Broken heart / long story filter. My best friend and my love interest got together, though they both knew of my feelings. My friend wants my forgiveness, but I'm still pissed. She was my confidante and I trusted her. Now I don't think I can trust her again, and I have fantasies about her getting her heart broken. How can I move on from this? Should I let them back in my life? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 5, 2009 - 30 answers

Vegas Filter: Where to watch Pacquiao fight? [more inside]
posted by yoyoceramic on Nov 14, 2009 - 1 answer

Our dog got in a fight and was bitten. It's just a flesh wound, but how should we care for it? [more inside]
posted by Atom12 on Oct 24, 2009 - 10 answers

October 14 will be the 2nd anniversary of Robert Dziekanski's death. I want to peacefully protest at Vancouver International Airport. Are security / police allowed to remove me? [more inside]
posted by randomstriker on Oct 8, 2009 - 11 answers

How do I fight? [more inside]
posted by hal_c_on on Jun 26, 2009 - 47 answers

How do I reduce the amount I'm threatened on the street in an urban environment? [more inside]
posted by wastelands on Jun 22, 2009 - 47 answers

So my buddy and I watched that old Keanu Reeves film Point Break the other night, and we got to talking. We're thinking that more air pressure causes you to bleed at a more furious pace. So if someone's in a knife fight in a plane, is cut, say across the arm, then jumps out of the airplane to parachute to the ground - will they bleed to death before they hit the ground because the air pressure is causing them to bleed so quickly? It doesn't have to be skydiving, it could be on like, Everest. Will you bleed crazy fast higher up? I know that there are a lot of variables here, but I'm just curious if the thinking is sound.
posted by Sully on Jun 7, 2009 - 22 answers

Another-Introducing-A-New-Cat-Filter. I know this has been asked many times before, but I have a wrinkle in introducing my sweet cat to my husband's cats....3 dogs. I have one dog and a young cat, Tillie (F). My husband has 2 dogs and two older cats, Nick (M) and Mona (F). We recently merged households. The dogs and cats all get along fine when my cat and his cats are separated. Now we are trying to integrate my cat into the mix. [more inside]
posted by murrey on Jun 5, 2009 - 1 answer

I kinda feel like rounding up a couple of rubber practice knives and coating the edges in lipstick and having some simulated knife fights just for kicks. [more inside]
posted by GleepGlop on May 26, 2009 - 18 answers

A group of my friends have been challenged to an epic food fight. Please give me all your awesome suggestions, tips, and secrets for what we should use for ammunition. [more inside]
posted by Quidam on May 22, 2009 - 40 answers

Recommend me some contemporary movies that have lengthy, intense, kickass fight scenes please! [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Feb 26, 2009 - 63 answers

What martial arts movie is this? White good guy vs. bigger fatter black bad guy in the end? [more inside]
posted by stlboi on Feb 4, 2009 - 2 answers

CatFilter. I adopted a 1.5-year-old female cat, and carefully introduced her to my 8-year-old male cat. It's been a month and they're still fighting more than I'd like. How long does this usually take, and any advice on how to help them get along better? [more inside]
posted by pseudostrabismus on Jan 12, 2009 - 12 answers

Could a healthy spray of pepper spray stop a raging tough guy like Kimbo Slice? [more inside]
posted by toastchee on Dec 30, 2008 - 21 answers

How does an actor sell taking a punch? [more inside]
posted by peachfuzz on Dec 29, 2008 - 10 answers

FamilyFilter: My family’s problems over the past 20+ years culminated into one huge fight over Christmas. I need to know where to go from here. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 29, 2008 - 20 answers

post confrontation: how do I deal with running into someone who makes me totally furious and might be out to get me? [more inside]
posted by genmonster on Dec 16, 2008 - 18 answers

