What would lead someone to create the Ballbra men's underwear?

Post 67814 by jayzallme deleted for the following reason: This Is Against The Rules. -- jessamyn

vinyl sleeve heads

Post 67804 by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese deleted for the following reason: The first four words of this deletion reason are actually the cover of the debut album of Tommy Double and the Conjoiners. -- cortex

Riot Right Clit Click Shave Save

Post 67799 by freshwater_pr0n deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

Best Weblogs About Media and Journalism

Post 67785 by jlori deleted for the following reason: put it projects, thanks! -- jessamyn

*insert line from video here to render joke unfunny*

Post 67784 by Christ, what an asshole deleted for the following reason: We've seen some of this previously, and you admit that you main link isn't up to snuff, and you're being super defensive in the thread? And you decided to go with "cunt" for a username? This may not be the best way to debut your new account. -- cortex

Securing Pakistan's Nukes

Post 67746 by scalefree deleted for the following reason: Put this in the open thread. -- cortex

Dry Cleaning v Radioactivity

Post 67742 by tombola deleted for the following reason: Ugh. So this is the latest in a long history of posts to sites you either run or edit? Not cool. -- cortex

"I can still actually feel her smell"

Post 67718 by amyms deleted for the following reason: Alas, a double, and recently. -- cortex

Over on the r i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ght....

Post 67715 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: this is a grindy grindy OMGXIANS post and really isn't a great post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

"I always hesitate to say things like this in interviews because they tend to come back to haunt you, but if I were an Arab-American, I would insist on being profiled."

Post 67707 by dawson deleted for the following reason: Double. Creepy! -- cortex

I play poker (and lose).

Post 67703 by timsteil deleted for the following reason: if your one tag is metafilter and your point is metafilter then this maybe needs to go on metatalk. Calling out an ex-user in this fashion detracts from what might otherwise be a decent post. -- jessamyn

Not Romney Says Monitor Editors

Post 67690 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: single link blog op ed filter -- jessamyn

How seo effect search engines results ?

Post 67668 by emilio deleted for the following reason: This is a bad idea. -- pb

... the grave deeper.

Post 67656 by Pants! deleted for the following reason: Let's all just revel in the irony of this deletion. -- cortex

Handbell hero

Post 67637 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: The truth? You can't handbell the truth! -- cortex

Huckabee on Foreign Affairs

Post 67631 by shivohum deleted for the following reason: single link typoed op ed with a lot of RWAR RWAR RWAR language in it and a lot of elided pullquotes. This isn't really a great post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

A new dawn

Post 67620 by ruelle deleted for the following reason: doppelter Pfosten -- cortex

Because everyone needs a little tightening now and then.

Post 67595 by blatant gizmo deleted for the following reason: The whole "don't self-link or you'll get your post deleted and your account banned" thing isn't exactly a minor policy point around here. -- cortex

Christopher Hitchens Gives a Dramatic Reading of Tom Lehrer's "A Christmas Carol"

Post 67585 by pjdoland deleted for the following reason: If you're going to post an example of Christopher Hitchens being a provactive dick, it should probably be something just dang superlative, not a short video of him bitching about Christmas and butchering Tom Lehrer. -- cortex

Sexy Women in Space

Post 67565 by nixerman deleted for the following reason: not much here beyond zomg hot women -- mathowie

The Future is Now

Post 67550 by Chinese Jet Pilot deleted for the following reason: Four lightweight articles (one is a paragraph blurb!) trying to make a general point doesn't really add up to a quality post. -- cortex

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

Post 67547 by craniac deleted for the following reason: The content here -- celebrity's age, get surgery -- isn't exactly new stuff, the presentation of the photos kind of sucks at that, and you've bizarrely pushing people toward some other bulletin board. This is a pretty strange post. -- cortex

Rabbit pulled out of a Language Hat

Post 67545 by cogneuro deleted for the following reason: To metatalk, before the horses get randy again! -- cortex

HEEYUKYUKYUKYUKYUK

Post 67527 by pyramid termite deleted for the following reason: Ha ha! -- cortex

Is France Ready For A FLILF?

Post 67526 by Skeptic deleted for the following reason: bleh. -- jessamyn

Underrated Beatles Songs start at Song of the Day

Post 67506 by randyripoff deleted for the following reason: good morning, self-link, banned. -- jessamyn

The Bali Roadmap

Post 67475 by AceRock deleted for the following reason: this is a single link to a news wire article on a hot button topic. If you're really passionate about global warming, you might want to make a post with more depth and content. -- jessamyn

Teddy Muhammad

Post 67473 by lunit deleted for the following reason: The Teddy Bear product thing is kind of lame and banal mean-spiritedness, and the rest of this is just recapping updating on the still-open thread that you linked. Probably better to just drop this as an update comment there than start a huge argument here. -- cortex

He turns to me and says "That’s the Spice Girls - they’re this like, girly f*ckin’ band from England in Scotlandshire."

Post 67468 by beaucoupkevin deleted for the following reason: NSFW: Lame. Sorry Astro Zombie. -- jessamyn

test post

Post 67458 by pb deleted for the following reason: Just a test -- pb

The Best Entertainment-Related Gifts

Post 67457 by Coherence Panda deleted for the following reason: An skimpy EW blog entry and a product page for a novelty wonka ticket? There doesn't seem to really be a post here. -- cortex

heroine

Post 67454 by plexi deleted for the following reason: Been there, Dimmocked that. -- cortex

Miles and Miles of Shiny Things

Post 67452 by Stynxno deleted for the following reason: wish this wasn't lame. alas, it is. -- jessamyn

Clarity

Post 67441 by jimfl deleted for the following reason: this is a press release and a wikipedia article. While I agree it's sort of inteersting news, newsfilter posts are held to a sort of higher "why shoudl I care" standard since it's a huge melting pot of nerds from all over here. -- jessamyn

Small moves, Ellie, small moves.

