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De Lint had some great books, and I read a ton of “urban fantasy” as a kid. If De Lint or Kushner catch your fancy, you should also check out Emma Bull and Will Shetterly, who were also putting out books in the same subgenre. There was a small boom… [more]
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MeFi comment - 10 hours ago

Looking for a game to teach about inflation to 10th graders
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Ask MeFi post - 21 hours ago

This might be spoilers for an old movie, but one of the key plot points of Until the End of the World is a device that records the brain activity of seeing things, invented by a scientist who hopes to help his wife, blind since childhood, to see… [more]
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MeFi comment - Yesterday

Examining What "Never Again" Means Through the Lens of Magneto
favorited 34 times, recently by pelvicsorcery, xenization, Green-eyed grenade, I claim sanctuary, ainymeek, Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead, ob1quixote, MondayMagpie, GenjiandProust, what does it eat, light?, sidesh0w, TheophileEscargot, Kattullus, cheshyre, mduda, horopter, JSilva, Strutter Cane - United Planets Stilt Patrol, isnotchicago, zymil, Ber, JHarris, Abehammerb Lincoln, GiantSlug, Wobbuffet, Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted, cendawanita, any portmanteau in a storm, The Card Cheat, DoctorFedora, Artw, star gentle uterus, supercres, Joakim Ziegler
MeFi post - 13 days ago

Like what does "Never again" mean? To me, that was the most interesting and central point of the article. As someone raised Jewish, what I’d thoughtwas being instilled in me was Never Again (for anyone, ever), but the… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

I’ve been listening to it for the last couple days, and it’s growing on me, but I’m also, I don’t know, a little burned out on the band? I absolutely loved them in the 90s, but also probably over-listened to them a bit. I’m liking it, though… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

For all the talk of it being a bad metaphor, I think there was a solid point made upthread that the Pope has announced that trans people are a threat to humanity. Go through history and check out any of the reasons given by oppressors and bigots for… [more]
favorited 18 times, recently by Nec_variat_lux_fracta_colorem, The Outsider, supermedusa, ob1quixote, Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted, Neronomius, a non mouse, a cow herd, Dalekdad, mephron, Faint of Butt, jedicus, Hactar, damayanti, Proofs and Refutations, Zumbador, Pope Guilty, kokaku, adrienneleigh
MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

You did something horrible enough that the person you hurt still isn't over it, and maybe never will be. Nothing you say it do is ever going to make that better. Why do you think you should get to feel better/stop blaming yourself? The only person… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by hejrat
Ask MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

I never even watched it, but my cousin insisted on me sitting down with him to catch a couple episodes. The only thing I remember was Space Ghost expasperatedly trying to engage Ashley Judd in conversation, and finally saying: "Tacos, Ashley… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by McBearclaw, TheKaijuCommuter
MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

The article is pretty far behind the current trends. It's not that breweries don't make a ton of IPAs, but there are a ton of breweries making delicious lagers and pilsners, and most brewers I know would much rather drink those than an IPA at this… [more]
favorited 7 times, recently by Brainstorming Time!, Pantengliopoli, Surely This, schmod, MtDewd, DoctorFedora, your postings may, in fact, be signed
MeFi comment - Last month

I saw this thread in the morning, but life kept me busy til just now, on a crowded train home in Japan. Growing up in Michigan, born in the 70s, Gordon Lightfoot was more often than not the soundtrack to the few good times I can vaguely recall of… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

I have a loathing for pachinko like little else here in Japan. I will go out of my way to avoid walking past a parlor simply because whenever I do, there's always someone coming out or going in, and the cacophony that pours out is honestly painful to… [more]
favorited 6 times, recently by ob1quixote, JHarris, The corpse in the library, chavenet, snuffleupagus, chimpsonfilm
MeFi comment - Last month

It's kind of interesting to see this lauded as a Japanese 'thing' when for the most part, modern Japanese culture makes nearly everything disposable. The cost of repair for nearly every consumer product tends to be more than just buying a new one,… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

