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I like how the men are wrong and the women are right. That cleared a lot of stuff up for me.
posted to MetaFilter by unSane at 7:37 PM on October 29, 2010

Is there a world where I can say that I didn't care for the comic without it being implicitly read that I hate women and all things related to them?

Because I don't, I just didn't especially care for it, and I wonder.
posted to MetaFilter by paisley henosis at 7:20 PM on October 29, 2010

What "concentration camp" means to you in 2007 is probably different than what "concentration camp" would have meant to someone before World War II. From the Boer War in 1899-1902 until World War II, a concentration camp was an internment camp used to hold civilians.*

Germany founded six large concentration camps for "undesirables" before the war-- Dachau (1933), Sachsenhausen (1936), Buchenwald (1937), Flossenbürg (1938), Mauthausen (1938)... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by kirkaracha at 4:02 PM on February 20, 2007

Okay, here you go:

From Metafilter
From Metatalk

Anything I said about how this was produced back in 2007 should pertain now as well. Lists are in ascending chronological order by date of comment, link will take you to the comment in question, and there's undoubtedly some wonky broken parsing in there in spots.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 1:30 PM on October 25, 2010

I grew up in a Pakistan where anti-semitism (in the sense of being bigoted about Jews) is pretty much the norm, if Jews are ever mentioned. Most Pakistanis I know have never met anyone who is Jewish; the anti-Jewish sentiment stems entirely from two things, as far as I can tell: 1) the Palestine-Israel conflict, and 2) a version of Islamic history that only talks about Jews in the context of the breaking of a peace treaty by Jewish tribes in Medina, in the time of the Prophet (which is also the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by bardophile at 1:41 AM on October 23, 2010

I remember when I was about sixteen or so and I finally became aware of the fact that I was gay, and that my lifelong attraction to other boys wasn't just a fluke or some bizarre phase that I would grow out of.

Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian household, I had heard all the right sermons. These overpowering feelings of mine were Abominations Unto The Lord, and that when the End Times came (and surely thou art coming soon, Lord Jesus), I would be judged and found... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Avenger at 6:04 PM on October 21, 2010

AH good. A whole thread full of nightmare fuel. Right before bed.
posted to MetaFilter by Baby_Balrog at 9:50 PM on September 24, 2010

People who think that intelligence agencies aren't monitoring the internet and "social media" spaces don't understand how computers (and telecommunications) work. They've been doing it for years, and they don't need rooms full of people to do it.

Echelon is real. It's not pie in the sky paranoid science fiction garbage, it's demonstrably provable that it works in theory, and would be very affordable compared to many other known projects - and this was... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by loquacious at 6:32 AM on October 9, 2010

Here's a spin on reverse-trick-or-treating that I got a kick out of. I grew up in a college town, and one Halloween our doorbell rang and we opened the door expecting to see trickortreaters-- but what was in front of our open door--was another door! Like, a full-on wooden door, that had a sign that said "Please knock." So we did, and the door swung open to reveal a bunch of college dudes dressed as really old grandmothers, curlers in their hair, etc, who proceeded to coo over our... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by np312 at 1:18 PM on October 1, 2009

The Doctor should serve his full 12 and then be done with it. He should die with finality. He should have a funeral fit for the final Time Lord. A eulogy. His companions should mourn him. Even the Daleks will be sad to see their enemy go.

The camera should angle on a crotchety old woman in the crowd. "I don't look forward to that," she'll say to a young boy, her grandchild, "but it's a long time yet," and they'll both walk off to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Sticherbeast at 9:20 PM on October 12, 2010

You will lose all of your mutual friends to her. Sorry. You seem to recognize this dynamic and be interested in preventing it from happening; but there is no prevention. You moved to the city after her, so they all know her better (ace 1); she seems to be more outgoing and extroverted than you anyway (ace 2); you say you're depressed (ace 3); AND she's making a concerted effort to take them all away from you (ace 4). You can't beat that. She has four aces.

So. Take... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jellicle at 8:25 AM on December 3, 2006

spaceandtime30 said: "Proposed again."

