Back on April 20--three full weeks ago--I saw this AskMe about Sherlock/Watson fanfic, and idly clicked on it. Then I followed a few links, because why not? I'm a curious sort of person.
posted by not that girl at 2:21 PM May 12 2013 - 183 comments [45 favorites (34 in the last 7 days)]

This post is a pretty sharp piece on how the constructed media of hipsters ends up displacing more salient criticism (including a good line about how obsession with limning the "hipster" has removed "counter" from "counter-culture"). What's the discussion? Immediately, it starts out with the same old hipster tropes of MeFi with too many folks who clearly haven't read the fucking article.
posted by klangklangston at 12:27 PM May 13 2013 - 405 comments [13 favorites]

Settle / KettleBlack reflects.
posted by Chrysostom at 10:24 AM May 17 2013 - 134 comments [9 favorites]

100/day just isn't enough anymore, given the increasing volume of quality discussion on this site. Could the daily favorites limit please be raised???
posted by Jacqueline at 5:54 PM May 13 2013 - 226 comments [6 favorites]

A post about how to use "Metatalk" skill to discuss communication problems and it hasn't been deleted. But I thought we could discuss why it hasn't been deleted. Communication is important, I'm just sayin'
posted by twoleftfeet at 3:47 PM May 15 2013 - 1890 comments [5 favorites]

I'm referring to this question and this response. Look, Unified Theory, I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt here, and assume that maybe you didn't read the entirety of a rather long and rambly OP. And I actually agree with parts of your post - I hated the way the question was phrased as well, and I agree that the assumption that it's automatically creepy for an older guy to be attracted to a younger woman is both sexist and ageist. And, I agree with the many other posters stating the the OP that she handled the situation in a very naive way, and needs to give serious thought to how she sets her own boundaries in situations like this. But.
posted by Broseph at 9:33 PM May 10 2013 - 420 comments [8 favorites (4 in the last 7 days)]

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posted by Faintdreams at 6:52 AM May 7 2013 - 90 comments [21 favorites (2 in the last 7 days)]

I had a huge Eurovision post written and ready to post that I was saving for this evening. Then this was posted. I do feel a bit frustrated by this, but it's a good post, just not the post I wanted to make. Details inside.
posted by LSK at 5:51 PM May 13 2013 - 17 comments [2 favorites]

It is my sad duty to relate some unfortunate news. Matthew Schuler, known here as Prince of Cups, passed away this morning.
posted by mkb at 9:46 PM May 13 2013 - 191 comments [2 favorites]

Help me find AskMeFi questions where posters get advice that is nothing at all like what they would have expected.
posted by peppermintfreddo at 7:00 PM Jul 18 2012 - 542 comments [253 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

Lots of comments and answers make for good cocktail party stories, bon mots and so on. For instance, this one is a personal favorite of mine to relate when people start talking about Dune. What are your favorite comments that make good telling-stories (and not just reading-stories)?
posted by griphus at 8:47 AM Feb 13 2013 - 116 comments [65 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

I think it's high time for some meta-love. Post your online dating profiles!
posted by showbiz_liz at 8:29 AM Feb 6 2012 - 549 comments [58 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

Some 2012 datawankery, courtesy of the infodumpster....
posted by zarq at 10:00 AM Jan 4 2013 - 120 comments [33 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

I'm still enjoying this Sherlock Holmes fpp from january 2013. What posts do you guys keep coming back to? Why?
posted by Foci for Analysis at 4:43 PM Apr 30 2013 - 44 comments [22 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

We can find "popular favorites" going back a day, week, month, all-time. And we can find all of the posts with a given tag. Is there a way to combine these two features, to find, say, "Posts with the tag [books] that have been most favorited?"
posted by Asparagus at 3:53 PM May 1 2013 - 3 comments [7 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

Looking for two posts/links about Calvin and the Peanuts characters and what they were like as adults.
posted by Melismata at 11:13 AM May 6 2013 - 29 comments [7 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

I am very sorry to tell folks that Liosliath has died tragically and unexpectedly.
posted by jessamyn at 10:28 AM May 2 2013 - 297 comments [6 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

Chuck Palahniuk is being very clever over at Reddit.
posted by mecran01 at 10:31 PM Apr 17 2013 - 5 comments [4 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

Last night I dreamt that some guy found out some supersecret information about the servers that Metafilter runs on and was going to blackmail us!
posted by Omnomnom at 1:03 PM May 12 2013 - 89 comments [4 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]

I have a vague unsubstantiated feeling that some comments I've written got tossed into the memory hole. Am I being paranoid, or is this normal with some justification I'm not aware of?
posted by MikeWarot at 8:12 PM May 9 2013 - 460 comments [3 favorites (1 in the last 7 days)]