2010-12-31
2010-12-30
2010-12-29
A map of North American regional English
Post 99041 by nebulawindphone deleted for the following reason: Putting the "di" in dialect. -- cortex
2010-12-28
2010-12-27
2010-12-26
2010-12-23
2010-12-22
I was so baked I thought the Nationals just wanted my autograph.
Post 98819 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: Yeah, I think it's time to call xtranormal videos an overplayed thing for MeFi. -- mathowie
2010-12-21
Epic Meal time is back!
Post 98785 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: One epic meal was probably enough. -- cortex
2010-12-19
2010-12-18
Top 10 Ways to find an answer to a question online.
Post 98715 by NotSoSiniSter deleted for the following reason: Yeah this was on metatalk already -- mathowie
“It’s a violation of sexual integrity, and it can be seen as rape.â€
Post 98714 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: We've had so many wikileaks posts, having yet another about Assange's arrest and possible rape feels like one too many, sorry. -- mathowie
You can believe me because...
Post 98686 by hexatron deleted for the following reason: this is not really a great way to set up a new wikileaks posts. There are a ton of wikileaks threads. If you'd like to make a wikileaks post please ease off the editorializing and the fancy formatting and maybe make it clear why we need another wikileaks thread. Thanks. -- jessamyn
2010-12-17
2010-12-16
Remember POGS? Me neither...
Post 98601 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: One-day old one-entry hyper-anonymous blog is kind of a weird choice of links. -- cortex
2010-12-15
2010-12-14
It's gaming with someone I love.
Post 98534 by griphus deleted for the following reason: Totally great but we have indeed seen it before. -- cortex
2010-12-13
Tokyo (subway) Compression
Post 98496 by DMelanogaster deleted for the following reason: yep, posted before. and the people are sleeping not squished. -- mathowie
Hallelujah!
Post 98483 by not_that_epiphanius deleted for the following reason: Posted a couple weeks ago -- mathowie
I'll have what Miley Cyrus is having
Post 98465 by rodmandirect deleted for the following reason: Eh, TMZ is a pretty bad footing for any post and celeb gossip stuff generally needs to be done pretty well and for a compelling reason to stick around here. -- cortex
2010-12-12
Date Julian Assange
Post 98444 by dougrayrankin deleted for the following reason: this is in the open Wikileaks thread and probably doesn't need to be its own post. -- jessamyn
2010-12-10
2010-12-09
DHMO, the global scourge!
Post 98359 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: 1997 called, they want their chain email fodder back. -- cortex
2010-12-08
2010-12-07
From Bully to Bitch
Post 98302 by JABof72 deleted for the following reason: Folks have noted all of this in the existing post, looks like. -- cortex
Naughty or Nice?
Post 98277 by Chuckles McLaughy du Haha, the depressed clown deleted for the following reason: There's no content on the main link and it's not clear why it should be unsurprising or interesting that that church is responsible for it. -- cortex
Not that you've seen many today.
Post 98275 by Rory Marinich deleted for the following reason: I guess that'd make this pencil... [puts on sunglasses] ...number two. YEAHHHHhhh! -- cortex
2010-12-06
These are not the trends you're looking for
Post 98246 by Marla Singer deleted for the following reason: The wonkery is a little interesting but we've been drowning in wikileaks stuff lately and this seems like without something a lot more significant than 'twitter maybe avoiding big subject' this is more of an add-it-to-an-existing-thread sitaution than something that needs its own post. -- cortex
Will USD5k cash make you snitch up Julian Assange to CBS
Post 98238 by priorpark17 deleted for the following reason: Probably better as a comment in existing wikileaks threads. -- mathowie
2010-12-04
Fascism, rage, and the moral compass we all have which can bend completely backwards when packed into a sweaty, motorized box full of Nazis and overly-caffeinated, puberty-stricken howler monkeys.
Post 98190 by Chipmazing deleted for the following reason: Oatmeal has pretty much gotten to been there done that status at this point. -- cortex
Of all the secrets we keep, why did it have to be those cables?
Post 98185 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Downfall parodies are overdone -- mathowie
2010-12-03
The good, the bad and a prolific moderator.