You proposed again, after she said no? WTF?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Solomon at 4:19 AM on October 7, 2010

I bet Apple releases the Newton III.
posted to MetaFilter by craniac at 6:22 AM on January 9, 2007

What I was trying to say is, please assume Number 4 and 5 are off the table

And what many of us are trying to say, explicitly and implicitly, is that if you think #4 and #5 are off the table and you try #3—because #1 and #2 won't lead to anything but misery—then #4 will happen anyways, only be much shittier when it does happened because you stupidly decided to get married without resolving this in a real, adult way.

Anyways, good luck.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dubitable at 6:12 PM on October 3, 2010

Two weekends ago, I sold my Citroën. It'd taken me about eight years to come to grips with letting it ago, and if that says something about me, so be it. I'd put eighty thousand insane miles on it, up and down the eastern seaboard, from spending four hours stuck in a solid traffic jam on the Cross Bronx Expressway with the ARRET! light falsely warning me that the car was about to overheat to moments on Route 301 in South Carolina where I did the little mental arithmetic to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sonascope at 6:38 PM on October 2, 2010

Where did Justin Bieber even come from?

I went to work one day and apparently everyone suddenly knew who he was.
posted to MetaFilter by sonic meat machine at 4:13 AM on August 17, 2010

Thanks, we'll get that fixed up!
posted to MetaTalk by pb at 8:38 AM on August 30, 2010

From the Penny Arcade post: If I am purchasing games in order to reward their creators, and to ensure that more of these ingenious contraptions are produced, I honestly can't figure out how buying a used game was any better than piracy.

This, I think, is the key disconnect between me and Tycho on this issue: he's buying a game because he wants to reward the developer for making it. I'm buying a game because I want to play a game.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ZsigE at 10:00 AM on August 26, 2010

I believe both of the following to be true:

1. Used games are perfectly legitimate.

2. Used games suck for game companies.
posted to MetaFilter by kmz at 9:36 AM on August 26, 2010

OMG TWO POSTS ABOUT AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS IN FOUR YEARS GIVE IT A REST WILL YOU
posted to MetaFilter by turgid dahlia at 9:04 PM on August 24, 2010

Well can they just shut up for a while so that those of us that would like it can at least make the choice.
posted to MetaFilter by Long Way To Go at 4:17 PM on August 20, 2010

However, it should be replaced next season by the Ben Show. I love that damn character.

Is that pretty much what's happening already? Not that I'm complaining, that guy is fantastic. On the one hand, I'm glad the show is ending so that they can start answering questions instead of writing in circles. But it's going to be sad watching these actors fade away into bit parts and dissapointing movies (see also: Deadwood).

If they... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Gary at 11:24 PM on June 2, 2008

An after thought. I ran an emergency mental health agency that saw 600-900 persons per month. We saw almost every attempted suicide in the region except those that required emergency medical stabilization--and then we saw them after they were medically stabilized. Some persons with preexisting psychiatric problems do attempt suicide due to the termination of a significant relationship--many more threaten suicide and very very few commit suicide. A suicide threat should be taken seriously... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by rmhsinc at 6:43 PM on July 27, 2010

There are two things I've done wrong for most of my life.

My folks came over from Korea, and I was born a year after they'd arrived. I grew up in a traditional Korean household, as the oldest of three boys, and was tasked with the duties and responsibilities one would imagine as being typical for anyone who is the oldest sibling of a bunch, as well as being expected to pursue the prototypical and stereotyped alpha Asian male: be the second head of the household, behind... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by herrdoktor at 8:12 PM on July 6, 2010

I don't play WoW at the moment. I played off and on (mostly on) for the first five years of the game, and I'll play again for a while once the expansion comes out, then probably quit again, etc. Anyway, especially a few years ago when I had the time and inclination to play more, I was fairly active on the forums. My husband still plays, and so do a ton of my friends. So I'm really familiar with how the forums work and what people are like there.

