MetaFilter posts tagged with sick

I Think I Caught a Bug, I Can't Make It In Today

Xurando — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:47:20 -0800

Sick leave. In some countries it's taken for granted. In the USA it's controversial. A bill before congress would mandate 5 days of paid sick leave a year for businesses with over 15 employees. Some without sick leave are going to work sick. I'm sure you have never done this.

Get your own meat puppet, this one's mine!

cjorgensen — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:23:30 -0800

When I was a kid Meat Puppets were a band. When I was an adolescent a meat puppet was a cool concept in a cool science fiction book. Now that I am an adult I have no idea what this is: Pete The Meat Puppet (maybe NSFW). Apparently it's an ad for Diesel jeans (site has many more sick twisted and wrong videos).

"... guests viewing this film may experience side effects ..."

jbickers — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:22:40 -0800

Wang Chung. Pokemon. And now, Cloverfield.

Seeing the doctor, old school.

allkindsoftime — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:41:50 -0800

Sickday. (for my NYC mefites) As I sit here in Chicago with a fresh case of bronchitis and unable to leave the office, I'm wishing I was back in NYC. Apparently they have plans to expand soon...

Does my nose amuse you?

caddis — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:04:28 -0800

Raging Rudolph, a Martin Scorsese, Bankin/Rass Production.

Does my nose amuse you, is it funny like a clown, does it make you laugh?
No, no, no, great nose.
OK, I'm the Capo now.

If they'd had this website there'd have only been 6 dwarves

phearlez — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:01:49 -0800

Both Find a Flu Shot and Flu Clinic Locator will let you punch in a date & zip code and find a bunch of locations near you in the U.S. selling the vaccine. For the first time in three years there's plenty to go around. The CDC estimates that everyone who might want one will be able to get one. And you probably want one. According to wikipedia "36,000 people per year in the United States die from influenza, and 114,000 per year are admitted to a hospital as a result of influenza. According to estimates by the World Health Organization, between 250,000 and 500,000 die from influenza infection each year worldwide." That's 5 to 10 times as many civilian casualties as the Iraq conflict in 1/3 the time. [more inside]

Plus I'm hungry for shit.

Citizen Premier — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:38:42 -0800

If you're sick of random, crude, sloppy , incredibly NSFW cartoons featuring juvenile humor, you'll love Sick Animation!

It's made out of people('s hair)!

clevershark — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:16:23 -0800

Waiter, there's hair in my soy sauce! A new soy sauce from China is raising eyebrows in Asia and elsewhere. Why? IT'S MADE OUT OF PEOPLE! Well, people's hair. Someone ought to tell these guys. [via BoingBoing]

The Ultimate Geek Auction

eurasian — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:10:26 -0800

A tour with WotC, a session to play D&D with them. Lifetime subscription to Steam. Ok, some items are better than others. But for Child's Play, the folks at PA are pulling one heckuva dream auction for geeks. More auction items are detailed, go to the the second news post.

That's a lot'o'peeps

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:40:09 -0800

If you're going to brag that you could eat 100 peeps at a sitting, don't do it the day after Easter when they're on sale.

Child's play screwed over by media.

krisjohn — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:05:27 -0800

Wil Wheaton sums it up best -- Penny Arcade's Child's Play, as posted previously, has been completely ignored by the media, despite donating over US$200,000 worth or toys and cash to a local children's hospital. 11,100 news items on violence in video games, 3 news items on video gamers opening their hearts and wallets.

Won't somebody think of the children?!

Orange Goblin — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:55:17 -0800

Child's Play - Penny Arcade, the popular gaming web comic, is looking to reverse some of the stigma that comes with playing games, by asking the community to send games to children at the Seattle Children’s Hospital.

harrycaul — Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:31:43 -0800

Eating Healthy Can Make You Sick With the current societal obsession with getting thin, what happens when people take this obession too far? Steven Bratman has researched this obession extensively and labeled it "orthorexia nervosa". But as interesting as this disorder is... (more inside)