The Cow and the Hotplate

Deleted thread: 83759

This post was deleted for the following reason: this seems pretty much like people you know which means it's 100% not ever okay for metafilter, plus you made me look at a dead cow for a minute. -- jessamyn

posted by bedlam

Bah. Bah. Bahhhhh. Do, dee, do, dee dee. Bah. Bahhh.

Deleted thread: 83754

This post was deleted for the following reason: Totally neat, but basically the exact same trick as this recent post. -- cortex

posted by Cool Papa Bell

Your top ten?

Deleted thread: 83752

This post was deleted for the following reason: Ugh, let's not do the intentional-bombing-of-polls thing. -- cortex

posted by parmanparman

Ok Beck - the game's up

Deleted thread: 83749

This post was deleted for the following reason: Major, man, this is way too sort of rambly and bloggy for a front page post on the blue. Not really how this part of the site works. -- cortex

posted by MajorDundee

Justice Denied? Only 25-years later

Deleted thread: 83740

This post was deleted for the following reason: The Bhopal/Dow/hoaxster story in general is kind of fascinatingly awful, but these are pretty thin links that don't really bring in much of the story and your post is built around a tiny AP wire article. There's probably a better way to do this post, but this is too thin. -- cortex

posted by Ruthless Bunny

Arnold Hold Up

Deleted thread: 83731

This post was deleted for the following reason: That's a pretty great picture there, but a single image deep-linked off someone's blog does not a solid metafilter post make. -- cortex

posted by SamsFoster

Joe Biden said that?

Deleted thread: 83726

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

posted by Chocolate Pickle

Obama offers beer to house guests

Deleted thread: 83722

This post was deleted for the following reason: It's a cute update, but it's pretty thin and there's a very active discussion going on in the existing thread, so it'd be better to just add this there if someone hasn't already. -- cortex

posted by pallen123

Emails From Crazy People

Deleted thread: 83715

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, it doesn't seem there's a lot of genuinely new stuff here. -- cortex

posted by swift

Rattlesnake Smack Down!

Deleted thread: 83710

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

posted by PuppyCat

Sin to Promote Our Product

Deleted thread: 83703

This post was deleted for the following reason: Lasciate ogne speranza, voi che invia due volte -- cortex

posted by filthy light thief

We Aren't The World

Deleted thread: 83698

This post was deleted for the following reason: Short news-of-the-weird blurbs aren't generally good mefi post material. -- cortex

posted by Ruthless Bunny

for all your chess lovers...

Deleted thread: 83696

This post was deleted for the following reason: Really, this is a very thin post - just links to Wikipedia about something that (almost) anyone interested in the general topic at all (chess) knows about. -- vacapinta

posted by Prunedish

Weirdo Video Mash-Up

Deleted thread: 83695

This post was deleted for the following reason: God am I ever sick of people from Vice doing sketchy self-/friend-linking shit on the site. We were too nice to Dom when he pulled that shit a while back, and we were too nice to you when you did the same thing. Please send a memo around the office or something telling people to stay the fuck away from mefi. -- cortex

posted by Faustino

Whisper Chain Marriage Proposal

Deleted thread: 83669

This post was deleted for the following reason: This Huffpo filing has your own name in the byline. Self-links are a bannable offense. -- cortex

posted by Cochise

Christmas In July

Deleted thread: 83658

This post was deleted for the following reason: nothing personal but this exact link was in a post a few years earlier and I'm not sure this really goes beyond that one. -- jessamyn

posted by Reth_Eldirood

A Photo-Flashback to the Era of Fun Flying

Deleted thread: 83647

This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like we've seen most of this previously. -- cortex

posted by TonyDanza

A freak solar event "sterilizes" the half of the planet (people, animals, etc) facing the sun. What happens?

Deleted thread: 83640

This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, David Brooks padding out a guest column with some middling chatfilter probably isn't really worth its own post. -- cortex

posted by tothemoon

It matters if you're black or white and end up red all over

Deleted thread: 83627

This post was deleted for the following reason: now that I've watched people getting stabbed, I'm going to have to say that a jokey title to a video with a super-violent lead in and not a lot more explanation (which internet shock video) does not make this great for metafilter. -- jessamyn

posted by sid abotu

Wild Things

Deleted thread: 83622

This post was deleted for the following reason: Pretty much have the WTWTA coverage down already. -- cortex

posted by Heliochrome85

"Can we afford to keep shopping at places where an item’s price reflects only a fraction of its societal costs?"

