MeFi comment:
"Choosing between Harper and Dion is like asking me to choose between being stabbed with a knife or a screwdriver.
If I were you, I'd choose screwdriver.
Just some friendly advice...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gman
An hour ago
MeFi comment:
"I stand behind everything shmegegge said except I do think he's a bad writer. The darkened car slid out of the woods like a bad idea from the mind of a green lieutenant? Indeed. Maybe this book will change my mind. I hope so, but I doubt it.
If..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by spacewaitress, lodurr
9 days ago
MeTa comment:
"You can never go wrong if you just remember the greatest commandment." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"the chance to begin again, in a golden land of opportunity and adventure
It's too bad the oceans won't live, but then again who does?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by doctor_negative
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The grasshopper escapement is truly far out, but I don't like the LEDs. I mean, it's not like I think it's ugly, but I'd prefer it entirely without electrical parts...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, BrotherCaine
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Now, can somebody (say... Malor, maybe?) please do a similar post explaining the financial crisis to those of us not versed in the jargon and mechanics of financial products?
Mutant and Malor should do a podcast. It could be like Hannity and..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bitter-girl.com, ClaudiaCenter
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I thought if socialism ever came to America we would at least get good public schools and some awesome ass libraries out of it so I'm honestly feeling a little gypped right now.
I'm not picky. I'll settle for even one ass library, awesome or not...." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by mek, beefetish, kwaller, sperose, An Infinity Of Monkeys
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"If a girl slid off her 501's and looked like Playboy circa 1976, it would be a very strange (and disappointing) sight.
To you.
To you.
TO YOU...." [
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favorited 22 times, recently by 999, RedEmma, Evangeline, Metroid Baby, porn in the woods, stinkycheese, pocketfluff, alidarbac, Kronoss, Mister Cheese, hip_plumber, liza, unknowncommand, Forktine, symbioid, Lentrohamsanin, kittens for breakfast, klangklangston, pinespree, bunnytricks, maxwelton, BrotherCaine
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I have spent some time learning about the brain, and plan to spend more, and it is indeed a wonder to behold. I don't think this is any grounds, however, for implying that there's some higher, spiritual force at work in this plant, which is what the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by krilli
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Yes, after the Fall MetaFilter will be like the Brotherhood of Steel, only instead of science we will preserve snark, lest the ages to come find themselves bereft of its cold, cold light...." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Malor, EarBucket, ghost of a past number, nasreddin, Caduceus, lukemeister, the dief
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Then try RTFA -- this one, I mean -- AND considering it in the context of its time.
I read it. It's gibberish. That shit is so masturbatory it makes me feel raw and walk funny just for having read it. Does anyone outside of literary/film criticism..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by sebastienbailard, Sys Rq, kcds
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Anyway, if we want to talk sequel decay, let's talk Highlander vs. Highlander 2.
Where are we going?
PLANET ZEIST!
When?!
REAL SOON!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dormant Gorilla
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Regarding Y: The Last Man, I don't think you can fairly evaluate it in regards to this test
Yeah, I agree, I was just interested in a trivia sort of way. I mean, if even that failed, etc.
Conan the Barbarian is truly a cinematic masterpiece...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Finally, if this rule idea seems nutty to you, I'd suggest reading some Judith Butler. IIRC she basically suggests that film cameras are themselves emblematic of the male gaze and thus any film whatsoever forces one to adopt a patriarchal viewpoint...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by The Bellman, jonmc
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Raging Bull Durham
Fuck yes.
A Civil Action Jackson
He was surprisingly well-mannered for an action hero." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by grubi, Korou, pyrex
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The Cider House Rules of Engagement
Black Hawk Down & Out in Beverly Hills
That shit has double feature written all over it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Bachelor Party + Barnyard: The Original Party Animals = Bachelor Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
=/" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by grobstein
Last month
MeFi comment:
"While I will certainly read this, I can already hear the translation in my head: "Blah, blah, justification, rationalization." What politicians say is often interesting, but it rarely seems to me anything but lies, half-truths, obfuscations..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pyrex
Last month
MeFi comment:
"And others who think that combating harassment is such an important goal that a certain amount of collateral damage is acceptable.
This has always been a disturbing line of thought to me.
magstheaxe is the only one in this thread with a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by magstheaxe
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Ah, the Victorian fallacy rears its head. Evolution as progress.
