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My first submission to Quirky on what to make using Electric Imp technology. Please follow the link, read it over and vote for it! :) - LED candles that allow you to link up multiple candles of different shapes and sizes into one wireless network controlled from your phone. | Quirky - http://www.quirky.com/ideatio...

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WoH: Professor MOTHRA, Puja Bhatia, Hoşt!Oşoş! and 3 other people liked this

You do need to create an account, but it can be an addicting-ly awesome site. :) - Rachel Lea Fox from Bookmarklet

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Trying to get an appearance on #TheSoup, Rachel? :-) FlamelessCandles - Ryan Kaisoglus

I will admit, I don't know what TheSoup is Ryan. Just trying to get led candles made correctly. It will make my backyard and Halloween run much smoother! :) I have another lighting submission going up later today too. :) - Rachel Lea Fox

Bump! :) - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone

LOL @Ryan about The Soup. I totally thought that too, but at least this sounds like a way cool version. :) - Heather

This is the link to my entire suite of LED lights that include these candles: http://friendfeed.com/crazy-g... - Rachel Lea Fox

Micah

The baseball bat Office Space scene does not even touch what I've wanted to heap upon self-checkout box store machines.

April 29 from FFHound(roid)! - Comment - Like - Share

VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS, MoTO #TeamMonique, Mark H and 8 other people liked this

"Please remove the object from the bagging area." - Kevin Fox

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Sometimes, I think I'm the only person in the world who not only loves them, but can check out fast, provided my kids aren't with me. - Anika

*junkpunches bagging area* - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Anika, I've had things go right, and I don't mind it then, but all those other occasions. ... yeah. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

I feel like the system totally fails for me 4 times out of 5. Kevin got it: "Please remove the object from the bagging area." - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Stephen, exactly. Instead of HAL intelligently trying to eliminate me by not opening the pod bay doors, HAL is confused if there's a door there at all, and then I die of frustration. - Micah

I've been known to embarrass my wife with a yell of, "Yep! Another efficient day at the self-checkout machine!" And what is it with some produce needing to be weighed, others counted and other's scanned? - Ryan Kaisoglus

I'm not sure what it says that we regularly use the selfcheck at our secondary market (where we're typically buying 1-3 items) and won't even think of doing so at our primary one. The fact that we're acquainted with some checkers at our primary market (and that they have a strong record for hiring differently-abled people for bagging and other jobs) may be a factor. - Walt Crawford

Micah

What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now) - http://flickr.com/photos...

January 7, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

enes guler., Jennifer Dittrich, John (bird whisperer) and 121 other people liked this

1.05 (670/633) - Micah from Bookmarklet

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Can you remind me again where to find those stats? - Brian Johns

Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion. - Micah

0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here - mikepk

I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week! - Brian Johns

1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page) - Micah

OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals... - Brian Johns

3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like. - Cyrus Lendvay

FFers use FF with their own strategy or simply default tendencies. The ratio is an interesting snapshot of behaviour. Thanks for joining in everyone, hope more keep flowing in. - Micah from twhirl

0.79 - Brian Roy

0.77 - Eric - seven eleven

0.67 - Nine Ferdinand

0.77 - Shey

0.76 - FFing Enigma

1.39. - Rochelle

1.80 - Brian Sullivan

1.61 - I only 'like' when I want to throw my support behind a topic but don't have anything constructive to add. - Bjorn Stromberg

1.12 - Tinfoil 2.0

1.41 - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

5.08 (3181/626) ! - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem. - Bren

0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments - Cee Bee

1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief! - Lindsay

@Cee Bee I think you meant 0.62 - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

1.27 (902/705) - Leandro Ardissone ⍨

yes, thanks for the correction. lindsay, you're making me feel bad. lol - Cee Bee

0.8576, I only like mostly when I'm going to comment - Molly Song ;)

1.55 endlessly repeating. This Like/Comment included. - Dana D

before this comment: .69 I kid you not. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both) - Micah

CSV_A: 1.05,0.75,1.44,0.81,3.74,0.79,0.77,0.67,0.77,0.76,1.39,1.8,1.61,1.12,0.141,5.08,2.41,0.66,.39,0.62,.62,1.27,0.8576,1.551,0.69 - Micah

1.83 - Grant Bierman

I tend to like allot of photos which really don't need comments. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks! - Micah

.37 1002/2708 - Michael Fidler

this is what scobes walls would like if he didnt have FF - sean percival

I haven't seen Marc Canter's fabled fence (just heard about it), but I imagine this but on wood pickets :) - Micah

This week: 2.48 (1162:467) but this is not the norm, my likes usually match or are higher than comments, overall: 0.95 (14228:14846). - Kol Tregaskes

Thanks Michael, Kol! I'll recalculate average/median when we build up some more data points here. - Micah

1.03 748/723 - Keith - @tsudo

.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link. - Mitchell Tsai

Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots) - Micah

1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up. - Tyson Key

*bump* - Micah

Thanks, Mark! - Micah

Thanks Spidra! - Micah

0.95 (1520/1604) - it's 2+ months later, and my ratio flipped (more Likes by .05) - Micah

.7 (1204/1724) - before this comment at least. - Rachel Lea Fox

Thanks, Rachel! - Micah

3.46 (3665/1057) before this comment and like. - Kevin Fox

Thanks, Kevin. 3+ is quite the comment on your commenting activities :) - Micah

I've got stuff to say. - Kevin Fox

3.98 (900/226) - Richard Lawler

1.02 (3538/3484) for sofarsofarshaun - Micah

.34 (600/1747, not counting this comment) - Michael Hocter

Thank you, Siavash and Michael - Micah

.52 overall, but .68 this week. - Rebecca Lasley

Nice, thanks Rebecca. - Micah

1.31 - Rahsheen?

0.56 - imabonehead

Rah and imabonehead - rock on! (Richard too!) - Micah

0.16 - Anne Bouey

4.62 (287/62) -- Yikes! I'm chatty. - Ted Roden

Thank you kindly, Anne, jcunwired and Ted. - Micah

2.63 - Bryce Roney

Thanks for joining in, Bryce. - Micah

.15 all time, .13 this week. - Pixie

.52 - David HC Soul

Thank you, Alix and David! (and Alix, you're tied with Siavash for the Highest Like ratio. Wow). - Micah

2.94 - j1m

Thank you, j1m. Ok, I'm gonna roll this up into a csv and call it a night. - Micah

CSV_B: 0.95,0.7,3.46,3.98,1.02,0.15,0.34,0.52,1.31,0.56,0.16,1.39,4.62,2.63,0.15,0.52,2.94 - Micah

this week = 0.45%, alltime = 6.43% - chaz2b

CSV_B Mean: 1.49 (previous mean for CVS_A: 1.27) - Micah

Of course the numbers can easily lie, but I'm gonna say it anyway: "We're getting more conversational, people!" - Micah

0.49 (493/988) - Bluesun 2600

816 / 2502 = 0.326139089 overall | 50 / 233 = 0.214592275 this week I like much more than I comment. (maths via google) - Chris Loft

3026/5013 = 0.6036 - Roger Chen

chaz2b, Bluesun 2600, Roger, Nicholas — thank you! - Micah

5.25 but I don't know what this *means, yet. maybe I'm just stingy with my "likes" compared to others? - Marg Uerite

Thanks jamar78 and Marg! - Micah

A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology.... - David HC Soul

My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39 - David HC Soul

*bump* - Micah

1.26 (2965/2346) - Micah

Thanks, Glen and pea! - Micah

Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others). - Micah

.38 - Ryan Dadey

Ryan, I have to say, that's one high caliber ratio ;) - Micah

An update it's .44 which is an improvement from .36 - Michael Fidler

2.00 - Anthony Citrano

0.97 - Willem (@wim66) ☠

2.94 1040/354 I have likes set to post to twitter automatically, so I'm careful with them. :) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

0.85 - Steven Perez

0.73 up from 0.66 on Jan 08 - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

0.37 for the week past, 0.45 on the whole. - Parth Awasthi

Michael, Anthony, Ahsan, guruvan Steven, sıɹɥɔ and Parth - thanks for dropping in your stats! - Micah

5.81 i'm not using it as does everyone else here. that is fer sure. - Marg Uerite

Ahsan, huh, I'd never considered that. - Micah

17942/30571=.59 - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Alex, thank you, sir. - Micah

ALmost 2:1 exactly. - Amani

Much obliged, Amani. - Micah

3062/5777 you do the maths. - Will Higgins™

.53 (3062/5777) for Will Higgins #math-on-demand-services - Micah

Thank you, amin/gnu - Micah

7.16 - Ken Sheppardson

*bump* (SEE ALSO http://friendfeed.com/jungleg... ) - Micah

1.45 (4374/3026) - Micah

1.73 - Aron Michalski

0.92 now. I think the movie reviews have been getting me closer to a 1 to 1 ratio. - Steven Perez

0.77 - Mathew A. Koeneker

Steven, yep, you were a 0.85 in April. - Micah

2.10 now ... - Amani

0.97 now. - Eric Johnson

Amani, so your comments have climbed a bit. - Micah

Thanks, Eric. - Micah

yes, but i am not consciously "not liking" things - Amani from IM

Probably, just chattier then :) - Micah

I'm down from 7.16 to 6.94 :-) - Ken Sheppardson

the live NBA playoff threads have ALOT to do with it. - Amani from IM

Ken, the FCC may be interested to explore how your "I'm down" may be offensively self-deprecating ;) - Micah

