2009-08-31

Dick Cheney admits to supporting the use of war crimes. Why is he not under arrest?

Post 84655 by hooptycritter deleted for the following reason: this is not how you do a post on MetaFilter. This is ranty and axe-grindy. -- jessamyn

I posted to Metafilter

Post 84649 by blue_beetle deleted for the following reason: There's this thing where if something's a double but it's been years and years and it's built up a lot of content sometimes we'll just let it stay anyway, and this blog manages to somehow subvert that principle by having a lot more content than it did six years ago without actually having any more content. -- cortex

Prisoners for oil

Post 84646 by finite deleted for the following reason: I know this is a little confusing, but there is an open thread talking about this issue and the way your post is worded makes the whole thing ven more muddled than it needs to be otherwise. -- jessamyn

Show me the old wood, dudes.

Post 84632 by Chrischris deleted for the following reason: To ask! -- cortex

2009-08-30

Trial by Fire

Post 84624 by sugarfish deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is better off in the already open post. -- vacapinta

"Help me get this man a kidney for Christ's sake!"

Post 84618 by augustweed deleted for the following reason: this is double plus ungood for you to have done this. I'm not sure how you don't get how against the rules this is. -- jessamyn -- jessamyn

Catasphotree

Post 84614 by Christ, what an asshole deleted for the following reason: And that's it for this episode of Eye On Youtube. -- cortex

Done! 2009 Little League World Champions

Post 84613 by RoseyD deleted for the following reason: I'm not really clear why this would be a metafilter post even if the link had been correct. -- cortex

Mullets and Mommas

Post 84610 by blue_beetle deleted for the following reason: Comes off as pretty explicitly mean-spirited, really. -- cortex

Not My Type

Post 84608 by mattdidthat deleted for the following reason: We did this last week -- mathowie

Libertarian or glibertarian?

Post 84606 by Artw deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure a top-ten diss-by-proxy Foxworthy riff about !Libertarians, from DailyKos, is a great idea for a post. -- cortex

2009-08-29

Glenn Beck

Post 84598 by finite deleted for the following reason: I think we're all filled up on Glenn Beck. Maybe post as a comment in other Beck threads. -- mathowie

Your own experience with the future of masturbation begins with the first use.

Post 84594 by pianomover deleted for the following reason: Something a little above-and-beyond "and here's a Japanese sex toy" is probably called for if you're going to go in this direction with a post. -- cortex

2009-08-28

Two Minutes Hate

Post 84570 by Jeff_Larson deleted for the following reason: We are aware that Glenn Beck is a loon, yes. There is a post down the page a bit if you really want to talk about him. -- cortex

When did you first think of trying to fake your own death?

Post 84569 by patr1ck deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and add this as a supplement to the previous thread if it's not already there. -- cortex

Butterflies In The Sky...

Post 84567 by Ruby Stevens deleted for the following reason: We saw this earlier today—but you don't have to take my word for it... -- cortex

Beck the Halls

Post 84564 by Christ, what an asshole deleted for the following reason: low hanging fruit, yeah. -- jessamyn

2009-08-27

I Never Want To Be Tortured

Post 84535 by beelzebub deleted for the following reason: Kind of a lame diggbait site that you're a pretty active user on. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that this is just compromised judgement from being a fan and not an actual attempt to shill something you have a stake in, but don't do this in the future. -- cortex

I'm Gonna Run Away! EEEEAAAAUUUGGGHH!

Post 84533 by SinisterPurpose deleted for the following reason: This is a bad metafilter post. -- cortex

Cat's Eye View

Post 84532 by joannemerriam deleted for the following reason: seen it previously though it's completely and totally adorable, still -- jessamyn

Here's to the FUTURE!

Post 84516 by Lutoslawski deleted for the following reason: Seems more like nastiness for nastiness' sake than anything particularly compelling as front page material. Avoid stuff like this for future posts, defo. -- cortex

Arguing the Point not the Person.

Post 84515 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: we are firmly into GYOB territory. If you want to discuss one topic several times per week, you need to do that on your own blog. -- jessamyn

Bobby McFerrin confirms that he is a Genius, as if we needed further proof.

Post 84513 by greenish deleted for the following reason: Posted previously, or close enough -- vacapinta

2009-08-26

"[So and so] is still alive?!"

