Saturday, June 30, 2007

Timelapse photo light graffiti

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This post was deleted for the following reason: *spells "double" with flashlight*

posted by Burhanistan

Leprechaun in the hood

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This post was deleted for the following reason: You can probably find a home for this in the existing supertition-related-somehow-to-mexicans thread that inspired it.

posted by sour cream

Friday, June 29, 2007

More Friday Nonsense

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This post was deleted for the following reason: no, standards are not lax around here on fridays, even iphone fridays.

posted by philad

Death is a complex process

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This got the update treatment over on Metatalk the other day.

posted by Effigy2000

He Likes Turtles.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I dunno if a 5 second semi-joke is post worthy

posted by hypocritical ross

Farley lives...?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Let's all give tristeza a round of applause for her very first deleted post!

posted by tristeza

The case against marriage

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Uh, that's great for her, but this isn't a very good post for Metafilter.

posted by myeviltwin

SuperconductingMemeSuperCollider

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This would be kind of scraping the bottom of the meme barrel even if the flash app didn't break differently every time.

posted by mooncrow

Don't You Have A Job To Do?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Metafilter admins spotted waiting in line to delete flood of lightweight iPhone posts.

posted by SansPoint

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Cheney resigns

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This post was deleted for the following reason: misleading *and* newsfilter?

posted by mr_crash_davis

iPhone Day Video

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We don't really need two iPhone posts in one day.

posted by bump

Tomorrow's News Today

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This post was deleted for the following reason: post it in the open thread - also wikipedia links aren't really good links for metafilter.

posted by Steven C. Den Beste

Racism in America

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We covered this recently.

posted by spec80

Bald Billy

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We probably don't need two Corgan posts in ten days; maybe stick your show wrap-up in the open thread, or on your blog.

posted by paulinsanjuan

Geuzennaam: a Dutch term for a negative or derogatory name appropriated and reclaimed as a positive label of empowerment.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: "Kennedy proclaims a similar argument for using the word nigger. He argues that everyone (including whites) can use nigger, as long as the context of its use is clear and appropriate." This is not one of those times.

posted by goodnewsfortheinsane

David and Goliath

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This post was deleted for the following reason: That the RIAA sues people and that people sometimes sue the RIAA has been pretty well established in the previous 137 posts that mention the organization by name, including this one from yesterday.

posted by leftcoastbob

Cry Me A River

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I think we've had enough of fetishfilter for the week and this is a wikipedia link a you tube link an image link and a usenet link? Also, these links are mostly not NSFW.

posted by sluglicker

Ignore her and she will go away. Confront her and what happens?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: HEY LOOK IT'S ANN COULTER DOING WHATEVER THE HELL ANN COULTER DOES AGAIN

posted by mds35

Constantine's Sword : How Christianity Turns Violent

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not really a good post to somethign on the web. this is a post to a movie's website and a lot of commentary. This makes it not really a good post for metafilter.

posted by m39

What's Your FBI Score?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: GYOB newsfilter post

posted by hhc5

Contraption

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This single-link viral ad is a double, man.

posted by dersins

Suspect has identifying characteristics.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: LOL NEWSWIREFILTER

posted by davy

Their men in Washington: Undercover with D.C.'s lobbyists for hire

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This post was deleted for the following reason: d'oh, posted yesterday

posted by Burhanistan

The Bridge

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This post was deleted for the following reason: the SLYT post are getting a little out of hand, even though this technically goes to Google Video, can we exercise a little restaint perhaps?

posted by sluglicker

no teen deams for budd (sorry mental block)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Blech. Short news article on guy busted for attempted ephebophilia = not a quality post.

posted by mattoxic

Wah wrrr we waaaAAAweee!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: METAFILTER HAS GONE THEREMINSANE

posted by delmoi

Fair and balanced....