RoommateConflictFilter: I'm a guy in my mid-20s living in a bachelor pad with two other similarly-aged guys. The two roommates have had a huge falling out (over a girl, naturally) on month two of a twelve-month lease, and after days of constantly talking about it, it seems like the only solution is for one of them to move out. The only thing that we've agreed on is that I'm not going anywhere. So now what? We're all on the lease, and I want to make sure that nobody gets burnt any worse than has already happened. [more inside]
posted by adamk on Aug 6, 2008 - 22 answers

Is there a way to give a dog a safe indoor place away from a cat? [more inside]
posted by wukkuan on May 23, 2008 - 16 answers

This morning, my neighbors down the hall had an extended, high-volume fight. It frightened me in its intensity and content. I called the cops and slipped a note under the door when the aggressor left. Is there anything else I can or should do? [more inside]
posted by minervous on Apr 16, 2008 - 37 answers

I seem to have stopped form spammers from cluttering a business inbox. Have I set myself up for some more mysterious problem down the road? [more inside]
posted by fantabulous timewaster on Apr 3, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm looking for a photo of Banksy-style graffiti involving rabbits fighting each other. [more inside]
posted by kidsleepy on Mar 18, 2008 - 6 answers

I am looking for a quote that I heard or read recently, something along the lines of "It is pointless to struggle against overwhelming injustice; it is worse not to struggle against it" or "You ask how it is that I can expend effort fighting against an unchangeable, unjust system? I ask how it is that you can live with not doing so." I'm looking for the exact quote, and the book or essay or what-have-you in which it originally appeared that I can read for some context. [more inside]
posted by mistersix on Jan 25, 2008 - 9 answers

What are the repercussions for getting into a fist fight outside of a bar? [more inside]
posted by hexxed on Jan 14, 2008 - 18 answers

Where can I go to let my rage out by really trying to hurt people, but safely for me and for them? Ideally, this would be like a self-defense scenario, with two or more padded and armored attackers I can go all out against, but who are willing to accommodate my individual scenario over just an hour or two. Difficulty: I am a big guy with martial arts experience. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 10, 2008 - 27 answers

My male cat is afraid to use his outdoor house because my dominant female cat has claimed it. How do I get him to re-claim his house? How do I get her to relinquish control of the house? [more inside]
posted by alleycatd on Sep 19, 2007 - 7 answers

My parents have a terrible marriage. What can I (the daughter) do? [more inside]
posted by PinkButterfly on Jul 10, 2007 - 27 answers

I was physically/emotionally hurt last night. There is A LOT [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 6, 2006 - 73 answers

Got into an ugly fight with my former boss. How do I solve this? [more inside]
posted by IZ on Jul 20, 2006 - 19 answers

My own dog just bit me. Why, and how do I deal with this? [more inside]
posted by Meredith on Jul 8, 2006 - 27 answers

How can I lose weight? I'm entering a kickboxing tournament in July and I need to cut about 25 lbs... It's not going well. [more inside]
posted by youthenrage on May 9, 2006 - 20 answers

Man I am a dumbass. I have a wonderful new boyfriend of about 6 months - who I absolutely truly adore - on the heels of surviving a really crappy five year marriage and divorce last year. Long story short, we were out over the weekend, drank a LOT, and he gave some (nice actually) girl that we were talking to a hug, told her that she felt "little and cute." I think the girl hugged me too. There was NOTHING lascivious there, he's just like that. Very warm person. Out of nowhere, I got very emotional. Told him that it upset me and we went 'round, tears and all. I am crazy about this guy, and really not a jealous person, this was deep, drunken, and came out of what seemed like nowhere from a dark place inside . We're cool, a little strained, it's weird things have been absolutley perfect up until this point, but no talk about putting the breaks on. I need help with two things one- how can I stop beating myself up over this and two-where in the hell did this jealousy come from? I really really like this guy...and we're cool, just mentally doing the equivalent of slapping my head with a shoe...I do not want to be a jealous person...
posted by mad_little_monkey on Jan 23, 2006 - 30 answers

Does martial arts training really matter in a life-or-death situation? [more inside]
posted by jojopizza on Aug 26, 2005 - 20 answers