Post 64330 by Ira.metafilter deleted for the following reason: That's...that's just not all that great. -- cortex
67,000 miles per hour
Post 64324 by four panels deleted for the following reason: We had a post about Weisman's post-human Earth stuff pretty recently. -- cortex
2007-08-29
2007-08-28
2007-08-27
9/11 YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!!! 9/11 Terror! 9/11
Post 64176 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: while I appreciate that you posted earlier in the day this post is still a bunch of OMG blockquotes even though linking to fairly decent articles but you really have to consider both the style and the substance around here. -- jessamyn
2007-08-26
How walkable is your neighborhood?
Post 64150 by stbalbach deleted for the following reason: This double post is hella walkable. -- cortex
2007-08-25
2007-08-24
Castro dead?
Post 64110 by Space Kitty deleted for the following reason: Yeah, how about we not post speculation from a gossip column. -- cortex
Gay or High School Musical?
Post 64106 by NedderLander deleted for the following reason: Yeah, so Ned Horsey writes for radaronline. You did see the bit about self-links being a bannable offense, right? -- cortex
symbolic demotion
Post 64098 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: This was like so five minutes four years ago, chuck. -- cortex
2007-08-23
2007-08-22
Gaming taken to a whole new level of geekery
Post 64054 by echolalia67 deleted for the following reason: My god, it's spreading! Go ahead and follow up in the thread from yesterday, please. -- cortex
2007-08-21
Oh lord won't you buy me a decent marketing website
Post 64028 by Samuel Farrow deleted for the following reason: you know, you explained to me why you thought this post as a good one, and I sort of decided to see what MeFi thought of it, but MeFi sort of thinks it's a pepsi blue not that great post. I'm sorry. -- jessamyn
John Cage Rocks
Post 64006 by jennydiski deleted for the following reason: Congrats on your first double post, jennydiski. You are now officially One Of Us. -- cortex
2007-08-20
Where can I get quality canvas tote bags? Recycled/organic cotton even better.
Post 63995 by subpixel deleted for the following reason: I think you were looking for Ask Metafilter. -- cortex
Vick heads to the Doghouse
Post 63992 by b_thinky deleted for the following reason: See previous deleted thread for link to still-open previouser thread. -- cortex
best of the printed out web?
Post 63985 by mattbucher deleted for the following reason: Cute. Kind of a terrible front page post, but cute. -- cortex
2007-08-19
What is Mesothelioma?
Post 63972 by The Confessor deleted for the following reason: Looks like a stunt post made after reading about the metatalk thread -- mathowie
Jaeger Bombs! Jaeger Bombs!
Post 63960 by jason's_planet deleted for the following reason: There're are a whole lot of humor videos on collegehumor; it should probably be pretty damn good to get posted, and this one's not being received very well. -- cortex
This will be a continuing series. Because there's a LOT of insane fantasy artists.
Post 63956 by metasonix deleted for the following reason: Things I'll never tell my mom about my second job #17: today I deleted a post about furry/naga sex comics because the linked materail just wasn't very interesting or notable yiffery. There might be an interesting post to be made here, but just a link to Darin's site and an inchoate comic? It's pretty thin. -- cortex
2007-08-18
New York City subway performers
Post 63941 by crypticvalentine deleted for the following reason: This is a link to a non-public playlist. Literally nothing to see here. -- cortex
Redundant design
Post 63937 by salishsea deleted for the following reason: This is one of those vestigial posts. -- cortex
2007-08-17
They hate our freedoms
Post 63923 by CameraObscura deleted for the following reason: This falls pretty short of post-worthy. -- cortex
2007-08-16
The Saddest Thing I Own
Post 63883 by Atom Eyes deleted for the following reason: This is the saddest doublepost I've ever deleted. -- cortex
Fascism on Parade
Post 63874 by Secret Life of Gravy deleted for the following reason: LOLFRINGEGROUPPRESSRELEASE? This is pretty thin post material, and the smarmy editorializing in the post doesn't help. -- cortex
2007-08-15
Rock ya like a hurricane, bro!
Post 63866 by Mayor Curley deleted for the following reason: That's it? Scorpion in bananas in Bangor? Local news at its mehst. -- cortex
I *still* support the 1872 Yellowstone Park Act.
Post 63846 by Afroblanco deleted for the following reason: At 51 (!) previous links on the front page, I think we've pretty much got McSweeneys covered, at least on the "here's a reasonably funny but otherwise unexceptional single entry" angle. Also, SNARKY RANT PHAICE. -- cortex
2007-08-14
Feeding frenzy
Post 63836 by MaryDellamorte deleted for the following reason: Somebody posted this last Caturday. -- cortex
Keanu? Where are you?
