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But then he shaved his beard and started overacting -- his Inigo Montoya left me nearly weeping with rage and loss.

Wow, what's it like to be THE WRONGEST PERSON EVER?
posted to MetaFilter by Horace Rumpole at 3:21 PM on November 30, 2012

Before I switched to molecular genetics, I was a cytogenetic technologist for twelve years. I analyzed the chromosomes from cells in the blood, amniotic fluid and bone marrows of adults, children and fetuses. The most disturbing part of the job for me was receiving "Products of Conception" specimen obtained from a miscarriage. I had to sort through a bloody mess to identify and isolate the fetus to collect cells for the study. To this day I can't decide which was worst, finding a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by francesca too at 1:10 PM on July 15, 2012

I spend a lot of my time at work selling flowers to grieving families like a mom who just lost her 21 year old, or a Japanese elderly lady who just lost her best friend, or a grieving family whose soldier came home from the sandbox in a coffin.
To pull a stunt like this is so incredibly disrespectful to those who have something to grieve about-heck, I can't believe I wasted my tears on this and Lord knows this has been a rough year and those tears had other places to go.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 4:36 PM on May 22, 2012

I have to say I was kind of heartbroken to find out the Marianas Trench was not actually much of a trench but just a spot where the ocean floor gradually went down and then back up again. I always had visions of those deep diving subs descending into a narrow canyon with steep walls on either side.

Facts can be jerks sometimes.
posted to MetaFilter by bondcliff at 7:17 AM on April 10, 2012

If you have a friend, family member, coworker, even an acquaintance who is going through something like this... why don't you give them a call. . . .

Let them know that you love them, care for them, or even acknowledge their existence. Because ignoring their plight and just waiting for them to die...? Well we've all seen exactly how that turns out.

Wow, thanks! I sure wish it had occurred to me during the 20-odd years my... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by FelliniBlank at 9:05 AM on February 12, 2012

Me to redditor friend: did you hear about the reddit vs mefi showdown tomorrow?
Him: no and I think reddit might not have either
posted to MetaTalk by NoraReed at 7:42 PM on October 9, 2011

I like this recipe because it is tasty, healthy and delicious. Seriously I would eat it basically every day in the winter. It's good because it's a nice base and you can basically season it to whatever your tastes are and add a bunch of stuff to it, or just eat it as is. Keeps forever and you can make it vegan if you want/need to.

Red Pepper Lentil Soup

6 cups chicken stock [or whatever, soup base, not too salty]
1 onion
1... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jessamyn at 8:40 AM on September 23, 2011 marked best answer

Hello. I live in Erie PA, and have for the greater part of my life. I worked at the PNC bank branch in question (yes, the one that was robbed by Brian Wells). Thankfully, I no longer have anything whatsoever to do with banking or finance, but there's a few things I'd like to share.

The day that it happened, I wasn't there. I was a salesperson, and they had asked me to travel and be on hand for the college kids moving into a local college town where we had a branch.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by deep thought sunstar at 5:21 PM on August 12, 2011

The next time someone asks me why people don't talk about things and hold it all inside, or how people can be suffering so invisibly and not feel like there's any hope for them at all, I think I'm just going to point to this thread and let it explain itself.
posted to MetaTalk by Errant at 5:04 PM on July 25, 2011

If he was Bill Watterson and there was going to be product placement in Calvin and Hobbes, I would be upset.

Bill Watterson is practically owned by Big Snowman.
posted to MetaFilter by griphus at 10:11 AM on July 22, 2011

I'll tell you what I don't like about this metatalk post:

I for one have been guilty of seeing fighty meta threads as entertainment. I don't think that is terribly egregious because I try to behave myself.

And so now we have people who are taking two lives (mother, child) or three (m,c, and father) and making a nice little spectacle about it.

Motherfucking fuck fuck fuck. People's problems shouldn't be an opportunity... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by angrycat at 10:23 AM on July 15, 2011

the moderators are jessamyn, cortex, mathowie, pb, restless_nomad, and sometimes vacapinta.

vacapinta: the "y" of the mod team.
posted to MetaTalk by mendel at 9:13 AM on July 15, 2011

Don't worry Zarq, we all know you have the mods' backs.
posted to MetaTalk by Admiral Haddock at 9:00 AM on July 14, 2011

There is no harm in discussing it.

