Post 144932 by andoatnp deleted for the following reason: This appears to be about bills that are explicitly not going to be put up for vote as currently written, and so this is an I/P fight we don't need to have yet. -- restless_nomad
2014-11-30
Shia, himself.
Post 144926 by feckless fecal fear mongering deleted for the following reason: This looks like it's just going to be a big "was he/wasn't he" fight with no redeeming value. -- restless_nomad
2014-11-29
Play it again, Sam: "No, I don't hate men." (trigger warning)
Post 144905 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: Hey, Melissa McEwan is great, but this is an old post that doesn't really cover anything that we haven't discussed in detail many, many times. -- taz
2014-11-28
Do The Right Thing
Post 144897 by internet fraud detective squad, station number 9 deleted for the following reason: Kind of an awful "fail" montage, not really working -- mathowie
2014-11-26
Sam Kinison Currently Running FEMA Internment Camp #7
Post 144867 by Ghostride The Whip deleted for the following reason: "There's already an open thread about the conspiracy theory that Alex Jones is actually a CIA-acquired Bill Hicks", he typed unbelievingly. -- cortex
That would require too much effort
Post 144862 by ChuckRamone deleted for the following reason: That sounds like a pretty shitty thing for Scott to say but short blurby "guy says shitty thing" writeup isn't really good post material for the front page of Metafilter. -- cortex
Jabba looks much different without makeup
Post 144842 by mcstayinskool deleted for the following reason: These are not, apparently, the video files we're looking for. -- cortex
2014-11-25
10 Commandments of violence
Post 144834 by greenhornet deleted for the following reason: Kind of terrible tone-deaf institutional video, not worth our outrage. -- mathowie
2014-11-24
2014-11-23
They didn’t see a comedian. They saw the “king of the world.”
Post 144777 by Going To Maine deleted for the following reason: Better to put this in the open Cosby thread from yesterday. -- LobsterMitten
How To Groom A Difficult Dog
Post 144761 by Woodstock deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this seems like something that would be better for your own blog. Contact us if you have questions. -- taz
2014-11-22
Dyslexie, a new font to help those with dyslexia
Post 144742 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: It is neat, but we saw it before. -- cortex
2014-11-21
Baby bear seeks big bear for honey and other treats
Post 144711 by feckless fecal fear mongering deleted for the following reason: People seem to be hating this article. -- mathowie
2014-11-20
An Eagle's View of London
Post 144703 by lungtaworld deleted for the following reason: Heya, 15 seconds of bird's-eye-view video is kinda thin for a post by itself. -- cortex
Intersex Awareness
Post 144686 by Juliet Banana deleted for the following reason: The Chandler stuff seems to be a messy distraction to an otherwise good post. Maybe try again with a slight reframe tomorrow? -- restless_nomad
Hoder has been released from Iranian prison
Post 144677 by sevenyearlurk deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and post this in MeTa! -- restless_nomad
Presenting: "Normal" Barbie
Post 144650 by ourt deleted for the following reason: Kind of already being discussed in the existing barbie thread -- mathowie
2014-11-18
Seals are having sex with penguins and eating them afterwards
Post 144596 by Monkeymoo deleted for the following reason: This isn't a great combo of links for a Mefi post. The first is sort of just a super short and rather awful thing that won't stand alone as a post, and the second has nothing to do with the first, and is just going to lead to a thread full of "wtf." -- taz
2014-11-17
Happy about all those solar panels and wind turbines? Not so fast.
Post 144555 by crazylegs deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this article seems not to be very good. -- restless_nomad
2014-11-16
This is where Ruvi Rivlin’s legacy becomes more complex.
Post 144544 by andoatnp deleted for the following reason: This is a complex and interesting article about a topic that is just about categorically impossible to discuss civilly here. Sorry. -- restless_nomad
2014-11-15
The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia
Post 144517 by svenx deleted for the following reason: Hey sorry, this is a lovely thing, but we've had a post on it earlier this year. -- LobsterMitten
2014-11-14
#shirtstorm
Post 144503 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: This is much too far on the editorializing side, sorry. -- restless_nomad
So I guess the world’s most obscure band has a publicist.
Post 144486 by saintjoe deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this isn't really a suitable post for MetaFilter. -- LobsterMitten
2014-11-13
Use Of Cellphones Linked With Brain Cancer In Massive Study
Post 144466 by aleph deleted for the following reason: This really needs to wait until better sourcing than HuffPo is available, sorry. -- restless_nomad
Street Harassment in a Galaxy Not So Far Away
Post 144458 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: This isn't really landing, sorry. -- restless_nomad
2014-11-12
Knowledge is power(fully hard).
Post 144436 by shiu mai baby deleted for the following reason: In England they don't call it a "double post", they call it a "Hubble Markie Post". -- cortex
November Surprise?
Post 144423 by feckless fecal fear mongering deleted for the following reason: Pretty thin for a post of major news, maybe flesh it out a bit more tomorrow? -- mathowie
2014-11-11
2014-11-10
Listen to the Wiki
Post 144371 by ianhorse deleted for the following reason: Neat but it's been posted before. -- cortex
The Knowledge
Post 144369 by advil deleted for the following reason: Sorry, we've done this quite recently -- restless_nomad
Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" Music Video
Post 144362 by ourt deleted for the following reason: This is a little thin, sorry -- restless_nomad
2014-11-09
"J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS!"
Post 144336 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: After a couple of touchy threads, the time isn't right for a parody sketch, sorry. -- restless_nomad
MetaFilter tools: new and updated
Post 144333 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: Hey, this really belongs in Metatalk; you can go ahead and repost this there. -- taz
2014-11-08
The Outcast
Post 144317 by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad
2014-11-07
If you can't buy it, print it!
Post 144288 by ErikLehmann deleted for the following reason: Sorry Erik, your time here is done. -- mathowie
2014-11-05
Possible 4Chan Link in Murder Investigation.
Post 144226 by Rev. Syung Myung Me deleted for the following reason: This is a horrible thing that happened, but maybe we should wait until the investigation is further along before posting about it. -- mathowie
2014-11-04
Lena Dunham confesses to preying on her younger sister.
Post 144198 by bookman117 deleted for the following reason: This seems like a wild misinterpretation of the book. -- mathowie
Go further
Post 144179 by fearfulsymmetry deleted for the following reason: There's a Nolan post from yesterday here -- restless_nomad
2014-11-03
Are they one of the most beloved cartoon characters of all time?
Post 144169 by goldencartoons deleted for the following reason: *paints tunnel on rock surface* -- cortex
Dan Naiman
Post 144152 by josher71 deleted for the following reason: Straight-up character assassinations, true or not, do not make for good or interesting discussions here. -- restless_nomad
2014-11-02
Palestine, Blackness and the Complexity of Racism
Post 144134 by standardasparagus deleted for the following reason: It's an interesting op-ed, but injecting race and colonialism into the Israel/Palestine conflict is a recipe for a disastrous thread. -- mathowie