2010-04-30

Molest victim kills his abuser

Post 91547 by travelnut15 deleted for the following reason: Okay, you are now banned. -- cortex -- jessamyn -- jessamyn

Blame Mr. Rogers

Post 91533 by ColdChef deleted for the following reason: would you be mine / could you be mine / won't you be / my double -- cortex

So, You Need a Typeface?

Post 91522 by schmod deleted for the following reason: Need a deletion reason? --- (YES) --- [Verdana!] -- cortex

2010-04-29

Peter Watts receives suspended sentence

Post 91494 by Michael Roberts deleted for the following reason: Yep, hit the grey already. -- cortex

Sexual Abuse Victim Ends Decades of Abuse

Post 91488 by travelnut15 deleted for the following reason: Metafilter is not the place for you to keep pushing this issue. Get your own blog. -- cortex

Illuminoids Radio

Post 91485 by MechEng deleted for the following reason: This was fine as a comment in the other thread. -- cortex

Kings Of The Castle

Post 91478 by Markb deleted for the following reason: Neat but posted about before. -- cortex

Tehran Targets Tan Lines

Post 91477 by Carlin deleted for the following reason: Via your self link, banned -- mathowie

2010-04-28

"Please donĂ¢€™t pull a Larry Summers on me"

Post 91459 by emilyd22222 deleted for the following reason: Racism still exists + Harvard Law drama? I'm not sure there's a lot of need for, nor much of anything good that could come from, this being a post. -- cortex

Printing With Light

Post 91443 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: Sorry, The Whelk, you couldn't have known but the guy responsible for this has been banned from mefi a number of times and only got as far as the original projects post because he snuck in using someone else's paypal. -- cortex

Trois morceaux après des hymnes byzantins - II

Post 91440 by M83 deleted for the following reason: You need to ask this on the AskMefi portion of the site, not here. -- cortex

2010-04-27

Hi, mom!

Post 91428 by prefpara deleted for the following reason: posted perviously -- jessamyn

Vegetable Violence

Post 91427 by Enos deleted for the following reason: seems to be a link to a video by someone you know. please do not do that here. -- jessamyn

Arbeit macht frei

Post 91411 by vivelame deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this already came up on Metatalk. -- cortex

We all excuse Robin

Post 91408 by P.o.B. deleted for the following reason: Previously - but please drop the link to part two in the previous post. -- jessamyn

2010-04-26

Why are people kissing cortex's ass?

Post 91394 by harold_dumbacher deleted for the following reason: Really? I mean, go to Metatalk if you really want to do this I guess, but why in god's name would you make this a front page post? -- cortex

A REAL Northern Exposure

Post 91392 by spock deleted for the following reason: "Hey this is a thing by a guy I know" is generally not okay for a post. -- cortex

The Sky Is Falling

Post 91387 by Kskomsvold deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

And now, he can relax in style...

Post 91386 by koeselitz deleted for the following reason: 2 posts in one link! -- cortex

2010-04-24

Corruption in LA? Couldn't be.

Post 91349 by eye of newt deleted for the following reason: post is sort of a mess. maybe if it's a legit non-kook story make another post with better links & less editorializing? -- jessamyn

eskimo strippers

Post 91346 by kittensofthenight deleted for the following reason: gross -- jessamyn

we had no choice on background that year

Post 91339 by Potomac Avenue deleted for the following reason: pew pew -- cortex

Public Shaming

Post 91338 by zarq deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

2010-04-23

And you thought this was the 21st Century...

Post 91321 by Ruthless Bunny deleted for the following reason: Racist jackasses continue to exist. Not really the makings of a good mefi post. -- cortex

2010-04-22

"Ignore it at your peril."

Post 91307 by Afroblanco deleted for the following reason: posters request -- jessamyn

Which college mascot wins in a fight?

Post 91298 by Kellster deleted for the following reason: As far as I can tell, you're long-time friends with the guy responsible for this site. This feels way too close to home. -- cortex

Ranting and Ranting

Post 91289 by Leezie deleted for the following reason: Zwei. Feel free to add stuff to the other post in comments. -- cortex

2010-04-21

Barney's a Super Freak, Super Freak.

Post 91272 by grapefoot deleted for the following reason: Nope. -- cortex

Solar Dynamics Observatory

Post 91267 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: OH SNASAP -- cortex

Longtime voice of GEICO commercials fired after pressure (and harassment) from Tea Party members.

