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I can't even imagine having sex with a chubby woman. She would be cute if she dropped 45 pounds. And I'm tired of marginally talented people like this being rewarded with so much fame and fortune simply because they appeal to the prols.


The anorexia police love to attack Nicole, but she is all kinds of sexy.

You are the worst kind of gross.
posted to MetaFilter by shakespeherian at 4:43 PM on December 29, 2007

Am I wrong in thinking that one can say "BTW, she's hot" and not mean to be sexist, but saying that lacks class and respect and that is what we should be aiming at? A level of discourse where an offhand comment about someone being attractive (and I hate to break it to you guys, but some people have awesome secondary sexual characteristics) is taken to be just that, offhand and not intended to objectify or demean. The only way to realize that level of discourse is to very... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Divine_Wino at 6:22 PM on December 29, 2007

The valiant yet surprisingly noncommittal rebels ardent flagwaving boyzone defense had proved resurgent. Increasingly emboldened by the confusion and dismay, they charged up the molehill toward glory, stopping at the summit to scratch their crotches and stare steely-eyed into a future much more like the past, the good ol days when certain folks knew their place and didn't complicate things.

"I'd hit it" I said, to cheers. I'd hit it.
posted to MetaTalk by cashman at 3:01 PM on December 29, 2007

As far as the "sexist" stuff, well she put this picture in an "erotica" group. I don't think she minds. Some women actually do like people admiring their bodies, as long as they stay in control.

For heaven's sake, the issue isn't only whether she minds. I mind. Other users mind. Calling a woman hot may not be sexist; continually commenting on women's looks, as if it's always an important consideration when... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by occhiblu at 4:30 PM on December 29, 2007

I like the supportive guy quotes underneath the pictures - it reminds me of when i went on a day trip with a good looking female friend and suddenly entered a world full of helpful men.
posted to MetaFilter by sgt.serenity at 9:23 AM on December 29, 2007

All this dented cans business has filled me with inspiration.

everything I eat
it comes from dented cans
over dented breakfast
i make my dented plans
when i leave my dented house
i put on my dented shoes
and when my dented ass is dead
please dent my tombstone too
posted to MetaTalk by flapjax at midnite at 3:14 AM on December 29, 2007

I don't really consider it an inferior device, but it's a good story:

Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 on a rental typewriter in the basement of UCLA's Lawrence Clark Powell Library. Since rental fee for the typewriter was 10 cents an hour, it cost him around $9.20 to produce.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sharkfu at 1:15 PM on December 28, 2007

I got to sit around for hours while my infant nephew slept on my chest and my heart reawakened. Sometimes he raised his arms and shook his tiny fists in his sleep like a conductor cueing the second violin section.

I think I understand some things now. I got peace on earth for Christmas, as far as the eye could see. In my parent's living room, that meant just my nephew and me, but that's all it took to make it the best Christmas in a long time.
posted to MetaTalk by breezeway at 5:40 PM on December 26, 2007

Thanks to you guys, I had to spend all morning explaining to our cats why this is not appropriate social behavior.

They all thought it was a laugh riot, and even funnier because it was christmas. I had to explain that it wasn't funny and they should not aspire to eat people who are having lunch at the Rainforest cafe at the zoo.

They don't seem to be listening and have all asked to go to the zoo on their birthday.

In... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Lord_Pall at 2:28 AM on December 26, 2007

you feel a little threatened, obviously, like you couldn't quite pass as a man unarmed.

This is made of fail. Go to bed.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 1:21 AM on December 25, 2007

Every year I stand on a street corner with a big sign saying HONK IF YOU SEE ME and what do you know, a bunch of people honk!

I have a love-hate relationship with it.
posted to MetaTalk by Miko at 11:52 AM on December 20, 2007

You don't know anything about how to wear clothes.

Frankly, that is the best insult I have ever read in my life.

I've said it once and I'll say it again. My fedora is fucking awesome. It's filthy, covered in dirt and black coal dust. Any form it might have had is long, long gone - it has been wadded up and stuffed in the pocket of my motorcycle jacket for so long that it is now simply a mass of cloth that sticks to my head.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Baby_Balrog at 11:37 AM on December 20, 2007

On the street, I can't rely on passers-by to back me up if the guy approaching me turns out to be insane and creepy. In a bookstore, at a bar, certainly at a friend's party, if a guy is ultra-skeevy, and I raise my voice in that shrill I-am-alarmed tone, some Good Samaritan, usually a guy, will come over and do that guy thing where you say something friendly in an unfriendly tone. ("Hey, guy. What's going on?")

