2015-06-30
Why Coke Cost A Nickel For 70 Years
Post 150806 by amitai deleted for the following reason: Neat but looks like we basically saw this a few years back. -- cortex
1, 2, 3, 4, I declare I like war.
Post 150793 by HarveyDenture deleted for the following reason: Posts linking to someone you are friends with / have worked with are not allowed -- taz
2015-06-26
A major step in Vatican/Palestine relations
Post 150760 by rmd1023 deleted for the following reason: This could do with more contextualization and, ideally, a post time that isn't late-ish on a very busy Friday. -- restless_nomad
Je Suis Bangor Daily!
Post 150740 by markkraft deleted for the following reason: Guy seems thoroughly unpleasant for sure, but framing the post around that notion makes for sort of axegrindy political newsfilter. That's not a good basis for a post I'm afraid. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2015-06-25
Healthcare Upheld
Post 150717 by leotrotsky deleted for the following reason: If there are important decisions to discuss, probably better to put together a post that has some lay-reader-friendly explanations/analyses too? -- LobsterMitten
2015-06-24
metafilters own heartbroken sockpuppetry
Post 150712 by Jacen deleted for the following reason: This doesn't belong on the blue. -- LobsterMitten
2015-06-23
Who Needs the Women's Vote? Not Scott.
Post 150678 by bearwife deleted for the following reason: We've had a lot of threads about the awfulness of Scott Walker, and it's not clear to me what light another one will shed on the situation, sorry. -- restless_nomad
"It's great I've lived long enough to see my stuff in antique shops"
Post 150668 by Going To Maine deleted for the following reason: We've already got a Featherstone obit post, maybe pop your links in there. -- LobsterMitten
"a ... weaker correlation between psychopathy and all online commenting"
Post 150667 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: I think we've seen this research before. -- LobsterMitten
Help me cut and compile short clips from various youtube videos
Post 150664 by mrsh deleted for the following reason: Hey there, looks like you meant to post this to AskMetafilter. Go ahead and post it over there. -- LobsterMitten
2015-06-22
The Philadelphia Phillies are not a good baseball team
Post 150657 by Drinky Die deleted for the following reason: Eh, this is cute, but highlighting the Philies-sux, baseball-sux thing is weirdly fight-starty framing for a funny slight thing. -- LobsterMitten
#dowehavetodoeverything?
Post 150651 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: I love SCOTUSblog and find this particular recurring dynamic sort of funny too, but we don't need a post just linking to their twitter. -- cortex
2015-06-20
2015-06-19
The tripping neural network
Post 150588 by bookman117 deleted for the following reason: The article is looping! -- LobsterMitten
"I never knew how good a hug could feel."
Post 150583 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is a nice story, but it's very very brief and doesn't seem like it has a further element that raises it to the level of supporting a MeFi post. -- LobsterMitten
Sweating like a pig, feeling like a fox
Post 150582 by billiebee deleted for the following reason: Oops, sorry, looks like a double. -- LobsterMitten
Building A Relentlessly Gay Garden
Post 150565 by Joeruckus deleted for the following reason: I'm sorry to be a stickler for protocol here, but the rule against linking to active fundraising campaigns is one of the few areas where we're sticklers for protocol as a matter of course, I'm afraid. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
Charlotte shooting leaves Jon Stewart jokeless (but not speechless)
Post 150564 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: This is great but there's an active Charleston shooting thread. This has been mentioned there as well; maybe best to stick to one thread for now so as to not dilute the discussion. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2015-06-17
From Jenner to Dolezal: One Trans Good, the Other Not So Much
Post 150535 by anewnadir deleted for the following reason: Hey, there's a huge MetaTalk going on about this topic right now. Short version is, we're not quite ready to dig in on this topic, especially from this angle. -- restless_nomad
You're gay (＾◡＾) | You're not gay
Post 150534 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: A Buzzfeed article is really not the way to present a complex topic, unless you want to just post pics of an attractive person, in which case the framing here is iffy at best. -- restless_nomad
2015-06-16
American shoppers have become skeptical of "the barn on the package."
