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Anytime a somewhat theoretical article that is often based in the humanities turns up on the blue, it is only a matter of very predictable time until the thread fills with derails about how dense, difficult, obtuse, "academic", etc., the prose is. [more inside]
posted by whyareyouatriangle on Jul 9, 2013 - 236 comments

Comedian Myq Kaplan has joined metafilter to comment about our comments on his latest project! [more inside]
posted by Potomac Avenue on Jul 11, 2012 - 50 comments

The Ferris Bueller Fight Club Theory, discussed by /film. [more inside]
posted by SpacemanStix on Apr 30, 2009 - 123 comments

I posted a question in AskMeFi and can't find it. What gives? [more inside]
posted by reenum on Oct 7, 2008 - 48 comments

Ok, so I'm guessing that we should add building implosions to the list of "things we can't talk about on Metafilter?"
posted by Afroblanco on Mar 18, 2006 - 40 comments

Worst post ever? Single link: Check. Editorializing: Check. Conspiracy Theory: Check. Google-as-evil-censor subtext: check.
posted by tiamat on Mar 11, 2006 - 12 comments

American concentration camps! Rex 84 and the trifecta of evil! How about less conspiracy posts? I'm pretty sure there are more that have already fallen off the front page, but, sheesh.
posted by blacklite on Sep 12, 2005 - 18 comments

Are we allowing ConspiracyTheoryFilter to stay on the front page now? That's how it strikes me.
posted by brownpau on Aug 16, 2005 - 49 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 - 51 comments

I want to take issue with this post. The seemingly innocuous way greatgefilte couples the public acknowledgement of a conspiracy another, speculative one is a disingenuous way to lend credibility to a (what is in my opinion) a particularly slanderous myth. [more inside]
posted by ori on Apr 5, 2005 - 67 comments

I feel like all I've done here today is bounce from thread to thread trying to remind people the difference between news/facts and rumor/speculation/conspiracy theory.

Are people really so ready to believe just about anything? Or is the thrill of posting the latest outrageous tidbit on the front page too damn hard to resist?
posted by briank on Sep 13, 2001 - 3 comments