MeFi post: O'Reilly pwned by a little girl?

This a recycled tactic. When ever the right has thoroughly fucked up everything their media find some tangential nobody left-wing pseudo-"fascist" or addle brained celeb talking out of their ass to distract their mouth-breathing constituency and soak up bandwidth.

Heaven forbid we talk about the immoral war they picked, and, as we all know now, predictably FUCKING LOST.

No. Let's talk about some histrionic idiot with dreadlocks ranting... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by tkchrist at 2:55 PM on December 7, 2006

MeFi post: Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone!

In the quote of the first link, Anne Sullivan accuses schools of wanting to "teach children how to think."

I say: Don't we wish!!

Her comments don't hold true here in the U.S. American schools are much more focused on having kids "do" than "think." And in our crowded classrooms, that translates into being trained to repeat whatever the f--- is being thrown at us.

She also claims that a child... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by pwedza at 10:31 PM on November 25, 2006

Ask post: Noisy Neighbours Require Political Manouvre

Next time you see him, say something like 'You know, your stereo sounds great, but it's so cold and sterile. Man, you need to get a tube amp. Do any of your buddies have one?' He'll think on this, and eventually he'll buy one. Give it a little time, then, next time you run into him in the hallway or whatever, say 'That new amp sounds great, but now you can hear all the noise from the power lines. You ought to get a power conditioner.' Wait a while longer. Then, next time you see him, say... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by box at 9:24 PM on November 23, 2006

Ask post: Making a MacBook my World

4. My PowerBook G4 Titanium has had power, USB, FireWire and ethernet plugged and unplugged about once every two days on average for almost four years now, with nary a problem.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrismear at 10:03 AM on July 4, 2006

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