Designated Driver Turns 21

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

posted by My Social Relevance

Frimpong Exonerated

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a mess - you may want to look around a bit and see how posts usually look around here before trying your next one. -- jessamyn

posted by momma

Forever 27

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, site that is more broken than it is interesting. -- cortex

posted by Slap*Happy

Wayfarer

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

posted by boo_radley

Inspiration for the New Year

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This post was deleted for the following reason: hmm, weird keyword spammy site with an entry from early 2008? -- mathowie

posted by MLIS

Avatar: the making of the cam bootleg.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Either you think you've found something worth linking without framing it like you think it's not worth a post, or you haven't found something worth posting. You're kind of dooming your own post this way. -- cortex

posted by mojohand

Rank movies to figure what is the best movie of all time

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Requiring a sign-in to look at the neat thing on the web makes it a not very neat thing. -- cortex

posted by reenum

Friendly fire

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

posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Gross.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: eh - schlocky annoying top ten list to cracked is sort of shruggo. -- jessamyn

posted by sugarfish

The true meaning of Terribleness

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is kind of terrible -- mathowie

posted by philip-random

Selma Blair/Rainn Wilson - Baby it's cold outside

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This post was deleted for the following reason: So this is a random Gap commercial? -- cortex

posted by HuronBob

Happy Boxing Day!

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

posted by Oriole Adams

“Scientists Make Profound Discovery” – Old 8mm film footage was uncovered recently, of an experiment to read peoples thoughts. The results are....to b

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Fuck off, self-linker. -- cortex

posted by louieyak

The death of Sergei Magnitsky

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

posted by Dasein

The Conservative-Christian Big Thinker

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A one-link news post that's a ten day old story on some conservative guy? Seems a little thin for a post. -- mathowie

posted by andoatnp

Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rum!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: It's not christmas until Santa orders a double. -- cortex

posted by MaryDellamorte

Kaney O'Neill is a quadreplegic and a mother. Her ex however, feels that she can't be a competent mother because of her disabilities.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is interesting but a single link news post isn't really a great way to present this. -- jessamyn

posted by stormpooper

Is college really worth it?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I don't know if there's anything untoward going on with the link itself, but this is pretty meh in any case. -- cortex

posted by bizwiz2

Barabar Olson made no cell phone calls

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

posted by Mr_Zero

Upper Mismanagement

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Since December 21st, the number of posts about graduates of highly-ranked business schools that appear on the front page has doubled. -- cortex

posted by geoff.

Wtf???

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not good. -- mathowie

posted by hadjiboy

#onlyahoewould

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A single hashtag search on Twitter is extremely thin for a FPP and this is not being received well. -- pb

posted by LSK

Let's play another round of "How Long Can You Hide from the Internet?"

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Honestly, while this is kind of an interesting developing-thing-related-to-the-web in some respects, the actual story is pretty thin at the moment and the post reads kind of like advocacy stuff. krautland, I don't know what your connection to this is, but it feels like it's a little too close and inside-baseball for comfort. -- cortex

posted by krautland

The Cry of the Tomato

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This post was deleted for the following reason: It'd be better not to bomb a post about interesting research with pointlessly fight-starting framing. -- cortex

posted by Xurando

David Ray Griffin on the 9/11 cell phone calls.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Link is AWOL, but some more background on who is saying what and why might be a good idea if this is worth posting anyway, since not everybody wonks out on 9/11 conspiracy stuff. -- cortex

posted by Mr_Zero

The 100 Weirdest Digg Stories of 2009

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not really a readable (10 per page with oodles of ads?) or interesting list, sorry -- mathowie

posted by bizwiz2

THIS IS A HOLYSPIRIT MANUSCRIPT BOOK.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, how is this not just blatant point-and-laugh stuff? Subverting Amazon reviews isn't really new stuff. -- cortex

posted by the littlest brussels sprout

Seeing the world through the eyes of Palestinians...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Seriously, if we're going to have a post about this it'd be nice to have it (a) not be from someone rarin' to go about it in the comments and (b) maybe not just some minimum number of hours after the last n were removed and blood is still hot. Someone less grindy give it a shot in a few days or something when it won't be more gas on a metacommentary fire. -- cortex

posted by markkraft

Now it goes to the House.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This was a cloture vote, not passage. Not that a post about that couldn't be okay if it was done well, but this is misleading and there's a long way to go and so this is pretty weird as is. -- cortex

