Activity from praemunire

I can't decide if this is the Epic of Gilgamesh as written by a Markov-Chain or Anne Carson, but it's kind of terrible and kind of wonderful. I've been trying to think of what to say about this without sounding unduly negative. The… [more]
favorited 8 times, recently by adrienneleigh, rrrrrrrrrt, lesbiassparrow, subdee, Dee Grim, eustatic, away for regrooving, symbioid
MeFi comment - 5 ¼ hours ago

I am so, so sorry. This is so hard. It doesn't matter how many times it happens. (I know many people take comfort in that Rainbow Bridge stuff and God knows I don't begrudge them that comfort, but I hate it.) Dogs not only "know not the… [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by thereader, oneirodynia, kate4914, helpthebear
Ask MeFi comment - 8 hours ago

We could litigate over every detail, but if your landlord's behavior is making you uncomfortable on a recurring basis, you're almost certainly picking up on something real. I'm not sure how long you have left on your lease and how your finances… [more]
favorited 6 times, recently by meepmeow, annieb, Kriesa, miratime, Gygesringtone, mskyle
Ask MeFi comment - 10 hours ago

Calling 311 on permitted activities that don't exceed the boundaries of the permit isn't going to accomplish much. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 10 hours ago

"I am feel uncomfortable when we are not about me" is all-time classic. [more]
favorited 7 times, recently by The corpse in the library, Space Kitty, taquito sunrise, skycrashesdown, Nec_variat_lux_fracta_colorem, gc, chavenet
MeFi comment - 11 hours ago

I mean, she's still out there getting arrested in her 80s! [more]
favorited 11 times, recently by Artifice_Eternity, snsranch, Reverend John, nofundy, tavella, pt68, steadystate, May Kasahara, Kitteh, biogeo, srboisvert
MeFi comment - 14 hours ago

Most people I know are on some combination of social security, disability, or welfare, and terrible jobs. I don't notice them being particularly more provincial or bigoted than the world travelers I have had cause to interact with. I… [more]
favorited 13 times, recently by kristi, steadystate
MeFi comment - 17 hours ago

not all Boomers - just the yups Did you vote against Reagan, or didn't you: in the end that's what it boils down to. [more]
favorited 30 times, recently by snsranch, Gelatin, nofundy, Nec_variat_lux_fracta_colorem, SoberHighland, flabdablet, TedW, armeowda, May Kasahara, mostlymartha, Greg_Ace, hydropsyche, retronic, anadem, The Ardship of Cambry, zardoz, adamsc, Halloween Jack, tinymojo, cooker girl, pracowity, GenjiandProust, meinvt, abraxasaxarba, Faint of Butt, JoeXIII007, clew, talking leaf, The Card Cheat, joannemerriam
MeFi comment - 17 hours ago

People who don't understand why I was so harsh on the people arguing on this site a couple years ago that access to crypto was important for poor people are cordially invited to read all of this. [more]
favorited 18 times, recently by Neronomius, Xoder, star gentle uterus, sagc, whuppy, May Kasahara, lalochezia, birdsongster, box, Aya Hirano on the Astral Plane, nanny's striped stocking, rrrrrrrrrt, adamsc, Nelson, rhizome, Halloween Jack, Hactar, chavenet
MeFi comment - 18 hours ago

Sorry, but mods are professionals and it shouldn't be so hard to not write anything in a personal message to a user that you wouldn't write in a Meta thread. Especially things like calling users assholes (I know this was just a hypothetical… [more]
favorited 11 times, recently by Lexica, Cannon Fodder, atoxyl, maryellenreads, champers, dusty potato, adrienneleigh, knucklebones, lapis, mediareport, sagc
MetaTalk comment - 18 hours ago

You have to read the whole rule when you're analyzing airline policies. From that very page, just a bit further down in the same section: "Cancellation fees are not applicable for the following tickets: Delta Main Cabin and above tickets… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 18 hours ago

I will see you in the light of a thousand suns I will hear you in the sound of the waves I will know you when I come, as we all will come Through the doors beyond the grave All alone I came into this world All alone I will someday die Solid… [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by Martha My Dear Prudence, lalochezia, supermedusa
Ask MeFi comment - 19 hours ago

It's 100% not a big deal in the real world! It's not, but it's a deal in OP and roommate's home. I don't think OP should wear sackcloth and ashes over this, but sometimes you have to accommodate a certain degree of unreasonableness to… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by slidell, kensington314
Ask MeFi comment - 21 hours ago

