MeFi comment:
"Present day cops are largely those the Army rejected
Indeed. I've developed a theoretical Macho Bully Personality Job Hierarchy, as follows:
Couldn't/can no longer make it in - Becomes
The Military - Metropolitan Police Officer
Metropolitan..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by swift
Just posted
MeFi comment:
"It helps that the original was so good...
Yeah, but the main reason Hiphoprisy's version was so good was that they updated the lyrics from the original's lighthearted jab at Jerry Brown to a scathing indictment of then-current CA Governor Pete..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by davejay
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Malcolm Young doesn't allow his riffs to be sampled.
Sampling the "Back In Black" riff predates the requirement for clearance. BDP sampled it on their first album, and there's probably earlier examples I can't think of right now.
And..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blucevalo
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Personally, I feel Jay-Z's returns have been diminishing from Reasonable Doubt on, but anyone who shits on Oasis gets a thumbs up from me, even now, years past the point of their relevance. As an American fan of British music in general and the music..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by longbaugh
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Here is Wendy's side of the story, sort of (she doesn't mention Momus directly and isn't talking only about the song). Basically, she was legitimately very hurt by it, and although she did "involve lawyers", the suit was settled with Momus..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by humannaire
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Turks is speak bad Engrish! Let us mcock them!
Actually, if you'd pay closer attention to or actually watch the show rather than looking for an excuse for tedious righteous indignation, you might notice that no one speaks any English. There is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Senor Cardgage
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"You know, as someone with nothing invested in any of this, it sure looks to me like what we have here is a guy that takes this kind of thing personally and gets angry, and a group of people that realize this and are repeatedly needling him because..." [
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favorited 18 times, recently by justonegirl, scrump, every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes, penduluum, zarah, merelyglib, onlyconnect, Blazecock Pileon, theiconoclast31, jtron, sevenyearlurk, smackfu, tomboko, Nattie, Abiezer, h00py, orthogonality, Kattullus
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
""Partner" in more ways than one... it's been rumored for years that Parsons and Hubbard had a homosexual relationship or at least had sex with each other, which is mostly notable due to the fact that Hubbard was a vicious homophobe who..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by PeterMcDermott
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"YCDT was basically a local TV show that got repackaged by Nick, right?
It was produced by a TV station in Canada. Ottawa if I remember right.
To this day, I can't figure out why the TV station that owns YCDT hasn't exploited it a little bit...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Who are all these kids that get all bent out of shape when someone dies? How many BFFs can one person have?
When I was in 8th grade, I was suspended from school for a week. I conspired with several trusted friends to spread the word that I had..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by bunnytricks, Malor, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, Hactar, schyler523, iknowizbirfmark, nasreddin, LiliaNic, winna, inqb8tr, griphus, Pope Guilty, the other side, tippiedog, aeschenkarnos, JDHarper, DU
Last month
MeFi comment:
"you just can't understand why I prosecutor wouldn't want to fight your idiotic battles for you
I prosecutor no cyan fight I&I battles for I, Mr. His Imperial Majesty Dr. Bumboclot Jamrock, seen?..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by yeti, Brainy, Marla Singer, box, Divine_Wino, mer2113, Thoth, jack_mo, Ryvar, facetious, bink
Last month
Ask comment:
"Do you want something useful, or something fun but useless you can whip up just for the heck of it? Unfortunately most things that fall into the "useful" category aren't necessarily simple, and almost always require parts you can't get at..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dizzy
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I haven't been in or even really thought about Showbiz Pizza for 20 years, and the Rock-a-fire Explosion still creeps me the hell out. Animatronic minions of the damned with their stilted gyrations and their horrible googly eyes and their sickly..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Servo5678
Last month
MeFi comment:
"chimaera: Check out eeeuser.com, particularly the Hacks and Modifications sub-board in the forums. This post will tell you how to open the eee and get at the power, ground and USB D+/D+ signals. The most common thing to do is to obtain a USB hub (a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chimaera
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Following some links from the os Wikipedia link, I stumbled upon the most terrifying depiction of a vagina I've ever seen. That thing looks like it belongs in the Lovecraft pantheon...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by h00py, Pendragon, Bookhouse, procrastination
Last month
MeFi comment:
"which band was it?
Was it The Bald Kids Who Yell About Unity And The Scene And Veganism? Man, I loved them.
WHYYY
AM IIII
GOIN' INSAAAANE
WHYYYY
AM IIII
THE ONE TO..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jtron
Last month
MeFi comment:
"My comments have been sort of tongue-and-cheek up to this point, but now I have to ask the question. What's the point of joining CoS? If being a member of the CoS means that you don't actually believe in Satan and adhere to a relatively pedestrian..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by khaibit, zardoz, Artw, bunnytricks
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I was wondering what your take was on Aquino's apparent background in military intelligence
As far as I know, he was a Lt. Col. in the Army and specialized in PsyOps. It sort of makes everything he says slightly suspect, but he backs up a lot of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ornate insect
Last month
MeFi comment:
"23% of US science teachers are also the football coach.
I was going to post this exact sentiment. This really needs to be emphasized. In US public schools, gym teachers and coaches have to teach a non-athletic class in order to be considered..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by agregoli, Monochrome
Last month
MeFi comment:
"You can add lettuce, tomatoes, and onions at no cost. The only thing that is a pain in the least is a no salt burger but they'll make you that too.