Post 98177 by infinite intimation deleted for the following reason: this is not a post for metafilter, this is a giant linkdump with almost no one commenting who isn't you. Please repost on your own blog, or make something that isn't 5000+ words. Thank you, please contact us if you want to talk about this. -- jessamyn
You're a frog, aren't ya? Why don't you jump?
Post 98170 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: Much as I long for it to be otherwise, there is only room in this world for one Kermit-centric reimagining of The Wicker Man. -- cortex
Free:; depends if I agree or not.
Post 98153 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: Recent thread is still hopping, take this stuff there if it isn't already. -- cortex
2010-12-02
How many dinosaurs can fit in a 200 foot wooden boat?
Post 98101 by T.D. Strange deleted for the following reason: The Lord said / to T.D. / you're gonna make a / double posty -- cortex
2010-12-01
For Revolution!
Post 98069 by Rory Marinich deleted for the following reason: by the power of #666666skull -- cortex
2010-11-30
Jump rope.
Post 98049 by Sticherbeast deleted for the following reason: Yeah, looks like the exact same video was posted last year. -- mathowie
Breakfast fortress!
Post 98044 by zerobyproxy deleted for the following reason: The time for epic meals is past! -- cortex
It's the climate, stupid
Post 98017 by nickrussell deleted for the following reason: an Editorial hung together with weather and wikipedia links? No thanks. -- vacapinta
2010-11-29
A (Literate) Prostitute's Blog
Post 97996 by hpb2earnest deleted for the following reason: I think you just blatantly linked your own website. -- cortex
2010-11-28
Definitely SLYT
Post 97975 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: That's kind of overselling an amateur recording of a singalong with zero background info for what's going on or why it's notable. -- cortex
htaccess: Redirect all urls containing "x" to "specific_img.jpg"
Post 97970 by B(oYo)BIES deleted for the following reason: I think you meant to post this over at Ask. -- pb
2010-11-27
Schadenfreude on a Sunday
Post 97945 by numberstation deleted for the following reason: Maybe wait until the release has actually happened and you can link to actual coverage by the newspapers instead of to their home pages? -- cortex
2010-11-26
And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families. -- John Kerry
Post 97921 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for metafilter -- vacapinta
2010-11-25
Get it and save it while it's hot
Post 97919 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: This is one of those things that may turn into an interesting and discussion-worthy thing sometime soon but is in it's current state sort of a non-story situation that's not really what Metafilter is for. -- cortex
2010-11-24
Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things
Post 97889 by joeclark deleted for the following reason: Yeah, we pretty much saw this back when the source pictures got a post. -- cortex
Cross-Congo Roadtrip
Post 97886 by jefficator deleted for the following reason: and they got all the way across the Congo before they realized they left their wallet at home and had to do it all over again, yes -- cortex
No Trip to London
Post 97876 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: This is not a good post for metafilter. -- cortex
2010-11-23
Is the Church speeding up?
Post 97857 by hankercranker deleted for the following reason: This can probably just go in the Vaticondom thread from a couple days ago. -- cortex
Does North Korea want the US to Invade?
Post 97849 by viralceo deleted for the following reason: there is an open thread on this topic and a single link about something big an important is not a grat way to go about making a post. -- jessamyn
2010-11-22
Birth or Not
Post 97832 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: This seems like the worst attention-seeking crappy site imaginable. -- mathowie
Neil Gaiman's The Price
Post 97817 by MaiaMadness deleted for the following reason: there are a million worthy kickstarter projects, this doesn't really rise above to something noteworthy -- mathowie
Unlike a circle, a sphere can be turned inside out.
Post 97811 by Obscure Reference deleted for the following reason: Previously, on Siskel and Evert -- cortex
2010-11-21
2010-11-20
Most of us have wondered what...
Post 97794 by will wait 4 tanjents deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is a pretty standard sky dive video, not really noteworthy. -- mathowie
... invented by Kilpatrick MacMillan, A Blacksmith from Dumfries, Scotland
Post 97777 by blue_beetle deleted for the following reason: Already posted a few days back -- mathowie
You can't take the shoes off, though.
