June 11, 2009

Why is it that the people most likely to say the Holocaust didn't happen -



- are the people who wish it had?

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March 16, 2009

I came to a fork in the wood…

“Want to get a drink with me this Friday?” - How many times does one ask a girl out?

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In April one seldom feels cheerful;

Dry stones, sun and dust make me fearful;

Clairvoyantes distress me,

Commuters depress me--

Met Stetson and gave him an earful.



Waste Land Limericks

From There once was a girl named Lenore, a long thread about "Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks"

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A personal story of working during the maple syrup season in Vermont

Yogurt on toast, peanut butter on a pickle & other odd combinations

When the hive mind works, it's a beautiful thing. Slate is impressed with Ask MetaFilter

Updated Metafilter stats by Waxy. By User Growth and Top 20 lists. 11 of the top 20 most commented threads of all time are from last year, including six longer than #1142, an epic thread that ran for 2.5 years as a sub-community

(Pix source above)

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December 14, 2008

Flying next to Kubrick

I once sat next to Stanley Kubrick on an airplane. After about 25 minutes of silence, he scowled at me. 25 minutes later, he extended his middle finger at me. Then he pulled out a portable chess set and asked if I played.

I was on the chess team in high school, I answered.

Good, he said. Let's play, you little twat.

He destroyed me. He knew all the moves. He pinned my pawns, he forked my knights, he deflected, he undermined, he zwischenzuged. With each move, he would hiss at me under his breath. Cock, he would hiss. Pussy. Asshole.

When I finally toppled my king, his lip curled with disgust. You call that a chess game? He asked. Tom Cruise played a better game. Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise is a moron.

Then he ordered a flute of champagne from the stewardess. When it arrived, he dumped it in my lap. Later, Shelly Duvall told me he used to do that to her all the time…

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- Comment Fables on Metafilter. Users sometimes like to make comments in the form of short stories and fables. Some are fiction; some eloquently recounted personal experiences

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August 07, 2008

Stacked graphs

Symmetry Explorer grabs photos from Flickr on any subject and presents them as pairs of mirrored halves

I wanna be a Zimbabwe dollar billionaire. Where can I buy Zimbabwe dollars in bulk at a reasonable price?

Visualization Stream Graphs of the 50 most prolific commenters and 50 most prolific posters on Metafilter. Designed by “Galvatron”, after the Ebb and Flow of Movies graph that appeared on the NYT

What does SLYT means?

Graphical Waterfalls, designers of computer-generated Falling Water displays

Your solitary compulsion becomes a shared experience - Me Too experiences shared by Metafilter readers

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May 03, 2008

What is the most beautiful place on Earth?

The World Heritage List includes 851 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.

From an interesting Ask Mefi thread – “What is the most beautiful place on Earth? I'd like to make plans to go there”

One weird beach on the South Island, by my Kiwi friend, artist Ian Robertson

Also: "I am not a blind person… But I did a sort of research project at one point where I tried to "go blind" for a week. I had a friend who was blind who actually suggested it when I was asking about what it was like…"

African American Portrait Collection and other flickr sets by Discover Black Heritage

The phrase “HURF DURF BUTTER EATER” was introduced to Metafilter on February 16th, 2005, in the text of an Ask Metafilter question relating in part to weight issues. Later that year, the phrase gained visibility on the site thanks to a discussion of the original use, and Metafilter users began repeating and modifying the phrase in a variety of ways on the site. Hurf Durf Metafilter Analyser. One of Cortex’s many projects

Unrelated: Civil Disobedience

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March 31, 2008

General stats on hit men

How do hit men operate? Namely, how do they advertise? I wouldn't imagine they get too much repeat business outside of organized crime, so they need to get the word out somehow. But obviously, there's also strong incentive to keep as low of a profile as possible. In the same vein, how do 'normal people' find hit men?

What are some activities that are like ‘tuning up’ or 'going to the gym' for your profession?

A side by side comparison between the latest comments from Metafilter vs. YouTube. (From Cynical-C)

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February 23, 2008

What do you notice

Metafilter is your new bicycle. So is everybody else

I’m a super smeller - help me

Drawn Comments by John C. Ralston (interrobang)

What do you notice, as you wander through the world, that I probably ignore?

A long list of books written by MeFi writers

...For some reason, yesterday the Toilet Rat thread suddenly rocketed to the top of Google's search results for the phrase...

Please consider the probability that you have blown this out of all proportion and that, in this overblown state, no possible good can come from insisting that you were entirely rational. Your reaction is akin to my starting my own weblog just to comment in this thread. Common sense, like a screaming little leprechaun, dictates that you should step away from the computer, take a deep breath and live to go completely bonkers at another opportunity...

