"Senator McCain, where is your VP candidate from?"

"Alaska"

"No, I'm asking YOU the question, Senator."
posted to MetaFilter by flashboy at 8:16 AM on August 29, 2008

We had a similar situation in Canada a few years ago involving a woman named Belinda Stronach, a good-looking woman from a monied family who had nothing else going for her. She'd never even been able to finish university, and her career had consisted of holding a series of ill-defined jobs within her father's companies - it wasn't ever clear exactly what she had done. When asked in an interview to name one important decision she had made as director of the Magna Corporation she was unable to do... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by orange swan at 9:17 PM on August 29, 2008

The information that her daughter Bristol is the actual mother of Trig, the "fifth child" of Palin is getting some legs.

I really don't like this story. It, like the fact that she was once in a beauty pagent, has nothing to do with her policies. It's a mean, much-raking rumour.

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She is no elitist looking down from an intellectual ivory tower.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jb at 7:50 PM on August 30, 2008

roll truck roll, I just tell it like it is.

For all the moaning about copyright law, nobody seems to want to face the fact that it is unlikely anyone is going to get huge traction in a lawsuit. The statutes have been interpreted over decades and with each new lawsuit the case law really doesn't carve out great exceptions that the copyfight crowd hopes for. Time and time again it comes out in favor of the rights owners. I'm not saying that many of the arguments don't... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Muddler at 10:40 AM on August 26, 2008

And btw unless y'all plan on kicking people of faith out of this country

You are 80% of the country and you do not get to play aggrieved party here.
posted to MetaFilter by Pope Guilty at 7:31 PM on August 20, 2008

(Clarification: if the state of health care in the U.S. mattered to you, or our dalliances in political regimes in the third world, or our shrinking domestic production of goods and the subsequent joblessness that results, or the content of our food, or how the law is being manipulated to suit the richest half-a-percent of the population, or any other secular, political shit, then I humbly retract my previous statement. If, on the other hand, you want to know how the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Civil_Disobedient at 1:04 AM on August 21, 2008

The first rule of self awareness club...is to recognize that one exists independently as an individual.

I don't.
posted to MetaFilter by No Robots at 12:21 PM on August 20, 2008

Oh, please. What I've noticed is that the US commentators attitude has been: if a US gymnast does well, it's obviously because of how awesome and perfect their routine was, but if gymnasts from other countries do well (in particular, China) it's obviously due to a bias. In the case you mention, Chung Fai's first vault was simply amazing and while her second vault's landing was rather bad, she lost points both from her execution score and her difficulty score for that. It might reflect some bias... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by peacheater at 9:41 PM on August 19, 2008

Yeah, not getting a boner over here. Fail.
posted to MetaFilter by bardic at 3:38 PM on August 19, 2008

Suggested new flagging category: "obsequious moderator rimjob".
posted to MetaFilter by jack_mo at 7:44 AM on August 19, 2008

You know, my dear old Dad got me drunk for the first time when I was, oh, about thirteen. It was at a New Year's Party, and we walked home together singing. Around the house, I could have a glass of wine or a beer with meals (or indeed, just hanging watching a movie) from about the same age. I did a lot of partying in my last few years of school, mainly with the youth theatre group I was part of. I had a great time, but I knew my limits and knew what not to mix, and when to stop, because I'd... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Happy Dave at 6:15 AM on August 19, 2008

Or seen from a very different perspective than the previous posters:

Doesn’t that sound like a ‘date’ scenario to anybody besides me?

No, absolutely not.

Martha sent me a text message asking if I wanted to watch a movie over at her place. This is also something that had never happened previously, let alone when Tom was around.

Yeah, because dude, her... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by DarlingBri at 5:54 PM on August 18, 2008 marked best answer

I think the best way to discuss this well made fpp would be for us to fight about who has it worst and whose privilege doesn't count compared to someone else's.
posted to MetaFilter by shmegegge at 9:48 AM on August 15, 2008

BURN THE PRESCRIPTIVIST!
posted to MetaTalk by Mister_A at 7:44 AM on August 14, 2008

OEUF D'OEUFS BEURRE DE AIDA
posted to MetaTalk by mwhybark at 10:24 PM on August 13, 2008

Is anyone suggesting that sexual harassment is acceptable?

Do you still beat your strawman?
posted to MetaTalk by Blazecock Pileon at 11:45 AM on August 11, 2008

You invited 100 friends... If you're expecting them to treat you the same as you treat them you should be going to, on average, 2 birthday parties a week. Do you? If not, adjust expectations accordingly. If so, then yeah, your birthday does suck and so do your friends. You should get rid of most of them and concentrate on the ones that reciprocate. In fact you should do that anyway.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ookseer at 10:29 PM on August 10, 2008

American Sports=corporate jock stupidity but Euro sports=way cool!

