2016-08-31

Stranger Things, Season 2

Post 161979 by onecircleaday deleted for the following reason: I am stoked as heck too but this is preeeeetty thin for a post. -- cortex

2016-08-30

It begins with a ‘t’, Dan.

Post 161955 by Shmuel510 deleted for the following reason: An apt dissection of a truly sucky thing, but we've had this discussion a million times. -- LobsterMitten

Roman Hands and Russian Fingers- I give you the 2016 Election!

Post 161946 by LuckyMonkey21 deleted for the following reason: Please post this in the current US election thread where we're keeping the discussion all together -- taz

2016-08-29

“A wall is better than fencing, and it’s much more powerful."

Post 161944 by wilful deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but this is both pretty old and has been discussed a lot already (the actual logistics of an actual Trump wall) and probably belongs in the general US election thread in any case. -- taz

Generate your own little story out of any image

Post 161942 by deeplearner deleted for the following reason: Spam, you are banned. -- restless_nomad

Lake Agassiz was a very large glacial lake located in the middle. Sort o

Post 161941 by vapidave deleted for the following reason: Single Wikipedia articles don't really make for good FPPs. -- restless_nomad

And color my world Black Gold

Post 161927 by Fritz Langwedge deleted for the following reason: Hey, this looks like a great topic, but it's not clear if you are quoting a source ... or if you're not, this is more like an personal review / article, which isn't really the convention for MeFi posts. Please contact us and we can work together to fix the problems. -- taz

Gene Wilder (1933-2016)

Post 161940 by storybored deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-28

Can I get a whoop whoop?

Post 161917 by anarch deleted for the following reason: Whoops! -- LobsterMitten

We checked on Yelp!

Post 161921 by Marinara deleted for the following reason: Unless there's more to it, this seems like "ha ha teen dummies"; if this more notable or more interesting than I'm seeing, it's fine to put together a post that reflects a little more of the context. -- LobsterMitten

How we survive in the Age of the Internet

Post 161918 by CrystalDave deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the delayed delete. This seems to be just kicking off a very familiar set of "people don't understand how DOOMED we are" vs. "people only say that because $bad motives" arguments, and despite the author's reassurances, I'm not sure the essay really offers a lot to dig into to get us beyond those responses. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-26

Donald Trump Broke The Conservative Media

Post 161890 by hippybear deleted for the following reason: As much as I can sympathize with any particular "yeah, but THIS one" instincts, we're pretty serious about keeping the election-an-such stuff to the current election-and-such thread, which at the moment is here. -- cortex

2016-08-25

Sleeping under the stars - in town .

Post 161868 by LuckyMonkey21 deleted for the following reason: Hey there, this is a more personally-editorial framing than is conventional for the Mefi front page, and also this is an issue we've just had a couple of other threads about -- so probably better to pop your links as comments in this other recent thread. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-24

Where's the best place to sell old coins?

Post 161849 by shawnmcnulty deleted for the following reason: Looks like this was intended for AskMe -- restless_nomad

2016-08-23

Stanford

Post 161822 by ArticTusk deleted for the following reason: This seems to be a stunt post -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-22

The Myth of Millennial Entitlement

Post 161781 by He Is Only The Imposter deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, but this is a pretty short single-link Op/Ed covering basic stuff we've discussed in depth quite a lot, including just last month -- taz

Not Exactly News

Post 161798 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

BEWARE OF MONKEYS WANKING

Post 161795 by Wordshore deleted for the following reason: Sorry, it's hard to see where this can really go other than making fun of this lady and then fighting about whether people should make fun. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-21

Obliterate Donald Trump

Post 161773 by Effigy2000 deleted for the following reason: To keep the Trumpmania somewhat corralled, I think you can post this either here or here -- taz

2016-08-20

Dr. Martens and Cheap Monday as the new fedora

Post 161751 by acb deleted for the following reason: Heya, sorry, it seems like this is basically revisiting an often-fighty set of tropes we've discussed pretty extensively in recent years; I'm not sure this essays adds a lot more. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-19

Internet off Links

Post 161731 by ArticTusk deleted for the following reason: This is super unclear and the first link goes to a blind installation prompt. -- cortex

Gender and fairness at the Rio Olympics

Post 161724 by brozek deleted for the following reason: Seems like the flat categorization of Semenya as intersex is kind of murky and not a matter of self-identification, which makes it a fairly problematic hook to build the post around, much as I appreciate the effort to put something substantial together here. -- cortex

Where do we draw the line?

Post 161722 by kersplunk deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is a bit difficult to parse. Feel free to repost tomorrow with the quoted parts marked as such. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

"Where's the wine?"

Post 161735 by nevercalm deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2016-08-18

NO is a special place of course, Trombone Shorty is as well.

