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
Yesterday
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 6 times, recently by EarBucket, ghost of a past number, nasreddin, Caduceus, lukemeister, the dief
2 days ago
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
4 days ago
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
4 days ago
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
4 days ago
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
4 days ago
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
5 days ago
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
5 days ago
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
11 days ago
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
11 days ago
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
13 days ago
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
13 days ago
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
2 weeks ago
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
2 weeks ago
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
2 weeks ago
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
2 weeks ago
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
3 weeks ago
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
3 weeks ago
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
Last month
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
2 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
3 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
3 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
3 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
4 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
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Smedleyman gone. Fallen, another shield in the bulwark 'gainst Chaos and old Night." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vira
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Isn't it funny how these same people don't give a crap about the first amendment, yet the slightest imagined breach of the second amendment has them screaming bloody murder.
posted by mike3k at 12:04 PM on April 4
But I do give a crap about the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by lupus_yonderboy, showbiz_liz, sperose, BrotherCaine
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Blazecock Pileon: I appreciate what you're saying, re: hysterical subset and all, but speaking of gun ownership as a disease isn't really going to help the debate. It's a pretty insulting and alienating way of looking at it. I know what you're trying..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Kadin2048, BrotherCaine
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Tell me, do gun nuts all have terrible diets?
From the pictures I've seen, many do.
"because you should eat healthy and grow up strong, you should eat as many vegetables as possible." And then you decided because the first clause..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Kadin2048, Snyder, vira, Justinian
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"No, it's cool, just join the others in showcasing your ignorance of American history. Fucking echo chamber in here.
posted by knave at 11:34 AM on April 4
What is it about this issue that makes otherwise polite posters act like dicks? I asked a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Man, how is this the first time I've heard of MeFight Club? I just signed up.
Also, I liked Oregon Trail.
Alsoer, this River City, is it something I would need a ransom to understand?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Hot Like Your 12V Wire
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"You do realize you could have me.mailed the big guy and asked him about how he feels about the whole thing, right?
posted by Stynxno at 2:07 PM on March 28
I would just like to go on record as saying that Jesus H. Shatner is the best username in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ukdanae
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Besides, the idea that relaxing restrictions means an automatic orgy of violence is absurd. When Ohio removed all local restrictions (meaning the whole state operates under federal-level restrictions only, and it's a "shall issue" CCW state..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It seems to me that democracy is fundamentally based on the idea that people can be trusted to do the right thing, and the whole reason we have a criminal justice system is to deal with them when they don't...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Standeck
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Do you know how many overly aggressive, close-minded frat/jock assholes I would have shot all by myself had I had access to a guns while I was at University?
posted by Aversion Therapy at 10:23 AM
So what you're saying is, because you can't be..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Dreama, Pope Guilty, Megafly
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
""Learn how to order yourself a decent bowl of ramen, without the accent, says I."
Yeah, Vento's the twat.
At least you're consistent. Rude, but consistent. Most of the people who speak out on the immigrants' behalf on issues like this..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dantsea, vsync
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The fight choreography was terrible. I mean REALLY terrible.
I don't know what you're talking about. I have used the double fist to the back of the neck to end many an unpleasant alien encounter...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by griphus
6 months ago
