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"I think what really strikes me about your question is that, even though it's supposedly all about your wife's feelings (about your religion) and how you're interpreting them, what comes through to me is a desire to have her back overriding whatever..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by anitanita, catlet, SeanCier, brain cloud, teleri025, giraffe, ulotrichous, prefpara, Nattie, Ms. Saint, fairytale of los angeles
Almost 6 hours ago
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"I just came in to applaud jack_mo's masterful play of the long game. Bravo, sir, bravo." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mumkin
11 hours ago
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"Aww, damn, sorry, video's no longer available - should have checked before linking. Here's a poorer quality version, showing that it comes from Trivia as well...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by nickyskye, peacheater, nudar
Yesterday
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"Oooh oooh oooh I have been waiting for one of these questions ever since I tried a book recommended in an earlier askme.
Go to your local library and get The Skin Type Solution by Leslie Baumann. Basically, Baumann (who is a practicing cosmetic..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by polyester.lumberjack, elisynn, mjao, Airhen
4 days ago
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"If it makes you feel more comfortable about using the penicillin, consider that it is, in fact, a natural product - the by-product of a fungus. That it was first observed in a petri dish rather than in a forest doesn't make it any less natural...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by emyd
5 days ago
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"Okay, speaking as someone who was the "strange" 14-year-old girl who loved anime, wore (semi-)boyish clothing and had zero tolerance for clothing (chunky heels were and are okay; I will now wear minimalist make-up because I've gone..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by corey flood, rodgerd
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Legwarmers. Wow are they making a comeback? I did expect her to leap off the District line and start singing "Fame! I'm gonna live forever".
Wow, she's a couple of years behind this one!
You know, I'm all into the public transit nerd..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ceri richard
7 days ago
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"Uh, what's nasty about the very thorough teaching of a useful skill? GooseontheLoose isn't saying that killerinsideme is wasting everyone's time - he's teaching them how to always know how to look up kanji characters so that he doesn't need to use..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by GPF
8 days ago
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"First, if you're going to get diamonds make absolutely sure she likes diamonds, because in my experience, girls who don't like diamonds actively have a thing against them. I'm one of them, both because I find them rather dull and because, as..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fructose
8 days ago
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"This isn't going to work unless you make it fun, too, and right now I'm seeing a lot of chores: more water! more sleep! more exercise! less tv! clean the house! Okay, more time with kids is good, but a bit abstract.
How about some hobbies? If they..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by stupidsexyFlanders
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm with those who say that Morgoth should be there, not Sauron. Navelgazer's point about Umbridge is brilliant - I love Harry Potter, but very little in those books actually scares me; she terrified me! I'm with those who point out the Anglocentrism,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow
13 days ago
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"It would be funnier if it were in Old English, I think. Or if the strips were Calvin and Hobbes." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kcds
2 weeks ago
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"The link Science! recommends also advocates plastic plants, which are a terrible idea for bettas because almost all plastic plants will shred their fragile fins. And then they suggest Chinese evergreens and peace water lilies (the dreaded..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by susanbeeswax
2 weeks ago
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"-- I always feel very strange reading about the Prague Spring. My grandparents were Slovak, and my father and uncle were born in Prague. In 1968 my grandfather (Deda, as I called him; that's "Dyeda" like the Serbian) was working for the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chunking express
2 weeks ago
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"Re: Heaney starting Beowulf with "So," I'm just going to point out that every medievalist/specialist in Old English (Old Anglicist) I've talked to is of the general opinion that Heaney's translation work is very pretty, but isn't a very..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by crinklebat, koeselitz
2 weeks ago
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"Yellowstone seems to have a higher-than-average number of tourists that do stupid things, though. It's always fun to ask the more experienced rangers about their best tourist stories.
Here's my I-was-a-dumb-Yellowstone-tourist story: in my defense,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by quin
2 weeks ago
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"Goddamnit, guys, I was hoping my one meetup photo would disappear into the Flickr ether. Now look at what you've done." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kattullus
3 weeks ago
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"Hermitosis is right in the broadest sense, , and you've gotten plenty of more specific but still philosophical answers for and against - now you're going to hear from the non-vegetarian scuba diver and proud owner of a betta named Grendel.
Your..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by erpava, goshling, Magnakai, peacheater, Aleatoire, rossination
3 weeks ago
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"It looks as if personality differences between men and women are smaller in traditional cultures like India’s or Zimbabwe’s than in the Netherlands or the United States.
Cross-cultural differences are discussed in the article, but more..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by liza, hydropsyche, Drop Daedalus, nax, rtha, ch1x0r, cj_, headspace, phrontist, Chuckles, nooneyouknow, yonation
3 weeks ago
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"This is the article Wikipedia links to.
Honestly, I kinda want him to sit down and watch a movie already. IT'S OKAY, LANCE, WE LOVE YOU. YOU'RE STILL OUR CAPTAIN AMERICA.
Like, the one time I thought cracked.com was funny - I swear!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
3 weeks ago
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"Oh, I just found the video from the original post in much easier to view format on YouTube - part one here, and then it continues directly in taz's link (here, so people don't need to scroll up) and beyond. Haven't finished the documentary, but it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
3 weeks ago
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"wildcrdj: Er, all people are animals. How does an evolutionary psychologist not talk about people in the same terms as animals? I mean, everyone really should, but when you're looking at evolutionary traits, it's more explicit.