Evolution is directionless, valueless, above all mindless. It does not "work" for "the good of the species". The universe doesn't care. It has no inbuilt notions..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by bugbread, drjimmy11, winna, desiderandus, Lentrohamsanin, nasreddin, strangeleftydoublethink
Last month
MeFi comment:
"This lovely result shows that this is apparently incompatible with human free will, oh yes.
I'm going to read that "nice discussion" you posted, but I have to say that this is not a problem of explanation, but a problem of acceptance...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Henry C. Mabuse, nasreddin
Last month
MeTa comment:
"The obvious answer is a gigantic lottery of some kind, where the losers engage in a bizarre deathsport.
Competitive dickpunching, obviously.
In a world...plagued by disaster...governed by a tyrant...and ruled by fear...
...one man will rise..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Kadin2048, ignignokt
Last month
Ask comment:
"If you don't go, you will regret it. If I know this, then you know it, too. Just go." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mosessis
Last month
MeTa comment:
"To be fair, stop having [too many] babies is actually a correct answer.
Yes, but it would be even more helpful if you could convince others to do the same...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by grobstein, pompomtom, saulgoodman
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Is it wrong to think HITLERTRON 5000 would make a great username?
Fucking, fighting and eating?
Ah, Saturday nights..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by timeistight
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Are all three of us--you, verb, and I--from the Midwest?
I was raised in Steubenville, OH, on the border with West Virginia. That small town is the site of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, which takes its Catholicism way more seriously..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by invitapriore, pxe2000, Dark Messiah
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I MYSELF am tampering with nature
Seriously...FUCK nature. We owe it nothing. The best part is, it won't get offended and stop sending Christmas cards.
who are we to say which fertilized egg deserves to implant and which does not?
To quote..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Equilibrium had some awesome, if brief, fight scenes, completely sans shakiness. You even get a couple of overhead shots to show all the action, because he's always fighting (or rather kicking the living shit out of) multiple people...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by milov, Sangermaine, utsutsu
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Of these, I have only read Neuromancer and A Deepness in the Sky, but I didn't find either of those openers particularly memorable. Calling it science fiction is a major stretch (in fact...it's really just not), but my favorite opener is, "The..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zardoz
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"It will be epic; like a scene from a Hunter S. Thompson novel. The hotel room will be flooded and the walls covered in condiments. Someone will be wearing a lizard tail. Then? We'll skip out on the check and spend the rest of the summer driving..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chrismear, It's Raining Florence Henderson
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Get any closer with your devil-words, and I'll shank you with my Robertson screwdriver.
Don't you mean shanque?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dark Messiah
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"that will to survive is probably the same exact force that a tree manifests when it recovers from a major setback but that might seem a bit too spiritual for this crowd
That's funny, I agree with you and it pretty much seems like the opposite of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"It never occurred to me to pronounce it red, as the intent to direct one to a possibly more salient reading seemed so obvious from the context every time it appeared.
Yes, language changes over time, but in this day and age of easily accessible..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by climalene, Monochrome, delfuego
4 months ago
Ask comment:
"..."strikes me"..."I like"..."I like"...
You're demonstrably reading it opposite to all precedent, and you admit to doing so based on your feelings alone. I'll wager that no resources on the level of the OED citation..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ten pounds of inedita, rtha
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Meatspace is one of those words that I hate.
God damn, I sure have a long list of those." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Locative
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"When MySpace is full, the emos will walk the Green..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by Fiasco da Gama, damnjezebel, Artw, dabitch, Sangermaine, palmcorder_yajna, anazgnos, small_ruminant, shmegegge, drezdn, cashman, hjo3, Inspector.Gadget, Blazecock Pileon
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"But I'm glad we're all outraged. So outraged we posted about it on the internet on our $2000 Macbooks while listening to tunes on our $400 ipods and watching HDTV on the $1500 36" LCD flatscreens.
I don't have any of that stuff. Can I be..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by supercrayon, retronic, ornate insect, Blazecock Pileon
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Don't like it? Change the system.
So, uh, how exactly? Real question.
Saying, in essence, "don't hate the player, hate the game," misses the point. The people getting disgusted at how this guy is spending his money are disgusted with..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lord_wolf, Pope Guilty
5 months ago
