2012-12-31

Nimble fingers

Post 123361 by rewil deleted for the following reason: Look again, you'll find xowie's already made off with your post. -- cortex

2012-12-30

Nobody Has a "Right to Work"

Post 123341 by bookman117 deleted for the following reason: Single-link op-ed-style blog posts on complex political topics are a little thin for FPPs. -- restless_nomad

Sworn Virgins of Albania

Post 123332 by Orinda deleted for the following reason: Double. With the photos posted in 2004 and the NYT piece in 2008, I think this is a pretty much a double. -- LobsterMitten

2012-12-29

Did you hear this year they're letting in agnostics?

Post 123314 by griphus deleted for the following reason: This is a little too LOLAtheists to work well here. -- restless_nomad

Boyfriend Bears

Post 123307 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: This seems pretty thin and point-and-laugh in a way that's not great for Metafilter. -- LobsterMitten

2012-12-28

"Count to five then throw." One... Two...

Post 123285 by quin deleted for the following reason: This seems to be lead-ballooning it a bit. -- cortex

That one quote from Kubrick's 2001, you know the one...

Post 123282 by Renoroc deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

Where Children Sleep

Post 123280 by urbanwhaleshark deleted for the following reason: Oops, looks like this series of photos has been posted before (different URL) -- taz

All The Koch's Men: Anatomy of a right-wing media smear

Post 123279 by Pope Guilty deleted for the following reason: A few problems here: the way this article is presented, it's basically written like a kind of lulzy, offensive Op/Ed, so this is more like a single link "these guys are such jerks" post rather than straight reporting... of what turned out to be a non-event... From an unnamed source. Maybe this could be worked into something a little more substantial? Drop us a line at the contact list if you have questions. -- taz

2012-12-27

Sadly, not coming to IMAX.

Post 123272 by Panjandrum deleted for the following reason: deleted previously. -- jessamyn

Shopping terror as shark tank bursts in busy mall

Post 123271 by KokuRyu deleted for the following reason: This is a video of people getting hurt and animals dying and I think it's maybe not worth the shark puns. -- jessamyn

The Ugly Non-American

Post 123265 by jason's_planet deleted for the following reason: Yeah, nothing really notable here, reads like a blog post mocking others. -- mathowie

The N word, set to music

Post 123257 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: I truly appreciate that this wasn't meant this way, but compiling a huge list of the "Most-Offensive-Possible" word for any group, used in music/literature/anything, repeating it over and over in a post here, is just really not something we want to feature on Metafilter. This may be better for your own blog or web space where you can be more explanatory about your purpose and thoughts. -- taz

2012-12-26

Fiscal Cliff Follies

Post 123241 by Renoroc deleted for the following reason: This is enough of a tricky subject and on-going topic of discussion that a short "this is the way it is" editorial is not really great post material. -- cortex

"Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same."

Post 123239 by quin deleted for the following reason: Lovely, but previously -- jessamyn

Why the Middle East is in Torment by Patrick Seale Released: 06 Nov 2012

Post 123231 by beshtya deleted for the following reason: Pasting an entire article into a post is pretty much never a good way to make a post. -- cortex

2012-12-25

Most popular AskMe posts of 2012

Post 123217 by segatakai deleted for the following reason: Please just put this in MetaTalk and we'll approve it there. -- jessamyn

2012-12-24

Gun violence cover-up

Post 123208 by naight deleted for the following reason: This is a super-heated issue and this sort of editorial framing is not at all the right way to present it here. -- restless_nomad

Santa Gives Gifts To Good Beetles And Grubs

Post 123204 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: BUG OUT -- cortex

2012-12-23

Extreme Shepherding

Post 123178 by HypotheticalWoman deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

guns are special

Post 123177 by leotrotsky deleted for the following reason: We've got two open threads discussing this general topic already - let's keep this in one of those. -- restless_nomad

100 trillion creatures are living on you right now -- and that’s okay

Post 123172 by forscience deleted for the following reason: Sorry, no in-progress indiegogo/kickstarter posts (and god I hope this isn't yours because if it is your are SOOOO BUSTED) -- mathowie

2012-12-22

Insearch of the ideal apocalypse

Post 123158 by salishsea deleted for the following reason: We've already got a MetaTalk thread discussing the Metafilter connection and it's not quite a big enough deal to warrant two posts, I think. -- restless_nomad

My dog is really smart too, honest

Post 123152 by fantabulous timewaster deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

2012-12-21

Presenting the Higgs Boson

Post 123131 by pdxpogo deleted for the following reason: Poster's request. -- restless_nomad