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You're single and you own a house. How do you make it weird?

Pop quiz, hotshot. You own a house. There's not really a yard to speak of. No one else has a veto. You can do anything you like with it. You don't care if the house is later listed on sites where people gawk at real estate listings and wonder what on earth the owner was thinking. In fact you want to make it weird, like that one video about the tiny house with fold-away furniture. What do you do?
posted by Number Used Once to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 15 at 10:38 AM
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Songs about being in love for a long time

What are your favorite songs about long-term relationships? Can be about people going through it (Can We Hang On) or unrepentant fluff (Ten Years), but should NOT be about people who remain together through sheer force of loathing (No Children etc.)
posted by goodbyewaffles to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 10:45 AM
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How to play Go

Recommend a site where a beginner can learn Go.
posted by partner to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 4:49 PM
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What's the modern version of Trivial Pursuit?

I'd like to play more general knowledge quizzes with my family, and I used to enjoy Trivial Pursuit. Has it kept up with the times, or are there better options today?
posted by snarfois to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 16 at 11:47 AM
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Leg exercises that can strengthen quadriceps

Years ago, I developed a bad case of tendonitis in my right knee, and that knee has never been the same since. Every few years, I get a flare-up of pain in it. I found that the best way to treat this pain is to strengthen my quadriceps muscles using a leg extension machine, like this one. I'm seeking alternatives that don't involve me joining a gym just to use one piece of equipment.
posted by akk2014 to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 15 at 1:02 PM
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Rules-lite and ready to fight (or not)

What are some of your favourite micro-TTRPGs from the last several years?
posted by Shepherd to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 5:46 PM
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What is your go-to inspirational story?

What is your favourite inspirational story about a person who made the world a better place or did something extraordinary to help humanity?
posted by matthew.alexander to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 13 at 2:51 PM
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NON-erotic sci-fi stories about humans being kept as pets by aliens?

I've done some research into the genre, and the zone is absolutely flooded with light to heavy erotica. Glad the readers and writers of that are finding each other, but it's not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for stories with a classic sci-fi focus, mainly on the premise and not how the premise could be horny. Any influential classics?
posted by PikeMatchbox to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 4:38 PM
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Scone With the Wind

Our new kitchen, for design reasons, has one ‘cupboard’ door that just covers some wall. I want to cover the wall with fake bookends so that when you open the door it looks like a shelf of cook books, but I want joke titles that are puns on classic literature, eg ‘Loaf of Pi’ or ‘Bun day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich’. Ideas, please!
posted by Phanx to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 15 at 3:39 AM
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The Perfect Tea Mug

We had one tea mug left that was perfect, but it broke a while ago, and I am fed up with all the other mugs we have that aren't perfect. Unfortunately, the maker's mark disappeared from the bottom of the mug, and I can't find a similar one in dozens of image searches.
posted by seanmpuckett to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 7:27 AM
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Moving photos from Google Drive to Amazon Photos

I have a TON of photos in Google Drive but I just discovered that Amazon Prime has free unlimited storage so I'd like to move things there. I don't want to have to download and upload them to get them there. Have you moved photos like this using an online service (e.g. MultCloud)? What worked for you and what didn't?
posted by GernBlandston to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 8:39 AM
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Embrace, extend, enhance.

What are your favourite general-interest browser extensions in 2024?
posted by Klipspringer to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 11 at 7:03 AM
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Career coach in a box

What websites, books and advice would you recommend to someone who is about to embark on a job search who's been in the same place for a while, has been a bit coasting and not super confident about new job finding ability based on prior experience? Snowflake details below fold.
posted by sandmanwv to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 7:53 AM
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Self-Care In The Short Term

I have a new job! Yay! It's WAY busier than my last one! Yikes! I'll get the hang of it eventually! Yay! But the meantime-learning-curve phase sucks! Boo! I need some short-term self-care ideas! Please?
posted by EmpressCallipygos to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 13 at 7:50 AM
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Large group home for elders, who happened to be women

I’m looking for an article from two or three years ago about a group of single, retired women sharing a large home, more like a big lodge, and kitchen. They had a cook, or maybe two and it might have been a faith-based community. I think it was somewhere on the east coast.
posted by Gusaroo to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 18 at 3:53 PM
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Airplane scam

I am on a flight from Salt Lake to Austin. There was a scam and everyone on flight is now a detective. No one has solved the case.
posted by jasondigitized to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 17 at 9:25 AM
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Wifi Extender? Explain like I'm 5!

Hello! We just moved from a studio apartment to a much larger space. I think I need a wifi extender/mesh/thing, but I am lost! Help!
posted by something_witty to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 16 at 1:35 PM
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3 leaf, 4 leaf, whatever

Do you have a clover lawn? If so, what can you tell me?
posted by falsedmitri to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 17 at 5:01 PM
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Stories About Choosing a Simple, Ascetic Life

[Book Recommendation Filter] I would like your recommendations for memoirs and personal diaries written by people who made a conscious choice to live a more ascetic life, and in turn discover how to better appreciate simple, but meaningful, pleasures.
posted by nightrecordings to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 4 at 6:26 PM
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How do I get Onitsuka Tigers in the US now?

