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posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 5:17 AM on March 22, 2024

For every bettor that loses in the last minute, there's another a company that wins at the last minute, right?

FTFY
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 12:51 AM on March 21, 2024

Go Giants!
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 7:18 AM on March 21, 2024

“Damn it, Ferret! You’ve been goldbricking just to get a date?”

“But I know she’d like me if she would just give me a chance! I invited her
groundside, you know. For a drink. I have special skill with very dry martinis. I was
sure if I waited long enough, she would show.”

From A Dry Martini [PDF, skim to page 60]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 4:07 AM on March 21, 2024

Some sad timing, this is. Legend M Emmett Walsh, Bryant himself, has passed away.

Very sad. But this, this is a beautiful tribute and so true: Film critic Roger Ebert created the “Stanton-Walsh Rule,” which held that no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad…
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 4:50 PM on March 20, 2024

I read the whole article in search of the huge manatee. I guess I have to go deeper
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 12:07 PM on March 20, 2024

As you go deeper, wouldn't you still need some kind of hardened suit to keep the water from compressing your body, organs and blood vessels?

posted by They sucked his brains out! at 3:16 PM on March 20 [+] [⚑]

eponysterical!
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 4:02 PM on March 20, 2024

Headless statue found in templess bar!
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 1:05 PM on March 20, 2024

Milkshake dame
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 8:04 AM on March 20, 2024

or citing that famous moment of total context collapse with copious amounts of face-loss that was Dilbert-creator Scott Adams on MetaFilter?
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 6:43 AM on March 20, 2024

I find mayo from the jar to be sweet, not savory, already. So I assume this would be cloying. But obviously yes, spread it on something like toast that's meant for sweets, not on bloody chips.

(My guess is that it's not all that bad, but they decided to yuck it up for yuks and clicks.)
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 9:50 AM on March 19, 2024

assuming the EU was willing to welcome the UK back.

that's a pretty big assumption to make. and even if they were willing, the terms would be draconian.

for sure the UK would have to join the single currency, and would no longer have the opt-outs

Brexit traded the UK's leadership position in a major trade bloc, defined on its terms and with special rules, for a handful of lies.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 6:35 AM on March 18, 2024

American Psycho is a brave choice for the NYT; but clearly this list's humor tends to the dark, if not black, variety.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 2:31 AM on March 18, 2024

While safety and compliance are at the forefront of our mission, providing identification every time you want to visit an adult platform is not an effective solution for protecting users online, and in fact, will put minors and your privacy at risk.

So Pornhub has a ... missionary position?
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 4:21 AM on March 17, 2024

I want more sex scenes in media. I want happy, loving people of all races and genders expressing their love and lust for each other in creative and exciting ways. I want media to reflect reality: sex is normal, it's awesome if done responsibly, and there is no 'normal' way to do it.

As long as you're not in Texas, this is not a million miles away from what PornHub has to offer.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 2:40 PM on March 17, 2024

About "DonOConnor" in the tags: does anyone call him anything but "Donald O'Connor"?

QFT & fixed
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 6:51 AM on March 17, 2024

So so so good. Reminds me of the time Jonathan Groff learned Sutton Foster's choreography for the overly long tap break from Anything Goes.

That's like a visual definition of good ... better ... great ... incredible in one 8 minute tap dancing extravaganza (with ass, ass ... ass!)
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 2:30 PM on March 17, 2024

The problem with American Psycho is that we collectively tried to suppress it, belittle it and sideline it instead of engaging with it and understanding it. And as a result, we got to live it. The repressed always returns.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 7:57 AM on March 17, 2024

🎤
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 4:48 AM on March 16, 2024

Here's an ungated version
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 4:43 AM on March 16, 2024

Mármol is a sincere admirer of Jimmie Durham
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 2:21 PM on March 15, 2024

What, no Repo Man?!?
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 9:42 AM on March 15, 2024

I time travel to the future all the time. I'm doing it right now!

Huh, I'm still seemingly always in the past.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 11:34 AM on March 15, 2024

As for recaning, I was quoted €80 to recane an armchair. Haven't done it yet but am not going to haggle with that.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 1:56 AM on March 15, 2024

Someday we'll realize that Earth is our bunker.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 10:07 AM on March 14, 2024

Thanks for this, it really is a treasure trove.

I was amused to see his piece on Ez. Pound. A lot of people bend over backwards to retroactively absolve Pound of anti-Semitism, what he called a "suburban prejudice." The most ridiculous try I've run across is A. David Moody's exegesis, which is focused on the same Canto that Davies works on in the linked article: "I find that the evidence leads to the clear conclusion that Pound came to his… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 1:25 PM on March 13, 2024

what would be the most off-putting title in the world?

Famously: "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative"
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 9:24 AM on March 14, 2024

excellent
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 6:34 AM on March 14, 2024

posted by clavdivs

eponysterical!
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 1:27 PM on March 13, 2024

Do they really have no mediawise PR employees?

I think it's the old camel definition: a greyhound designed by committee.

That is, they have too many PR employees.

That photo is a camel.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 3:02 AM on March 12, 2024

working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

that much is true
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 8:45 AM on March 12, 2024

a classic UK tabloid flex is "WE ARE HORRIFIED BY THE INEXCUSABLE PUBLICATION OF REVEALING PHOTOS OF THIS INTENSELY PRIVATE PERSON" and here are some examples of what we are talking about so you can understand the full depravity of this situation
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 9:53 AM on March 12, 2024

My takeaway from this is that you can win an Emmy for drone work.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 8:46 AM on March 12, 2024

U.S. ‘prepper’ culture diversifies amid fear of disaster and political unrest
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 5:49 AM on March 12, 2024

Related: Why the world cannot afford the rich
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 6:25 AM on March 12, 2024

I'm only in it for the Bazooka Joe comics

Still the best one
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 1:12 PM on March 10, 2024

I saw Dune 2: Arrakis Boogaloo last night as well and had the same thought: it's the year 10,919 and there's still a dude running through the battle with a flag like it's Braveheart?
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 6:59 AM on March 10, 2024

They came. They went.
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 7:48 AM on March 10, 2024

‘Every film about war ends up being pro-war.’ --François Truffaut
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 11:07 AM on March 10, 2024

Yes, it's all excellent, thanks!

The Ottoman Turks are also worth a listen, methinks. Here's 35 to Life
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 6:51 AM on March 10, 2024

Would love to be able to live up to this:

In his essay “The Original Affluent Society,” he argued that hunter-gatherers lived not in hardscrabble misery, on the edge of starvation, but in prosperity.

“There is,” Sahlins wrote, “a Zen road to affluence, departing from premises somewhat different from our own: that human material wants are finite and few.” Among pre-agricultural tribes, Sahlins calculated, food acquisition took only… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 5:01 PM on March 8, 2024

Be the boob you want to see, I guess
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 3:25 PM on March 8, 2024

the targeted directionality of an external apparatus

I find your ideas intriguing and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 10:15 AM on March 8, 2024

Urinals are a gross last resort

I see your urinal and raise you one sports stadium communal trough
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 11:07 AM on March 8, 2024

Emergency clench by the external sphincter

I had that album, I'm sure of it
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 12:00 PM on March 8, 2024

I found the ungated version
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 7:58 AM on March 8, 2024

ungated
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 1:22 AM on March 8, 2024

I've always thought a DOOM-like spoof called "Organ Trail" would be amazing.

wish, command
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 3:27 PM on March 7, 2024

Interview with Exxon's CEO, ungated
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 4:50 AM on March 7, 2024

this is an excellent post, depressing but informative. well done!
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 1:44 PM on March 6, 2024