MeFi comment:
"When I lived in Kiev (as an ESL teacher) I met a few people, generally student's grandparents, who remembered, as children, seeing bodies on the streets of that city. That and Babi Yar obviously had a profound impact on the children who survived...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Ignorance is often mocked, but I have not heard of these people til now and having heard of them I do not care and/or give a hot damn." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kittens for breakfast
3 weeks ago
MeFi post:
The "Humans of Hokkaidō" formally recognized.
favorited 16 times, recently by redtriskelion, pantufla, tellurian, etaoin, Kikkoman, Cassilda, aihal, maryh, LobsterMitten, crossoverman, t2urner, flibbertigibbet, mike3k, sluglicker, Smart Dalek, jtron
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Why is it so 'cool' and shit to slag on konolia? That's low-down and common. Pricks." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by languagehat
Last month
MeFi comment:
"On the other hand...
Herve This's 10 Elements of Basic Kitchen Knowledge:
1. Salt dissolves in water.
2. Salt does not dissolve in oil.
3. Oil does not dissolve in water.
4. Water boils at 100 C (212 F).
5. Generally foods contain mostly..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by mike3k, peacheater
Last month
Ask comment:
"so you're saying that for a girl to get oral once, she needs to have blown the guy several times?
NO, no no. I didn't mean to imply that. I just think it's something many woman don't realize, or acknowledge. but my experience is mostly good, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
Last month
Ask comment:
"Yes! This guy would want to know. Communication is sexy. And I'm convicted the majority of us can tell anyway.
Cunnilingus is great. But women need to remember that's like...swallowing, several loads. And with the increased risk and higher rates of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mike1024
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Are liberals not happy unless they are playing the victim card?
Yes, it's odd. I, and pretty much everyone I know, liked the guy (not worshiped, he was simply a slighly better than avarage host and a political junkie) but knew he was an..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Well crap. Now I'm depressed. Can we trade dorks like Bill O'Reilly to get Russert back? I'll even thrown in Ann Coulter.
That is tasteless, crass and ignorant in this one man's opinion...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by the other side, Riki tiki, Mblue
Last month
MeFi comment:
"*Clears throat*
From a letter by fiddle-player and Wilmington native Charlie Daniels after some students at UNC-Wilmington objected to having him as commencement speaker.
I would like to clear up a few points about my addressing your class..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by D Wiz, rush, neroli, McGuillicuddy, chihiro, cilantro, notsnot
Last month
Ask comment:
"One other note, don't fight it. That is, if you can't sleep, don't fret, toss and despair...just lay with your eyes closed and relax your body,gradually, from the toes up. Even if you don't fall asleep the quiet time will be something your body will..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by netbros
Last month
MeTa comment:
"re MetaMan, the thing that amused/frustrated me about him was his...who was that guy in Iraq early on who always gave news accounts that sounded like things were peachy keen in Mesopotamia.