.56 eeep, must try harder - Threepwood

4.52. I don't bother to like things I've commented on, since commenting already flags it as interesting. - Andy Bakun

0.46 (1698/3638) - Glenn Slaven

Threepwood, Andy, Glenn - thanks (Andy, that's my mo too; then I'll Like if it warrants a "double vote"). - Micah

1.31 (4,471/3,401) - Karoli

Thanks, Karoli. And the both of us have a _very_ similar ratio and absolute numbers. wow. - Micah

Thanks, Ryo! - Micah

Andy, scroll upward and you'll see a couple calculations from before (January: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81) - Micah

In March the Mean was: 1.49 - Micah

1.021276595744680851063829787234042553191489361702127659... via Wolfram Alpha - tom murphy

Thanks, tom. And though a bit verbose, your friend Wolfram is resourceful :D - Micah

0.55 (254/444) - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Thank you, Willem. - Micah

In April you were 0.97, so you're liking more / commenting less. - Micah

1.88 (779/414) - Ton Zijp

Thanks, Ton. - Micah

0.43 (3597/8305). - Parth Awasthi

0.74 (1970/2667) - In Search of Gender

And thank you Parth, Scott. - Micah

Parth, compared to your April numbers, you've been consistent. - Micah

2.12 is my ratio. - Rick Cogley

Thanks, Rick! - Micah

Np Micah. What is that photo? - Rick Cogley

.54 (4148/7674) Updated! - Michael Fidler

Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :) - Micah

Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!) - Micah

1.82 from 798 comments / 438 likes - David Damore

Thanks, nivé and David! - Micah

2027/1594 = 1.27 - Brome

0.58 - Marc Dong

2.9 (3,242/1,116) mhhh.. time to straighten my use of FF a bit.. thanks for this entry - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Brome, Marc and Thierry - thank you! - Micah

Thierry - yeah, 2.9 is fairly high - got to pick the pace on like side :) [but hey, whatever works for you is fine] - Micah

1.91 - MiniMage

Thank you Nicholas and MiniMage! - Micah

Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas. - Micah

.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good! - Michael Fidler

1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me. - Micah

It's that time again. - Micah

.50 - LB: #TeamMonique

Thanks, Laura! (you're a 50-caliber gal!) - Micah

0.64 - Imabug

Thank you, Imabug. - Micah

4.67 (I'm greedy :p) - directeur

0.99 - Steven Perez

About 1:2 comment to likes at this time - RAPatton from iPod

1.06 - Jim #TeamMonique

.81 - Brent - Yes I am

.63 - metalerik

Thanks Imabug, directeur, Steven, RAPatton, Jim, Brent and metalerik! - Micah

.83 - Gimminy

0.78 - Pete D

.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments. - Bren

.11 - Lola Bean (Penguin)

And thank you Jimminy, Pete, Bren and Penguin! - Micah

2.47 as of right now. - Jonas, Leper of FF

Micah, are you doing something with these numbers? If so sounds interesting. - Gimminy

0.58 - Absentee

Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it. - Micah

Jonas, James and Kurt - thanks you! - Micah

You're welcome. I hope the results do some good. :-) - Absentee

.31. I have almost 4 times as many likes as comments. - edythe

Thank you edythe and Eric! - Micah

195/245 makes 0.8 rounded not including this one which would be 196/245 making 0.8 unrounded, - tom murphy

Thanks, Tom. - Micah

1.98 (588/297) - Bryan Zirkel

1.67 (19,550/11,684) - Mitchell Tsai

1:2 - Jeff P. Henderson

Bryan, Mitchell and Jeff P. - thanks, guys! - Micah

1.18 - it's always been close to 1, since day one, for some reason. - Laura Norvig

Wow, Penguin is a prolific liker! - Laura Norvig

2.67 (875/328) - Nathalie

Thank you, Nathalie! - Micah

2.18 - Spidra Webster

Thanks, Spidra and Mark! - Micah

0.49 - Jammy Lee

0.825 - Mathew A. Koeneker

Jammy and Mathew, thank you very much. - Micah

2.16 - Sue - Friendfeed is best

I don't know I just like that picture - Brian Hendrickson

.40 - Ben Hanten

Mine was exactly 2:1 about a week ago. Did a screenshot when I had 2,000 comments and 1,000 likes. - Joe Boone from iPod

SuezanneC, Brian, B E N and Joe - thank you all very much! - Micah

Joe, it's like see the odometer click through a nice round number - it's just inexplicably engaging. :) - Micah

1.40, nearly the square root of two. - Vezquex

Thanks, Raphael and Andy! - Micah

1.15 (6777/5873) - JA Castillo

12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;) - Chris Myles

Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!! - Chris Myles

.87 - Nine Ferdinand

Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine! - Micah

Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments).. - Chris Myles

1.78 (8529/4782) - Micah

Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever. - Micah

I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience. - Micah

383/372 - Ashish

'Just clicking "Like" seems too easy' — Jason, that's because you're from the Chatty-ite tribe :) - Micah

Thanks, ashish. - Micah

wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff) - chaz2b

chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered? - Micah

When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94 - MiniMage

536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00 - Bren

.64 - Shannon Jiménez

Thanks, MiniMage (2x participant!), Bren (3x!) and Shannon (your inaugural visit!) - Micah

Thank you, SustainedEuphoria. - Micah

Thanks, Mark. - Micah

1.45 - Brett Kelly

Thanks, Brett :) - Micah

5.67 all time. Second highest ratio on here. Woot! I love to talk. - Kevin L

Thank you both, Kevin and mridul (the two of you balance it each well :) - Micah

1.80 (10,189 / 5,666) [compared to Likes, my Comments still continue to rise] - Micah

1.02 (10323/10161) - Bren

.5666 currently (30,084/53,093) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Thanks, Bren. - Micah

Thank you, Alex :) - Micah

that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while... - Bren

Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically. - Micah

true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better. - Bren

4.26? - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Thanks, Sarah, Tutivillus. - Micah

1.19 - Joe Bonner

Micah this is like 11 months ago, I see you have almost doubled your rate. lets make a graph for everybody now, :) - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

Quick, someone write a greasemonkey script to inline some google charts! (tap-tap-tap...wut? don't look at me ;) - Micah

Thanks, Joe. And you thank you, Mahmood :) - Micah

Thanks, Glen! Your comments in the ratio have gone up too. - Micah

1.70 (it was 1.41 on Jan 8) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

WorldofHiglet, thank you :) The comments are strong in this one. - Micah

0.64 (2,589/4,051) - Chieze Okoye

0.58 - Thomas Page

Chieze and Thomas - thank you! - Micah

*bumpage* - Micah

So, Micah, we never did find out what you were doing with this info.... - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

0.27 (5637/20234) - I only see a couple people lower than me. - John (bird whisperer)

4.06 (747/184) - Jan Ole Peek

WoH, World Domination. - Micah

Rene, John and Jan - thank you, all three! :) - Micah

0.97 (6,694/6,929) - Gimminy

Thank you J., Jimminy and آقای تلخک :) - Micah

2.23 - Paola Bonomo

0.71 (8,200/11,551) updated - Michael Fidler

0.03 (284 / 10378)! - Daniel Rowley

Thanks Paola, Michael, Artemko, J. and Daniel! - Micah

*thanks Christopher thoroughly* - Micah

14.86 (1442/97) I'm going the wrong way!! - Chris Myles

1.77 (11831/6622) - Micah

0.56 (2059/3703) - Joel Webber

0.89 (1,766/1,986) - chrisofspades

Thanks, Joel and Chris! - Micah

In 4 days it will be 1 year since my first recorded stat here. My comments/like were almost a 1:1 ratio then. Now comments are almost double likes for me. - Micah

Easy - Kevin J Hatton

jamar78, same trend for you, it looks. :) - Micah

1.00 a year later. {edit -- screwed it up the first time. not telling what I did.} - Jim #TeamMonique

Thanks, Jim! - Micah

.52 this year. - LB: #TeamMonique

Thank you, Laura =) - Micah

75,415 comments/1,286 likes = 58.64 - i wish the auto inserted comments didn't get counted... the true number is probably much much close ot my number of likes - Chris Heath

1.09 (11910/10953) - Bren

1.97%. thanks again micah, this has been a great metric to measure my first year here on ff. As the year went (this being the first record of me being here that i've found): , 6.43%:1.25%:1.97% - chaz2b

Chris, Bren, thank you. And chaz2b, thank you too - glad it's a special marker for you. :) - Micah

1.79 (13620/7618) - Micah from iPhone

0.91 - Bruce Lewis

0.13 - Morton Fox

1.69 now (1.70 on Nov 10th and 1.41 on Jan 8, 2009) - - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

0.23 - Mark H

Thanks Bruce, Morton, Higlet, Brent and Mark! - Micah from iPhone

How is this thread doing in the longest-lived-ff-comment-thresds-ever contest? - j1m

5.76 right now - Kevin L

0.53 - Rodfather

j1m, I wonder how many threads over a year old are regularly updated by an asoetment of users. - Micah from iPhone

Kevin, Cecily and Rodfather - thanks! - Micah from iPhone

1.49 (2,222/1488) - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

"I must not ask Micah questions" written out a bajillion times.... :) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

LOL @Higlet - Correct. (but Brent, you can also ask the Mathematics Dept of West Bohemian University in Pilsen, Czech http://www.fav.zcu.cz/en... [via http://maisonbisson.com/blog... ]) - Micah

0.32 (2011/6291) Looks like I need to comment more. =) - Beau Liening

Thank you, Beau. And, by stating you want to comment more you're already helping the cause :) - Micah

2.09329564 (10366:4952) I don't think that I'm the norm here - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