That's exactly what's happening here. I am concerned with your comment about setting something up privately, whatever that means (can you define it?), yet you acknowledge you haven't had time to think about it. That's kinda bizarre, IMO.

Honestly, you sound like exactly the sort of person who should not be heading this up, let alone the question of whether it should be done at all. You... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Brandon Blatcher at 9:12 AM on June 23, 2011

It's pretty funny, Jacqueline. You're hitting upon something I've come to feel about this place.

Here's the thing about metafilter. I don't see it as coffeehouse full of gay commies at all.

Aside from a couple of brilliant members and some great input from askme regulars (for whom I stay), I feel like this place has (forgive me), an inordinate amount of users who have a "wasn't that clever, mommy? Can I have a pat on the head... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The ____ of Justice at 1:21 AM on May 29, 2011

My favorite habanero recipe: Mango-habanero ice cream sauce. Put that on vanilla ice cream, and enjoy the pleasant contrast of cold and slowly building heat.

Okay, I have got to make this ASAP.
posted to MetaFilter by cereselle at 7:18 AM on May 24, 2011

It's pretty damn crazy. In effect, it gives the cops an all-purpose, unfalsifiable excuse for kicking in doors without warrants. I'm not surprised at the ruling; but I'm a bit stunned that it was 8-1.

No, it's not crazy. It's a logical extension of the Court's Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. That's why the decision was 8-1. Everyone in the thread who is complaining about how this creates a loophole to Fourth Amendment privacy simply did not... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Slap Factory at 2:19 PM on May 17, 2011

I really don't think this ruling is as broad as people are making it out to be. The police in this case had a good faith belief that drugs may have been being destroyed because a) they were following a guy who just bought drugs from them, b) they had a 50/50 shot (there were two apartments the guy could have been in), and c) they smelled marijuana coming from the apartment of the defendant. Had all those factors not been present, the court may well have come to a different decision. It's... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by 0xFCAF at 2:01 PM on May 17, 2011

But then, I visit MeTa every day, so I guess there won't be any stealth oddness MeTas about me that I fail to notice. Sigh.

Vigilance, always vigilance with the so-called Gator. Someday, you'll let your guard down or forget to visit MeTa over a long weekend, and then I shall strike. Oh yes.

Preview: Does anyone else think Gator is odd? I think he's odd. He's not here today, so let's bitch about him. Oh shit, here he comes, hide!
posted to MetaTalk by Admiral Haddock at 6:56 AM on May 12, 2011

*stops biting tongue*

zarq - you know what, dude? You need to leave that werid ass shit alone at this point. I don't really think very many people around here appreciate your underhanded jabs about that incident. "Favourites as a mark of popularity"? That has absolutely fuck all to do with anything. And do you think it's cool to just drop a turd like "I find that particularly ironic for a bunch of reasons which just aren't worth... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by gman at 6:15 AM on January 19, 2011

I feel like there's a lot of misunderstanding going on in this thread. To hopefully clear things up a little:

1. Oral argument notoriously makes almost no difference at the SCOTUS level, which is part of why the allotted time is so limited. Arguments are made in briefs. Oral argument, if anything, is to allow the judges to eke out points that the attorneys either failed to make or failed to make clear in their briefs, but even in that respect it doesn't mean or do... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Navelgazer at 3:28 PM on January 14, 2011

The problem with monsters -- like the one who hurt Bill Zeller -- is that they usually don't look like monsters. My father was a minister, and before that he was a well-respected Army man, and through all the years no one (except my mother) ever suspected what he was doing. He was part of the system, and he made himself part of the system on purpose, so he could more easily conceal his deeds.

Men -- and women -- who abuse children tend to appear to the rest of the world... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by brina at 1:46 PM on January 7, 2011

I keep coming back to this thread because I can't get Bill out of my mind, even though I only vaguely recognized his username here. It's almost like I feel I could do some good for him by reading these comments, by being here. Even though I can't.

