"I close with the hope that the title proves prophetic."

Deleted thread: 93321

This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, a rotten tomatoes link and an ebert review confirming that a likely-bad movie turned out bed is kind of thin to start with, and your writeup reads more like a personal blog entry than a metafilter post. -- cortex

posted by luvcraft

Grandpa GaGa

Deleted thread: 93314

This post was deleted for the following reason: eh, meh, hmm. -- mathowie

posted by Daddy-O

Cultivated Play: Farmville

Deleted thread: 93309

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

posted by chunking express

A Hoax Most Cruel

Deleted thread: 93302

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a five year old news article and a wikipedia link, sort of thin for a MeFi post. -- jessamyn

posted by reenum

HTC Evo vs iPhone 4

Deleted thread: 93292

This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, there's been a lot of iPhone-etc stuff lately and this isn't great. -- cortex

posted by knz

Study finds whites more likely than blacks to take illicit drugs

Deleted thread: 93287

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a self link, you are banned. -- jessamyn

posted by istandb4u

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Deleted thread: 93278

This post was deleted for the following reason: we heard this before... (sorry) -- mathowie

posted by Brent Parker

Green Machine

Deleted thread: 93276

This post was deleted for the following reason: Well, okay, you're banned now. -- cortex

posted by william_boot

Gaga's just the lede, boys

Deleted thread: 93241

This post was deleted for the following reason: we sort of already deleted this and it hasn't improved much, sorry klang -- jessamyn

posted by klangklangston

My 215 pairs beats your 214 pairs

Deleted thread: 93231

This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, puff news-of-the-weird bit from CNN with meatless "AND IT'S FOR A GOOD CAUSE" padding is kinda thin for a post. -- cortex

posted by zerobyproxy

DIY Holograms!

Deleted thread: 93221

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

posted by grumblebee

ChessBoxing

Deleted thread: 93213

This post was deleted for the following reason: Chessboxing is pretty awesome but we've covered it before. -- cortex

posted by Paul Slade

Cheney's got heart

Deleted thread: 93209

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is not great for metafilter. -- jessamyn

posted by anothermug

out of this world...

Deleted thread: 93200

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

posted by shockingbluamp

Four years of captivity

Deleted thread: 93190

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is more of the same. Please do not post here about I/P issues unless there's something happening that is of interest to the larger community that you can talk about without resorting to the same old GRAR. MetaTalk is your option. Thank you. -- jessamyn

posted by Joe in Australia

Don't taze my Granny!

Deleted thread: 93168

This post was deleted for the following reason: Look, it's awful that that happened but what is the point of posting this? Metafilter is not a police watchdog site, if there's going to be a post about something shitty an officer/dept. did it needs to be more substantial than "they did a bad thing". -- cortex

posted by Talez

Victorian Bulldog not enjoying the heat

Deleted thread: 93164

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

posted by idixon

You are leaving your dress?

Deleted thread: 93163

This post was deleted for the following reason: Posted 5min before -- mathowie

posted by gman

Nworb Eilrahc, Nam Doog A Er'uoy.

Deleted thread: 93148

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is pretty thin for a post, sorry. -- mathowie

posted by WCityMike

Kim Jon Il lives a charmed life

Deleted thread: 93099

This post was deleted for the following reason: This reads like something for your blog, not the front page of mefi. -- cortex

posted by b2walton

MeoWMeoWMeow

Deleted thread: 93096

This post was deleted for the following reason: I...this feels a little contrived for the sake of a link to an overpriced cat toy. Cute but probably not worth a not-great post to prop it up. -- cortex

posted by cashman

Witty ticcy...Tim?