Post 63828 by nevercalm deleted for the following reason: There's a 100% chance that this is a simulation of a previous post. -- cortex
2007-08-13
Only George Bush can protect us from this threat!
Post 63778 by Pope Guilty deleted for the following reason: Choose Your Own Deletion: (a) more like george w romero amirite? (b) eh. This is just a no-brainer editing joke, on a day where we've already got a boiling bushco post. -- cortex
2007-08-12
Science Tattoos
Post 63753 by Kattullus deleted for the following reason: This is the flickr set of the pics from this recent post. -- cortex
2007-08-11
it is abomination
Post 63729 by four panels deleted for the following reason: this is a "look at these assholes" post with extra outrage thrown in for good measure. -- jessamyn
2007-08-10
Develop your Emotional Intelligence or Die Early
Post 63712 by Chinese Jet Pilot deleted for the following reason: I'm glad you're doing well, but this a really weird blog-entry thing to post to Metafilter. -- cortex
Chimpanzees are vengeful but not spiteful
Post 63705 by overhauser deleted for the following reason: this is an abstract to a paper not available without purchase so as a songle-link goes it's pretty "eh" -- jessamyn
Bill O'Reilly vs. .....The Bourne Ultimatum?
Post 63700 by DougieZero1982 deleted for the following reason: Hey, you know? Linking to Bill while complaining about Bill is exactly and precisely what Bill wants people to do. Aside from that, this is just a frickin' link to a Bill O'Reilly op-ed. Bad post. -- cortex
2007-08-07
Barry who?
Post 63643 by Silune deleted for the following reason: There's no reason not to discuss Sadaharu in the other thread. -- cortex
756
Post 63641 by jckll deleted for the following reason: this is a really really weak post. this is a newsfilter post. This is an announcement post. This is a one link post to a one sentence piece of news. there are many great ways to tell us about the long struggle that got barry bonds to where he is today or even a better link to better content. This is not that post. I am sorry. -- jessamyn
Adding Injury to Injury
Post 63634 by emjaybee deleted for the following reason: "This thread would be a more impressive race to the bottom if the poster hadn't given it such a head start." seriously, it's hard enough to talk about sensitive topics without a totally loaded post abotu them. if someone else wants to try this story again, please feel free. -- jessamyn
Through Being Cool
Post 63621 by LinusMines deleted for the following reason: A craigslist rant doesn't seem like particularly good front page material, especially one pretty much custom-built to start an Aussie/American flamewar. -- cortex
...A non-emergent emergency, it seems.
Post 63611 by objet deleted for the following reason: SLBOE - thats sinlge link blog op-ed which isn't really mitigated by linking to the document that the progressive is fuming about. I know this wasn't your main intention, at least I hope not, but this is sort of a "look at these assholes" post on a topic that really good be given some sort of a more serious treatment. -- jessamyn
2007-08-06
2007-08-05
2007-08-04
I Hate You All
Post 63554 by mr_crash_davis deleted for the following reason: I would like to make a long post explaining why I am deleting this, but there isn't much to say except "sucks" -- jessamyn
101 Simple Summer Meals
Post 63549 by St Urbain's Horseman deleted for the following reason: we ate 47 of these meals tonight at my house because we read about it previously on metafilter. -- jessamyn
Misrepresented?
Post 63538 by puddnhead deleted for the following reason: why is your post so bereft of explanation and so SLBOEfiltery. Please make a post to something neat you found on the web, not wikipedia articles and juxtaposed forum postings without giving us some idea of why you think it's so interesting. I can't even tell if this is a "look at these assholes" post or not -- jessamyn
Oh, boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking!
Post 63531 by sluglicker deleted for the following reason: I woke up at four in the morning, out of the blue, and I couldn't figure out why until, sipping some water and rubbing my bleary eyes, I glanced at the front page of Metafilter. "Ah," I thought to myself, "that explains it". -- cortex
2007-08-03
2007-08-02
Full Books
Post 63488 by hama7 deleted for the following reason: This seems to be nothing but a bad scrape of gutenberg.org. -- cortex
No abortion without paternal consent
Post 63485 by oncogenesis deleted for the following reason: See previously; until something actually happens, this is just a wacky (if disheartening) bluff. -- cortex
T-Mo's Unlimited International Email: country links, caveats & notes
Post 63479 by allterrainbrain deleted for the following reason: I'd say this post is in the wrong place, but I don't think there is a place for this kind of thing. -- mathowie
I'll Need To See Your Hall Pass, Miss
Post 63471 by bitter-girl.com deleted for the following reason: This might be notable if the wingnut bill ever gets anywhere near passing; for now it's just point-and-laugh/holler material. Kudos on the Ohio link roundup, though. -- cortex