2011-01-31

„Befehl ist Befehl“

Post 100114 by orthogonality deleted for the following reason: Same story as the last post on this, it's horrible news not sure what there is to discuss about it. -- mathowie

Metafeed

Post 100106 by lipsum deleted for the following reason: This is not really a good mefi post. -- cortex

Like Pigs to the Slaughter

Post 100091 by Pseudology deleted for the following reason: This is horrible but I'm not sure what a post about it is for other than to make a space for folks to agree that it's horrible. -- cortex

You have died of dysentery

Post 100084 by COD deleted for the following reason: Burhanistan has died of SHUT THE HELL UP YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME -- cortex

2011-01-30

Imagine his life after marriage

Post 100071 by vidur deleted for the following reason: at poster's request -- mathowie

Being Suicidal: What it feels like to want to kill yourself

Post 100069 by Lexica deleted for the following reason: Good but seen it. -- cortex

Dueling on the Cello

Post 100067 by antgly deleted for the following reason: dun da dun da da DUN DUN da da DUN DUN -- jessamyn

Bieber loves me, that I know

Post 100062 by zippy deleted for the following reason: I don't really think this is an awesome youtube video that would be good for MetaFilter -- mathowie

2011-01-29

The Kimchi Chronicles: A stranger in a Strange Land

Post 100042 by Dillonlikescookies deleted for the following reason: this is weird and racist and bad. -- jessamyn

Flight: addictive paper plane flash game

Post 100027 by Foci for Analysis deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

2011-01-28

Storming Cairo for Freedom: A First Hand Experience

Post 100021 by paladin deleted for the following reason: there's an existing open thread about this. If there's going to be a new "this is the news about Egypt" thread, we'll probably need it to be more of a "what's been going on" sort of thing Please post this in the open thread -- jessamyn

The 13 Most Expensive Celebrity Photos Ever

Post 100017 by veljko83pfc deleted for the following reason: world's bannedest spammer -- cortex

What about white straight middle-class middle-aged men?

Post 100004 by cowboy_sally deleted for the following reason: Eh, this is kind of thin. -- cortex

ceiling cat is not watching Tracy Morgan masturbate.

Post 100003 by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon deleted for the following reason: "which accomplished female is more fuckable" posts aren't so great here and Palin posts are double not so great here. -- jessamyn

The revolution will not be televised....

Post 100002 by Huplescat deleted for the following reason: Open thread here. -- cortex

Harper's > Karyn.

Post 99996 by TheWash deleted for the following reason: I heart Harpers and a post about this situation or how it plays out would be okay, but the Go Pledge framing here is really pretty much not okay. -- cortex

Live video from Egypt

Post 99995 by freakazoid deleted for the following reason: Situation is being discussed very actively in this thread. -- cortex

100x100

Post 99993 by pashdown deleted for the following reason: there is an IMB is 100 thread from a few days ago, maybe put this in there? -- jessamyn

2011-01-27

Judicial smackdowns

Post 99976 by gjc deleted for the following reason: The other thread is only three days old. -- cortex

எந்திரன்!

Post 99975 by Askiba deleted for the following reason: Looks like we've covered this. -- cortex

Copycat of Arizona's Immigration Status Bill Passes in Mississippi

Post 99971 by azileretsis deleted for the following reason: Post updates in your previous post. -- cortex

One less hawk in Washington

Post 99950 by crunchland deleted for the following reason: Yay for Coop but yeah, this should probably just be in the open thread if it isn't already. -- cortex

2011-01-26

Apparently, he's alive and well

Post 99945 by impuls deleted for the following reason: Not really a good post for metafilter -- mathowie

Question Regarding Females

Post 99941 by OneDay612 deleted for the following reason: Oh look! You own this stupid site! Get bent, spammer. -- mathowie

2011-01-25

Need Help Finding Which Font This Is

Post 99906 by timpanogos deleted for the following reason: I think you wanted Ask MetaFilter. -- pb

Whoops! He did it, again!

Post 99894 by Vibrissae deleted for the following reason: If this is worth posting about someone can hopefully take the time to put together something more substantial than a small Wired writeup. -- cortex

Flight of fancy

Post 99891 by klangklangston deleted for the following reason: HELLO THERE ORVILLE AND WILBUR MY NAME IS THOMAS FUCKING MOY -- cortex

2011-01-24

Your tax dollars at work, killing cowbirds!

