2013-06-30

Men write women, and they re-write us, for revenge.

Post 129566 by Charlemagne In Sweatpants deleted for the following reason: The MPGD trope is really well-covered on Metafilter and this isn't enough to resurrect it. -- restless_nomad

What Lies Beneath

Post 129565 by Blazecock Pileon deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Richard Dawkins complains about an Amazon DVD writer

Post 129559 by rolo deleted for the following reason: This is super thin even if the reviewer is that Richard Dawkins, and there's no particular evidence other than commenter snark to suggest it is. -- restless_nomad

"I am sorry that it has come to this."

Post 129549 by jeffburdges deleted for the following reason: This is tragic, but a single-link to a suicide letter (and sort of weirdly lifted from Gawker?) is sort of outragefilter, and not a great way to approach a discussion of the overall situation. Maybe try this again with more context that people can discuss? Contact us if you have questions. -- taz

2013-06-29

The Physics Behind Traffic Jams

Post 129537 by reenum deleted for the following reason: We've discussed (MeFi's own billb)'s traffic theories before. -- LobsterMitten

Can I get an Amen Break?

Post 129536 by liketitanic deleted for the following reason: Double. -- LobsterMitten

Four paws off the ground

Post 129530 by Wordshore deleted for the following reason: I could watch this all day, but it's also a double. -- LobsterMitten

2013-06-28

An Open Letter to Paula Deen

Post 129513 by SkylitDrawl deleted for the following reason: There is an open and active Paula Deen thread where this might fit better. If someone wants to do a full-on Twitty post, that might be a good alternative. -- restless_nomad

Why Fear Always Wins

Post 129511 by blankdawn deleted for the following reason: OH GOD THEY'RE BIFURCATING -- cortex

Why does every body Photoshop my face on everything?

Post 129499 by jbickers deleted for the following reason: Two facebook pages met in a deletion reason. The first one says, "you look great! Have you been dieting?" The second one says, "well, I suppose a little bit, why do you ask?" The first one says, "I dunno, I just, I feel like you're kinda thin." -- cortex

Remember carbon paper too?

Post 129489 by h00py deleted for the following reason: Cute, but a 5 second video is a little thin. Sorry! -- taz

Puberty just got a lot rougher for Texan boys.

Post 129484 by JV deleted for the following reason: hmm, looks like a fake news story/satire. -- mathowie

2013-06-27

Former Doobie Soaking

Post 129480 by davebush deleted for the following reason: Pretty funny, but a single 6sec vine video is pretty thin. -- mathowie

"This dye was selected because the bottle was within reach"

Post 129479 by Jacqueline deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Classic Flash Mob

Post 129476 by Mojojojo deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

2013-06-26

Australian has a new PM, same as the old PM

Post 129441 by Mezentian deleted for the following reason: Double. -- cortex

Guilty of defamation via Instagram

Post 129433 by disillusioned deleted for the following reason: Hey, this is really super-thin as just a short news blurb without hardly any info about what actually occurred, the background (riots?), context (Swedish laws?), etc. Maybe try reposting this with a bit more info tomorrow? -- taz

2013-06-25

Justice. Justice you shall ... roll your eyes at?

Post 129415 by zooropa deleted for the following reason: There's a post from yesterday about this decision, maybe put this there? -- jessamyn

Everybody's dancing on the floor

Post 129399 by mysticreferee deleted for the following reason: This is glorious, but a double - see previous Daft Punk - Soul Train thread. -- LobsterMitten

2013-06-24

Using HIV to fight leukemia.

Post 129393 by PeterMcDermott deleted for the following reason: Very cool; we just had a thread on this development a couple of days ago, maybe put this in there? -- LobsterMitten

The Mighty Rib

Post 129374 by KokuRyu deleted for the following reason: buttery! -- taz

2013-06-23

but she still wants to work with children and bring about world peace

Post 129365 by anothermug deleted for the following reason: This is sort of low-hanging fruit and basically just laugh at the pretty girl. -- jessamyn

Unsurprising news on the academic front

Post 129355 by shivohum deleted for the following reason: The Tennis column is a couple of years old, as are a number of the news stories, and we've had this conversation many times over; feeling like there is not really sufficient new ground here. -- LobsterMitten

2013-06-22

Post Industrial Revolution Pace

Post 129344 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: XKCD is awesome but a single link is awfully thin. -- restless_nomad

My Kind of Town, Stink Onions

Post 129333 by cthuljew deleted for the following reason: This is fun but it's pretty much a bare link from Slate to the Atlas of True Names, which we've seen before. -- LobsterMitten

2013-06-21

The Stars and Their Courses

Post 129312 by TrolleyOffTheTracks deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Welcome back Geocities

Post 129311 by COD deleted for the following reason: This is a little too fundraising-focused right now, sorry. -- restless_nomad

PRISM Wire

Post 129297 by artof.mulata deleted for the following reason: This is already being discussed in several of the still-open Snowden / NSA / surveillance threads (helpful tag for finding them). Maybe check in with those to talk about this more. -- taz

Funny stuff

Post 129293 by bookman117 deleted for the following reason: This is kind of "something to offend everyone" the-world-according-to-an-inexperienced-young-white-straight-dude (for other inexperienced young white straight dudes) blog post full of assumptions on a raft of issues people love to fight about, so maybe not that great for a single-link post with no context. -- taz

surprise surprise!

