2013-02-28

Homeschooled....

Post 125507 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: Not deleting due to subject matter, but a Buzzfeed post needs to be something good and this is just a few dozen lifted GIFs from other sites with no article to speak of. -- mathowie

You Had One Job!

Post 125506 by softlord deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Who moved my existential dystopia?

Post 125503 by univac deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

lived like the uphills were mountains / and the downhills were cliffs

Post 125497 by divabat deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

He has grave doubts

Post 125494 by kneecapped deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is kind of just "outrageous thing said by clueless politician" and not that interesting. -- mathowie

The rest of To Serve and Protect - it's... it's a cookbook!

Post 125476 by Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug deleted for the following reason: This is sort of a double-link outragefilter post which is getting no favors done because of the jokey headline. Otherwise it's sort of news of the weird as presented. -- jessamyn

Risk and profit, profit and risk

Post 125474 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: This is a notoriously problematic topic here and I think we need more than "List from Greenpeace" to kick off another discussion. -- jessamyn

2013-02-27

Advice for grizzly bears on fitting in with twentysomethings

Post 125443 by asnider deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

"It's a secret sauce," she said.

Post 125426 by not_the_water deleted for the following reason: blammo -- cortex

12 O'clock Boys

Post 125424 by Shike deleted for the following reason: Heya, no posts about ongoing fundraisers. Totally fine to post about this a week from now once the Kickstarter is finished. -- cortex

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Post 125420 by anotherpanacea deleted for the following reason: I get that you wanted to spotlight it, but this does feel like it makes sense as part of the other thread from this morning where it came up. -- cortex

Dramatic Apple Cat!!

Post 125418 by quiet coyote deleted for the following reason: This has been posted a few times before. -- taz

Harm Reduction Talk Controversy

Post 125417 by jeffburdges deleted for the following reason: This seems like it's a bit short on info, with only one side, briefly presented. If there's a good discussion to be had about this, maybe you can work it up a little more to keep it from just being outrage fodder? -- taz

2013-02-26

420 or Fight

Post 125406 by vozworth deleted for the following reason: Great news but a couple of paragraphs announcing that a bill's been introduced is pretty darn thin. -- LobsterMitten

Bros helping transbros

Post 125389 by ThatFuzzyBastard deleted for the following reason: Heya, this is really pretty great but also runs up against our no-active-fundraisers policy for the front page. Please make a post about this again after the IndieGoGo thing has closed? -- cortex

Privacy? What Privacy?

Post 125380 by photodegas deleted for the following reason: It may be a good idea to do this over as more of a "here is a thing on the web" and less of an editorial? -- jessamyn

2013-02-25

A screaming comes across the literary world

Post 125363 by holmesian deleted for the following reason: Exciting news for Pynchon fans but there's really basically no content here. -- cortex

Quick! Release this tube.

Post 125352 by cellura p deleted for the following reason: Looks like this was meant for Ask Metafilter -- taz

2013-02-24

Looking for sofa bed

Post 125346 by falsedmitri deleted for the following reason: Looks like you meant to post this on AskMe. -- restless_nomad

I wish I didn't find this funny

Post 125336 by Rory Marinich deleted for the following reason: Yeah, from the flags, the asshole side of this is a lot more widely agreed on than the hilarious side. -- LobsterMitten

Calvin & Hobbes Photoshopped into real world scenses

Post 125328 by COD deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2013-02-22

Gallon Smashing

Post 125289 by MechEng deleted for the following reason: It's not really clear why this is anything more than "look at these asshole kids" -- restless_nomad

2013-02-21

Americans are starting to figure out the health insurance scam

Post 125256 by analogtom deleted for the following reason: Probably best to put this in the earlier thread from today about the high cost of healthcare -- mathowie

A Magic Blues Man, Gone.