Post 150499 by JHarris deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but this is framed in a pretty editorial way and it's not good form to put your own view in the first comment. Maybe post it again tomorrow? -- LobsterMitten
a·lac·ri·ty: brisk and cheerful readiness. A·clar·i·ty: Not as cheerful
Post 150497 by markkraft deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but this seems like a) yeah a pretty shitty thing, that b) will probably get this company a lot of free publicity posted here, and c) really something more for your own blog / twitter account rather than a link to something interesting on the internet. -- taz
2015-06-15
The Court of Federal Claims splits the difference
Post 150491 by anewnadir deleted for the following reason: Hey, the previous open thread is only a week old, better to put this over there. -- LobsterMitten
2015-06-14
“I couldn’t even count — it was so many shots,”
Post 150467 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: This is a bad thing that happened, but not clear why it's a good post for Mefi. -- LobsterMitten
The Education of Little Fraud
Post 150461 by Potomac Avenue deleted for the following reason: Sorry, the Dolezal situation is a peculiar mix of news-of-the-weird/look at this nutty lady, plus "let's discuss in the abstract something that turns out to be painfully not abstract for certain members here", plus race, plus the connection to the whole idea of 'transracialism' which seems to be an idea made up to tease and mock transgender people -- and the whole package makes it impossible for a thread on this to go well here at this time. -- LobsterMitten
2015-06-13
tw: sexual assault/violence
Post 150451 by and they trembled before her fury deleted for the following reason: We have had a *lot* of conversations about rape, they're stressful for everyone, and while this looks broad and comprehensive, I'm not seeing anything new enough to be worth the price, sorry. -- restless_nomad
2015-06-12
When Life Imitiates Art - It's not Always As Funny
Post 150418 by AGameOfMoans deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the bait-and-switch, but I see no way that this conversation is going to be productive of anything but rancor today. -- restless_nomad
"Are your parents...are they white?"
Post 150411 by Karaage deleted for the following reason: This is a strange and terrible story and it's understandably the talk of the town -- but without any further context/details coming out I feel there's little to actually discuss here beyond just restating variations on how strange and terrible it is. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2015-06-11
Anyone feel like posting about the Anne Lamott/Caitlyn Jenner thing?
Post 150404 by QuakerMel deleted for the following reason: This is not how it works, sorry. -- restless_nomad
“Jerk."
Post 150393 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: This was kind of dumb when it went around a while ago too. -- LobsterMitten
RIP Ornette Coleman
Post 150390 by naju deleted for the following reason: Looks like the other post got there first; maybe bring these links over there? -- LobsterMitten
The Curious Case of Mencius Moldbug
Post 150384 by theorique deleted for the following reason: This is not being received that well. We've talked about Moldbug before and frankly it feels like people are reticent to give this much more attention; also the bloggy "what do you think" coda is generally frowned upon here in posts. -- goodnewsfortheinsane
2015-06-10
The person in front of me has 110 bricks of cream cheese & nothing else
Post 150373 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: This is a neat project and perhaps we'll have more to talk about when it's more fully-established. -- restless_nomad
What Makes a Woman?
Post 150360 by apparently deleted for the following reason: I don't think there's any good that's gonna come from giving this essay front-page attention on Metafilter; there's an open thread about Caitlyn Jenner where it'd be okay to broach it if folks haven't already. -- cortex
Way to walk, dummy!
Post 150356 by codacorolla deleted for the following reason: cloooosiiinng tiiiiiiime / one more call for robohol / so finish your tonic-and-gears -- cortex
The Art of Running from the Police
Post 150352 by ellieBOA deleted for the following reason: Oops, looks like this has been covered here previously, with more Alice Goffman recently. -- taz
Your next vacation destination
Post 150340 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: This isn't nearly a substantial enough post, sorry. If you want to try again with info beyond a couple-paragraph blurb, go for it. -- restless_nomad
Gwyneth Paltrow Tried To Survive A Week On Food Stamps And She Died
Post 150333 by standardasparagus deleted for the following reason: This is an awfully simplistic joke to sustain a whole thread, sorry. -- restless_nomad
2015-06-06
Dinosaur feathers found encased in amber
Post 150241 by daisyk deleted for the following reason: Oops, so cool, but it looks like this discovery was covered here a few years ago when the paper first came out. -- LobsterMitten
Goodnight Dune
Post 150158 by elioat deleted for the following reason: Goodnight ghola, bringing Leto II's doom -- cortex
2015-06-02
A quarter platform over, the franchise express, gathering steam.
Post 150117 by Charlemagne In Sweatpants deleted for the following reason: This seems to be a post about artist Martin Sharp? The OP editorial-voice personal stream-of-consciousness style lead-in is super confusing here; maybe try again with clearer framing. -- taz
2015-06-01
Cheetah Robot
Post 150100 by agregoli deleted for the following reason: looks like the cat's already out of the bag -- cortex