I've seen some trouble.... but I got lucky. Mine was more, like EmpressCallipygos said, a sort of benign neglect -- people doing the best they could, as imperfect as it was -- and it still screwed me the everloving fuck up.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by cmyk at 3:14 PM on January 6, 2011

Pork and Sauerkraut - throw a small pork tenderloin into the crockpot along with a large can of sauerkraut. Fill up the empty can with water and add that to the pot. Add a couple tablespoons of butter (oh, who am I kidding, I add half a stick.) Season with salt and pepper at the table.

This is best served with potatoes of some sort. You can add a small bag of unpeeled baby potatoes at the beginning, or serve with mashed potatoes.

I never use my... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Serene Empress Dork at 12:08 PM on January 4, 2011

Salsa Chicken - so easy, so good:

Throw in a package of chicken breasts. Sprinkle with taco seasoning. Cover with jarred salsa. Cook all day on low while you're at work. When you get home, remove the chicken and shred it with forks, then return it to the crockpot. Stir in some sour cream and a drained, rinsed can of black beans. Voila! Perfect burrito filling. Or you can eat it over rice.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by something something at 11:12 AM on January 4, 2011 marked best answer

Ok, here's what I did, which worked great, and also the recipe, insofar as there's a recipe:

I cooked the rice floaty-rice style, a method an Indian friend taught me. I filled the rice cooker pot with water and added the rice. When the rice was cooked, I dumped the whole put of water and rice in a colandar. Voila! fluffy rice. The downside is that because I did this, I couldn't cook the rice in the broth and OJ.

I put everything else in a stock... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by If only I had a penguin... at 7:05 AM on December 25, 2010

I made a how-to about making a DIY whiteboard. A full piece of showerboard [4x8 feet] was only about $40.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jessamyn at 4:14 PM on December 23, 2010

RULE OF THUMB
This is cool; other people will want to see it == Good post
This is important; I want other people to see it == Bad post
posted to MetaTalk by zanni at 4:16 PM on December 15, 2010

Long thread, haven't read it all - and yet I feel compelled to add my 2¢:

Work on that.
posted to MetaFilter by mlis at 10:50 PM on November 30, 2010

You can use the google maps interface to do this. Here's an example I put together; I think it's around 4k pixels on a side.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by pombe at 1:32 PM on November 29, 2010

Yeah, but when it's put that way, it sounds like the burden is on the OP to prevent bad comments because the answerers are these automatons without moral sensibility or standards of behavior. I'm not saying there's no burden on them, but that it's shared. And I'd rather that the community standard shift toward respecting the boundaries set by the OP a bit more.
posted to MetaTalk by salvia at 6:21 PM on November 13, 2010

> There's a lot to be said for taken people's self-reported experiences at face value, when
> confronted with a thing you don't understand.

I'm really glad to see this on metafilter. Useful to link to next time we're talking about people whose self-reported experience involves the personal presence of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
posted to MetaFilter by jfuller at 3:15 PM on November 4, 2010

It's getting to the point where there is more than one Tea Party Nuttiness thread every day. That is too many. We may start corralling Tea Party links into one thread at a time.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 1:09 PM on October 20, 2010

I know a worse one.

use your words!
posted to MetaTalk by mendel at 2:33 PM on September 18, 2010

1. It was editorializing. Give me information. Don't tell me how to feel about it.

2. It was trivializing a) the hostage situation b) mental illness.

3. It demonizes the person, rather than trying to understand them. I am not saying, "Let's all feel sympathy for the gunman." But only but understanding what goes wrong can we hope to avert it in the future.

There is already a stigma around mental illness, which... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Eideteker at 6:01 AM on September 3, 2010

I'll already told willing-tell you how it will went willan on-go.

Fixed that for you.
posted to MetaFilter by Mr. Bad Example at 8:41 AM on August 31, 2010

I feel like I say some variant of "please re-read my comment" *way* too often. I've come to the conclusion that this is not confirmation bias on my part. A number of people here have told me privately that they don't understand why people keep misunderstanding me.

I'm saying this as someone who really, really likes reading your comments here, and am absolutely not telling you to participate less or anything like that.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Forktine at 6:23 AM on August 29, 2010

Today's Conan looked drained. He entered the studio unceremoniously, dressed in a leather jacket and baseball hat—like someone getting ready to leave—then slumped into the guest couch and fixed his gaze on the far wall as he addressed us, never really making eye contact. It was a sight that shook your faith a little, like seeing your dad on crutches.