Post 67434 by ikahime deleted for the following reason: And good for her, but a link to a defamer about water cooler celebrity stuff that anybody who cares has already heard about is pretty weak stuff. -- cortex

7-year-old shot 6 times

Post 67430 by k8t deleted for the following reason: This is an awful story, but local sensational-violence newsfilter with a botched summary and a donate-here link is pretty off the mark for an good metafilter post. -- cortex

Merry Christmas

Post 67429 by 31d1 deleted for the following reason: This seems like a pretty bad idea. Sparking a debate—especially with provocative presentation—shouldn't really be the primary justification for posting. -- cortex

Little Miss Muffet sat on her crumpet

Post 67423 by plexi deleted for the following reason: This is crappy fight-starter of an op-ed. -- cortex

Mitchell Report

Post 67416 by stupidsexyFlanders deleted for the following reason: I'd say wait until the report really comes out. -- mathowie

I CAN HAZ DARKNESS PLZ?

Post 67397 by InnocentBystander deleted for the following reason: Can't start a fire / can't start a fire without a spark / this post's for hire / even for doublepostin' in the dark -- cortex

the Gap

Post 67385 by plexi deleted for the following reason: Throwing together some blurby news bits is probably not a great way to approach a post about something as emotionally and culturally charged as this. -- cortex

Biore Nose Strip Zit Contest?

Post 67383 by emilbus20 deleted for the following reason: popped. eww. -- jessamyn

ZOMG! I want one!

Post 67371 by jlowen deleted for the following reason: Meh. -- cortex

Bad dog. BAD.

Post 67319 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: Ayuh, that dog sure was humping the crap outta some inanimate objects alright. -- cortex

Making "The Shining"

Post 67316 by dhammond deleted for the following reason: Yep, it's a double. -- cortex

4 Star Review of the Bic Crystal

Post 67314 by spock deleted for the following reason: A sarcastic review on Amazon (a) is pretty thin for front page material, and (b) has been done in at least a half-dozen previous posts. This post has been flagged something fearsome. -- cortex

Rule 34 strikes again.

Post 67303 by loquacious deleted for the following reason: You know, we don't have to prove Rule 34 by example, and it feels like it's been a little heavy on the "well, look at this weird porn!" stuff lately. -- cortex

Combinatoric economics (beta)

Post 67294 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: A circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh / The phone, the tv and the news of the world / Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh / Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies / Put us back on the train / Oh, back on the chain gang -- cortex

What does "matures" mean?

Post 67282 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

The enchanting Joseph Smith

Post 67262 by barjo deleted for the following reason: we've done jack chick and lolxians a fair amount here already and this is a link to a comic, a mefi post and a mefi tag search. -- jessamyn

Mind over METAL!!!

Post 67247 by jonmc deleted for the following reason: two rhino box set posts in two days is probably one too many. -- jessamyn

Crazy guy sues everyone who was mean to him online

Post 67227 by ObscureReferenceMan deleted for the following reason: Closed randi forums kinda neuter this for the vast majority of readers, unfortunately. -- cortex

How to be evil with your photos

Post 67191 by sim.possible deleted for the following reason: Well, people seem to think this pretty much sucks. (Curious, though, from the blog: "The winners will be announced here on 31st February 2008." Handy.) -- cortex

Wikipedia-like interface, but for pornography.

Post 67185 by mxmiller deleted for the following reason: With you having just just posted this (twice!) to reddit, bidding for SEO jobs for "an adult website", and other hits for a marc miller pimping the site, this is looking like a pretty blatant self-link. -- cortex

Chimps are smarter than you

Post 67149 by Mwongozi deleted for the following reason: Still up for debate is how chimps would stack up in the "avoiding double posts" category. -- cortex

Sperm Donor 'Dad' Must Pay Child Support

Post 67136 by five fresh fish deleted for the following reason: "the topic is a dead parrot" but thanks for trying fff. -- jessamyn

Verizon disconnects 2 lives

Post 67104 by daninnj deleted for the following reason: this is a single-link newsfilter post with extra dog torture for extra "look at these assholes" characteristics which make it not really that great a post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

Incredibly Secluded Houses

Post 67103 by Ritchie deleted for the following reason: incredibly doubled posts! -- cortex

Should we kill feral cats who kill endangered birds?

Post 67102 by shivohum deleted for the following reason: Just talked about this, including Stevenson, a couple weeks ago. -- cortex

Donate sperm? You may owe child support!

Post 67099 by Sukiari deleted for the following reason: single link newsfilter post about a likely-to-be-hot-button topic is not a great post for metafilter. If you have your own blog, this is a good place to put this. -- jessamyn

On the last beat, drop dead.

Post 67095 by divabat deleted for the following reason: they cut off my link / now I'm a double post / gosh darn you -- cortex

A book lovers paradise

Post 67081 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: If you're going to just link to a store front, it's probably a good idea to tell people what's so awesome about it that's making you put it on the front page. -- cortex

At the Library? At the Library!

Post 67057 by Miko deleted for the following reason: Miko has been snared by the wily cryptodouble! -- cortex