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Does this not also conflict with the notion that this info was paid for, and therefore is owned by, "the public?"
posted to MetaFilter by ZenMasterThis at 1:15 PM on April 23, 2008

Perhaps the odd little foot ache is worth not stepping in glass|shit|parasites|hot asphalt.
posted to MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 9:32 PM on April 22, 2008

It should be noted that the first link (to the sombre, plaintive and meditative Coltrane tune "Alabama") was written in response to the 1963 bombing by the KKK of the 16th Street Baptist Church that resulted in the deaths of four girls. Nina Simone recorded "Mississippi Goddam" in response to the bombings, and several other songs were recorded in response to it--they are all listed on the wiki page just linked to.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ornate insect at 7:44 PM on April 22, 2008

An extraordinary character in the chess world, all the way to the end. In the late 60's and early 70's he was the Michael Jordan of the chess world. His antics, arrogance and bravado brought chess into the popular imagination.

So interesting that, in his own opinion, he lived a bifurcated life, with a rational chess component and an enthusiastic religious component. Wonder what was going on with his brain.

My older brother... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by nickyskye at 5:04 AM on January 18, 2008

I would love it if there was some way to highlight great posts from the past. Sort of a MetaFilter of the MetaFilter archives.
posted to MetaTalk by sveskemus at 1:07 AM on April 22, 2008

That is a really useful site, thank you. Reminds me vaguely of my beloved Index of Lakoff Metaphors. Off to give misteraitch a favorite from the future!
posted to MetaTalk by Powerful Religious Baby at 7:45 PM on April 21, 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

I can't post any comments to MeTa.
posted to MetaTalk by Diskeater at 12:25 PM on April 18, 2008

That would be very racist of them.
posted to MetaTalk by smackfu at 9:51 AM on April 18, 2008

My partner and I have been trying for over a year to get pregnant. She's done artificial insemination a dozen times, with only a single miscarriage (very early on) to show for it. We're up to trying in-vitro now.

So seeing someone continuing to inseminate herself often for the purpose of inducing miscarriage really hurts.
posted to MetaFilter by evilangela at 9:23 AM on April 17, 2008

unbalanced?
moi?
posted to MetaTalk by Dizzy at 2:06 PM on April 17, 2008

Wow, good morning to me. I didn't think that this would happen with my thread, although I'm still somewhat new to metafilter, so perhaps that's what tripped me up. I think that to some extent this is definitely my fault. I was trying very hard not to editorialize, and I think that I ended up just not framing the thread at all, which is what made it seem like outragefilter. In fact, that wasn't my intent, and in the future I will try to find a better balance between a naked link and a screed.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by prefpara at 5:12 AM on April 17, 2008

“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind."

Offered without further comment.
posted to MetaTalk by Divine_Wino at 8:59 PM on April 16, 2008

Be brave. Post what YOU find interesting and take your licks. The best way to learn is from direct criticism and direct praise. Sometimes you'll find that other Mefites think your post wonderful, and other times they'll think it's "meh," but you won't know until you try.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 11:26 PM on April 15, 2008

Oh yeah, try to avoid religion, obesity (and other eating disorders), politics, circumcision of any sort, and hate speech.

Also, people here love cats.
posted to MetaTalk by smackfu at 4:46 PM on April 15, 2008

Can we change the [more inside] link to [more outside] on this one in tribute?
posted to MetaTalk by loquacious at 1:04 AM on April 14, 2008

Coming out to your folks is never easy. My mom still thinks that God The Father is going to throw me into eternal torment for having the feelings that I do. Although one day I asked her if she would personally send me to hell for being who I am, to which she replied, "Of course not. A loving parent would never harm her child like that."

You could almost see the cognitive dissonance dawning across... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Avenger at 11:32 PM on April 13, 2008

Microsoft and Apple both produce products that enable people to get work done. Both operating systems fail at times. Both companies are quite interested in making money. Can we move on?
posted to MetaFilter by davebush at 1:50 PM on January 6, 2006

I might be the only thing in the universe that could cure me of my computer addiction.

That's the coolest typo ever.
posted to MetaFilter by InfidelZombie at 10:31 AM on January 6, 2006

Seconding calling the police. Do NOT confront him personally. Regardless of whether he's dangerous or not, a personal confrontation will just give him the negative attention/reaction he craves.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by amyms at 6:48 PM on April 16, 2008

Oh, wait, that wasn't stinkycheese, that was my boss. Apologies all around.
posted to MetaTalk by found missing at 3:19 PM on April 16, 2008

Wow. That's the stupidest thing I've read here in a long time.

Oh yeah? Well I think Scientology is a legitimate religion that deserves respect and admiration!
posted to MetaTalk by Krrrlson at 2:49 PM on April 16, 2008

Now I think much less of you, regardless of what actually happened.

Wow. That's the stupidest thing I've read here in a long time.
posted to MetaTalk by Armitage Shanks at 2:39 PM on April 16, 2008

note: Everyone needs a hug.
posted to MetaTalk by ColdChef at 12:55 PM on April 16, 2008

I have made caramel risotto. The process was a pain in the ass -- caramelizing the sugar took at least two tries, I don't remember anymore, but the first was a serious failure with very burnt sugar -- but the ultimate result was delicious and fabulous as standalone dessert, over ice cream, breakfast, and midday snack. It's on my list of Things That Will Make Me Popular When I Perfect Them For Parties. (I haven't perfected it yet though.)... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by librarina at 8:29 PM on April 15, 2008 marked best answer

I'm a heathen who was permanently traumatized in my first attempt at pastry making in grade 8 Home Ec (apple pie with a lattice crust that could have been used as decorative ironwork).