This is a terrible,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Nattie at 8:15 PM on July 6, 2010

I don't know about the rest of them but I am not, in any way, interested in business opportunities. In fact, I am so not interested that when facebook contacted me a few weeks ago and invited me over to discuss "opportunities" helping them somehow with their new feature, I said "no thanks I really like my job" and never heard from them again.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 12:44 PM on June 12, 2010

Ah, this was it.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 2:28 PM on June 4, 2010

So, last spring (Good Friday, if you can believe it) a really big tornado roared through our town, destroyed 300+ homes and killed two people. I stood on the front porch of my house with the radio in one hand, eyeballing the sky in the direction it was coming from and, sure as shit, we saw it through the trees - like a big column of smoke. While behind the trees, it sort of dissipated and we lost sight of it. About a minute later it reformed and I had a clear-as-a-bell view of it. Straight out... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jquinby at 10:18 AM on May 17, 2010

Yes and no, kaibutsu. The dog's thought process was probably something like this:
OWOWOW. OH MAN A GUY! AWESOME GUY! THIS GUY RULES! OW! OH MAN THIS GUY RULES. THIS IS WHERE HE CAME FROM ALL THE WAY AROUND THE YARD AND OVER TO THIS THING I WILL GET IN IT I SMELL THE GUY THIS IS WHERE THE GUY IS FROM HE WILL COME BACK HERE OH MAN HERE HE IS HI GUY

Is it what you and I would feel? No, and yes.
posted to MetaFilter by Countess Elena at 4:57 PM on May 30, 2010

>:4 8 15 16 23 42
There were too many loose ends in that sentence.

>:█
posted to MetaFilter by Rhaomi at 11:29 PM on May 28, 2010

D, please, stop calling somebody, please, don't call to xxxx. All is ok.There is no problem!!!
11:25AM.

OK
11:26AM

D! Listen. I don't know how thanks you. Lux lounge is a strip bar, if we will go there, i don't know what would be... Thank you so much.! You saved our lifes.
3:33PM

No thanks necessary. It wasn't only me.... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by fake at 2:59 PM on May 20, 2010

What is the post for?

Because we never ever ever get to see the video of this stuff - it usually "disappears." And here, finally, is hard evidence of drug war paramilitarization affecting normal middle-class Americans in serious pants-shitting ways. It's just as important in that way, in my opinion, as the Wikileaks video of a couple weeks ago.
posted to MetaTalk by Optimus Chyme at 4:57 PM on May 5, 2010

I'm not sure I've ever told this story on MeFi before, which is weird, but here goes.

Five or so years ago I had a single day of work on some shoot in upstate New York. Not far upstate, just about an hour and a half away, just past the Tappan Zee bridge really. My job was to drive the Art Truck out there so that the production designer could get moving at the location.

(As an aside, I'm in another line of work now, and when people ask me as... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Navelgazer at 2:39 PM on April 22, 2010

This is a classic case of Ask Culture meets Guess Culture.

In some families, you grow up with the expectation that it's OK to ask for anything at all, but you gotta realize you might get no for an answer. This is Ask Culture.

In Guess Culture, you avoid putting a request into words unless you're pretty sure the answer will be yes. Guess Culture depends on a tight net of shared expectations. A key skill is putting out delicate feelers. If you do... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by tangerine at 11:38 PM on January 16, 2007 marked best answer

[could a male mefite post my opinion on this please?]
posted to MetaFilter by handee at 7:43 AM on March 24, 2010

You can't just drop that on us and not explain.

OK, since you asked:

It was perhaps my third year in college. My relationship with the church had been rocky for some time due to my finding some of their doctrines absurd and others deeply offensive (I thought pretty deeply about religion as a teen and seriously considered a religious vocation, so it was a long and fraught struggle for me). But I was home on a Sunday morning,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by GenjiandProust at 8:53 AM on March 24, 2010

And Michael Bay knows about shitting out movies.
posted to MetaFilter by clockzero at 10:03 PM on April 11, 2010

Why is censorship wrong?

"The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by stringbean at 8:56 PM on March 16, 2010

I hadn't read through the comments when I posted my reply, but some of the conversation made me want to add a little to the mix. As someone who grew up in an "obsolete" business, or at least in a business that pretty much disappeared over the course of my prime years, there's really a pang that comes with watching it all fade away.