Post 161712 by vapidave deleted for the following reason: Yeah let's not post "download whole album" links. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-16

'It is unprecedented for us to focus so much [...] on a single story'

Post 161651 by cendawanita deleted for the following reason: oops, already being discussed here -- taz

Addressing the Address Problem

Post 161668 by Michele in California deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2016-08-15

CO2 is bad for you

Post 161629 by MrVisible deleted for the following reason: This is a little odd to have following up on your own recent Ask on basically the same subject; one or the other would be basically fine but both feels like it's getting into kind of odd hobbyhorsing territory that'd be better to avoid on the site. -- cortex

2016-08-14

What would happen if Trump won?

Post 161615 by Foci for Analysis deleted for the following reason: This is going to go all politics, so go ahead and put it in the current election thread. -- restless_nomad

Birth In Nature

Post 161623 by Michael Tellurian deleted for the following reason: This is going over like a lead balloon, and the editorializing in the post isn't helping. -- restless_nomad

Trombone Shorty Backatown - Full Album

Post 161621 by vapidave deleted for the following reason: Hey, it's not super clear why a contextless and not-necessarily-legally-uploaded album will make an FPP, sorry. -- restless_nomad

2016-08-12

But do they have pockets?

Post 161590 by wonton endangerment deleted for the following reason: This seems like empty fightbait? -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-11

The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol

Post 161561 by Wordshore deleted for the following reason: Yeah, probably better to sort out the "is this too problematic to make a good post" question first and post second; revisiting this after sussing out a better framing makes sense. -- cortex

Going and going and going...

Post 161549 by Urban Winter deleted for the following reason: Yeah this is a bit on the thin side, sorry. If this checks out feel free to flesh it out a bit and repost. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

Hit and run. And nobody cares.

Post 161570 by raider deleted for the following reason: There's no conversation to be had about this other than "how horrible" - that's not what we're looking for in a post here. -- restless_nomad

2016-08-08

Shit floats up in the Register of Language

Post 161482 by Oyéah deleted for the following reason: Heya, this is a little bit on the opaque and "here's my personal opinion" side for the framing of a post on the front page. If there's something specifically interesting here in the links themselves above and beyond just "shit" being in print in this context, maybe give this another go that conveys that in a more straightforward fashion. -- cortex

The Voice

Post 161498 by mattdidthat deleted for the following reason: Sorry, trying to contain all Trump and election stuff in one thread at a time - maybe put these in the current election thread. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-07

"Chinese food, as with any part of a living culture, is not static."

Post 161466 by Room 641-A deleted for the following reason: It's great that the writer is having these realizations, but I think this is going to strike folks as pretty obvious in a way that's going to lead to repeating some very rancorous fights we've had too-recently. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-06

More proof that you shouldn't exercise

Post 161459 by tel3path deleted for the following reason: This is not a good way to present an article that probably isn't FPP material. -- restless_nomad

2016-08-04

Police deactivate Korryn Gaines' Facebook uploads before killing her

Post 161417 by splitpeasoup deleted for the following reason: This is truly awful, but also is one of those cases where a truly awful real phenomenon intersects with weird circumstances of the particular example case, in a way that often makes threads on a particular case go really badly. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-03

Finding Dory

Post 161384 by sexyrobot deleted for the following reason: Eh, it's a tough crowd I'm afraid, maybe just go and get a snack. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

Trouble Coming Every Day,

Post 161409 by Oyéah deleted for the following reason: The first-person editorial tone isn't how it works here, sorry. -- restless_nomad

Let's Give a Big Hand

Post 161404 by musofire deleted for the following reason: Sorry, we don't need another venue to talk about Trump. Go ahead and put this here. -- restless_nomad

2016-08-02

Bio Gear Solid

Post 161371 by Devonian deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

“But they don’t stay small for long.”

Post 161362 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

2016-08-01

"A bit tasteless ... a little out of line, but that's what comedy is"

Post 161346 by anothermug deleted for the following reason: Assholery v. Free Speech is a fraught pairing pretty much always, and not sure this is a great case to plow through all that again. In any case, linking a related fundraiser is definitely a non-starter. -- cortex

Hillbillies, Donald Trump, and a Culture in Crisis

Post 161354 by bookman117 deleted for the following reason: Heya, Trump stuff goes in the open election thread, and if this is instead more in depth about Appalachia, let's do that without the digs at Coates that will immediately derail the post. -- LobsterMitten

Turtles all the way up.

Post 161344 by ocschwar deleted for the following reason: Sad to hear he's passed on, and a post about him and his work seems like a great idea, but a single link to a short wikipedia page is not enough of a post for that. -- cortex