2015-11-18

Tutorial to Download How to REDACTED Torrent/Full Movie for F

this post was issued a dmca takedown for linking to a page that linked to something that contained instructions for downloading some shitty movie, maybe. i'm pretty sure that is not a violation of copyright infringement, but i have better things to do than deal with this bullshit. fuck you, congress, for passing this shitty law. first against the wall and all that.

The Deadliest Day In Modern Paris?

Post 154814 by blankdawn deleted for the following reason: This is interesting and worth a post, but the proximity to the recent attack and the sort of "well, actually" framing of the article itself make this feel a little weird to post right now. Maybe revisit it a little ways down the line? -- cortex

“I just don’t think surgery turns a man into a woman.”

Post 154804 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: We have had a *bunch* of campus protest related stuff recently, and on top of that I feel like the context of this post being Greer's position getting pushback is going to inevitably invite exactly the kind of "okay but lets argue from scratch about whether trans women are reaaaaallly women" thing that's been hurtful as hell to our trans members in particular in past threads. Probably better to give this one a miss. -- cortex

2015-11-17

"It's a hard three letters to absorb."

Post 154776 by Sir Rinse deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this framing is going to start this off more contentiously than it needs to on an already sensitive subject. -- LobsterMitten

Student Activism is Serious Business

Post 154792 by yueliang deleted for the following reason: We have another post on student fragility from earlier today - one is probably enough. -- restless_nomad

2015-11-16

Six Degrees of Verification: truth about late Pope John XXIII

Post 154745 by bunky deleted for the following reason: This is not a good use of MetaFilter. -- cortex

2015-11-13

Marsupial Mischief in Melbourne

Post 154696 by esto-again deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- goodnewsfortheinsane

Attack on Paris

Post 154692 by SageLeVoid deleted for the following reason: Oof, yeah, this looks like a pretty awful thing going down. That said, probably better to wait a little bit to put together a post once it's clearer what the deal is, vs. just linking a liveblog. -- cortex

2015-11-12

"the expression 'Israeli settlement' or equivalent needs to be added"

Post 154672 by hoist with his own pet aardvark deleted for the following reason: Man, it's hard to hold a non-hyperbolically-awful discussion about Israeli politics when the leader of the state is the worst offender with the over-the-top hyperbole, but I don't see this as being worth the fight. -- restless_nomad

2015-11-11

Man Saves World And Keeps It Secret For 50 Years

Post 154623 by blankdawn deleted for the following reason: Looks like you missed your launch window. -- cortex

The Gay Men Who Hate Women

Post 154637 by crossoverman deleted for the following reason: I think this is a subject with room to discuss nuances, but it does not look like this article with this presentation is going to create that conversation. -- restless_nomad

3 x 3 = Gender Equality

Post 154635 by troll deleted for the following reason: This is not well-presented. -- restless_nomad

2015-11-10

A woman's rebuttal on her refusal for services for a gay wedding.

Post 154604 by singmespanishtechno deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this framing isn't the way we do things here, plus this article isn't going to go over the way you're hoping. -- LobsterMitten

2015-11-09

A campaign to erase Stanley Marsh III.

Post 154568 by Bee'sWing deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

"In 2015, ladies shout at dudes too, okay? It’s just how things work."

Post 154575 by phunniemee deleted for the following reason: Eh, this is kinda thin. -- cortex

2015-11-07

Homemade Jet Ski

Post 154526 by jason's_planet deleted for the following reason: This is kind of ehh and the cat looks actually sort of badly treated/stressed in the name of internet yuks, which is never great. -- LobsterMitten

Tweet your period

Post 154522 by cynical pinnacle deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, no petitions in front page posts here. It's fine to revise and repost without that link. -- LobsterMitten

2015-11-06

Basically chickens in dinner suits

Post 154491 by ChuraChura deleted for the following reason: Nice, but does look like we had a post about this a few weeks back. -- cortex

It's not those kids on your lawn, it's you.

Post 154507 by Johnny Wallflower deleted for the following reason: I feel like we've done the Boomers: Are They The Worst? thing a number of times and it's not something we do a great job of; another post on that front should probably hold off for something that feels a little less like just a warming-over of the same editorial again. -- cortex

Gael-Rafael Choresharer Blogprofiter is a robust option

Post 154504 by prize bull octorok deleted for the following reason: I star heart the Toast, but it feels like we've been having a lot of stuff from there recently; maybe something to throttle back on a little bit if it isn't something particularly exceptional. -- cortex

2015-11-05

We’d rather just ignore those folks trying to make themselves heard.

Post 154468 by roomthreeseventeen deleted for the following reason: Pullquote here is really sending this whole thing down the wrong path; consider reposting with a different framing? -- LobsterMitten

Unkind Faith

Post 154481 by Sir Rinse deleted for the following reason: This is not presented in such a way that it's going to lead to a productive discussion, sorry. -- restless_nomad

Sexual assault case at Stanford reversed

Post 154451 by BibiRose deleted for the following reason: We've had some fraught discussions about (accusations of) sexual assault recently, with members expressing a sense of exhaustion with the topic. That said, to be clear there is no wholesale ban of any sort on posting about this. But considering that and the mixed reception this is getting I'm inclined to push back a bit on posts of an "update on a specific case/incident" type, I hope you understand. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2015-11-03

NOT trembling with trepi...

Post 154412 by joseph conrad is fully awesome deleted for the following reason: Hey, probably better to put this in the open thread about the Laverne Cox RHPS from a few days ago. -- LobsterMitten

2015-11-02

Trapped In Florida

Post 154383 by the man of twists and turns deleted for the following reason: This is a mix of things with maybe too much explosively ugly point-and-laugh or point-and-gawk potential to go well; maybe in a while when there's time to have more detached reporting on it? -- LobsterMitten