2015-12-31

#ILookLikeAnEngineer

Post 155955 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

2015-12-30

VertiGo: A wall-climbing robot

Post 155932 by klausman deleted for the following reason: 2 R2 2 D2 -- cortex

I, Racist

Post 155940 by Deoridhe deleted for the following reason: Turns out it's a double. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2015-12-29

An utter disregard for the lives of the city’s black residents

Post 155917 by standardasparagus deleted for the following reason: This is not the way we make posts here, sorry. -- restless_nomad

lawn mower physics

Post 155901 by fight or flight deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but unless there's been an update or new material added, this is a double -- taz

2015-12-28

Lost in the Taiga

Post 155873 by pjern deleted for the following reason: Neat, but looks like we've had posts about it before. -- cortex

2015-12-27

Parenting is like sysadminning

Post 155861 by gottabefunky deleted for the following reason: This isn't substantial enough to make its own post, sorry. -- restless_nomad

2015-12-26

Chicago police kill two, injure one in two more shootings.

Post 155854 by Westringia F. deleted for the following reason: These are some shitty things for sure and I appreciate that you put some serious effort into constructing this, but we have multiple threads open right now about police and gun violence and I don't think it's gonna be a great idea to have essentially a monthly CPD crappiness omnibus thread on the front page. -- cortex

2015-12-25

The Littlest Next Big Thing In Gaming, Itch.io Hits The Desktop

Post 155844 by GameDesignerBen deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is way too editorial (and consequently reads like a sales pitch, which is a no-no.) -- restless_nomad

Coincidences like this don't happen.

Post 155825 by Taft deleted for the following reason: Krampus cortex says there needs to be a way clearer reason to be linking to a spam blog if you are building a post that you don't want to have deleted for apparently linking to a spam blog. -- cortex

mystery punkin man

Post 155836 by changeling deleted for the following reason: Heya, looks like you meant this for Ask MetaFilter, not the blue. Go ahead and repost it over there. -- cortex

2015-12-24

Cards Against Job Stress

Post 155810 by EmpressCallipygos deleted for the following reason: Hey, we actually saw this before in the open CAH thread. -- LobsterMitten

2015-12-23

As it should be

Post 155778 by Celsius1414 deleted for the following reason: Erk, looks like a double. -- LobsterMitten

33,636

Post 155777 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: This is a striking visualization (and hi Matt!), but probably better as a link in the open gun policy thread or the open thread about mathowie's other recent gun-related project. -- LobsterMitten

Why are they all so bad at their jobs?

Post 155776 by ericbop deleted for the following reason: Hey, this "what is war stars anyway?" riff seems to be not going over that well; might go over better with different framing or with other skeptical links? For people who liked/are interested in talking about the movie, the Fanfare thread is hopping. -- LobsterMitten

A "creepy ass" Merry Christmas to you

Post 155773 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: Oops, too many festive scary robots. -- LobsterMitten

2015-12-22

What a difference an .au makes.

Post 155732 by Thella deleted for the following reason: great collection, but maybe you can move these links pass the salt over here, where the stoner sloth convo is already in progress -- taz

2015-12-21

Next up: Bahavia, Thembria and the Isle of Naboombu.

Post 155711 by signal deleted for the following reason: This has come up in a couple of related threads and doesn't need its own post. -- cortex

2015-12-19

2015-12-18

Wait a minute.

Post 155650 by mitocan deleted for the following reason: This framing doesn't work -- maybe try again tomorrow with a different presentation? -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2015-12-17

Reading Lolita in Patriarchy

Post 155636 by palegirl deleted for the following reason: Heya, we've got an open Lolita thread from yesterday, maybe put this over there? -- LobsterMitten

GOP Opponents of Obamacare Using Obamacare

Post 155625 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: Hey, this is pretty thin, probably better in the open Ted Cruz thread and in general, when your source starts with "OUTRAGEOUS HYPOCRISY" that may be a sign that you're posting outragefilter. -- LobsterMitten

Martin Shkreli Arrested on Securities Fraud Charges

Post 155622 by Jacqueline deleted for the following reason: Here's the thread on Shkreli and the Wu Tang album, posted only last week — I don't think this development warrants a thread of its own but it's totally fine of course to discuss it in there. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

Oh thank God

Post 155640 by allkindsoftime deleted for the following reason: Already being discussed in open Shkreli thread. -- LobsterMitten

2015-12-16

jedISIS?