Deleted thread: 93095

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, if you want to rework this tomorrow to not hang it off the paywall link that'd be fine; as is this kind of stumbles at the lede. -- cortex

posted by toodleydoodley

"Play Me, I'm Yours"

Deleted thread: 93074

This post was deleted for the following reason: maybe put some of these links into the open thread? -- jessamyn

posted by zarq

Kitten Wearing a Tiny Hat

Deleted thread: 93071

This post was deleted for the following reason: adorable, but pretty much already in the kitten-tiny-hat thread already in progress -- jessamyn

posted by odinsdream

(boning joke)

Deleted thread: 93068

This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm looking through you, where did you go / I thought I knew you, what did I know / You don't look different, but you have changed / I'm looking through you, you're not the same -- cortex

posted by shakespeherian

WC 2010 Lego Highlights

Deleted thread: 93060

This post was deleted for the following reason: *insert vuvuzela sound here* double -- cortex (sorry cortex - puke)

posted by never used baby shoes

Lady Gaga's Feminism

Deleted thread: 93059

This post was deleted for the following reason: I think Lady GaGa has gotten to the point where unless she can plug the BP spill we maybe don't need to hear about her for a while. Nothing personal inara it's just an ebb/flow sort of thing. -- jessamyn

posted by inara

I wish I were making this up

Deleted thread: 93015

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is still random detail-free news of the weird. I know it's an eye-catching headline and all, but it's barely more than that. -- cortex

posted by d. z. wang

Injustice Collector

Deleted thread: 93008

This post was deleted for the following reason: Not bothering to frame a fifty-year-old pullquote and article about a great big awful and still-really-troublesome civil rights issue as being a fifty-year-old article is pointlessly bucking for bad feelings. Please don't do this. -- cortex

posted by orthogonality

BP, it is important to note, is less an oil company than a bank that finances oil exploration;

Deleted thread: 92997

This post was deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure what happ -- cortex

posted by Huplescat

Joy and Pain, Sunshine and Rain

Deleted thread: 92985

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is just a weak comic intended to start an argument. -- vacapinta

posted by bwg

All in the name of "War on Drugs"

Deleted thread: 92971

This post was deleted for the following reason: We've had a run of bad cop posts lately, sorry. -- mathowie

posted by 6:1

A mushroom cloud composed of monkeys

Deleted thread: 92963

This post was deleted for the following reason: I AM CANCELLING THIS PREQUEL -- cortex

posted by Rory Marinich

"Far from being celebrated, women’s rising power is perceived as a threat."

Deleted thread: 92960

This post was deleted for the following reason: Man, The Atlantic sure is ending the hell outta men. -- cortex

posted by anotherpanacea

What would you do if you found someone with a crazy great idea?

Deleted thread: 92959

This post was deleted for the following reason: we sort of covered this video last year -- mathowie

posted by iffley

He who can destroy a thing controls it

Deleted thread: 92951

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a seriously bad bill but you need to not make your MeFi post into a GRAR GRAR editorial about it. Try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

posted by Michael Roberts

Not Considering

Deleted thread: 92927

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

posted by jtajta

Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them.

Deleted thread: 92925

This post was deleted for the following reason: Dear Askme: I left this sandwich post out for about a week, is it safe to eat? -- cortex

posted by crunchland

Top Ten Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Deleted thread: 92920

This post was deleted for the following reason: This does not meet the bar we've set for I/P posts. The posts tend to go badly here and a single link even to a decent article is pretty much not going to fly. I am sorry. If this is something you feel strongly about, make a different sort of post tomorrow. -- jessamyn

posted by Substrata

USB Typewriter

Deleted thread: 92902

This post was deleted for the following reason: EVERY YEAR WE GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SALMON FOR wait that's something else -- cortex

posted by Chocolate Pickle

Portal 2 fans are teased by Valve with a moist piece of cake.

Deleted thread: 92901

This post was deleted for the following reason: I assure you I am as excited for Portal 2 as any other cake-yearning wormholer in the world, but this is just a little teaser trailer. -- cortex

posted by the_observer

NO JAYWALKING! IT'S THE LAW!!!

Deleted thread: 92893

This post was deleted for the following reason: Please, not another cop outrage thread. We're all filled up currently. -- mathowie

posted by AElfwine Evenstar

Arf! VROOOM

Deleted thread: 92892

This post was deleted for the following reason: goofy two paragraph news of the weird don't make for good posts, sorry. -- mathowie

posted by Ndwright

Miley Cyrus upskirt shot: Child porn?

