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"Oh. Good thing wishing works, then.
Perhaps if you dedicated a portion of every day to expressing at least to yourself the kindest desires that you can have for the well-being of specific other people and thinking about how you might be an..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by magstheaxe, Deathalicious
8 days ago
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"Pinstripes? Fedora? Life of the party on the dance floor? Sex parties? Creeping out women in public?
Aside from the fake accent, it sounds like you're The Joker. And who knows? With Heath Ledger in the upcoming role, The Joker might have..." [
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favorited 20 times, recently by letitrain, runincircles
3 weeks ago
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"If a MeFite who happens also to be a lawyer advises you in an AskMe answer that you should find a lawyer to answer your question, that probably means that you really, really should find a lawyer, because there is important legal advice you need that..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by andrewraff, jmhodges, streetdreams, Leon-arto
Last month
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"The only thing unrequited love is good for is writing poems, plays and songs. Once you've written a few good ones, quit wasting your awesomeness.
And I'm actually all for professing your undying love for them, too. Because maybe they feel the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by chrismear
Last month
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"As soon as they're old enough to want to sleep over with the opposite sex, they're too old for it." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by willie11
Last month
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"If "Rockets" is the proper name of a singular thing, like a band or a team. For example, "there's Love and Rockets" would be proper, and it would be equally proper if Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins kicked David J out of the band..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by punchdrunkhistory, nasreddin
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I disagree. Mortal Kombat is a very good videogame, but Donkey Kong is the best Beatles Cover ever.
(And the Breeders' version of Happiness Is A Warm Gun, as well as Sonic Youth's version of Within You Without You.)..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Smart Dalek, grandsham
2 months ago
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"You should dump him for even suggesting it, let alone for going through with planning it. He knows full well what will happen, and he has the gall to clear it with you first so that he can use your permission in his defense after the fact? Don't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by infinityjinx
3 months ago
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"There's this movie with Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts that you should watch." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by anildash, damnjezebel, Pope Guilty, thisjax, manish, hulahulagirl, pinksoftsoap, brina, silkygreenbelly, Acer_saccharum, ClaudiaCenter
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"People upset or condemning this work are doing so out of an assumed framework that abortion is bad, an evil but perhaps sometimes necessary act that should be performed in a solemn, contrite manner, as if publicly bearing shame is a way to displace..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by tehloki, newmoistness, tylermoody, Artw
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Would more "dialog" be "sparked" by someone actually doing this than by publishing a story claiming that someone had done this?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wires
3 months ago
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"Or they simply do not place high value on the life of that particular animal. Like, for instance, those people who wear fur or leather jackets not because it provides them warmth during the winter, but because of its fashion. Or the people who eat..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by marble
3 months ago
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"This makes me think of John Cage's famous 4'33" piece--except, in this version, there's some right-wing censor who cuts power to the transmitter for the exact length of time a national network news story about partisan political chicanery in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by saulgoodman
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Answers:
1. To hammer in the morning.
2. To hammer in the evening.
3. To hammer out danger
4. To hammer out a warning
5. To hammer out love between my brothers and my..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by champthom
3 months ago
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"Exerpts from here:
In the Middles Ages, the dress of clergy began to be regulated by canon law with other specific regulations passed by local synods. The Fourth Lateran Council (1215) decreed that clerics must wear garments closed in front and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Faux Real
3 months ago
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"how do I reconcile within myself that I’m not a failure if I give up on this profession and this industry and go get a job doing…something?
You would be a failure if you dedicated your finite life to a profession that you do not want to be in...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by vytae, napkin
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Dantien, why draw a moral line based on "reasoning powers?" Why should that, morally, be part of the equation? Moreover, the idea that it is immoral to eat a human is also a belief that is, as far as I know, not empirically testable...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by anazgnos
3 months ago
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"Has anyone looked at whether a student who goes to a more highly ranked school does better in life than if they had not?
Yes, lots of people have. There is, of course, a problem when it comes to defining "does better in life...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wires
3 months ago
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"One thing to note is that Mike Patton is apparently not actually screaming loud at all in the video -- he is not distancing himself from the mic at all, and the non-amplified volume of the "scream" is likely quite low, particularly compared..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dizzy
3 months ago
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"Part of my point is that vegetarianism is a faith that not all of us share, and that those who do have that faith and those who do not have that faith should recognize that fact and not fight about their faith.
Are you arguing that animals don't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ten pounds of inedita
3 months ago
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"I find it kind of repulsive that an animal must die for me to have a proper breakfast and a happy day.
See, this is the part I don't really understand. Why is it repulsive that an animal should die for a human to eat it? Is it repulsive that an..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by stevis23
3 months ago
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"Anyone with a morality based around something so petty as maximizing the good sensations you get in your mouth as the stuff that keeps you moving passes through it for a few brief seconds deserves as many thorns in his side as space allows.
Wait,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by roystgnr
3 months ago
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"Get a law degree, work a high-paying job for a while.
This is the worst assumption you can make. Going to law school believing that you will get a high-paying job is a great way to set yourself up for misery. The vast majority of lawyers do not..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by the christopher hundreds, gatorae
4 months ago
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"Should you go to law school?
No. No one without a burning desire to be a lawyer and a fairly accurate idea of what a lawyer actually does should ever go to law school.
At what point should pragmatic concerns outweigh any notion of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the christopher hundreds
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"So, Mac users are gullible and buy into marketing, hype, and trends?
Why did they need a study to find that out?
(and yes, I have a Mac)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
4 months ago
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"I don't think it is unreasonable to consider someone who has a smoke every once in a while - even once every few months - to be a smoker.
If they went swimming once every few months, we wouldn't consider them a non-swimmer...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by litlnemo, Inspector.Gadget
4 months ago
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"Because ultimately, you are not the boss of her.
These words are true. You are not the boss of her, which means that you have no right to stop her or forbid her from smoking. By the same token, she is not the boss of you, which means that she..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ObscureReferenceMan
4 months ago
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"How do I go about convincing her that there is nothing good about smoking (which is the way I see it)?
You can't. Assuming that she is not an idiot, and that she understands both the medical and social implications of smoking, she has conducted a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by metalfilter
4 months ago
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"In all my life, no one I have ever dated has ever asked my sexual orientation. I'm not sure how it's even relevant, unless it is an issue because you are in a committed relationship that you're thinking of cheating on. The Kinsey scale is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by loiseau
4 months ago
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"I would certainly not keep it a secret, but, as with anyone talking about their dating history, I would not bring it up unless asked or until the relationship reaches a stage where such things are discussed in the ordinary course...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by loiseau
4 months ago
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"I would either learn guitar or piano. Guitar because it's portable and inexpensive and piano because it is a universal building block of musicianship. As a musician, I can't imagine not being able to play both...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by numinous
4 months ago
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"How much rent he owes is a matter of agreement. How much he can afford is a subjective question of how much of his budget he is willing to allocate to it.
Unless you are his credit counselor, social worker, accountant, or some other hired or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mazienh
4 months ago
