2014-10-30
King! King! King!
Post 144044 by justkevin deleted for the following reason: This isn't substantial enough to warrant its own thread, sorry. -- restless_nomad
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!!!!!
Post 144034 by Muddler deleted for the following reason: Yeah, the active fundraiser is a problem here. Feel free to repost without it, or after it closes. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
Child sex exploitation 'social norm' in Greater Manchester
Post 144030 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: Big, terrible story; breaking today, it seems. A bit thin then given the subject matter, leaving little to discuss but our collective outrage? Feel free to repost in a few days or so when more will have come out / been written on this. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2014-10-29
2014-10-28
2014-10-27
If I = PAT, then what can we do about P?
Post 143966 by wilful deleted for the following reason: Heya, seems like an interesting piece of work, but if the paper itself isn't available to most readers and the balance of the post is just a pretty short blog commentary on it, that's probably not the best setup for a post to the front page. -- cortex
Public Health or Public Relations?
Post 143950 by entropone deleted for the following reason: We have quite a few Ebola posts currently active, and this is has been brought up in at least one; probably better to add extra links to the discussion there rather than splintering the conversation further. -- taz
2014-10-26
Neither Q nor A for the moment
Post 143941 by GhostintheMachine deleted for the following reason: Seems like if this is a thing where there's an expectation of some sort of detailed reporting coming out soon, it'd be better to specifically wait until that has happened and/or there's some other less-rumor, more-facts-on-the-ground stuff shaking out. -- cortex
Did you mean to type oiligarchy
Post 143925 by infini deleted for the following reason: This article dates to April of this year, when we had a thread on the subject. -- cortex
2014-10-25
1st thing to come up when googling "Why some are people such assholes?"
Post 143913 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: This isn't really a remarkable Cracked listicle, we've had a ton of them in the past, a little thin for a post. -- mathowie
2014-10-24
Run the Jewels Redux
Post 143878 by dortmunder deleted for the following reason: Yeah, active fundraiser is a problem. Fine to repost without, or contact us if you want the post edited. Sorry for the trouble! -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2014-10-22
Heartbreak... it tastes like chicken
Post 143834 by miss lynnster deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is sort of goofy news-of-the-weird with a sprinkle of the Colonel's let's laugh at depressed people seasonings. -- mathowie
Pax Dickenson: Rebel
Post 143828 by lkc deleted for the following reason: However it was intended, this appears to be a great excuse for everyone to get their hate on, and that doesn't make for a worthwhile thread, sorry. -- restless_nomad
Quality auto loans from the UBIK loan company
Post 143816 by Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz
2014-10-21
2014-10-20
Poetry in an unexpected place.
Post 143760 by rhombus deleted for the following reason: This is a little too point-and-laugh, sorry. -- restless_nomad
2014-10-19
Mid-Career and Pregnant
Post 143714 by ellieBOA deleted for the following reason: oops; looks like we posted this the first time around -- taz
2014-10-17
They're a feature, not a bug
Post 143704 by localroger deleted for the following reason: Yeah, kinda too thin for a post. -- mathowie
"The Basic Bitch"
Post 143676 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: This is kind of gross and off-putting that calling a woman "basic" or mainstream is equated with "bitch". Seems needlessly charged and awful. -- mathowie
2014-10-16
Stand your ground, unless it's your spouse
Post 143652 by escabeche deleted for the following reason: There's a recent, open thread about domestic violence and the law. And terrible as story this is I feel a post on it could do with some fleshing out so as not to be a "here's a terrible thing that happened" outragefilter type post, sorry. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
"Gender reassignment is not [...] commercially viable content."
Post 143646 by winterhill deleted for the following reason: This doesn't appear to be going well at all. Maybe a do-over tomorrow taking into account the issues raised? -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2014-10-15
I Struggled With This Decision For A Week: Zatchel vs. Satchel
Post 143616 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: This is kinda niche-without-being-deep in a way that feels just kinda thin for the front page. -- cortex
2014-10-14
The Womansplainer: now accepting Paypal.
Post 143609 by nicebookrack deleted for the following reason: it's amusing but kind of a thin single-page post, probably better in one of the existing threads about the subject. -- mathowie
2014-10-13
Dwight Schrute would love this thing
Post 143575 by ericbop deleted for the following reason: And / when I awoke / I was alone / this plane had flown -- cortex
2014-10-12
2014-10-11
Wolves, Yellowstone and Trophic Cascades
Post 143516 by quin deleted for the following reason: this is a double but if you're seeing this just watch it anyway because it's pretty dope -- cortex
Geocities 2.0
Post 143456 by TypographicalError deleted for the following reason: I am in love with the new site/community/what-is-it and really like ~ford's piece today, but we juuuuust had a post about tilde.club. -- cortex
2014-10-08
Chromatic Pill Factions
Post 143418 by nicolas lĂŠonard sadi carnot deleted for the following reason: Eh, as basically a single image this is sort of thin inside-baseball weirdness. -- cortex
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Post 143412 by Ipsifendus deleted for the following reason: Brand new production that some random dude has tossed up on his little-trafficked youtube channel seems kinda sketch. -- cortex
2014-10-07
The Womansplainer
Post 143396 by Ragini deleted for the following reason: This is clever but there's not much there to talk about. If there are transcripts or something that might actually end up being a neat post, but the price sheet alone isn't really enough. -- restless_nomad
2014-10-06
Hattitude
Post 143355 by 724A deleted for the following reason: It looks like this isn't actually freely available, sorry. -- restless_nomad
2014-10-05
That hairspray is made from imported Tibetan yak tears!
Post 143340 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: eh, kinda thin for a comic post -- mathowie
"Their moralizing is selective, bigoted and very sad."
Post 143336 by davidstandaford deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is an Op-Ed on a pretty well-trod topic that doesn't really cover any new ground. -- mathowie
2014-10-04
Meatball! What are you wanting to do?
Post 143329 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: Time is a flat corgi on a carousel. -- cortex
2014-10-03
And then there were eight
Post 143316 by dejah420 deleted for the following reason: It's not clear if this is quoted material or just framing - it needs to be crystal clear and less editorially framed to have a chance of being a civil thread. -- restless_nomad
2014-10-02
"a pleasurable substance that also conveys health benefits"
Post 143269 by MartinWisse deleted for the following reason: This was brought up and discussed in fair depth in the recent drinking stats thread. -- restless_nomad
Bitter
Post 143254 by Caskeum deleted for the following reason: No accounting for taste but this is kind of thin gruel as front page posts go, sorry. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2014-10-01
Swagon Waggon.
Post 143227 by MartinWisse deleted for the following reason: Heya, this'll need to wait until the Kickstarter campaign has finished up. -- cortex