Post 97775 by St. Alia of the Bunnies deleted for the following reason: Yeah, old and seen it at least twice. -- cortex
2010-11-19
Why You Shouldn't Become an Archivist
Post 97757 by marxchivist deleted for the following reason: I think these xtranormal videos are kind of played out. -- mathowie
2010-11-18
People Are Angry About Airport Security
Post 97701 by honey-barbara deleted for the following reason: Wacky Taiwanese Animation is pretty thin for a post. -- cortex
2010-11-17
How The Lord of the Rings should have ended.
Post 97690 by St. Alia of the Bunnies deleted for the following reason: Kind of ancient web video -- mathowie
Come up with some kind of game you're trying to play with the child
Post 97684 by ArkhanJG deleted for the following reason: I really feel like we're playing "who can make a TSA post that's not deleted" here. Longer pullquotes don't really keep this from being a "here's a few fucked up examples of something the TSA did" and pullquotes from year old articles. -- jessamyn
I'm Sorry You Were Angry
Post 97671 by keratacon deleted for the following reason: There's really not any news news beyond what was already covered in the previous thread. Unless something more significant than a weird self-pitying half-apology comes along, we probably don't need a second post for this. -- cortex
Tomorrow is just another day. That you'll never forget.
Post 97669 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: I've Got a Feeling this has been posted before -- vacapinta
2010-11-16
Bravery personified.
Post 97667 by skepticallypleased deleted for the following reason: A bit too much editorializing… -- mathowie
Courtroom:Judgement::AIPAC:
Post 97650 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: please give yourself the "try harder on I/P posts" reason for deletion drill. -- jessamyn
It is a touchy subject.
Post 97640 by valkyryn deleted for the following reason: We're pretty much aware of David Thorne at this point. -- cortex
2010-11-15
Jeremy Messersmith - Tatooine
Post 97628 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: posted previously but there weren't many good tags so I added a few but I'm still deleting this, sorry about that, I do love this video. -- jessamyn
Keep this away from the children!
Post 97613 by knz deleted for the following reason: This post reads more like a personal editorial statement than really makes sense for the front page, setting aside the question of whether six and a half minutes of deadpan xtranormal speech synthesis is a good way to present information. -- cortex
I found this page through my own hard work
Post 97611 by ThePinkSuperhero deleted for the following reason: I don't have to wait for the men to tell me that this is a day-old blog without a lot of context on a touchy issue and maybe not so great for here. -- jessamyn
"Are nailclippers and aftershave the tools of terrorists?"
Post 97606 by The Winsome Parker Lewis deleted for the following reason: Ample open TSA threads, please add to one of them instead of starting a new one. -- cortex
2010-11-14
This city deserves a better class of criminal.
Post 97586 by d. z. wang deleted for the following reason: there are several open TSA threads, please put this in one of them. -- jessamyn
2010-11-12
Comic People
Post 97544 by Dim Siawns deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this should be a comment in yesterday's thread about it. -- mathowie
2010-11-11
THESE ARE MY GOOD SWEAT PANTS!
Post 97503 by DMan deleted for the following reason: I hear Robert Downey Jr. didn't even read the previous post. -- cortex
Actress Michelle Nicastro, Soap star, "When Harry met Sally," & Eponine dies at 50
Post 97496 by randomkeystrike deleted for the following reason: Not a big deal, randomkeystrike, but if there's gonna be an obit post for Nicastro it might need to be something with more meat and context than a short Variety blurb. -- cortex
2010-11-09
Explaining SE Asian politics through the medium of naked women
Post 97438 by Paul Slade deleted for the following reason: Tin probably needs to be presented a lot more clearly and with some context. -- cortex
2010-11-05
What shall we do with this iPhone?