Deleted thread: 83619

This post was deleted for the following reason: That's pretty dang thin for a post. -- cortex

posted by jbickers

What If Cartoons Were Real?

Deleted thread: 83569

This post was deleted for the following reason: Sort of been done already and with attribution -- vacapinta

posted by felch

And this is a town hall meeting where the topic of the President's US citizenship is questioned

Deleted thread: 83567

This post was deleted for the following reason: We had a birther-related thread already in the last week, we really don't need another one. -- cortex

posted by brando_calrissian

I embrace y'all with napalm

Deleted thread: 83564

This post was deleted for the following reason: Jay thee to a doublery. -- cortex

posted by AceRock

Getting hitched with a little bit of style.

Deleted thread: 83555

This post was deleted for the following reason: Next time around I want to see someone work the aisle to Soldja Boy and Superman them vows. -- cortex

posted by nevercalm

Goddammit!

Deleted thread: 83553

This post was deleted for the following reason: Dupe o' th' maernin' to ya. -- cortex

posted by infinitefloatingbrains

Michael Jackson news overkill

Deleted thread: 83539

This post was deleted for the following reason: Congratulations on getting yourself banned. -- cortex

posted by wastelands

Manhattan Airport

Deleted thread: 83536

This post was deleted for the following reason: seen it -- jessamyn

posted by joelf

A good woman is hard to find

Deleted thread: 83529

This post was deleted for the following reason: Love in Tootie! -- cortex

posted by dortmunder

"Obama wades in on Racial Issue"

Deleted thread: 83522

This post was deleted for the following reason: there's an open link from a day and a half ago. The one NYT link should probably go there. -- jessamyn

posted by jefficator

Crocs in Crisis

Deleted thread: 83520

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

posted by mippy

LeBron dunk video emerges

Deleted thread: 83504

This post was deleted for the following reason: It would be good to (a) provide some context for the majority of people who don't know what this is about or why it's interesting and (b) find a way to link to anything other than a freakin' ebaum property. -- cortex

posted by msergott

This is why I have an english degree

Deleted thread: 83498

This post was deleted for the following reason: triple double. -- pb

posted by tylerfulltilt

Manual Labor

Deleted thread: 83480

This post was deleted for the following reason: I wrote out this deletion reason on a soapstone Model M keyboard that I whittled myself. -- cortex

posted by puckish

Salad Days

Deleted thread: 83467

This post was deleted for the following reason: deleting the first -- mathowie

posted by dersins

Salad Days

Deleted thread: 83466

This post was deleted for the following reason: woops, double posts -- mathowie

posted by dersins

Ask your MP

Deleted thread: 83449

This post was deleted for the following reason: So it looks like Yoosk is a production of Channel4, one of the clients (and now three-time mefi post subject) of the PR firm you work for. That's pretty shitty stuff, and you are now banned. -- cortex

posted by mandeville

Angry while black?

Deleted thread: 83445

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

posted by lunit

Ancient Map Mysteries...

Deleted thread: 83442

This post was deleted for the following reason: There is no actual working link here. -- vacapinta

posted by vvurdsmyth

Is it wrong to pay for sex?

Deleted thread: 83431

This post was deleted for the following reason: there are three broken/empty links here. can you try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

posted by reenum

Overthinking a Plate of Bean

Deleted thread: 83425

This post was deleted for the following reason: I both long for and fear a long-form cinematic take on this series, but a link to a google news search results page is a terrible post, man. -- cortex

posted by scrump

Night of the Cephalopods

Deleted thread: 83417

This post was deleted for the following reason: Peering into the darkness, he saw at last a glimmer of movement. Up from the depths a shadow crept, darkness in flesh, writhing toward him with unspeakable movements. His mind, assualted thus, was rent and split, his wonder and terror doubling, trebling, diffusing into madness. -- cortex

posted by Pope Guilty

Ex-defence secretary Portillo seeks humane execution

Deleted thread: 83416

This post was deleted for the following reason: Unfortunately, practically speaking a youtube video that's not viewable from the US is broken for the majority of mefi's readers. Without some sort of context or alternate link, this doesn't really work. -- cortex

posted by hciadt

Frank McCourt, Requiescat in pace

Deleted thread: 83406

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

posted by dawson

How Cancy is Your Cortex?

