Saturday, January 31, 2009

#googmayharm

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Pending netcraft confirmation notwithstanding, looks like this may be a non-story already, so let's just leave it in the grey. -- cortex

posted by Foci for Analysis

Friday, January 30, 2009

Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song Ever

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We've seen this before, but I can't recommend strongly enough that we all go listen to these singing cats. -- cortex

posted by rageagainsttherobots

And it goes on and on and on and....

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If there's good content here someone is welcome to take it and make a less problematic post out of it. -- cortex

posted by adamvasco

Kramer lives - in Philly

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This post was deleted for the following reason: DAMMIT LIONEL YOU GOT TO STOP SNEAKING ONTO THE FRONT PAGE -- cortex

posted by stupidsexyFlanders

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Real Life Up Close

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

posted by msalt

Saddlebacking

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This post was deleted for the following reason: lol buttsecks -- jessamyn

posted by homunculus

DAMN IT!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Please do not do this sort of thing. If something is compelling enough to post, let people figure it out by reading the linked content instead of doing this sort of angry editorialization thing. -- cortex

posted by hal_c_on

Rock Bands To Die Out by 2026

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Self-links to die out by 2009. -- cortex

posted by doutzen

Single Post, Double Crooks.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is pretty thin and FARKish news-of-the-weird stuff. -- cortex

posted by weapons-grade pandemonium

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Raggle taggle ruminants! Rapscallion!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We had a Tin Tin And His Sexuality post a couple weeks ago, and it wasn't quite so GYOB. Maybe add new stuff to that? -- cortex

posted by e-state 4.0

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Look at this Richard. Just look at it.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Why have I been given it AGAIN omg -- cortex

posted by Artw

69 Sexiest Rap Song Titles (NSFW-Maybe?)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Dimes daily sure advertises a great deal on your site. -- mathowie

posted by MikeGusto

Her Cute Little Doggy

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this dog has been kind of everyone on the net for a while now and there's not much to this post other than "hey, there's that freaky looking dog again". -- cortex

posted by swift

Don't underestimate J6P.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I want to say something like, "yes, clearly Joshua Micah Marshall is a mean drunk", but to be clear, a guy cursing at his webcam for six minutes vaguely re: financial news is not a good post. -- cortex

posted by Marygwen

Monday, January 26, 2009

Prairie Dogs of Capitol Hill

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This post was deleted for the following reason: if these are your friends pictures this is totally not okay for MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

posted by paulinsanjuan

I wasn't made an expert, I was born one.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: if this weren't so familiar it might be more amusing, as it is I know this is supposed to be "oh man this guy is a dick" but repetition just makes it into dicks on parade w/o the funny. -- jessamyn

posted by ClanvidHorse

Participants at the IndexhibitParticipants at the Indexhibit

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This post was deleted for the following reason: What in the heckity heck is this? -- cortex

posted by whiterussian

The Inauguration -- Up Close

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Contrary to popular belief, this does not when combined with the other one yield a 3D stereogram. -- cortex

posted by VicNebulous

Harvard finds bullies are the big risk to kids, not the internet

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Study finds doubles, not "internet cooties", leading cause of deletions. -- cortex

posted by Argyle

Friday, January 23, 2009

What was that mouth noise?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: More context and a working link and this could be an interesting post. -- cortex

posted by titboy

2009 Bloggie finalists announced

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Do not do this. -- vacapinta

posted by scaryduck

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Dibble enrage Fans and provoke Fancy Footwork

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is sort of weak for a post and I don't quite get the relationship between link 1 and link 2..... -- jessamyn

posted by Will Duck

Ty Inc. Selling Sasha and Malia Dolls

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This post was deleted for the following reason: First link doesn't work, second one leads to a general toy line of many dolls -- mathowie

posted by mmmleaf

"The other postings are somewhat correct."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: slightly amusing, but not really mefi post material -- mathowie

posted by jragon

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Heckuva job, Bushie

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This post was deleted for the following reason: by the time I woke up this post had as many flags as it had comments - maybe people are clicking the wrong thing? Can we please make an effort to make posts that are interesting/funny/thought-provoking and not GRARGRARIHATETHESEPEOPLE? Thank you. -- jessamyn

posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The Moment

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Mentioned already in this thread today, and we've got a lot of inauguration-related posts on the front page already, so this is probably overdoing it a little. -- cortex

posted by silby

Here's a story from North America

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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

posted by infinitewindow

Happy Inauguration Day

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This post was deleted for the following reason: single link oddly-timed blog post about Obama. -- jessamyn

