2011-06-30

I'm, like, a true American.

Post 105130 by Lovecraft In Brooklyn deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

"Get out. Do something. Make something. That's good stuff.""

Post 105128 by emjaybee deleted for the following reason: please make this post again without the kickstarter link - links to kickstarter are too close to fundraising posts to be totally comfy here. -- jessamyn

How many of these apply to MeFites?

Post 105127 by Renoroc deleted for the following reason: This is awfully thin. -- restless_nomad

Transition

Post 105101 by juiceCake deleted for the following reason: open thread from a week ago seems to still be moving along okay. -- jessamyn

Keisha's Valley

Post 105095 by noway deleted for the following reason: Everyone hates this. I'll take their word on it. -- mathowie

2011-06-29

Parthenons of the Future

Post 105089 by stroke_count deleted for the following reason: Yeah, it's neat but we've seen it at least once before. -- cortex

Americans will spend around $22 billion on video games in 2011.

Post 105086 by Vomiaouaf deleted for the following reason: Self-link, banned. -- cortex

2011-06-28

2011-06-27

We are not stupid

Post 105015 by The Owls deleted for the following reason: Stunt account is stunty. Occasional funny ha ha comment with your joke sockpuppet, okay. Ongoing schtickposting, not so much, please desist. -- cortex

Feel free to add more to the pile.

Post 105012 by zardoz deleted for the following reason: This is super duper thin. -- cortex

Malls Across America

Post 105000 by joelf deleted for the following reason: MALLS MALLS MALLS -- cortex

2011-06-26

Two hour documentary on text adventures

Post 104975 by Kattullus deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Freedom - Freedom != Freedom

Post 104971 by notion deleted for the following reason: this really seems like TSA SUCKS AMIRITE and while yes, they do suck, this is just more TSA outrage without anything really to talk about over all the other TSA threads. Maybe try to make a post that is a little more ... meaty? -- jessamyn

The Introvert Advantage

Post 104964 by puny human deleted for the following reason: Yeah, there's not really much here. -- cortex

Fat cat walking on an underwater treadmill.

Post 104958 by Sticherbeast deleted for the following reason: Double, although with much mellower music. -- restless_nomad

2011-06-25

for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water

Post 104936 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

Nothing gets this girl excited like a good meat sale!

Post 104922 by bwg deleted for the following reason: post tomorrow and include the link please. -- jessamyn

2011-06-24

Brilliant even before Colombo

Post 104919 by Jagz-Mario deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Peter Falk - a.k.a Lieutenant Columbo (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) R.I.P

Post 104899 by elpapacito deleted for the following reason: Later post is better, please do not make this lazy of an obit post. -- cortex

Decriminalizing alcohol will only lead to millions of Americans becoming alcoholics and greater profits for mobsters.

Post 104895 by Taft deleted for the following reason: Short news article and "contact this guy" framing really both make for a pretty crap post. If it's a topic worth posting about above and beyond just being a bit of politicking, someone can take a better stab at this and make a decent post out of it. -- cortex

Accidental Chinese Hipsters

Post 104881 by josher71 deleted for the following reason: People not really loving this. -- cortex

It's a tremendous advantage in any fight

Post 104876 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: posted previously and previouslier -- vacapinta

2011-06-23

A Manifesto . . . Crap, PERSONIFESTO . . . for Conscious Men

Post 104870 by Clyde Mnestra deleted for the following reason: We kind of had this thread already without the weird inverted framing and the Will Ferrell coda, this feels like it's trying kind of hard to Be Something for no particularly great reason. -- cortex

'Is Marriage for White People?'

Post 104859 by Renoroc deleted for the following reason: Eh, kind of hotly charged topic, not so great sources -- mathowie

Healthy Credit?

Post 104857 by darkstar deleted for the following reason: poster's request. -- jessamyn

"They cut me open like I was a hog."

Post 104851 by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing deleted for the following reason: Double -- restless_nomad

2011-06-22

Insurance Woes

Post 104833 by walee deleted for the following reason: Good riddance -- mathowie

What's on your mind? The hostage-taking standoff I'm in.

Post 104804 by shivohum deleted for the following reason: I think the intersection of new media and strange real-life circumstances is kind of fascinating so I get wanting to post about this, but between the super gawkerish nature of the situation and the facebook-heavy nature of the linked content this feels like not a great idea for a post. -- cortex

Palinus Interruptus

Post 104801 by allelopath deleted for the following reason: The bar for Sarah Palin posts is pretty high, it has to be about something kind of major -- mathowie

2011-06-21

First, that's a priest punching a woman in the face.

