2010-01-29

And this is a lighthouse keeper being beheaded by a laser...

Post 88751 by miss lynnster deleted for the following reason: Bookerer -- cortex

Avatargate

Post 88750 by DecemberBoy deleted for the following reason: Er, yeah, "my friends made this" is pretty not-okay territory for a post. Your intentions seem fine, DecemberBoy, but that's not really kosher regardless. -- cortex

Banned book: Anne Frank's Diary

Post 88740 by Neekee deleted for the following reason: Please no editorial gotchas in posts. It's a terrible way to frame stuff for metafilter. -- cortex

See, that's what I'm on about!

Post 88729 by toodleydoodley deleted for the following reason: Not a good post for MeFi -- mathowie

2010-01-28

“I would never kill a canine,” she said. “I am a canine.”

Post 88709 by nathancaswell deleted for the following reason: This is kinda thin, yeah. Without something to make it clear why this is worth looking at, it feels like news-of-the-weird with (intentional or not) shades of point-and-laugh. -- cortex

RIP J.D. Salinger

Post 88704 by turaho deleted for the following reason: Next door! -- cortex

If a body should catch a body coming through the rye....

Post 88702 by Skygazer deleted for the following reason: I think we'll go with the more than one link post, but thank you for trying. -- jessamyn

Life is a game, boy.

Post 88701 by dnesan deleted for the following reason: this is not the obit thread for JD Salinger. -- jessamyn

JD Salinger is gone.

Post 88700 by robotico deleted for the following reason: let's have a do-over and a proper obit. no offense robotico but this is sort of a "thing" here. -- jessamyn

Jesus stole my girlfriend

Post 88698 by rateit deleted for the following reason: Selflink banned -- mathowie

Philosophy Twits

Post 88686 by LD Feral deleted for the following reason: double Post...weak post...editorializing...bingo! -- vacapinta

2010-01-27

Pac it in

Post 88675 by minimii deleted for the following reason: There has got to be a better way to frame this if it's worthy posting about. -- cortex

The iPad

Post 88666 by Joe Beese deleted for the following reason: make an effort, please. -- jessamyn

Greenskeepers, "Lotion"

Post 88665 by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey deleted for the following reason: Would you double-post me? I'd double-post me. -- cortex

Superfast Bullet Trains Are Finally Coming to the U.S.

Post 88654 by Neekee deleted for the following reason: Instead of having twin high speed rail threads, maybe let's move this up to the next post over. -- cortex

Apple's latest doodad

Post 88653 by Brandon Blatcher deleted for the following reason: After months of hype, you did a post three hours before the reveal? Let's wait until it actually happens maybe? -- mathowie

2010-01-26

"The sadness and regret I feel every waking hour of my life is absolutely unbearable."

Post 88650 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: this is an onion article. Did you think maybe we were all asleep? I assure you we are not. -- jessamyn

inudge: anyone can make music

Post 88647 by boo_radley deleted for the following reason: Don't worry, it can happen to anyone. -- cortex

This is the posting of the link on a link aggregator.

Post 88628 by minimii deleted for the following reason: Deletion reason citing thinness of post, oldness of joke. -- cortex

The Hipster Style Council Dress Code Leaks

Post 88625 by leemfrank deleted for the following reason: you are not allowed to do this here - please go back to social media school. -- jessamyn

God will never run around, or hurt you

Post 88619 by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates deleted for the following reason: this seems like an "it's funny because they're Christian" angle on a pretty dumb prank. -- jessamyn

2010-01-25

The Fictional 100

Post 88611 by verapamil deleted for the following reason: this seems a lot like a book ad with a marketing hook and a bad web designer. -- jessamyn

there's a boom and bust cycle and good reason to fear it, blame low interest rates - naw, it's the animal spirit.

Post 88610 by Lutoslawski deleted for the following reason: not exactly a double but sort of is. -- jessamyn

Pierogi and the Bandit

Post 88586 by mippy deleted for the following reason: Great but seen it. -- cortex

2010-01-24

cracking the ps3

Post 88568 by d. z. wang deleted for the following reason: Maybe try this again tomorrow without the bloggy discussion-fodder stuff inside? -- cortex

2010-01-23

I can't believe Sean Connery became a respected actor.