Post 155584 by Joseph Gurl deleted for the following reason: We have a *lot* of Star Wars posts at the moment, and this has been linked in this thread, so probably better for folks to continue discussing there -- taz

Gawker Trolls Manosphere, Star Wars Fans on New Film

Post 155597 by aydeejones deleted for the following reason: Sorry, we have a lot of Star Wars threads right now, probably better as a comment in one of the existing threads. -- LobsterMitten

2015-12-15

General Anxiety Disorder ruined my relationship

Post 155575 by Toahthoy deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is not a Metafilter post. -- LobsterMitten

2015-12-14

Everything is yours. Everything is not yours.

Post 155539 by ChuraChura deleted for the following reason: Oops, this does look like a double. -- LobsterMitten

Paul Ryan 2016? David Brin speculates.

Post 155554 by Marky deleted for the following reason: hey there, in the spirit of a) trying to keep US election posts to a manageable number on the site, and b) making those posts as useful and productive as possible, this would probably be better as a bit more in-depth thing on the various possibilities of a GOP brokered convention rather than a single-link "this-one-guy-kind-of-spitballing" thing. Please contact us if you'd like to discuss, or edit this post to change it up in the next hour or two. -- taz

Daniel Barden. Seven. Dylan Hockley. Six. Ana Marquez-Greene. Six.

Post 155553 by fedward deleted for the following reason: This is really sad, but we have three or four currently open threads on guns / gun control / gun violence, and this can be added to any of these ongoing discussions -- taz

Godwin Weighs in on His Law and Trump

Post 155530 by OmieWise deleted for the following reason: Sorry, we've heard from Godwin about the origin of his law before, and have had a lot of Trump threads lately - this might go better as a comment in there. -- LobsterMitten

Japanese artist Aki Inomata makes 3D-printed homes for hermit crabs

Post 155550 by turbid dahlia deleted for the following reason: This is so cool, but is a double. -- LobsterMitten

All I Want for Christmas Is a Goat

Post 155548 by mudpuppie deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, this is a little too much on the side of call-to-action, support-this-good-cause, to work here, even though it's totally a good cause and a cute video. -- LobsterMitten

The Coup D'État: Not Just For Developing Countries Anymore

Post 155544 by blankdawn deleted for the following reason: This seems to be a random online poll from a few months ago and not worth the outragebait headline treatment. -- LobsterMitten

2015-12-13

You.. trivialize the whole trans community whenever you open your mouth.

Post 155511 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: If we're going to have a post on this set of incredibly charged and difficult subjects, let's not do it by way of "just exactly how bad is Caitlyn Jenner, here are some offensive remarks and let's fight over how bad or not bad they are." -- LobsterMitten

2015-12-11

Harry Morgan, beloved actor, passes at age 96

Post 155485 by shockingbluamp deleted for the following reason: er, ooops, this is from 2011! -- taz

BOX

Post 155469 by OverlappingElvis deleted for the following reason: Yep, neat but saw it before. -- cortex

Standard B-27s

Post 155483 by four panels deleted for the following reason: I don't know that this is startling enough to warrant a new gun control thread, sorry. -- restless_nomad

Donald Trump vs. Uncle Sam

Post 155481 by ourt deleted for the following reason: This is funny but we have a lot of Trumpery going on at the moment and this would work better as an aside in one of the existing threads. -- restless_nomad

2015-12-10

1-800-HOTLINESHIA

Post 155440 by ourt deleted for the following reason: Let's keep our LaBeouf corralled in one thread. -- LobsterMitten

2015-12-09

Mr Bean Lookalike

Post 155392 by splinky deleted for the following reason: Self-link, banned. -- cortex

An Ethos

Post 155404 by grobstein deleted for the following reason: There's an open and active Trump discussion thread here; let's keep this there. -- cortex

2015-12-08

Free Energy, $1200

Post 155360 by chrchr deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the delayed delete. I was leaving this because it sounded like people were about to actually buy one and dissect it... but reading more closely, it seems like they're saying they'll ship in 6 weeks, which means this post would be closed by the time anyone actually lays hands on the thing. Given that we've seen this company a number of times before, probably better to hold off and post about it once they ship and actual analyses come out. -- LobsterMitten

On the Murphy Bill

Post 155354 by xarnop deleted for the following reason: Hey there, sorry, a single-issue advocacy website is rarely going to be a good core for a Mefi post. The issues raised by the bill could work as a post with different links, though. -- LobsterMitten

It's OK, you can admit it.