Deleted thread: 83396

This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm flattered, to be sure, but a short summary of a journal article is way too thin for a solid post. Please find stronger links and take the time to catch your typos next time around. -- cortex

posted by vvurdsmyth

METAFILTER IS TRYING TO STOP MY PROJECT! (TLYT)

Deleted thread: 83393

This post was deleted for the following reason: A link to a youtube video by a guy who we banned for self-linking (to say nothing of recycling his material) is not really great post material, as entertainingly meta as the whole thing may be at a glance. -- cortex

posted by zerobyproxy

You say you want a revolution

Deleted thread: 83384

This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, I'm not sure this is anything that's worth a post on mefi's front page, and freep links in general don't make very successful front page material in general. -- cortex

posted by scalefree

New Live Poll Allows Pundits To Pander To Viewers In Real Time

Deleted thread: 83330

This post was deleted for the following reason: the onion is still the onion. -- jessamyn

posted by WCityMike

Hide your wedding video from NASA!

Deleted thread: 83321

This post was deleted for the following reason: This has come up already in the still-open NASA tapes thread from a couple weeks ago. -- cortex

posted by Ruthless Bunny

From Prostitute to 'Patriot'

Deleted thread: 83316

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, that whole thing about self-links being a bannable offense wasn't a joke. -- cortex

posted by PlayboyBuddy

That's 20 Quadrillion with 16 zeros.

Deleted thread: 83305

This post was deleted for the following reason: Hope you've got overpost protection. -- cortex

posted by Mastercheddaar

Am I Kafka's K_ or Lewis Carroll's Alice?

Deleted thread: 83238

This post was deleted for the following reason: Sounds like this belongs in Ask MetaFilter. -- pb

posted by kozad

Making A Toaster From Scratch

Deleted thread: 83237

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

posted by Fiasco da Gama

That's Not Art.

Deleted thread: 83223

This post was deleted for the following reason: A blog really needs to have some content before it's a good candidate for a mefi post. -- cortex

posted by chunking express

He had a conversion experience, apparently

Deleted thread: 83216

This post was deleted for the following reason: NO WE DON'T STOP / YOU CAN'T STOP / WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE / ONE MOYER TIME -- cortex

posted by tylerfulltilt

Those magnificent men in their flying machines

Deleted thread: 83214

This post was deleted for the following reason: It's very neat, but we saw it last year. -- cortex

posted by bap98189

Secure existing OpenSSH installation

Deleted thread: 83213

This post was deleted for the following reason: Same user posting this link on digg and redditt. Possible self-link. Weak anyways. -- vacapinta

posted by wgl1

Web 1.0 Style!

Deleted thread: 83211

This post was deleted for the following reason: Might be some malware here. Removed for review/deletion. -- vacapinta

posted by mhjb

The Death of @anjool

Deleted thread: 83209

This post was deleted for the following reason: Not clear on why this is posted here. Seems a bit rubbernecky/schaudenfreudey. -- vacapinta

posted by digaman

A Chill on Global Warmth?

Deleted thread: 83182

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is the sort of post that would be totally okay on your own blog but doesn't work for the front page of Metafilter. Less personal editorializing, less using some guy's blog post as a jumping off point, etc. -- cortex

posted by cvilleluke

(Cash Gifting) P2P Brings Prosperity 2 People

Deleted thread: 83177

This post was deleted for the following reason: Sometimes I have nightmares like this and then I wake up and there wasn't such a mindblowingly shitty post afterall. *pinches self* -- cortex

posted by askdeszign

Everyone of the Devil, put your hands up!

