2008-04-30

You're doing it wrong.

Post 71278 by auralcoral deleted for the following reason: oh come on. -- jessamyn

2 Real Prices of Gas

Post 71275 by yoyoceramic deleted for the following reason: two gas price charts are pretty thin gruel -- jessamyn

LSD and UNIX

Post 71265 by Schroder deleted for the following reason: oh my god man i am having like the weirdest sense of deja vu right now and HOLY SHIT THE COLORS -- cortex

2008-04-29

Purple Reign

Post 71259 by donovan deleted for the following reason: Fragile, doomed youtube links aren't great post material. -- cortex

Barack Obama reaches out to a new audience. (SLYT)

Post 71254 by bobbyone deleted for the following reason: April 29th, 2008: bobbyone posts bollytwo -- cortex

Tour Rome!

Post 71252 by lipsum deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

Many pictures of things that people on the internet find to be funny.

Post 71247 by Lord_Pall deleted for the following reason: fun while it lasted, now dead. -- jessamyn

Giant squid comes out of ice

Post 71243 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: it's squid vs squid around here this week! -- jessamyn

Making the NYPD Accountable? Good luck with that ...

Post 71238 by bwg deleted for the following reason: please GYOB. Thank you. -- jessamyn

2008-04-28

The Beginning. Only the Cunning Will See the End.

Post 71233 by Dave Faris deleted for the following reason: DAMMIT FRITOLAY WHY YOU GOT TO BE ALL LIKE "OOH YOU LIKED MYST WHY DON'T YOU SIGN UP FOR A SPOOKY MAILING LIST" FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD -- cortex

Soldier's father exposes deplorable conditions at Fort Bragg

Post 71225 by shawnwasson deleted for the following reason: You just posted something hosted on the website of your own radio show. -- cortex

“Throw Some (Canon in) D's”

Post 71208 by matthewstopheles deleted for the following reason: There's some at the very least not exactly kosher friend-of-friend stuff going on with this post. -- cortex

GTA IV!!!

Post 71204 by auralcoral deleted for the following reason: If you love this game so much you should maybe compose a more excellent post about it? -- jessamyn

Exclusive Free Album Project > Audiobulb

Post 71201 by room deleted for the following reason: oh for christ's sake. -- jessamyn

2008-04-27

Four Years in New Zealand

Ridiculously pregnant

Post 71188 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is all ripped straight from someone's recent book. Funny, but not really cool. -- cortex

Future Gattaca stopped

Post 71185 by Chocomog deleted for the following reason: this is not a good use of the front page of the blue. -- jessamyn

2008-04-26

this has gotta the bottom of the barrel

Post 71173 by lemuel deleted for the following reason: This is not the way to do it. -- cortex

2008-04-25

Typeracer

Post 71154 by mrgrimm deleted for the following reason: posted yesterday -- mathowie

You've been a naughty spock drawing

Post 71152 by arnold deleted for the following reason: I really love this site, but we did just see it a few days ago. -- cortex

Humphrey Lyttelton dies

Post 71149 by feelinglistless deleted for the following reason: died earlier -- mathowie

Once Again

Post 71131 by Capt Jingo deleted for the following reason: Jesus, why not just splash around some gasoline and light a match? -- cortex

2008-04-24

flying priest's baloons found!

Post 71120 by genmonster deleted for the following reason: this is pretty lightweight -- cortex

MJ shattering

Post 71107 by AceRock deleted for the following reason: Moderator deleting a weird SLYT post. -- cortex

Bum fights? No, Bum Bots

Post 71103 by fixedgear deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn

2008-04-23

Good old fashioned Eugenics

Post 71092 by Mr.Encyclopedia deleted for the following reason: Kind of a stinkbomb, here. -- cortex

Darth Vader is an Antijedite.

Post 71085 by It's Raining Florence Henderson deleted for the following reason: empire struck previously -- jessamyn

Rouge Waves

Post 71082 by shockingbluamp deleted for the following reason: this is really a double. -- jessamyn

2008-04-22

Is god imaginary?

Post 71072 by oxford blue deleted for the following reason: thanks for the wendell tag, that really made this all go a lot easier. -- jessamyn

But Mommy, where do boobies come from?