The closure of the port, for however long it takes to clear the debris is going to hit Baltimore hard. That's a lot of jobs directly affected by any shutdown, and a lot more dependent on those, too. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

One of the biggest complaints (definitely not the only, trust me, I have more*) about streaming for films is the utter lack of commentary tracks that were pretty much standard on any decent DVD. As absurd as the extended versions of Lord of the Rings… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

My voice has shifted as I’ve gotten older. A long time ago, I could sing More than Words decently well, but those days and ranges are beyond me now. I haven’t been in years (thanks Covid), but to this day, I need no screen nor lyrics to throw down… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Reading No Logo as a teen had a hell of an effect on me, to the point that I (still) do my best to avoid brand logos, especially any products that seem to only exist to advertise the brand itself (mostly clothing). Clothing that leaves no doubt what… [more]
favorited 8 times, recently by Lexica, adrienneleigh, birdsongster, non canadian guy, caviar2d2, ob1quixote, cardioid, chavenet
MeFi comment - Last month

Last week, I got a question at work from a Japanese colleague that I’ve been sort of dreading, the “(Ghidorah), why is Trump back? Why is he so popular?” The explanation I gave is pretty much what I’m writing here: There are people, a lot of… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Around about the same time as a lot of people, I got hooked on reading about Everest, largely because of Into Thin Air. From there, I ended up reading some of the "competing" versions of events, some of the historical accounts of other… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

I don’t doubt I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but I’m glad to see On The Road there. There’s a lot to recommend it as, if not the best form of the American novel, at least the most American. The whole concept of escape, of… [more]
favorited 6 times, recently by adrienneleigh, jamjam, chavenet, onebuttonmonkey, Strutter Cane - United Planets Stilt Patrol, synecdoche
MeFi comment - Last month

Who the hell decided to try fois gras?! I used to have a similar joke about natto (fermented soy beans with a pretty foul stench that have a slimy texture that turns very stringy in a visually, to me, repellent way). I’d say “how hungry… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Thoughts and prayers to Ted Cruz in this trying time Flagged for putting the idea of Ted Cruz and Internet sexytime in the same mental space. On the other hand, rather than requiring any kind of ID or age verification, if the goal… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by chavenet
MeFi comment - 2 months ago

Well, fuck. I just tested positive for the first time this morning, and the main fear I've had about it is all the stories about people in their forties being at a higher risk for heart attacks in the six months to a year after infection, and..… [more]
favorited 36 times, recently by Pouteria, Too-Ticky, SeedStitch, rustybullrake, dragonplayer, beryllium, Flight Hardware, do not touch, armacy, SaltySalticid, thetarium, spinifex23, adrienneleigh, edithkeeler, BibiRose, Il etait une fois, mygothlaundry, cstross, hydropsyche, kelborel, Zumbador, teleri025, wenestvedt, Otherwise, corey flood, tofu_crouton, sarble, elmono, MrVisible, Don Pepino, jenfullmoon, tonycpsu, Archer25, The Manwich Horror, mersen, Emmy Rae, humbug
MeFi comment - 2 months ago

Back to Normal Doesn't Work Because Normal Wasn't Working
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MeFi post - 2 months ago

Graphic Novels for Teens?
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Ask MeFi post - 2 months ago

gained some traction in more “respectable” conservative circles Every time I see this phrasing pop up, it's just a reminder to move whatever "respectable" names from their current place in my head, and put them in the… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

In her review of Us, this section made me pause and come back here to say this: this person can write, and write incredibly well. I’m both jealous and in outright awe. Because it could have applied to me, if things were different. I hate it… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

As a lifelong hater of beans, the Texas style of chili is a godsend, and gives me an excuse for leaving them out. "Wait, where are the beans?" someone will ask, and I'll say, "oh, I only make authentic Texas style chili," which… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

It's almost like someone should write a book about it
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MeFi post - 2 months ago