As I get older and crustier, I tend to prefer the disambiguating usage to the hypertechnically correct one. But I wouldn't red-pencil either of them in this circumstance. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by throwitawayurthegarbageman, jzb
Ask MeFi comment - Yesterday

With a sample size of 1, one person on Reddit got their basic economy ticket refunded. This is likely correct, but I would really hate to have to try to navigate this process while grieving. Airlines are notoriously slow and obnoxious… [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by nanny's striped stocking, Pandora Kouti, Aleyn, samthemander, potrzebie
Ask MeFi comment - Yesterday

There's usually a report in EV Grieve some time in the week beforehand. I don't think this one was caught, although I also didn't think they were too bad. The historical tradition for these shows is very strong (you probably noted how old the… [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by Paul Slade, mygothlaundry, mekily
Ask MeFi comment - Yesterday

Look at the stats. A smaller percentage of 30-44s voted for Carter in 1980 than of 60 and ups! (If you go below the age 30 breakpoint, which slices through the Boomer cohort, it does get a bit less depressing, but you can't blame Reagan on the GGs… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by May Kasahara, Schmucko
MeFi comment - 2 days ago

LinkMe: For This Indigenous Beadworker, Every Stitch ‘Is an Act of Resistance’ Sometimes when I am trying to make a Metafilter post on an artist or artform underappreciated by the mainstream that happened to get good coverage somewhere, I think how… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 days ago

Did you try contacting anyone at Morehouse or Spelman? They might be able to connect you with an appropriate organization to benefit from a sale even if the pieces aren't of scholarly value. Not being able to document the provenance is going to… [more]
favorited 6 times, recently by Scram, erst, mareli, rrrrrrrrrt, coffeecat, cyndigo
Ask MeFi comment - 2 days ago

I'm not a big tabletop gamer, but Mansions of Madness has both an app that handles some more complicated randomness (the board itself is partially randomly generated) and actual physical dice. I think it would verge on unplayable if you had… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by GenjiandProust
MeFi comment - 2 days ago

It's much easier to push dark patterns and other abusive processes on the consumer on a smaller screen. End of story. Occasionally I just try to read something on the web on my phone and I'm appalled by how intrusive and actively… [more]
favorited 18 times, recently by esoteric things, joannemerriam, morjul, genpfault, busted_crayons, Kitteh, enkiwa
MeFi comment - 2 days ago

Buying someone dinner is generally an appropriate level of acknowledgement of a short visit. If they wouldn't split drinks, I think that tells you that they're not comfortable with more. Make sure to leave the place extra clean to minimize the… [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by lapis, MiraK, mxjudyliza, BungaDunga
Ask MeFi comment - 3 days ago

Ooof. This is hard. I know you're feeling shocked and disappointed, and that's fair. I would be very hesitant, though, to describe this puppy as a "lost cause" after one weird day very early in a new home. On the other hand, living with… [more]
favorited 25 times, recently by fairlynearlyready, rhamphorhynchus, spacebologna, Scout405, MissyMonster, ljesse, hollisimo, caitcadieux, throwitawayurthegarbageman, lizard music, Ardnamurchan, rosiroo, cooker girl, Awfki, ailouros08, humuhumu, dancinglamb, Sparky Buttons, hydropsyche, corb
Ask MeFi comment - 3 days ago

Someone from India is going to say it was always good without the cultural context of American religious nuts who thought that strong flavors or even satiation were a failure to control your base instincts and would lead to other moral hazards… [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by joannemerriam, adamsc, PresidentOfDinosaurs
MeFi comment - 3 days ago

Talking Heads, Memories Can't Wait Awesomely covered by Living Colour. Elvis Costello, "Veronica" ("Well she used to have a carefree mind of her own and a delicate look in her eye/These days I'm afraid she's not even… [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by ejs, mygothlaundry, adekllny, ThatCanadianGirl
Ask MeFi comment - 4 days ago

It's a complex story (not sure how it's depicted in the movie). Charles I did inherit both crowns ("personal union"). There was a separate Church of Scotland and Scottish Parliament. The rebelling Scots first handed Charles over to… [more]
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FanFare comment - 4 days ago

Also, it's ambiguous, but arguably the Psychedelic Furs's "The Ghost in You." [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 4 days ago

whoop whoop! [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 4 days ago

I am the horrible goose who lives in the prison [more]
favorited 8 times, recently by angelchrys, Pronoiac
MeFi comment - 4 days ago

