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Romantic yes, but also ironic.

Please suggest self-aware romantic comedies. (Rather lengthy explanation sheepishly included.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by pseudostrabismus at 8:32 PM on September 15, 2008 (63 comments)

How can I improve my skin's appearance?

I'm sick of having horrible skin. I'm plagued with everything: acne, oil, dryness, blotchy redness, lines, large pores. Please help me improve my skin.
posted to Ask Metafilter by rainygrl716 at 8:05 PM on September 10, 2008 (54 comments)

*(&wtfdoesthismean);

I can handle Ruby, Python, PHP, Perl, and, sigh, Java. My C and C++ are purely academic. How do I get into 'real' programming as an undergrad.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tmcw at 6:21 PM on January 13, 2008 (23 comments)

How to care for my geek husband?

I need help understanding how my hyper-smart geek husband's brain works. I want to give him the understanding he craves but am having a hard time inhabiting his plane.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 4:12 PM on August 24, 2008 (62 comments)

Users and tags and dendrograms, oh my!

MeFi clustering analysis.
posted to MetaTalk by signal at 9:01 PM on July 22, 2008 (81 comments)

A new home for an unappealing cat?

How can I find a new home for my overweight, unhappy, kind of gross cat?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bradn at 11:19 AM on May 23, 2006 (51 comments)

monkey king

You can take your own sanctimonious smugness and shove it deep and far up inside your poophole.

loquacious, maybe you should relax and not be so violent.
posted to MetaTalk by plexi at 4:11 PM on July 11, 2008 (254 comments)

A 27-year-old in a 29-year-old's body?

Is there any reason I can't be younger than I am?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mpls2 at 1:22 PM on June 8, 2008 (60 comments)

My whole f*cking life is a wreck/I'm desperate, get used to it?

Don't be desperate. Okay, how?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 9:39 PM on June 4, 2008 (22 comments)

Getting a simple https folder to call my own

Is there a hosting service that will provide me a directory to put some simple https (SSL) content without a lot of $$$ and effort?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tinkertown at 1:22 PM on June 5, 2008 (3 comments)

Help me find some good blogs about Toronto.

Help me find some good blogs about Toronto.
posted to Ask Metafilter by radiocontrolled at 3:06 PM on May 19, 2008 (12 comments)

The Most Civilized Country.

The Most Civilized Country. Fascinating article challenging conventional notions of how best to have a society.
posted to MetaFilter by five fresh fish at 10:55 PM on May 17, 2008 (79 comments)

Should we worry?

Mercedes Allen looks at who's in charge of deciding the fate of Gender Identity Disorder in the DSM-IV. The APA (American Psychological Association) has announced it's intention to revise the DSMV (Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). The expert they've named to chair revisions on sexuality and gender is Kenneth Zucker. Zucker is the major remaining proponent of Reparative Therapy for LGBT folks.
posted to MetaFilter by FunkyHelix at 10:40 AM on May 17, 2008 (87 comments)

Press Button to Cross

How does the button on the pedestrian crossing lights work? Does it actually send some sort of signal to the traffic lights, or is it just a psychological thing? It seems rather random timing-wise.
posted to Ask Metafilter by divabat at 5:05 PM on May 14, 2008 (21 comments)

Why can't I date?

How do I develop a thick enough skin to date?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 8:59 AM on May 13, 2008 (29 comments)

Visually exploring and representing survey data.

Best ways to visually explore a large survey data set?
posted to Ask Metafilter by proj at 9:45 AM on May 7, 2008 (9 comments)

Best episode to introduce someone to This American Life?

Best episode to introduce someone to This American Life?
posted to Ask Metafilter by exhilaration at 1:49 PM on May 4, 2008 (44 comments)

Smelly tree, smelly tree, it's not your fault...

What tree smells like semen or vagina?
posted to Ask Metafilter by summit at 2:54 PM on May 1, 2008 (49 comments)

Toronto meetup?