Post 88567 by Captain Cardanthian! deleted for the following reason: Yeah, the source link here seems really skeezy. Sorry, Cap. -- cortex

The death of MTV2-was it inevitable?

Post 88565 by chudbeagle deleted for the following reason: Wow, this is absolutely not what metafilter is for. -- cortex

Politically Tone-Deaf Scientists in the USA Government

Post 88564 by kozad deleted for the following reason: This post should be on your personal weblog, not here -- mathowie

Bush and Clinton Fail

Post 88562 by netbros deleted for the following reason: this is really not that great. -- jessamyn

2010-01-22

The surprising reason why being overweight isn't healthy

Post 88536 by VikingSword deleted for the following reason: this is your second post about obesity and women and health in two days. maybe stick this in the thread that is open that you posted yesterday? Alternately, getting your own blog might be a possibility? -- jessamyn

New Basketball League

Post 88530 by matt755811 deleted for the following reason: Racist jackass gets no traction with racist idea. This is pretty thin stuff. -- cortex

Rainbow Gradients

Post 88528 by sciurus deleted for the following reason: Eh. -- cortex

2010-01-21

C.H.A.N.G.E.

Post 88517 by Optimus Chyme deleted for the following reason: Poster got two Greg Howards mixed up, Teacher is not Greg W Howard -- mathowie

I, for one, welcome our new corporate overlords.

Post 88515 by HumuloneRanger deleted for the following reason: Posted earlier -- mathowie

Blown Away

Post 88514 by patr1ck deleted for the following reason: Was it over when the Germans photoshopped Pearl Harbor? Hell no! -- cortex

Party like it's last May, it's more keyboard cat

Post 88511 by The Devil Tesla deleted for the following reason: Been there done that on the Helen Hunt thing, and keyboard cat in general has kind of sufficiently rocked our faces off in general in previous posts I think. -- cortex

8 Million ways To Die

Post 88505 by vronsky deleted for the following reason: I know the internet video thing is a fuzzy line, but I feel like "here's the entirety of an Oliver Stone movie from '86" without some really compelling explanation for why is pushing into sort of weird space. -- cortex

McCain Feingold Gutted

Post 88498 by dibblda deleted for the following reason: posted earlier this morning. -- mathowie

Six Artists Who Turn Money into art

Post 88494 by MikeFrankel deleted for the following reason: Yep, you just got yourself banned. -- cortex

A heartwarming proposal

Post 88487 by muggsy1079 deleted for the following reason: This proposal has been nerfed. -- cortex

2010-01-20

Sexy People

Post 88472 by KokuRyu deleted for the following reason: I liked this post better when it was a few years younger and had that crazy haircut. -- cortex

Welcome to a post about rape jokes.

Post 88468 by lunit deleted for the following reason: I don't think a discussion of rape jokes is going to be fruitful here. -- mathowie

Making The Shining

Post 88464 by vronsky deleted for the following reason: HEEEEEEEEERE'S PREVIOUSLY! -- cortex

2010-01-19

Brown Defeats Coakley in Massachusetts

Post 88451 by ®@ deleted for the following reason: the one after this seems better -- mathowie

If they could see me now...

Post 88450 by dr_dank deleted for the following reason: nothiner personal but there are two very good open threads and two newsy update stories don't maybe seem like they need a separate post? -- jessamyn

Singing in FPS? gg hootenanny!

Post 88447 by delappe deleted for the following reason: Media Artis Joseph DeLappe is really, really banned. -- cortex

The Weirdest College Scholarships

Post 88432 by bizwiz2 deleted for the following reason: This site is cheesy-ass recycled cookiecutter SEO adbait. Please find better sources, that kind of crap doesn't need mefi's attention. -- cortex

London Shop Fronts

Post 88431 by patricio deleted for the following reason: Breaking: shop fronts still in London. -- cortex

2010-01-18

SUNDAY FUNNIES: Hon and Dearie (1921)

Post 88423 by ilovecomix deleted for the following reason: Uh, you're hosting the featured images on your site and they thank you in the post you've linked to here. This is way too close to self-link territory to be okay. -- cortex

Stray dogs in Moscow.