Post 99871 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: might be a good idea to put this together in a post with a little less editorializing. It's definitely a shitty thing that happened, but this is not a great tone to set for a MeFi post on the subject. -- jessamyn

Strip clubs and rape, what's the truth?

Post 99838 by SockyMcPuppet deleted for the following reason: unclear thwt's going on here but you seem to have uploaded at least one of these articles. MeFi is for linking to things ON THE WEB, not putting things online for other people to talk about. Contact us if you have questions. -- jessamyn

2011-01-23

Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things!

Post 99828 by CarrotAdventure deleted for the following reason: posted a few months ago -- mathowie

I didn't want mayo!

Post 99823 by kickingtheground deleted for the following reason: Seen Jerry before. For future reference, please avoid using url shortner links in post text, they don't have any benefit here. -- cortex

Shakespearian Netflix Moonwalk Ninja

Post 99813 by Potloaf deleted for the following reason: This is behind Netflix's registration wall. -- cortex

RIP, Torri

Post 99812 by subpixel deleted for the following reason: eh, David Duke's site doesn't deserve traffic. -- mathowie

2011-01-22

The Central Bank any more doesn't limit the rate under deposits

Post 99778 by chimik8 deleted for the following reason: Breakfast is eggs and waffles and spam -- vacapinta

2011-01-21

Also, I worship at the altar of David Bowie.

Post 99773 by valkane deleted for the following reason: ? -- cortex

FLAG IT AND MOVE ON

Post 99768 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: Yay! Also: seen it. -- jessamyn

Mug shot roundup

Post 99756 by nevercalm deleted for the following reason: Mug shots are kind of a fascinating thing but all the same this does feel kind of needlessly gawkerish and exploitative without some kind of context. -- cortex

Divers recover ashes that were stolen, snorted

Post 99751 by mad_little_monkey deleted for the following reason: self-linker -- cortex

Tales From The Glitter Gym

Post 99747 by artlung deleted for the following reason: Yeah, posting your friends' stuff is a pretty big no-go. -- cortex

2011-01-20

If It Were My Home

Post 99715 by modernnomad deleted for the following reason: if it were my PWN -- cortex

Converting Waste Heat into Electricity

Post 99713 by stoneweaver deleted for the following reason: This is pretty much just a press release. Interesting news if it's got legs but we really need something more substantial in the way of links for this to work as a post. -- cortex

2011-01-19

The House vote was 245 to 189 to repeal the law, with three Democrats joining all Republicans in the majority.

Post 99694 by OverlappingElvis deleted for the following reason: Given what a big and kind of hot-button subject this is, probably better not to have a post that sort of tersely and ambiguously overstates the case like this. -- cortex

Why Conservatives Love War

Post 99690 by Philosopher's Beard deleted for the following reason: the difference between loving war and being hardwired for violence is important. If you want a thoughtfule discussion maybe choose a better title, everyone lulzed all over this one. -- jessamyn

The One Man Drug Company

Post 99685 by reenum deleted for the following reason: Yup, looks like this is the same one from a few years ago. -- cortex

Monkey Raping a Frog

Post 99684 by dougrayrankin deleted for the following reason: don't. -- jessamyn

How to play guitar

Post 99683 by dubold deleted for the following reason: If Nathan is trollin', kudos to him on a job well done. If not, this is sort of not-great territory for a post. Without having some context making it clear that it's the former and not the latter, I think this is a let's-not situation. -- cortex

25 years of computer insecurity

Post 99673 by MikeWarot deleted for the following reason: this is reading really bloggy and not so much "hey here's something I found on the web" maybe a rephrase is in order? -- jessamyn

2011-01-18

Open Breast Feeding

Post 99654 by taff deleted for the following reason: Good for her but this is pretty thin post material. -- cortex

Help

Post 99635 by restless_nomad deleted for the following reason: I feel for Joel here, but this blog post really doesn't feel like something that should be discussion fodder on the front page. -- cortex

Should I Work for Free? - A Flowchart

Post 99631 by nooneyouknow deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn

2011-01-17

Drug experiment

Post 99615 by dgaicun deleted for the following reason: previously -- cortex

pwsnt calls out those who used the n-word today

Post 99608 by antgly deleted for the following reason: People who say ugly shit suck, but I'm not sure posting this site to metafilter is actually making the world a better place either. -- cortex

Still blocky

Post 99607 by juv3nal deleted for the following reason: repost what we must because we can -- cortex