(That thing is awesome.)... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by thehmsbeagle at 10:30 AM on December 19, 2007

For your convenience, anotherpanacea, here is a a complete transcript of your stay.
posted to MetaTalk by 31d1 at 7:10 PM on December 19, 2007

One thing that confuses me though, I keep reading all the ladies saying that there are few girls who would have NSA sex with a stranger. This surprises me. I have been out and about plenty and have found no shortage of females desiring nothing but a one-night stand. One trip inside a dance club catering to the 21-35 age group should prove that to be true.

Right. I think the issue is not that it's so terribly unusual for women in that age range to... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by scody at 6:14 PM on December 18, 2007

I do not like your idea, but, rather than snarking, I am going to take this opportunity to announce that today is my birthday.

I am now old.

-er.

In lieu of flowers, please send favorites.
posted to MetaTalk by dersins at 10:16 AM on December 18, 2007

Cortex and I talked about this a lot. We delete things because they're popular. You're a total slut and I hope your boyfriend dumps you, oh by the way get tested.
posted by jessamyn at 7:43 AM on December 17 [+] [!]
{edited at 8:56 AM on December 17}
posted to MetaTalk by kittens for breakfast at 8:51 AM on December 17, 2007

seanyboy , if you want mefi to do race better than I would think a good start would be to not call everyone who disagrees with your a racist.

He's not saying that at all. He's pointing out the cliched, hackney responses that most people have come to expect from frustrated, privileged white teenagers who are being told for the first time that their privilege is partially a product of their skin color.

d.d.d. -... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Baby_Balrog at 2:29 PM on December 16, 2007

Obligatory fuzzmail update.
posted to MetaTalk by ClaudiaCenter at 10:29 AM on December 16, 2007

I've met James Caan. And spoken with him on the phone. I worked at a video store in Westwood.

Before I ever met James Caan, I had read about him making Misery. I was talking about it with one of my coworkers when a woman with a boy came in.

Your talking about Misery? she asked.

Yep. It hadn't opened yet.

What have you heard? she asked.

I heard it's great, but I heard Rob... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Astro Zombie at 1:27 PM on December 15, 2007

Jessamyn has sand on her strap-on today. Have you noticed that, smackfu?
posted to MetaTalk by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:44 PM on December 14, 2007

I work at MetaFilter.

I'm here to see Mr. Haughey.
posted to MetaTalk by itchylick at 8:36 AM on December 14, 2007

I was at that baseball game! I had binoculars! Everyone definitely saw, the players on the field were pointing up to the hotel window.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dino terror at 10:27 AM on December 8, 2007

Massive, thunderous shout out to everyone who has participated in both these threads. You people are giving me hope for the quality of online discourse.
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist at 5:02 PM on December 7, 2007

"The outrage over such an innocent comment is exactly why feminists are often thought of as humorless, manhating, uptight bitches."

And that response to a legitimate objection is exactly why many men are often thought of as moronic, sexist and retarded assholes.
posted to MetaTalk by klangklangston at 4:58 PM on December 5, 2007

You like Ron Paul and you're creepy and weird.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 6:21 PM on December 2, 2007

*slinks off to favorite 403 different things*
posted to MetaTalk by Sk4n at 3:33 PM on December 2, 2007

I flagged the question because it breaks
the surface of the mundane, because it breaks
God's covenant, my heart; it breaks,
I flagged.
posted to MetaTalk by Abiezer at 2:42 PM on December 2, 2007

There is a difference between a situation that hasn't happened yet (anticipating facts) and one that cannot happen (a question contrary to fact).

And there's a difference between a situation that can't happen and that's contrary to fact, and a situation that's so far removed from any conceivable reality that all answers are equally bullshit.

The question has no answers, because the asker took great pains to make sure that was... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ROU_Xenophobe at 11:07 AM on December 2, 2007

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posted to MetaTalk by maxwelton at 4:42 PM on November 30, 2007

1. start with a greeting to the whole family, using their names. tell them you hope they're all healthy & happy, and that you're excited to get to know them. ask how they are and inquire after any details about them you know.

2. tell them about yourself- your family, your job, your hobbies, your pets, the kind of food you like, etc.

3. include some postcards of your city, explaining what they are, and whether those landmarks are near... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by twistofrhyme at 5:02 PM on November 28, 2007

Actually, recent research shows that male nipples were/are useful as pacifiers. And, if there is enough estrogen, men can potentially lactate.

Actually, I'm not from Boston
posted to Ask MetaFilter by acoutu at 6:30 PM on November 28, 2007

I find Ron Paul related posts helpful and informative, because when someone outs themselves as being a Ron Paul supporter, I can conveniently add them to my mental list of people to never take seriously ever again.
posted to MetaTalk by cmonkey at 8:45 PM on November 25, 2007

So, Matt, would you let Ron Paul become a M/Wefite, assuming he paid his $5, or would that be too disruptive to the non-political nature Metafilter has become?

