MeTa post: Because beer makes fire better

The meetups I've been to, it's worked well to go around and ask people if they are there with Matt Haughey. None of the strangers seem to think it's very weird, I don't have to disclose that I'm there for an internet party of imaginary friends, and the people I'm looking for immediately know I've found them.
posted to MetaTalk by mosessis at 5:25 PM on June 23, 2008

Ask post: Will we be unwelcome in Bronzeville?

Final question: Is it “wrong” or “unethical” for us to move into a neighborhood that has for years celebrated itself as a center of black history? …Am I being overly sensitive about this, or, conversely, not sensitive enough?

What you're asking is an amazingly complex question that brings in issues of gentrification, race, and economics.

The fact is you're not the only white people looking for a good value and increasingly... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by wfrgms at 1:04 PM on June 15, 2008 marked best answer

MeFi post: Steampunk recumbent.

It actually means "cosplay" these days.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 9:30 AM on June 16, 2008

Ask post: Club soda is a drink, too, isn't it?

If I'm at a bar and I'm chatting up a girl, do I need to tell her halfway through the conversation, "by the way, this is club soda that I'm drinking."

I think that's a different situation - she was in the bar drinking, knowing she may or may not meet someone who may or may not have had as much, if any, alcohol as she. Eh.

Back to the original question for a moment... as long as you're not concealing the fact that... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by mikewas at 12:24 PM on January 7, 2008

You seem offended by the fact that some girls might be a little cautious about the fact that they're drinking and you're not. Don't be. It's not a value judgment against you and your respect for the ladies. As someone who's been on enough dates with guys she doesn't know that well (i.e. the meeting for a drink would be the first chance I got to know someone), I am very cautious after meeting many unsavory characters whom I could not trust. You would do well to not be offended by women's caution... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by pazazygeek at 12:29 PM on January 7, 2008

Ask post: Must I jettison Jezebel?

Here's the thing.

Her? She's basically blameless in this situation. Sure, you shouldn't mow someone else's lawn, granted. But if he oops, trips and falls and sticks his dick in her, that's his culpability, not hers. He is the one that owes you something. I just wanted to make that clear, because so very many people put the blame in the wrong place when a loved one strays.

That being said.. I don't think... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:26 AM on November 20, 2007

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