years of Bush, since I'm Canadian, and I don't believe a word of this story. If it happened, it's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by the other side, gregb1007
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"People sat and watched this guy chant and shit for almost two hours? How boring is TV over there?
Are you fucking kidding me? If some "psychic" nutbar said he was going to KILL JAMES RANDI WITH HIS PSYCHIC POWERS and do it on LIVE TV,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sangermaine
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"My partner is from Trinidad and I have a closetful of souvenir jerseys from the last world cup, which he attended at its final 8 matches in Barbados. We got Bell ExpressVu (Canadian satellite provider) specifically because it offers ATN and CBN live..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by peacheater
8 months ago
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"uandt, "loosing a dog" is indeed horrible, and these pitbulls should never have been "loosed."
changeling, tell your buddy to tell apologetic neighbour that this is out of his (your buddy's) hands. Friends found out about it,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Scram, willpie, nzero
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'd find something like this much more interesting if it weren't only "celebrities."" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by willie11
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow, another opportunity for Torontonians to obsess about themselves!
A-Train, what would have been nice was for anybody to notice that there are Canadian who AREN'T in Toronto, and whose accents are a hell of a lot more interesting...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by olya
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I needed a big dose of counting my blessings today, so thank you for this.
I emigrated to Canada in '97 and recall my search for a "family doctor" (a GP) in Toronto. I was completely confused- there were no instructions with my OHIP card,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by flibbertigibbet, scrump, loiseau
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is silly- how do they possibly choose among the thousands of places serving banh mi, gyros or whatever?
xthic, I'll preside over a Canada vs USA immigrant-influenced sandwich smackdown. Donairs in Canada are better; Shawarma is everywhere in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by WinnipegDragon
9 months ago
