Do you really think you have ADD? If so, you should absolutely talk to your doctor and get a referral to a psychiatrist.

Note: possible scenarios include 1) no, you don't have ADD, 2) yes, you may, but a behavioral approach to treatment plus counseling would be a wiser course, 3) yes, you may have ADD, and are prescribed a non-stimulant drug.

I never got any 'high' from my use.

But you were able to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by desuetude at 8:10 AM on October 6, 2008

Private or non-favorite favorites. I often favorite things as examples of some thing other than my endorsement of what they've said.
posted to MetaTalk by iamkimiam at 12:25 AM on October 5, 2008

But yeah, there are some ideas and emotions that can only be expressed in images. Like this one.
posted to MetaTalk by Navelgazer at 9:12 AM on October 5, 2008

I smell a DIY idea I will never accomplish!
posted to MetaFilter by parmanparman at 4:24 AM on October 3, 2008

The idea of mentioning the social good one performs as an excuse for getting insanely aggressive is such a good one I'm going to start using it in my own correspondence:

"I HATE this fake glurge about Boy Scouts! I once bought a FUCKING CHRISTMAS TREE from them and they were PERFECT LITTLE GENTLEMEN. So don't go LYING about the GODDAMN SCOUTS or I will EAT your HEART."
"Saccharine tales of BONE MARROW DONATION? I've got my donor card RIGHT... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by melissa may at 3:36 AM on September 30, 2008

People are taking the words way too literally. 'NSFW' doesn't necessarily mean a heads up that's only relevant for people at work, and the term doesn't necessaily encompass only nudity, and the sole consequence of a NSFW page isn't necessarily trouble with an angry little boss, like a George Jetson cartoon. If you are in a public or semi-public place and you unexpectedly click on something with nudity in it, you can get in trouble, yes, but you can also just plain get embarrassed. Other people... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by dgaicun at 6:49 AM on September 30, 2008

Hey, at least you were in double-A. I wound up on the single-A Wasilla Goatse. You should have seen their mascot.
posted to MetaTalk by languagehat at 7:35 AM on October 1, 2008

Then he realized his wallet was missing.
posted to MetaFilter by pracowity at 4:52 PM on September 28, 2008

My most memorable cab ride took place back in 1990, when I was still going to school out in Pennsylvania. I was walking through a sketchy neighborhood after hanging out with some friends, not really paying attention to where I was going, when I was confronted by a couple of tough-looking guys who told me to hand over my wallet. Long story short, I got roughed up a bit and they took off with all of my money. I found a pay phone and called my mom, who was furious. (She was already having second... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by designbot at 8:58 AM on September 29, 2008

I will not be surprised if there are no debates of any sort this fall. McCain's chances are slim enough without having the electorate watch Obama mop the floor with him in successive debates. The recent demand in changes of the VP debate format were an attempt to give Palin an out as well. The Dems wouldn't bite but expect her to follow McCain's lead and turtle too. Should Palin exit her bubble and actually debate, no matter how candy-assed the format, I would expect it to end with Biden... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jim in austin at 12:53 PM on September 24, 2008

I haven't heard McCain say he will "roll up his sleeves" this weekend to work on the economy. I don't believe he's going to do any real work unless he promises to roll up his sleeves.
posted to MetaFilter by marxchivist at 1:45 PM on September 24, 2008

Man with all due respect to our fundamentalist/dominionist hardcore conservative friends, if there is a God and there were a time that God Himself sought to intervene in American politics, it has got to be happening now. A cat-5 hurricane predicted to hit new orleans during the start of the RNC convention, and a market shock/financial system collapse timed with the fall run up to an election between an old Republican drone (and a cynical faux religious half-wit with a pregnant teen daughter as... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by psmealey at 2:38 PM on September 24, 2008

Just for you, jonmc.
posted to MetaFilter by EarBucket at 4:14 PM on September 24, 2008

From Forbes magazine today:

In fact, some of the most basic details, including the $700 billion figure Treasury would use to buy up bad debt, are fuzzy.

"It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."
posted to MetaFilter by EarBucket at 5:15 PM on September 24, 2008

Ladies and gentlemen, there's been too much partisan rhetoric that has torn our country apart. We cannot focus on the problems that our great nation needs to address if we're constantly bickering over who's idea was what, or if we're playing the blame game. But more than this, we cannot - as a nation - move forward while this presidential campaign is taking up so much energy, time and money from myself and my opponent, Senator Obama. This is why I am proposing suspending all campaigning. And the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 5:35 PM on September 24, 2008

Josh Marshall, as always, is awesome:

Perhaps this will shine an unflattering light on my psyche. But, like many of you, I have a busy schedule, with lots of work obligations and meetings. I also end up doing a decent number of panel discussions and speeches, though I try hard to keep those to a minimum. And like everyone, sometimes I get tired or overwhelmed and I wish I could get out of this or that responsibility.

Occasionally in these moments,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by XQUZYPHYR at 5:47 AM on September 25, 2008

snsranch: All I can hope for is that minority Americans come out and vote like they never have before and end this.

My fear? Replay of 2004.

