Friday, July 30, 2010

The Land Before Time Was Right!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sawitsaurus GRARARARRARARARA -- jessamyn

posted by griphus

Thursday, July 29, 2010

This music will melt your face...94236

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Don't do stunt posts. -- mathowie

posted by schyler523

Letting go: What should medicine do when it can’t save your life?

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

posted by chunking express

Vanitas

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This post was deleted for the following reason: don't post links to your friend's work, ever. -- mathowie

posted by punkbitch

The Good Example

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this appears to be done by someone who you have made films with in the past, that's way too close to self/friends-linking for MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

posted by chelseagirl

Death Penalty Wax

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

posted by the noob

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

BP Oil Spill Was A Planned Extinction Level Event

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This post was deleted for the following reason: come on, this is the website you're the editor for. -- jessamyn

posted by all4one

Not the game

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This post was deleted for the following reason: okay, I think this is just not going to fly. sorry, I tried. -- jessamyn

posted by Antidisestablishmentarianist

The Carbon Cost of Spam

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This post was deleted for the following reason: as phrased it's unclear whether this is supposed to be here or over on Ask MetaFilter. If the latter, please post over there. If the former, please reframe this so it's clear that you know how the site works. You can do that tomorrow. -- jessamyn

posted by wherespaul

The Apple bites.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: It'd be fine if someone wants to put together a solid post about the chain of technological waste, but this sort of editorial TAKE THAT! thing is absolutely not gonna fly. -- cortex

posted by Blogwardo

Chewbacca riding a squirrel chasing Nazis.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: It's kinda sweet, but I'm not sure it is really enough. -- cortex

posted by MrMoonPie

For you will be ashamed of the terebinths that you have taken pleasure in.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I believe it is understood that topics such as these need to be framed much more carefully in order to succeed. -- vacapinta

posted by hal_c_on

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Porno for Winos

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a bad post for MetaFilter. If this isn't your own site or one you're on the street team for, you may have bad taste in wine blogs. -- jessamyn

posted by delilablu

Yvette's Wedding Dresses

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

posted by wallstreet1929

Monday, July 26, 2010

Ghost in the Clockwork Shell

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

posted by ServSci

Don't be skeered, it's just a beard.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: you do not need to go back to lurking, you just may need a simple time achine, ths is a double though a delightful one. -- jessamyn

posted by cavalier

Deconstructing Mad Men

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This post was deleted for the following reason: there's a MadMen post a few posts away. I know this is a slightly different topic, but it can either go there or you can repost it when there's not a Mad Men post on the front page. -- jessamyn

posted by kidelo

Sunday, July 25, 2010

snookin for love

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Ugh, I don't think anybody doesn't think Jersey Shore is kind of a horrible media artifact in the first place and one long bumpy post about it this year was probably enough. -- cortex

posted by 200burritos

No more Love Parade

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This kind of weirdly framed, and you need to maybe not argue with people in your own post twoleftfeet. -- cortex

posted by twoleftfeet

There's always room for Jell-O.

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

posted by gman

Saturday, July 24, 2010

His palms must hurt

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This post was deleted for the following reason: cool time lapse, but this is kind of an over the top ad for Palm -- mathowie

posted by Vamier

Friday, July 23, 2010

Mormons, I mean morons, banned from driving motorized couch around BYU campus

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry kind of lame all around -- mathowie

posted by legweak

Batpug!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is sort of "poprcupine eating a banana" only not as cute. No big deal but it may be time to reign in some of the SLYT stuff...? -- jessamyn

posted by fish tick

Fred Phelps only think about fags, nerds only think about sex.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Double, though super informative -- mathowie

posted by Telf

Thursday, July 22, 2010

It's not you, it's me (comic)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: sorry, not really ground-breaking enough of a single comic strip to warrant a post. -- mathowie

posted by Hasai

Literary Irony Overload

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

posted by oneswellfoop

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

cows & cows & cows

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This post was deleted for the following reason: HOW THEN BROWN COW -- cortex