Awwww, not my Cone-Bone!
posted to MetaFilter by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:12 AM on August 25, 2010

I don't want to persuade, I want them to get some damn facts, apply a liitle simple logic, and then quit hurting people with their stupid goddamn single-issue politicking.

So you want to skip the step where you persuade them to do those things? Without an army and a secret police force to do your bidding, that'll be mighty hard.
posted to MetaFilter by Countess Elena at 5:06 PM on August 17, 2010

I agree with the deletion but I am grateful that the post led me to the CNN article that contains this sentence:

The witness asked not to be identified so that he does not anger the juggalos.

This will now be my go-to excuse for everything.
posted to MetaTalk by Shepherd at 9:35 AM on August 16, 2010

How is that form of praise at all offensive, disingenuous, or reproachable? I truly think people are barking up the wrong tree with this particular criticism.

The praise is so effusive and personal as to be embarrassing. This is the sort of praise one wants to hear from one's spouse, perhaps, but not from somebody with whom one wishes to maintain a polite social distance. It's too intimate and presumptuous. It presumes she still cares what he thinks... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Serene Empress Dork at 5:02 PM on August 6, 2010

And without calling out anyone specifically, jumping into an active conversation with recipes seems to me to be saying "Oh c'mon you guys stop being so serious, let's EAT SNACKS." I've asked folks a few times nicely to ease off on the immediate MeTa thread derailments and I'd like to be a little more clear: if you are not trying to be disrespectful of other people trying to have a conversation, please don't do that unless it's clear that the thread is mostly over/resolved.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 6:29 PM on July 29, 2010

gator's mods were born long, long ago; before the swampy mist of script exploits closed in and cut off his lonely peninsula.
It is said, as long he does not return to change his preferences, gator's totem will remain and guard the village from evil spirits. However, the elders warn, should he ever change the size of font or his email address, gator's spirit will be stripped from his profile by mathowie's protective amulet and the forces of the mundane will creep further towards us... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by NinjaTadpole at 8:57 AM on April 16, 2007

I HATE IT WHEN WEBSITES IMPLEMENT THINGS WITHOUT CONSULTING ME
posted to MetaTalk by cellphone at 4:26 PM on July 22, 2006

Yeah I know he goes over the top, but in a society so soaked in religion, where you have to sit through invocations at political events and sometimes feel you have to whisper "atheist" like it's a dirty word, it's nice to hear someone spout off so vehemently.

People keep saying things like this, and I still don't understand it. MetaFilter is not "a society so soaked in religion" (presumably you have America in mind), it is not... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by languagehat at 11:16 AM on July 22, 2006

Legend has it that if you read every Metafilter thread ever to the very end, you get a cruddy animation of a spaceship launching.

Oh, and a Night Watch-esque painting, but in comic book style. There's a guy on a recumbent bike with an iBook. Another man with glasses and a Mediterreanean demeanor is enjoying a martini, saying "what is it with these boors that they cannot comprehend that the difference between high and low culture is none", as another man with a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by goodnewsfortheinsane at 2:32 PM on July 18, 2006

I'm an idiot. Link
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jckll at 9:11 AM on July 20, 2006

1. MeTa agents arrived at the thread site within 1 hour after the comment was posted, even though the normal MeTa reaction to such a comment at this time of day would have taken at least 2 hours.

2. When asked for the time at which he had noticed the comment, Mayor Curley said the records had been destroyed.

3. Considerable disinformation about flagging was quickly given to members.

4. Although regulations called for the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by languagehat at 11:17 AM on July 17, 2006

pile of bones with band...

What is Keith Richards?
posted to MetaFilter by found missing at 8:28 AM on January 2, 2006

What was it that Clinton did, that landed him in front of a live TV camera, grilled with stupid questions for what seemed like weeks on end?

Here's the thing.

Take two groups of fifty people each, raised in the US, and put each group in a room. Let them talk to each other for days on end until nobody has anything left to talk about.

Now, drop a sealed envelope into each room. The first room gets an... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by davejay at 12:39 PM on March 2, 2006