Looking for legit ways to buy/order Onitsuka Tigers in the US
posted by zara to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 15 at 3:12 PM
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I’m not sure what the question is, but here’s an answer: DTMFA [view]
posted by fruitslinger to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 2:32 PM
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Brain fog — happened to forget to mention the good news — cancer has shrunk according to the CT scan results as per my last question. Yay! Doc says it’s good news. So glad the immunotherapy is working so far. Back to topic — thanks! Will eat it. Just love plain pasta with parmesan cheese. Such a classic. Wish I could wine but right now I’m... [more]
posted by dubious_dude to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 13 at 8:01 PM
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As a wife I would find this bizarre! At most, I’d want a symbolic small piece of jewelry and then a conversation about it. That said, I tend to dislike surprises and prefer full money transparency. [view]
posted by samthemander to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 10:48 AM
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[Folks, if you are unaware of how Ramadan works, please avoid posting a comment about how you think it works, thank you. Several comments removed, responses left up for context. [view]
posted by Brandon Blatcher to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 6:46 AM
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I think it's easy to get wrapped up in the aspects relating to the dog/gogs in general, but really, I think this experience helped you (correctly) ID out this guy as the kind of person who thinks rules meant for everyone can be rewritten as suits an exceptional person such as himself, but nevertheless also has rules for everyone else.... [more]
posted by DirtyOldTown to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 2:32 PM
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I’m firmly in the who cares camp. [view]
posted by Juniper Toast to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 13 at 8:19 PM
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My parents are like yours. They are treating any time on Their Coast not spent with them as insulting. Whatever, that’s one option. If this were me, I would go. I would be relentlessly cheerful: “Hi guys! Looking forward to arriving on the 12th!” “Don’t bother since you are not here for exactly 168 hours.” “Oh don’t be silly, of course I’m... [more]
posted by warriorqueen to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 2:17 PM
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I would prioritize seeing your dad, and I would not expect your parents to be acting rationally right now - I would also not tell them more than the minimum information they need to know since they are likely overwhelmed with medical information right now. Let them know when you'll be there, don't tell them anything more. [view]
posted by coffeecat to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 1:30 PM
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(Also, a guy who will hit his dog--not in a moment of desperation or panic or knee-jerk reaction to being bitten, but as a matter of policy--will hit you. Stay broken up!) [view]
posted by praemunire to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 2:37 PM
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I think they’re upset that you’re using this visit (potentially your final visit) to “tag on” other stuff (go see other family, sightsee on the way to point B). I’m not saying they are right to be upset, but I can kind of understand it. They got upset a second time about the car info because it was reopening a painful topic they’d just pretended to... [more]
posted by distorte to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 2:14 PM
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Date told me that when he calls Fido and Fido does not come right away, he punishes Fido by hitting him. It sounds like you broke up with Date? That was the right call. I don't want to psychologize Date too intensely from afar, but it sounds like he is one of those guys who mistakes his dog for his masculinity; he won't have it... [more]
posted by praemunire to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 2:32 PM
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I'm not really sure why they need to know how you're getting from City 1 to City 2? Or how they would find out unless you tell them? [view]
posted by mskyle to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 1:30 PM
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When the fish is too small you throw it back. You don't keep it until it has grown enough to pass the minimum acceptable limits. Throw your dude back into the ocean. [view]
posted by dragon garlanding to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 17 at 11:33 PM
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I think it'd be very funny to fill an old thrift store duffel bag with much much cash and then walk into the room like omg honey look what I found in a crashed plane in the woods our lives will be forever changed for the better and nothing can possibly go wrong Bill Paxton A Simple Plan style. [view]
posted by phunniemee to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 11:06 AM
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toucan, I'm glad your dog experience is good. I like dogs and dogs like me, but I'm not always happy when I see an unleashed dog where dogs aren't supposed to be unleashed, because people are assholes and the sort of person who'd flat out ignore that rule is also the sort of person who won't bother training their dog (because he's such a good boy).... [more]
posted by It's Never Lurgi to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 12 at 3:05 PM
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If I had a sudden personal windfall, and I wanted to delight my spouse beyond a fancy dinner or weekend getaway or a gift of fungible money, I would get in touch with my spouse's rarely seen, far-away friends, fly them in, put them up in a nice hotel, and schedule a weekend where they could all hang out together that I would cover (both in terms of... [more]
posted by I EAT TAPAS to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 11:21 AM
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Hi, it me, hello 👋 I was very nearsighted for more than 2 decades before I got LASIK. If anyone gives me (light-hearted) shit about it I have a preloaded quip that I've "done my time" and deserve to enjoy cute $20 frames from Zenni or wherever after all those years of $400 coke-bottle glasses. If anyone is actually judging me I would... [more]
posted by btfreek to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 13 at 9:33 PM
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The best approach might be to stop sharing any logistics with them other than when you will be at their house visiting. It seems like the talk about City 2 and the relatives there are stressful for them. It sounds like you've put a lot of work into complicated logistics, but they are reacting to whatever conflicts or hostilities they have with... [more]
posted by bluedaisy to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 2:08 PM
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It's a small fraction of your net worth? Donate to something it'll be a large fraction of the budget for, and in the future gaze upon the results fondly. [view]
posted by teremala to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 11:17 AM
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A check and an appointment with a fee based financial planner. [view]
posted by Geckwoistmeinauto to Ask MetaFilter on Mar 14 at 10:58 AM
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