Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
It's Like Twitter. Except We Charge People to Use It.’
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This post was deleted for the following reason: see figure 1 -- cortex
posted by timeistight
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
They Support Sarah
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This post was deleted for the following reason: What was supposed to be the good thing about posting this? What we got was a bunch of LOLPALINITES, a bunch of retread arguments, some driveby nastiness, and a pile of flags. -- cortex
posted by double block and bleed
Can't we all just get along?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a bit bloggy/editorial for a front page post. -- cortex
posted by VikingSword
Monday, November 23, 2009
Offside - Short Film
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Self-link. This one's a bit too easy which makes me think someone didnt bother to read the guidelines. -- vacapinta
posted by daazofilms
And then, you can spend far too much time looking through the related videos
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like this is a reron. -- cortex
posted by CrunchyFrog
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Sometimes you just need a friend
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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie
posted by shockingbluamp
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Pepsi Blu Cheeseburger
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This post was deleted for the following reason: HAMBURGER -- cortex
posted by The Devil Tesla
The Christianist Manifesto: A Partial Fisking
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This post was deleted for the following reason: That being on someone's blog seems just about right as far as the natural order of the univers goes. It being a front page post on Metafilter, not so much. -- cortex
posted by lexalexander
Friday, November 20, 2009
HUMANITARY INVENTION IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR WORLD !
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Crazy person + ebay listing = pretty thin post. -- cortex
posted by rachelpapers
What do Princesses and Princes Teach Us?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like a lot of this came up in this recent thread; maybe add anything new as a comment in there. -- cortex
posted by jefficator
"I'm going to tell him the actual worst swearword in the world."
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This post was deleted for the following reason: oh for limone's sake -- cortex
posted by Faint of Butt
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Truckers Delight by the Flairs (SLYT)
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This post was deleted for the following reason: I don't understand if you are making a joke or what exactly but this is not a good video for metafilter even though it may have been okay for waxy. -- jessamyn
posted by zerobyproxy
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
SUPER BONUS
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This post was deleted for the following reason: the most important thing about good comedy is timing. And unfortunately, the timing isn't really right for this. -- jessamyn
posted by desjardins
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
We all die at the 13th b'ak'tun!!!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yup, this should probably just stay with the existing thread. -- cortex
posted by thatwhichfalls
A Crash Course in our Exponential Future
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This reads like ad copy. -- cortex
posted by kellytom382
Sextortion at Eisenhower High
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This post was deleted for the following reason: double! -- jessamyn
posted by chunking express
Say Cheese! ... No, not you... who *are* you, anyway?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Photobomb II: Revenge of the Guy Peeing In The Background -- cortex
posted by not_on_display
Let's Get Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not really going over well. Probably better to stick with primary sources instead of thinly/poorly attributed second hand stuff in this sort of case, at any rate. -- cortex
posted by fourcheesemac
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Captain's log: supplemental. -- cortex
posted by Effigy2000
RIPCATS
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This post was deleted for the following reason: News of the weird + could be recursively mistaken as the worst obit ever = this is not a great idea. -- cortex
posted by orthogonality
Thursday, November 12, 2009
"Christian" doesn't mean what you think it means
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This post was deleted for the following reason: How posts are framed are just as important as the content. On topics like this, a neutral tone is better at keeping threads from going crazy right out of the gate. -- vacapinta
posted by Benny Andajetz
Brazilian Girls
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This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request. -- jessamyn
posted by chesty_a_arthur
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Roomba Presents: Pac-Man!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: INSERT COIN -- cortex
posted by Navelgazer
I'm too fat for japan :(
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This post was deleted for the following reason: seriously? ths is one fo those "hey this is a topic that doesn't go really well here, maybe you could make an effort when you craft your posts so that they don't turn into LOLFATTIEZ threads" situations. -- jessamyn
posted by tehloki
Who's the actual terrorist?
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This post was deleted for the following reason: It's a fucked up story, but this really isn't a very good post for Metafilter. -- cortex
posted by flod logic
Photo essay of life in Kaz. after Soviet nukes testing
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This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex
posted by ShadePlant
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 09, 2009
So many black people!
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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. -- jessamyn
posted by tumbleweedjack
“Can you see any clippy bits?” “Do you mean handy bits?” “Yes,” replied my boy. “Clippy bits.”
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This post was deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie
posted by nebulawindphone
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Bad researcher. No biscuit.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is already being discussed in the previous thread. Anybody who eats their dog because they didn't see an update on the front page of metafilter is not a very good pet-owner. -- cortex
posted by CheeseDigestsAll
Friday, November 06, 2009
Hitch Hates Humorists
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This post was deleted for the following reason: I know there's probably a schadenfreude angle here that's sort of appealing, but a one-linker of Hitch doing something other than writing something really, really superb is probably not worth the friction that yet another Hitch post produces. -- cortex
posted by Effigy2000
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Waiting in line is for the poor, apparently....
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This post was deleted for the following reason: I can wait for a post about this that's less Oh Snap, if there's gonna be one, which I'm not sure there even needs to be. -- cortex
posted by deejay jaydee
Tragedy in the Heartland
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This post was deleted for the following reason: SLOP. Single link Onion Post would be weak enough without also rehashing the overly hashed Glenn Beck memes. -- vacapinta
posted by philip-random
"RHADOMANCER, n. One who uses a divining-rod in prospecting for precious metals in the pocket of a fool." --Ambrose Bierce
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Maybe this can go in the other open post about the ADE 651 -- vacapinta
posted by orthogonality
Marriage Equality is Only a Matter of Time
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This post was deleted for the following reason: please post these links in the open thread, thanks -- jessamyn
posted by jefficator
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
If you can imagine it, it's on the Internet somewhere
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, you know what, let 'em fly the freak flags in peace. There's not much here to do besides point and laugh. -- cortex
posted by Unicorn on the cob
Monday, November 02, 2009
H.P. Lovecraft documentary (first 10 minutes)
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Time-limited youtube excerpt is kind of a weird thin post. Maybe just toss this in the recent Lovecraft thread. -- cortex
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey
Nutt Sacked.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: The previously is only a couple days old, so probably better to take this stuff there. -- cortex
posted by ZenMasterThis