So, uh.. Toronto. Booze. Etc. Check one: [ ] YES [ ] NO
posted to MetaTalk by dirtynumbangelboy at 1:32 AM on April 26, 2008 (78 comments)

Audio as Visual

The intersect of data visualization and aural phenomena is a fascinating space, from simple chartings of the history of sampling to mapping the entire world of music (or even just electronica). Pop songs become sketches, iTunes libraries become twisted geometric forms, and last.fm listening behaviors form coloured orbs and waves. The collaborative networks of comtemporary rappers, jazz musicians, and classical composers are revealing of specific and meaningful community structures. Explore the algorithmic music of Stephan Wolfram's computational universe, listen to pi or e or the Mona Lisa or the weather or the temperature in New York City, discover the shape of sound, or just, you know, see music. Use the Echo Nest to visualize your own music (example), tag your music collection with colours, or just wade through the plethora of ways to map connections between artists and genres. (several previously)
posted to MetaFilter by youarenothere at 1:50 PM on April 9, 2008 (12 comments)

How to stop worrying, and move on

How to acknowledge my situation, without acting as though I'm apologizing for my past?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mrgreyisyelling at 10:43 AM on March 21, 2008 (21 comments)

Tasty whole-wheat pasta?

Are there any decent-tasting whole-wheat pastas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by radioamy at 10:29 AM on February 21, 2008 (31 comments)

R

I am looking for great books / guides for learning applied statistics and R (at the same time). Any hivemind suggestions?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrisalbon at 4:58 PM on February 12, 2008 (12 comments)

Help a generalist in a specialist economy

Help this jack-of-some-trades find a job.
posted to Ask Metafilter by McBearclaw at 11:57 PM on January 8, 2008 (5 comments)

Oh, it's lonely (on) the top . . .

How do I have sex when I've got no rhythm? I need help on top. Unfortunately, this is not a joke. Definitely NSFW inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 5:20 PM on January 29, 2008 (19 comments)

Help me design my torrent management system.

I'm looking for tips, tricks, hacks, scripts, and ideas for managing torrents using Linux.
posted to Ask Metafilter by christonabike at 7:04 PM on January 26, 2008 (8 comments)

Can anybody recommend software that creates a...

Can anybody recommend software that creates a permanent, local, complete and searchable personal web-browsing archive? [MI]
posted to Ask Metafilter by NortonDC at 11:09 AM on August 22, 2004 (8 comments)

Forgotten?

The shadowy back alleys of MetaFilter...
posted to MetaTalk by carsonb at 6:21 AM on January 12, 2008 (125 comments)

"I'm leaving Venessa [for you?]"

This is a question about the movie Juno (probably spoilers inside)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Corduroy at 6:02 PM on January 9, 2008 (53 comments)

Angry White Man

Angry White Man. The New Republic examines the archives of Ron Paul's newsletters.
posted to MetaFilter by empath at 12:53 PM on January 8, 2008 (284 comments)

ANTM star and model blogs domestic violence

Elyse Sewell blogs domestic abuse in her Livejournal . Previously. Think you had a shitty weekend? Nah. Why not compare it to mine? . . . On the drive home (home?) from Albuquerque to Portland, my ex-boyfriend got sh*tfaced and roughed me up in a Sacramento hotel. I escaped from the room through a blitzkrieg of violence and talked to hotel security, who called the fuzz.
posted to MetaFilter by onlyconnect at 9:19 AM on January 6, 2008 (192 comments)

Everyone is having sex in the library, but me....

25 year old girl that hasn't had anything past a 2nd date in 6 years, what is wrong (if anything) with me?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 11:57 AM on December 30, 2007 (44 comments)

20 years of line noise and here's to 20 more

#!/usr/bin/perl
@d = localtime(time);
if ($d[4] == 11 && $d[3] == 18 ) {
 print "Happy ".($d[5]-87)."th Birthday, Perl!\n";
}
if( $ARGV[0] eq "love" || $ARGV[0] eq "hate" ) {
 print "$you can't deny its contribution to our culture\n"; 
}

posted to MetaFilter by [@I][:+:][@I] at 11:46 AM on December 18, 2007 (136 comments)

How do funeral homes control their odors?

This question is morbid, but I've always wanted the answer. How on earth do funeral parlors (especially those that do cremation) operate in neighborhoods or right next to them without smelling horrible?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mathowie at 9:27 AM on December 17, 2007 (15 comments)

"From now on, we'll have to muddle through somehow/So have yourself a Merry Little Christmas now."

"Emotionally ambivalent" Christmas Songs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Jaybo at 9:12 PM on December 15, 2007 (40 comments)

What's it like to feel loved?

What's it like to feel loved? I don't mean what does it feel like to be in love with someone - that I know. I'm asking for what makes you feel loved by someone else?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 7:04 PM on November 12, 2007 (70 comments)

relationship 101: why the hell did it end that way?

