Matthew:
For a long time, I have been sad at the loss of HypotheticalFilter. When AskMe was young, such questions would arise. But those days are gone now, as the site matured.
It's simply not done, you'd say. It floods the page with nonsense. It makes the real questions get lost. Still, I thought, I want to know
how to dispose of a body, or
how long we'd survive without the sun. Who would win in a fight? A squirrel, or a squirrel's weight in ants?
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posted by John Kenneth Fisher
on Apr 3, 2008 -
97 comments
This is a great question but it didn't include the obligatory "For the purposes of a work of fiction..." disclaimer to keep it from being deleted as hypothetical filter.
posted by allkindsoftime
on Aug 10, 2007 -
31 comments
In honour of the 1st, we're revisiting the "deliberately flameworthy hypothetical AskMe question thread"
over at MetaChat. Feel free to join in with fake questions or answers.
posted by orange swan
on Apr 1, 2007 -
20 comments
Regarding philosophical AskMe questions and answers to philosophical questions... [far too long for anyone to want to read]
posted by ontic
on Feb 18, 2007 -
117 comments
Am I stupid? Re: My very first deleted post. Yes, I've read the
FAQ and some of the
related discussions, and yes, I realize that hypotheticals are generally a no-no, but I thought this particular question could not be framed in any manner that was
not hypothetical, if you catch my drift. Please berate me appropriately.
posted by brina
on Sep 19, 2006 -
58 comments
Boo, my
Askme question was deleted. I'm disappointed, because I did mean the question seriously-- I was actually hoping to get some scientific information/insight into radioactive half-lives, heavy-metal contamination, global warming, etc. Was the tone too flippant? Could I have phrased it better?
posted by jokeefe
on Aug 9, 2006 -
62 comments
Is
this really what AskMe is for? There's some good conversation in there, to be sure, but it's treading a real fine line between "genuinely want to know an answer to my quesion" and "trying to start a conversation with my question".
posted by antifuse
on Mar 21, 2006 -
13 comments
Why was the AxMe post "If you were going to relocate permanently from the present day to Rome circa 100 BC, and you could bring only one piece of luggage (standard carry-on dimensions) what would you pack?" deleted?
posted by bshort
on Dec 22, 2005 -
46 comments
So I posted a question about parallel universes on askmetafilter yesterday (got a bunch of great comments within the first hour) and when I checked in this morning I can't find the question either on the page or in the archives. Where is it?
posted by Panfilo
on Apr 7, 2005 -
52 comments
Already there are
BookFilter for books;
SportsFilter for sports; a
9622.net and
1142.net for chattiness and fun. Not to mention the increasingly vigorous #mefi chatroom and other offshoots I may be unaware of. There's been talk of a MovieFilter and a News and/or PoliticsFilter. The admirable
FreeFilter project makes it easy to set up other special-interest, breakaway micro-MetaFilters.
Is it possible that all this syphoning-off will one day syphon off the core of MetaFilter itself? Or are all these spin-offs mere adjuncts? For what it's worth, I'm plainly on the side of eclecticism and inclusiveness.
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Mar 23, 2003 -
28 comments