Post 91255 by WhoseVoice deleted for the following reason: Ugh, looks like one of your previous posts was a shill for one of the clients of the marketing firm you work for. Adios. -- cortex

2010-04-20

Why You Should Never Pay For Online Dating

Post 91242 by Groovytimes deleted for the following reason: I don't know if there's anything sketchy going on here or if you're just monomaniacal about the okcupid posts but this is definitely getting to be too much of a pattern. -- cortex

International Sim Cards

Post 91235 by redbeard deleted for the following reason: To ask with you! -- cortex

2010-04-19

Celebrities With Bigger Natural Boobs Than Heidi Montag

Post 91206 by nealrodriguez deleted for the following reason: WTF -- cortex

I call YOU, Procyon Lotor!

Post 91204 by Shepherd deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

"Ultimately [Iran] lacks the resources to be a truly world-class asshole."

Post 91201 by WalterMitty deleted for the following reason: the onion is still the onion. -- jessamyn

35 more photos of Eyafallajökull.

Post 91198 by King Bee deleted for the following reason: Covered in the open thread. -- pb

Too many freshly ground minorities could sully the delicate aroma.

Post 91190 by tybeet deleted for the following reason: Copyediting-of-the-weird is pretty thin stuff. -- cortex

2010-04-18

we don't need no education

Post 91172 by infini deleted for the following reason: Yeah, no fault of yours infini, but it seems like this is basically the only article that Matthew Crawford ever writes. -- cortex

Eyjafjallayökull vents.

Post 91164 by lapsangsouchong deleted for the following reason: "This is a crappy resource" isn't usually a good reason for a post in any case, and this reads more like a blog entry than a Metafilter post. Please avoid personal editorializing in posts in the future. -- cortex

Futureme

Post 91161 by vostok deleted for the following reason: I appreciate the formal irony of the thing but this is a straight-up double post. -- cortex

2010-04-16

Oh, I need that.

Post 91119 by shakespeherian deleted for the following reason: *squirts ink* nothing to see hereĂ¢€¦ -- mathowie

Croatian teenager wakes from coma speaking fluent German.

Post 91106 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Blurby news-of-the-weird stuff rarely makies good posts, and this is pretty unambigously too-good-to-fact-check bullshit. -- cortex

Family values

Post 91100 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

2010-04-15

One lump or two?

Post 91073 by cereselle deleted for the following reason: already tea partying thanks. also the party? not so great actually. -- jessamyn

The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

Post 91068 by EvaDestruction deleted for the following reason: Yup, recently. -- cortex

singh when your winning

Post 91058 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: there's a thread on this case open from two weeks ago. -- jessamyn

2010-04-14

Confluence, Contredanse, Corporation

Post 91052 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: Yup, we were just talkin' about it over there. -- cortex

Techno-determinism, anyone?

Post 91044 by mondaygreens deleted for the following reason: This reads way too much like a personal blog entry rather than a metafilter post, sorry. -- cortex

South Korean kids face game curfew

Post 91026 by Catholicgauze deleted for the following reason: A few paragraphs of newswire feed is pretty thin for a post. -- cortex

2010-04-13

Down the slippery slope we go?

Post 90991 by Duug deleted for the following reason: Pretty much covered recently, and post-as-series-of-questions isn't okay as a use of the front page in any case. -- cortex

2010-04-12

Stream Sports

Post 90981 by MechEng deleted for the following reason: I'm assuming youhad the best of intentions but this is a strange post. -- jessamyn

Storm Troopers in situ.

Post 90961 by OmieWise deleted for the following reason: Episode II. -- cortex

Pixels invading New York

Post 90953 by megob deleted for the following reason: The invasion is over, man! We already lost! -- cortex

2010-04-11

What kind of name is "Jobs" anyway?

Post 90948 by azarbayejani deleted for the following reason: what? -- jessamyn

Pope Going Down in England

Post 90935 by zenpop deleted for the following reason: this is being discussed in a civilized fashion in the open thread. -- jessamyn

2010-04-10

A lesson in snobbery!

