2009-03-31

Hunch

Post 80462 by swift deleted for the following reason: Not much of a post until Hunch is properly open for business, yeah? Let's wait until they open it up to all comers. -- cortex

Are you going to "eat" that?

Post 80456 by grapefruitmoon deleted for the following reason: Posted "previously" -- vacapinta

2009-03-28

Can't see the ninjas for the forest

Post 80381 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: single link onion posts, while funny are not really that great for metafilter. -- jessamyn

2009-03-27

Corporal Punishment

Post 80378 by five fresh fish deleted for the following reason: Man, I picked the wrong night to curl up on the couch. This seems a bit over the top, especially with the "this is what I think about this video & caning" framing. -- cortex

Forget my little pony. My Little Darth Vader.

Post 80364 by filmgeek deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

2009-03-26

New Watchman Video Game (SYTL)

Post 80340 by 5imian deleted for the following reason: Lame -- mathowie

Blowed up good. Blowed up real good!

Post 80329 by zerobyproxy deleted for the following reason: can someone try this again without the "hey you" aspect of this and maybe more than a single link newsfilter post? We all like Adam just fine but don't do this here. -- jessamyn

reconciliation

Post 80324 by plexi deleted for the following reason: There's a big difference between "it's official" and "the results of a contested study by a couple of people suggests that", and hanging a post about circumcision on the latter seems like not a great idea. -- cortex

An answer to the [CanIStill EatThis? Filter]

Post 80316 by wocka wocka wocka deleted for the following reason: Previously. -- cortex

2009-03-25

Little Red Riding Hood, the Animated Infographic Story

Post 80303 by astroworm deleted for the following reason: little red riding twood -- cortex

Extremely lucky or extremely unlucky?

Post 80288 by baphomet deleted for the following reason: WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THIS GETTING POST TWICE -- cortex

2009-03-24

Properly Follow Proper Protocols!

Post 80280 by stratospark deleted for the following reason: Linking to the Onion is a longtime faux pas here, the comedy video is only so-so. -- mathowie

Desperate Days

Post 80277 by CCBC deleted for the following reason: The second link now goes to some weird creepy "donate now" page and overall this post doesn't seem like something neat you found on the web. -- jessamyn

Farting: More than bad manners

Post 80260 by wocka wocka wocka deleted for the following reason: Little news-of-the-weird blurbs aren't great post material. -- cortex

2009-03-22

They have no army.

Post 80215 by swift deleted for the following reason: this is not a great post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

2009-03-21

L is for Library.

Post 80196 by grapefruitmoon deleted for the following reason: D is for Double -- cortex

2009-03-20

IDF fashion 2009

Post 80175 by Silky Slim deleted for the following reason: There's a one-day old IDF thread you can take this to. -- cortex

Rick Steves: Surprisingly Cool

Post 80158 by odayoday deleted for the following reason: There was a Rick Steves post just a couple months ago. -- cortex

2009-03-19

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.

Post 80139 by KokuRyu deleted for the following reason: posted previously twice before -- mathowie

Here's yer godd*mn flying car!

Post 80137 by nickp deleted for the following reason: Terrafugia's "roadable aircraft" has been mentioned a couple times previously (1,2) , the more recent of which was just a couple months ago. -- cortex

You Drink It, We Drive It

Post 80125 by Glibpaxman deleted for the following reason: Needs a bit more context. Why is this interesting? -- vacapinta

2009-03-18

Sheep Herding, An Artform

Post 80119 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: double ewe -- cortex

Natasha Richardson has passed.

Post 80114 by Lacking Subtlety deleted for the following reason: Yeah, let's wait for a real post about her instead of this breaking news stuff -- mathowie

Tomorrow Belongs to Her

Post 80108 by greekphilosophy deleted for the following reason: It's an awful thing to happen, but rush-to-post link to a rumorish E! blog entry is really kind of lowballing it on post quality. -- cortex

5 min of non-AIG talk

Post 80105 by jwakawaka deleted for the following reason: Self-link. -- cortex

My DSM code is 301.81. What's yours?

Post 80099 by Hypnotic Chick deleted for the following reason: This reads like a personal thing-you-don't-like; it's not really clear why this should be a post on mefi instead of one on your personal blog. -- cortex

A Rose By Any Other Name?