I think these "jokes" are silly and weak and I avoid them and roll my eyes when I see them used (I use "45" sometimes as shorthand but hard to see how referring to what number president he was constitutes an insult). I wouldn't… [more]
favorited 20 times, recently by jb, easy, lucky, free, Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted, ch1x0r
MetaTalk comment - 4 days ago

I'm sorry that happened to you. Nonetheless, very few dog bites (most especially non-fatal ones!) lead to criminal prosecution of the human. If there was a civil suit in your case, it's because you brought it. That may or may not have… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by thereader, corb
Ask MeFi comment - 5 days ago

Microaggressions are seemingly-small slights, which happen to members of marginalized groups. Thank you, fedward, somehow I missed that link. Nonetheless, the idea that Trump is being microaggressed against here is just...I'm… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 days ago

I'd rather not have people be in the habit of deciding individually who deserves the respect of not having their name joked about He's a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, proven fraudster on the order of hundreds of millions of dollars,… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - 5 days ago

Not sure why you thought that was helpful, but okay. Because if the issue is whether travel causes the (real!) problem you've identified, pointing out that this is a common scenario even in places without travel (but with wealth) is… [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by halehale
MeFi comment - 5 days ago

Cue massive university protests and building occupations. If this is supposed to be some kind of zinger, you can stuff it. Really? [more]
favorited 28 times, recently by coffeecat, Acey, DSime, Faint of Butt, Audreynachrome, Thorzdad, confluency, happyfrog, quadrilaterals, adrienneleigh
MeFi comment - 5 days ago

Correct? Or what am I missing? The (largely misguided, though charmingly optimistic) view that without the books you could live in a smaller and cheaper place, rather than just filling up the space you'd free up with other stuff. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by hydropsyche
MeFi comment - 5 days ago

How much tourism actually does anything to help people understand and grow in reality? I feel this is the kind of question you can only ask if you've never lived personally in a community where few people have ever traveled far or lived… [more]
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MeFi comment - 5 days ago

Our downtown is adorable but it is absolutely useless for anything practical for us downtown residents. Nowhere to get a house key cut, but hey, would you like to visit yet another expensive boutique?? Great news--you can get that… [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 days ago

I suspect you'd see a much bigger shift in urbanites, who actually have to live with people of different origins and backgrounds, rather than just spending a few days or weeks some place "exotic". This is a fair point,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 days ago

Reaping the whirlwind of, uhh centuries of violence and exploitation? Are you expecting me to disagree with this? [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 days ago

This is the stereotypical Rude Tourist who is trying to monetize their rude travel habits This is a category I am happy to cast shade at, as their monetary incentives to behave selfishly (at best) to get the "best" or… [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 days ago

When we decide it’s time to part with them, we want to know they are going to a nice home where they can continue to enrich and improve other people’s lives. "It has no feelings!" [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 days ago

I'm left wondering why there's no meme about how much we all hate Fleetwood Mac. Timing, to some degree? If you were mid-to-younger Gen X, you definitely had a sense of them as one of those Tedious Self-Involved 70s Bands That Belonged… [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 days ago

For some reason I find I retain information better with an actual book, often being able to remember where on the page a particular passage was. I do, too, and strongly prefer to read serious fiction with pencil in hand to mark things,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 6 days ago

I say this gently and as someone who exactly the same age as you are and learning the same lesson right now - I say this in comradeship and sisterly sharing of lessons learned, not in judgment - you and I are the age at which to start taking on… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 6 days ago

Pleased to report it's quite as effective in b&w (indeed, the initial nightmare attack on Odo Island may be better for it). Also your theater just might be showing it in a premium format when it didn't show the original so. Extra percussion in… [more]
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FanFare comment - 7 days ago

Wow. Brutal, effective, simple but moving. [more]
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FanFare comment - 7 days ago

Don’t you have like six months after finishing a degree before you have to start paying loans? Not (for federal loans) if you're in full-time student status. I find this guy's dilettantism (coupled with credentialism) lightly… [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 days ago

I think the real story here is how this demonstrates the reality that many terminal master's programs, even at the very top universities, are basically profit centers for the school and not especially difficult to get into, or graduate from, if… [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 days ago

First of all, important to note that this is often used sarcastically/ironically. When used literally, it carries connotations of "elegant, refined, expensive, but not ostentatious," but also often "generous, exercises noblesse… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 7 days ago

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