Post 71063 by Megami deleted for the following reason: I have seen this previously, and it freaked me out, is there a book for that? -- jessamyn

Public Art

Post 71062 by pt68 deleted for the following reason: There was a post about Muller a few months ago. By you. -- cortex

Did John McCain cover up his complicity with his North Vietnamese captors?

Post 71055 by QuietDesperation deleted for the following reason: I'm sure there are good ways to look into what's up with McCain but one Counterpunch link is really not a great way to do politicsfilter here. -- jessamyn

Going nuclear in Pennsylvania

Post 71048 by wensink deleted for the following reason: you're not by any chance related to the user with the same initials who contributes to the blog where this SLBOE post originates, are you? -- jessamyn

2008-04-21

Is Renting Saving You Money? Think Again!

Post 71035 by Brent Mitchell deleted for the following reason: you can't do this here. -- jessamyn

2008-04-20

Best Bands - some favorite 21st century rock bands

Post 70992 by doutzen deleted for the following reason: this is one of those not-very-good list posts. -- jessamyn

2008-04-18

Darwin 2008

Post 70958 by chuckdarwin deleted for the following reason: Contrary to previous theories, 70958 actually descended from 61212, not 70913. -- cortex

An Earthquake Rocks the Midwest

Post 70957 by sixcolors deleted for the following reason: Yup, we heard about it. Local non-catastrophic earthquake news probably isn't really front-page stuff, though. -- cortex

No, thanks, I'm allergic to kiwi. And rodents.

Post 70955 by misha deleted for the following reason: kinda messed up when someone grabs worth1000 images and makes a movie out of it -- mathowie

...and they use real cream and butter

Post 70950 by Tablecrumbs deleted for the following reason: Cheap eats at culinary school restaurants are pretty great, but this is awfully thin on content for a post to the front page. -- cortex

Student Suspended When Dad Calls Him From Iraq.

Post 70942 by caveat empress deleted for the following reason: please don't do this here. -- jessamyn

2008-04-17

Foreclosures In Texas Are Down

Post 70937 by Brent Mitchell deleted for the following reason: Not really an interesting post. -- mathowie

step3profit.com

Post 70936 by peewinkle deleted for the following reason: The suckiest suck that ever sucked. -- mathowie

It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine. - Darwin

Post 70913 by anastasiav deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

Most Hated Song in the World

Post 70910 by Pater Aletheias deleted for the following reason: freakin top 40 radio its like i they can't go two hours without playing stairway and this -- cortex

Dick Assman.

Post 70907 by gman deleted for the following reason: Sure, it's ghastly, but kind of an amazing thing to leak onto the web. -- mathowie

Some pictures

Post 70901 by Taksi Putra deleted for the following reason: removed at poster's request -- mathowie

2008-04-16

...

Post 70896 by prefpara deleted for the following reason: this is going all sorts of unredeemably wrong and is sort of an outragefilter post to begin with. Why is every week a referendum on something shitty being done to teenage girls on MetaFilter? -- jessamyn

Boogie On

Post 70891 by vronsky deleted for the following reason: this needs to not be here now. -- jessamyn

2008-04-15

6 billion and counting... down.

Post 70869 by arcadia deleted for the following reason: this is sort of a comment on another post and we've seen it here many times before. -- jessamyn

In Soviet Russia, pinhole camera eats you

Post 70863 by yhbc deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- jessamyn

A cross between Star Wars and The Ten Commandments

Post 70856 by puddleglum deleted for the following reason: Audience of two. -- cortex

Where Deutschland at? Where Deutschland at?

Post 70854 by jason's_planet deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

Your guide to becoming a Taco Bell Hero

Post 70849 by porn in the woods deleted for the following reason: The post builds this up but it's really pretty standard training materials, no insidery dirt to be found. -- mathowie

Boy oh boy.

Post 70841 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: Man, being coy about gossipy election posting doesn't actually make it better. -- cortex

2008-04-14

Who Owns Washington? One word: Health Lobbyists

Post 70823 by AliaCamu deleted for the following reason: not very interesting, looks like a self-link -- mathowie

2008-04-13

"Times Square was the happening place. Big date. Hop in a taxi. And go see 'Night Train' at the Globe Theater."