Post 104784 by bwg deleted for the following reason: eh -- cortex

Russian freediver Natalia Avseenko, belugas whales and dolphinariums

Post 104782 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: Poster's request -- mathowie

"I am of sound mind, but not so much sound body"

Post 104775 by reenum deleted for the following reason: You just want to go to doublejail for the free healthcare I bet. -- cortex

'Shrooms

Post 104767 by WagonTyre deleted for the following reason: This is pretty thin for a post. -- cortex

The "bad guys" are on notice

Post 104756 by AndrewKemendo deleted for the following reason: Too much editorializing for a front page post. Especially for a topic like this. The op-ed link doesn't help either. -- vacapinta

2011-06-20

I've seen everything

Post 104742 by coriolisdave deleted for the following reason: Seen (through) it. -- cortex

Reviews of HBO's Game of Thrones

Post 104736 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: I'm digging the show too, but there's a thread from all of six days ago open still and no reason this stuff can't be talked about there. -- cortex

2011-06-19

Time For Justice Thomas To Resign?

Post 104704 by expriest deleted for the following reason: A couple of thinkprogress opinion pieces isn't really great footing for a post. -- cortex

"So EXCUSE ME for using my PHONE..."

Post 104696 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Double -- restless_nomad

Author Terry Pratchett in Choosing to Die

Post 104695 by ericteoh deleted for the following reason: sorry, just posted last week -- mathowie

“Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in” -- Mark Twain

Post 104692 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: News of the weird + lolreligions = twice the "not so great for Metafilter" -- restless_nomad

2011-06-18

No Words....

Post 104687 by Lipstick Thespian deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

Is Apple bypassing the Web?

Post 104678 by doctornemo deleted for the following reason: hiya -- you probably want to post a few links here a little bit absent some of the personal opinion stuff. Not that ideas aren't great and links to things to talk about aren't great, but sharing stuff on the web needs to be a little more stuff and a little less your thoughts about stuff. No big deal and a do over tomorrow would probably be just fine. -- jessamyn

Useless to the nth

Post 104670 by FatherDagon deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2011-06-17

Whistle While You Work

Post 104647 by overeducated_alligator deleted for the following reason: neat but previously -- cortex

The end of safety in numbers?

Post 104640 by allkindsoftime deleted for the following reason: Not that people on the internet can't get their shaming on if they really need to, but I don't think we need yet another Vancouver post just to further highlight it. -- cortex

2011-06-16

Fukushima : "the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind"

Post 104628 by Poet_Lariat deleted for the following reason: Feels like the framing here is not so great; I know that the Fukushima situation is a pretty crazy one, but to an extent we need to not just have a recurring "and here's another linkdump, let's argue about nuclear energy some more" thing going on. If there's something specifically new and notable with the situation, a focused post about that is probably a better way to go. -- cortex

There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots.

Post 104626 by paulsc deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

2011-06-15

"I'm not sure who built it, but they knew what they were doing."

Post 104597 by bwg deleted for the following reason: Why I fixed the link before figuring out it was covered previously, I will never know. -- cortex

Scott Adams: Pegs and Holes

Post 104593 by Pants McCracky deleted for the following reason: And? -- cortex

Terrence Malick's favorite film?!

Post 104575 by littlemanclan deleted for the following reason: Yep, looks like this was mentioned a little bit ago. -- cortex

Activities For The Blind

Post 104573 by walee deleted for the following reason: if you're asking a question, this needs to be in Ask MetaFilter. If you're not, this maybe needs to be more of a post and less of a question. Maybe try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

2011-06-14

Keyboard Cat

Post 104565 by unliteral deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

Guitar Baby - how?

Post 104559 by archivist deleted for the following reason: This is a pretty thin little one-note ad for a video game. -- cortex

I Said Go To Sleep Motherfu*ker!

Post 104557 by New England Cultist deleted for the following reason: As far as I can tell you can't actually get at the Audible version of this without signing up; unless or until there is some more reliably unfettered legit recording (e.g. not random recent youtube gankings) available, this feels like kind of a non-starter. -- cortex

LEED green associate exam

Post 104545 by berkshirenative deleted for the following reason: Heya, I think you meant to post this over on Ask Metafilter, not on the blue. -- cortex

The Crime of Resource Nationalism

Post 104527 by klue deleted for the following reason: This seems like not such a great choice of link material. -- cortex

2011-06-13

I'm going to tell Mother!