*bump* - It's that time again, folks. - Micah

1.71 (16,017/9,357) - Micah

0.91 (13,933/15,222) - Gimminy

2.66 - Marissa

1.48 (2,469/1,669) - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

Thanks, Jimminy, Marissa and Daryl. :) - Micah

1.21 - Jenny H

Thanks, Jenny! - Micah

1.10 (4874/4448) - DGentry

2.13(7957/3734) - Melanie Reed

Thank you, Denton, Glen and Melanie! - Micah

63.58 (97,534/1,534) -- interesting that my last three digits are the same there, eh? (note, i already posted a month or two ago when i first saw this thread) - Chris Heath

Thanks, Chris! - Micah

0.87 (3770/4312), so I'm either getting more commenty or less likey. [0.74 (1970/2667) was what I previously reported back in June] - In Search of Gender

Thanks Scott, pea and T. Brent. - Micah

Brent, interesting. Look forward to more commentary. :) - Micah

1433/1161 = 1.23 - cdogzilla | downgraded

1.19 (5132/4316) - Ruchira S. Datta

Thank you, cdogzilla and Ruchira! - Micah

0.94(15045/15978) 0.83, (28.August.2009); 0.97, (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (17.April.2010); 0.94, (11.May.2010). - Gimminy

1.65 (18,070 / 10,970) - Micah

*bump* It's that time again, folks. - Micah

1.05 (1710/1625) - cdogzilla | downgraded

1.66 here. Chattyites 4ever! - Lo

Thanks cdogzilla and Lo! - Micah

Last year my comments were around 7000 and likes around 2500, for a ratio of 2.80. I consciously chose to do more liking over the last year. As of today my comments number 10,782 and likes number 7,666, for a ratio of 1.41. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Jason, Stephen - cool. Thanks for keeping updated here. :) - Micah

Thanks, RG - Micah

1.03. Micah you've made over 18000 comments since you first posted this. - chrisofspades

0.76 (3,624/4,766) Egad that's only .1 improvement since 2009-01-08 :-P but at least it's moving in the right direction. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

3.25 No wonder I always had to stand in the hall in school for talking ;-) - Shannon - GlassMistress

Still right at 1:1. W00t. - Jim #TeamMonique

1.15 (14662/12739) - Bren

chrisofspades, crazy isn't it. :) - Micah

kima, tortoise wins and all that ;) Thanks, Shannon. Jim, you have maintained balanced in the force you have. Thanks, Bren. - Micah

2.33 :( my new yr's resolution was to "like" more, imma not doing sucha good job, :( - chaz2b

Thanks, Mark, and chaz, you'll get there. :) - Micah

1.61 (20,661 / 12,818) - Micah

*BUMP* - It's that time again. THANKS! - Micah

1.76 (15,652/8,886) - Jenny H

Thanks, Jenny and hollyrai! - Micah

Thank you, Glen. - Micah

0.77 - Steven Perez

0.31 (14566/47299) - John (bird whisperer)

John, you're a 'liking' fool! :D - Jenny H

Apparently I'm the human version of FALOB - John (bird whisperer)

Ha! (and thanks, John) - Micah

Double ha! - Jenny H

Thank you Steven. - Micah

1.04 - Scott. Cat Herder.

2.28 - Jesse Stay

1.66 (updated) - Eric - seven eleven

1.25 - holly #ravingfangirl

Thanks Scott, Jesse, Eric and holly! - Micah

58,144/3,749=15.509, basically due to multiple feed imports. - Daniel Mietchen

*BUMP* - Micah

1.60 (22,066/13,819) - Micah

:) @Jason. - Micah

0.69 - Absentee

0.76 - Steven Perez

slightly off of my usual this time: 1.01 - Jim #TeamMonique

Thanks James, Steven and Jim "STAY-ON-TAR-GET" Jannotti. :) - Micah

.98(20,405/20,834) - Gimminy

1.36 (20684/15224) - Bren from iPhone

Thank you, Jimminy, Greg and Bren! - Micah

1.88 (21954/11691) Chatty Cathy, apparently. - Jenny H

11289/9010 = 1.25 (wonder if some comments are from imported feeds) - Mike Chelen

Thanks Jenny and Mike. :) - Micah

Sorry - Micah .... but the math is just too complicated :) - Charlie Anzman

Charlie, I'm make it simple. I'll do the talking, you drive the get-away car—we'll split it even: 80/20. - Micah

Damn, More Homework. - Brent - Yes I am

including this comment (119,119C/1677L) ... 71.03 - Chris Heath

1.21 - Joe Bonner

1.56 (24,076/15,472) - Micah

*BUMP* - it's that time again. Also, I passed 24K comments recently. - Micah

0.74 - Michael R. Bernstein

Thanks, Micahel. - Micah

113,457 comments / 166,887 likes = .68 - RAPatton

2.02 (31627/15675) I need to start liking more and shut the hell up. - Jenny H

1:1.618, of course. - Josh Haley from iPhone

2.60 - Jack&Cleo

I was waiting for that from you, Mr. Haley. - Lisa | #TeamMonique from Android

Those are some heavy hitter numbers there, RAPatton. Thanks. :) - Micah

I've been on FF for a long time, Michah, because I am really, really old. - RAPatton

LOL Josh. These aren't the maths you looking for. [lateral hand wave] - Micah

Jenny, do not take your own advice; not advisable. - Micah

Thanks, Jack & Cleo. - Micah

RAPatton, you're not old—you triple-comment-excerpt every bookmarklet post :)) - Micah

Cristo, this post is an ancient relic. Handle with care. - Micah

0.13 - Morton Fox

Okay, Micah. <----I had to resist the urge not to post that because I know it's going to up my comment count. ;) - Jenny H

But how many of those primordial, high interest posts are still active. Uh huh. :) - Micah

Thanks, Morton. BTW, when you posted in February, it was exactly 0.13 also. - Micah

Jenny, resistance is futile; embrace the rising tide of comments. - Micah

Comments are more difficult and time consuming than Likes. I'd be happy about a high comment:likes ratio except that many are surely imported from feeds, while every Like is manual. - Mike Chelen

it has changed to 2.2256 now as Sep, 6 2010.Labor Day. :) I added the date for future references. - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

IN HONOUR OF DERRICK'S 100,000th LIKE: http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... - Micah

1.54 (25,102/16,257) - Micah

.82 - Alex Scrivener

Thanks, Alex. - Micah

2.29.... 26 HR, 89 RBI - .LAG liked that

.15 on March 21, 2009. Now .19. - Pixie

Thanks, MarkJ, .LAG and Alix! :) - Micah

Thank you, Deepak! - Micah

1.47 (24757/16749) - Bren

I make a lot of comments but no one like me, so I guess the ratio is infinite or undefined. - Sue - Friendfeed is best

1.45 (29653/20444) *BUMP* - Micah

1.22 (31900/26233) - holly #ravingfangirl

.59 (58,923/99,251) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

6.61 (2825/427 )... I'm a wee bit chatty - Shannon - GlassMistress

I had exactly a 2:1 ratio as previously reported [Aug 30, '09], now I am at: 1.7241:1 ratio. 6,067 comments to 3,519 likes. - Joe Boone

0.79 as of 6 Jan 2011. - John E. Bredehoft

my brain hurts - Morgan

Two years later and my ratio has climbed from 3.4 to 4.675. I've got a lot to say, apparently. - Kevin Fox

Funnily, I didn't notice until after leaving that comment that when I reported my stat in 2009 I also followed it up with "I've got stuff to say." I didn't say it was *new* stuff... - Kevin Fox

1.000 (27093/27080) - Gimminy

I've had an improvement since the last few times this has come up. I was .49 or close to it, now I'm running a .57 ratio - Bluesun 2600

1.68 (55826/33281) - Jenny H

81.1 - rising consistently - Chris Heath

I think this is the oldest thread I see that still gets new comments added. - Sue - Friendfeed is best

*BUMP* - Micah

1.40 (32175/22968) - Micah

I dunno, I'm not good with math - sofarsoShawn

0.35 ... Apparently I'm not very talkative. - John (bird whisperer)

Thanks, John and Shawn. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

1.459 (33067/22667) - Bren from iPhone

looks familiar... - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

2.6 (wow, this thread is like my yearly checkup; thanks micah and friendfeed, 3+years and going strong [6.4%, 2.33%]) - chaz2b

1.02 (38,615, 37,927) 9/27/11 - Gimminy

1.29 (36,959 / 28,580) - Micah

Thanks, Jimminy, Bren, WoH, and chaz2b. :) - Micah

.46 now. :) - LB: #TeamMonique

Thank you, LB. - Micah

0.33 (34741/105115) - John (bird whisperer)

0.93 - c.a.j.

Thanks John. Gracias, caj. - Micah

1.57 (24,460/15,624). It was 1.12 the day after the OP. - Tinfoil 2.0

The likes dim and comms brim. - Micah

2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago). for history's sake, this thread was started shortly after i found friendfeed, or friendfeed found me, so it holds a special place in my heart. thanks for keeping it around mr micah - chaz2b

You're certainly welcome, chaz2b. In some way it feels like a living heirloom to me. :) - Micah

*BUMP* - Micah

1.25 (40,008/31,895) - Micah

1.15 - Kristin

0.33 - John (bird whisperer)

1.41 - Headless Gnad Kicker

5.12 - Julian

3 (2.991) (and now the list has become too lengthy for me to track my progress, ;) [dumb me, i have a post not 10 lines ago in history, from 090711 2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago) ;) ] - chaz2b

.79 - Shevonne

24 072 / 35 095 = 0.685909674 - AJ Batac

0,77 (before and after this comment) - loi

2.65 (69,814 comments/26,281 likes) - Spidra Webster

1.51 = 28,196/18,717. Was 1.57 in Sept 2011 and 1.12 in Jan 2009. - Tinfoil 2.0

*BUMP* - Micah

0.174 (6966/40022) - Not much of a talker. - Kevin Johnson

1.18 - Soup in a TARDIS

1.23 (41,476 / 33,845) - Micah

1.43 - Tamara J.

