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It definitely read as satirical to me, meant to be read as being spoken by someone who made the choice to listen to Jenny's views on medical issues not because she has any authority on the matter, but because the listener liked her tits.

As a woman with tits, I am not offended by the aforementioned comment in the least. I am, however, greatly offended by Jenny McCarthy's views on vaccination.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 8:57 PM on July 15, 2013

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posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 8:48 AM on May 3, 2013

but of course no-one could afford it

Maybe we could mint our own MetaDollar coins to pay for it.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 5:50 PM on January 30, 2013

It's just not a holiday without someone accusing the mods of deleting things due to their political agenda.

And now that that's out of the way, we should be moving on to Feats of Strength soon, because I don't want to miss those.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 4:45 PM on December 26, 2012

Good choices! Best wishes for stress-free modding!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 3:14 PM on October 1, 2012

No one reads the snarks down here anyway...

It just confuses the people who are here to buy used cars.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 1:07 PM on September 25, 2012

Thank you for sharing your husband with us, mrs holdkris99. I won't ever hear the Beastie Boys (or Lionel Ritchie, for that matter) without thinking of him and smiling.

The amazing eulogy you've written here is heartbreaking, but it's filled with so much warmth and beauty. The depth of your love for each other shines through in every word.

It was so generous of you to share your thoughts and memories with the community, and to give us the gift… [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 1:01 AM on May 18, 2012

Oh man, that old white guy singer question. Who was he??

Must...not...reproduce...thread.

Aaarrghh! It was so frustrating seeing the "closed to new comments" note at the end! I've been wracking my brain and I'm guessing that the singer was Gary Wright and the song was Dreamweaver.

Let's just pretend I'm right. It's the only way I'll be able to sleep.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 8:06 PM on April 23, 2012

Through his prophet dunkadunc, God said: 𝔓𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔤𝔦𝔟𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔥 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱. But he only said that to keep up the illusion of free will. What he really meant was: People can post gibberish wherever they want, but they'll burn in the fiery pits of hell if they do.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 1:27 PM on March 23, 2012

I also braided my own hair while reading the thread, and I've still got a giddy grin on my face from checking my handiwork in the mirror. Thanks to odinsdream for asking the question (sending good braiding wishes -- you can do it!) and to hermitosis for spotlighting it, I feel 30 years younger! Now, where are my roller skates?...
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 1:20 AM on February 6, 2012

I haven't watched Jeopardy in quite awhile, but I'll tune in for a chance to cheer on a fellow Mefite!

Is anyone taking up a collection to persuade chicobangs to make a MetaFilter reference during the host-contestant chitchat?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 7:49 AM on December 7, 2011

Oooohh Rock Steady's idea for a Final Jeopardy shoutout is good too!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 7:50 AM on December 7, 2011

I'm guessing the show was taped a while ago, no?

Oh yeah [insert embarrassed face here]. That'll teach me to comment before I've had my coffee. Thanks for the wake-up, zarq!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 7:54 AM on December 7, 2011

I think you were the only one, Mitheral.
I heard some of the others whispering amongst themselves, "Whaddya wanna bet Mitheral is testing to see if the posting page is disabled?"
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 9:18 PM on July 31, 2011

Haterade is just watered down grar and electrolytes. Don't take it too seriously.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 11:04 PM on July 25, 2011

you can't go into a thread like that with a complete powder keg of a viewpoint

You can on the 4th of July!

GRAR for some, tiny American flags for others!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 12:02 PM on July 4, 2011

3.) The service and linked page must be human-readable (no RSS) and available to the public without a login. [emphasis mine]

A lot of people's Facebook profiles aren't available to the public without a login.

Not that it's any of my business since I don't link to any social apps in my own profile, but as a very nosey curious person I'm just wondering how you police something like that or if some of the services are exempted?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 5:03 PM on June 28, 2011

Sorry to be a pain, but that's not true in practice. For instance, when I click on the Facebook icon in your Metafilter profile, Jessamyn, it redirects to the Facebook login/signup page (even though a mouseover shows that it's supposed to go to your Facebook profile page).
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 5:42 PM on June 28, 2011

No problem. I didn't mean to sound like I was saying "Well you can't allow Facebook then!" (although I do sound that way by even bringing it up in the first place, heh).
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 6:06 PM on June 28, 2011

Okay, so, on the uncanny hengeman scale of favoriter favoritism, this is the data we have so far:

favorited by a 4 digit user number = feeling chuffed

favorited by a 6 digit user number = eyes glazing over

I want to know what the appropriate response is for receiving a favorite from a 1, 2, 3, or 5 digit user number. If we're going to adopt this system, it needs to be complete!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 12:45 PM on June 19, 2011

Are front page posts supposed to have a "point"?

No, but they are supposed to have an antipode.

Apropos of nothing, the answer to "What's the point?" should always be "The point is: Don't lose your dinosaur."
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 12:32 PM on June 19, 2011

Even though I wouldn't be interested in clicking on those kinds of videos, I know they have a worthwhile purpose when presented in a factual, non-sensationalized context, but the way the MeTa post is worded, it sounds like someone describing their morbid excitement at having discovered the Faces of Death series sitting on the dusty VHS shelves at the Goodwill.