posted by ®@

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a bad idea to "gift" to metafilter unread. -- mathowie

posted by caddis

You are so tiny!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Seems like it is the worst SLYT post ever. -- mathowie

posted by vrakatar

"And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: don't. you know where metatalk is. -- jessamyn

posted by orthogonality

Rage is Xmas No. 1 in UK

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This post was deleted for the following reason: third time the charm? -- mathowie

posted by bobbyelliott

Brittany Murphy dies

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is about as lazy and rushed as an obit could possibly get. There's gotta be a better post waiting to happen. -- cortex

posted by waraw

And now you download/what they told ya

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's already a thread from a couple days ago, put updates there. -- cortex

posted by KokuRyu

Virtual Haircut

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

posted by Frasermoo

I live in a van down by Duke University

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's some low-hanging fruit here riffing off "double" and Chris Farley's weight, but I miss that guy so I'm going to just leave it alone. -- cortex

posted by granted

Highway to Health

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Better as a comment in one of the already happening health-care threads, and please, no more abortion threads unless it's compelling. -- mathowie

posted by MattMangels

I just learned that a direct ancestor of mine, Puritan patriarch William Bradford, is credited with inventing Thanksgiving.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: single link twitter accounts are maybe not thick enough to sustain a whole post. -- jessamyn

posted by twoleftfeet

The Ultimate "Can I Still Eat This" Site?

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

posted by Atom12

Four black men. Four stories

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Single-image links are fine but they should (mainly) stand on their own. This doesn't, not without the OP's editorializing. -- vacapinta

posted by iffley

Not so long ago, in some guy's basement...

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

posted by zardoz

Kinda like James Brown

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This post was deleted for the following reason: how do you say double post in esperanto? -- jessamyn

posted by bwg

A trip down Market Street

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

posted by parudox

Most Fascinating People 2009

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This post was deleted for the following reason: meh celebrity chat, plus you say you just threw it up to see reactions = not the best reason for a post -- mathowie

posted by mccarty.tim

Alright!

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

posted by empath

I Don't Care If This Is Fake. It Made My Day.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: "well I'll never be that much of a loser" isn't really a great reason to share something that grosses a lot of people out here on MeFi. -- jessamyn

posted by grumblebee

Alien maths

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Pretty weak post. I mean I get it and all but a single comic has to be better than this. -- vacapinta

posted by moorooka

Nash equilibrium

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This post was deleted for the following reason: It's cute for those who get game theory, but it's really wonky and pretty thin besides. A solid post about Nash equilibria and Pareto optimization could be cool, though, if it hasn't already been done. -- cortex

posted by four panels

Was Roy Thomas Baker Really The Sole Genuis Behind "Bohemian Rhapsody"?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This does not seem to be going over well. -- cortex

posted by O Boingo

...or, Look At This Fucking Myspace User

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, this is a bit thin and on the "hey let's make fun of some people" side of the single-minded-tumblr-site boat. -- cortex

posted by Uther Bentrazor

I want to start a christmas share the invite thread.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is not what metafilter is for. This is not even close to what metafilter is for. If what metafilter were for was in, say, Fenway park, this would be an Amway presentation in Santa Monica. -- cortex

posted by Chamunks

Lunar cycle does affect behaviour: Australian study

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This post was deleted for the following reason: paywalled article tantilizing but ultimately unfulfilling -- jessamyn

posted by AmbroseChapel

Bras That Could Save The World

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I think you wanted Fark.com. That's two doors down to the right. -- mathowie

posted by buzzdiggity

Cephalopod , take the coconut and run

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This post was deleted for the following reason: i got nothin' -- cortex

posted by Astro Zombie

Infodump updates: contact dates, comment length, metatalk closures, munging

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Jesus christ, this should be in Metatalk. U R SO BANNED. -- cortex

posted by cortex

"WOW some of those ladies are hot. oh, great photos too."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like we've basically covered this already. -- cortex

posted by azarbayejani

Ukulele Kid

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

posted by kylej

Father Christmas turned away from asylum centre over security concerns

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Contextless news-of-the-weird stories make for poor posts. -- cortex

posted by Paul Slade

A game about poop.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit. (YT: Senator Clay Davis)