Post 97345 by Biru deleted for the following reason: It's a post, Jim, but not as we know it. -- cortex
2010-11-04
2010-11-03
2010-11-02
Coolest marijuana invention ever
Post 97246 by Gregstonificatore deleted for the following reason: wikipipe seems to be trying to spam us. -- jessamyn
2010-11-01
Anything worse than this isn't fun
Post 97198 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Daily Mail is kind of a famously bad source unless you've got a specifically good reason to link to it, in which case saying why is probably a good idea. More generally, you do indeed have control over the framing of your post and putting this in a more explanatory context and skipping the crappy-hed stuff would make the post a lot more workable. -- cortex
2010-10-31
"Imagine, in just two weeks of your spare time...."
Post 97174 by harold_dumbacher deleted for the following reason: This doesn't make a good post for metafilter. -- vacapinta -- jessamyn
2010-10-30
2010-10-29
Women's Rights Revolutionary
Post 97136 by experiencehunter deleted for the following reason: This is a weird spammy give me money/links for a cause kind of thing. -- mathowie
2010-10-28
"a group of unqualified, unstable individuals who will do what they are told, in exchange for money and power, and march this nation as far backward as they can get"
Post 97105 by Senor Cardgage deleted for the following reason: single link tea party is really not okay for MeFi anymore. There are six open tea party threads. -- jessamyn
2010-10-27
Geek Fun!
Post 97067 by will wait 4 tanjents deleted for the following reason: probably best as a comment in the still open thread about this. -- mathowie
Too fat for TV?
Post 97057 by fermezporte deleted for the following reason: Crappy op-eds don't make for great posts. -- cortex
2010-10-26
"We are people who realize projects without asking permission. That’s all."
Post 97025 by defenestration deleted for the following reason: Neat but saw it a few months ago. -- cortex
"I have a bit of a headache."
Post 97024 by Uther Bentrazor deleted for the following reason: It's an awful scene and I know it's making the poliblog rounds, but it's also basically "here is an awful thing that happened" without any meat to it and folks who are paying any attention to this election cycle are pretty likely to see it themselves at TPM or elsewhere. -- cortex
2010-10-25
Ford Fiesta
Post 97009 by mightygodking deleted for the following reason: this is a sort of messed up post. If you write for the torontoist you can't make posts that link to it and you can't get around this by posting a link to a blog you write for in the comments, sorry. -- jessamyn
Apparently I have a problem.
Post 96994 by seagull.apollo deleted for the following reason: I do not know why this would be worth posting. -- cortex
2010-10-24
Nothing good can come from a conversation thats starts with "I met a guy names Cooter"
Post 96968 by flyfsh_peter deleted for the following reason: meh, robot comedy isn't that interesting. -- mathowie
2010-10-23
2010-10-22
Bieber's biography, as read by Gordon Pinsent
Post 96934 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: already posted earlier today -- mathowie
Clarence Thomas' ex-girlfriend speaks out
Post 96928 by JABof72 deleted for the following reason: there's an open CT thread from two days ago, maybe drop this there? -- jessamyn
Fired NPR Reporter Juan Williams signs on with Fox News. That was pretty quick.
Post 96921 by livejamie deleted for the following reason: this should go in the existing thread from two days ago -- mathowie
2010-10-21
2010-10-20
High test jello.
Post 96868 by jacquilynne deleted for the following reason: post it in the open jello thread, is a great link. -- jessamyn
RAH RAH! Fuck you.
Post 96847 by auralcoral deleted for the following reason: oh good, the texas/outrage/rape trifecta. Really this is not a good post for MetaFilter. -- jessamyn
The RZA's movie that never was.
Post 96837 by James Cooper deleted for the following reason: Uh, it looks an awful lot like you know and have worked with the guy who made this. -- cortex
2010-10-18
2010-10-15
Little Superstar
Post 96705 by mippy deleted for the following reason: the guy must be in high school by now -- jessamyn
2010-10-14
American Ph. D. Program Rankings (but who's Number One?)
Post 96671 by JL Sadstone deleted for the following reason: This post is ranked number two in being posts about this according to the National Jokey Deletion Reason Council.. -- cortex
The God of Cake
Post 96669 by cherryflute deleted for the following reason: It's a great blog and all but we've seen it several times before. -- cortex
2010-10-13
The Case for Working With Your Hands
Post 96616 by nicolas léonard sadi carnot deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta
2010-10-12
Where's the note?