Deleted thread: 92848

This post was deleted for the following reason: This really doesn't seem like a good idea. -- cortex

posted by Fizz

a particularly odd tiger

Deleted thread: 92843

This post was deleted for the following reason: A couple photos and 150 words about a news-of-the-weird story from the story is almost always too thin for a post and this isn't an exception. -- cortex

posted by hereticfig

Is Bert coming out?

Deleted thread: 92840

This post was deleted for the following reason: I love Bert and Ernie, but this feels like random Buzzfeed blogger fishing for clicks on the strength of a ridiculous overparsing. -- cortex

posted by yellowbinder

The Gang that Couldn't Drill Straight

Deleted thread: 92837

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a really shitty thing, true, but this needs to be less MeFi Op Ed and more "here's something neat I found on the web" to get above the "same old shit" BP posts we've been seeing. Try again tomorrow maybe? -- jessamyn

posted by CheeseDigestsAll

Ritualistic Iconography

Deleted thread: 92835

This post was deleted for the following reason: BREAKING: THEM ARE STILL THANGS -- cortex

posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Alleged Painter Arrested for DUI

Deleted thread: 92830

This post was deleted for the following reason: I am giggling a little bit at Thomas Kinkade while I delete this as basically news-of-the-very-slightly-weird. -- cortex

posted by treeshar

Subway FTW

Deleted thread: 92825

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is kinda weak for post material. -- cortex

posted by growabrain

Whoomp! There's Barack!

Deleted thread: 92798

This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, it was kind of a cute "what if" thing when it first started making the rounds but when the whole thing is just "hey this screenshot isn't actually of the guy who you'd guess it wasn't of" it's a little thin for a post. -- cortex

posted by zardoz

Don't buy Dubai

Deleted thread: 92793

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

posted by dbmcd

Galloping Gertski

Deleted thread: 92771

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

posted by pjern

In Sweden, Men Can Have It All

Deleted thread: 92763

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

posted by modernnomad

Because White Holes Would Be Okay

Deleted thread: 92749

This post was deleted for the following reason: Not a great post, sorry. -- mathowie

posted by GatorDavid

'Mid pleasure and palaces though we may roam / Be it ever so humble there's no place like home!

Deleted thread: 92744

This post was deleted for the following reason: This appears to be scenes from the forum life of a random internet crank mostly. -- cortex

posted by william_boot

Two State Dissonance

Deleted thread: 92739

This post was deleted for the following reason: I really don't mean to rain on your parade but for a website that isn't mostly about Israel we're a little too much about Israel lately. If what you're linking to previously is a still open thread on teh same topic, post your links there please. -- jessamyn

posted by wittgenstein

Joshua Danger

Deleted thread: 92732

This post was deleted for the following reason: If you are linking to something yours friends did, please do not also post it to metafilter. It's super totally against all the rules. -- jessamyn

posted by kenaldo

Fucking Differential Gears, How do they work?

Deleted thread: 92730

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

posted by stoneweaver

World Cup 2010 Inspired Art

Deleted thread: 92728

This post was deleted for the following reason: Goooooooooaaaaallllll! -- cortex

posted by Fizz

Remotely Sensed Wildlife Imagery

Deleted thread: 92725

This post was deleted for the following reason: deja zoo -- cortex

posted by gman

Literary confessions of a professional Blackjack player.

Deleted thread: 92693

This post was deleted for the following reason: oh you are so banned, banned for self-linking! -- jessamyn

posted by SMITHMag

You can tell the pioneers by the arrows in their backs

Deleted thread: 92668

This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, this may or may not turn into a substantially interesting thing but for now two links to gawker is kinda thin. -- cortex

posted by mojohand

Don't Cry for Me, Alejandro.

Deleted thread: 92658

This post was deleted for the following reason: I sort of feel that we need to work a little more on gaga posts to not be just "hey a new video" -- jessamyn

posted by grapefruitmoon

Tourists and Locals

Deleted thread: 92653

This post was deleted for the following reason: please add these links to the open thread -- jessamyn

posted by jefficator

Woman struck by lightning minutes before proposal

Deleted thread: 92636

This post was deleted for the following reason: It's a sad story but it's also basically news-of-the-weird and maybe not good fodder for a post as such. -- cortex

posted by rageagainsttherobots

Yo AP grader, Imma let you finish, but this is the best essay of all time. OF ALL TIME.