posted by aliceinreality

Hitler's at it again

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This post was deleted for the following reason: probably a self-link -- vacapinta :: Straight up, v-man. Woof. Bye, Andy! -- cortex

posted by popadoodle

Too lavish an inauguration?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: The intent of this post to editorialize via deception. Either this post belongs in 2005 or you need to be more honest about what you are doing. -- vacapinta

posted by codswallop

Monday, January 19, 2009

The essential Martin Luther King in his own words

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Something seems to have gone wrong with this. -- cortex

posted by Huplescat

"Hi! My name is Boxxy! And it's been a while since I made a nu video..."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: feelingposter'sregret -- cortex

posted by feelinglistless

Intense Hatred? For Software??

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a weird half-post half GYOB situation and while we're not *against* first person posts, they have a tendency to not quite be the right thing for here. -- jessamyn

posted by Drasher

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Who would've thougt it were possible!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I know the inauguration is exciting and all, but let's not completely drop the ball on post construction, okay? -- cortex

posted by hadjiboy

Andrew Wyeth - American Artist - has died.

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

posted by Hickeystudio

Friday, January 16, 2009

Just when you thought it was safe to Twitter

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Kinda thin for a post. Further information about this deletion can be found on the internet. -- cortex

posted by limeonaire

No. Don't. Stop. Seriously.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: "Have you ever done this before?" -- cortex

posted by grapefruitmoon

Thursday, January 15, 2009

PETA renames "fish."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Instead of calling them "doubles", these are henceforth known "web zaphods". -- cortex

posted by wallstreet1929

Thank God everyone is OK!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Much better post here. -- cortex

posted by dov3

One last great act of stupidity before Obama takes over?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If this is worth posting about, can you please regroup and make the effort to post about it well? -- cortex

posted by jeffburdges

Obama already needs help from superheroes?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Tune in last week for what we can't resist calling...BARACK BE A SPIDEY TONIGHT -- cortex

posted by jwakawaka

So; What's really going on?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems to be turning into another yelling past each other thing. Please, next time reserve I/P threads for only something really interesting and/or new and/or not contentious -- mathowie

posted by adamvasco

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Out of a Jobs.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I added the stevejobs tag to the original post on this to help people find it. -- jessamyn

posted by stepheno

Act NOW as conservative justices are retiring and dying soon!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is an interesting topic but need to be presented without so much editorializing, please. -- jessamyn

posted by Talez

You're gonna have to come down here!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: de plane, corinthian leather, KHAAAAAN, etc. -- cortex

posted by cjorgensen

"From Hell's heart, I stab at thee... For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee..."

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

posted by furiousxgeorge

Congressional staffers have all the fun.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Tylenol and bedrest, dude. You'll beat that fever yet. -- cortex

posted by dmd

Death by BART (followup)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Previous thread is only six days old and folks are discussing it there. -- cortex

posted by Mr_Zero

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Ain't so simple

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, not really news that gizmodo followed the link on kottke -- mathowie

posted by Flunkie

it's pronounced "gay-gun"

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This post was deleted for the following reason: it's totally unclear why this is here and the title makes it even weirder. If you think this is good stuff on the web, spend a few extra vowels to explain maybe why? -- jessamyn

posted by kliuless

Tweaking the cortex.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Ping Pong Tripout II: Ganzfeld Boogaloo. (also plz stop tweaking me tia) -- cortex

posted by gman

Thailand's iPhone underground

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This post was deleted for the following reason: So long marketing asshole from streetattack helping launch your stupid new site -- mathowie

posted by fbtucker

Prop. 8 donors want to stay in the closet

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Better to just put this in the existing thread. -- cortex

posted by nospecialfx

Inaugural Clergy

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This comes off like Inaguration Religioso II: Chatfilter Edition, and I'm not sure what a new thread is going to be good for besides rehashing/extending what was a fairly heated (and still-open) thread. -- cortex

posted by jock@law

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Stacey Lannert's murder sentence commuted

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This post was deleted for the following reason: thi sis not a good post for metafilter - it seems a little outragefilter and it's just copypasted text from the main link. -- jessamyn

posted by Restless Day

Bad eggs

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This post was deleted for the following reason: wtf? -- mathowie

posted by tellurian

The Judge Main Title

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This post was deleted for the following reason: pretty thin for a post -- mathowie

posted by bauermaster

Jerry Stocking wants to end unemployment

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, real work looks super duper spammy and it seems you are pimping your friend and his marketing system -- mathowie

posted by Buzzkilz

Saturday, January 10, 2009

The new poisson d'avril collection. Exclusively from Barneys.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not really much here, is there? -- cortex

posted by The Ardship of Cambry

Governor Blagojevich Says Goodbye with Tennyson's 'Ulysses'

