bad editing or deliberate bad taste?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: one link lulz isn't really a great post for metafilter -- jessamyn

posted by longsleeves

my loony bun is fine benny lava!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

posted by rare_g

Jasure, Rundy Noomun's looggege-a bork bork

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a really weird way to frame a combination of stuff that is somewhat funny and somewhat just plain old stupid -- jessamyn

posted by Smedleyman

Hillary Clinton at Wal-Mart

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a mess of an axe-grindy FPP. -- jessamyn

posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

Eat your heart out, Tom T Hall

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This post was deleted for the following reason: pretty much universally sucks. sorry. -- mathowie

posted by pyramid termite

The Mexican Suitcase

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Groundhog Day 2: Suitcase Boogaloo -- cortex

posted by chuckdarwin

I feel so tiny in your arms. Really, how tall are you? I’m 6'5", but I feel like I’m four feet.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Man this looked taller on tv. -- cortex

posted by Flem Snopes

A different man

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This post was deleted for the following reason: how is this thread supposed to go well? This is one decent link and one eye-rolling OMGLOLBUSh link. The one does not cancel the other. Surprise surprise. -- jessamyn

posted by wyspa03

The birds and the bees... are flying in the trees...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: um, this isn't really that great of a sngle link youtube video. -- jessamyn

posted by notmydesk

Gordon B. Hinckley has Died

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This post was deleted for the following reason: kind of an ugly mess this thread is -- mathowie

posted by Brocktoon

Break on Through

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted just a couple days ago -- mathowie

posted by gwint

Plus or minus

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yup, recently. -- cortex

posted by blue_beetle

You my Canadian, Larry?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a pretty single link blog op-ed post that happens to have two blog op-eds in it. -- jessamyn

posted by gman

Qtrax is off to a rocky start.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Beaten by a day. Maybe drop this into that thread? -- cortex

posted by Mr_Zero

Photographs of Teddy Bears turned inside out.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Picnic time for teddy beaAAUUUGHHH OH MY GOD -- cortex

posted by chunking express

Barack Obama becomes heir to JFK

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is pretty light primaries-updatefilter. A post to mefi should be more than just a link, again, to something you were reading on timesonline. -- cortex

posted by wyspa03

Aly Jack fakes it till she makes it!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: More like, uh, uh, like. Um. Wait. More like All-- dammit. I can do this. Hold on. Allistwice Jackson? No. Stupid. Stupid. Okay, alliSON jackSON? No, too wonky. Um. I--er. Think, man. Okay. Okay. Box almost full. Just pick something, go with it. It's just a deletion reason. Okay. Okay, yes, sure, look: more like allison Djoubleson! ...dammit. -- cortex

posted by Ambrosia Voyeur

Lifelock Promo Code

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This post was deleted for the following reason: self-link, banned (links removed as well) -- mathowie

posted by lifelock

Robert Capa Lost and Found

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This post was deleted for the following reason: beaten to the punch by just a few minutes... -- mathowie

posted by doug3505

**** could CLEVAGE sway a campaign?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A rambling story about student electioneering, and a self-link to a pair of breasts? Congratulations: this is one of the worst posts I've ever seen. This is prize-winningly bad. Pure stunno. You have done exactly nothing right. -- cortex

posted by drewinantiquity

The end of Pax Americana?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: make a little bit of an effort to create a balanced post without editorializing please. -- jessamyn

posted by blahblah

American Revolutions from Print to Celluloid

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This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

posted by maryh

Sally D.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This really seems like a bad idea for a post, esp. with the Buy now link -- mathowie

posted by gman

Alzheimer's Helmet

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If this line of research actually pans out once it's tested, that'll be pretty great, but right now this is pretty weak sci-speculation press-release stuff and not a great post. -- cortex

posted by Bathtub Bobsled

"bird poops in mouth" about sums it up

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This post was deleted for the following reason: dumb, looks totally fake -- mathowie

posted by Mayor Curley

the largest fraud investigation in banking history

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This post was deleted for the following reason: a better version of an earlier post, but still a double. -- mathowie

posted by nickyskye

Sleeveface

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this = this + this. -- cortex

posted by Fuzzy Monster

Bizarro Robin Hood

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If your main link is an amazon book page, there's probably not enough there there to justify a post. -- cortex

posted by juiceCake

"The law is an ass" Save Rambo.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, personal-opinion, call-to-action posts like this really aren't a great fit for the front page. -- cortex

posted by gman

An SP to your face.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This would fit nicely as a followup comment in the open thread. -- cortex

posted by jmcneilly

Win Ben Stein's Intelligent Design

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This post was deleted for the following reason: They'll claim that this got deleted for being a double, but -- just between us -- it's actually my crazed intolerance for apostrophe misuse that's to blame. -- cortex

posted by dov3

DC conference will focus on social gaming, plight entertainment, and social outreach in media.