That and 90 plus comments in one thread. And the total..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by EarBucket
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Typewrites have their place, much like unicycles do." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nfg
Last month
Ask comment:
"I, for one, am not a middle-aged, sex-fearing, uptight nerd, nor do I call ladies 'bitch' on personal blogs. But that's just me." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by taff
Last month
MeFi comment:
"This individual struck me as someone who could probably afford $8 per gallon
the thing is, many people can't afford $3 a gallon, and tags, title, insurance. So in a sense, those of us who can, are rather elitist. It's not the only anecdote I could..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tehloki, keevinl, jb
Last month
Ask comment:
"It seems that drivers like him, who are so ruled by their emotions that they act like a petulant child who can't eat ice cream for breakfast if they can't own the road, are generally to shallow to remember to stay angry at any one specific human for..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jayder
Last month
Ask comment:
"Probably I will catch hell for this, and be grossly misunderstood. I am not trying to be a jerk or in any way justify the bad things done to you, but you ask if it's rape, and I have to go with 'no'. Before i give my yea or nay, let me say I am sorry..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by baserunner73, gregb1007
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Well Giovanni will steer you right I'm confidant. Why I ended up with is 'more' than he suggested, but not excessively so,
brush: Omega 63325. $37. For razor I got a Merkur34HD, chrome, $31. He also suggests for the starter, to instead get a Weishi,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shavenwarthog
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I had entertained this idea for years, and the last post about wet shaving along with a trip to Costco to get Mach 3 blades tipped me. For less than a 100 buck initial investment I got a razor, 50 plus blades of all kinds, a very nice brush, a couple..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by shavenwarthog, bullitt 5
Last month
Ask comment:
"Oh there are many, I eat 'leaves' at least 5 nights a week. Last night was collards. Callaloo is an excellent dishl. Some reliable suggestions are given by Mollie Katzen,Deborah Madison, and perhaps to a lesser, though still valuable, extent, Jackie..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BinGregory
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"One more note from me and I'll hush, I just felt my last comment was a bit too 'I told you so!' You did the best thing, and not only did you buy peace of mind, but that shot is good for something like ten years. So treat yourself to a few beers and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Fiasco da Gama
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I have it on poor authority that MeFi is actually just a front for Mr. Obama and that the mission is to sink Hillary and that this has been the plan for the site since 1999. It's all funded, in an ironic twist, by George Soros and Richard Bruce..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bunnytricks
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"damn, tk, did you read the entire article? I mean, it's a piece of journalism, not a report, but I think that the last point you address is clear. Celebs, for better or worse (and I think worse, as I do the 'commercialization' of the Tibet situation)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pinothefrog
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"I'm kinda cheating OS, because rhubarb is one of the few things I won't eat if I can help it. And I eat snails, squid, eels, durian and snake (not at the same time of course). But TasteSpotting, which I discovered via AskMe, has a decent list of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Esoquo
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Most of all I'm personally pretty devastated that a consensus finds a bottle of wine a night 'excessive'. Silly Americans." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by timeistight
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Republicans would never accept a Vice President with a gay daughter.
but, but, but the current Dick has a lezbin chile..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"OMG. I regret ever doing acid and beg forgiveness. Tequila alone can't do this horrible thing." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by johnofjack
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"I'm not gonna be at all the first to say this, but man, be you. All gay men don't dig Judy Garland, trust me. You don't have to stop liking, say, Johnny Cash, bulldozers and Red Man chewing tobacco because you prefer to have sex with yr own gender...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"but what about pork chops? bacon is good. but fried bacon is to 2" bone-in slo-grilled pork chops as hamburgers are to beer-fed Kobe filet mignon...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
2 months ago
MeFi post:
The best movies of all time?
favorited 10 times, recently by lilacorlavender, junebug, MsLgean, ronin21, and for no one, SentientAI, nicolin, mduda, BobsterLobster, GaelFC
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man (here) by Oliver August may be of interest. I don't recall anything about a rowboat though and the money was made from a variety of 'creative' business dealings.
from wikiIn 1999, the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spec80
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"The lyric from Dylan's Brownsville Girl,
Well I'm
standing in line in the rain to see a movie
starring Gregory Peck Yeh but you know it's not
the one I had in mind He's got a new one out now I
don't even know what it's about But I'll see him..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm a long time fan of the SFA and the Southern Culture Center. Even spent some time visiting there during an Elvis/Faulkner pilgrimage. This post is more lovely than a southern gothic cliche...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Miko
2 months ago
Ask post:
Borscht! Help me make some.
favorited 16 times, recently by idest, benign, inqb8tr, WalterMitty, detune, saladin, idiomatika, Helga-woo, Sitegeist, special-k, arnicae, KoobieKitten, YoungAmerican, billy_the_punk, wimpdork, Sys Rq
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's always great fun to take a 10,000 year old question that touches on philosophy, epistemology, and cultural mores among other things, a multi-faced science that has occupied the lives and work of myriad brilliant and wise and dedicated men and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blacklite
3 months ago