I'm not casting aspersions on you personally, Xurando, just on the way the post comes across. I'm sure you have… [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 6:59 PM on June 17, 2011

as other Metafilteranians might want to try this

How can anyone think about charting their comments when we've got an amazing word like "Metafilteranians" sitting there on the screen unremarked upon? We should all be collaborating on reworking this into "Metafilteranian Homesick Blues."
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 10:57 PM on June 15, 2011

The man in the bicycle cap
By the big door
Wants five dollar bills
You only got four
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 9:38 PM on June 16, 2011

Cool Papa Bell anagrams into Palpable Cool* and that's how I've always thought of you from reading your comments. Thanks for being a cool Mefite, and come back soon.

*It also anagrams into Lace Poop Ball, but who really keeps track of these things?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 11:19 PM on June 15, 2011

dibs

Shotgun!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 11:33 AM on June 15, 2011

Congrats and best wishes, hippybear. I always enjoy your posts and comments.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 10:56 PM on June 9, 2011

Yay for Gael! Best wishes for your book's success.

What's the author/book/publishing equivalent of theater's "Break a leg"? Maybe "Crack a spine"? If not, it totally should be.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 10:38 PM on June 9, 2011

Wishing you peace, comfort, and happy memories.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 9:15 PM on May 22, 2011

modding to do [...] modding piling up behind you [...] modding still sitting there...

Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only modding wasteland.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 7:47 PM on May 10, 2011

The donuts symbolize elitism, right?

But the sprinkles symbolize an egalitarian ideal: the even distribution of favorites.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 8:32 PM on May 10, 2011

I hate the whole add-a-y thing. It's annoyingly cutesy. lazy and it makes people sound dumb.

Why ya gotta be so jonmcy about it?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 12:09 PM on May 8, 2011

There would have to be multiple knife fights before that would happen, assuming that I survived the first knife fight.

It depends on how many five years olds your opponents bring to the yard.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 3:22 PM on May 4, 2011

A few years ago, I thought I saw mathowie on his recumbent bike at the Kansas State Fair. I have since discovered that there are many recumbent bike riders in America, some of whom look nothing like mathowie. Who knew?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 9:53 PM on May 1, 2011

You have mods that are put in place by some unknown process

restless_nomad: I am your mod!
Mefites: Well we didn't vote for you.
restless_nomad: You don't vote for mods.
Mefites: Well how'd you become mod then?
restless_nomad: The Mathowie of the MetaFilter, his arm clad in the purest shimmering hex colors, held aloft the Banhammer from the bosom of the server, signifying by divine providence that I,… [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 4:25 AM on May 1, 2011

Maybe we should try being an Anarcho-Syndicalist Community.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 4:36 AM on May 1, 2011

In the world according to MetaTalk, all threads are terminal cases.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 8:05 PM on April 29, 2011

I just heard the janitor out in the hallway. We're going to have to clear out soon. They need this space for the next Pony Request.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 8:44 PM on April 29, 2011

Meatbomb said: By definition, this will be considered the canonical last post in the thread regardless of any further dribbling and scribbling by this mass of cretins gathered around me. I win, and good day to you all.

... And we all lived happily ever after.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 9:54 PM on April 29, 2011

A man's got to know his limitations.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 10:12 PM on April 29, 2011

15 more minutes, maryr. Patience is a virtue.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 10:19 PM on April 29, 2011

Annnnnd.... Scene!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 10:30 PM on April 29, 2011

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 10:31 PM on April 29, 2011

That isn't how it works here, though, which is something I guess I need to get used to or stop participating entirely.

It's better if you remind yourself that it's not personal. If you've only had 6 answers deleted out of 134 (the current total on your profile page) you're doing pretty darn good.

I know there've been a few times when I've had an answer deleted where other answers very similar to mine were allowed to stand and… [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 3:18 PM on April 29, 2011

any deletion is a tragedy, an evil

No answer is an island entire of itself; every reply
is a piece of the thread, a part of the green;
if an answer be deleted away by the mods, AskMe
is the less, as well as if a whole post were, as
well as a comment of thy friends or of thine
own were; any answer's deletion diminishes me,
because I am involved in answering.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the delete button clicks; it clicks for thee.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 3:26 PM on April 29, 2011

~*~*~*~ Happy Birthday! ~*~*~*~
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 7:27 PM on April 26, 2011

Aww what a nice story!

I'm not a big fan of snakes, but I was a temporary foster mom to a trio of ball pythons and a red-tailed boa years ago when one of my husband's Army buddies was being discharged. He and his snakes stayed with us for about a month, and then the snakes stayed for another couple of weeks while he moved back to his hometown and got settled.

My daughter, who was three years old at the time, fell in love with those snakes, and… [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 10:03 PM on April 24, 2011

Best wishes for good health and happiness!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 10:13 PM on April 23, 2011

Some suggested slogans:

Be a good sport
Don't make your link short!

If you use a short link
You'll look like a fink!

Short links?
That stinks!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 11:16 AM on April 20, 2011

inbund links

I know that's just a typo of "inbound links" but my brain parsed it as "inbred links" and I thought that would be a great term for posts that are not technically self-links but are the "you are too close to the material/site/creator" situations.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms at 12:15 PM on April 20, 2011