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

posted by AliLeeHa

Separated at birth

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Post this in the open thread. Or the other open thread. Let's not go crazy with the Cruisefilter. -- cortex

posted by about_time

Why come you don't have a 401K tattoo?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is sort of not sucha great post. It's written oddly, it just links to a bunch of news stories, it seems a little axe-grindy. -- jessamyn

posted by objet

Bush pardons self for war crimes?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: When the entire text of your post is an explanation of why you shouldn't post it, you probably shouldn't post it. -- cortex

posted by caution live frogs

One undred. Is that it?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

posted by low_horrible_immoral

My brain hurts. Incomprehensible madness.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: context-free dump of scientology text isn't that interesting of a link. maybe with some background it could work though. Or just post it in the thread about Tom Cruise that's still open -- mathowie

posted by lattiboy

all enter, will all leave?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is an essay with a few links in it. It's not really something neat you found on the web that other people haven't seen before that might encourage discussion from others. Is it? It seems a lot like GYOB territory. -- jessamyn

posted by MattD

Flicker + Library of Congress = "crazy delicious."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: DUO DECIMAL SYSTEM -- cortex

posted by wallstreet1929

President of 9/11

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

posted by gman

SHE'S BACK!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: it's like once we mentioned in Meta that there hadn't been a deletion in a while, suddenly there was a mad land grab for them. this is a short blurby semi-stupid celeb news article. it is not a great post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

posted by wittgenstein

yaysssssssss!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Style points for the mefiana context of it all, but the fact that everyone thinks the actual games suck like a hoover kinda overrules that. -- cortex

posted by Armitage Shanks

King Williams College Quiz 2007 - answers

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This post was deleted for the following reason: What. The. Hell? -- mathowie

posted by lesbroux

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not really funny enough to warrant a new post, drop it as a comment in the existing thread -- mathowie

posted by cmaddie

That About Wraps It Up For Science

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This post was deleted for the following reason: don't pick this fight here. don't LOL this XIANS here either. Thanks. -- jessamyn

posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

Brad Renfro has died

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If there's an obit post to be made here, it's not this link to Wikipedia. -- cortex

posted by longsleeves

For Those About to Rock, We Salute You!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: while sonnets are great and all, you may have spent too much time on the phrasing and not enough time on the NEAT STUFF YOU FOUND ON THE WEB part. Might want to think about that and try it again? Seriously. I am serious. -- jessamyn

posted by not_on_display

The Tom Cruise Indoctrination Video that Scientologists Don't Want You to See

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This post was deleted for the following reason: not only is this already posted, it's already made metatalk -- jessamyn

posted by empath

Oral history: The Monica Lewinsky scandal ten years on

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This post was deleted for the following reason: it's not your fault entirely that we've been completely inundated with UK single link news/op-ed posts this week, but this is pretty thin FPP material. -- jessamyn

posted by wyspa03

Google is “white bread for the mind" says professor

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This post was deleted for the following reason: SEO spammer for The Times Online UK -- mathowie

posted by wyspa03

The 100 Greatest Quotes from Fundamentalist Chatrooms

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is still a pretty lousy situation. I know that LOLXIANS might seem like an over-used criticism, but this is really, really literally LOLXIANS, and I'm not sure this is where we want to draw the funny vs. meanspirited line. -- cortex

posted by WCityMike

FSTDT Top 100

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A google cache of unattributed "fundies say the darndest things" bites? This is going out of your way to post not much. -- cortex

posted by KingoftheWhales

Science, Evolution, and Creationism

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This post was deleted for the following reason: it's rainin' books -- cortex

posted by hortense

Bill Gates: the last day at Microsoft

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Update: Bill Gates still retiring. -- cortex

posted by Dave Faris

Free Documentaries for Online Viewing

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

posted by benzo8

I don't wanna work...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: dude -- jessamyn

posted by loquacious

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is not exactly a difficult set of books to find cheap in paperback or free at your local library. Not really clear why chucking this up on the front page makes sense. -- cortex

posted by sushiwiththejury

Barack Hussein Obama - Muslim agent who hates Jews, America?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: screedfilter. put another way, this is an OMG look at these assholes political post that would be better suited to one of the political blogs or perhaps your own blog. -- jessamyn

posted by billysumday

"the rest of the world diverges from your standard of normality"