Post 84505 by crataegus deleted for the following reason: at poster's request -- mathowie

Team, meet girls; girls, meet team

Post 84491 by Artw deleted for the following reason: Ground control to major doublepost... -- mathowie

Seven Deadly Sins by Souphatra

Post 84485 by Surfin' Bird deleted for the following reason: Not really that great, and photographers shooting themselves is about as rare as hydrogen. -- cortex

sex cahnge and feeling macho

Post 84482 by halekon deleted for the following reason: thin omg news article with typos in the title? -- jessamyn

2009-08-25

Nice Blog

Post 84474 by glaucon deleted for the following reason: I hate to break it to you, but you appear to have written up a lengthy multi-link post about a shitty website. -- cortex

Battleground God

Post 84471 by Effigy2000 deleted for the following reason: Meh, posted several times and questionable whether it was really so solidly constructed as to deserve even one of 'em. There's insightful religious commentary and then there's this. -- cortex

What? No wax beans?

Post 84457 by dersins deleted for the following reason: this lunch has been regurgitated -- cortex

Please Exit Highway 61

Post 84454 by Elmore deleted for the following reason: Celebrity GPS voices aren't exactly new, and this is a slight little article. Not much of a post here. -- cortex

sometimes looking backward is a good thing

Post 84451 by tylerfulltilt deleted for the following reason: There's an open Holder/investigation thread from yesterday, add this stuff to that fi it's not already there? -- cortex

What about Cancer?

Post 84445 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: eh, it's just a commercial, not much of a breakthrough -- mathowie

back to nature

Post 84440 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: lovely, but previously -- jessamyn

2009-08-24

Designers on Film

Post 84433 by ocherdraco deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- jessamyn

Another Test

Post 84429 by pb deleted for the following reason: Done for the day. -- pb

Test Post

Post 84427 by pb deleted for the following reason: Test complete! -- pb

To Serve and Protect

Post 84422 by sonic meat machine deleted for the following reason: It's an awful situation from any perspective, but a short article with few details about a shooting by police has very little to digest and a whole lot to have some already-well-hashed-out arguments about. Maybe a better post about this when and if there are more postworthy details at some point? -- cortex

When I grow up, I want to be a homeless person

Post 84417 by azarbayejani deleted for the following reason: A link to a new blog with just three posts? Maybe when the blog has been around and gets interesting, but not post-worthy right now. -- mathowie

Graphic anti-texting video being shown to high schoolers in Britain

Post 84413 by aacheson deleted for the following reason: PRVSLY -- cortex

"He looks like someone microwaved John Kerry."

Post 84411 by hifiparasol deleted for the following reason: An idea with promise, sorta, but the execution sucks, yeah. -- cortex

Harvard Business Review Articles

Post 84407 by vvurdsmyth deleted for the following reason: The articles must be purchased. And without them, this is too thin of a post. -- vacapinta

2009-08-23

787 Cliparts

Post 84403 by at the crossroads deleted for the following reason: This is exactly the same site/thing from three years ago. I don't get why it was worth reposting. -- mathowie

Tuts my barreh

Post 84396 by swift deleted for the following reason: Eh. -- cortex

Replace "MASS" with "MAN" and replace "ENERGY" with "SPIRIT"

Post 84392 by d1rge deleted for the following reason: I find this stuff darkly fascinating too, for what it's worth, but the line between weird-stuff and gawking-at-the-mentally-ill is kind of a blurry one and hasn't historically made for great metafilter. -- cortex

2009-08-22

Complete Torah

Post 84380 by vvurdsmyth deleted for the following reason: nothing personal but you absolutely positively can't do this here. -- jessamyn

Views From the Sickbed

Post 84374 by reenum deleted for the following reason: The View From Five Days Ago. -- cortex

"Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom."

Post 84370 by litterateur deleted for the following reason: As sort of a quasi-pirating outlet, this is maybe not such a great idea for a post. -- cortex

2009-08-21

WoW: Cataclysm

Post 84353 by thanotopsis deleted for the following reason: if this is just a "hey there's a new expansion pack" link, it's not great for MeFi, if it's something else, maybe tell us what that something else IS? -- jessamyn

"I am not dumb now."