Post 88418 by Mr_Zero deleted for the following reason: woof -- jessamyn

Oh Canada.

Post 88407 by h0p3y deleted for the following reason: Eh, as sauce goes this is on the weak end of the spectrum. -- cortex

2010-01-17

Operation Pierre Pan

Post 88391 by ms.codex deleted for the following reason: This is a thin FPP about a potential, possible plan. And Haiti is already being discussed. -- vacapinta

Dear Pat. . .

Post 88374 by Danf deleted for the following reason: One thread on the subject is enough. -- cortex

2010-01-16

The Ebony Archive

Post 88365 by y2karl deleted for the following reason: Cool but covered recently; maybe add any new stuff to that thread. -- cortex

Fire and Ice

Post 88363 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: Big Picture is pretty great, but we really really know about it by now so making yet another post to it without any kind of explanation of why isn't gonna cut it. -- cortex

2010-01-15

L.I., Really?

Post 88350 by terrirodriguez deleted for the following reason: less editorializing next time, please? -- jessamyn

j/k ;)

Post 88343 by mkultra deleted for the following reason: something about it I can't put my finger on it.... -- jessamyn

Species fail?

Post 88333 by drlith deleted for the following reason: Meh. -- cortex

I got 10 bucks burning a hole in my pocket.

Post 88332 by Mastercheddaar deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is more of a sidebar thing for us to do. -- mathowie

MacHeads

Post 88331 by mpro77 deleted for the following reason: I want to see a documentary about self-linkers -- vacapinta

2010-01-14

Haiti vs The Dominican Republic.

Post 88329 by inkyroom deleted for the following reason: What? -- cortex

Ironin' Out the Kinks, Loadin' Up the Revival Train.

Post 88324 by darth_tedious deleted for the following reason: I can appreciate the LOL"PUNDITS" thing here I guess, but is there a reason this should actually be a mefi post? -- cortex

God is pro-slavery

Post 88323 by djduckie deleted for the following reason: I suspect there's an interesting post to be made about the historical and religious context of the latest random fucked-up shit that Pat Robertson horked up, but this isn't really doing much to present any of that in a post-worthy fashion. -- cortex

2010-01-13

Learn to Speak Teabag

Post 88296 by RussHy deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this is pretty crap. -- cortex

2010-01-12

Edge of the Universe

Post 88275 by Joachim deleted for the following reason: Interesting, but one link from 2001 is a bit thin for a post -- mathowie

Cat Stuff.

Post 88251 by St. Alia of the Bunnies deleted for the following reason: a stumbleupon single image is pretty thin for a post -- mathowie

Monsanto Corn linked the Liver, Kidney Damage

Post 88245 by jefficator deleted for the following reason: I'm hardly a fan of Monsanto, but the concensus here seems to be that the lede is just plain wrong here. Not great. -- cortex

A brief history of British rape reform

Post 88242 by valkyryn deleted for the following reason: this should be a comment in the open thread. I appreciate the research you've done here but follow-up does not mean a post on the same topic the next day. -- jessamyn

At 103 He Bent a Quarter With His Teeth

Post 88241 by Xurando deleted for the following reason: Posted already -- vacapinta

2010-01-11

Local Sportscaster to FoxNews Commentator

Post 88233 by hal_c_on deleted for the following reason: make an effort? -- jessamyn

Hear the drummer get wicked

Post 88227 by cashman deleted for the following reason: If you see only one Metafilter post about an awesome four-year-old drummer, see this one. -- cortex

BACON or BEER CAN

Post 88224 by swift deleted for the following reason: no good. -- jessamyn

2010-01-10

Egypt Tombs Suggest Pyramids Not Built by Slaves

Post 88189 by defenestration deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- jessamyn

2010-01-09

Hardcore tattoos go 'to eleven'

Post 88146 by Boyo deleted for the following reason: This is kind of FARK news of the weird stuff to gawk and laugh at. -- mathowie

Was it the eggnog?