.15 on March 21, 2009, .19. on September 18, 2010, and .22 today (March 8, 2012). - Pixie

*BUMP* for Ross - Micah

2.83 - Ross Miller

1.97 on 2012-04-24 - ؛ patrick

0.99 (44,752, 45,200) 4/24/11 || 0.83, (?, ?), (28.August.2009); 0.97, (6,694, 6,929), (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (13,933, 15,222), (17.April.2010); 0.94, (15,045, 15,978), (11.May.2010); .98, (20,405, 20,834), (03.August.2010); 1.00, (27,093, 27,080), (06.January.2011); 1.02, (38,615, 37,927), (27.September.2011); 0.99 (44,752, 45,200), (24.April.2012); - Gimminy

0.90 - Die Leberwurst

1.6 - AJ Batac

1.03 - Ryan Kaisoglus

1.34 Did you finish all your profiling yet, Micah? - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

1.22 (42,526 / 34,975) - Micah

Glad to see you here, Ross. Thanks for the updates everyone. WoH, the master plan is coming together nicely. - Micah

Excellent *steeples fingers* - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

*staples fingers* - John (bird whisperer)

Hmm, can you order finger-steeples on Amazon? - Micah

*readies the Band-Aids* - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Micah: I can sell you some, cheap. Just fax your credit card, SIN and maiden name to the usual number. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

My facsimile machine is in dry dock at the moment, but I'll pigeon over a small scroll with all the requisite datums. - Micah

Done and done. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

2.95 - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

0.45 - Ahmet Yükseltürk

0.31 <-- about the same as usual - John (bird whisperer)

After the last 19+ hours, it's high time to log-in your stats again. - Micah

1.20 (45878 / 38084) - Micah

1.54 (32,913 comments / 21,412 likes) - Tinfoil 2.0

Thanks, Tinfoil. - Micah

Try dividing by zero and find out (http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... ) - Micah

1.04 (10778 / 10303) - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

Thanks, DB. - Micah

Currently 0.3. - John (bird whisperer)

Thanks, John. - Micah

1.01 (47,240, 46,956) 9/13/12 || 0.83, (?, ?), (28.August.2009); 0.97, (6,694, 6,929), (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (13,933, 15,222), (17.April.2010); 0.94, (15,045, 15,978), (11.May.2010); .98, (20,405, 20,834), (03.August.2010); 1.00, (27,093, 27,080), (06.January.2011); 1.02, (38,615, 37,927), (27.September.2011); 0.99 (44,752, 45,200), (24.April.2012); 1.01, (47,240, 46,956), (14.September.2012); - Gimminy

0.62 - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from Android

Thanks, Jimminy and Zulema. - Micah

BUMP - in honor of Kevin's 8K comment threshold. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

.38 - March 15, 2013 - Jennifer Dittrich

0.279 (58096/208087) - John (bird whisperer)

0.172283 (8005/46464) - Kevin Johnson

0.75 (38,250 comments / 50,175 likes) (My entry above from 2 years ago said I had 10,782 comments and 7,666 likes for a ratio of 1.41. I've been busy, and my pattern seems to have changed.) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Thanks, Jennifer, John, Kevin and Stephen. :) - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

0.51 (6,883/13,438) - Stephan Planken from iPhone

5.72, though I deleted my first account, like, 3 years ago - Meg V. Meg

1.03 (51,436, 50,018) 3/15/13 || 0.83, (?, ?), (28.August.2009); 0.97, (6,694, 6,929), (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (13,933, 15,222), (17.April.2010); 0.94, (15,045, 15,978), (11.May.2010); .98, (20,405, 20,834), (03.August.2010); 1.00, (27,093, 27,080), (06.January.2011); 1.02, (38,615, 37,927), (27.September.2011); 0.99 (44,752, 45,200), (24.April.2012); 1.01, (47,240, 46,956), (14.September.2012); 1.03 (51,436, 50,018), (15.March.2013); - Gimminy

.44. I guess I'm getting lazy. - LB: #TeamMonique

2.22. I use YouFeed a lot, and liking takes an inordinate amount of time on the app.... - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

3.10 up from 2.83 a year ago. - Ross Miller

Thanks, Ross. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

BUMP - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

0.51 - Ahmet Yükseltürk

1.07 - Kristin

1.03 - Bren from iPhone

1.90 - Jason - The Opaque from Android

This thread is amazing. What a treasure trove of information - Bren from iPhone

0.62 (5077/8197) as of 4/29/13 - Betsy #TeamMonique

2.49 today - Marissa

Micah

Places you've felt the earth quake:

April 26 from FFHound(roid)! - Comment - Like - Share

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California, British Columbia (barely counts - baby tremors), and the Phillipines. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

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Around here (Washington) some baby ones, the Nisqually quake in 2001 (6.8) and one last year outside of Nagano (5.2, I think.) - Jennifer Dittrich

Pottstown, PA - Friar Ticket to Ride

New Jersey (the same one that cracked the Washington Monument) - John (bird whisperer)

Meriden, NH and Bedford, NY - scherbi: bottom dweller

Baltimore/Catonsville (the Washington Monument one) - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

South Pasadena (many, including the Sylmar quake in '71), Westwood (Whittier Narrows quake and minor ones), Oakland (Loma Prieta and many others). And I'd still rather live in CA than in places with tornadoes and hurricanes. While I've traveled a bit and lived in Alaska for a summer, I've never felt an earthquake anywhere but CA. - Spidra Webster

Wellington, NZ and Monterey, CA. In both cases I had no idea what it was until the natives told me. I'm a tornado girl. - Jenica from iPhone

In the bathroom - Rodfather from Android

"under my feet . . ." - Friar Ticket to Ride

California once, just today Don't remember any in BC, but I have a bad memory in general. (Presumably they'd be tiny ones. We've never had a front page news one in BC while I lived there.) - Andrew C (✓)

Felt a few: Whittier Narrows, Landers, Northridge. And lots of little ones since - Just Kidée: Road Warrior

yep, the few decent-sized ones here, lots of smaller ones, plus a 3.x one in Monterey one year. - holly #ravingfangirl

Portland, Seattle, Hawaii, (upstate) New York. - bde

California and Texas. - Kelli H.

Peru, Nicaragua, and Michigan. (I'm trying to remember if I felt the tiny one in Illinois or not.) - Betsy #TeamMonique

Taipei, NYC - ronin

Boston. - Colette

Whangarei, Papatoetoe, Cockle Bay, Hauraki - Hieronymous Boosh

California, Oregon - Bren from iPhone

California, Hawaii - Kevin Fox

Oakland, Santa Cruz, Hollister. - Starmama from FFHound(roid)!

Berkeley. - Starmama from FFHound(roid)!

Rotherham! http://www.thestar.co.uk/news... - Heleninstitches

Nowhere! No quakes for me. - Kristin

I'm a quake virgin, too. - Eivind

Don't worry, Eivind. If you spend as much time in the US West as you're starting to, you're bound to pop your terremoto soon. - Spidra Webster

But if that happens, doctors can fix me up a new one, right? - Eivind

Reading, PA; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan; San Francisco, CA - Ryan Kaisoglus

Ryan Kaisoglus

Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill - Third Reading - Part 20 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

April 20 from YouTube favorites - Comment - Like - Share

This, U.S. Congress, is how it is done. - Ryan Kaisoglus

Kevin Fox

I wrote a thing: What an Apple Watch is good for - http://kfury.com/what-an...

February 12 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Ken Gidley, Rachel Lea Fox, Juan Pablo González and 4 other people liked this

Great post, Kevin. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Excellent post - enjoyed the use cases. Three things, though: 1) I love wearing a nice, old school watch. 2) I hate the idea of being tethered to a phone. 3) I'm not looking forward to the inevitable state laws that ban us looking at our watch when driving. - Ryan Kaisoglus

Rachel Lea Fox to Rachel's feed, 23andMe

I'm 0.2% Alien!!! Thank you 23andMe!! My DNA does confirm what I have been told by family about my ancestry. I am pretty much entirely European. But apparently I am also 0.2% something that is not assigned to the 22 worldwide populations. Therefore I must be part Alien!! AWESOME!!!

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I guess if I read further there are more populations than the 22 that they analyze. But I refuse that information. ALIEN!!!! - Rachel Lea Fox

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I'm 3.2% alien! - Ryan Kaisoglus

Ryan, you are so lucky!! - Rachel Lea Fox

Go, aliens! - Anne Bouey

You're twice the alien I am! - Anne Bouey

Anne, any alien is good alien!! :) - Rachel Lea Fox

I was most thrilled with my 2.8 percent Neanderthal component :) https://www.23andme.com/you... - ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ

Ken, I'm also 2.8% Neanderthal!!! We could be related!! :) - Rachel Lea Fox

]:) << Neanderthal smily-face - ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ

3.3% here. Hmmm. - Anne Bouey

Wow, that's almost 5th cousin territory! ]:) - ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ

Mutant! - Steve and 4 other people

Yes I am! :) Mutant Alien Neanderthal! Hmmmm... If I rearrange that name a bit I wonder if I could get a theme song and a sensei! And pizza! - Rachel Lea Fox

Rachel, was going to DM you my e-mail so we could share/compare 23&me genomes... but I think you need to be following me first? Or are DMs broken? - Steve and 4 other people

Huh, I used to be subscribed to you. Not sure what happened. Fixed now. - Rachel Lea Fox

I did Connect My DNA (Groupon deal for $20!) - mostly, I'm Irish and Scottish. Planning to do 23andme as well. So cool! I'm honored to know someone who's part alien. ;) - Bash

Rachel Lea Fox

January 16 from SmugMug - Comment - Like - Share

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Great colors... - Ryan Kaisoglus

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Her dress is stunning - Just Kidée: Road Warrior

Wow - a red wedding dress! - Brian Johns

This is Kevin's cousin Ingrid and her new husband Edson. They requested that all the guests, as their gift to the couple, wear just black and/or white to the wedding. - Rachel Lea Fox

Shannon - GlassMistress

Prompted by Puck's holiday card lament. How many cards have you received / sent?