posted by NoraReed

How do farmers markets affect the local economy?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is pretty thin and reads like PR. -- cortex

posted by rageagainsttherobots

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Could Windows Phone 7 Come Out at a Better Time?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Probably best as a comment in your previous post. -- vacapinta

posted by Hasai

Insert joke here

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This post was deleted for the following reason: The tech could make for an interesting post but there's no way this is going to be a worthwhile discussion about it. -- cortex

posted by plaidrabbit

Oilmageddon 2: The FUD

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This post was deleted for the following reason: The load-bearing pillar at the center of this post appears to be a pile of silly woo-woo. Not great post material. -- cortex

posted by clarknova

Sunday, July 18, 2010

mean streets

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Even without the borked link, this is kind of a weak NYT blurb. -- cortex

posted by four panels

The Obama Deception deception

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

posted by thescientificmethhead

Saturday, July 17, 2010

If Only I Had Payed Attention To This Advice In Second Year

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This post was deleted for the following reason: kind of a double, parodies of the old spice guy are probably better as comments in the existing old spice guy thread. -- mathowie

posted by battlebison

Friday, July 16, 2010

8 out of 5 dentists agree: this is 6 gajillion times better

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Cute but probably fine as a comment here. -- cortex

posted by cavalier

"But she could see Torsten bracing herself to live in this world they'd made."

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yup, sorry, but we've seen it. -- cortex

posted by Chipmazing

Can you tell me what the man who hit you looked like?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: One of the most deleted posts...EVAR. -- cortex

posted by zerobyproxy

How to discuss honor killings

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is really not a good way to go with this. There's a related Metatalk thread if you want to discuss the subject. -- cortex

posted by saysthis

Portland (OR) Public School Superintendent proposes to cut k-8 physical education to meet budget demands

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This post was deleted for the following reason: a bit too local for a global site, sorry -- mathowie

posted by jeffmac

Things melting

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This post was deleted for the following reason: sure is hot out lately. We do love this, but have seen it before. -- jessamyn

posted by new brand day

Thursday, July 15, 2010

YOU'RE NOT PAW PAW!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, people are already discussing this just fine in the previous post, keep it there. -- cortex

posted by tylerfulltilt

Not Safe for Bulls

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Big Picture is awesome but we've seen it an awful lot and the editorial tag on this post is really more something for your own blog than for the front page. -- cortex

posted by bwg

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

"America very good,"

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Short Huffpo editorial is rarely a good post. -- cortex

posted by telstar

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Why Swedes rarely smoke?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: you appear to have made this site yourself. -- jessamyn

posted by zanesmtp

pOnd, a relaxation game

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This post was deleted for the following reason: that website died quickly. Sorry folks. -- jessamyn

posted by The Devil Tesla

A Mullet Is Optional

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This appears not to be a thing. -- cortex

posted by bwg

Monday, July 12, 2010

An American Honor Killing

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is awful, but we've had posts discussing honor killings in general and specific incidents before and I'm not sure what good is going to come from this one. -- cortex

posted by Pope Guilty

ART EXPERT CRACKS DA CODE

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

posted by griphus

drug that prevnts lesbianism

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Previously and better. -- cortex

posted by halekon

The end? (?)

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This post was deleted for the following reason: sorry, celeb stuff doesn't really go well here, so I WILL KILL THIS POST AND BURY IT -- mathowie

posted by Electrius

KP Astrology - Most accurate form of Astrology

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This post was deleted for the following reason: The stars tell me that you are banned. -- cortex

posted by KPAstrology

Get that fruity smell out of your beard

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This post was deleted for the following reason: We've seen hyperbole and a half at least a couple times now, and this particular post doesn't seem to be going over great. -- cortex

posted by new brand day

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Phillies Assassin: License To Tase

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I don't know enough about tauntr to know if this is meant more as satire or just button-pushing, but in practice it's bad taste + shitty coding, maybe not so great for a post. -- cortex

posted by fixedgear

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Top 10 Most Popular Items Stolen Online