Post 155351 by Cookiebastard deleted for the following reason: Joke about duplicate posts -- LobsterMitten

What are the top 3 Twilight Zone Episodes?

Post 155349 by splinky deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, this framing isn't good form for a MetaFilter post. A post here should link to some exceptionally good thing online, and shouldn't in most cases include your own opinion about the thing. -- LobsterMitten

Don't Glorify This Tragedy

Post 155343 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: Probably best to go ahead and put this in the open Scott Weiland thread -- taz

2015-12-07

surely this?

Post 155322 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: Eh, let's not have this whole argument from scratch for the nth time. -- cortex

Star Wars was always a boys thing and a movie that dads took their sons

Post 155338 by cendawanita deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, we've had a lot of Star Wars coverage lately, and I don't know that JJ Abrams saying a dumb thing and then apologizing is really worth a whole fighty thread unto itself. -- LobsterMitten

Trump and Muslims

Post 155336 by andy_t deleted for the following reason: There's an active Trump thread, although now that I've given a second look at these links, don't bring the "Muslims are bad" stuff over there; that's really not going to fly anywhere on this site. -- LobsterMitten

How I sanitized the feminist outrage over the Montreal massacre

Post 155333 by mandolin conspiracy deleted for the following reason: Looks like we saw this last year. -- cortex

I give you the Republican front runner

Post 155331 by MattWPBS deleted for the following reason: Donald Trump Continuing To Be Source Of Awfulness is something we've had a lot of already and the primary season still has a long way to go. -- cortex

2015-12-06

"You ain't no Muslim, bruv"

Post 155296 by epo deleted for the following reason: This is a brief article that would probably go better in one of the various active shooting-related threads than on its own. -- restless_nomad

2015-12-05

The Good Gunman, A Fictional Tale

Post 155288 by ourt deleted for the following reason: There's a recent active thread about gun policy and gun violence, add this as a comment in there. -- cortex

When the Neighborhood Watches you.

Post 155267 by bitmage deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2015-12-04

The Page One Editorial

Post 155259 by nightrecordings deleted for the following reason: Sorry, on reflection, as-framed this is going to just be a continual tug of war about what subjects belong in this thread vs the active gun control thread... if you'd like to do a post on page-one editorials that's framed in a way that makes the editorial-history angle more clearly the focus, it would be fine to repost. Hit us up at the contact form if you'd like to discuss. -- LobsterMitten

How do I report a Facebook PAGE being run by an impostor?

Post 155258 by Jennifer S. deleted for the following reason: Sorry this belongs over on AskMetafilter, go ahead and post it over there. -- LobsterMitten

Okay maybe you make more money but it doesn't sound like a fun life.

Post 155236 by Kitteh deleted for the following reason: Eh, this doesn't really seem noteworthy. -- cortex

Execution

Post 155253 by swift deleted for the following reason: This looks a horrible situation, but I'm not sure another thread about a police shooting is a great idea right now; there's active discussion in this existing thread and taking this over there would be okay. -- cortex

2015-12-03

Starring a Commodore64C as “Biff”

Post 155207 by Bora Horza Gobuchul deleted for the following reason: Oops, looks like a double. -- LobsterMitten

Bathroom Attacks By Trans* People

Post 155197 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: Hey, good to see this get backed up -- just, this might be a bit on the thin side for an FPP as it basically only confirms what lots of folks have been saying for a long time. This might work as part of a more fleshed-out post? I think as it stands there's just not enough "there" there to lead to a productive discussion, sorry. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2015-12-02

Caitlyn Jenner billboard in New Zealand causes anger

Post 155181 by hal_c_on deleted for the following reason: That's a super shitty billboard alright, but I don't see any good reason to have a post putting it in front of more people. -- cortex

“It’s a poignant story, one that I almost wrote.”

Post 155178 by Going To Maine deleted for the following reason: I get that there's sort of a topical continuity/update angle here, but I'm not sure this is something that we really need to have a third post just to come back around on. -- cortex

A New Lost Generation?

Post 155167 by snortasprocket deleted for the following reason: Double post -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2015-12-01

Stochastic terrorism at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood

Post 155149 by pjern deleted for the following reason: Discussion is still ongoing in the original thread, let's keep it over there. -- LobsterMitten

"De hele wereld gaat dit schandalig vinden"

Post 155136 by Blasdelb deleted for the following reason: We've had many threads about this over the years, not sure what another one is going to add. -- LobsterMitten