There is no "pastry" in clafouti, yet still it crusts. Put me to the rack if you will, but I will not recant.
posted to MetaTalk by maudlin at 10:17 AM on April 16, 2008

Allow me to point out that people who are interested in being paged can currently create their own paging environment. Merely use URLs of the form

http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/mutualfunds/rss

where 'mutualfunds' or whatever is replaced by your own subject of interest (e.g. law, pie, love, relationships, etc.).

and you can filter for specific items of interest in your own feedreader (or Firefox, or whatever) without... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by felix at 9:19 AM on April 16, 2008

damehex beat me to it, pretty much.

see also Sinister Bedfellows.
posted to MetaFilter by The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal at 9:23 PM on April 15, 2008

Kind of like a ham-fisted knock off of A Softer World.
posted to MetaFilter by damehex at 9:15 PM on April 15, 2008

It'll be your semicolon after the pony's through with it.
posted to MetaTalk by louche mustachio at 2:27 AM on April 16, 2008

Don't try to fill out a lame post with wikipedia links.

Someone somewhere will likely think your post sucks. Deal.
posted to MetaTalk by waraw at 4:05 PM on April 15, 2008

I live in one of the most liberal neighborhoods of a very liberal city (shout out to my Wallingford homies!). At our Democratic Party caucus this year, they began with the traditional reading of the rules and procedures.

The woman running the caucus then paused and said "Now, as required by the Washington State Democratic Party, we will begin the caucus by saying the Pledge of Allegiance."

*nervous silence, as we all look around the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Slarty Bartfast at 3:38 PM on April 15, 2008

Jesus Christ Congress, should be disbanded.

Didn't know Shatner had an account here...
posted to MetaFilter by recoveringsophist at 3:32 PM on April 15, 2008

Is there food for people suspicious of stuff that looks like upchuck?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 12:10 PM on April 14, 2008

Also, I was really hoping to see that the Fromage Fort involved making a castle out of cubes or other small shapes of leftover cheeses. Imagine my disappointment to find there's a food processor involved.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by whatzit at 10:35 PM on March 19, 2008

I was under the impression that the $5 was tax-deductable. Amirite? I kinda need to know asap...

I'm amortising mine over a five-year period.

Unfortunately, the falling US dollar has caused my tax benefit to be less than planned.
posted to MetaTalk by UbuRoivas at 7:47 PM on April 13, 2008

> if I may say so, the problem with weed is that some people thrive on it, and some people dive from it, and one never knows which will happen until...it happens.

Sounds rather like... life, which I'd still recommend for most people.
posted to MetaFilter by digaman at 3:33 PM on April 13, 2008

When we met, this person was in college and had aspirations of becoming a great writer. When we broke up, he was manager of a Godfather's Pizza. Flash forward twenty years later, I heard he was manager of a Boston Market. Pot is a helluva drug.

Good lord, the service industry? Talk about toxic human waste!
posted to MetaFilter by mek at 2:20 PM on April 13, 2008

Does anyone actually read comments at YouTube BTW? Seems like, apart from the occasional dip in to mock them, they are pretty much a write-only phenomena.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 1:59 PM on March 24, 2008

Because the comments themselves are not what the sites are about. The sites may document comments, but the content itself (Metafilter: links; YT: video) is what imparts a meaningful signal, which is what is "comparable".
posted to MetaTalk by Blazecock Pileon at 1:20 PM on March 24, 2008

What you should do now is never consider doing option A again.
posted to MetaTalk by Dave Faris at 3:50 PM on April 11, 2008

you aren't the boss of
me, mister languagehat, if
that is your real name
posted to MetaTalk by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:01 AM on April 11, 2008

is "RSS feed"
four syllables, or just two?
hmmm, i'll go with four.

Wait, people pronounce
it like "arse feed"? Because that
would be fucking awesome.
posted to MetaTalk by nebulawindphone at 8:13 AM on April 11, 2008

data is the food
for insatiable google
it goes nom nom nom
posted to MetaTalk by blacklite at 11:56 PM on April 10, 2008

Where is this walrus performing? It's Friday and I've got a wad of ones ready to go.
posted to MetaFilter by bastionofsanity at 1:05 PM on April 11, 2008

"scientists are working to advance the fundamental knowledge base of the human species."

Yeah, because pressure to publish, a desire for esteem, tenure, rewards, and fame wouldn't the real motivation for the majority of scientists
posted to MetaFilter by oddman at 8:26 PM on April 10, 2008

Slightly widening the focus of this thread: it's not a bad idea to bookmark this site and visit it from time to time: Science and Consciousness.
posted to MetaFilter by kozad at 8:18 PM on April 10, 2008

More like R.U. Starbucks.
posted to MetaFilter by y2karl at 7:56 PM on April 10, 2008

flapjax, you make the best music posts. Thanks for this.
posted to MetaFilter by LN at 5:59 AM on April 10, 2008

I blame knee-jerk attempts to find single causes for things, based on prejudices and confirmation bias.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 11:50 AM on April 10, 2008