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posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 10:01 AM on September 28, 2008

SUBNORMALS BEHIND YOU ALL THE WAY MARCOS
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 1:35 PM on September 26, 2008

These Palin threads are so long they need cheat sheets. So:

THE THREAD SO FAR:

Katie Couric is a chess-savant leopard, Mister_A is Al Gore, and Sarah Palin is no Lara Roslyn.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 6:22 AM on September 27, 2008

Sorry, but this is weak.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 1:50 PM on September 20, 2008

Nocturne
W.H. Auden

Now through night's caressing grip
Earth and all her oceans slip,
Capes of China slide away
From her fingers into day
And th'Americas incline
Coasts towards her shadow line.

Now the ragged vagrants creep
Into crooked holes to sleep
Just and unjust, worst and best,
Change their places as they rest... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 3:29 AM on September 17, 2008

"How wide is this room?" I asked.

"16.5 of your shoes. Check it." She answered.

I checked it by pacing off the room. She was correct. "Lucky guess." I said.

"Next." She said.

"Will we ever make love together?" I asked.

"I cannot predict the future." She said. "But I would say that the probability of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:32 AM on September 11, 2008

amazing how the mind of double-think programmable cattle &c.

One case where the lobotomy seems to have taken beautifully.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:30 PM on September 7, 2008

Whee! Commenting in a DOA post is like being in one of those parallel universes that doesn't work out and gets neatly wound up.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 12:00 PM on September 2, 2008

Dnab: I sometimes wonder if the lack of intergeneratioonal contact you're talking about isn't the result of a literal 'missing generation' of 'mos thanks to AIDS and the disastrous handling of it.

Gays of a certain age scoff when I say this, but one of the best ways to get a young guy interested in gay history is Felice Picano's Like People In History, which despite being an unabashed beach read touches on most of the major points with some grace and power. And evil lesbians.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 7:31 PM on August 30, 2008

I need to know exactly when
These speeches start and when they end
The talking heads who fear dead air
Are merely substrates for their hair

While NBC's are pea-brained cocks
There's cunning neocons on Fox
And ABC's see even less
Than the lazy eyes at CBS

Want ticker shock? Try CNN
They show what's happening right then
While... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 5:03 AM on August 28, 2008

"Honey, go fix the lawn—those feminists are ruining it!"

"Yes, dear."
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:46 AM on August 25, 2008

The messed up thing is that a sixteen year old gymnast in the Olympics is probably already over the hill, and can remember being better. What's THAT like?

Speaking as a professional ballet dancer who probably peaked at 20 and retired at 23, it fucking sucks.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 9:34 AM on August 20, 2008

Speaking of damage, if you're dating a ballerina don't look at her feet unless you absolutely have to EVER.

Fixed that for you. Lovecraft obviously took a lot of inspiration from ballet feet. The horror!
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 9:41 AM on August 20, 2008

pretty soon, movies will all be like Waking Life -- except they won't look like animated cartoons. Actors will be totally disposable, and movies will just need Pixar-rendering farms for directors to do their editing. I'm looking forward to the first "uncanny valley" feature-length film.

Too late.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 11:43 AM on August 15, 2008

What tripe! What fierce untelling of stories!

Yes, we'll get those bat-kids off your bat-lawn straightabatway.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:08 AM on August 15, 2008

Nice find. Unfortunately it seems to take about two months start to finish...wouldn't it be easier to actually use a mirror?
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 10:48 AM on August 14, 2008

I narrowly missed seeing a dancer snap his Achilles tendon onstage last year...thanks to the wonderful acoustics, the snap was apparently not just clearly audible to all, but actually loud, over the full orchestra in the 2000-seat auditorium.

He's fully recovered now, but that's a show I'm glad I skipped.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 11:24 AM on August 13, 2008

Some patients with HIV/AIDS or other autoimmune disorders die due to Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)

For quite a while in the eighties and early nineties, pneumonia as a cause of death was a sign that someone closeted had died of AIDS. That practice seems to be less frequent now.

Not meaning to imply anything with regards to Mr. Mac, just expanding on ericb's comment.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sixswitch at 3:38 PM on August 9, 2008

palmcorder: 31 flavours of excellent.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 4:30 PM on August 5, 2008

"I couldn't help it, old man," whispered Parer.

"Of course you couldn't," replied McIntosh huskily.

Aeronaut Slash Fiction, here we come!
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 2:26 PM on July 31, 2008

That was so lousy its lice had little eeny-weeny lice on them.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 5:10 PM on July 30, 2008

Roslyn/Airlock '08!
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 5:08 PM on July 30, 2008

STEAMCATS LOL!
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 7:51 AM on July 24, 2008

I liked the part where one of the incessant Simpsons quoters died.

Art was good though.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 7:50 AM on July 24, 2008

Addicted to caffeine? Pffft. If you haven't sucked cock for it, you're not addicted to it.

See, you might think you're making a joke...

I like my coffee like I like my "I like my coffee like I like my women" jokes: meta is better.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 11:31 AM on July 22, 2008

WARNING WARNING WARNING

ANY FURTHER MENTION OF THE
WORDS 'CAKE' AND 'LIE' IN THE
SAME MESSAGE WILL CAUSE
THIS THREAD TO SELF-DESTRUCT

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 9:58 AM on July 21, 2008

I didn't get a chance to say it in the Zack Snyder thread so since HuronBob mentioned it:

The opening of Dawn of the Dead—set to Johnny Cash's "When the Man Comes Around"—is one of the best title sequences ever made. It's the music that makes it, but whoever picked that song deserves a bonus.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:31 AM on July 21, 2008

This needs, needs, needs to be multiplayer.

