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I'll have to claim ignorance here. My fault for not thoroughly reading the guidelines. The question was obviously inappropriate for the forum. I apologize.
posted to MetaTalk by es_de_bah at 7:37 PM on October 5, 2006

If Hitler had asked "How do I kill 6 million Jews?" and his question was deleted on the grounds of "Why would you want to kill perfectly good Jews?", then the Holocaust would have never happened.
Why, StickyCarpet, do you hate the Chosen People of God?
posted to MetaTalk by klangklangston at 10:46 AM on October 3, 2006

Alton Verm said he doesn't understand how the district can punish students for using bad language, yet require them to read a book with bad language as part of a class.

Another puzzling thing is that they talk about nazism in history class, and yet it's not ok for students to kill Jews or invade Poland.
posted to MetaFilter by martinrebas at 4:53 PM on October 2, 2006

during the $30 contest, Jess told jonson to stop making posts from his sockpuppet, and he said he would. So for him to just ignore that and do it anyway is kind of a slap in the face.

Actually, it happened just before the contest, when nthdegx did a minor hijack of a discussion jonson started about the LiveLabs director showing up in a thread about LiveLabs. It had nothing to do with the contest, so (unless there was another warning later) jonson was... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mediareport at 12:24 PM on October 2, 2006

minor hijack< /a>/small>
posted to MetaTalk by mediareport at 12:25 PM on October 2, 2006

I can't log in to that account

Wait three weeks, email Matt and promise to never do it again. Bet he gives you the account back.
posted to MetaTalk by mediareport at 7:54 PM on October 2, 2006

my race to accumulate an unassailable pile of favorited posts

Uh, yeah.

*pats jonson on back*

You keep shooting for the stars.

(Or, in other words: love the posts, but I don't think you have anything to worry about in the "most favorited" race. You appear to be the only one who cares.)
posted to MetaTalk by mediareport at 10:32 PM on October 2, 2006

*backs away slowly*
posted to MetaTalk by mediareport at 10:52 PM on October 2, 2006

For some reason I'm reminded of this book where some guy was angry about...what was it? Oh, changing money in the temple. What was that called again?
posted to MetaFilter by owenkun at 11:23 AM on September 28, 2006

Just when we thought he had disappeared in the mist, gramschmidt returned! Not to quarrel with his invention, but these areThe Longboat Threads:
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10129 (closed threads prevented orderly progression)
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skipped 10633 in order to restore 101 progression – also it closed in 12... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Cranberry at 11:54 AM on May 24, 2006

pretty error pages are for metafilter pussies.

fuck this, I'm gonna go work on my 1991 honda. you all suck!
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 4:44 PM on September 29, 2006

Tamim, who is renowned on MetaFilter for promiscuous linking1, 2, is a male1 Muslim1, 2, 3 with the first name Tamim1, 2 who lives in New York City1.

He doesn't own a car1, can't swim1, 2 and has ridden in the Five Boro Bike Tour more than once1.

A self-described "mama's boy,"1 Tamim has been to 30 states in the U.S., primarily on driving trips with his parents as a teen-ager, and to eight countries on three continents1. He started a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by rcade at 12:08 PM on July 5, 2002

thomcatspike, a 34 year old1,2, 3 college graduate1 with more than cursory knowledge of advanced sciences1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, has been reading MetaFilter much longer than he has been a member1.

He grew up in California1, USA1; and now lives in Dallas1, 2, 3, Texas1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. He went to grade school in California1 and is private school educated1, 2, 3, 4, 5. His references to underoos1, wanting to be an American nuclear submariner1, and other things... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by tamim at 1:18 PM on July 4, 2002

"... I've been struggling with this decision for so long now that by this point it's become very heavily metaphoric for me. I boiled the question down to its most essential features, described two people that I care most deeply about in a single paragraph apiece and gave my romantic history in 1000 words or less in order to really get at the question. ..."
posted by hot little pancake at 2:32 PM EST on July 23

AskMe is such a... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by paulsc at 11:30 PM on July 23, 2006 marked best answer

Throughout the course of history, numerous works of art have stood at the forefront of their respective genres. My Humps by Californian beat combo The Black Eyed Peas is one such work. Many hundreds of 'brothers'[1] have been 'driven crazy'[2] 'on the daily'[3] by this generation-defining opus, perhaps second only to Brazilian rump-paean Popozão in scope and influence.

[1] My Humps
[2] ibid,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by riotgrrl69 at 12:50 PM on September 25, 2006

Hmmm...
*hauls out 10 foot pole*
*re-thinks it*
posted to MetaFilter by Smedleyman at 4:02 PM on September 22, 2006

>don't most of the people on this site have jobs?

That's what I yell at minorities walking down the street after I get off work. I like your attitude, we should get together sometime.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by damn dirty ape at 4:06 PM on September 21, 2006

So, the guy rushing to make a connecting flight, to make it home in time to say goodbye to his terminally ill child before he/she succumbs ... he gets a good laugh out of all of this, too?