What yonation said...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by aeschenkarnos
3 weeks ago
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"I just wanted to chime in that there exist rescue organizations dedicated to almost every dog and cat breed out there. If you can't find it just by googling "[cat breed] rescue [optional: your city or state]," or if said rescue looks out of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lesser Shrew
4 weeks ago
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"A few months ago I was having a conversation with an older friend of mine (he's in his late 30s, I'm in my early 20s) about drugs legal and illegal, amusing tales of his debauched younger days, party culture in general and drug safety. At some point,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wires
4 weeks ago
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"I read The First Man-Made Man a few months back, and it's an incredibly fascinating read. I couldn't recommend it for anyone who can't take sad stories, because the last chapters are absolutely heartrending - hell, the entire book is heart-rending,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
4 weeks ago
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"It sounds to me like you eat more healthily than 99% of the Western world, so I don't think it's a problem if you indulge a couple of times a week. However, a good way to set limits on your consumption is to upgrade the quality of the desserty..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chicainthecity, Dreama
Last month
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"What amro said. And honestly, I hope to god that you misinterpreted things and that your parents aren't just disappointed in SO, because if your account of events is correct and you did a) argue in front of the parents and b) a lot of the bickering..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scody
Last month
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"This is your teacher's problem. It's great if he can be a friend on top of being your teacher, but he's not there to be your friend - he's there to teach. Honestly, all of my best teachers (I'm a grad student) started by scaring the crap out of us...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pushing paper and bottoming chairs
Last month
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"jokeefe: For what it's worth, I'm currently rereading Watership Down, which is by any measure a hymn to patriarchal values, in which what female characters there are show up only for their value as breeding stock, but I'm still enjoying it. It's a..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jokeefe, sondrialiac, aihal
Last month
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"I dunno. I'm a feminist who thinks the feminist lightbulb* joke is actually pretty hilarious, but I couldn't actually tell you were being funny about the women's studies thing, Rachek. Maybe the OP feels differently, but I doubt I was the only one..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cdferr, Salamandrous
Last month
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"I'm just going to say - I am a huge huge huge ubergeek with good social skills only by the standards of other geeks. And yet, some of my very best female friends have been high-heels and make-up, pink-wearing chick-flick lovers like you wouldn't..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by cdferr, catburger, taz
Last month
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"jscalzi: In fact, the person I heard it from -- after the fact, and after I'd left the convention -- was a female participant, who is definitely a geek, and was rather positive about the experience. And cgc373, when I heard about it, I was under..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Phalene, transona5
Last month
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"Wow, that Ladder Theory stuff is amazingly offensive to both genders. LOL, girls are lying manipulators and guys are pigs, zomg!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phalene
Last month
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"Balto's awesome and all, but it's sad how little credit Togo gets, given that he ran 261 miles in total - over some of the most dangerous parts of the run - to Balto's 53. Balto was just at the end line...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by BrotherCaine, nickyskye
Last month
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"Why is all internet reading being discussed en masse? Why is internet reading being conflated with internet writing being conflated with internet discussion?
In all honesty, my suspicion is that getting maximum literary benefit from the somewhat..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Maias
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow, the flags are like whack-a-mole in here. Wheeee!
ChickeringNYC, why does it bother you so much that Thomas Beatie "became" a man and then, according to your mindset, gave it up to have this kid. Because honestly, you don't seem just..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by agregoli, wintersweet, highrise, humannaire
2 months ago
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"I think my pets have been my major constant in dealing with depression, both for reasons mentioned above and because they make me get up and deal with things. If it's just me - well, sometimes, it's just "who cares" or "I don't want to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lunachic
2 months ago
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""[New name of cousin], I know you really wanted to change your name from [old name/name of Great Aunt], and I respect your reasons for that. The thing is, though, that I adored our Great Aunt - and her name, which used to be yours - and if my..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by k8t, sperose
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The samaritan impulse is sweet and Jet is adorable, but did they try and find him a wildlife rehabilitator before doing DIY? It's very important when raising an orphaned animal to minimize the social contact the baby has with humans and domestic..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Tehanu, pyramid termite
3 months ago
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"Hmm. Well, I tend to seek out (or be drawn to) forums after I've reached a certain level of "basic internet expertise" in a topic, and still want to know more. In essense, if I find even a very good website about said topic, I'll already..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by albolin
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"matteo: For an old, racist tool devised to keeps blacks out of the Armed Forces, IQ tests still do have quite a fan base, I have to admit
Bzuh? Granted, you're completely right about how the American military ended up using early versions of the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by BrotherCaine, tybeet
3 months ago
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"see... although I am totally agnostic, female breasts would be one of the few things that you might get me to admit to (when feeling sentimental) as "possibly of divine origin". [...] So... thanks for that. You killed my possibility of god...." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by lizzicide, nasreddin, Viomeda, crossoverman, atropos, scody, flatluigi, Dizzy, Pope Guilty, [son] QUAALUDE, Countess Elena, headspace
4 months ago
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"I'm going to agree with the people who say it's the presentation and not the content that's your problem. Particularly the whole bit about you not identifying as strongly with your race/gender - you know, that's cool and all, except, um, reality..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
4 months ago
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"Okay. I think your husband sounds like a twit, but that's because I actually know why you're doing what you're doing. Have you sat down and explained to him what your goals are in training, why it's important not to treat the dog like a furry person,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mudpuppie
4 months ago
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"He's shy. It's the 21st century. Ask him out, or at least talk to him." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kpmcguire
4 months ago
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"So basically, we can't legalize medical marijuana because the children could steal it. 'Cause they're not doing that already, nope." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ludi
4 months ago