That's an understandable fear to have, especially since McCain's campaign has become eerily familiar over the last couple of months. Some people are clearly getting that sinking feeling they got in 2004 when they realized that "It's just so stupid it just might work" turned out... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by joedan at 9:54 AM on September 26, 2008

I love this part:

Asked why she only obtained a passport last year, Palin said, "I'm not one of those who maybe came from a background of, you know, kids who perhaps graduate college and their parents give them a passport and give them a backpack and say go off and travel the world. No, I've worked all my life. In fact, I usually had two jobs all my life until I had kids. I was not a part of, I guess, that culture.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Avenger at 11:51 PM on September 25, 2008

I don't think she's as stupid as these answers make her sound.

I agree with this. She's not dumb, she's simply out of her depth but trying not to sound like it.

The Miss Teen South Carolina answer train wreck is a pretty apt comparison, and I'm reminded of this comment from that thread:

"she's been prepped to pretend to have knowledge about and an opinion on any question they ask - I rather think... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by weston at 3:04 AM on September 26, 2008

Dear Askme: Is it better to use a big, heavy bag or a small, light bag in a pursefight?
posted to MetaTalk by electroboy at 6:44 AM on September 24, 2008

Some types of things that can prevent you from receiving a clearance or access to information are those that could be used as leverage against you. The investigators are concerned about someone discovering something embarassing in your past and blackmailing you.

The things they look for change with the times. I've seen people lose clearances (but more often just access) for homosexuality, drug use, seeing a therapist, excessive debt, membership in radical groups, etc.,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by joaquim at 7:08 PM on December 11, 2003

I have come to think that a black-and-white attitude to legal questions on AskMe is the best attitude, and I would be in favor of the admins deleting them immediately. Like I have tried to say before, the questions are most likely to be answered by people who are least qualified to answer them. A smart lawyer knows that it could be problematic to make an off-the-cuff stab at a question, and that one's off-the-cuff stab could actually be a decisive... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jayder at 11:02 PM on June 15, 2008

On the other hand, sometimes questions raise sub-questions and related material, which I also love. Within a thread, the original ask-er may find answers to questions s/he didn't even know s/he had. I wouldn't want to see the expansive nature of the responses, encouraging extension of knowledge, cut down to 'just the facts, ma'am'.

I would hope that the original asker in those situations would use his/her fearsome highlighting powers judiciously then,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by DaShiv at 8:04 AM on February 11, 2005

Sorry if the SFW tag is incorrect for some. In my opinion, if you need to be told what you're looking at is "dirty" then it's SFW.

Ah, personal opinions. Glad to see you have some. However, I'd like to point out to you the context in which Metafilter uses the NSFW/SWF tags. As in most of us are not at home holding down the couch springs, but at work, probably in an office environment, with mixed sexes and cultures, where the sight of a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jsavimbi at 12:25 PM on June 4, 2008

My comment, which was deleted, merely read, "So, what does your daughter think about this?" Perfectly f'ing valid question. If the daughter doesn't care, what does it matter? The OP is having a simple "can't see the forest through the trees" problem, likely because SHE PAID $85 FOR TOY BLOCKS.

Save the outragecaps, please. People who spend more money than you would on things are still entitled to 1) get the things that they were... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by 23skidoo at 2:48 PM on June 3, 2008

I can't believe people are actually arguing over whether being a completely judgemental asshole is really all that bad, or, you know, totally justified because, like, this person is clearly speaking from a position of privilege just by dint of being able to read MetaFilter, because, like, there are plenty of people who can't even get online and if you're able to get online and you don't feel incredibly guilty about that EVERY SINGLE WAKING MOMENT you are clearly an ingrate who... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by scrump at 3:36 PM on June 3, 2008

I am right there with SaintCynr -

If I see something out of place, we are visually going to fixate on it before any sort of conscious reaction takes place. It is just the way we are wired.

Now, in a situation like this, well, I will stare at him for a moment until I am able to figure out what I am seeing. Then, being as I strongly believe in making eye contact with people, I am going to try to do that next.

The way he... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Samizdata at 2:20 PM on June 3, 2008

You forgot another possible scenario. Sometimes identical twins are born and the parents divorce soom thereafter and each takes one of the twins and raises her without knowledge of the other. It's happened twice to my knowledge.

Luckily they are usually reunited at camp.
posted to MetaFilter by Bonzai at 7:26 AM on June 2, 2008

Do you mean something like SailTime?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mkb at 9:09 AM on May 29, 2008

Not to go all "but you already agreed Michigan wouldn't be seated" about it, but wasn't ParisParamus permabanned? I mean, does that not mean he -- under any name -- is permanently banned?

I mean, if there's no permabanning, fine. But if there is permabanning, then it has to be, you know, permanent. Consequences, people! Consequences and consistency! (Jeez, maybe I should have kids.)... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by scody at 3:05 PM on May 28, 2008

I say we let him go
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc at 6:34 PM on May 28, 2008

There are four degrees of bannination, maybe five.