Post 104517 by PapaLobo deleted for the following reason: Not to begrudge anybody who needed some slap therapy by proxy, but this is thin at best and you really need to not pick a fight about whether your post should exist in the text of the post itself. -- cortex

2011-06-12

Lesbian Blogger revealed

Post 104482 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: Currently open post on the subject. -- restless_nomad

U2 through the lens of a startup

Post 104476 by The Devil Tesla deleted for the following reason: This is rather too thin (and glib) to make an interesting post. -- restless_nomad

We're comin at em, and tell us:

Post 104474 by DZack deleted for the following reason: Alas, Kyle at the other thread. -- cortex

2011-06-11

Don't text at Alamo Drafthouse

Post 104462 by Brent Parker deleted for the following reason: Triple! -- mathowie

Don't f*$k with the Alamo?

Post 104452 by Blasdelb deleted for the following reason: If you write me email protesting the deletion of this double, you know what will happen. -- cortex

2011-06-10

sup with this ?

Post 104435 by rh2 deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure but this is not a good post. -- restless_nomad

Very Very Frightening Me

Post 104410 by bwg deleted for the following reason: Eh. -- cortex

2011-06-09

This is a test post

Post 104399 by pb deleted for the following reason: Test Complete! -- pb

The RDJ Twins.

Post 104383 by griphus deleted for the following reason: God bless Richard David James and all that, but this is super thin. -- cortex

Share the Road

Post 104381 by domo deleted for the following reason: This is a terrible thing that happened but more "cars r coffins" posts about bad bike/car accidents may be editorializing in a good way but it's still a sort of outragefilter post where it's not clear what there is to talk about. -- jessamyn

Birdman Mode Unlocked

Post 104379 by lemuring deleted for the following reason: Eh, we've seen the squirrel suit thing a few times now and this isn't a particularly extraordinary example. -- cortex

2011-06-08

Kids Playing Army 2

Post 104365 by philip-random deleted for the following reason: Video isn't that great, conversation is kind of tanking too, sorry. -- mathowie

"Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Police." "Police who?" "Police stop telling these awful knock, knock jokes."

Post 104354 by saulgoodman deleted for the following reason: This is still a local newswire blurb on a really hot topic with a couple of open related threads, probably this should just go in one of those if it isn't there already. -- cortex

"While we understand the need to manage physical holdings, we believe this should be done thoughtfully and well."

Post 104353 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Same subject was posted earlier today. -- mathowie

Debtor's SWAT Team

Post 104339 by ryoshu deleted for the following reason: Issues with short news blurbs as posts set aside for a moment, this doesn't even appear to be what the post says it is. -- cortex

A Cat is a Lion in a Jungle of Small Bushes

Post 104327 by bwg deleted for the following reason: Posted previously -- vacapinta

2011-06-07

Pepsi what?!?!

Post 104301 by Blasdelb deleted for the following reason: This is wending too far to the "yes, this is a long form advertisment" side of the equation, nominally cute production notwithstanding. -- cortex

A different type of planking

Post 104293 by timshel deleted for the following reason: Belongs on Ask Metafilter -- vacapinta

2011-06-06

Maine Woods National Park

Post 104277 by woodjockey deleted for the following reason: Park 2: I'll Bee Back -- cortex

2011-06-05

Has letterpress jumped the shark?

Post 104243 by Megami deleted for the following reason: The actual links here seem pretty meh, not sure exactly what's supposed to be the interesting core of this post. Maybe rework and try again tomorrow if there's something substantial that got lost in the presentation? -- cortex

2011-06-04

Ah, Canadian Club

Post 104228 by Diablevert deleted for the following reason: Double -- restless_nomad

Teenager sells kidney so he can afford an iPad 2

Post 104222 by Soupisgoodfood deleted for the following reason: Real or not, news of the weird doesn't make for great posts. -- cortex

2011-06-03

Out of Sight

Post 104219 by Kaatridge deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- vacapinta

Dumb Question of the Twenty-first Century: Is It Legal?

Post 104213 by VikingSword deleted for the following reason: If it's worth posting, do it without the editorial preamble or rhetorical question-for-discussion coda please. -- cortex

2011-06-01

Save an American company. Save InfoTube.

Post 104149 by paulinsanjuan deleted for the following reason: Its not really clear why this is on Metafilter -- vacapinta

North American Obeast

Post 104139 by reverend cuttle deleted for the following reason: all the links in this are missing except for one which is broken, maybe try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn

First Kiss: High Five!

Post 104113 by bwg deleted for the following reason: second kiss -- cortex

Apple's cash on hand could exceed $300 billion by 2015

Post 104111 by dbooker deleted for the following reason: This makes zero sense as a metafilter post. -- cortex