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems like a pretty bad idea. -- cortex

posted by orthogonality

Geography quiz

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

posted by hexxed

Global Cooling Sucks!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Cherry-picking six run-of-the-mill weather blurbs and op-eds does not add up to good post, even if you drive your tongue clear through your cheek and out the other side. -- cortex

posted by Autarky

Grueling Ordeal of Google Job Interviews - Could You Survive?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: You've gotta be fucking kidding me. -- cortex

posted by Bodyguard

William Shatner lays down his phattest beats. Yo.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm pretty sure that people who double post things that I completely love are just messing with me. -- cortex

posted by ardgedee

Suicide Attack

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This post was deleted for the following reason: It's pretty terrible that this happened, but we seem to be getting an uptick of People Died posts lately and you didn't really provide any context here. Not the best way to do this. -- cortex

posted by hadjiboy

2008 Political Parodies

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This post was deleted for the following reason: The general idea with a mefi post is that you're sharing something interesting you have found, not speculating about what you haven't. Linking to old stuff -- and new stuff that you don't think is up to snuff -- is kind of doing things backwards. -- cortex

posted by FeldBum

Column vs Row

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- cortex

posted by chuckdarwin

Shock and.. Aw Yeah!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A double post? I'm stunned! -- cortex

posted by phaedon

What is that intoxicating scent?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We've met these fellers already. -- cortex

posted by homunculus

Tony Blair and the Catholic Church

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This post was deleted for the following reason: You've presented this really, really badly. Overselling an issue with this kind of editorialization (and recapping your message for us!) is not a good way to frame a post. -- cortex

posted by Schroder

James Bond stamps

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This post was deleted for the following reason: You're now four for four on posts linking to creativereview blog entries by "Patrick". There's a problem here. -- cortex

posted by alexanderj

Ready for another episode of Japan-Is-Insane?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is getting a little over the top editorializing-wise. want to post neat/weird/kooky stuff about japan, please do, but stop the "WTF JAPAN CRAYZEE AMIRITE" please. -- jessamyn

posted by metasonix

government surveillance

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We pretty much did this recently. -- cortex

posted by janetplanet

I'll have the panda, please.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is an oldie but a goodie -- mathowie

posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Vision Like Your 9V Battery?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: So double, you can taste it. -- cortex

posted by knave

Congress shall make no law...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's newsfilter, and then there's 37-year-old newsfilter. -- cortex

posted by DoctorFedora

Iowa's Two Largest Exports are Corn and Equivocation

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This post was deleted for the following reason: election + youtube = total fatigue. If it was a selected view of the most interesting bits, maybe, but just a summary of the biggest news story this week? meh. -- mathowie

posted by Weebot

How can we prevent the assasination of Obama?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: please don't do this to metafilter. do this to your own blog. please leave extra-over-the-top editorializing there also. -- jessamyn

posted by paul_smatatoes

Medical marijuana grower killed by police...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: um, this is an axe grindy news report - there may be ways to write a decent post on this topic, but this ain't it. Maybe try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

posted by pantload

Top Military Blogger Dies In Iraq; Read His Final Post

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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

posted by c:\awesome

FLASH FRIDAY!!!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: are you people on drugs? because I know I'm not. -- jessamyn

posted by Malor

Who wants to marry a Victorian?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: looks like a hoax -- mathowie

posted by ramix

Single player co-op

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This post was deleted for the following reason: ThiThis is aThis is a double poThis is a double postst double posts is a dThis is a double postouble post. -- cortex

posted by mrgrimm

McCain says he's fine with US in Iraq for another 100 years

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is sort of a single link blog op-ed not particularly substantive lookattheseassholes post. -- jessamyn

posted by Rajamadan

They were Pretty Flowers

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This post was deleted for the following reason:Uh. No. -- cortex

posted by Doohickie

Passive aggressive notes.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, you know, it'd be cool if you could, like, search for doubles before you post. I mean, it's totally not a big deal. It's just that it adds to my workload when you don't. It eats into my day. But, I mean, really, it's nothing. Don't worry about it. It's just my time being wasted, that's all. No sweat. -- cortex

posted by boo_radley

Vista sucks, yarble yarble

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's not really any content here. The actual Q&A might be interesting, maybe, when it exists, but this is just bad review and a contact form. -- cortex

posted by A189Nut

The world's flags given letter grades

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I claim this post in the name of Tripoli. -- cortex

posted by sushiwiththejury

Thompson and Romney Gay

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Happy New Year! Every post you make for the rest of the year will be better than this one! -- cortex

posted by TrialByMedia

Orwell abuse

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Posting a link to an op-ed, stating your opinion about the op-ed, and soliciting the opinions of others with conversation prompts: not really how a front page post should work. I know you didn't mean ill, but this is not a great way to post, and getting defensive in the thread doesn't help. -- cortex

posted by MrMerlot