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a link to your own site. This is against the rules. You are banned from MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

posted by Jericho

History of Erotic Comics and Sexy Stories

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a sketchy cookie-cutter-spam looking site with zero content. -- cortex

posted by zanesmtp

Mark Driscoll gets mad

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This guy sure is yelling a lot. -- cortex

posted by superiorchicken

Science and Art

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This post was deleted for the following reason: this seems like a blog by someone you went to school with that you have already mentioned once this week. Friendslinky suff isn't great here. Maybe get her an account and post it to Projects? -- jessamyn -- jessamyn

posted by Jessness

Friday, July 09, 2010

LAWYERS DID NOT HAVE TO GET INVOLVED!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Props to whoever at Something Awful is boning up on their Fake Crazy, I guess, but this really isn't a good post for mefi. -- cortex

posted by Senor Cardgage

Tech gets Lebronified

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This post was deleted for the following reason: It looks like you write for TechCrunch. This is completely not okay. -- cortex

posted by atsotsis

In Jail For Being In Debt

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

posted by reenum

This is what Hurricane Alex did to our city

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Hurricanes are awful stuff but this is really not an okay post for Metafilter. -- cortex

posted by theholotrope

Terror in Kemmerer, Wyoming

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This post was deleted for the following reason: "cops are jerks" stories really need to have something more to them than this. They go badly here. -- jessamyn

posted by mecran01

Omni Consumer Products

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This post was deleted for the following reason: exciting future past, lalala -- jessamyn

posted by Artw

Had To Be Intentional

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This post was deleted for the following reason: MODS NIX DIX SCHTICK -- cortex

posted by Mayor Curley

Thursday, July 08, 2010

You may want to employ someone with Asperger's syndrome

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This post was deleted for the following reason: There's probably a good post that could be made about this, but one short little editorial is not good material for a mefi post. -- cortex

posted by GlassHeart

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

ME AM PLAY GODS!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: POSTED THIS MANY [finger] [finger] -- cortex

posted by edguardo

Everybody out in the dance floor!

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

posted by wilful

Phil is RIDING the bike lane!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: This is a long, slow way to go for a joke. -- cortex

posted by divabat

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Father Son Duet. Yes

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This post was deleted for the following reason: I cannot believe there are two posts about this guy. -- cortex

posted by mippy

No sunshine policy

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Probably a better post out there about this if it needs being made, this does fall sort of weirdly to the editorial side. -- cortex

posted by MattMangels

Worcester Betting

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Spam -- vacapinta

posted by sophielamm

Monday, July 05, 2010

Plato wrote in patterns?

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

posted by superiorchicken

Official EU social network

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

posted by joost de vries

TIME Magazine's Best Blogs of 2010

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This post was deleted for the following reason: A clickbait list so nice we declined to appear on it twice. -- cortex

posted by surewouldoutlaw

Saturday, July 03, 2010

10 Points for Watching this Video!

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

posted by fizzzzzzzzzzzy

You're Doing It Wrong!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: Single short huffpo link is pretty thin stuff, maybe put this in the recent thread if it's not there already. -- cortex

posted by Trochanter

Hold your breath...

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This post was deleted for the following reason: If dude was base-2 jumping, this would be post number 10. -- cortex

posted by HuronBob

Let's see what happens when we blow up the Van Allen belts!

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This post was deleted for the following reason: boom -- jessamyn

posted by Obscure Reference

Thriller Diaries.

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This post was deleted for the following reason: YOU WILL HAVE BEEN THRILLED -- cortex

posted by grapefruitmoon

Thursday, July 01, 2010

An update from Christopher Hitchens

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This post was deleted for the following reason: why doesn't someone try this again with out the auto-derail lulz tags please? -- jessamyn

posted by device55

Do airbenders have color?

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This post was deleted for the following reason: HOW MANY AIRBENDERS ARE THERE -- cortex

posted by The1andonly