An unlonely grave

Post 99603 by Joe Beese deleted for the following reason: this is a huge disaster, maybe needs better than a behind-registration link and a few dog photos -- know your hearts's in the right place, but this isn't the post for this. -- jessamyn

"I believe in Superman the way some people believe in Jesus,"

Post 99590 by PuppyCat deleted for the following reason: this is great news for Chris but this is too close to a friendslink to be okay on MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

Get Well Soon, Steve

Post 99587 by BZArcher deleted for the following reason: Maybe hold off until there's more of an actual post to make? -- cortex

Steve Jobs takes a medical leave of absence

Post 99586 by jragon deleted for the following reason: Bad news, but tiny wire blurb as soon as possible is not a good way to post. -- cortex

2011-01-16

Just relax and let the hooks do their work

Post 99564 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: What you do is load this post and that one in two windows side by side and then you get all CAMERA ONE! CAMERA TWO! CAMERA ONE! CAMERA TWO! and it's suddenly a 3D Waynes World reference and this deletion reason really isn't gelling I guess. -- cortex

you can shave the baby

Post 99558 by bwg deleted for the following reason: Yeah, no biggie bwg but that main link is pretty much a textbook example of People Who Are Fucking Up The Web. -- cortex

2011-01-15

The Procrastination Equation

Post 99555 by storybored deleted for the following reason: The equation idea is cool but this is basically an ad for a book and an article about another guy or two who wrote a book. No big deal but thinnish for a MeFi post. -- jessamyn

Remi Kart

Post 99547 by dougrayrankin deleted for the following reason: Despite his name being an anagram for "I, Millard, rage!", I'm actually quite calm. Will his pranks never cease? -- cortex

Sentence.    Next Sentence.    Wrong!

Post 99541 by twoleftfeet deleted for the following reason: Posted yesterday -- mathowie

2011-01-14

I guess he didn't like Saved By The Bell.

Post 99515 by yellowbinder deleted for the following reason: I regret to inform you that the bell is not operating today. -- cortex

2011-01-13

Wastin' away again in Margaritaville

Post 99496 by humannaire deleted for the following reason: Frivolous lawsuit is frivolous? -- cortex

An Unbelievable Video of Political Madness

Post 99494 by novenator deleted for the following reason: Posts really need to not read like editorials. -- cortex

Do you hate a browser with unhealthy amounts of vigor?

Post 99491 by localhuman deleted for the following reason: yeah, this is kind of outdated, even though IE6 should die in a tire fire. -- mathowie

Hope on a Pale Blue Dot

Post 99480 by AElfwine Evenstar deleted for the following reason: posted a couple days ago -- mathowie

2011-01-12

Is this the man of your dreams?

Post 99460 by empatterson deleted for the following reason: Posted previously -- mathowie

Sister Sarah's bloody grammar

Post 99453 by dejah420 deleted for the following reason: I know you mean well, but these posts are just not going to fly today. -- jessamyn

The ever-astonishing lexicon of Sarah Palin

Post 99445 by MisterMo deleted for the following reason: This is unnecessary-post-about-this number four. James Brown, you better watch your back. -- cortex

S. Palin Outdoes Herself

Post 99438 by emhutchinson deleted for the following reason: Yeah, sorry but a Palin post has got to have something way more substantial than this. -- mathowie

Blood Libel Returns

Post 99437 by Sophie1 deleted for the following reason: It's idiotic, yes, but I don't think we need a post just to discuss that fact. -- cortex

1 down, 534 to go

Post 99436 by Legomancer deleted for the following reason: there's sort of a few open posts about the shootings and it's not so great to reproduce shitty hateful things people say over here if you want a good discussion. -- jessamyn

Dancers Among Us

Post 99431 by stoneweaver deleted for the following reason: thanks but posted previously -- jessamyn

Sarah Palin: Tucson finger-pointing 'irresponsible'

Post 99428 by Vibrissae deleted for the following reason: This isn't a good post for metafilter -- mathowie

Dogs, Monkeys and Programmers

Post 99427 by unSane deleted for the following reason: Single short opiniony blog entry is pretty thin stuff for a post. -- cortex

2011-01-11

Cultural differences in different countries

Post 99422 by sandrach deleted for the following reason: this is a blog that simply exists to send traffic to your cairo travel site. banned. -- mathowie

And you thought Chinese mothers were bad? The other half's not any better.