I'm now imagining hip New York scenesters claiming to be distantly related to a Milwall F-Troop head, trading in their skinny jeans fro Lois cords and swapping their fixed wheel bicycles for two Stanley blades superglued to a two pence piece.
posted to MetaTalk by jack_mo at 1:29 PM on August 10, 2008

Can we just start having "look at me look at me" threads? They feel more...sincere, somehow.
posted to MetaTalk by kittens for breakfast at 10:00 AM on August 7, 2008

Can we start one big apology thread and let everyone grovel in one spot if these apologies must be seen by all? Serious request. Because it's cool that people want to own up to their asshaberdashery, but all the threads for this are getting as tired as the "can't we all be nice?" threads. They're even starting to look more like a ploy for attention than a genuine apology. Wouldn't it be more genuine to send an email to the people you know you've offended instead of grandstanding? If... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by katillathehun at 12:11 PM on August 7, 2008

Here we go again.
posted to MetaTalk by katillathehun at 3:56 PM on August 7, 2008

Fuck you. It's not about crazy, it's about what happens here all the time: I advocate a thought-out and respectfully phrased position

Yeah, well, that's kind of a matter of opinion, which is kind of the point of discussion: That it's not your personal echo chamber. I mean, look, I think more people here agree with you than me, which is fine, but the reason it's improbably causing more problems for you to be on what is ostensibly the right side of this... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by kittens for breakfast at 4:21 PM on August 7, 2008

We want to know how to help James make the transition from straight to gay.

Not your job. I'd say, let him choose, and don't lead or "look for a way to ease him out of the closet."

Jane and James’ gay cousin and his boyfriend have both said that James is definitely gay.

Ambiguous -- does Jane say that, or does the mutual cousin of Jane and James?... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Clyde Mnestra at 1:04 PM on August 1, 2008

I just want to state for the record that I fully support the eventual winner of this catfight, and would like to join him and other members of the angry mob in kicking the loser ruthlessly while he is down.
posted to MetaTalk by Krrrlson at 8:14 PM on June 27, 2008

One of my friend's from work and her friend were out one night in the SF Marina district and were hanging outside of the bars trying to find a cab. One of the girl's, Olga...

Correction: One of the girl's Olgum. Two of the girl's Olga.
posted to MetaFilter by weapons-grade pandemonium at 1:52 AM on June 27, 2008

It's Ryanair. You'll probably get bumped to a handjob at the last minute and they'll make you bring your own tissues.
posted to MetaFilter by Armitage Shanks at 11:21 AM on June 26, 2008

Is there a similar handy guide to the various attitudes towards bicycles from different species of fish?
posted to MetaFilter by yhbc at 8:33 AM on June 24, 2008

"All persons are created equal." Please explain that agreement in secular terms.

You've already edited it once, so I'll take a stab at the requested additional edit. "All persons are created equal." What do I win?! I don't need another right to vote, since I got one of those in 1920. Because the wording is actually "all men are created equal," although that meant white men who owned land at the time. And then slaves were... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Tehanu at 11:35 AM on June 24, 2008

The grammars skills are pretty shabby too.

Not quite so shabby as cultural competency skills.
posted to MetaFilter by camcgee at 11:43 AM on June 24, 2008

I am not aware of any scam that could be perpetrated by someone possessing your phone number, even if that person possesses a distinct Indian accent.
posted to Ask Metafilter by unSane at 6:00 AM on June 24, 2008

*coughs*
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc at 8:59 AM on June 23, 2008

There are plenty of posts I don't approve of. I show my hearty disapproval by not reading them.
If you could do the same for comments you don't like, you'd achieve total detached coolness. And yet.
posted to MetaTalk by Wolfdog at 9:25 AM on June 23, 2008

I bumped up you're guyses pathetic score. YOUR WELCOME.
posted to MetaTalk by Sys Rq at 12:35 PM on June 20, 2008

Jesus was a homeless dude.

Does statutory rape include immaculate conception?
posted to MetaFilter by YoBananaBoy at 2:56 PM on June 19, 2008

I guess Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus! LOL!

The problem is that the women quoted in the article, who are quite obviously insufferable hens, confuse men's conversation filters with being boring. But these women would never want to have the conversation that would ensue if men simply said what was on their minds. For example:

F: My God, you're so boring!

M: What?

