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Posts from August 2017
These Kids Bring Honor to Us All
...this is kinda amazing. i do not know who made this or how but somehow i am glad it exists. — aielen
cubby has posted Hua Mulan, a rather amazing, quirky "live action version of Mulan, with a cast of quite talented child actors," and LEGO Damashii spotted the side-by-side with the Disney version. Great stuff!
You WHAT?
Falling or Flung? by M.Christian (cc by-nc-nd)
I've further subdivided the In The Bathroom category of MefiWiki::YouWHAT. I hope you people are happy. A comment from zamboni in the Proper Way to Prepare a Toothbrush Ask Me thread reminds us about the excellent, amusing, and instructive Mefi Wiki section on "all the threads that have exposed the shocking practices of our fellow Metafilterians."
[This is Good]
Beer Foam
Don't miss filthy light thief's post on Kasou Taishou, or 欽ちゃん＆香取慎吾の全日本仮装大賞 (translation: Kinchan and Katori Shingo's All Japan Costume Grand Prix), with many fun examples of "'faking' cinematic special effects on a live stage"
You say "Tomato," I say "помидор"
DP2M3705 Tomato from the Dacha Garden by carlfbagge (cc by-nc-nd)
Why are so many tomato varieties and cultivars from Russia? in Ask Metafilter
Day of Hubris
Dryer by jon|k (cc by-nc-nd)
So on day one, I load a towel into the drier and hop in the shower because I am a wise man. Yes, it was as decadent as you imagine...
Flyingfox discusses the lesser known perils of nano-bathrooms, stacked dryers, and the adventurous bather in The UK and USA: two proud nations divided by damp, grey underwear thread.
an epic trip to say the least ...
Photo by Vincent J Musi
She fed me cookies and coffee in her lab in Siberia
Photoslob talks about meeting Lyudmila Trut, and other numerous adventures, while working on a story about domestication in animals for National Geographic in a great comment in the How We Really Tamed the Dog thread about how Russian researchers bred a new tame fox species in just 60 years.
"I hear that this is not a skill that everyone possesses"
Fart by Pochestorie (cc by)
Ask Metafilter answers the burning question: Is silent farting a skill everyone can pick up?
Kill w/Fire
NO JUNK MAIL, PLEASE by Cabanillas.- (cc by)
furnace.heart's super fucking glorious guide to stamping out junk mail
Best Of The Web #131: Today. Server Time.
Jessamyn and cortex catch up on a weird busy month on and off MetaFilter in the latest podcast episode.
July Best Post Contest results
Trophy presented to Don Bradman, 1948 by State Library of South Australia (cc by)
The July Best Post contest results are in!
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