Post 125246 by kozad deleted for the following reason: Poster's request? Looks like Magic Sam and Slim are two different people -- mathowie

Don't go to law school

Post 125237 by shivohum deleted for the following reason: I'm not sure what Tucker Max has to add to a conversation we've had dozens of times here already. -- jessamyn

Do 100,000 people care about whales?

Post 125232 by the_grizz deleted for the following reason: We don't do sign your petition posts here, feel free to make a post about the issue generally, but not soapboxing for it. Let us know if you have questions. -- jessamyn

Helicopter pet owners

Post 125231 by KokuRyu deleted for the following reason: This just seems to be trolling easy-to-troll animal lovers. No? -- jessamyn

2013-02-20

Are you ironic?

Post 125211 by theora55 deleted for the following reason: I think we're sort of done with hipsters. Sorry. -- jessamyn

Jarrett J. Krosoczka: How a boy became an artist

Post 125189 by sw1205 deleted for the following reason: We've had sort of a glut of Ted Talks, and folks know where to find them... so unless it's something particularly stand-out, "Here's a Ted Talk" isn't really a great post -- taz

2013-02-19

The Winners' History of Rock and Roll

Post 125175 by lalex deleted for the following reason: 8: Starland Vocal Band -- cortex

Guaranteed accurate - just look at the domain.

Post 125172 by kavasa deleted for the following reason: SOMETHING SOMETHING GUY FROM SMASHMOUTH -- cortex

How Jesse Jackson, Jr. Spent His Money

Post 125167 by reenum deleted for the following reason: I know it's a weird list of stuff, but this feels like not a great idea for a post, kind of an "oh look at the funny bumper sticker attached to that seven-car pileup" sort of thing. -- cortex

Deep Inside: A study of 10,000 porn stars and their careers.

Post 125152 by chunking express deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

2013-02-18

Assignment help

Post 125142 by myassignmenthelp11 deleted for the following reason: No. Just no. -- restless_nomad

Manhole Fires, Pantsless Kenneth, and Shopped or Not?

Post 125127 by PussKillian deleted for the following reason: If you know this guy well enough to have his email address, making posts about him is too friendslinky for here. -- jessamyn

Who's responsible for the Bounty sinking?

Post 125116 by wenestvedt deleted for the following reason: Previous thread is still open, maybe add this stuff there? -- cortex

You would never call me baby

Post 125107 by FirstMateKate deleted for the following reason: This is pulling a lot of different hot-button issues (censorship, porn, gay porn, suicide, mental health) under the same umbrella, while not really offering any insights or info aside from suggesting these are related, and as such is ripe for more-heat-than-light discussion. Maybe think about a re-do on this, and contact us if you have any questions. -- taz

2013-02-17

John Wayne! You wanna tell me he's a fag?

Post 125102 by breadbox deleted for the following reason: The framing is not doing anything productive here. Try again tomorrow? -- restless_nomad

2013-02-16

But animals not so much.

Post 125075 by fontophilic deleted for the following reason: This looks like just point-and-laugh fodder. -- restless_nomad

"Idiots using my stolen phone"

Post 125073 by scruss deleted for the following reason: Forum threads about people doing something dumb aren't really right for FPPs. -- restless_nomad

Enter the Randstad

Post 125072 by four panels deleted for the following reason: Seems like this would work better in the existing Harlem Shake thread. -- restless_nomad

2013-02-15

I'll Understand If You Don't Reply Before I'm Dead

Post 125056 by SlyBevel deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this is presented as a sort of "Here-Are My Thoughts About This" essay-type thing you might put on your own blog; maybe try again tomorrow focusing more on just presenting the main links. Let us know if you have any questions. -- taz

The pull of samsara, the flow of worldly existence, can be overwhelming.

