Ask comment:
"I think the premise of your question is a bit shaky. Penicillin is OLD tech in medical terms (ie, cheap and generic), so the drug companies have all sorts of incentive to tell you about it's dangers, so that you'll take one of their newer and more..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nicepersonality, genmonster
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't get the outrage over being able to save older children from negligent parents. I'm trying to understand why society would want to force a parent that intends to fail their child, to continue the farce. Seems like we are all better off..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by dejah420, tehloki, longsleeves, etaoin, xorry, mrgrimm
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I wonder what future archeologists will make of our obsession with bagging our pet's poo.
The Nacirema appear to have been animal worshipers, believing they would garner great luck thru strange rituals involving the poo of animals and bags that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by not_on_display
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"burnmp3s, did you miss the Olympic opening ceremonies? China has plenty of people to throw at any problem." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I still remember when we were going to build the Super-Collider down in Texas. I wonder if those tunnels still exist.
Goodbye princeton
Goodbye CERN
He's gone to Texas
To watch the holy fire..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by borborygmi
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Last week, I decided to take advantage of our, finally, decent summer weather, and walked to lunch. As I'm waiting at the light for my turn to walk across, some guy driving past in his car leans out the window and yells, "pay some fuckin road..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by RedEmma, Deathalicious, sebastienbailard, you're a kitty!, spinturtle, gatorae, BrotherCaine
Last month
Ask comment:
"My favorite, modern, version of this track can be found on the Swing Kids soundtrack." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mynameisluka
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You do realize that this was part of the plan all along, right? You saturate an area to drive out the competition, then close up the extra stores and leave the neighborhood with enough coffee capacity now that there's no other choice.
The day I..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by liza, jamjam, TheOnlyCoolTim
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"I used to date a guy whose family, when he was six, moved from a regular suburban life, to a cabin in the Missouri hills, which they restored to original 1865 condition. No electricity, no running water, just a spring down the hill, and a double..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by papafrita
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"In Nancy Kress's "sleepless" series, the ultra-rich are gene-modding themselves and their children so that they can survive any future environmental catastrophe...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dillonlikescookies
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's funny. I usually read mefi in lynx, and only use a graphical/javascript-y browser to post comments, so I never realized the [del] stuff created the actual strike-through effect for you young hipsters with the modern technofied browsers.
I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I think I get it now. If you read between the lines of their "excuse", it becomes obvious that the "embarrassment" they were trying to avoid was their own. If they publicly disavowed Violet Blue, it wouldn't silence her, because..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, delmoi, Leon
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Pure Speculation
---
there once was a website that said,
to delete without 'splaining is bad.
then someone got something
...that we'll never mention
and retaliation was achieved,
by deleting with speed,
that person
...that we'll never..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ShawnStruck, liza
3 months ago
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"If you really like 'yakking enough, you might check and see if any of your local rental places offer a boat-share type program. It can be a great deal, where you buy a yak at significant discount from retail, and let the rental place use it as one..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jvilter
3 months ago
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"Some people, when they run across something that confuses them, they stop, research, and basically don't move on until they've satisfied their curiosity. Some people, they just go around the obstruction. It's much easier to be ignorant than it is..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by zippity, Jaltcoh, Who_Am_I, lohmannn, thebrokedown, you're a kitty!
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"Try opening Windows Media Player, go to the Tools menu, select options.
On the window that comes up, select the devices tab.
Do you see a device called "Speakers"?
If no, close wmp, bring up the device manager, and try reinstalling..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JimN2TAW
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"Java. It's free, it's portable, and it's so close to C++ that you can easily transfer learning from one to the other.
As an aside, note that MS does release a free version of Visual Studio for C#, under the Express line...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, Afroblanco
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"When the WTO riots first hit Seattle, I went out and bought a police scanner. During the height of the bad-stuff, it made for some very interesting listening (someday I have to find the mp3s I made that week), with police officers calling out for..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, sillygwailo
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"In high school, I had a friend who's parents were in the middle of a messy divorce. Dad bought my friend a porche 911, his mom bought him a VW golf. This being the 80's, there was zero chance his dad was getting custody, and of course mom wouldn't..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dabitch, liza
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"DAQ, what defense? You attacked bisexuals as all being shallow sluts, then defended that opinion with a bunch of ignorance. The uptight person in this room is you, upset that some people are sluts. How dare they be any more shallow than you...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by pinothefrog, applemeat
8 months ago
MeTa comment:
"If you don't like it, flag it.
If flagging it doesn't work, try turning off the computer.
Consistency is for oatmeal, not metafilter." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by schyler523, Deathalicious, lonefrontranger, The Toad, Lentrohamsanin, puddpunk, RussHy, Pinback, DevilsAdvocate
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"lattiboy, it starts out like this:
You're at a party, drinkin hearty, someone passes out next to you, and you start drawing a penis on his face, cause hey, it's the funny right?
But then you start thinking, hey I've had more beers than this dude,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nasreddin, litlnemo
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"zachsmind, I worked with that guy too. He even once left an actual dook on the seat. Not a smear where he'd missed and done a bad wipe up job, nope a big ole log. I had to go to our receptionist to break the news that we needed a special visit from..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MikeKD
9 months ago
Ask comment:
"Questions about metafilter go on metatalk, not askme, so I'd say no, we don't forgive you yet." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I suspect it's much like the "you're an ass" vs "you're acting like an ass" differential. It's one thing to say, "american foreign policy sure sucks under bush" vs "america hates foreigners"...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by koeselitz
9 months ago
Ask comment:
"If you can get him/her into a good mosh pit, chances are slim. If you walk up to him/her in front of a video camera, chances are better." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kidsleepy
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm walking into Fred Meyer's on friday morning, to see what super deals they might have on HDTVs. As I first come in the door, I notice a couple of women with 5-6 carts full of board games, in the checkout line. I think they must be buying for a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by MikeKD, ukdanae
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"creasy boy, I think the point of knowing a certain group of people don't learn Math well under the current method would mean taking the time to study how to effectively teach them, not just give up. When we figured out dyslexia was a reason why some..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by bugbread, vsync, Ryvar, Dr. Curare, bunnytricks
11 months ago
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"26 U.S.C. ยงยง 3102(a) (requiring employer to deduct FICA from employees. wages), 3102(b) (imposingliability on employer who fails to withhold FICA taxes from employees. wages), 3402(a) (requiring employer towithhold income taxes from employees. wages),..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MaxK
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I find it amusing that the original article can call gawker "the MST3K of journalism", while completely ignoring the irony that MST3K only savages movies that were deemed crap in the first place. It sounds alot like a sideway..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ill3
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I was at the art gallery in Kansas City several years ago, and saw this square of metal plates sitting in the middle of the floor. After wandering around it gingerly, I noticed a plaque for it on a nearby wall, and read that, according to the artist,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by flatluigi, agregoli
Last year
MeFi comment:
"I wonder, if all the self-righteous people in the west, instead of sitting around wasting valuable resources, making futile attempts to change basic human nature, just off'd themselves, how much energy that would save. Think of all the net traffic..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Crabby Appleton
Last year
MeFi comment:
"As long as I live
Never will there be
A cereal more lovely
Than fruity pebbles
All the colors of the rainbow
and some in between" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Aversion Therapy
Last year
MeFi comment:
"and I always found it amusing, the song and response song that is and dawn of correction and eve of destruction." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by champthom
Last year
MeFi comment:
"She only loves equality. And that is the very definition of a liberal. (from responds)
...Alll'righty then." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Avenger
Last year
