2016-12-30

Barack Obama still loves babies....2016 (and final) version

Post 164294 by bluesky43 deleted for the following reason: I'm guessing this is a mispaste and not some sort of oblique semiotic dissertation on Obama's tenure but I guess drop me a line at the contact form to let me know either way. -- cortex

Cat Facts, meet Cat Objective Key Results

Post 164297 by CrystalDave deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2016-12-27

One last desperate attempt to pull 2016 back from the brink.

Post 164249 by honeybee413 deleted for the following reason: As much as I am in favor of absolutely any reason to discuss good news, we've discussed this before (hello, filling in for vacationing mods!) -- jessamyn

2016-12-26

A theory of the mechanism driving our post-factual world.

Post 164223 by MikeWarot deleted for the following reason: Heya, this may be interesting, but if so a post about it with a bit more framing about the content of the 19-minute talk and without the "here's my opinion, discuss" bit would be a better way to go than this. -- cortex

2016-12-25

And all its sad goodbyes

Post 164220 by Huck500 deleted for the following reason: Let's wait for a full obituary post. -- restless_nomad

2016-12-24

Medicare Risk Adjustment - ChartFast

Post 164199 by bingtx deleted for the following reason: Huh, this looks just like SEO spamming -- taz

2016-12-23

Those people have never met Sprocket H.G. Shopcat.

Post 164188 by Pope Guilty deleted for the following reason: Alas, we've dispensed this pellet already. -- cortex

2016 goes for the jugular.

Post 164195 by blue_beetle deleted for the following reason: This is worrying as heck but let's please not do the race-to-the-goal-line TMZ thing if we can help it, wait till there's some more info and less skeezy sources and think about a post then. -- cortex

2016-12-22

Anything that children have access on for pornography would be blocked

Post 164175 by ErisLordFreedom deleted for the following reason: I think maybe let's skip a post about a dumb state bill unless and until there's something more to it than essentially "a dumb state bill exists"; we'd have a ton of these posts otherwise. -- cortex

2016-12-21

How can a Nightclub become profitable?

Post 164133 by Sophont deleted for the following reason: poster's request, meant for askme -- LobsterMitten

2016-12-20

Get thee (and thy dog) to the airport

Post 164121 by MrBobinski deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and post this over on AskMe. -- restless_nomad

2016-12-19

I feel bad for our country. But this is tremendous content.

Post 164094 by naju deleted for the following reason: This seems to be not going over real well, and I don't know that we need a listing of terrible things? Or a fight over whether they're terrible, or if people who don't think they're terrible are themselves ipso facto terrible, or whatever. -- LobsterMitten

2016-12-18

Find my phone, the documentary

Post 164073 by Joh deleted for the following reason: Double. -- Eyebrows McGee

Henry Heimlich, inventor of the Heimlich Maneuver, died at 96

Post 164060 by XtinaS deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but if we are doing an obit, let's get something better than a single link post -- taz

2016-12-17

Hey, do you have any good romantic comedy sports movies?

Post 164053 by artsandsci deleted for the following reason: Double. deleted double -- Eyebrows McGee

2016-12-15

The Jerrys are a beautiful thing.

Post 164000 by amnesia and magnets deleted for the following reason: I am applauding the wonderful stupidity of this thing but it'd be better to have a post about this after the fact if there's good footage or whatever of it rather than right now when it's pretty much just a teaser and a donate button for an active fundraiser. -- cortex

2016-12-14

Reed will eat itself

Post 163992 by Cuke deleted for the following reason: Framing something like this as a "did they protest correctly or not" is not going to lead to any sort of enlightening or, indeed, civil discussion, sorry. -- restless_nomad

2016-12-13

What is Aleppo.

Post 163960 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: We have an Aleppo post from earlier today - feel free to drop this stuff in there. Thanks. -- restless_nomad

2016-12-12

A genius system entrusted to flawed stewards

Post 163933 by gottabefunky deleted for the following reason: This has been discussed already a fair amount in this thread, better to keep it there. -- cortex

A Hopkins Family Christmas

Post 163923 by secretdark deleted for the following reason: Eh, yeah, I appreciate the basic intent here but there's kinda a streak of not-great LOL REDNECKS vibe in the series that's hard to decipher without context and probably not grounds for doing all that for some random jokey family christmas pics. -- cortex

He put her in a pumpkin shell ...