Post 129292 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: slightly amusing but hoax news blurb is hoaxy and probably not great for a post -- taz

2013-06-20

Kickstarter Project Raising Money For A Book Filled With Rape Tips

Post 129279 by kbennett289 deleted for the following reason: This is being discussed in the open thread noted in the comments and needs to be presented differently from this if it's going to work as s post on MeFi. -- jessamyn

2013-06-19

James Gandolfini is Dead!

Post 129257 by ACair deleted for the following reason: You know real people actually work here? -- jessamyn

James Gandolfini dead at 51

Post 129255 by rednikki deleted for the following reason: There is apparently very little information online about this. Let's wait til there is a proper obit. -- jessamyn

James Gandolfini, RIP

Post 129254 by gkhan deleted for the following reason: There is apparently very little information online about this. Let's wait til there is a proper obit. -- jessamyn

"The truth is this therapy is a jerk-off."

Post 129249 by mightygodking deleted for the following reason: This links to what is basically a one paragraph news blurb. Maybe wait until there is something substantial to link to? -- jessamyn

Envelope please...

Post 129244 by dabug deleted for the following reason: I'm agreeing with this fella; might be better to do a post that's thoroughly about the World Food Prize in general than to sort of poke the proverbial bear by just headlining a Monsanto nod with little context. -- cortex

Maciej Cegłowski: Persuading David Simon

Post 129227 by hat_eater deleted for the following reason: Reactions to David Simon have been posted in some of the open threads, for example here, and we'd like to keep the conversation to the handful of open threads already open on the Snowden / surveillance / NSA etc issue. -- taz

“You shall know a word by the company it keeps” ~ J.R. Firth (1957)

Post 129222 by Blasdelb deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2013-06-18

Penguin 2.0 brings keyword visibility now

Post 129187 by ellenmirt deleted for the following reason: Spam, banned. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2013-06-17

GCHQ intercepted delegates' communications at G20 summit

Post 129151 by jeffburdges deleted for the following reason: There are four open threads on Snowden etc., and this latest news has already been brought up a here. Let's try to keep the conversation a little bit contained -- taz

2013-06-15

Everything that ColdChef hasn't told us...or

Post 129126 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: Double. -- restless_nomad

Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenix

Post 129125 by Jacqueline deleted for the following reason: Timely, but still a double. -- restless_nomad

One man investigates in the UK

Post 129111 by infini deleted for the following reason: Single link blog op-ed. If there's something you want to discuss about this in particular it might be good to make that a bit more clear. -- jessamyn

2013-06-14

I'm not saying it IS magic, but I'm not saying it isn't either.

Post 129076 by quin deleted for the following reason: This is well-covered ground, sorry. -- restless_nomad

2013-06-13

Loose lips sink ships

Post 129052 by Chocolate Pickle deleted for the following reason: This is a year and a half old and I think we discussed it when it was new? -- jessamyn

I have no idea how crayons and pill bugs figure into this.

Post 129049 by Kitteh deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

2013-06-12

When Domestic Violence Becomes a Mass Shooting

Post 129006 by josher71 deleted for the following reason: Heya, if this is postworthy as a "talking about how this sort of scenario plays out" sort of way, maybe try again with a post that doesn't go the no context something-bad-happened-to-someone pullquote route? -- cortex

David Simon of "The Wire" fame in defense of NSA wiretapping

Post 128990 by ReWayne deleted for the following reason: You can go ahead and add this to the currently open discussion; thanks. -- taz

2013-06-11

The Trouble With Islam (According to Tony)

Post 128978 by oneswellfoop deleted for the following reason: Short provocative op-ed on contentious subject by contentious figure is really not great post material. -- cortex

"I'm not going to accept these plea negotiations. This isn't a joke."

Post 128953 by TrolleyOffTheTracks deleted for the following reason: I'm sorry but this doesn't seem to be going so well. Maybe a post about judges' attitudes to behaviour in courtrooms could benefit from a slightly broader approach? -- goodnewsfortheinsane

2013-06-10

Magic seeds

Post 128952 by flapjax at midnite deleted for the following reason: The accuracy of this particular story is apparently not uncontroversial. Aside from that the Mail is a sensationalist tabloid, not quite the most reliable newspaper in Britain and certainly not the most popular one on Metafilter. -- goodnewsfortheinsane

Syria’s opposition has denounced the execution of a 15-year-old boy

Post 128945 by pallen123 deleted for the following reason: This is a terrible thing that has happened but its' a really short newsy article about a much larger issue that is poised to just be an outragefilter thread. Maybe put together a different post about what's going on in Syria? -- jessamyn

2013-06-09

So you are thinking of doing a PhD

Post 128898 by amitai deleted for the following reason: This is not the way to make a Metafilter post. -- LobsterMitten

Scottish author Iain Banks has died

Post 128894 by brianlavelle deleted for the following reason: He is a big deal to people here, maybe we can put together a more fitting post for him? -- LobsterMitten

"We have a idiot on the programme"

Post 128891 by Megami deleted for the following reason: We have a currently open Bilderberg / Alex Jones thread; maybe add this there? -- taz

2013-06-08

"What word do you use for gawking at someone in a lustful way?"