Help me understand and learn from a breakup that doesn't make much sense.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous at 12:22 PM on September 15, 2007 (25 comments)

Are you that person I saw that one time in that place?

Has Craigslist's missed connections board (or similar) ever actually worked for anyone?
posted to Ask Metafilter by raf at 1:00 PM on December 6, 2006 (21 comments)

Can I raise a practical question at this point? Are we gonna do "Stonehenge" tomorrow?

White Stripes play Toronto YMCA The duo of Meg and Jack White snuck in through the back entrance of an auditorium at a downtown YMCA in Toronto at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday for the latest in a cross-country barrage of small secret shows as part of their Canadian tour. During the short set, Jack pulled four of the children up to the makeshift stage to sing and show off the masks the campers had been creating before the arrival of the rock stars. In recent weeks the band has played on a bus in Winnipeg, at a bowling alley in Saskatoon and in a youth centre in Edmonton.Previously.
posted to MetaFilter by KokuRyu at 8:29 PM on July 5, 2007 (52 comments)

Physics for Future Presidents

Physics for Future Presidents is a class taught at UC Berkeley by Physics professor Richard Muller. It's a class specifically for non-physics majors and teaches the real world results of the sometimes impenetrable math involved in university physics. After every lecture, you should come away with the feeling that what was just covered is important for every world leader to know. I just sat through the entire hour and 13 minute nukes lecture and was riveted.
posted to MetaFilter by quite unimportant at 6:06 PM on November 7, 2006 (26 comments)

Googling: I'm doing it wrong.

I'm trying to find a list of the most common lolcat captions (invisible x, im in ur x ying your z, do not want, i can has x, oh hai i xed your y), and I'm coming up empty. I've googled "common lolcat phrases" "lolcat captions", etc. I checked some wikipedia entries too. Anyone know of a list of decent length anywhere?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tzikeh at 3:00 PM on June 21, 2007 (26 comments)

I want to have value past my mundane existence?

Lady Li posted a question (2 below this one) searching for this quote... "Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well. The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion – in the long run, these are the only people who count." How do I become one of those people who count?
posted to Ask Metafilter by crewshell at 2:21 AM on June 15, 2007 (38 comments)

Is it ironic?

My daughter says she is having trouble grasping the concept of irony, so I promised to come up with some examples.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Secret Life of Gravy at 6:53 AM on June 14, 2007 (57 comments)

I've been oddly fascinated with scenes in movies when the theme of the music diverges from what is going on in the movie. What is this device called?

I've been oddly fascinated with scenes in movies when the theme of the music diverges from what is going on in the movie. What is this device called?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mwang1028 at 10:20 PM on May 31, 2007 (41 comments)

Big Ideas and Counter-Culture via Podcast

I love podcasts, but it very difficult to find new, quality programs. I am looking for broadcasted material on a range of topics - including philosophy, the mind, avantgarde arts and lectures by creative, original thinkers (see my list of current podcasts for detail)... Can you help?
posted to Ask Metafilter by 0bvious at 11:18 AM on May 31, 2007 (20 comments)

How do I lose my sense of entitlement?

How do I lose my sense of entitlement?
posted to Ask Metafilter by lekvar at 4:37 PM on May 18, 2007 (26 comments)

Geek fight

Freaks and Geeks keeping it real. [TNR login=metafilter pwd=metafilter] In late March, New Republic columnist Noam Scheiber posted an article strongly criticizing, among other things, Chicago Economics Professor Steve Levitt's "cute and clever" approach to the dismal science, now famously known as Freakonomics. Levitt replied last week with a post of his own. And now, Scheiber has appears to want some more of this.
posted to MetaFilter by psmealey at 10:05 AM on May 3, 2007 (40 comments)

The Power of the Penis

The Power of the Penis [YouTube],[NSFW]. I'm sorry for making my first post ever a single link YouTube post, but this Atlanta Public Access TV clip is the most educational video I have ever seen. Alexyss Tylor hosts a show on 'Vagina Power 'and 'Penis Power' with her mother. It's about 9 minutes of true insight - women, don't let men hit the bottom or use their penis as a weapon! Separate the love, the orgasm, and the penis, OK? Make sure he buys you the shrimp plate though!
posted to MetaFilter by waitingtoderail at 3:00 PM on April 17, 2007 (302 comments)
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