One of the (many) things that just feel like a weight around the neck, pulling me down, is just how much, as a kid, I looked forward to the future. I loved science fiction, and consumed as much as I could in any form I could get it. I was hopeful and… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

seems to be a Greek immigrant thing I think, not only is this likely the answer, it might be the root of a shocking level of American shared culinary experience. I don't know that I've ever been to a town in America that didn't have a… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

Biggest memories of childhood trips to Flint: bottle of grape Nehi from the vending machine at the gas station on the way (glass bottles, of Nehi, in five flavors, from a vending machine, in the 80s!), Six Flags Autoworld, and Coney Dogs. A couple… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

Hartster, thanks for the suggestion, but to be clear, nearly every student is Japanese, or has at least one Japanese parent, but has had some experience living overseas (in elementary school or something similar). The school library has some Japanese… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 2 months ago

they'd be produced and owned by fascist man-child edgelords Hence, the dumbest possible future. [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

Also, the secret is crushed saltines to thicken the sauce. [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

Gibson said he liked to think of the show as a "stub" in the book, one possible branch the story could have taken, but didn't, which is a nice way to think of it. Still, the show, while it had some moments, just couldn't match the novel,… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 2 months ago

It’s a shame. Porter is finding herself a target of rich men who don’t like the idea of a strong woman telling them that there are in fact rules at the same time the DNC is quietly shitting on her for daring to run for a position they have decided… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

investigative look? A critical take? Hmm... nope, that's not it... just a (potentially paid for) puff piece Yeah, that sounds more like it. [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

I've got the middle-aged pocket patting down, too, Greg_Ace. Wallet, keys/phone, small bills and change, but even though I'm doing it as I leave the house, having locked the door said keys, I still end up checking at least once before getting on my… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 months ago

Roughly 16 years ago, Mrs. Ghidorah and I got married. We looked around at various honeymoon places, and we looked very longingly at the Maldives. I was entranced by the idea of a hammock just over the ocean, and really, really wanted to go. We… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Jared Kushner and his two billion dollar deal with the Saudis. Zardoz, if nothing else, a hypothetical moment where Kushner distances himself from Trump would probably be the fork stuck in it moment, letting us all know Trump is finally… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

If you want to protest, unsubscribe from Prime and buy DVDs or Blurays. Don't be an asshole. This works in a world where companies are still producing and selling physical media. Increasingly, movies and shows released by streaming… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

I was happily willing to pay about a thousand yen a month playing pokemon go up until about two years ago, and stopped cold turkey, which is good, as the app has become ridiculously expensive for people who still intend to buy every event ticket. I… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Red, or lesser pandas have a sort of sweet spot in my heart, though I'm surprised to hear about the difficulties in breeding them in Australia. Way back in 2005, a lesser panda here by the name of Futa-kun made the news for, well, standing up on its… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Elmo came long after I had grown out of the intended audience, and I wasn't really a fan, though I later came around a bit, having read about how Elmo, more than any other of the muppets, is intended as the point of view character for the audience,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

kirkaracha, the thing about Leary is one of those things that can be applied to a lot of public figures and entertainers. There’s what they want to say, to be known for, what they’d like the audience to hear, and what the audience actually latches… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Add me to the list of mildly annoyed overseas citizens who is deeply annoyed at the US tax code. I live, earn money, and pay taxes in a foreign country. I earn far, far less than the threshold for paying taxes (and am unlikely to ever earn even close… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

About a year ago, I realized that, even waking up earlier (at 5:15), I was still rushing to get out the door (6:15) to get to the train on time. It took me a little bit too long to figure it out, but it was that I was sitting down on the sofa with my… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

That wasn't a major concern for the scrappy pioneers who inventing blogging a quarter century ago. Stop worrying about algorithms and popularity. Just do what you want to do, and say what you want to say. Artifice Eternity, this seems to… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Thanks for the kind words/commiseration. As far as the group goes, it’s a group of long time friends that I’ve only just met, aside from the one guy who invited me, so I don’t want to mess with their thing, but also there’s added pressure that if I… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

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