I wouldn't think so. I'd expect any reasonable person would get pissed at the airline for diverting a plane over such a ridiculous reason and the airline would be properly shamed into not doing the same thing again in the future when another guy is rushing to make a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by scottreynen at 12:59 PM on September 20, 2006

Appropriately enough, the first track sounds like the kind of song you'd play over the opening montage of a movie about a plucky young lady from a flyover state (Demi Moore) who shows up in New York or possibly Chicago to seek her fortune. She's stuck in a dead-end temp job, but on weekends she rocks the clubs in clothes she designs herself with the help of her tough-talking, gum-cracking Jersey roommate (Laura San Giacomo). She gets fired and it looks like she'll have to head back to Anytown... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by gompa at 12:37 PM on September 19, 2006

N00BS: RUINING THE INTERNET SINCE 94
posted to MetaTalk by fishfucker at 8:01 AM on September 19, 2006

How would you feel if the #1 symbol of your country was someone pretending to be a yokel and spouting a bunch of crap

As an American, I guess I'd feel about the same as I do right now.
posted to MetaFilter by notswedish at 8:30 AM on September 14, 2006

This whole train wreck, driver included, is not worth my time. I pay it mind because I'm bored.

What is worth noting is that the cocksuckers (or cocksucker) in #mefi BANNED ME over it. I wasn't even talking about this bullshit, but the fucker banned me. I wrote, "You believe I would have cut my right hand off, right?" (or something like that), and the mother fucker BANNED ME.

For the record, I bet my right hand against quonsar's... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by son_of_minya at 7:13 PM on June 20, 2003

Or, we could take the approach that the Amish do: "I will not take the thing from your hand." Don't engage him until he's rational, but don't ignore him. Simply say that you're not going to take the thing from his hand, and leave it at that. If he replies again, repeat it back to him.
posted to MetaTalk by klangklangston at 8:32 AM on July 8, 2005

Tune in to their first game, and you'll also get to see the famed Cardinals Retractable Offensive Line.
posted to MetaFilter by selfnoise at 5:20 PM on September 8, 2006

Look, yeah, it sucks that NBC is paying this guy a metric ass-load of money to keep the rubes glued to their seats. But this guy isn't some great member of society. This isn't a professor, or a scientist. This isn't a doctor or even a lawyer. This is a pear-shaped guy in a baseball cap and goatee that likes to hang out online and pretend to be a chick to get revenge, likely drinking Mountain Dew to fuel his self-parodic screeds, dispensing advice to hostages on how to die like men even as he... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by mph at 2:07 PM on September 7, 2006

posted to MetaTalk by brownpau at 2:07 AM on September 7, 2006

Here ya go, Divine_Wino

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mathowie's community weblog
(with apologies to Arlo Guthrie
and mathowie
and pretty much everybody else)


This song is called mathowie's community weblog, and it's about mathowie, and the community weblog, but mathowie's community weblog is not the name of the community weblog, that's just the name of the song, and that's why... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by False Dichotomy at 4:18 PM on August 31, 2006

You may want to check out the Noam Chomsky paper "Toward a New Psychoheuristics of Gender: Why All the Bitches Are Crazy" for more perspective. Seriously though, what do you mean by insane? What are they doing?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mattholomew at 6:56 PM on August 30, 2006

Anybody know whether installing the new update disk puts anything on your computer that prevents dowlnoading them all onto your hard drive? Be interesting to know if they've corked this.

Also, for those overwhelmed by the thought of 80GB of New Yorker, I made a metafilter clone earlier this year intended to help New Yorker fans point one another toward interesting things they've found either on the disks or the archive. This is a total self-link so if you're offended by... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by stupidsexyFlanders at 4:35 PM on August 24, 2006

It's just not possible for a family of four to afford a statistically average life on the average salary. The numbers:

Average US annual wage: $36,764 (Census data)
Expected monthly take-home after taxes, social security, health care: $24509
Monthly take-home: $2042

Median US home selling price June 2006: $230,000
( note that this is lower than average)
Monthly mortgage: $1342 (30 year loan, low 5.... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by eschatfische at 11:20 PM on August 21, 2006 marked best answer

Swallow it with a large spider. Then swallow a bird to catch the spider, then swallow a cat to catch the bird. Let us know if you need help after that point.

Warning: Perhaps you'll die.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by hydrophonic at 12:16 PM on August 21, 2006

posted to MetaTalk by brownpau at 7:49 PM on August 19, 2006

To clarify...

I should point out that most of the salvaged materials our members use are either old house parts from other houses, or reclaimed wood/building materials. Others rebuild salvaged appliances, light fixtures or furniture.

I don't really know how many people are pushing the boundaries to the limits, though one of our members just returned from working in Ethiopia and is now converting a defunct missle silo into a home. Another is... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jeanmari at 1:19 PM on August 19, 2006

I've been doing much more advanced research in my lab. Check out my picture of what my dog sees. Note that my thermodowhatsit technology overlays his mental reactions to environmental stimuli over objects he perceives.