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January 28, 2008

The Pixie Page

Fell in love with a prostitute. Lasted 3 years; ended badly. How to get over it?

An old Pixie page

...I'm a young, healthy guy in my early 20s who has so far lived an uneventful, sheltered life. I'm thinking about willingly forgoing my apartment/job/life, moving to a new city, and living on the streets...

How to compose a really bad FPP on Metafilter

Free artist proof to the first 7 people who post a photo of themselves holding a sign

MetaFilter Bingo

Dot Threads are threads containing at least one comment consisting solely of a single "." character. (Found on the shadowy back alleys of MetaFilter)

Metafilter Pool on flickr



ShopMe, aka MeFi Mall

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January 05, 2008

Spill on Isle 2

What's up with monocles? Were they an affectation, or did people used to have vision problems in just one eye? Were you supposed to close one eye if you wanted better vision?

ReadMe, a massive Book related collection of about 650 questions from Ask Mefi

The Cheese thread on isle 2 is broken...

MetaFilter International HQ

MetaFilter in the Ruins. When the apocalypse comes, when the world ends as we know it, you can bet someone will be updating Metafilter.

Chronology of the Givewell Train rack on Ask Metafilter December 30

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November 30, 2007

Colored pee

"As part of an art project, I need to produce some colored urine (Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet)…"

Ce n'est pas un chat - "I need a funny saying for a sign that will go in a window. It will hang over my fat cat, who hardly moves..."



Are you blind in one eye? Please give a newbie advice

Profile Photos of MeFite members. (Icon above is of member no. 1061 NicWolff)

EatMe on Mefi Wiki - The best food threads from Ask MetaFilter

Timeline of milestones in the history of MetaFilter

September 22, 2001 - MetaFilter is now neither meta nor a filter. Discuss.

Mefi social explorer

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November 04, 2007

Metafilter on The New York Times

Can you help solve a somewhat bizarre and mysterious crime that happened at a parking garage under the Tokyo Dome Hotel? Stolen car returned within minutes. Why?

I've invented a complete imaginary world. Am I insane?

What would happen if you could create a perfect two-way mirror into a sphere?

All hail DaShiv and all other stories about Metafilter on The New York Times

Rob511, the limerick meister

Recent flickr stream of Mefi members

The Best of AskMetaFilter

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September 18, 2007

Don’t tase me, bro

One of the most popular threads in MF’s history: “What single book is the best introduction to your field for laypeople?”

Religious admin Jesus Cortex & Jessamona Lisa

How to read Metafilter at work. Similarly, mefi on workfriendly. (Also, Grow-a-brain)

Deceased members and some internet-famous members

A private joke

What percentage of certain users' posts/comments are favorited. (By desjardins)

Answers from the hive mind by Kevin Kelly

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August 12, 2007

A zooster

Metafiletr on flickr

Not from there: Jesus H. Shatner eating a giant donut

A rooster zebra contemplating a grilled cheese sandwich by Matt Forderer. (From this Q&A)

Get new, random posts in all subsections. (Thanks to Paul Bausch, user no. 191, behind the scenes)

How am I supposed to care about Nick and Jessica when I still know nothing about the Classmates couple? (From this What's the deal with the Classmates ads thread)

Various Mefites' del.icio.us bookmarks

A confession about Borderline personality disorder (BPD) elsewhere elicited a rich initial response and then another

"Follow me this way, please..." Recently-discovered Easter Egg found in Closing comments by Nobody that continues from thread to thread

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July 19, 2007

Be Safe and Smart on MetaFilter

(If you like to read Metafilter, you’ll surely enjoy the growing Best of Metafilter archives below...)

An illustrated Metafilter safety guide, created by fandango_matt

Click on the bouncing mathowie to win an iphone. Also, The Eyes of Mathowie, both from metafiltr, MetaFilter 2.0

The only Metafilter YTMND

Why would somebody leave whole, juiced orange halves on their lawn?

Metafilter Dreaming

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June 25, 2007

For heaven's sake - put your vodka in the freezer

Seven tips on how to run a successful community. The slideshow

6-11 pm filter: what do people do between these hours? I am tired of watching bad TV and drinking warm vodka

Eponysterical MeFi moments. Eponym is a word based on or derived from a person's name. Eponysterical posts and comments are ones which are funny in light of the poster's user name. The word was coind by scarabic here

What does “MeFi” mean in the background of Mythbusters?

What do you know about that's awesome?

Some Metafilter users who were screwing up the screen scraper

The Youngest Mefite

A personal take of the seven equities of Metafilter

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