Post 90913 by ilrozo23 deleted for the following reason: A lesson in being banned for self-linking. -- cortex

I want to do something ancient to ya

Post 90902 by Toekneesan deleted for the following reason: This seems not great. -- cortex

2010-04-09

Unaffordable College Athletics

Post 90891 by jjray deleted for the following reason: Paywall = nowaywall. -- cortex

Attack of the Pixels

Post 90885 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: seenit. pew pew! -- mathowie

radio web app

Post 90878 by wubwub deleted for the following reason: this appears to be your own site and you are accordingly banned. -- jessamyn

But who will feed the unicorns!?

Post 90874 by loquacious deleted for the following reason: Eh, one person-recovering-from-dental-anasthesia-and-rambling-into-a-camera post was probably as many as Mefi ever needs. -- cortex

2010-04-08

The Coming of the Robochrist

Post 90869 by BLDGBLOG deleted for the following reason: Man, I love Robocop and all but you kinda sunk your own post by treating it like a blog entry. Also, I am deleting this from an iPad. -- cortex

RIP Malcolm McClaren

Post 90861 by Lynsey deleted for the following reason: died earlier -- mathowie

2010-04-07

Attempted jet bombing

Post 90833 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: this is kind of breaking news and not going well -- mathowie

New NES game: Bio Force Ape!

Post 90812 by ned4spd8874 deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post -- mathowie

Church Secrets

Post 90809 by reenum deleted for the following reason: documents have been temporarily taken down, feel free to post a link in the still open sex abuse scandal thread. no more graphic child rape descrptions here either. not okay. -- jessamyn

The Future of Prostitution

Post 90805 by b2walton deleted for the following reason: This seems like a collection of not-great links thrown together to prop up a post gimmick, not a post about something awesome in its own right. -- cortex

Appletite for Destruction

Post 90802 by chavenet deleted for the following reason: Eh, we're really pushing the limit on the Yet Another iPad Thread thing and this isn't fabulous or anything. Maybe toss these into that in-dash iPad thread from the other day. -- cortex

2010-04-06

the digital golf divide

Post 90786 by archivist deleted for the following reason: yeah, not really a great post for mefi -- mathowie

Analogies and Metaphors Found in High School Essays

Post 90775 by cleancut deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is some pretty ancient FW: FW: FW: RE: stuff. -- cortex

2010-04-05

Firefight in New Baghdad; US, Iraqi forces kill 9 insurgents, detain 13

Post 90750 by ennui.bz deleted for the following reason: covered earlier today -- mathowie

Party like it's 2009!

Post 90744 by MrMoonPie deleted for the following reason: all signs point to no. -- jessamyn

The 50 Most Stressful Colleges

Post 90740 by The Biggest Dreamer deleted for the following reason: Eh, people don't seem to like this much, and it is pretty linkbaity stuff. -- cortex

Google Indexing end pubsubhubbub

Post 90735 by datta deleted for the following reason: what the what? -- mathowie

Modernist architecture & made-up captions

Post 90732 by OmieWise deleted for the following reason: hipster: seen it -- jessamyn

2010-04-04

Back to Africa

Post 90721 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: go be schmoopy somewhere else you two. this is a double post -- jessamyn

2010-04-03

Galatians 6: 7-9 FTW!

Post 90701 by markkraft deleted for the following reason: Lousy son of a bitch dies violently. It doesn't feel like there's a whole lot to say here, and the cutesy framing doesn't help. -- cortex

Flint is on Fire

Post 90695 by peewinkle deleted for the following reason: pleaqse do not link to your friend's stuff. If someone wants to post more info about this story, feel free. -- jessamyn

2010-04-02

Crazy militia video

Post 90672 by snottydick deleted for the following reason: The last post is just a few days old, go ahead and add this there if it hasn't showed up already. -- cortex

Continuity

Post 90670 by echo target deleted for the following reason: double -- cortex

2010-04-01

Teabonics

Post 90639 by Heliochrome85 deleted for the following reason: Meh. -- cortex

It might tip over and capsize if it's too overloaded!

Post 90638 by cleancut deleted for the following reason: maybe not a great idea, knowing the guy is dealing with a bunch of health problems that make him sort of weird. -- jessamyn

"How many calls have there been to the mouse helpline?"

Post 90626 by PMdixon deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

Bernanke shocks the U.S.

Post 90622 by diwolf deleted for the following reason: Onion's been done and done and done again around here, sorry. -- cortex