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posted to MetaFilter by illovich at 9:50 AM on August 14, 2006

"Congratulations, and welcome to the Doc Bronner's Peppermint Soap Team! Here's your desk. We're so thrilled to have a new copywriter aboard."
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Miko at 8:54 AM on March 16, 2006

We have cameras.
posted to MetaFilter by NortonDC at 3:48 PM on November 20, 2001

scheptech: Yawn. What a bold and original thesis you have there, and how much it flies in the face of the powerful orthodoxy. Possibly the earth is indeed flat, and the recent rise of the spherical orthodoxy is just evidence of PC groupthink.

What I meant to suggest is that, to seek an explanation of the lack of historical female scholars based on innate differences, when that lack is readily explained by social facts, can only be motivated by sexism. Yes, an... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by LobsterMitten at 6:44 AM on August 12, 2006

I am a woman and a philosophy teacher. There are a number of issues you are asking about all at once. Let's separate them.

1. Who are the great women philosophers?

Here are several lists.
Medieval era, 500-1600
Modern era, 1600-1900
Geocities page that covers 600 BCE - 1500 CE
Wikipedia has a mixed list of historical and contemporary women philosophers
A page with photos and portraits... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by LobsterMitten at 1:03 AM on August 12, 2006 marked best answer

Whenever I see a poor man with a hot woman, my only thought is how profoundly selfish they are and how they have no concept of the needs of the woman. A woman deserves shelter, care, discipline, proper food and exercise--no poor man is able to deliver that kind of treatment.

If you can find a way to give this woman a new home with rich owners, please do so. The state of the poor man's emotions are not your responsibility.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by meehawl at 8:17 AM on August 11, 2006

Mr. Lay seems to have gone a bit quiet on this thread, but I'm afraid my bile isn't spent yet. Everyone else should probably just skip this and I apologise in advance if I'm beating an obviously posed dead horse.
If you would like Mr. Lay, I can send you some completely undoctored images of the results of this war. But if you found the images in your link to be difficult to look at, I think perhaps you better avoid these ones - they're just the usual war stuff, children's heads split... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by silence at 3:48 AM on August 10, 2006

Patriarchy isn't the problem. White men aren't the problem. Western culture isn't the problem. The problem is that the world is full of assholes, of all creeds, colors, and gender permutations, the assholes have a tendency to raise to power because they are willing to do whatever it takes to gain and maintain that power, and everyone else suffers as a result. In most places in the world right now (and historically), men have had more power than women. The result has lead to suffering by women... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:28 PM on August 7, 2006

Meanwhile, Disney continues to withhold the names of all the children who mysteriously disappeared from DisneyWorld since 1989. It's amazing how a big pile of money can make officials and even parents 'forget' about a missing child. Sure, sure, they all sit you down on the couch and explain to you that you never had a brother, but if that's the case, why did I have a bunkbed, Mom? And who was the "Jeff" that signed all those birthday cards to me in a sloppy seven-year old crayon scrawl?... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by robocop is bleeding at 6:25 AM on June 30, 2006

George Musser wiped the tears from his eyes as he stood before his New God. Constructed of aluminum chair frames, old circuit boards, and an old one horse merry-go-round George 'liberated' from the local K-Mart, the New God was a thing of almost sublime beauty.

Checking the control panel for what felt like the sixteenth time, he wondered if he should call Brenda and the kids down to his basement workshop to let them marvel at the salvation of mankind. He'd worked so hard... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by robocop is bleeding at 10:59 AM on August 4, 2006

First, be smart from the very beginning. Pulverize all teeth, burn off fingerprints, and disfigure the face. Forcing a DNA test to establish identity (if it ever comes to that) might introduce the legal/forensic hurdle that saves your ass down the line. An unidentifiable body can, in a pinch, be dressed in thrift store clothes and dropped in a bad part of town where the police are less likely to question it. I don't reommend that disposal method, I'm just saying an easily identifiable body is an... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by scarabic at 6:27 PM on June 13, 2004 marked best answer

An easy way to illustrate to a 5 year old that skin color does not matter is to do this simple comparison.

Take a green apple and a red apple. Have your son help you compare the two. They're both apples. Maybe one is taller than the other. Maybe one is fatter. Maybe one has spots or a stem or a bruise. Find all the ways in which they are different Then, go into an area where he can not see you. Peel and slice the apples. Make sure you get all traces of peel... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by onhazier at 10:54 AM on July 21, 2006

One thing I'd love to be able to do, but can't because I'm chatty is to just become mysterious. Live your life as normal, but never ever ever talk about it to anyone who wasn't there. You could drop hints, like maybe you have a dog, and people are talking about their dogs. So you say "not mine", and since they're dog people, they say "ooh, you have a dog" as a prompt to get you to talk more about it. So you just turn your head to the right, close your eyes and say... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by hoborg at 12:13 PM on July 13, 2006

I'm surprised and yet not surprised that nobody's taken this position yet, but I'm a child of one of the 13,000 estates currently taxable under this plan. When the cap raises (as far as I can tell) I'll be a child of one of the 7,000 estates then taxable. Here is my story.

My grandfather's family moved to Ohio from Germany. There, he met my grandmother, whose family had immigrated from Wales. After an off-an-on relationship they got married, and eventually gave birth... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Navelgazer at 12:57 AM on June 9, 2006