posted by Snyder

Not Charile Brown's Christmas

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Nobody tell jscalzi, but I heard from jscalzi that this is a double. -- cortex

posted by fixedgear

MetaFilter Among Nation's Best

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This post was deleted for the following reason: It's cute, but it's also really thin and requires an email address, and that's kind of meh. -- cortex

posted by netbros

Foosball!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, <3 Pixar and all but this is kind of a weird link. -- cortex

posted by Phire

A Story in 4 Animated Shorts

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This post was deleted for the following reason: you may be unclear on the "no friends link, no self link" rule but this guy publishes through the company you work for which moves it into terrifically not okay territory. -- jessamyn

posted by Olive Oil

WTF, Comcast

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

posted by malthas

London Underground typeface

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This post was deleted for the following reason: more like gill sans mtwo -- cortex

posted by dhruva

TEFL Party Over?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If this is worth posting about, it needs some more background and less editorializing. -- cortex

posted by pick_the_flowers

Landing Pages and Tips

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If Reponsemine wants to impress Terminix as a client, it should probably not go around violating community website's no-shilling guidelines. Banned, spam elsewhere. -- cortex

posted by stevemkuro

Your inner turtle wants for you to spread some cheer

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is sort of weird and inside-baseball for anyone who isn't already kind of invested in UMD politics... -- cortex

posted by Electrius

The Devil and Mr. Obama

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This post was deleted for the following reason: single link op ed about a topic we've already sort of nicely asked you to lay off of axe grinding on? -- jessamyn

posted by Joe Beese

Converting Videos Howto - FFMPEG

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This post was deleted for the following reason: try harder. -- jessamyn

posted by weinzierl

100 Year Old Pedophile

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm not really clear on why this news should be the subject of a post. -- cortex

posted by Sassyfras

Sorry, Wrong Conspiracy

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Good for a laugh, not for a post. -- cortex

posted by sensate

I hope he's up for a game of Calvinball

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Not really clear what this is about beyond "did gives kid stuffed animal", and nothing about the thread is going well either. -- cortex

posted by Taft

Obama's Afghanistan Surge

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Maybe add this to the recent thread. -- cortex

posted by HP LaserJet P10006

Multifaceted Artist

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Face-painting II: Cosmetic Boogaloo -- cortex

posted by spiderskull

The Century of Self

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

posted by Glibpaxman

Assisination of a Balck Panther

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This post was deleted for the following reason: you misspelled Hampton, Black and Assassination here. Nothing personal but this needs to go back to the drawing board. -- jessamyn

posted by aquathug

Avacado Crab Salad

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If Daft Punk wrote a song about this situation, it would be called One Guacamore Time -- cortex

posted by boo_radley

"Though my shock'd soul recoils, my tongue shall tell."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Pompeii and circumstance. -- cortex

posted by jokeefe

Hard Knox.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: eah, maybe keep this in the existing thread from a couple days back. -- mathowie

posted by Bathtub Bobsled

All These Love Poems That Are About You

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

posted by netbros

Fred Hampton

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A wikipedia entry and a three-paragraph blurb is way too thin for a post. -- cortex

posted by aquathug

what would "Pokerface" look like, anyway?

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

posted by liketitanic

Let them sing it for you

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Let them have sung it for you. -- cortex

posted by juv3nal

Swiss leader calls for Jewish cemetery ban.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Updates like this aren't really okay. Add it to the original thread as a comment. -- cortex

posted by kipmanley

How very christian of them

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This post was deleted for the following reason: we will all get through this holiday season together, but it will be easier if we don't just post single link newsfilter stories with snarky titles unless maybe there's another angle to this than the obvious LOLXIAN part? -- jessamyn

posted by wilful

221b Baker Street

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Between requiring facebook for participation and reading like a marketing pitch, I'm not really feeling comfortable with this. -- cortex

posted by muggsy1079

What happens in the cocoon is never very pretty

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This post was deleted for the following reason: what are you doing with this post exactly? aside from the fact that pullquotes really need to be quoted, this is a single link blog op-ed, yes? it might be better with some framing, or something. -- jessamyn

posted by paulinsanjuan

Where's Waldo?

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

posted by gman

YTP: The next generation

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Check out my awesome unicorn paintings. -- cortex

posted by boo_radley

Delta's In-Flight Safety Video

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is me wagging my finger at you. -- cortex

posted by The Deej