F: Boring! You... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel at 8:21 AM on June 19, 2008

sveskemus: "Firefox 3 brings ugliness to the Mac."

Good god. I would have never even noticed those differences.
posted to MetaFilter by octothorpe at 11:19 AM on June 17, 2008

Firefox 3 brings ugliness to the Mac.

Wow. This is exactly what I think of when I think of crazy Mac zealots.

Standard Firefox button - notice the difference on the edge

What, does he have bionic eyes or something? Because those two buttons look exactly alike. I shudder at the thought of the hours spent by this Mac afficionado comparing the two images pixel by pixel before exclaiming... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by splice at 11:37 AM on June 17, 2008

Assuming a 10X optical zoom camera, comprehensive star charts and a carpenter's level to determine "straight up", what global positioning accuracy could I achieve?

With much less equipment than that you could determine your latitude accurate to a fraction of a degree if you are in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere it's a bit more tricky but not impossible.

And with all of that you could not determine... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Class Goat at 11:27 PM on June 16, 2008

Sorry, that last paragraph was about my city in general.

But I also realised that maybe there is also a strong cultural cause -- as kids growing up in the 80s, there were really strong cultural stereotypes promoted about certain sports.

The American media slipping across the border told us that black kids who live in apartment buildings with concrete courtyards play basketball, while baseball is played by white kids who live in single family... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jb at 11:15 AM on June 14, 2008

I am seriously confused at the reticence expressed towards this. Are we all so prudish that a trained (semi)-professional glancing at our genitalia gets us all atwitter? Seriously, it's like I've gone back in time and am surrounded by Victorians. Who gives a shit about someone seeing an x-ray of my junk. I get privacy concerns, but you give up those rights when you get on an aircraft, you have for 20 years now.
posted to MetaFilter by Keith Talent at 1:59 PM on June 13, 2008

Cuz, every FPP in the history of metafilter is in-depth and interesting. I don't think people need 20 links to pad this out. They guy is on TV every day. We know who he is. Just put your dot down and walk out, man.

I liked Tim Russert. I mean, I didn't know him personally, but I'm sad he's gone, and I echo a lot of the sentiments put out into this thread.

But it also bothers me that, just because someone died, there has to be... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by kbanas at 1:31 PM on June 13, 2008

mattbucher: "Cuz, every FPP in the history of metafilter is in-depth and interesting. I don't think people need 20 links to pad this out. They guy is on TV every day. We know who he is. Just put your dot down and walk out, man."

No, he's got a point and he's utterly on-target. Death posts on Mefi are really the most pathetic level of posts we have here. They're, as he pointed out, one-link posts from people racing to be THE one who breaks the big... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by WCityMike at 1:35 PM on June 13, 2008

oh, sure. The razor is free. They nail you with the cost of an android shave-bot, though.
posted to MetaFilter by boo_radley at 12:12 PM on June 11, 2008

And she apparently has massive hands.
posted to Ask Metafilter by sprocket87 at 9:04 AM on June 11, 2008

Fuck this whole parenting thing appears way more goddamn complex than my previous reading of metafilter had indicated.
posted to MetaTalk by iamabot at 3:19 PM on June 10, 2008

the iPhone is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, version 0.02, restricted to single-planet navigation only

The thing that I don't understand is, if you're not travelling, there's no real point having a Guide, is there? I mean, honestly, just because you can access the vast cumulative collective knowledge of the planet when you go out to buy some milk, is that vast knowledge going to substantially change your... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Civil_Disobedient at 4:13 PM on June 9, 2008

No disrespect to the Australian Prime Minister, but I don't even know your name.

Shane Warne, for the record.
posted to MetaFilter by Jimbob at 8:47 PM on June 3, 2008

just because I won't vote for Obama does NOT mean that I am a racist cracker. It means that I disagree with his proposed policies, such as pulling troops from Iraq and promises of universal healthcare.

A racist, no. But some other words do come to mind.

Still, carry on, believe what you will, vote for who you like. Without disagreement and difference of opinion, democracy is a sham. The more ordinary people engage one... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:43 PM on June 3, 2008

I love OSM's top tens. But not as much as I love this correction to the "greatest commentary" article:

We originally referred to Bjorge Lillelien as Bjorge Minge, which was subsequently corrected online.
posted to MetaFilter by flashboy at 4:10 AM on June 2, 2008

I would never have seen it if I didn't make a point of occasionally seeing what bullshit they're shoveling to the masses.

How unpleasant. Couldn't you employ a lower class person to do that for you and report back?
posted to MetaFilter by Armitage Shanks at 2:00 PM on May 28, 2008