Post 84346 by hermitosis deleted for the following reason: previously and poorly tagged. -- jessamyn

User Experience

Post 84344 by netbros deleted for the following reason: This feels a bit too promotional about a site that doesn't seem like a real great example of UX (Adaptive Path, Boxes and Arrows, etc) -- mathowie

The many uses for a bra

Post 84342 by reenum deleted for the following reason: Eh, this seems pretty Farky without anything particular interesting to redeem it. Go her with the boob-related silliness, but not much of a post. -- cortex

butkus.org

Post 84334 by yegga deleted for the following reason: Not clear what this is about. Nobody else seems to have figured it out either... -- vacapinta

2009-08-20

Winkers

Post 84333 by masterburst deleted for the following reason: Yeah, no, let's not do this. -- mathowie

Bad Ideas & Fat Asses Dept.

Post 84323 by fungible deleted for the following reason: SLYT LOLFATTIEZ. Unless you had some other point? -- jessamyn

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Post 84307 by Secret Life of Gravy deleted for the following reason: So nice they hastily bound it together with duct tape and solder twice! -- cortex

Texas Fumbles

Post 84304 by MultiplyDrafted deleted for the following reason: One thin news link is not a good post. -- cortex

So much for my plans for Ann Coulter...

Post 84302 by Pragmatica deleted for the following reason: Yeah, as posted this kinda reads like something that didn't actually happen. -- cortex

An hour later I was hungry again

Post 84301 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Thin abstract isn't helped by the fact that you have summarized it incorrectly. -- vacapinta

2009-08-19

Like an Extremely Demented, Extremely Funny Print Version of Pop-Up Video

Post 84296 by WCityMike deleted for the following reason: this did not go so well. -- jessamyn

Flowcharts that are actually useful

Post 84295 by reenum deleted for the following reason: Consensus seems to be that "super creepy" is the keyword for these charts. -- cortex

2009-08-18

Osmos

Post 84265 by quazichimp deleted for the following reason: This feels a little too much like a lazy upsell pitch for a demo. -- cortex

You've gotta help me right now

Post 84256 by fire&wings; deleted for the following reason: This post is the rope and metafilter is the guy. -- cortex

Scenario 'unlikely,' researchers say.

Post 84255 by jimmythefish deleted for the following reason: OH MY GOD IT'S SPREADING -- cortex

xkcd the book

Post 84249 by aniola deleted for the following reason: xkdc has been covered there and back and then some on mefi in the past; sweet for Randall that he's going dead-tree, but there's not much to talk about here. -- cortex

Canadian mathematicians have symbols in their name. No wait...ZOMBIE WAR!

Post 84245 by hal_c_on deleted for the following reason: a few days ago -- cortex

2009-08-17

Billy Talent

Post 84225 by JoeXIII007 deleted for the following reason: Really, without some substantial non-wikipedia content this really isn't a good mefi post. It's not enough to just talk about a band you're interested in. -- cortex

How do you feel about zzzzzzzzhrerpckkkkk....

Post 84221 by blue_beetle deleted for the following reason: double -- mathowie

Common Sense, Good Sense and Sensibility ... and Robots

Post 84219 by rottytooth deleted for the following reason: EX TWO MI NATE -- cortex

Stop Feeding the Beast.

Post 84209 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: this is a messy situation. That said, can we maybe try to make posts that are a little less out-of-the-gate arguments? -- jessamyn

Because it's Monday, that's why.

Post 84201 by Avenger deleted for the following reason: Because its Monday afternoon...in London -- vacapinta

2009-08-16

The storm is coming.

Post 84200 by Askiba deleted for the following reason: this seems like a weird press release to something for sale. -- jessamyn

yes we can fill out online petitions

Post 84199 by tylerfulltilt deleted for the following reason: Seriously, put it in the other post. -- cortex

1,001 Free Flash Games

Post 84196 by Effigy2000 deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure flash games are hard enough to find that this post is really necessary, and the whois stuff on it traces to some genuinely cheeseball Make Money Fast stuff. -- cortex

Think I got some of that sand in my eye

Post 84188 by HyperBlue deleted for the following reason: previously, etc, etc. Time to go add some more tags to the original post, I guess. -- cortex

Poetry Arcade

Post 84182 by lipsum deleted for the following reason: If our betters play at that game, we must not dare to imitate them; faults that are rich are fair. -- vacapinta

America: Now with Anthrax and Super AIDS

Post 84181 by julie_of_the_jungle deleted for the following reason: Posted previously -- vacapinta

2009-08-15

girls on film

Post 84169 by krautland deleted for the following reason: The proper metadiscursive response to me deleting this double would be to have an alleged breakdown on Twitter, I gueess. -- cortex