December 18 - Comment - Like - Share

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2 / 50 (ish - going by the number of stamps used) - Shannon - GlassMistress

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5/12 (I received a couple from people I didn't expect to get cards from. I'll be sending them cards in return.) - Running Slow

15/45 [edit]:now that the holidays are over, more like 30/45 - LibrarianOnTheLoose

not a lot/lots - Heleninstitches

0 / 0 - Kevin Johnson

0 / 0 - todd

3/3 - Jason

4/not sure - VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS

3/3 -- still workin on my list - t-ra: not givin up

I've received 4 and am totally behind in life so I haven't sent any out yet. :( Maybe Twelfth Night cards this year! - Spidra Webster

Revision: 4 / 50ish - Shannon - GlassMistress

4/0 - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

4/0 :/ - ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤

12/70ish? I went a little overboard for my first ever card. It was mostly an excuse to send pics of my adorable children. - Jaclyn aka spamgirl

Update: 3 / 13 - t-ra: not givin up from Android

Sent 40, received about 15 - Tamara J.

I'm awful. 4/0. I have some cards left over from last year, but didn't even get stamps or look for addresses or anything. I'm a lousy friend sometimes. - Starmama from FFHound(roid)!

6/1 >_> - Kelli H.

7/60. I didn't participate in my usual card exchange this year, otherwise the number would be more like 47/100. Which isn't any different really. - Hookuh Tinypants

1/0. I didnt even get cards from my parents this year - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

15/140ish - and I still have a shitload of cards (due to printer issue) so if someone wants one, let me know. You are not required to send me one in return so don't worry. :) - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone

7/90+ I don't mind the disparity, though - I just wanted to snuggle everyone via mail. - Pixie

Same here. I don't send to receive. I send to give love to those around me. Everyone rolls in their own way. <3 - Hookuh Tinypants

Received 10 sent 60. - Mike Nencetti

Sent 5 received 1 [Thanks Rachel :D] - Xabaras (G.O.)

I haven't checked the mail since Friday/0. :) - Jenica

Received 10 sent 1. All the folks far away were sent gifts hence hang the little card from package. I suck at cards. If I gift you a tin of cookies, you receive a card. I would rather an email update if I am perfectly honest #cardgrinch - Janet:#TeamMonique

0 and 0. - Morton Fox

22 / 144 - Ryan Kaisoglus

The only reason I got any holiday cards out this year is because I had written a bunch of thank you cards and just rode that momentum. There are more cards I'd like to send, but I need to track down addresses. - Russian Space Lizard

1/0 - the lowness of both numbers is probably because I just moved a month and a half ago and haven't had time to update my address with anyone or do anything beside move, work and sleep. - WebGoddess

5/0 - Jed Harris-Keith

6/5 or something like that. - John (bird whisperer)

15/80 - Peter Dawson

Stephen Mack #TeamMomo to Stephen's feed, Parenting-A-Go-Go, You Got This

I am not satisfied with this, and am not sure if I'm right to be upset.

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My e-mail to her: "Hi [Sophie's Kindergarten teacher], I'm writing to ask a favor. I know that Sophia Karen Mack is the legal name on her birth certificate, but for her entire life we've called her Sophie, and in pre-school she learned to write her name as Sophie. At first I think she enjoyed being Sophia at school, but recently she asked her mother (cc'd) why she gets called Sophia at school. Can we make a formal request that you call her by the name Sophie instead of Sophia? I think it would help feel more comfortable and settle in better. Thank you so much for your understanding and hard work! With respect, Stephen" - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

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Her response a week later that I just got: "Dear Mr. Mack, I understand your concerns with Sophia's name. I have always called my students by their legal name. May be you can explain to Sophia that in school I will call her the name on her birth certificate and you will call her Spohie at home. Truly, [Teacher]" - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Really? Legal name only? Is that what other teachers do? Sammy's legal name is Edwin Samuel, and his teacher calls him Sammy happily. I just don't get it. And nice attention to detail with the "Spohie" thing. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

What the hell? There's no good reason for that at all. I can't think of a single good reason to stick to that in school. - Spidra Webster

Anal retentive it seems, except when it comes to spelling. - Friar Ticket to Ride

This is not reasonable. - Meg V. Meg

you are right and this teacher is unreasonable. - Hieronymous Boosh

That is ridiculous. My mother (a principal) agrees. We both feel you should go to the principal if this is something you want to fight for. - Soup in a TARDIS

Yeah, that's ridiculous and weird. I've never heard of a teacher doing that. Most go out of their way to ask if there's a nickname or family name they go by instead. - Anika

We had a kid in the class I worked in who was known to the entire school as "Buttons." - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Do not accept her response as the final answer. It's unreasonable and seems almost punitive. - Anne Bouey

Beardsley! Beardsley! Beardsley! http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Betsy #TeamMonique

I've never heard anything like that from any teacher. I never went by my legal first name in school (or work) and no teacher ever had a problem with it...I think teachers always asked students to correct them when first calling attendance. I wouldn't be happy with the tone of the email, either. - joey 2.0

Thanks. I was glad (and surprised) that I found it so easily. But it's the first thing that email made me think of. - Betsy #TeamMonique

I'd be peeved if a teacher of my child responded this way. - Me

I can understand why she might say no, but seek higher assistance - Johnny

nth-ing the advice to not accept her response as the final answer. If that' doesn't work, go to the principal. - Betsy #TeamMonique

This calls for an Occupy [Kindergarten School]. - imabonehead

Fight back. I remember many teachers on the first day of school going down the list and asking anyone if they had any nicknames they'd prefer to be called. There is no legal basis for this teacher's stance and so you have all the leverage going in. Go in. Your child's comfort is more important than this teacher's arbitrary rule. - Akiva

As a kid who went by a nickname all throughout school and not the name on my birth certificate (which was unusual and not easy for people to pronounce or spell - this name was the reason I changed my first name to Corinne, which is STILL hard to get people to pronounce or spell correctly), I was slightly annoyed every time I was called by my legal name, mostly because people rarely got... more... - Corinne L

Thanks all. I don't like conflict and try to pick my battles. I agree with all of you that it's unreasonable. I talked with Sophie about how she felt, and if she minded being called Sophia at school. She says she doesn't mind. We have to work with the teacher the rest of the year, so I don't want to alienate her if it's actually not an issue for Sophie. But on the other hand, it seems... more... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

I would think that whatever the parents request a child to be called, that's what s/he should be called? It's not like you're asking her to call Sophie Snuffleupagus or Morticia Addams. Shortening of names is pretty common. In Josiah's class, Benjamin is called Ben, Charles is called Charlie, Aaliyah is often called Leah, Sebastian is usually Seb or Sebby. There's a Sophia in the class... more... - Headless Gnad Kicker

Betsy, that's an awesome clip! By strange coincidence, when I was in high school, I worked for a catering company in Los Gatos called Beardsley's Catering, which was co-owned by Rosemary Beardsley (fourth oldest of the Beardsley's, see http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~webbrl...). She was a charming woman to work with, although I didn't know her well. And I was sorry to learn from that page that her husband passed away in 2003. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

That is a strange coincidence. Thanks for the link to the page. Great to find out about the real people. - Betsy #TeamMonique

Wow that web page is awesome. I love that movie so much - we watch it often. It's hilarious. Stephen, good luck with Sophie's teacher. I hope she is more flexible and communicative in the future. - Laura Norvig from iPhone

I went through this same thing in Kindergarten. The first day of school, the teacher asked each child what they wanted to be called. I said I wanted to be called Mandi, since that is what everyone else on the planet had called me up to that point. My teacher said "No. I think we will continue to call you Amanda." And the principal backed her on it ("teacher's prerogative"). And that is how I grew up being known as Amanda to the rest of the world, but Mandi to just family and old old friends. - Hookuh Tinypants

That's awful. (Would you like it if we called you Mandi here on FF?) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

I think the teacher made a bad decision. But I would be cautious about escalating unless you have a BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement). The last thing you want is to have your daughter stuck in a classroom with a teacher who's angry at having her authority threatened. - Bruce Lewis

@Stephen: You can call me whatever you want. :) At this point I even answer to Hookuh. Sophie's teacher has crafted her own little universe in which she rules. A child should be able to feel comfortable with how they're addressed by others, and I disagree with the teacher trying to exert some authoritarian nonsense on children that aren't hers. How can she learn about their personalities and help them grow as students if she doesn't allow them to be themselves? - Hookuh Tinypants

That teacher has some balls. I'd probably ask my daughter how she feels. If she is ok with it, then I wouldn't escalate it. If she is really bothered, then yes. However, in the next parent/teacher conference, I would definitely bring up the email and ask why she felt that way. - Shevonne

I forgot to ask. Is she older? I imagine an old-school teacher who was raised calling kids by their birth names. - Shevonne