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This post was deleted for the following reason: How does one delete a terrible post without accusations of antiterriblepostism?

posted by Huplescat

Iraq's Workers Strike to Keep Their Oil

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a lazy post on a hobby horse topic. also a single link weeks old newsfilter post.

posted by Postroad

Women in Art

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm working on a morph of 500 differnet double posts.

posted by donfactor

Before quitting the paper, Kid spelled out a special message for his coworkers

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This post was deleted for the following reason: So this is just a link to an intentionally vague complaint on a forum? Not great.

posted by m2002

Edge 214: Dangerous Ideas

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This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request, a little OMGfilter.

posted by craniac

inmates

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Beaten by a few hours. Drop the followup links in that thread.

posted by nickyskye

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Get Smarter, Mad Money, & the 2008 Election

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Self-linking is a capital crime on Metafilter, and it will get you banned, Terry. Especially if you do it twice.

posted by crunchee

Friday, June 22, 2007

Mancs vs Brummies

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A whole lot of links but not much post, chuck.

posted by chuckdarwin

At least I got 23 coins.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Man, you start to get the feeling that people are going to try to post this as many times as dude kills Mario.

posted by triolus

BBC News Condom Stock Photos

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Stock photography being used for its intended purpose does not a worthwhile post make.

posted by ErWenn

Trickle Blogging

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I don't know, it's not really earth-shattering info here, pretty thin for a post.

posted by jacob hauser

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Run, Ralph! Run!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, there's a hopping pres. run thread from yesterday this might fit well in.

posted by Steven C. Den Beste

My humps, my humps, my lovely dry humps

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This post was deleted for the following reason: we've dry-humped furniture recently

posted by mr.marx

LOLPILGRIMZ

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Thou hath pofted doubly, lol

posted by Asparagirl

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

atlantis

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously, pretty awesome though.

posted by andywolf

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

DO Stop Believing

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not at all right for here.

posted by Muddler

Keep America Beautiful

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A classic commercial, but pretty thin for a post.

posted by vronsky

the kitty kraze

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This post was deleted for the following reason: you can email the admins for speedier deleting.

posted by petsounds

Monday, June 18, 2007

A Diamond in the Rough

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously.

posted by ericb

Armor for eternal battles

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously

posted by chairface

Amazon’s Mechanical Turk converts 26% of surveys into solid leads.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this wil not wendell.

posted by jeffreyharmon

The General's Report

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted on saturday

posted by y2karl

dimmer

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I think we may need to put the kibosh on "your favorite band sucks/rules" posts - this is getting out of hand.

posted by vronsky

dimmer

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I think we may need to put the kibosh on "your favorite band sucks/rules" posts - this is getting out of hand.

posted by vronsky

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Paris Hilton in Jail

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This post was deleted for the following reason: ungood.

posted by alona

My favorite song of the 90's...well one anyways

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I don't get it, this is a one-link post to a jim carrol video?

posted by shockingbluamp

Lawyer games

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This post was deleted for the following reason: please gyob for this type of thing. thanks.

posted by gminks

Friday, June 15, 2007

The Impossible Quiz

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously

posted by Sharcho

Nessun dorma ringtone

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously.

posted by NekulturnY

When Cocaine Was Legal

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm sorry, this is one picture and a link to Wikipedia.

posted by m2002

BUCKETS!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: a post about an image? that's the best of the web?

posted by vronsky

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Stream Swivel

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This post was deleted for the following reason: self-link, banned

posted by threetwo

Airport Security Forces Mother to Scrub Floor (pg. 4)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: "it's just a single link, and over an issue over which many MeFites are probably already aware."

posted by JHarris

Get to draw a district

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously

posted by blahblahblah

Always creeped me out

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post to metafilter -- multiple op-eds do not equal one good post.

posted by reklaw

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Check your cynicism at the door

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously

posted by unSane

The Future Weeps For Me

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This post was deleted for the following reason: east east side side

posted by Stynxno

Surviving the Distance

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for Metafilter.

posted by old blue eyes

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Note how love makes radiant the electric toad

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Ah, looks like we've been Dicked already.