Like a homeless stone

Post 84168 by codswallop deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Post 84167 by shockingbluamp deleted for the following reason: not cool. -- jessamyn

2009-08-14

Captain Trips poses at Woodstock

Post 84157 by sid abotu deleted for the following reason: Okay, this is pretty much exactly the opposite of the advice I gave you the other day. -- cortex

Friday Flash Fun: William and Sly

Post 84127 by The Confessor deleted for the following reason: ...foxy double...here I come, baby...comin' ta gitcha... -- cortex

Sand is her bitch

Post 84126 by The Ultimate Olympian deleted for the following reason: Ain't no party like a sand-drawing party cuz a sand-drawing party don't stop -- cortex

2009-08-13

Design and the Elastic Mind

Post 84120 by hortense deleted for the following reason: Neat, but previously. -- cortex

The Perils of Travel

Post 84111 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: perilseviously -- cortex

Big Boy WiFi HotSpots

Post 84108 by February28 deleted for the following reason: what -- cortex

Leopard takes on crock

Post 84094 by vvurdsmyth deleted for the following reason: Yikes. I thought this croc was dead but it keeps coming back to life. -- vacapinta

2009-08-11

Not Quite TIME CUBE Crazy

Post 84060 by cjorgensen deleted for the following reason: Eh, it seems like we're laughing at random crazy people here -- mathowie

Leopard vs. Crock - who wins...? y' gotta see..

Post 84035 by vvurdsmyth deleted for the following reason: Pretty weak stuff. A short telegraph post with a few blurry pictures. -- vacapinta

2009-08-10

She looks kind of bored.

Post 84033 by overhauser deleted for the following reason: I never thought I'd utter these words, but this is probably one SLYT turtle-having-an-orgasm post too many. -- cortex

Re-examining the Taliban

Post 84027 by TonyDanza deleted for the following reason: pretty totally sure that the main URL of this post is someone who is a client of your marketing company which is FAILx3 for you. -- jessamyn

20 Incredible Solutions to Save Our Suburbs

Post 84025 by YukaBot 8000 deleted for the following reason: You work for inhabitat. This is so not okay. Do not shill on Metafilter. -- cortex

Punch-Out will never be the same

Post 84021 by nushustu deleted for the following reason: And the Arnold Judas Rimmer award for best unintentional double post about emerging force-feedback holographic technology goes to... -- cortex

Gollum, you say?

Post 84019 by mippy deleted for the following reason: Eh, this is pretty thin stuff. -- cortex

Hey F*ck fcee...

Post 84016 by jadayne deleted for the following reason: A pretty meh post for metafilter. -- vacapinta

2009-08-09

CDC forces US family to leave daughter in China.

Post 83999 by kristin deleted for the following reason: Kinda feeling like this post could be done a lot more fairly than it has been; there may be an interesting story here but as it is it seems more like one side's take being presented as fact. -- cortex

2009-08-08

Is Obama Really Osama Bin Laden?

Post 83993 by sid abotu deleted for the following reason: This is not a good metafilter post. -- cortex

2009-08-07

Unicode and other colossal images

Post 83967 by yegga deleted for the following reason: Hello darkness ian-albert.com my old friend -- cortex

John Hughes dead at 59

Post 83965 by Lame_username deleted for the following reason: Yep, he's still dead. -- cortex

Ben Stein Eulogizes John Hughes

Post 83950 by pjdoland deleted for the following reason: Put it in the John Hughes post if popup-laden Ben Stein needs to go somewhere. -- cortex

You do not have health insurance.

Post 83947 by garlic deleted for the following reason: lack of health insurance is bad, having health insurance isn't a panacea, single link blog posts to health insurance topics are sort of fail-y for MetaFilter -- jessamyn

Bruno Kammerl`s Punktlandung

Post 83946 by MuffinMan deleted for the following reason: This seems to be going over like a lead Wasserrutschenaut. -- cortex

US Healthcare debate turns violent

Post 83944 by wuwei deleted for the following reason: This is a pretty weird and fascinating extreme of this kind of political astroturfing for the US, and I think there's probably a good post to be made rounding up what has happened and what is happening in the last couple of days, but the framing here sucks a lot. -- cortex

2009-08-06

Democracy

Post 83928 by sid abotu deleted for the following reason: This is the second really "what?" video post we've had to delete. You need to put a little more care into making it clear why you're posting stuff, because it's seeming pretty random so far. -- cortex