I was handling film when I was ten, sitting at a light table next to my dad, who showed me how you wind it from reel to reel,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sonascope at 6:19 PM on March 5, 2010

You know what, I never bothered with ad blocking until stuff like popover ads and videos that play themselves started to become standard on even mainstream sites. I'm sorry, but the ads went too fucking far. It's too annoying to deal with, talk with the industry and leave me out of it.
posted to MetaFilter by furiousxgeorge at 7:04 AM on March 7, 2010

I will not whitelist anyone in my adblocker. My adblocker will stay on. If one website denies me content, I'll move on to another of the billions just like it.
posted to MetaFilter by Malice at 6:56 AM on March 7, 2010

I think it looks great, but any chance you could add a link at the top of the page to the bottom of the page? I feel like I'm trying to give my phone a happy ending scrolling to the navigation menu.
posted to MetaTalk by Riki tiki at 3:24 PM on November 5, 2009

so when you're considering entering an agreement with them, you go in knowing you're dealing with the devil.
posted by fatbird

I knew there was a reason Fiddle Hero got cancelled!
posted to MetaFilter by haveanicesummer at 11:58 AM on March 2, 2010

Yeah. Reading through the forums, there are a lot of people who are using Wikipedia to figure out what BBSs are, and discussing the need for "some kind of special hardware modem" to access these things that are "sort of like message board except you have to dial into them on the telephone line".

*sigh*
posted to MetaFilter by Jimbob at 12:41 AM on March 2, 2010

Can you please clarify what you define abuse as?

Using the editing feature to accomplish anything other than minor editing issues, which more or less falls to typos, forgotten words, mispastes, html errors, etc.

The rollout of an editing feature would come with the rollout of a clear rundown of what is and is not okay and what the consequences of doing the not-okay stuff will be. Our general position is that intentionally... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 7:24 AM on March 1, 2010

Hate to break anyone's bubble here, but I have a good friend in Brooklyn who used to make money each morning by calling into these sorts of radio shows posing as the boyfriend. The station would send him character sketches of who he was supposed to be, what he was supposed to say, etc. And at the appropriate time, he would call in and pretend to be the cheating guy or the guy being cheated on. I think it paid around $50 a gig.
posted to MetaFilter by Lutoslawski at 10:01 AM on April 23, 2009

When I was in 11th grade, my creative writing class had an "open topic" assignment; we were allowed to write on any topic of our choosing. My teacher at the time was a woman who I generally admired, but whose relentlessly sunny disposition occasionally annoyed me, and I had long loathed the "Everything I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" poster that she had hung on the wall. In a fit of teenage spite, I wrote my paper, "Everything... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Parasite Unseen at 11:59 AM on February 25, 2010

To get a lawyer, you ask your friends and family if they've ever hired a lawyer and did they trust that person, would they recommend that person and can you have his/her number. If the answer is no, you call your local bar association and ask for a referral line. A referral line will take a few moments to determine what your problem is and what sort of attorney you need and will give you some names and numbers. A bar association generally has a pay-for-play agreement with the lawyers it... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by crush-onastick at 12:53 PM on February 23, 2010

After the release of Abbey Road in 1969, the Beatles break up publicly as Lennon walks away from the band. He is not seen or heard from in years, although his former bandmates say that they have been in contact with him recently and that he is hard at work in the studio, somewhere in an undisclosed location.

In 1974, the rest of the band goes missing. There is a worldwide hunt for the Beatles, but nobody can track down where they are. Other members of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by robocop is bleeding at 6:49 AM on February 23, 2010

Some years ago I needed to talk to Thompson for an article. I cadged his home number from a friend of a friend, who would not give it over until after he had spent fifteen minutes warning me about how a call to Hunter was likely to unfold. Hunter will probably be drunk. Hunter will be angry, or unintelligible. Hunter will ask you to send him something odd, or send him money. Hunter will ask you to come to his house to fix something that’s broken. Hunter will almost certainly not answer your... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by william_boot at 3:55 PM on February 18, 2010