One person is the world. The other is the disease.

Or it could be asymmetrical: one person is the world, and several diseases are competing...

Seems the symptomless spread is the way to go...and visualizing several million people a day (albeit no Madagascarians or Japanese) dropping dead from sudden, unexpected heart failure is so awfully satisfying.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 7:28 AM on July 21, 2008

Dennis Cooper, Chuck Palahniuk, and the erstwhile, ersatz JT LeRoy are armwrestling tonight to see who gets to write the novel set in this seedy underbelly of youth culture.

Gus Van Sant and Larry Clark have the second match, for the film rights.

Who do you think would win?
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:07 AM on July 18, 2008

If assorted chutney ferrets, poofs, fags, screaming queens, nancy boys, and other limp-wristed gentlemen were good enough to beat the Nazis...

Logged in just to favourite that. Chutney ferrets!
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 7:08 AM on July 15, 2008

I just can't believe it took this long for someone to go from 'Hey, this Space Lego piece is bright along the edge' to building this.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 9:44 AM on July 14, 2008

If it's true that most working Americans eventually have kids, I really don't see why it's necessary to screw over the handful of us who don't.

And for the sake of my entirely hypothetical Metafilter-member children, I hope you choose to remain a non-breeder. The next generation on the blue deserves less of your kind of trolling and thread-shitting.

Please, think of the children!
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 2:53 PM on July 5, 2008

Daycare as a wage also punishes men who marry well.

Bwa ha hahahaa...

...hopes very sincerely that you're being facetious...
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 9:45 AM on July 6, 2008

*follows pjern at a clip*
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:19 AM on July 5, 2008

I didn't have the right camera on Canada Day, but having recently played with CHDK and a Canon S2 IS, it seems like it would work nicely. You can use scripts that auto-trigger the shutter based on light levels; some people have gotten that working fast enough to catch lightning strikes, so I'm sure it would work for fireworks.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 12:58 PM on July 4, 2008

Oh sweet baby Jesus and the saints that just made my day.

MOLOCH!!!
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 4:31 PM on July 2, 2008

Having never heard anyone say 'MeFi,' I had constructed the apparently improbable 'Mee-Fie' and am exercising my statutory right to claim that everyone else is incorrect.
posted to MetaTalk by sixswitch at 2:15 PM on June 27, 2008

cunning stunt

Thank you for introducing me to that excellent spoonerism.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 9:24 AM on June 24, 2008

AAAAHHH APPLES AGGRRGGGHH

That's the funniest thing I've seen all week.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:18 AM on June 21, 2008

Armitage, it's a complex mix; this week is Toronto Pride, and one look at the crowd will reveal many of the guys to have spent the last three months killing themselves in the gym for one weekend. That's clearly an instance of hyper-masculine appearance (and a corresponding behaviour) being a major attractor.

If gay men are attracted to other men, wouldn't you logically assume that gay men would exhibit hyper-masculine behavior to attract members of the same sex?... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 5:18 AM on June 17, 2008

Having skipped preview:

No worries, armitage.

I personally also believe that any/all homosexual behavior across all species will eventually conform to a specific/repeatable brain pattern

...and then I can put it in a chemical weapon like the season finale of 30 Rock. No, but seriously, you'll be waiting a looong time.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 5:23 AM on June 17, 2008

This Is Just To Say

I have taken
the Jews
Communists
and trade unionists
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast.

And Niemöller
you are
next
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 9:18 PM on June 12, 2008

BostonJake, space orientation is tricky, but a general consensus has evolved that the enemy's gate is down.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:42 AM on June 12, 2008

How did Helen Keller burn her ear?

Answering the iron.

*******************************************************

How do you fit four gay guys on a bar stool?

Flip it upside down.

*******************************************************

What's the difference between a Cadillac and a pile of dead babies?

I don't have a Cadillac in my garage.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 7:15 AM on May 13, 2008

Wow, nola. I'm not sure if I'm missing sarcasm or if that's how you really feel. If you were being sincere, I can recommend an amazing book that you might benefit from...a dictionary.

Or, you know, spellcheck.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:38 PM on May 7, 2008

If you're quoting Mr. Twain now, I guess you probably were being sarcastic earlier...whoops!
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 10:24 PM on May 7, 2008

I have to give props to my eMac, which has been a rock-solid tank for four years and which has no idea that its replacement is in the mail. My favourite moment was the sheer terror of upgrading a hard drive that sits right next to a charged, bare CRT. Oh, and nobody believes I edited a film on it. Hell, I can't believe I edited a film on it.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 4:10 PM on May 6, 2008

I live in Toronto, and as far as embarrassing mayors go, I think our furniture huckster compares well with London's louche ex-journo.

From the Globe and Mail (and reminiscent of a character in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency):

"At a recent debate, Mr. Livingstone hammered home his central argument, that Mr. Johnson's only management role has been running the Spectator magazine, 'although he often made... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:17 PM on May 3, 2008

Choreographers tell people how to do it.

No, I'm just digging myself in deeper here.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 8:18 AM on April 25, 2008

Arts outreach workers do it with children...and art.
posted to MetaFilter by sixswitch at 9:40 AM on April 25, 2008