2010-06-30

An update from Christopher Hitchens

Post 93338 by device55 deleted for the following reason: why doesn't someone try this again with out the auto-derail lulz tags please? -- jessamyn

Do airbenders have color?

Post 93331 by The1andonly deleted for the following reason: HOW MANY AIRBENDERS ARE THERE -- cortex

"I close with the hope that the title proves prophetic."

Post 93321 by luvcraft deleted for the following reason: Eh, a rotten tomatoes link and an ebert review confirming that a likely-bad movie turned out bed is kind of thin to start with, and your writeup reads more like a personal blog entry than a metafilter post. -- cortex

Grandpa GaGa

Post 93314 by Daddy-O deleted for the following reason: eh, meh, hmm. -- mathowie

Cultivated Play: Farmville

Post 93309 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: FarmIIille -- cortex

2010-06-29

A Hoax Most Cruel

Post 93302 by reenum deleted for the following reason: this is a five year old news article and a wikipedia link, sort of thin for a MeFi post. -- jessamyn

HTC Evo vs iPhone 4

Post 93292 by knz deleted for the following reason: Eh, there's been a lot of iPhone-etc stuff lately and this isn't great. -- cortex

Study finds whites more likely than blacks to take illicit drugs

Post 93287 by istandb4u deleted for the following reason: this is a self link, you are banned. -- jessamyn

2010-06-28

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Post 93278 by Brent Parker deleted for the following reason: we heard this before... (sorry) -- mathowie

Green Machine

Post 93276 by william_boot deleted for the following reason: Well, okay, you're banned now. -- cortex

2010-06-27

Gaga's just the lede, boys

Post 93241 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: we sort of already deleted this and it hasn't improved much, sorry klang -- jessamyn

My 215 pairs beats your 214 pairs

Post 93231 by zerobyproxy deleted for the following reason: Eh, puff news-of-the-weird bit from CNN with meatless "AND IT'S FOR A GOOD CAUSE" padding is kinda thin for a post. -- cortex

2010-06-26

DIY Holograms!

Post 93221 by grumblebee deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

ChessBoxing

Post 93213 by Paul Slade deleted for the following reason: Chessboxing is pretty awesome but we've covered it before. -- cortex

Cheney's got heart

Post 93209 by anothermug deleted for the following reason: this is not great for metafilter. -- jessamyn

2010-06-25

out of this world...

Post 93200 by shockingbluamp deleted for the following reason: posted a couple days ago. -- mathowie

Four years of captivity

Post 93190 by Joe in Australia deleted for the following reason: this is more of the same. Please do not post here about I/P issues unless there's something happening that is of interest to the larger community that you can talk about without resorting to the same old GRAR. MetaTalk is your option. Thank you. -- jessamyn

2010-06-24

Don't taze my Granny!

Post 93168 by Talez deleted for the following reason: Look, it's awful that that happened but what is the point of posting this? Metafilter is not a police watchdog site, if there's going to be a post about something shitty an officer/dept. did it needs to be more substantial than "they did a bad thing". -- cortex

Victorian Bulldog not enjoying the heat

Post 93164 by idixon deleted for the following reason: A bit thin for a post -- mathowie

You are leaving your dress?

Post 93163 by gman deleted for the following reason: Posted 5min before -- mathowie

Nworb Eilrahc, Nam Doog A Er'uoy.

Post 93148 by WCityMike deleted for the following reason: this is pretty thin for a post, sorry. -- mathowie

2010-06-22

Kim Jon Il lives a charmed life

Post 93099 by b2walton deleted for the following reason: This reads like something for your blog, not the front page of mefi. -- cortex

MeoWMeoWMeow

Post 93096 by cashman deleted for the following reason: I...this feels a little contrived for the sake of a link to an overpriced cat toy. Cute but probably not worth a not-great post to prop it up. -- cortex

Witty ticcy...Tim?

Post 93095 by toodleydoodley deleted for the following reason: Yeah, if you want to rework this tomorrow to not hang it off the paywall link that'd be fine; as is this kind of stumbles at the lede. -- cortex

"Play Me, I'm Yours"

Post 93074 by zarq deleted for the following reason: maybe put some of these links into the open thread? -- jessamyn

Kitten Wearing a Tiny Hat

Post 93071 by odinsdream deleted for the following reason: adorable, but pretty much already in the kitten-tiny-hat thread already in progress -- jessamyn

(boning joke)

Post 93068 by shakespeherian deleted for the following reason: I'm looking through you, where did you go / I thought I knew you, what did I know / You don't look different, but you have changed / I'm looking through you, you're not the same -- cortex

Lady Gaga's Feminism

Post 93059 by inara deleted for the following reason: I think Lady GaGa has gotten to the point where unless she can plug the BP spill we maybe don't need to hear about her for a while. Nothing personal inara it's just an ebb/flow sort of thing. -- jessamyn