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This post was deleted for the following reason: run that by me again? -- mathowie

posted by Stephen Elliott

Swear word Generator

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Seems a bit spammy and not much content... -- vacapinta -- vacapinta

posted by Prunedish

Friday, January 09, 2009

The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this kind of oddball news of the weird. -- mathowie

posted by resurrexit

Ran when parked

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This post was deleted for the following reason: links to one-off lulzy ebay auctions with no other wtf-disambiguation are sort of thin gruel even for a Friday. -- jessamyn

posted by punkfloyd

Copy n Paste!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I don't know, this seems kind of mean to mock an outdated site for no reason -- mathowie

posted by kdern

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Even Bibleman falls on hard times...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: suicide + bible guy = this is not a good time for this. -- jessamyn

posted by flipyourwig

Doing its part to keep our toys safe

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This post was deleted for the following reason: *beeeeeep* -- cortex

posted by mkultra

Depressingfilter, Israel/Palestine edition

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Please, please do not just post "hey here's a few more I/P headlines" roundup posts. We're not wanting for open threads here. -- cortex

posted by shii

A good year in astronomy

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Nice pix, and APOD rules, but the blog itself is just another cheeseball content-recycler run by some SEO blechface. -- cortex

posted by Vindaloo

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Entering the airlock without a space-helmet

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This post was deleted for the following reason: double vision! -- jessamyn

posted by swift

History of the Internet in HD

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This post was deleted for the following reason: you probably meant to post this as a comment in the existing thread -- mathowie

posted by cmchap

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

The Wheel. Reinvented.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: sorry no squeeee, please try again. -- jessamyn

posted by allkindsoftime

Now It's On

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This post was deleted for the following reason: And? -- cortex

posted by Stephen Elliott

The Blame Game

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, please add this to one of the open threads instead. -- cortex

posted by Krrrlson

Making a Banana Foster the hard way

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this thing going to expolad -- cortex

posted by MiltonRandKalman

Iz me your emperor

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

posted by shiu mai baby

Raed Jarrar picks up $240,000

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is two links to an old metafilter thread. -- cortex

posted by Man with Lantern

Too little, too late?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We're getting a lot of mileage out of this thing. -- cortex

posted by hadjiboy

Alpha Inventions

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This may be one a site that's actively making the web a worse place. In either case, people here sure hate it. -- cortex

posted by Alexandra Kitty

Monday, January 05, 2009

Actions: what you can do with the city

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Why is an account paid for by someone at bluesponge making a post about a website designed by bluesponge? -- cortex -- jessamyn

posted by smorris

Risky Business

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This post was deleted for the following reason: post this in the existing thread. -- jessamyn

posted by cklennon

Really, Guys, I Really Didn't Suck as President, See?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Please keep the over-the-top editorializing off the front page. -- cortex

posted by WCityMike

Sunday, January 04, 2009

P is for photograph

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

posted by Brandon Blatcher

A New Post On An Old Story

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This post was deleted for the following reason: maybe a little too close for comfort and linking three times to the same post seems a little off. -- jessamyn

posted by Stephen Elliott

Phish Playing 5 Nights at Red Rocks?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sort of weirdly non-story rumorfilter stuff here for post material. -- cortex

posted by jon_hansen

Saturday, January 03, 2009

Propaganda war: rockets or oxygen cylinders?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We've had a lot of posts about the I/P conflict. This would be better as a comment in the existing thread from earlier today. -- mathowie

posted by Surfin' Bird

How much people matter...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I presume you didn't meant to post this to the front page, dude. -- cortex

posted by hadjiboy

Cephalerotica.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: can't say as I enjoyed this exactly, but it sure was interesting and yet it is now gone from the Flickrverse and Google cache. -- jessamyn

posted by grapefruitmoon

Thursday, January 01, 2009

bad cat

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There are post-worthy SLTY cat antic videos and then there's this. -- cortex

posted by plexi

Photos of the israel--Palestinian conflict

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This post was deleted for the following reason: An interesting and out of the way compendeum of links to photos and video, but it's about subject matter that is kind of toxic to the site as of late. -- mathowie

posted by Postroad

Santika.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: gman, your snarky flame graphic joke killed this thread before I got to it. -- mathowie

posted by gman