Aw jeez, you're not one of those people, are you? "I'd like a Whopper, two tomatoes, no onions,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Lentrohamsanin, Jimbob
Last month
MeFi comment:
"You know... I'm conflicted on the Larry Craig jokes. On one hand, he absolutely deserves to be pilloried for the hypocrisy of playing to anti-gay prejudice and pushing anti-gay Republican legislation while being a self-hating homosexual. On the other..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by blueberry, nebulawindphone, flotson
Last month
MeFi comment:
"National Geographic found a stone age tribe
Let's feed them their first hotdogs on film
Won't that be a prize to show to the jet set tonight?
Aren't they cute, aren't they pure, muse subscribers back home
Next weekend, the junta exterminates..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by Iron Rat, SeanMac, perilous, Giant luck, pompomtom, shoebox, Aversion Therapy, mai, Pope Guilty, phrontist, Sys Rq
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I'd like to be
Dear ol' spike lee.
In a cracker's pizzeria
In the shade" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dizzy
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Remember that Simpsons Halloween episode where all the advertising mascots come to life and start destroying the town, and Lisa figures out that if no one pays attention to them they'll become powerless and revert to their original inanimate state?..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by malaprohibita, sutel
Last month
MeFi comment:
"This buries your conservative friends who still yammer on about the need for war in Iraq. McClellan confirms that even those making the decisions knew there was no "need." A very large nail in the rotting coffin of the conservative movement...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by blueberry, Blazecock Pileon
Last month
MeFi comment:
"This is viral marketing. If you go to the URL at the end, it's a company selling prepaid cell phones ("no contracts, no evil"). Plus, scare videos? What is this, 1999? OH SHIT IT'S A GHOST IN MY ANIMATED GIF!
On the other hand, it is..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by loiseau, parhamr
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The reason I ask is that I cruised through the comments in some very conservative blogs. The majority number of commenters are accusing him of lying.
Good question. While we're at it, does anyone know if Barack Obama really is the Antichrist, or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by brain cloud
Last month
MeFi comment:
"You can also donate bandwidth by running a Tor Relay.
Sure, if you're okay with kiddie-porn-a-plenty passing over your wires. Don't get me wrong, Tor is a great idea in theory and I've used it myself just to check it out, but just like Freenet..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Hitler was a veggie, according to Wikipedia.
Hitler had a lifelong digestive problem, and had a special diet consisting mostly of cabbage and beans prescribed to him by his quack personal physician. This had the side effect of making him..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vsync
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Seriously, you are facilitating the loss of rights and the mistreatment of fellow human beings when you refuse to even consider questioning why and what the government wants to do.
You know what, you're absolutely right. I felt wrong about that..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jb, Pope Guilty, [expletive deleted]
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Just what were you people actually listening to in the 90's? Bryan Adams? Cheryl Crow? Oasis? Jon Secada? The Backstreet Boys?
Right, because one's choices were limited entirely to wimpy, vapid, bland corporate "alternative" and wimpy,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by porn in the woods, Pollomacho
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Duh, Prince isn't god.
CLAPTON IS GOD.
Prince is an incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer who was not only hugely successful with music under his own name, but created other successful bands just as outlets for his..." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, mynameisluka, Sys Rq, porn in the woods, melorama, Siberian Mist, jack_mo, Optamystic, 2or3whiskeysodas, Mocata, Curry, jtron, muckster
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Oh yeah. That thing.
Actually, Jack Chick (and many fundies of his ilk) believes that the Catholic church was created by Satan himself in order to trick people. It has something to do with Semiramis and Nimrod, or some such gobbledegook, I don't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Monochrome
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Let me know when they'll ship a Wishbringer stone and some peril-sensitive sunglasses right to my door.
I can hook you up with a Microscopic Space Fleet. 20 bucks sound good to you?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rokusan
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"And hey, if you're a Chick fan, be sure to check out his "animated" (it's all still paintings with narration) film The Light Of The World. It's not as crazy as some of his wackier tracts (like the one in the post), but its account of the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pantufla
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
""What is it about the gates of hell that causes people to wander into them?!"
"I think it has to do with Smucker's preserves - it's the most like real raspberry jam!"
I almost died laughing at that when I was about 11 years..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ZachsMind, JHarris
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Tom: Oh, I wish I was blowing up Prince Edward Island
And going on to bomb Ontario
The destruction of Canada and all of its culture
Is by far my favorite scenario
Just where the hell does Canada get off sharing a border
With countries far..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by JHarris, dirigibleman
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Why do they do it? Because they have a fetish for the brand.
Sigh... OK, if we must.
Or maybe because it's excellent hardware, running the best implementation of desktop UNIX ever created, and it's widely considered the best platform for..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Floach
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"have we learned nothing from futurama?
Jesus, don't remind me of that. Easily the most needlessly depressing episode of a TV series ever. It was so out-of-character, it was almost like the writers were sadistically fucking with us. The only thing..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Nattie, turgid dahlia
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"These are not nerds, these are hipsters. Real Nerds are those of us, to quote our patron saints Devo, are through being cool.
stammer nervously when forced to interact even with other scientists and cannot under any circumstances hold eye contact..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Dormant Gorilla, inqb8tr, elmono
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Ha. Nice one. There was a thread a while back about gaming's cultural resonance (or lack of for such a popular pursuit). I think this was the pithy two line explanation we were looking for.
Don't get me wrong. I own 5 game consoles (PS2, Wii, 360,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Pope Guilty, Blazecock Pileon
2 months ago
