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MeTa post:
Numeristerical!
mine is -Amino-2-nitro-N-(2-hydroxyethy)aniline (HC Red 3),2-Nitro-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)aniline (HC Yellow 2),2-Amino-4-nitro-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)aniline better known as hair dye HC yellow #5 (via CAS number).
posted to MetaTalk by francesca too
at 1:50 PM on July 20, 2008
MeTa post:
monkey king
well, we have the best whiskey, after all
Amazing metafilter! I just learned last week that there is a difference between whisky and whiskey!
posted to MetaTalk by francesca too
at 8:11 AM on July 12, 2008
MeTa post:
Facts do not respect majority opinion.
Warning: totally non sequitur comment and mostly grumpy.
I learned English by reading fiction (mostly sf) in the pre-google era. I deduced the meaning of words by context and invented the pronunciation, since stopping to look up words in the dictionary interrupted the flow of a story.
I have spent the last forty years mispronouncing words, being corrected, and being surprised by the way a word is really pronounced. These surprises are becoming... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by francesca too
at 6:17 PM on May 30, 2008
MeTa post:
New Overlord!!
That will teach me to look at profiles more often: I thought vacapinta was a female until I looked at his flckr link.
posted to MetaTalk by francesca too
at 4:06 PM on May 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Seriously?
Am I racist? Is the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Justice Department, or the FDA racist? Does it make you feel better to think so?
Perhaps.
There are studies that show that, for some crimes, the number of arrests of white people is equal to the number of arrests of black people. The number of convictions is strikingly different, with a lot more black men convicted.
More food for thought: here in Oklahoma the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by francesca too
at 2:27 PM on April 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Magnanimity
I missed too. Thank you.
I'm spending this year reading about poverty in the global South with a group of people, most of them Xians and one Buddhist. The book I just finished lists a lot of local self administered entities that can use help in the following slums:
Manila
Cairo
Nairobi
Mexico City
e-mail me and I'll send you the links tonight.
posted to MetaTalk by francesca too
at 7:55 AM on February 29, 2008
MeTa post:
Policestate Filter is not Best of the Web
What's lame is the hysterical, emotional tone of the post and the link.
I almost commented on that post in a hysterical, emotional tone because once a person close to you experiences police abuse and brutality, the topic triggers an emotional, hysterical response. Most times I manage to refrain because I know that not all cops abuse their power.
posted to MetaTalk by francesca too
at 5:49 PM on February 3, 2008
MeTa post:
Tough Love
He might be suffering from mental illness. Dual diagnosis is when people with mental illness self-medicate with alcohol, tobacco or drugs. It seems very common in sufferers of depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety, or schizophrenia. It is also very hard to treat because confrontational methods such as those used by AA work poorly or even aggravate the situation. It seems to occur especially in people who have little insight over their mental illness.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by francesca too
at 5:58 PM on December 4, 2007