We'd so let him in. And, yeah, he'd be banned a week and three throwaway comments later when he linked to a blimp fundraiser.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 8:21 PM on November 25, 2007

links about a tall skinny drag queen

Is this still Ron Paul, or are we back onto the "I'll call Ann Coulter whatever I want" theme for the Grey?
posted to MetaTalk by subbes at 6:32 PM on November 25, 2007

WCityMike: if you have been reading this site for any length of time you probably realize that I hate political correctness, thought policing etc, worse than any human possibly could. I am the furthest thing from a new age sensitive male. I love violent movies, filthy jokes and consider Kevin Smith my personal muse. The SheFites have said that the sexually violent humor is getting to them and they'd prefer we lay off it. I'll live. I think you will, too.
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc at 8:12 PM on November 24, 2007

Thank you for this. I missed out on the earlier thread somehow but I made my way through most of it last night. Just to add another datapoint: I've been a member of Metafilter since 2001. I met my husband through the site, for God's sake. Barring odd circumstances like vacation or lack of internet access, I've read the site every day. Every single day.

I very, very rarely participate in the blue any more because I'm sick of this shit. Things like the comic about... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sugarfish at 8:39 AM on November 24, 2007

How could I have missed that?

And you are.
posted to MetaTalk by timeistight at 3:47 PM on November 23, 2007

I don't think they were ready for that jelly.
posted to MetaFilter by The Card Cheat at 7:33 AM on November 23, 2007

Don't worry, mediareport, that apology is something along the lines of apologizing for disrupting a class by sneezing. It doesn't mean I'd hesitate to sneeze, it just means "I'm sorry that doing so inconvenienced you".

To put it in internet dick terms, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience. But not sorry enough to stop."
posted to MetaTalk by Bugbread at 7:25 PM on November 20, 2007

You know what? Fuck you cocksuckers, always asking for stupid shit. Code your own fucking website if you want to blather on inanely 24-7.

Fucking stupid shitbox clown shoes.

:)
posted to MetaTalk by mr_crash_davis at 1:00 PM on November 17, 2007

I second Wolfdog's suggestion.
:wq
posted to MetaTalk by Plutor at 8:20 AM on November 17, 2007

From Kate Harding:

You, dear male reader, are totally not one of those men. I know this, and I appreciate it. I really do. But here’s where all this victimy girl shit concerns you:

* every time you don’t tell your buddies it’s not okay to talk shit about women, even if it’s kinda funny;
* every time you roll your eyes and think “PMS!” instead of listening to why a woman’s... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by occhiblu at 4:11 PM on November 16, 2007

Our consciousness isn't binary; you can alternate between identifying what is wrong with the present state and start actions to improve that, and just accepting the present state for now while you go sequentially through those improving actions.
The thing to watch out for I think is being goal-oriented all the time to the exclusion of smelling the roses.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jouke at 12:34 AM on November 16, 2007

Everyone on this planet lives once, dies once.

That's all you get.

In that very brief interval that you are alive, adult, mobile, and can exercise your free will, you get to choose how you live. Some folks may tell you otherwise, but YOU are 100% in charge.

Any choice you make involves risk. Some choices will kill you, in fact. Life is not generally risk free.

Few people take control of... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by FauxScot at 6:14 PM on November 12, 2007

And by the way, Alvy, somewhere out that door you've failed to exit is a library, containing a dictionary, in which you are able to look up the word “sanctimony”. There you will find that it is not a synonym for “self-righteousness”.

If, on the other hand, you use a thesaurus (long noted for being a better source of synonyms than a dictionary) you will find that it, in fact, is.

The part that I find... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by dersins at 12:49 PM on November 10, 2007

Yeah serious Male Answer Syndrome... Feel free to discuss our options, guys, but know that this is fundamentally not your fight to win, and we're fighting these battles totally apart from your support or lack thereof. It won't change how we do business that you're cheerleading or not. Change from within and all that.
posted to MetaTalk by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:52 AM on November 8, 2007

Ah, Jessamyn's answer satisfies me.
posted to MetaTalk by TheOnlyCoolTim at 9:49 AM on November 8, 2007

And you know what? There may be some people who don't see fixing a plate for someone opression. There may be some who have bigger things to fight for.

Yes. Latin Americans are hardly strangers to oppression, and are probably better placed to recognise true oppression when they see it. This is in contrast to liberal elites in developed countries, who labour under the false consciousness that they are somehow not working class, even though they do not... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by UbuRoivas at 8:15 PM on November 7, 2007

Christ, what an asshole.
posted to MetaTalk by empath at 2:03 PM on November 6, 2007