The Passion of Jorge

Post 83926 by Foci for Analysis deleted for the following reason: "Guy dives into baptismal pool" is kind of thin. Go Jorge and all, but not much of a post. -- cortex

There will always be a light on in Shermer

Post 83924 by NiteMayr deleted for the following reason: this is a nice post, maybe even nier than the other one that was just posted, definitely nicer than the other five that were deleted. Please comment in the open post, thanks. -- jessamyn

John Hughes, dead at 59

Post 83923 by kaseijin deleted for the following reason: blammo -- cortex

The Last of the Neo Maxi Zoom Dweebies

Post 83920 by orville sash deleted for the following reason: Let's wait until there's either a really great post or at least something substantial to link to on the obit/memorium front, okay? -- cortex

John Hughes's Day Off

Post 83919 by yiftach deleted for the following reason: There's got to be a better post here. Links to CNN homepage are built to be obsolete. -- cortex

John Hughes, dead at 59

Post 83918 by edmcbride deleted for the following reason: If your link contains less text than your post, you have not made a good obituary post. -- cortex

Greenwash

Post 83916 by box deleted for the following reason: A press release is pretty much never good post material, and this doesn't seem like an exceptional case. -- cortex

Hunters are outraged? Puhleeze.

Post 83907 by jmmpangaea deleted for the following reason: Those kids are assholes, but this is not a very good metafilter post. -- cortex

CATS

Post 83903 by mippy deleted for the following reason: FLAGS FLAGS FLAGS FLAGS FLAGS -- cortex

A tale told by an idiot

Post 83901 by nasreddin deleted for the following reason: Yeah, let's go ahead and keep it in the existing thread. Wait, let me try that again: get thee to a already-been-done'ry -- cortex

Race, Sex, and Murder at a Pittsburgh Gym

Post 83893 by mareli deleted for the following reason: Double...and other reasons too -- vacapinta

Münchausen, She Wrote.

Post 83892 by hypersloth deleted for the following reason: There's sort of an interesting post here. But the links are a mess. -- vacapinta

2009-08-05

Everyone Has a Blog - Even Mass Murderers

Post 83891 by merv deleted for the following reason: leave anything new in the existing thread -- mathowie

Critter Defense! for iPhone

Post 83889 by misha deleted for the following reason: I'm glad it's neat, and Projects rules, but if the only content is "buy this app" it's not really a good candidate for the front page. -- cortex

and we can really be a community and make the things

Post 83885 by Potomac Avenue deleted for the following reason: well the posts are um, growing very well and um, they're organic and some of them have pesticides and I think that we should make, um, a perfect pesticide for the posts -- cortex

East Village proprietors versus the Internet

Post 83868 by TrishaLynn deleted for the following reason: This does seem pretty inside-baseball. -- cortex

2009-08-04

Lines drawn in the sand

Post 83847 by Slap*Happy deleted for the following reason: nice, posted previously -- jessamyn

2009-08-03

On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude

Post 83822 by yegga deleted for the following reason: This sort of thing could use just a skosh more context. -- cortex

Sadly not from the Onion.

Post 83812 by bergeycm deleted for the following reason: Seems like this is built around a really crappy source, which is not a good way to make a post about something contentious. -- cortex

How long does "Forever" last?

Post 83811 by anotherpanacea deleted for the following reason: Mentioning this in the original wedding video thread is probably sufficient. -- cortex

2009-08-02

The Thinking Person's List -

Post 83801 by vvurdsmyth deleted for the following reason: you may have to wrk on your HTML a little bit, Feel free to check the faq and come back tomorrow? -- jessamyn

Bad Bad Science

Post 83795 by cogneuro deleted for the following reason: Looks like the main content links on this are almost all different-url links to a post from two days ago, unfortunately, so maybe take the new stuff there as comments? -- cortex

Donna Lambert

Post 83794 by BlueScreen deleted for the following reason: Yeah, there might be a post worth making about this but this is waaaay to thin as currently done. -- cortex

Gunman

Post 83791 by hadjiboy deleted for the following reason: please get your own blog, this is really not a great post for metafilter. -- jessamyn

2009-08-01

Play him out, audience machine!

Post 83786 by ocherdraco deleted for the following reason: It's still a neat trick, and the tone matrix thing is still a cool toy, but we've seen 'em both before. -- cortex