Post 99421 by Apocryphon deleted for the following reason: leave it as a link in the existing "chinese mother" thread (if at all) -- mathowie

"My suit has better abs"

Post 99411 by DMan deleted for the following reason: KRYPTONITE -- cortex

They really want a girl

Post 99407 by KillaSeal deleted for the following reason: this is sort of single link news grarbait. -- jessamyn

tinfoil hat time? Maybe Maybe not

Post 99404 by donfactor deleted for the following reason: my NWO masters command me to suppress this damaging revelation -- cortex

2011-01-10

Naomi Wolf challenges the right to anonymity of rape accusers

Post 99377 by banal evil deleted for the following reason: There's been a lot of discussion of Wolf's opinions and responses to same in some of the previous Wikileaks/Assange threads and I'm not sure we need another post just to dig into the sub-subject even further. -- cortex

Are you Social?

Post 99372 by Ly deleted for the following reason: Are you so completely banned? -- cortex

OKCupid on the math behind female beauty

Post 99371 by meadowlark lime deleted for the following reason: we've pretty much done the OKCupid blog and their teaser headlines/suggestions to death here. -- jessamyn

Fake Steve Gets Real

Post 99369 by timeistight deleted for the following reason: single link blog op-ed on a touchy topic, maybe wait a day or two if this is a topic dear to you and make more of a "this is great link I wanted to discuss with MeFites" posts? -- jessamyn

2011-01-09

Checking Ourselves Out

Post 99352 by KathyBraid deleted for the following reason: this seems like a talking point more suited to your own blog than to metafilter. -- jessamyn

The Wilding of Sarah Palin

Post 99340 by ELF Radio deleted for the following reason: good god no -- cortex

And Pounce! step back and Pounce! step back ...

Post 99338 by bwg deleted for the following reason: One...two...[crunch]. The answer is two. -- cortex

2011-01-08

Linda Lusk

Post 99328 by Joe Beese deleted for the following reason: this has been a really weird day on MetaFilter and a newsfilter pedophilia/rape "look at these assholes" post is not going to fly today. -- jessamyn

2011-01-07

Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

Post 99315 by Apocryphon deleted for the following reason: Hi, so, if in your post you take a shit on the hypothetical thread that will happen in response to your post? That's a bad post. Please don't do that. -- cortex

2011-01-06

The Web Is a Customer Service Medium

Post 99288 by bonefish deleted for the following reason: Yeah, let's keep it on the grey -- mathowie

Military blogger exposes religious bias in US army recruitment and practice

Post 99266 by sarastro deleted for the following reason: Subject is interesting but it seems like the framing here is pretty flawed. If someone wants to try again at some point, that's fine. Thanks for being a good sport, sarastro. -- cortex

They ain't perfect: Copy errors in The New Yorker

Post 99264 by daniel_ deleted for the following reason: Christ, is it self-link week or something? -- cortex

Epic Action Short Film - The Night The Reindeer Died

Post 99263 by Newcott deleted for the following reason: Get bent, spammer. -- cortex

is it a dream?

Post 99251 by eyeheartyou deleted for the following reason: Self-link, banned. -- cortex

2011-01-05

The place is like a museum, but price reduced!

Post 99223 by dchase deleted for the following reason: Gummy bear? -- cortex

MDMAfilms, a new drug-centered film venture from hated (hipster?) writer Tao Lin

Post 99221 by Charnieia deleted for the following reason: Do not fucking spam our site, Tao Lin. -- cortex

2011-01-04

Dating Denial of Service

Post 99184 by asymptotic deleted for the following reason: Eh, not much here. -- cortex

2011-01-03

Sticking things under your skin for fun and... hospital visits

Post 99176 by shii deleted for the following reason: someone else make this post without this presentation and we'll be happy to have it stick around. -- jessamyn

Ghost Town

Post 99174 by Artw deleted for the following reason: GHOST CHINA 2: BOOHAN -- cortex

Cats getting shot by laser blasters

Post 99161 by dubold deleted for the following reason: mpeow mpeow mpeow -- cortex

2011-01-02

Your favorite city... isn't so bad, really.

Post 99142 by Toekneesan deleted for the following reason: Retroit -- cortex

2011-01-01

When you’re discussing the hottest photo shoots of the year, you expect the Swimsuit Issue to come up. You don’t really expect PETA to enter the conversation.

Post 99112 by cheenhao8 deleted for the following reason: Self link, banned -- mathowie

but at the length truth will out.

Post 99111 by adamvasco deleted for the following reason: worthwhile post, but we don't want to get into the habit of cutting and pasting unattributed text from other blogs. Maybe someone else can make this post with their own phrasing? -- jessamyn