Post 125048 by davidjmcgee deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Sonic boom over Siberia

Post 125031 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and add this to yesterday's thread. -- cortex

My favorite ever Aaron Swartz quote - Be Curious

Post 125024 by sw1205 deleted for the following reason: I know folks miss Aaron but a link to one short quote that links through to a wikipedia page really doesn't work as a post here. -- cortex

The space object weighed about 10 tons before entering the atmosphere

Post 125023 by dubold deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

Let them have dominion over all creation

Post 125020 by Lush deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2013-02-14

From another country and want to drive in Florida? Not so fast!

Post 124991 by Kitteh deleted for the following reason: Super thin "florida being wacky" article. Maybe beef this up with a bit more about it and try again? -- jessamyn

Oscar Pistorius charged with murder

Post 124988 by tom_r deleted for the following reason: This is a terrible thing that happened that does not really have enough information for a MeFi post. There is a discussion on SportsFilter and a currently open MeTa thread about a previously deleted thread -- jessamyn

Elon Musk responds to NYT accusations about Tesla with trip log data

Post 124983 by andrewconner deleted for the following reason: Please put this in the open thread -- jessamyn

Tragedy in South Africa

Post 124980 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Yes, this is tragic, but perhaps we can wait and see if there is some substance that will make a good post instead of just speculating / getting angry. -- taz

2013-02-13

Every city has its secrets, it’s just a matter of finding them…

Post 124968 by Charlemagne In Sweatpants deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

WTF Internet?

Post 124956 by MechEng deleted for the following reason: Maybe just toss these into last week's thread. -- cortex

She'll be comin round the mountain when she comes! When she - whoops

Post 124955 by sweetkid deleted for the following reason: Eh, this is kind of scraping the bottom of the cute-cat-video barrel. -- cortex

This must be a dream sequence

Post 124948 by barnoley deleted for the following reason: We've kind of had a lot of Girls-related posts lately and this feels a bit like web-drama-for-web-drama's sake. -- cortex

The departure from evangelical Christianity, viewed from within the fold

Post 124936 by escabeche deleted for the following reason: This seems just like one guy musing on his blog, and not really enough substance to engender more thoughtful discussion rather than LOLXtian and Skygod stuff. -- taz

2013-02-12

"Luckily, it doesn’t make you smell it."

Post 124912 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: Neat for the Discworld fans, but if it's a paid app and all else there is to the post is a couple paragraphs blurbing said app this is probably not going to work great as a mefi post. -- cortex

Did The Register headline say what I thought it said

Post 124896 by Man with Lantern deleted for the following reason: protolanguage discussion going on here -- jessamyn

He's the son of the original G.

Post 124886 by cthuljew deleted for the following reason: Maybe not so much with the n-bombs on the front page? -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2013-02-11

Bach on a Möbius

Post 124861 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: Neat but repeat. -- cortex

PLEASE, SEE THAT MY BRAIN IS GIVEN TO THE NFL’S BRAIN BANK

Post 124854 by Transl3y deleted for the following reason: This is a serious issue, but we've had posts on the deaths of Dave Duerson and Junior Seau, and discussed football related brain injury many times, so a single blog post about a guy who is just realizing is probably not the best here. -- taz

Artist's Statement

Post 124853 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: We've had a lot of gun control posts lately, many of which are still ongoing -- so a single-link OP/ED sort of thing isn't really great. Maybe revisit this when there are some cartoons? -- taz

2013-02-10

Different Class

Post 124838 by Charlemagne In Sweatpants deleted for the following reason: Single-link essays are always in risk of being too thin; this one succumbs. -- restless_nomad

Arial in your browser is closer than it appears

Post 124823 by panaceanot deleted for the following reason: Yeah... HTML glitch is pretty thin for a post. Sorry. -- taz

Harlem Shake - Fat Gamer Nerd Edition

Post 124820 by Leisure_Muffin deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and add this to the open Harlem Shake thread. -- taz

2013-02-09

Normal is Not Normal

Post 124814 by Apropos of Something deleted for the following reason: This is just too thin for an FPP -- restless_nomad