Post 70801 by goodnewsfortheinsane deleted for the following reason: Color photographs from Metafilter during the Previous Thread. -- cortex

You're the best around!

Post 70795 by P.o.B. deleted for the following reason: meh, a minute of build up for one lucky punch -- mathowie

Jam Session

Post 70788 by ludwig_van deleted for the following reason: ha ha ludwig_van's Sharper Image catalog showed up late -- cortex

2008-04-12

Gore and Carter to endorse Obama?

Post 70778 by donaldekelly deleted for the following reason: If this does happen, that'll be news, but right now this appears to be rumorfilter from unnamed sources, and "from digg" isn't really much help there. -- cortex

Sometimes Mommy Needs A Cocktail - and Daddy Too!

Post 70766 by grateful deleted for the following reason: Not really clear what's interesting enough here to merit a post. -- cortex

Politics is a continuation of war by other means

Post 70757 by misteraitch deleted for the following reason: nice post, but posted previously -- jessamyn

2008-04-11

Do you diss every night of the summer school?

Post 70754 by Frankieist deleted for the following reason: I think at a certain point we find ourselves straddling the line between neat stupid weird and merely stupid stupid weird, and this seems sort of on the wrong side of that line. -- cortex

Making Things

Post 70749 by owhydididoit deleted for the following reason: refabricated -- cortex

The Weird Uncle of Invention

Post 70742 by louche mustachio deleted for the following reason: When you get Gizmo wet, he multiplies. -- cortex

Modern Life is Rubbish.

Post 70740 by Phantast deleted for the following reason: this thing has obnoxious ads all over it, popping up and popping new tabs even. ugh. -- mathowie

Dick Cheney's Fly-Fishing Vacation

Post 70735 by webhund deleted for the following reason: We kind of covered this already in Ask MeFi yesterday -- mathowie

Why, it was an inside job!

Post 70730 by blacklite deleted for the following reason: removed at poster's request -- mathowie

"I was working in the lab... LATE one night..."

Post 70729 by Bathtub Bobsled deleted for the following reason: this is a good collection of links but it's the subject of a post still being discussed on the front page and probably needs to go there -- jessamyn

2008-04-10

A-Rod's Baby

Post 70709 by Del Far deleted for the following reason: People apparently hate this. -- cortex

The Bastardization of Dr. Seuss

Post 70707 by jbrosowsky deleted for the following reason: I would come up with some sort of Dr. Suess presentation here but I'm kind of too annoyed at you for the stupid self-link so I'll just ban you instead. Something something red. -- cortex

Seriously, stay OFF my lawn!

Post 70706 by besotted deleted for the following reason: this is not going particularly well and seems to be itself an example of what it is trying to decry in some ways. -- jessamyn

2008-04-09

We're Recording Artists, Not Playback Artists

Post 70685 by Rykey deleted for the following reason: just like that old time rock and roll -- cortex

A safer alternative?

Post 70681 by auralcoral deleted for the following reason: You have formatted your post as a zingy gotcha attack on the thing you're posting about. Not a great idea. -- cortex

Uwe Boll responds to online petition

Post 70674 by alby deleted for the following reason: I'm looking forward to his production of Uwe Boll Petition Post 3: The Deletening. -- cortex

Art and aphasia

Post 70664 by nebulawindphone deleted for the following reason: Yup, just recently. -- cortex

2008-04-08

metafilter: right between boingboing and treehugger

Post 70650 by [son] QUAALUDE deleted for the following reason: this post was voted #2 on the alltime best posts to already be in metatalk instead -- cortex

Suffer the little children to come unto me

Post 70640 by mullingitover deleted for the following reason: seriously, this is already going so terribly badly that I don't see much of a reason for it to continue. what is there to "discuss" about child rape and how lousy it is? -- jessamyn

Our own Tibet

Post 70636 by XMLicious deleted for the following reason: This seems like a really awful way to go about making a post about this stuff. -- cortex

2008-04-07

MetaFilter on Time's first annual Blog Index

Post 70614 by spish deleted for the following reason: Metatalk is the place for things like this. -- cortex

Just Keep It Under A Bazillion Jillion, Guys

Post 70608 by Rykey deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- cortex

Don't look down.