Post 163938 by wonton endangerment deleted for the following reason: Maybe add this to the ongoing parade of terrible things in the current post-election post. -- LobsterMitten

2016-12-11

Dead at 91

Post 163916 by shockingbluamp deleted for the following reason: Enjoy some Take Five covers in place of this nobituary from 2012. :) -- Eyebrows McGee

2016-12-10

Truth teller

Post 163901 by youdontmakefriendswithsalad deleted for the following reason: This is already being discussed over here. -- Eyebrows McGee

2016-12-06

What is the Minimum Viable Citizen?

Post 163819 by I_Love_Bananas deleted for the following reason: The problem described is interesting but the article is full of prime fight-starting material and doesn't really offer any useful suggestions as an answer to the question, seems like a recipe for a lot of heat and little light. -- LobsterMitten

Carryon Shame

Post 163818 by Foci for Analysis deleted for the following reason: Sorry, eh, we've had the fight about reduced space in airplanes a lot, plus this seems to be from a couple years ago, and public-shamey-photos stuff is always sort of dicey in the first place. -- LobsterMitten

2016-12-05

Amazon Go

Post 163782 by asymptotic deleted for the following reason: what? -- cortex

Cave of Munits

Post 163802 by jorgemontenegro deleted for the following reason: This is a self link, which is prohibited here, and you are banned. -- LobsterMitten

Like watching a train wreck in slow motion

Post 163799 by louigi deleted for the following reason: Sloooowly crashing into this post from earlier today -- LobsterMitten

Fake News Explosion Near End of Election

Post 163793 by xammerboy deleted for the following reason: This is of a piece with a lot of stuff that's been discussed in a few recent threads, probably better as a link in e.g. this or this. -- cortex

2016-12-04

#NotMyOrnament

Post 163769 by yoga deleted for the following reason: eh -- cortex

2016-12-03

Now is the time

Post 163753 by infini deleted for the following reason: Heya, sorry, "how must we respond to this election" thinkpieces should go in the current post-election thread. -- LobsterMitten

No Stranger to Truth and Bullshit

Post 163752 by xtian deleted for the following reason: Heya, sorry, we're still corralling stuff about this into the post-election threads, so bring your links over there. -- LobsterMitten

Pastor Jim Bakker Helps You Prepare For Trump's America

Post 163760 by Mr.Pointy deleted for the following reason: Most of these links are either doubles or Trump-related and can go in the election thread -- Eyebrows McGee

2016-12-02

The Eric Clapton Collection

Post 163748 by growabrain deleted for the following reason: this is interesting, but with the way it's framed, people are reading this as a direct ad and it's getting a lot of flags. Maybe repost tomorrow with some more context (like an article about the sale) and/or different wording to make it a little clearer -- or contact us and we can edit right away and undelete. Thanks. -- taz

So a comedian and a hatemonger are sitting next to each other on a plane

Post 163747 by not_on_display deleted for the following reason: Better to add this to the current ongoing discussion about election results, Trumps, etc. Thanks! -- taz

I HAVE A STRONG JAWLINE IS ALL.

Post 163740 by Johnny Wallflower deleted for the following reason: This is kind of a compilation of all possible fights on Metafilter without any real commentary or additional value. -- restless_nomad

2016-12-01

Pony Request: Different timeframe options in popular section

Post 163727 by mulligan deleted for the following reason: Go ahead and make a MetaTalk post about this and/or send us a note at the contact form. -- restless_nomad

Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole

Post 163708 by easily confused deleted for the following reason: I like basically all the nouns in this post but this is a pretty thin press-release sort of thing at this point. Maybe revisit if there turns out to be more meat to it than "ill famous person evacuated from place with limited medical resources". -- cortex

Hottest Lexus Ever

Post 163725 by gryphonlover deleted for the following reason: This is funny but not really enough of anything but clever marketing to sustain a post. -- restless_nomad