UK Report: Notions of identity will be transformed in the next decade

Post 124803 by infini deleted for the following reason: This seems like a bunch of truisms stated very verbosely; not clear why it's of particular interest for MetaFilter. -- LobsterMitten

Love Darts

Post 124795 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: We just had a Ze Frank "True Facts" video post last month. Love him but this is pretty doublish. -- taz

The Dorner Manifesto

Post 124792 by fantodstic deleted for the following reason: This is sort of a "better for your own blog" presentation with OP opinion front and center and OP explanation of the situation (instead of links), plus only a single link to the manifesto with no other framing, analysis or background = not a great way to post this here. -- taz

2013-02-08

soccer is f*cked

Post 124780 by gerryblog deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

The History List

Post 124774 by Miko deleted for the following reason: Poster's request -- restless_nomad

On fandom, female spaces and male privilege

Post 124751 by NoraReed deleted for the following reason: This is probably a little too old to provide a good basis for the discussion as presented, but might work as part of a more upated post. -- taz

2013-02-07

Maybe it's time for Charlie Beck to step down

Post 124744 by brando_calrissian deleted for the following reason: This is pretty heavy-handed framing. -- LobsterMitten

A Bit of an Exaggeration

Post 124743 by dubusadus deleted for the following reason: This is a super inflammatory subject and to go okay here, this needs to be presented a lot more clearly and neutrally. -- LobsterMitten

First Ever Online Meditation Retreat

Post 124741 by snowliontiger deleted for the following reason: Self-link. Pretty banned. -- cortex

Two tastes that taste great together

Post 124738 by Frobenius Twist deleted for the following reason: Sorry, no active fundraisers. Once the fundraiser is closed, please post it again! \m/ -- LobsterMitten

The Acoustic Guitar Project

Post 124729 by bricksNmortar deleted for the following reason: There are a few things wrong with this post

1. No Kickstarter
2. No friendlinking

The first will get you deleted, the second could get you banned. Please make sure you understand the rules here. Thanks. -- jessamyn

2013-02-06

"She felt that she had been run over by the police and others."

Post 124701 by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey deleted for the following reason: I know your heart is in the right place but both Assange and rape are difficult enough topics that a single link (albeit lengthy) blog post from six months ago isn't really going to fly well here. -- jessamyn

The Soviet authorities had no records of anyone living in the district.

Post 124700 by T.D. Strange deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

Today's Front Pages

Post 124683 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: Neat, but looks like we've seen this at least a couple times before. -- cortex

The ice cube crumbles.

Post 124672 by Goofyy deleted for the following reason: I should probably put together some sort of clever "Chasing Icy" Kevin Smith joke here but it's pretty early still so snootchie bootchies or whatever. -- cortex

"Times were more gentle back then."

Post 124664 by Pope Guilty deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2013-02-05

"Smash, smash, SMASH! Yeah..."

Post 124651 by MaryDellamorte deleted for the following reason: RACIST JESUS STILL DEFEATED -- cortex

Tea Party Community

Post 124647 by Charlemagne In Sweatpants deleted for the following reason: If there's something more interesting going on here than a Fox web property reporting that Fox News reported that some tea party people set up a website, it needs to be in the post somehwere, and if not this seems like kind of nothing worth posting about. -- cortex

2013-02-04

Ethnically Challenged

Post 124609 by donaldekelly deleted for the following reason: One Tea Party guy saying something racist doesn't make for a great post for Metafilter. -- LobsterMitten

Justice Department memo reveals legal case for drone strikes on Am

Post 124607 by flotson deleted for the following reason: Maybe come back and finish your post tomorrow? -- jessamyn

Walk a mile to understand a man. Walk 21,000 miles to understand Man

Post 124601 by 2manyusernames deleted for the following reason: There's not much more going on here than the last post we had, maybe more of an update when this is further along? -- jessamyn