Post 70606 by telstar deleted for the following reason: i'm a double / you know what i mean / and I do my little turn in El Chorro -- cortex

Newborns made of chocolate.

Post 70598 by swift deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- mathowie

It’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!

Post 70595 by Scoo deleted for the following reason: don't. -- jessamyn

2008-04-06

Making Kissin' cousins look tame

Post 70578 by Megami deleted for the following reason: The link is a really thin writeup of a news-of-the-weird story, and the post is full of "squick, rite?" editorial/bloggish tone. This is really not a good way to post. -- cortex

Sexy Japanese Girls Anime

Post 70566 by yelloriversouth deleted for the following reason: Self linking is not allowed. -- pb

2008-04-05

Unicorn vs. Narwhal

Post 70559 by Del Far deleted for the following reason: double vs. post -- cortex

2008-04-04

Should Assholes be Let Off the Hook?

Post 70540 by five fresh fish deleted for the following reason: save the editorializing for YOB please. -- jessamyn

The Dying of the Light

Post 70532 by Toekneesan deleted for the following reason: Like double warmed over. -- cortex

There will be Pokemon!

Post 70528 by cd4337 deleted for the following reason: jesus wept WE JUST BANNED YOU FOR THIS LIKE LAST WEEK, REMEMBER? -- cortex

2008-04-03

Game Journalists are boring

Post 70504 by TheSpot deleted for the following reason: self-link, banned -- mathowie

"Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgeon!"

Post 70500 by bardic deleted for the following reason: could be a good post, but this is presented in kind of a jokey fark way -- mathowie

The Legend of the Golden Domino.

Post 70485 by Dave Faris deleted for the following reason: Well, heck. Sorry, Dave. -- cortex

Don't stick your hand in the fire and you won't get burnt.

Post 70475 by amyms deleted for the following reason: lolxians without the lol. -- jessamyn

2008-04-02

It's a bra, made out of bacon.

Post 70469 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: raw bacon is kinda gross, plus I guess it's just a single image -- mathowie

International Dialects of English Archive

Post 70462 by ozomatli deleted for the following reason: posted previously (and I put better tags on the earlier post) -- jessamyn

Insects on Stamps

Post 70446 by matkline deleted for the following reason: if there is a more subtle point to your post such as "it's all in the links" it might be a good idea to explain that in your original post. Wikipedia links are rarely (ever?) good single link posts to metafilter. -- jessamyn

2008-04-01

And I thought that I might get a date out of the deal. Sheesh.

Post 70436 by caveat empress deleted for the following reason: Mentioning this in one of the existing April Fools posts would be fine; a great big hard-sell post to the front page really isn't necessary at this point. -- cortex

The Art of Memetics: Pirate Edition

Post 70430 by metameme deleted for the following reason: Uh, I'm willing to hear you out if there's actually extenuating circumstances here, but your registration email matches one of the folks who wrote the foreward for the damn book. The part where this isn't a self-link is pretty unclear to me. -- cortex

April Fools on the Beeb, 1957

Post 70426 by spock deleted for the following reason: April Redundancies! -- cortex

12 Things That Women Do That Men Find Irresistable

Post 70423 by WCityMike deleted for the following reason: lists posts generally don't go well and this list post definitely isn't going well. -- jessamyn

Are Payday Loans Worth It?

Post 70417 by mona2s deleted for the following reason: self-link, banned, you moron -- mathowie

What we have is a problem of talking about race.

Post 70410 by three blind mice deleted for the following reason: Dobbs is a creep, and that was exactly the wrong idiom for him to trot out under the circumstances, but this is more of a Ha ha! live TV gaffe than anything; we've heard worse from better and this is just an argument waiting to happen. -- cortex

1.21 gigawatts ?!?

Post 70409 by scblackman deleted for the following reason: If it's a mild one-linker April Fools thing, we're probably better off just sticking it in the April Fools Roundup post from yesterday. In this case, someone did, in fact. -- cortex

What Every American Should Know about the Middle East

Post 70406 by MetaMan deleted for the following reason: really oversimplified uncontenxtualized bloggish primers on hot button topics don't really make for great MeFi threads. -- jessamyn