Yeah, I've got a particular mental image of an older, more formal teacher who's probably done whatever she does exactly the same way for the better part of the 30-40 years she's been teaching. Seem like "picking your battles" might be a great approach.... - Ken Sheppardson

That's foolishness. The teacher should call the student what they want to be called, especially if it's what the parent has requested. Complete fail. - Louis Gray

I understand your not wanting to escalate things or give the teacher cause to be more unpleasant. However I do also strongly believe in parental participation in learning and working relationships with teachers, not dictator ships. Of course, she is the authority in her class, but something like a name is ridiculous for her to be so petty about. My mother has worked in the public... more... - Rachel Lea Fox

Redonkulous teacher is redonkulous - Gunnyman™

My sixth grade teacher called me the same nickname everyone else in the class did, "Kao"...as did every teacher and student from 9th-12th grades. What's the big deal? - Ryan Kaisoglus

FIGHT TEH POWER - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

Shevonne and Ken, I'd estimate that she's in her forties. She projects a kind demeanor, and I've no other complaints about her. I didn't even make eye contact with her this morning when I dropped off Sophie. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

My daughter's name is Natalia Zoe but we all call her Zoe. When she started school we talked to her about her first and middle name since we noticed she was referred to as Natalia in school. It took some time but we worked through it. She knows at school she's Natalia and at home she's Zoe (or Tati as Joaquin calls her). In my humblest of opinions, I don't see a problem with teachers... more... - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from Android

In 17 years of teaching, I've never heard of something like this. I'll see what I can find out from my friends who have kids at the same school. Maybe the teacher has a rep for being quirky and people just rolls their eyes at her. This really is bizarre. Of all the things a teacher can pick to battle, this is what she chooses? - Kristine Gray

Sorry to be late to the party. Wow. No, I'd stand firm on this. A person's legal name has no bearing on this. I would bet good money that there is at least one other student under her who she does not call by the name on their birth certificate, negating her rationale. A lot of teachers feel the need to control their environment, especially from parental interference, but this woman has clearly lost perspective. - Kevin Fox

Ryan Kaisoglus

Please stop saying that we need to get the wealthy to pay their "fair share". There is nothing "fair" about our income tax system...no matter your income level.

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Also, Mr. President, your stated goal for raising taxes on the rich is to reduce the deficit. Stop fooling yourself. You could reduce the deficit by reducing spending...raising taxes means you have no intention of doing that. - Ryan Kaisoglus

Jessie

Facebook Automatically Creates "Couples Pages" For You | The Mary Sue - http://www.themarysue.com/faceboo...

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"Are you in a relationship? Does Facebook know about it? If so, you and your significant other now have your very own couples page! Er… just what you’ve always wanted? Facebook’s couples pages feature pictures in which both parties have been tagged, status updates in which one person mentions the other, a list of mutual friends and interests, and more. And the feature isn’t something you opt into. If you’re listed as “In a relationship” with someone, the page was created for you automatically." - Jessie from Bookmarklet

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"Wanna see if you have your very own unasked-for Facebook page? Go to www.facebook.com/us. I’ll wait." - Jessie

o.O I just saw mine. - Jessie

o_O - Derrick

what the crap??? - Sir Shuping is just sir

Was really hoping this was a joke. But no... it's not. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Yeah, it is the "unasked for" part that's really creepy to me. - Jennifer Dittrich

I really wish Facebook had notified me that there was, you know, a page about me that was publicly available that I did not create. - Jessie

whut. - Hieronymous Boosh

Ewwww - Soup in a TARDIS

The link you gave just defaults to my own info page. Is the new us page strictly private? - Soup in a TARDIS

*finds couples page for himself and his wife* now my wife wants me to delete my account on FB. - Hieronymous Boosh

That's the thing - I have no idea if it's private, how to get to it aside from the link (is there a link on my main page? No idea), or how to delete it. Because Facebook didn't tell me anything. - Jessie

Bad news, it isn't private: https://www.facebook.com/jessiel... - Soup in a TARDIS

Oh awesome. Just fucking awesome: "If you love someone on Facebook but don't love the new Facebook.com/us pages, here's more news, however, that might bother you: It's impossible to get rid of them." http://edition.cnn.com/2012... - Jessie

That is creepy as hell. - Katy S

Well, if I'm ever in a relationship, this makes the decision whether or not to announce it on Facebook brain-dead easy. I now know that I will be single forever, at least as far as Facebook is concerned. - Victor Ganata

It seems as though there are actually pages for all relationships. Friends, family so on. - Rachel Lea Fox

I remove that from my page 2 years ago. I hope I don't have one. I hope Adrian did so, as requested. - Anika from Android

Really bad move, Facebook. This is something up with which people will not put. - Tinfoil 2.0

*adds this to the list of things people won't put up with... but do* - Johnny from iPhone

I'd say Facebook has jumped the shark with this, if saying things have jumped the shark hadn't jumped the shark in, like, 2010. - Ken Sheppardson

Oddly, mine doesn't show one--maybe because I don't link to my wife's FB account in my Relations list. I'll keep it that way, thank you. - Walt Crawford

What creeps me out is that family keeps marking me as such (I always ignore those requests). It would be reasonable to assume people don't do this without reason. So it's reasonable to assume FB knows this. - Stephan Planken from iPhone

One of the few times I'm better off for being single! *fistpump* - Spidra Webster

My wife and I aren't even friends on FB - take that, Zuck! - Ryan Kaisoglus

What Ken said (applies to every year since 2008) - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

I think you can check the relationship with any two of your friends. - Anne Bouey

Ross Miller

I keep telling myself I want an iPad mini... but then can't think of what I'd use it for... please help me find reasons and list them below:

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New gadgets make you happy :) - Eivind

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Everything. I use mine for staying connected to the world without the focus of attention a laptop commands, or the tiny-screen attention a phone requires. It's an excellent casual computing/communication device. It's also a great Netflix Instant box, music player, and ebook reader. - Kevin Fox

It's an iPad, but smaller. - Rodfather

Makes for a better e-reader than the iPad - easier to read in bed without arm fatigue. - WebGoddess

You need a reason to use an Apple product? It exists - what more reason do you need? - Ryan Kaisoglus

Brian Johns

I may get tired of reading analyses of why the Romney campaign failed someday, but not today. Fascinating.

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I'm happy that I haven't seen anyone in the mainstream media saying he lost because he's Mormon. - Brian Johns

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Rasmussen polls were wrong: http://www.latimes.com/news... - Brian Johns

Secret Service abandoned him after his concession party, son drove him home: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politic... - Brian Johns

Not Chris Christie's fault: http://www.nydailynews.com/news... - Brian Johns

Newt admits he was wrong: http://www.nydailynews.com/news... - Brian Johns

Cristo, I won't argue that the country isn't divided (it clearly is, in many complex ways, not a simple R/D). But I really don't know what a vote for Romney meant in this election (probably many different things). He never had solid positions, and it was never clear what he was saying: (1) to get the nomination; (2) to get the election; (3) to put down firm policy fundamentals that he would follow-through with once elected. - Tinfoil 2.0

With all those weaknesses Romney got almost half the vote; what's going to happen if the Republicans put forward a stronger candidate? - Amit Patel

I also think the election was Romney's to lose, and he really put on a clinic on how to blow it. I see divisions in the electorate but I don't think the close vote overall is a sign of that. I think the candidates naturally morph themselves over the course of the year into positions that will attract roughly half the vote. - Brian Johns

Only half, Cristo? "Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!" "That's not enough, madam, we need a majority!" - Adlai Stevenson - Ryan Kaisoglus

What this whole election process showed me, is that even as bad as things were going in the economy, no "real candidate" wanted to take on Obama. Chris Christie and Jeb Bush probably would have made better candidates, however I don't know if they would have made it through the primaries, as the far right of the party is very strong now. Also, incumbents are always tough to unseat, that... more... - Dario Gomez

Kevin Fox

Statistics, probability, and Nate Silver | Kevin Fox - http://kfury.com/statist...

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Good post. Also, don't forget that most of the polls neglect to include all the options (Johnson, Stein, Goode, Anderson, etc) or communication modalities (like cell phones). - Ryan Kaisoglus

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Because most, if not all, of those candidates register support that's below the margin of error. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

One has to wonder, though, that if they were listed in polls (and poll results), more people might get interested in them, research their positions, and potentially vote for them... - Ryan Kaisoglus

Yes, the system is definitely skewed against 3rd-party candidates. - Tinfoil 2.0

Johnny

Quick Poll: Obama or Romney. Who do you THINK will win the a) Popular b) College

November 5 - Comment - Like - Share

I'm going a) Romney (barely) b) Obama - Johnny

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a) Obama and b) Obama. - Louis Gray

a) Obama b) Obama - John (bird whisperer)

Obama, both. - Jennifer Dittrich

I agree with Louis, John and Jennifer. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

I agree with Stephen Mack! - Rachel Lea Fox

Yes. - c.a.j.

^^^ - Betsy #TeamMonique

I agree with Rachel, but my vote went to Gary Johnson. - Ryan Kaisoglus

I agree with Nate Silver. a) Obama 50.9%, Romney 48.3%. b) Obama 313, Romney 225. - Ken Sheppardson

Romney, Romney for sure in the state that I live in. No hanging chads. . - Eric

Haunted Fox Hollow

It's that time of year again!! We have some creepy new changes that we are very excited about! Hope to see you... https://www.facebook.com/login...

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Thanks to a - ahem - well-timed business trip, i'll be able to attend for my first time this year. Can't wait! - Ryan Kaisoglus

Ryan Kaisoglus

Campaigns Mine Personal Lives to Get Out Vote - http://www.nytimes.com/2012...