- 24 hour timeout - usually if you just seem like you may need to "sleep it off" or if you're making AskMe a headache for me and won't stop, or if we think your account's been hacked.
- week off - usually for more problematic stuff or "maybe you need to spend some time to think about what you did" We rarely do this.
- open-ended - someone asks us to close their account for a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:21 PM on April 4, 2008

Well, I guess for sheer weight of favourites it would have to be my very first AskMe. A wonderful array of answers it garnered, too.

Privately, though, pretty much everything I do is amazing on one level or another. I once did a backflip over one of those champagne fountains they have at Important Parties.
posted to MetaTalk by turgid dahlia at 1:29 AM on May 23, 2008

delmoi: If she had been running the campaign she's been running lately after super Tuesday, she'd probably be the winner now

No. The math: Super Tuesday decided the race. The video fails to give the proper context that the race has been over for just over three months now, and everything since then (i.e. the last 2:30 of the video) has been nothing more than a media circus.

To start with, the nomination... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by DaShiv at 7:20 AM on May 7, 2008

Somewhere, in his blue-roofed mansion, the CEO of the International House of Pancakes is silently weeping.

Fuck him until there's an IHOP in Vermont.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 6:50 AM on May 2, 2008

Wait, so the commas are gone now?

*comes out from under desk*

*decocks pistol*

Because that was some scary shit there for a couple of minutes.
posted to MetaTalk by quin at 2:48 PM on April 30, 2008

Comma comma comma comma comma chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Browsing would be easy if your colors were like my dream
Grey blue and green
Grey blue and green
posted to MetaTalk by googly at 2:53 PM on April 30, 2008

*throws a wadded ball of paper at pineapple's head* No capes!

Do you remember Thunderhead? Tall, storm powers? Nice man, good with kids. November 15th of '58! All was well, another day saved, when? his cape snagged on a missile fin!

Stratogale! April 23rd, '57! Cape caught in a jet turbine!

Metaman, express elevator! Dynaguy, snag on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex!

NO CAPES!
posted to MetaTalk by dg at 2:58 PM on April 30, 2008

Oh, the blanket! She is wet!
Oh, the stick! She is muddy!
posted to MetaTalk by klangklangston at 1:08 PM on April 29, 2008

The two-letter, no-period state abbreviations preferred by the U.S. Postal Service should always be used where a zip code follows, and they may appear in any context where abbreviations are appropriate (see 17.100). Many writers and editors, however, prefer the older forms[...]." I am such an editor,

Ooh, I'm tingling all over, because you are wrong. You are wrong and crusty with the dust of wrong ancients here. There are unimpeachable... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by melissa may at 7:36 AM on April 30, 2008

I had assumed they just named it after Hannah.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 11:13 AM on April 30, 2008

I think taz would be a good midnight mod.

Goodnight Mod. Goodnight cortex and jess and matt. Good trolls in funny hats. Goodnight MeCha, MeTa and Fi, goodnight quons and crash and pie. Goodnight flameouts, Goodnight favorites, Goodnight askme....
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc at 2:13 PM on April 28, 2008

Ad teams put together billboards and don't worry about whether every 83rd person that drives by says "What an amateurish piece of shit design job that is."

Just so you know, ad people, I do this.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 2:14 PM on April 24, 2008

Whatever you stick on there, I suggest stencilling with bleach!. 'Cause it's purty.
posted to Ask Metafilter by bettafish at 8:07 PM on April 23, 2008 marked best answer

Then for god's sake don't read sans quoi.

Ok, I'm not going to read the 3K+ comments in that thread.

So can somebody please answer the question for me? Was or was not sansgras the new Kaycee?

It makes me think that any MeTa thread that reaches above, say, 600 comments, should have a little postmortem by one of the admins attached at the top. Something to the effect of... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Afroblanco at 9:12 PM on April 22, 2008

I should be going to bed in— oh.. uh.. two hours ago.
• An eponysterical comment by kittens for breakfast
• A comment quoting Morris Day and the Time
• An AskMe question looking for help with something that's illegal in the UK, but not in the US
• A MetaTalk callout about a problem that didn't actually exist
• A comment thread in which three different people refer separately to Digg, Fark, and Slashdot
• A member who has... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by theiconoclast31 at 3:03 AM on April 19, 2008

Can we all ringdance with cortex's mom now?

Oh weird, languagehat disabled his account and also changed his name to languagefat and his gender to "i'm a big doody head".
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 5:42 PM on April 19, 2008

Of course you can't put two Cure songs on the same mixtape. Don't you have any goddamned rules at all?
posted to MetaFilter by klangklangston at 4:03 PM on March 25, 2008

My pet peeve is when people make "cute" names for the moderators by smashing them all together.

Oh, ditto that. Out of respect for their hard work, I think we ought to strive to address them formally: Mr. Haughey, Ms. West, Mr. Ofnazareth. Much nicer that way.
posted to MetaTalk by felix betachat at 4:29 PM on April 9, 2008

Ok, parting shot, for all my homeys...

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: a vast and barnacl'd longboat hull
Stands in the desert. Near it on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd oar lies, whose splintered blade
And smooth-worn grip and bowed shaft
Tell that its rowers well those waters clove
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these empty oarlocks,
The waves that mock'd them and the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by LobsterMitten at 12:32 AM on April 10, 2008