2010-06-20

I wish I were making this up

Post 93015 by d. z. wang deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is still random detail-free news of the weird. I know it's an eye-catching headline and all, but it's barely more than that. -- cortex

Injustice Collector

Post 93008 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: Not bothering to frame a fifty-year-old pullquote and article about a great big awful and still-really-troublesome civil rights issue as being a fifty-year-old article is pointlessly bucking for bad feelings. Please don't do this. -- cortex

2010-06-19

BP, it is important to note, is less an oil company than a bank that finances oil exploration;

Post 92997 by Huplescat deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure what happ -- cortex

Joy and Pain, Sunshine and Rain

Post 92985 by bwg deleted for the following reason: This is just a weak comic intended to start an argument. -- vacapinta

2010-06-18

All in the name of "War on Drugs"

Post 92971 by 6:1 deleted for the following reason: We've had a run of bad cop posts lately, sorry. -- mathowie

"Far from being celebrated, women’s rising power is perceived as a threat."

Post 92960 by anotherpanacea deleted for the following reason: Man, The Atlantic sure is ending the hell outta men. -- cortex

2010-06-17

He who can destroy a thing controls it

Post 92951 by Michael Roberts deleted for the following reason: This is a seriously bad bill but you need to not make your MeFi post into a GRAR GRAR editorial about it. Try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

Not Considering

Post 92927 by jtajta deleted for the following reason: what -- cortex

Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them.

Post 92925 by crunchland deleted for the following reason: Dear Askme: I left this sandwich post out for about a week, is it safe to eat? -- cortex

Top Ten Myths about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Post 92920 by Substrata deleted for the following reason: This does not meet the bar we've set for I/P posts. The posts tend to go badly here and a single link even to a decent article is pretty much not going to fly. I am sorry. If this is something you feel strongly about, make a different sort of post tomorrow. -- jessamyn

2010-06-16

USB Typewriter

Post 92902 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: EVERY YEAR WE GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SALMON FOR wait that's something else -- cortex

Portal 2 fans are teased by Valve with a moist piece of cake.

Post 92901 by the_observer deleted for the following reason: I assure you I am as excited for Portal 2 as any other cake-yearning wormholer in the world, but this is just a little teaser trailer. -- cortex

NO JAYWALKING! IT'S THE LAW!!!

Post 92893 by AElfwine Evenstar deleted for the following reason: Please, not another cop outrage thread. We're all filled up currently. -- mathowie

Arf! VROOOM

Post 92892 by Ndwright deleted for the following reason: goofy two paragraph news of the weird don't make for good posts, sorry. -- mathowie

2010-06-15

Miley Cyrus upskirt shot: Child porn?

Post 92848 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: This really doesn't seem like a good idea. -- cortex

a particularly odd tiger

Post 92843 by hereticfig deleted for the following reason: A couple photos and 150 words about a news-of-the-weird story from the story is almost always too thin for a post and this isn't an exception. -- cortex

Is Bert coming out?

Post 92840 by yellowbinder deleted for the following reason: I love Bert and Ernie, but this feels like random Buzzfeed blogger fishing for clicks on the strength of a ridiculous overparsing. -- cortex

2010-06-14

The Gang that Couldn't Drill Straight

Post 92837 by CheeseDigestsAll deleted for the following reason: This is a really shitty thing, true, but this needs to be less MeFi Op Ed and more "here's something neat I found on the web" to get above the "same old shit" BP posts we've been seeing. Try again tomorrow maybe? -- jessamyn

Ritualistic Iconography

Post 92835 by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese deleted for the following reason: BREAKING: THEM ARE STILL THANGS -- cortex

Alleged Painter Arrested for DUI

Post 92830 by treeshar deleted for the following reason: I am giggling a little bit at Thomas Kinkade while I delete this as basically news-of-the-very-slightly-weird. -- cortex

Subway FTW

Post 92825 by growabrain deleted for the following reason: This is kinda weak for post material. -- cortex

2010-06-13

Whoomp! There's Barack!

Post 92798 by zardoz deleted for the following reason: Eh, it was kind of a cute "what if" thing when it first started making the rounds but when the whole thing is just "hey this screenshot isn't actually of the guy who you'd guess it wasn't of" it's a little thin for a post. -- cortex

Don't buy Dubai

Post 92793 by dbmcd deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

2010-06-12

Galloping Gertski

Post 92771 by pjern deleted for the following reason: countermanding cortex -- cortex

In Sweden, Men Can Have It All

Post 92763 by modernnomad deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

2010-06-11

Because White Holes Would Be Okay

Post 92749 by GatorDavid deleted for the following reason: Not a great post, sorry. -- mathowie

'Mid pleasure and palaces though we may roam / Be it ever so humble there's no place like home!

