MetaFilter posts tagged with Definition

Can a woman ball a man?

monospace — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:38:34 -0800

It's never easy to talk about sex. It all depends on your definition.

Hipster - The End of Wester Civilization

Happy Dave — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:59:56 -0800

Self-described 'culture-jammers' Adbusters identify the greatest threat to our way of life - the hipster. First used to describe white jazz afficionados in the 40's, the alternative subculture it now describes is defined by both the intensity of apparent hatred for it, and the difficulty in finding anyone who will admit they are one. What's the deal with hipsters? Are they a literal plague of social mimicry and shallowness, a cross-breeding experiment with productivity fetishists, or just a meme for promoting shitty bands? Or perhaps the whole thing is just a marketing ploy for cheap beer.

Red and Blue, or Red and Normal?

amberglow — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:37:19 -0800

Perverse Polarity: Bipartisanship is another name for date rape? An examination of all of the talk about how polarized we are as a people, and what the facts actually are. Yet even when journalists' own evidence plainly shows that one party has become more moderate and the other more ideologically extreme, they can't bring themselves to say so.

redhead — Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:25:04 -0800

Defining Terrorism with about 109 definitions of terroism, defining what it is and isn't is no easy task. Its no wonder the govt. officials want to stop using the word in the media. this is an in depth look at terrorism and why its important to define it. Is one man's terrorist another man's freedom fighter? The article even incudes diagrams for the visual persons like myself.