Post 128866 by zarq deleted for the following reason: Double. -- taz

2013-06-07

Citizens of the World, I am Deric Lostutter, and this is my story

Post 128863 by triggerfinger deleted for the following reason: Open fundraisers are a flat no-go here, sorry. -- restless_nomad

Assange On Manning's Trial

Post 128847 by blankdawn deleted for the following reason: While the Manning trial is a big deal, a single link to one statement is not the best way to post about it. -- restless_nomad

"You Pushed Me Down The Stairs..."

Post 128841 by The Whelk deleted for the following reason: I heart Tom, but without context this is sort of just an odd little video and aren't you guys sort of close buds? -- cortex

Hate the name... love the flavor?

Post 128835 by St. Peepsburg deleted for the following reason: This is kind of a short news-of-the-weird blurb, maybe there's some more substantial content out there if this merits a post? -- cortex

2013-06-06

Job opportunity!

Post 128814 by Cool Papa Bell deleted for the following reason: Double. -- mathowie

Sometimes it seems more like a law of physics

Post 128809 by Sebmojo deleted for the following reason: This seems like a short joke article; without some context it's not clear why it's FPP-worthy. -- LobsterMitten

A political system combining anarchism, libertarianism, and socialism

Post 128803 by 256 deleted for the following reason: You may have to go about this a different way, it seems that people are not really picking up what you are trying to get at. -- jessamyn

Achievement unlocked- PTSD

Post 128784 by pjern deleted for the following reason: We've had Brandon Bryant interviewed here previously -- jessamyn

2013-06-05

y'all!

Post 128773 by juliplease deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

Horrific Font

Post 128754 by jamiemch deleted for the following reason: Eh, it's a pretty lightweight joke for what's a pretty aggressive doesn't-do-anything-else promo screen for a movie. -- cortex

2013-06-04

The Steroid Era Continues

Post 128734 by China Grover deleted for the following reason: Hey, sorry, this is kind of a "this big news might happen in a few weeks" story, and we generally advise waiting to post those until the big news actually happens. -- LobsterMitten

Fair Air Fare

Post 128733 by storybored deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this is a pretty thin blog post for an FPP. -- LobsterMitten

Baby, baby, baby oooh

Post 128727 by Charlemagne In Sweatpants deleted for the following reason: Sounds like kind of a fucked up situation but this is a couple of small pieces about a situation where a guy has not yet been charged yet, it sounds like, and there's not a lot of detail here either. Maybe a post when/if this develops into something more concrete or there's more substantial background to incorporate? -- cortex

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Post 128724 by beisny deleted for the following reason: Looks like this is indeed just a reprint of this post from a couple years back. -- cortex

2013-06-03

Calvin as a grown-up

Post 128692 by colfax deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn

The truth about female desire

Post 128689 by Pyrogenesis deleted for the following reason: Hey, using a slight paraphrase of a sort of editorial pull quote as post text without clearly indicate that it is indeed a quote can really give folks the wrong impression of what's going on with a post; maybe do this over tomorrow and frame things a little bit more clearly? -- cortex

Man found dinosaurs tasty.... when they were around.

Post 128684 by Eekacat deleted for the following reason: The framing makes this far too point-and-laugh to be a good idea here. -- restless_nomad

The privileged and entitled

Post 128680 by R a c h e l deleted for the following reason: No biggie, but this is a pretty wee little opinion piece for a post. -- cortex

Speaking of Hipsters... (which we frequently do around here)

Post 128666 by HuronBob deleted for the following reason: Sorry, but actually, yeah there's been a ton of "hipster" posts -- the latest of which is still open, and a single-link xkcd is pretty thin for a post. -- taz

2013-06-02

The Banality of Don't be Evil

Post 128656 by codacorolla deleted for the following reason: Still no. -- restless_nomad

Games Without Frontiers

Post 128650 by four panels deleted for the following reason: Deleted triple, at this point. -- restless_nomad

"The Banality of 'Don't Be Evil'" by Julian Assange

Post 128643 by koavf deleted for the following reason: Still nope. Single link op-ed by someone who is already the subject of a MeFi and a MeTa thread. Post it in one of the open threads. Thanks. -- jessamyn

"Know your enemy."

Post 128639 by Fizz deleted for the following reason: Single link op-ed by Assange who is currently already the subject of a post and a MeTa is not a great post for MetaFilter. -- jessamyn

2013-06-01

Development of ShowStealer Pro has been arrested.

Post 128612 by Podkayne of Pasadena deleted for the following reason: This is cute, but the currently open AD thread is still going strong, and this is also being discussed there, so maybe go ahead and add any missing links to that conversation. -- taz