October 15 - Comment - Like - Share

"The campaigns have planted software known as cookies on voters’ computers to see if they frequent evangelical or erotic Web sites for clues to their moral perspectives. Voters who visit religious Web sites might be greeted with religion-friendly messages when they return to mittromney.com or barackobama.com. The campaigns’ consultants have run experiments to determine if embarrassing someone for not voting by sending letters to their neighbors or posting their voting histories online is effective." - Ryan Kaisoglus

Levar Burton on PBS Defunding | The Mary Sue - http://www.themarysue.com/levar-b...

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"I am personally outraged that any serious contender for the White House would target as part of his campaign the children of America in this fashion. Educators across the country, as well as millions of children and adults know that the programming on PBS has been responsible for significant improvements in education, literacy, math, science and life skills for generations of our children. PBS represents .00016% of our nation’s budget, yet this free resource benefits kids across all economic circumstances. Defunding PBS directly punishes the less fortunate by removing this trusted and extraordinary educational resource available to all… But you don’t have to take my word for it… Make your own decision about how you feel about Romney’s campaign against PBS, and act. - LeVar Burton." - Me from Bookmarklet

Social Security, Medicare and Medicare represent 41% of our nation's budget, but we don't dare touch them either. I'm no Romney supporter nor do I want to see PBS hurt, but what are we _allowed_ to cut out of the budget? It doesn't seem like anything is fair game. - Ryan Kaisoglus

Ryan Kaisoglus

Justice Department’s Warrantless Spying Increased 600 Percent in Decade - http://www.wired.com/threatl...

October 2 - Comment - Like - Share

"...last year mobile carriers responded to a staggering 1.3 million law enforcement requests for subscriber information, including text messages and phone location data. The nation’s major phone providers said they were working around the clock and charging millions in fees to keep up with ever-growing demands." - Ryan Kaisoglus

Ryan Kaisoglus

Justice Dept. to defend warrantless cell phone tracking - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...

October 2 - Comment - Like - Share

"The Obama administration will tell federal judges in New Orleans today that warrantless tracking of the location of Americans' mobile devices is perfectly legal. Federal prosecutors are planning to argue that they should be able to obtain stored records revealing the minute-by-minute movements of mobile users over a 60-day period...without having to ask a judge to approve a warrant first." - Ryan Kaisoglus

Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Pick which co-worker you'd prefer to work closely with on a long project: Co-worker A is charming, funny, considerate, interesting, but borderline incompetent at the task at hand. Co-worker B is rude, humorless, inconsiderate, dull, but extremely effective at getting the job done. You will be sharing an office & multiple lengthy meetings each day.

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Hard choice. I think I'd pick effectiveness, though. - Spidra Webster

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B - it would be less fun, but you wouldn't be doing the work of 2 people - Kristin

How long is long?? - Georgia

A. As long as they don't Ef you up... can they follow directions? A happy workplace is a place where work gets done. - Jason

Georgia: Let's say three months. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Hands down, A. You can help A along in his competency, help him get better at his job, and thus you both win. You can't change B's personality. - Akiva

A - Soup in a TARDIS

B. - Anika

^^ LOL - Spidra Webster

A. I can do two people's work for three months. haha. I need my office space to be pleasant, it's worth more to me. - Georgia

Send A to work with B. Then communicate with A when you need something. - Gimminy

Is the project something that with your skill set you are able to do on your own if needed? - Rachel Lea Fox

Rachel: Yes, but as Kristin and Georgia alluded, you'd end up doing close to twice as much work. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

(((Disclaimer: Pure hypothetical, has zero relationship to any of my co-workers or projects.))) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Since it is a 3 month job, I think I would pick A and try to help that person like Akiva said. Not going home pissed off and on edge can totally be worth more work. I just wanted to make sure that they didn't have some skill needed that you didn't have. - Rachel Lea Fox

I would choose A if I thought I could get most of the important stuff done myself, but B if the job would be significantly more than I could handle alone. - John (bird whisperer)

B - Tamara J.

How much do you care about the success of your project? - Todd Hoff

B. Can't stand working with incompetent folks. Just do your work and we'll get along fine is the way I see it. We're not getting paid to be friends. It's nice to enjoy your coworkers company but not a necessity. - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

Todd, that's up to you. It's your 100% project, and assume you were asked by your boss to work on it (and pick your coworker) because it needs to be done. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

If it was my project then those wouldn't be my only choices. - Todd Hoff

Todd, let's say it's either A or B in this hypothetical. You have to start tomorrow and these are the only two people available. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

I'll do it myself. - Todd Hoff

In other words your choice may as well be A. I'd go for B if those were the only options. - Stephan Planken from iPhone

A's can learn. B's are assholes forever. - SteVe C

Not true. People can actually learn to change their attitudes and behavior. Although it takes longer than learning how to collate. - Spidra Webster

C) Dick Cheney, but send him on a hunting trip with A & B. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Definitely B. I deal with people like that all the time, and I enjoy working with folks who don't want to be my friend and will get their shit done on time. I have plenty of friends at work. I don't need one more. - Hookuh Tinypants

B. - peamageddon

B. Because I'm A, haha. - Headless Gnad Kicker

It depends...who's going to be looking for ways to make your project fail if they know B is on it? - Bruce Lewis

B is probably mean because he works with A's "cheery" incompetence - Mo Kargas

B...i'm already doing the work of several people and can easily put up with the personality. - Ryan Kaisoglus

What Melly said :-) I've worked with plenty of assholes and as long as the work gets done & they're not disrespectful, it's all good. I can hang out with nice, fun people after work. - Starmama from FFHound(roid)!

A; I'll pick up the slack. I am used to it at this point. - Kelli H.

for 3 months it's ok to go with A, but I'll pick B for a 6 month job - Kirill Petrovsky

From experience I would go for B. It doesn't matter how entertaining A is, when you've carried them for two months and they are still larking about being Mr Entertainment you will be ready to commit murder. - Eithne Herd

A. I'm a socialist :-P - Eivind

If the person is there for 3 months because we need temporary help to meet an immediate deadline, I'm definitely choosing B. But for hanging out after work, then it'll be person A. - imabonehead

I like this: C) Dick Cheney, but send him on a hunting trip with A & B. - Micah :) - Nemo

Flip a coin, because I'd take either one. Doesn't really matter. I am used to both. I married a combo of the worst parts of A & B. - April Russo

I would choose B, as long as he is so smart he can really accomplish the task doing the best possible job. If he gets too arrogant and aggressive, I may also switch to A ;) - Andrea Mosca

A - Caner

I'd pick B, but wish I'd have the choice. Too often stuck with type C which is an unlucky combination of A & B ... - Annette Herz

You're going to end up doing most of the work anyway so A would at least be a pleasant day - WarLord

B. I can deal with grumpy and humorless. Incompetence, on the other hand, is enough to make me want to burn all the things. - ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤

ABACAB - Josh Haley

^^^^ the best one - VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS

B. And then I would try to complete task as quickly as possible. - Dario Gomez

Johnny

Wait a sec... That whole Romney not knowing why plane windows don't open is a REAL thing?

September 24 - Comment - Like - Share

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Reeeeeeeeeeeally? That's not some joke you miss in the reading, is it? - Johnny

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That's sorta the reaction I have. I've seen something that said he was asking the question about once they've landed, why /at that point/ you can't open them. Still a dumb question, but less so than asking it of when they're in the air. - Jennifer Dittrich

I react that way to a lot of things Romney says. - John (bird whisperer)

^^^^^ - RudĩϐЯaЯïan from YouFeed

Can we believe the LA Times? http://www.latimes.com/news... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

BUT I NEED FRESH AIR WHEN I TRAVEL OR I GET SICK. - Headless Gnad Kicker

@melly, LOL - Guy

Melly, I need the assuring positivity of the Fresh Prince of Virgin Air to feel comfortable. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

If you want to give him the benefit of the doubt, at best you could point out he never said roll down, as may outlets have put in their headlines. He also more than likely meant on the ground, and was probably picturing them popping out like the emergency windows on a bus or a train. And I'll bet if he'd thought about it for 10-15 seconds he would've realized why they don't... but when you're in his position, you have to think BEFORE you talk... - Ken Sheppardson

why was he even asked such a question? - Iphigenie

Iphigenie, he wasn't asked the question, he volunteered the info. His wife was on a plane that made an emergency landing due to a fire on board. Afterwards he made the following comments to the press: "I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don't think she knows just how worried some of us were," Mr Romney said, according to the LA Times. "When you have a... more... - Rachel Lea Fox

FWIW... it turns out he was joking. http://nymag.com/daily... - Andrew C (✓)

I doubt he would admit he was dead serious anyway. I do think it's a hard thing to contextualize, so I don't necessarily blame the media. But as a joke, it doesn't seem that funny. - Victor Ganata

And I still think it works well as a metaphor for how he's running his campaign. - Victor Ganata

Technical take here: http://www.askthepilot.com/captain... Joking or not, who cares? When someone is having every word they say recorded, they are bound to say something stupid or not funny. Stuff like this is just fodder for those who want to justify giving their vote to Obama. - Ryan Kaisoglus

Ryan, cause other things he says that should be, in all logical thought, classed as a joke are things he deeply believes to be true... Plus, it's fun to poke holes in both campaigns cause they are so carefully managed and sanitized. If we didn't poke the cracks, it would be as interesting as a blank wall - Johnny

Politics is supposed to be interesting and fun? All it seems to do is stress me out :-) - Ryan Kaisoglus

Rachel Lea Fox

LEGO Great Ball Contraption (GBC) Layout 2012.9 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

September 25 from YouTube favorites - Comment - Like - Share

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Holy cow!! - Rachel Lea Fox

Love the basketball hoop. - Ryan Kaisoglus

Ryan Kaisoglus

Sign a petition to get Gary Johnson in the Presidential debates - http://libertarianpetition.com/peticio...