Post 96608 by Substrata deleted for the following reason: Maybe just add this to this post from three days ago. -- cortex
Punk as fuck.
Post 96567 by auralcoral deleted for the following reason: Many, Many people honestly believe this is not FPP worthy -- vacapinta
2010-10-11
2010-10-10
2010-10-09
sing along, or play along, or just listen ... it's Beatle-y multi-tracky time!
Post 96512 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: drop this in the already open john lennon birthday thread? -- jessamyn
Insane Clown Pose: And God created Controversy
Post 96507 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: If you wanna make a post but the post's mom is there post the mom. Or something. -- cortex
2010-10-08
Smell Like A Monster
Post 96487 by will wait 4 tanjents deleted for the following reason: there is a monster at the end of this double post -- jessamyn
2010-10-06
Polish poet Piotr Sommer on PennSound
Post 96410 by nicomachus deleted for the following reason: unless i am confused about something, this is a link to a project you were involved in. -- jessamyn
2010-10-04
$402 Billion, with Interest
Post 96336 by Chinese Jet Pilot deleted for the following reason: I just hope this post isn't the Franz Ferdinand of the blogosphere or I'm gonna feel pretty silly about deleting it as a double when the bombs start falling. -- cortex
2010-10-01
OHCHR Report on the Gaza Raid
Post 96264 by griphus deleted for the following reason: I realize you may have completely missed this recent metatalk thread, but we're feeling like another post about this is not a great idea in the best case and leading off posts with bloody pullquotes is really kind of a bad idea for any subject. -- cortex
What sort of senility is softening up the frontal lobes of America's palefaces?
Post 96247 by desjardins deleted for the following reason: Maybe add this to the thread from a couple days ago, if it's not already there. -- cortex
You know how to whistle, right?
Post 96245 by loquacious deleted for the following reason: ganked content on someone's tumblrblog + a whole lot of flags = not so great for MetaFilter, sorry. -- jessamyn
2010-09-30
eeeee-books!
Post 96230 by anothermug deleted for the following reason: nothing personal and I loved the summit as much as other people did but is there a place where there is content on this site or is it just a link to a thing that already happened? -- jessamyn
Looks like it's a great week to be a guy named Chris
Post 96226 by Cool Papa Bell deleted for the following reason: context free single link to facebook content somewhat "eh" -- jessamyn
2010-09-29
vulnerable
Post 96194 by lakersfan1222 deleted for the following reason: this is a tragic story, but a single link to a short news story is not a great post for metafilter. -- jessamyn
2010-09-27
Baby hand gets down.
Post 96109 by whimsicalnymph deleted for the following reason: Eh, I think this is one of those thin-line-between-awesome-and-meh things and this is on the wrong side of that line. -- cortex
"The sunrise never failed us yet."
Post 96106 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Sun's coming up / like a big bald head / poking up over the archives / It's Snarkey's day / It's Snarkey's day today -- cortex
2010-09-26
Music video about a rasta getting arrested for selling veg
Post 96064 by Not Supplied deleted for the following reason: kind of an average ho-hum ragga video. -- mathowie
2010-09-25
The motherfucking stupidest shit you'll see all day, yo
Post 96053 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: This just in: this not just in! -- cortex
Why Halo is Dead
Post 96052 by brycebertola deleted for the following reason: You are a self-linker and you are banned. -- jessamyn
2010-09-24
2010-09-23
Service Unavailable - DNS failure
Post 95997 by smoothvirus deleted for the following reason: Eh, go Facebook with the being unavailable but why is this a post? -- cortex
2010-09-22
U.N. - 1, Israel - 0
Post 95971 by tybeet deleted for the following reason: This is not an okay post for MetaFilter. These posts go badly here. People are already being jerks in this one. If you want to make a post about I/P issues it needs to not be framed like this. There are many other places on the internet you can go to talk about Israel. You can go to MetaTalk to talk about this if you want to. -- jessamyn
Was the Stuxnet virus built to attack Iran's nuclear program?
Post 95954 by Argyle deleted for the following reason: suck black ice, double post! K-rad! Hack the planet! -- cortex
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