Post 92744 by william_boot deleted for the following reason: This appears to be scenes from the forum life of a random internet crank mostly. -- cortex

Two State Dissonance

Post 92739 by wittgenstein deleted for the following reason: I really don't mean to rain on your parade but for a website that isn't mostly about Israel we're a little too much about Israel lately. If what you're linking to previously is a still open thread on teh same topic, post your links there please. -- jessamyn

Joshua Danger

Post 92732 by kenaldo deleted for the following reason: If you are linking to something yours friends did, please do not also post it to metafilter. It's super totally against all the rules. -- jessamyn

The Butch Factor

Post 92731 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: The movie link does seem a little on the explicitly sketchy, yeah, and unfortunately without that there's not really a post here. Best of intentions I'm sure, hippybear, but this probably isn't a great idea. -- cortex

World Cup 2010 Inspired Art

Post 92728 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Goooooooooaaaaallllll! -- cortex

Remotely Sensed Wildlife Imagery

Post 92725 by gman deleted for the following reason: deja zoo -- cortex

2010-06-10

Literary confessions of a professional Blackjack player.

Post 92693 by SMITHMag deleted for the following reason: oh you are so banned, banned for self-linking! -- jessamyn

2010-06-09

You can tell the pioneers by the arrows in their backs

Post 92668 by mojohand deleted for the following reason: Eh, this may or may not turn into a substantially interesting thing but for now two links to gawker is kinda thin. -- cortex

Don't Cry for Me, Alejandro.

Post 92658 by grapefruitmoon deleted for the following reason: I sort of feel that we need to work a little more on gaga posts to not be just "hey a new video" -- jessamyn

Tourists and Locals

Post 92653 by jefficator deleted for the following reason: please add these links to the open thread -- jessamyn

2010-06-08

Woman struck by lightning minutes before proposal

Post 92636 by rageagainsttherobots deleted for the following reason: It's a sad story but it's also basically news-of-the-weird and maybe not good fodder for a post as such. -- cortex

Yo AP grader, Imma let you finish, but this is the best essay of all time. OF ALL TIME.

Post 92632 by katemonster deleted for the following reason: nothign personal but these all require a facebook login to view and we're still at the point on our cultural development where not everyone has one of these. So maybe try again tomorrow if you can find the stuff not on facebook? -- jessamyn

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only awesome dancing

Post 92620 by nicolas léonard sadi carnot deleted for the following reason: "hey, she released another video" is a bit thin at this point. -- cortex

The Great Drag Race

Post 92617 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: This seems more like an event announcement/press release than an interesting thing you found online -- mathowie

2010-06-07

We shouldn't be looking backwards

Post 92610 by empath deleted for the following reason: posted previously. -- jessamyn

2010-06-06

The Last Novelist

Post 92565 by mattbucher deleted for the following reason: Yep. -- cortex

2010-06-05

Not Safe for the Soul

Post 92551 by symbioid deleted for the following reason: maybe try this again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

If the Unsinkable Happened

Post 92549 by gman deleted for the following reason: Neat, but looks like we've seen it a few times previously. -- cortex

apple did better without design research and usability etc

Post 92546 by infini deleted for the following reason: I am confused, but anyway there is an apple post right down the page so maybe just add a comment there. -- cortex

2010-06-04

Gary Chang's Domestic Transformer

Post 92533 by acb deleted for the following reason: Man, it's the post that won't die. Added a couple more tags to the original. -- cortex

bringing it all back home

Post 92532 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: We are kind of ODing on BP threads, so yeah maybe best to just let this be discussed in the open ones. -- cortex

Underpopulation... of brain cells.

Post 92512 by crazylegs deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post. -- cortex

2010-06-03

Jim Carrey's gone #BOING!!

Post 92501 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Sorry, I'm gonna #BOING this post right off the site. -- mathowie

Freedom From Porn

Post 92490 by finite deleted for the following reason: the FMU blog has sort of been done to death here, if this is a big enough topic to get a real post about it maybe put together a real post and leave the personal axe grinding someplace else? Marking your pullquotes helps a lot. -- jessamyn

"They are all imprisoned in space and time."

Post 92479 by crunchland deleted for the following reason: yup -- cortex

2010-06-02

With friends like these

Post 92468 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Good for him? -- cortex

Stéfan Le Dû's daily Stormtrooper shots

Post 92462 by dobbs deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

Purse Snatchers Face Mob Justice

Post 92437 by stringbean deleted for the following reason: Not really sure that "video of angry crowd beating the shit out of some street criminals" is really a great idea for a post. -- cortex

Bad Romance. No, really, really bad.

Post 92432 by obiwanwasabi deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is a bit FARKish. -- vacapinta

2010-06-01

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Post 92428 by digaman deleted for the following reason: I must have done something bad in a previous life to find myself in the position of deleting a post about Laurie Anderson. -- cortex

Israel Acting Like a 'Caged Animal'

Post 92423 by lucysun deleted for the following reason: Actually, looks like this is sketchy as hell given that you own pressaction.com. Banned. -- cortex

The Fantastic Louise Bourgeois

Post 92416 by thatelsagirl deleted for the following reason: posted yesterday -- mathowie