Post 80094 by beingdaddy deleted for the following reason: Previous thread was just a few days ago; this'd make more sense as a follow-up comment in there. -- cortex

Won't anyone help the children...

Post 80083 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: There is nothing new here (Fritzl has been covered before) and reads too much like a blog post -- vacapinta

2009-03-17

"Say baby, put down that pipe and get my pipe up"

Post 80073 by Knappster deleted for the following reason: pretty much done a few years ago here. -- jessamyn

2009-03-16

"Then the government gave us $10 billion."

Post 80015 by cogneuro deleted for the following reason: Er, there's a couple of bailout and bailout-reaction threads already open, and this seems like kind of a ranty self-fulfilling "this is an outrage" kind of way to post about this besides. -- cortex

Politics as usual

Post 80014 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: Building a post around a link to a holocaust revisionist site is kind of dooming it out of the gate. -- cortex

2009-03-15

Oh dear, Germany, oh dear...

Post 80002 by Artw deleted for the following reason: Eh, this is thin news-of-the-weird stuff, yeah? -- cortex

Anthropology in pictures

Post 79992 by - deleted for the following reason: not funny. a little nsfw. basically one of those "here are some pix we stole" blogs. -- jessamyn

New type of Wikipedia: BestThinking.com

Post 79989 by stbalbach deleted for the following reason: Yeah, kinda weird. -- cortex

2009-03-14

AIG to pay $100M bonuses

Post 79970 by pallen123 deleted for the following reason: This does come off as really bloggy—less with the personal editorial framing on mefi posts, please. -- cortex

If you get down on me, I'll get down...what?

Post 79962 by schyler523 deleted for the following reason: "check this out, it sucks" isn't really a great premise for a post, esp a SLYT post. -- jessamyn

2009-03-13

So so gracious..

Post 79955 by pwedza deleted for the following reason: Metafilter is really, really not the place to wage your personal battle against HuffPo. -- jessamyn

Trying not to suck

Post 79943 by strangeleftydoublethink deleted for the following reason: It's crappy when you do it, too. Please don't make stunt posts. If you think slugs are awesome and you have some great links about them, make a non-jerky post out of it in a couple weeks. -- cortex

Ariana Page Russell

Post 79934 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: you could try falling on like a fork or maybe one of those meat tenderizer hammer thingies with all the pointy bits -- cortex

2009-03-12

The circle of...

Post 79925 by pwedza deleted for the following reason: Metafilter is really, really not the place to wage your personal battle against HuffPo. -- cortex

The Mother of All Funk Chords

Post 79921 by dobie deleted for the following reason: PLEASE STOP POSTING ABOUT JONATHAN KELLERMAN -- cortex

"I don't want kids."

Post 79919 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: Meh, a brief NYT writeup on something everybody on the planet has heard about already and which is pretty much guaranteed to make for a crappy thread? -- cortex

Eyeborg.

Post 79904 by gman deleted for the following reason: I spy with my doubled eye -- cortex

Charles Freeman vs. Israel Lobby

Post 79900 by JoeXIII007 deleted for the following reason: I/P newsfilter threads rarely go well and linking to TPM and Huffpo is not great out of the gate. -- jessamyn

Killer primates: footage at 10

Post 79898 by baphomet deleted for the following reason: Monkey two times baby / monkey twice okay -- cortex

2009-03-11

P&G Digital Hack Contest

Post 79884 by jonmrich deleted for the following reason: I'd complain about you using a url-shortener for the link if I wasn't busy deleting this for being super lame-ass SEO astroturf bullshit. -- cortex

2009-03-10

Chicago, Working, The Spectator.

Post 79834 by 0x029a deleted for the following reason: You seem to have a lot of connections to Gabriella, which makes this otherwise interesting post really sketchy and not really okay. -- cortex

2009-03-09

No, we cant.

Post 79800 by damn dirty ape deleted for the following reason: oldpostingsofbarackodouble.com -- cortex

2009-03-08

Fatal Distraction

Post 79793 by COD deleted for the following reason: posted yesterday. -- jessamyn

What to get for mom's favorite little valedictorian?

Post 79792 by Andy's Gross Wart deleted for the following reason: seems like LOLhomeschoolers to me, and just links to the Jostens store -- mathowie

The future hurts.

