2009-07-11

A Chill on Global Warmth?

Post 83182 by cvilleluke deleted for the following reason: This is the sort of post that would be totally okay on your own blog but doesn't work for the front page of Metafilter. Less personal editorializing, less using some guy's blog post as a jumping off point, etc. -- cortex

2009-07-10

(Cash Gifting) P2P Brings Prosperity 2 People

Post 83177 by askdeszign deleted for the following reason: Sometimes I have nightmares like this and then I wake up and there wasn't such a mindblowingly shitty post afterall. *pinches self* -- cortex

An interactive music video of sorts

Post 83176 by disillusioned deleted for the following reason: Previously. -- cortex

Everyone of the Devil, put your hands up!

Post 83172 by hal_c_on deleted for the following reason: this is sort of LOLXIANSANDHATERS no? -- jessamyn

Fantastic Contraption

Post 83169 by Capt Jingo deleted for the following reason: posted last year -- mathowie

2009-07-09

USB Chainsaw

Post 83147 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: at poster's request -- mathowie

A robot rises over Tokyo

Post 83145 by device55 deleted for the following reason: robot spotted previously -- jessamyn

A 49 year old virgin.

Post 83142 by SPUTNIK deleted for the following reason: you know, CL posts don't make good MeFi posts generally speaking and this one has been on a steady downhill slide all day as people read it and dislike it. Sorry about that. -- jessamyn

This is the best website in the universe!!!!

Post 83138 by rhapsodie deleted for the following reason: I can respect the meticulous mediocrity here, but "bad web page is bad" has kind of been covered pretty well before using genuine specimens and people seem to haaaaate this. -- cortex

Take the Work Out of Your Workout

Post 83124 by jessssse deleted for the following reason: Why did you post infomercial junk? -- mathowie

2009-07-08

Dogs were just the beginning.

Post 83113 by Krrrlson deleted for the following reason: Man, all else aside this is a pretty dumb post. -- cortex

Man Falls into Vat of Chocolate, dies

Post 83112 by Rash deleted for the following reason: Seriously, this is pretty Farktastic stuff. -- cortex

You know who else... oh, fuck it

Post 83108 by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 deleted for the following reason: Dude. C'mon. -- cortex

No Black Kids in the Pool, Please!

Post 83104 by If only I had a penguin... deleted for the following reason: this is an interesting story, but a short thin news article maybe not the best way to make a MeFi post about it. -- jessamyn

CHOCOLATE!!!

Post 83102 by wendell deleted for the following reason: I know you're kind of new here, but this sort of thin news-of-the-weird blurb really doesn't make for good post material. -- cortex

2009-07-07

Social Networking FTW

Post 83060 by dead_ deleted for the following reason: less eye rolling more neat stuff on the web please. This is SLBOE-ish. -- jessamyn

2009-07-06

Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid

Post 83050 by wittgenstein deleted for the following reason: There's a reasonably lively Palin thread from just a couple days ago that this'd be fine in. -- cortex

Instead of finding a 2nd job, I'd like to create it. Help me find useful job creation guides.

Post 83045 by jmnugent deleted for the following reason: If this was meant for askme, you're on the wrong part of the site. -- cortex

Medieval artwork by children

Post 83038 by JF Ptak deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

2009-07-03

Michael Jackson is Dead, by Jon Lajoie

Post 82994 by mpls2 deleted for the following reason: Eh, we've kind of had MJ overexposure and this isn't really thrilling stuff needing its own new thread. -- cortex

The Big, SHINY Button

Post 82980 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: We didn't push it already. -- cortex

Elstree Calling, 1930

Post 82978 by Mr.S deleted for the following reason: I don't think you meant any harm, but blackface is kind of a culturally charged bit of history and just posting some without context and then being cryptic in the comments when people ask you what you were thinking is not a great way to jump into the posting game. -- cortex

2009-07-02

Earthwalk

Post 82947 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Cute but really, really thin for post material and we've had a lot of Jackson lately already. If you're willing to actually use the phrase "admittedly a crap post" to describe your own post, you shouldn't post it in the first place. -- cortex

2009-07-01

"If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale"

Post 82944 by homunculus deleted for the following reason: If the only place it's on the web is on scribd because it's a brand new piece of commercial writing that someone scanned, that's not really all that okay as post material. -- cortex

Celebrities are dying!

Post 82942 by twistedonion deleted for the following reason: Do not make intentionally bad posts to prove a point. If you want to talk about site policy/etiquette/etc., do it in Metatalk, that's what it's there for. -- cortex