Deleted thread: 92632

This post was deleted for the following reason: nothign personal but these all require a facebook login to view and we're still at the point on our cultural development where not everyone has one of these. So maybe try again tomorrow if you can find the stuff not on facebook? -- jessamyn

posted by katemonster

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only awesome dancing

Deleted thread: 92620

This post was deleted for the following reason: "hey, she released another video" is a bit thin at this point. -- cortex

posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot

The Great Drag Race

Deleted thread: 92617

This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems more like an event announcement/press release than an interesting thing you found online -- mathowie

posted by Fizz

We shouldn't be looking backwards

Deleted thread: 92610

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

posted by empath

The Last Novelist

Deleted thread: 92565

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

posted by mattbucher

Not Safe for the Soul

Deleted thread: 92551

This post was deleted for the following reason: maybe try this again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

posted by symbioid

If the Unsinkable Happened

Deleted thread: 92549

This post was deleted for the following reason: Neat, but looks like we've seen it a few times previously. -- cortex

posted by gman

apple did better without design research and usability etc

Deleted thread: 92546

This post was deleted for the following reason: I am confused, but anyway there is an apple post right down the page so maybe just add a comment there. -- cortex

posted by infini

Gary Chang's Domestic Transformer

Deleted thread: 92533

This post was deleted for the following reason: Man, it's the post that won't die. Added a couple more tags to the original. -- cortex

posted by acb

bringing it all back home

Deleted thread: 92532

This post was deleted for the following reason: We are kind of ODing on BP threads, so yeah maybe best to just let this be discussed in the open ones. -- cortex

posted by flapjax at midnite

Underpopulation... of brain cells.

Deleted thread: 92512

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

posted by crazylegs

Jim Carrey's gone #BOING!!

Deleted thread: 92501

This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, I'm gonna #BOING this post right off the site. -- mathowie

posted by Fizz

Freedom From Porn

Deleted thread: 92490

This post was deleted for the following reason: the FMU blog has sort of been done to death here, if this is a big enough topic to get a real post about it maybe put together a real post and leave the personal axe grinding someplace else? Marking your pullquotes helps a lot. -- jessamyn

posted by finite

This is the true story of six strangers picked to live in a module, work together and have their lives taped to find out what happens when people stop

Deleted thread: 92486

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

posted by uaudio

"They are all imprisoned in space and time."

Deleted thread: 92479

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

posted by crunchland

With friends like these

Deleted thread: 92468

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

posted by twoleftfeet

Stéfan Le Dû's daily Stormtrooper shots

Deleted thread: 92462

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

posted by dobbs

In West Philadelphia I was born and raised... on the playground, is where I spent most of my days....

Deleted thread: 92443

This post was deleted for the following reason: yo holmes smell you earlier -- cortex

posted by JHarris

Purse Snatchers Face Mob Justice

Deleted thread: 92437

This post was deleted for the following reason: Not really sure that "video of angry crowd beating the shit out of some street criminals" is really a great idea for a post. -- cortex

posted by stringbean

Bad Romance. No, really, really bad.

Deleted thread: 92432

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is a bit FARKish. -- vacapinta

posted by obiwanwasabi

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Deleted thread: 92428

This post was deleted for the following reason: I must have done something bad in a previous life to find myself in the position of deleting a post about Laurie Anderson. -- cortex

posted by digaman

Israel Acting Like a 'Caged Animal'

Deleted thread: 92423

This post was deleted for the following reason: Actually, looks like this is sketchy as hell given that you own pressaction.com. Banned. -- cortex

posted by lucysun

The Fantastic Louise Bourgeois

Deleted thread: 92416

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

posted by thatelsagirl

Message from the Pentatonic

Deleted thread: 92405

This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah this has come up before -- mathowie

posted by ZenMasterThis