posted by chuckdarwin

Monday, June 11, 2007

Tag searching across multiple sites

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This post was deleted for the following reason: doesn't work unless you sign up. LAME.

posted by patricio

Charles Evans: the benefits of a ninth-grade education

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Seems like this is mostly deadendery for the vast majority of readers who are non-JSTOR, non-Questia subscribers.

posted by nasreddin

All Good Haircuts Should Have An Equally Good Name

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Black hairstyles of the 58520s

posted by dhammond

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Committed to bringing quality and content to the Web

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I think this bizarre point-making exercise has lived it's happy life through.

posted by strangeleftydoublethink

Friday, June 08, 2007

More on Evan O'Dorney National Spelling Bee Champ

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Check the O'Dorney thread from yesterday.

posted by snsranch

What a long strange trip.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Flaming Carrot says that'd make a super comment in open thread! Ut!

posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Artificial reefer madness.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: re[ef]cently

posted by damn dirty ape

Can't get -over- the Berlin Wall...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: re-spiegel

posted by Ogre Lawless

In Soviet Russia. . . . aw, forget it.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: double posts you!

posted by absalom

sk*rt

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Alas, "This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota" by the first comment.

posted by chunking express

Cold War Off Again. Kind of.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: come on, wtf already.

posted by From Bklyn

Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Don't do this here please. You know how use more inside. Don't bogart the front page with Iraqfilter torture posts.

posted by orthogonality

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Mystery Illness gets Paris Hilton Released from jail after only 3 days.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Mystery lameness gets news blip released from front page after only eight minutes.

posted by blaneyphoto

General Washington for President

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This post was deleted for the following reason: The Onion has been linked ninety times before. I think we're good.

posted by Chinese Jet Pilot

The kingdom made me slouch.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Posted already in yesterday's thread.

posted by bitmage

Airborne Toxic Event's Music Video

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This post was deleted for the following reason: eh, just a rip of the semisonic video from last decade

posted by willthethrill

Flame on you crazy diamond.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: GYOBP - this is sort of axegrindy for a fluff celeb piece

posted by huckhound

Are you going to be part of The Great Roundup?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is really nt right for here.

posted by Mr_Zero

Made in Japan

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This post was deleted for the following reason: we will make a little room here. thank you for being so gracious about this Mblue.

posted by Mblue

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

It. Just. Keeps. GOING.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: make it stop MAKE IT STOP

posted by stenseng

Being a Samurai only pays, like, 5 bucks an hour.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Posting friends' stuff is usually a bit too close to home, 40 Watt.

posted by 40 Watt

A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation

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This post was deleted for the following reason: .

posted by alona

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

The London 2012 Olympic Logo

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This post was deleted for the following reason: No, Lisa, no!

posted by mania

Keep telling lies...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is pretty weak.

posted by ZenMasterThis

An Iced Out Skull

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously

posted by fallenposters

Pay the animals like you pay the actors

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This post was deleted for the following reason: D'oh! dabitch doubles dobbs!

posted by dabitch

The Andamanese

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously

posted by hama7

Monday, June 04, 2007

Nice Logo London

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Too late, but you can always train for 2016.

posted by Liquidwolf

Will any man come forward and say what happened?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: An awful situation shouldn't be treated a free pass for heavy-handed bloggy editorializing.

posted by aacheson

Genderswitching, stalking, bragging and emo lies about suicide all the good elements to a MMO forum epic

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This link doesn't seem like great FPP material.

posted by chunking express

Sunday, June 03, 2007

WAR IS OVER (If You Want It)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: "MetaFilter: This will not end well." Hey, you're right!

posted by pruner

Go West young person?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Elucidating on year-old askme threads via crappy links propping up inchoate concept posts: not really so great.

posted by wallstreet1929

Saturday, June 02, 2007

There's a crackdown on music piracy Where

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is really a GYOB post, unless you want to take "why hasn't this site been shut down" to AskMe.

posted by metasonix

Friday, June 01, 2007

I can has cocktail weenie?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: adorable, but a double

posted by psmealey