September 25 - Comment - Like - Share

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US citizens: Even if you don't plan to vote for the guy, consider what we lose as voters if only Romney and Obama are in the debates. Johnson is on the ballot in 47 states (and counting). Let's not let the Republocrats dictate our choices any further. - Ryan Kaisoglus

Ken Gidley

Raffle for awesome TiVo package - XL4 with LIFETIME service, and the new TiVo Stream! $1000 retail value. Entries are $10 each, OR 10 entries for $50! All the $$$ go towards Team TiVo's "Waves to Wine" fundraiser to fight M.S. Drawing will be held THIS WEEK, Thursday!

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Let me know if you want in. Current odds are about 250 to 1. - Ken Gidley

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I really need to have cash in hand before Thursday to get you entered into the drawing, and shipping costs will be extra if you aren't local to San Jose area. - Ken Gidley

I'm in! - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Got your name in the hat Stephen, and thanks! Good luck! - Ken Gidley

Bump - just $10 for a 1 in 300 chance at $1000 TiVo package... - Ken Gidley

I'm in - can Paypal you the dough if you throw me your email. - Ryan Kaisoglus

Is there still time? - Rachel Lea Fox

Sadly, no, had to have $$ before noon today. - Ken Gidley

Ryan, I'm sorry, I didn't see your comment yesterday. :( - Ken Gidley

So noon is a hard deadline? Can't extend it by 30 mins? - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Stephen, I had no way to get the $$$ to turn in before the drawing at noon. Sorry!! - Ken Gidley

Drawing was held at 1:00pm, the winner was: Mark Scheiman. The raffle raised over $2300 to help fight MS. Thanks all!! - Ken Gidley

Johnny

US voter turn out sits around 55% since 1972... about 38% for mid-terms. As a person who comes from a country with compulsory voting (and supports that explicitly) this still makes me double-take when I see that figure

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Heck, I feel that way and I live here. - Jennifer Dittrich

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Heh, those figures are a lot better than I expected. I'm of the opinion, though, that abstention is a perfectly valid vote. - Victor Ganata

What gets me in the voter turn out the first year in Iraq where voting was allowed. The US press was talking about how people would be targeted and voting lines would be a dangerous place to be. Still better voter turn out then here. People wanted to be involved, but around here it's more like a hassle. - Heather

Victor, abstention is valid... Except that means about 26%-28% of the eligible voters in the US end up voting for a person and party which has a massive global effect. This makes me very uneasy - Johnny from iPhone

And, let's not forget, there are some (*cough* Republicans *cough*) who are actually trying to make it HARDER for people to vote. So, there's that... - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Johnny, I know a lot of people who don't vote because they are convinced their vote doesn't matter due to the electoral college system. So, really, the "eligible" voters are more like 538 people. How do you feel now? - Kelli H.

Except nothing was ever changed by not doing anything. It's not even passive resistance. - Johnny from iPhone

Ironically, each voter has a greater likelihood of affecting the outcome because of low-turnout. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Yeah, because of what Micah points out, abstention really can actually change things. I dunno, sometimes punting is the right answer. It works for our court system. - Victor Ganata

This has always bothered me. But at the same time I find that many people who do not vote also are not willing to put the time and effort into researching what/who they are voting for (heck many people who do vote don't do this) and they end up voting for whomever their church, special interest group, family, etc tell them to vote for. If you are willing to put some effort, even if it... more... - Rachel Lea Fox

If we were really serious about voting in this country, it would happen on a Sunday, be mandatory and we'd do the purple ink thing until then its a cute game we play every four years - WarLord

Johnny, you missed this conversation from a few weeks ago where Victor, me and others discussed this very thing http://friendfeed.com/aswang... - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Well, history tells us that the one way to (eventually) make sure a population is willing to exercise the franchise is to first subjugate them with a totalitarian regime and or make them serfs/slaves, then make living conditions so intolerable they have no choice but to revolt. - Victor Ganata

Although bribery also works very well. You get really horrible outcomes this way, but you do get 100% turnouts! Sometimes even 200% or 300% turnouts, depending on how many candidates have money to throw around and how corrupt the election officials are :) - Victor Ganata

I'll vote but really do feel like my vote is worthless due to the electoral college thing. - Rochelle

Tell me about compulsory voting, Johnny? How does it work? What happens if one doesn't? What exempts one, if anything? I'm ignorant & curious :-) - Starmama from FFHound(roid)!

If you don't vote, you can be fined. But I personally don't know anyone who has been. I think you can get exempted for illness, disability, etc but they have a lot of provisions in place to help you vote if you can't get to a polling booth on the day (postal votes, voting early, mobile polling booths that go to hospitals, etc etc) - Headless Gnad Kicker

I had no idea, thanks Melly. - Starmama from FFHound(roid)!

Also, it's on a Saturday and usually done at a local school. The school sets up hot food, bake and craft stalls and you go, vote, grab some jam and a snag on bread and you're done. - Johnny from iPhone

1) Kill the Electoral College 2) Establish rank-order voting 3) Enable early voting everywhere... I've got to believe that those three items will remove 95% of the excuses that non-voters have. Feeling ambitious? 4) Ban legislation that makes it harder for third and fourth parties to get their candidates on the ballot. - Ryan Kaisoglus

SAUSAGE SIZZLE! I'm always so disappointed if I'm there too late for a sausage :o( - Headless Gnad Kicker

Saturday voting would make so much more sense. - Brian Johns

I'd love to know if the non-voters are primarily informed or uninformed. - Amit Patel

Yeah, I work long hours, voting can be hard for me. Plus being informed tells me my vote does not matter. I live in California, I am republican and even at the local level voting the way I do just isn't going to cut it until more people stay home. :0) - Dario Gomez

I'd bet that those of you who are aware that the electoral college even exists - let alone what it means for elections - are in the top 5 percent of informed voters. Most of our apathy is just that, not a rebellion against the mechanics of the system. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

I became eligible to vote about 2 weeks prior to the 1972 presidential election. I haven't missed a fall election vote since ('off-year' or otherwise.) Nor have I missed any 'final' elections at other times of the year. I have missed a few local primary elections, but usually only because none of my candidates were opposed. Why do I do this? Because I was a Civics teacher (for a little... more... - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

Also, the electoral college has gotta go. - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

Given that the electoral college is explicitly described in the Constitution itself, I imagine that will be a greater challenge to abolish than compulsory voting would be to implement. But, ultimately, I honestly do not believe that forcing people to vote or implementing direct election would solve *any* of the most pressing problems affecting the majority of us in the U.S. Sometimes you have to solve acute issues with whatever tools you have, however imperfect. - Victor Ganata

I still double-take when I see the phrase "compulsory voting." - Steele Lawman

We're the biggest disgrace in the first world in many ways, voting is just one of them - SteVe C

I am grateful that I get to exercise my right to not vote. The voter turnout is an indication of dissatisfaction with the political system. If you don't believe in any of the candidates, who do you vote for? Do you pick at random, or vote for the party you always vote for? - Le Slip Anglais from Android

Absentee ballots are by far my favorite way to vote. I have time to look up the candidates I'm not familiar with and talk to people or just think about the props. I think everyone should get the option to vote by mail, it certainly helps with being informed. - Heather

Saturday voting would mean that conservative/orthodox Jews couldn't vote. There'd have to be a provision to let them vote early or something. - Rochelle

Rochelle, in Melbourne (heavily populated Jewish city) they have some special type of markings or area marked around the suburbs that lets them drive and do certain things on the Sabbath. Something about making it a large house or something. That's how they account for the voting etc - Johnny from iPhone

Johnny, it's called an eruv. But some Jews still wouldn't be able to vote because there are laws against doing things like voting on Saturday. If a Jew is of the variety that follows that law, they wouldn't be able to vote regardless of the eruv. - Rochelle

Ah. We also have a strong postal vote and early voting system here. - Johnny from iPhone

It's great to read here that people understand how the Electoral College works. The US public{as a whole} is actually much smarter than people think-that's why they{almost a majority of the population} don't vote, they know it doesn't make a difference whatsoever. - Harold Cabezas

teleken

Had a long talk with my best friend yesterday about work stress and followed his advice today. It was the least stressful day I've had in months and it was reflected in the way our customers interacted with me as well. Glad I know that guy. :)

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Please share this advice! - Ryan Kaisoglus

Yes please! - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

It's all about letting go. Spend more time doing the job and less time worrying about the big picture you don't have the authority or the ability to change. Think Kevin Spacey in American Beauty - "I need a Smiley Burger and a Smiley Fries RIGHT NOW!" "Oh, you need a lot more than that, my friend." And go back to your Zen state. :) - teleken

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RT @hunterwalk: Yup, Paul Ryan previously co-sponsored bill w Todd Akin to limit abortion funding to cases of "forcible rape" http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012...

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If advertising networks really understood me, they'd show me nothing but ads for messenger and travel bags.

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and fun gadgets like quadracopers and Portal guns! - Rachel Lea Fox

Had dinner with a guy who worked at Neilsen last night and I mentioned how I love filling out consumer surveys b/c I want companies to know about all the weird things i'm into. His reply: "You're a Connecticut male in your 30s...we already know everything we need to know about you." - Ryan Kaisoglus

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