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[quote name="Choson"]<a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/8664#183858">http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/8664#183858</a> [quote name="Senor Barborito"]Speaking for myself, there are only two kinds of news posts I want to see on Metafilter: The really HUGE stories that it would impossible to ignore (ie shuttle blows up, Abu Ghraib torture), because I respect quite a few of the opinions shared here and I want to see what everyone's analysis of the situation is. The problem with these stories is that they get posted multiple times, <b><font color="yellow">regardless of how much deleting Matt does</font></b>. Each of these huge stories needs one single authoritative thread. The other kind I want to see is the really obscure shit the mainstream media just is refusing to report. Metafilter has *excelled* in this capacity for me over the last four-five years, and <b><font color="yellow">if I seem to cry out against Matt's recent decision towards a more liberal deletion policy, it is specifically because I fear he will destroy Metafilter in this regard.</font></b>[/quote] Also, I kind of like how he figures he started the whole thread with his "initial attempt at snark". [quote name="Senor Barborito MetaFilter Post"]EB, if it makes you feel any better - I apologize that my initial attempt at snark lead to your being lynched. I wouldn't have cracked the joke if I'd known what the result would be. To be more specific - your speech in a generalized sense has the manner of an Oxford don, and such people NEVER couch their phrases until they're sliding the knife in you. Don't take too many pointers from me, though - I'm a condescending pissant myself, but something about my mannerisms allows me to frequently and seriously advocate genocide of the entire human race to large groups of people both online and in person only to be met with (for the most part) "Oh, no, I totally agree - people are <i>such</i> shits, aren't they?" posted by Ryvar at 4:10 PM PST on December 16 [/quote][/quote]