Collapse Video Of A Glacier The Size Of A City

Post 124593 by SpacemanStix deleted for the following reason: FOR GOD'S SAKE, ICE BERG, WE BROKE UP LAST DECEMBER -- cortex

ICR - Institute for Centrifugal Research

Post 124592 by srboisvert deleted for the following reason: Cute but previously. -- cortex

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

Post 124590 by Lanark deleted for the following reason: more like king richard ii amirite -- cortex

"Just the Facts, Ma'am"

Post 124583 by wolfdreams01 deleted for the following reason: This is like three different fights competing to start each other and reads more like something to post on your blog than a well-presented Mefi post. -- cortex

Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium

Post 124577 by acb deleted for the following reason: Interesting post, but open fundraisers are against the guidelines. Sorry! Please post again when the funding period is over. -- taz

2013-02-03

'American Sniper’ Author Shot and Killed in Texas

Post 124562 by dubold deleted for the following reason: If we're going to talk about this one guy getting shot, let's do it without the insta-derail of a bunch of other gun control stuff. -- LobsterMitten

"There's an asteroid coming to earth!" "WHAT!?"

Post 124556 by loquacious deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this seems to be just a mean prank? Or a channel of fake pranks? Either way, it's not finding a happy home here. -- LobsterMitten

2013-02-02

"Not as good as Falun Gong Forced Organ Harvest set but still AWESOME!"

Post 124546 by MaryDellamorte deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

"Let's go!"

Post 124541 by ricochet biscuit deleted for the following reason: This is super cool but also unfortunately a double. -- LobsterMitten

Grrrr

Post 124529 by dobbs deleted for the following reason: Looks like this was faked. -- taz

2013-02-01

Friday Eating Pleasure

Post 124493 by parmanparman deleted for the following reason: So... this is a just recipe, with no particular interesting info or backstory or other significant point of interest... pretty thin for a post. -- taz

Farwell to Hizzoner

Post 124491 by brookeb deleted for the following reason: Maybe someone can do something a little more in-depth than a single news link. -- taz

HOW NOT TO BE A DICK TO YOUR BLACK FRIEND

Post 124490 by Blasdelb deleted for the following reason: Single link op/ed angry article covering a lot of the issues that we've discussed here before many, many times is really not so great for a post. Maybe there's a way to redo this? -- taz

Game Day

Post 124478 by eviemath deleted for the following reason: Eh, puppies are cute, but this is basically just a promo for a tv show we know is coming. -- LobsterMitten

Columbia: A Modern Day Icarus?

Post 124378 by chris88 deleted for the following reason: Maybe a bummer if the video is neat and there's no reliable alternate source, but if it requires a youtube signup to view it's probably not really workable as a single-link post. -- cortex

Truly, the PBR of early 20th century Irish novelists

Post 124359 by Diablevert deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

The suicide forest

Post 124357 by Chrysostom deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

Family of man, 2013 edition

Post 124342 by growabrain deleted for the following reason: The combination of the quirky formatting and the fact that these are all links taken from one particular elsewhere make it a really odd fit here. -- jessamyn

Vintage Hard Laboring Technicians

Post 124339 by weeyin deleted for the following reason: These are great but we've seen them here before -- jessamyn

Silver and Light

Post 124337 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

Christopher Tolkien's first ever press interview

Post 124333 by SpacemanStix deleted for the following reason: Saw this previously. -- cortex

Food/Cooking/Sustainability crash course

Post 124318 by bonheur deleted for the following reason: Hey, I think you wanted to post this in Ask Metafilter. -- taz

Map of Spain's unemployment evolution.

Post 124317 by - deleted for the following reason: Single infographic jpg is pretty thin; maybe repost tomorrow with more info. -- taz

Ending Ban, U.S. Hopes to Reduce Sexual Assaults in Military

Post 124312 by infini deleted for the following reason: This issue is actually being discussed in the still-open women-in-combat thread, so maybe go ahead and add this there? -- taz