Post 88140 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: This is basically a PR piece for a dating site. -- vacapinta

2010-01-08

Get motivated by every movie

Post 88123 by The Devil Tesla deleted for the following reason: At first I didn't think I had the strength to delete this, but then this really got me pumped and I realized I could do it. -- cortex

Google Street View Fails

Post 88114 by jefficator deleted for the following reason: previously. -- jessamyn

GQ's 'American Grotesque'

Post 88113 by drileynyc deleted for the following reason: Linking your employer's content is grounds for banning. -- cortex

Pink! Nude! Stained with red wine!

Post 88111 by jfwlucy deleted for the following reason: appreciate the idea but a single link to Yahoo answers seems to result in a thread going poorly. -- jessamyn

The Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving Cueva de los Cristales - The Giant Crystal Cave

Post 88101 by jonesor deleted for the following reason: Yep, it's a neat cave. -- cortex

2010-01-07

And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow ...

Post 88086 by MikeHarris deleted for the following reason: Pretty lousy source video and thin for a post. There's a lot to say about Firefly beyond an old commercial for it. -- mathowie

2010-01-06

Admit your love of penis!

Post 88058 by clarenceism deleted for the following reason: Pretty thin for a post -- mathowie

Gee, Where is that G-thing?

Post 88043 by dov3 deleted for the following reason: (insert finding a g-spot post previously joke) -- mathowie

Life's short and hard like a body-building elf

Post 88041 by hypersloth deleted for the following reason: I know you put some time into this, but as a post it's kind of a wandering mess. -- cortex

2010-01-05

In German, a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has.

Post 88040 by Afroblanco deleted for the following reason: The indigenous people of Mefistan have over three dozen words for "double". -- cortex

Nexus One

Post 88029 by soelo deleted for the following reason: this is not a good post for metafilter. the phone is interesting and deserves more than a press release. -- jessamyn

2010-01-04

Fark???? Really???!!!

Post 88014 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: your wish has been granted. -- jessamyn

Habanera Muppet-style

Post 88003 by jason's_planet deleted for the following reason: Previously, along with a bunch of other muppetry. -- cortex

Karate Kid 2010

Post 88002 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: A trailer is pretty thin stuff for a post, and "this is what I think about this thing I'm linking" is something more for your blog or twitter than a post to the front page. -- cortex

Isolated crime or is Australia an inherently racist country?

Post 87999 by Azaadistani deleted for the following reason: "is X an inherently racist country" is a hell of a tabloid headline to build a post around and probably not a great idea for metafilter. -- cortex

2010-01-03

Browser Hacks

Post 87998 by fizzzzzzzzzzzy deleted for the following reason: You could add this to the Previously thread you listed, which is only a couple weeks old and is still open. -- cortex

My Love-Hate Relationship with Charles Dickens

Post 87994 by kindalike deleted for the following reason: This is either too subtle for me to understand or this seems more like something that you should post on your own blog and not on metafilter. -- jessamyn

for centuries many countries tried to conquer Afghanistan; in the twentieth century it was soviet unions turn, right now, nato is there; but the problems are still the same…

Post 87991 by infinite intimation deleted for the following reason: I know that you put a lot of work into this, but it feels more like something for your own blog than a good fit as a post to Metafilter. -- cortex

A facebook that looks like America

Post 87985 by escabeche deleted for the following reason: this has pretty much been done here, sorry. -- jessamyn

2010-01-02

Damn It! I Need Another 3,524 of 'Em!

Post 87968 by MikeHarris deleted for the following reason: funny, but one image posts don't usually fly here -- mathowie

2010-01-01

Plesae forgive me for I have no idea how this works

Post 87948 by Bageena deleted for the following reason: I'll put this in MetaTalk for you. -- jessamyn