Deleted thread: 83172

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is sort of LOLXIANSANDHATERS no? -- jessamyn

posted by hal_c_on

Fantastic Contraption

Deleted thread: 83169

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

posted by Capt Jingo

A robot rises over Tokyo

Deleted thread: 83145

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

posted by device55

A 49 year old virgin.

Deleted thread: 83142

This post was deleted for the following reason: you know, CL posts don't make good MeFi posts generally speaking and this one has been on a steady downhill slide all day as people read it and dislike it. Sorry about that. -- jessamyn

posted by SPUTNIK

This is the best website in the universe!!!!

Deleted thread: 83138

This post was deleted for the following reason: I can respect the meticulous mediocrity here, but "bad web page is bad" has kind of been covered pretty well before using genuine specimens and people seem to haaaaate this. -- cortex

posted by rhapsodie

Take the Work Out of Your Workout

Deleted thread: 83124

This post was deleted for the following reason: Why did you post infomercial junk? -- mathowie

posted by jessssse

Dogs were just the beginning.

Deleted thread: 83113

This post was deleted for the following reason: Man, all else aside this is a pretty dumb post. -- cortex

posted by Krrrlson

Man Falls into Vat of Chocolate, dies

Deleted thread: 83112

This post was deleted for the following reason: Seriously, this is pretty Farktastic stuff. -- cortex

posted by Rash

You know who else... oh, fuck it

Deleted thread: 83108

This post was deleted for the following reason: Dude. C'mon. -- cortex

posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

No Black Kids in the Pool, Please!

Deleted thread: 83104

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is an interesting story, but a short thin news article maybe not the best way to make a MeFi post about it. -- jessamyn

posted by If only I had a penguin...

CHOCOLATE!!!

Deleted thread: 83102

This post was deleted for the following reason: I know you're kind of new here, but this sort of thin news-of-the-weird blurb really doesn't make for good post material. -- cortex

posted by wendell

Social Networking FTW

Deleted thread: 83060

This post was deleted for the following reason: less eye rolling more neat stuff on the web please. This is SLBOE-ish. -- jessamyn

posted by dead_

Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid

Deleted thread: 83050

This post was deleted for the following reason: There's a reasonably lively Palin thread from just a couple days ago that this'd be fine in. -- cortex

posted by wittgenstein

Instead of finding a 2nd job, I'd like to create it. Help me find useful job creation guides.

Deleted thread: 83045

This post was deleted for the following reason: If this was meant for askme, you're on the wrong part of the site. -- cortex

posted by jmnugent

Medieval artwork by children

Deleted thread: 83038

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

posted by JF Ptak

Michael Jackson is Dead, by Jon Lajoie

Deleted thread: 82994

This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, we've kind of had MJ overexposure and this isn't really thrilling stuff needing its own new thread. -- cortex

posted by mpls2

The Big, SHINY Button

Deleted thread: 82980

This post was deleted for the following reason: We didn't push it already. -- cortex

posted by The Whelk

Elstree Calling, 1930

Deleted thread: 82978

This post was deleted for the following reason: I don't think you meant any harm, but blackface is kind of a culturally charged bit of history and just posting some without context and then being cryptic in the comments when people ask you what you were thinking is not a great way to jump into the posting game. -- cortex

posted by Mr.S

Earthwalk

Deleted thread: 82947

This post was deleted for the following reason: Cute but really, really thin for post material and we've had a lot of Jackson lately already. If you're willing to actually use the phrase "admittedly a crap post" to describe your own post, you shouldn't post it in the first place. -- cortex

posted by twoleftfeet

"If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale"

Deleted thread: 82944

This post was deleted for the following reason: If the only place it's on the web is on scribd because it's a brand new piece of commercial writing that someone scanned, that's not really all that okay as post material. -- cortex

posted by homunculus

Celebrities are dying!

Deleted thread: 82942

This post was deleted for the following reason: Do not make intentionally bad posts to prove a point. If you want to talk about site policy/etiquette/etc., do it in Metatalk, that's what it's there for. -- cortex

posted by twistedonion

Oklahoma Citizen's Proclamation for Morality

Deleted thread: 82920

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a single link blog op ed post except you include the same link twice. If this is worth a post on MeFi, make it less of an editorial please. -- jessamyn

posted by felch