Post 79788 by pianomover deleted for the following reason: The onion had been done and then done and then done a few dozen more time on mefi. If it's not something really exceptional, it's probably not gonna live long as a single link on the front page. -- cortex

2009-03-06

Some thoughts.

Post 79753 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: hadjiboy, metafilter is not your blog or your talk therapy. Please take a break from making posts to the blue for a month or two if that's what it takes, but this has to stop. -- cortex

Christian Salt- sold in Bible stores!

Post 79738 by SaharaRose deleted for the following reason: lolxians and editorializing to boot. -- jessamyn

First sign you're living in a work of dystopian fiction.

Post 79734 by Brian Lux deleted for the following reason: This FPP is like Jazz: The concept isn't as important as the execution -- vacapinta

2009-03-05

We are the best sales rep crew!

Post 79730 by miss lynnster deleted for the following reason: Don from accounting / is awfully nice / likes to post youtubes / sometimes twice -- cortex

Black book scholarship

Post 79722 by lazlo_80 deleted for the following reason: You apparently work for Rethink. Not cool. -- cortex

I'm Sorry, You Can't Get Into Heaven Because Your Credit is Declined

Post 79718 by expriest deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

Maybe we can crap on "...358 volumes of decisions and minutes of the Cologne City Council dating back 700 years...."

Post 79711 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: Beat to the punch, go ahead and port this stuff into that thread. -- cortex

2009-03-04

"Debate Me"

Post 79695 by dagosto deleted for the following reason: please add this to the open rush thread from yesterday. -- jessamyn

2009-03-03

Footballs worst injuries

Post 79664 by adamficekblog deleted for the following reason: this video links to a facebook group that you are involved in and is also terrible. -- jessamyn

AIG skewered by Amazon.com reviewers

Post 79663 by JVA deleted for the following reason: This is pretty dang thing. -- cortex

New Croton Dam

Post 79661 by Rhodamine deleted for the following reason: Self-linking your own site on the front page is a bannable offense. The posting page is pretty clear about this. -- cortex

This server, it fluctuates?

Post 79651 by chillmost deleted for the following reason: Wrong Filter -- vacapinta

2009-03-02

FGM

Post 79639 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: this is a bad idea. -- mathowie

Bless the Beasts and Children...

Post 79634 by ericb deleted for the following reason: this is sort of outragefilter. What are people supposed to be talking about at this point? Yes, mean people suck. -- jessamyn

Can a range hood be mounted on a backsplash?

Post 79621 by Izzy deleted for the following reason: I'm guessing you meant to post this on Ask Metafilter. Go ahead and try it again over there. -- cortex

A video in celebration of "Slumdog Millionaire." It's about a kid that sells ostrich feathers and speaks pretty much any language you can think of.

Post 79618 by buzzdiggity deleted for the following reason: Sorry, just kind of a ho-hum video from youtube. -- mathowie

Aphex twin's daughter

Post 79613 by 5imian deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

Illuminati.tv

Post 79612 by thsmchnekllsfascists deleted for the following reason: There's maybe some meat in here if it was presented a more clearly and carefully, but as is this is opaque and comes off as what folks tend to call the "LOLXTIANS" genre; if you're posting just to say "look at these [Christian-or-otherwise] jerks, they're totally not succeeding at whatever it they're trying to do", it's probably not a good post, and unfortunately it's not clear you were aiming for anything else. -- cortex

2009-03-01

The Diet of Worms

Post 79610 by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese deleted for the following reason: posted previously twice before -- mathowie

Great Financial Resource For Insider Trading Info

Post 79604 by chaostheory deleted for the following reason: You've got to be fucking kidding me. -- cortex

Shark Attacks!

Post 79598 by thinkDifferent deleted for the following reason: this seems to be something better suited to your own blog. -- jessamyn

Calculating trend against multi-state situations

Post 79593 by daver deleted for the following reason: Oops repost to ask mefi -- mathowie

The Fluff Principle

Post 79590 by mkultra deleted for the following reason: PAUL GRAHAM LIMIT EXCEEDED, maybe redirect this to that thread. -- cortex

Christopher Hitchens takes a stand.

Post 79587 by semmi deleted for the following reason: Posted previously -- vacapinta