Happy 10,000, Metatalk!

August 18, 2005 7:47 PM

Happy 10,000, Metatalk!
posted by mendel to MetaFilter-Related at 7:47 PM (51 comments total)

10,000th Post!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:11 PM on August 18, 2005

First!
posted by kenko at 4:11 PM on August 18, 2005

Ok, this is weird. Where'd you two come from?
posted by mendel at 7:47 PM on August 18, 2005

Also, way to screw up the "10,000" link, mendel.
posted by mendel at 7:50 PM on August 18, 2005

And you linked to the 9,998th thread? WTF, mendel?

On preview (yes, I still do that): yeah, like you said.
posted by yhbc at 7:51 PM on August 18, 2005

I think I know th' trick, but you'll have to wait for it to become stale before Penn & Teller expose it to the public.
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:51 PM on August 18, 2005

It would actually be pretty zen to have the 10,000th MetaTalk thread deleted as a nullity.

"Nothing to see here, move on ..."

mu.
posted by yhbc at 7:52 PM on August 18, 2005

Is it really the 10,000th thread if it's only about itself being the 10,000th thread?
posted by null terminated at 7:53 PM on August 18, 2005

VERY FUNNY KENKO
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:53 PM on August 18, 2005

Fuckin' A!
*does little dance*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:06 PM on August 18, 2005

If this was any more meta, I'd be watching this reply on a live preview or something.

Zoinks!
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:07 PM on August 18, 2005

Hi there. I'm naked.
posted by loquacious at 8:08 PM on August 18, 2005

We'll never make it to 10,000.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:12 PM on August 18, 2005

And you linked to the 9,998th thread?

Somehow, that seems appropriate.
posted by mischief at 8:26 PM on August 18, 2005

15 down, 9985 to go.
posted by loquacious at 8:39 PM on August 18, 2005

*insert snark here*
Happy 10,000!
posted by Edible Energy at 8:44 PM on August 18, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:50 PM on August 18, 2005

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posted by Gyan at 8:55 PM on August 18, 2005

Ah, got it.
posted by Gyan at 8:55 PM on August 18, 2005

Someone should make a post about time travel with 'some comments in tow'.
posted by Gyan at 8:58 PM on August 18, 2005

I'm cuttin' off my right hand in honor of this momentous occasion. Who's with me?
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:08 PM on August 18, 2005

This is meaningless for those of us who think in base-17.
posted by Jimbob at 9:08 PM on August 18, 2005

God damn that anusless bastard.
posted by kenko at 9:13 PM on August 18, 2005

As opposed to you, kenko, you fully-anally-equipped bastard?
posted by wendell at 9:16 PM on August 18, 2005

Isn't this supposed to be an informative discussion of the achievement of 10,000 posts on this fine chat-blog-thingie?

Shame on you all for making fun of this!
posted by Balisong at 10:02 PM on August 18, 2005

Yes, as opposed to me. I'm a bastard and I've got an anus. It even says so on my business cards.
posted by kenko at 10:08 PM on August 18, 2005

I'm a bastard and I've got an anus.

... and he's not afraid to use it!
posted by mischief at 10:16 PM on August 18, 2005

10,000 posts! Yay! Do a little dance!


posted by Civil_Disobedient at 10:21 PM on August 18, 2005

At first I figured you linked to the 9998th thread because the 9999th got deleted. But no, it's still there. And it's a good one.

So now I have no idea why you did that.
posted by puke & cry at 10:22 PM on August 18, 2005

and anus guy, i think you meant


posted by puke & cry at 10:35 PM on August 18, 2005

posted by puke & cry at 10:47 PM on August 18, 2005

posted by gramschmidt at 11:16 PM on August 18, 2005

Well, lookit you guys go!
posted by Frisbee Girl at 11:34 PM on August 18, 2005

Heh. You guys are funnyhaha. Nice hgwellsfilter.
posted by taz at 12:30 AM on August 19, 2005

So now I have no idea why you did that.

Because I was in a hurry! I cut-and-pasted the URL from the latest post when 9998 was the latest, and then waited for the 9999th to hit "Post", but in that interval forgot to update it to point to the 10,000th.

Where are the mysterious post-editing gnomes now, eh?
posted by mendel at 4:36 AM on August 19, 2005

Shouldn't this be a fire and stake orgy? Bring on victim.
posted by peacay at 4:36 AM on August 19, 2005

Screw this. I am going to bed.
posted by riffola at 5:09 AM on August 19, 2005

I'm actually really sad that you all fuck shit up so much that we even need 10,000 posts in MeTa. A sad, sad day.
posted by OmieWise at 5:51 AM on August 19, 2005

Recall that AskMe shared numbers with MeTa for quite a while.
posted by gleuschk at 6:13 AM on August 19, 2005

Opretet Vincere Non Iocare.
posted by raedyn at 7:08 AM on August 19, 2005

You know, if it costed $1 to post a thread/comment to metatalk either (1) all the site's money problems would be solved or (2) there wouldn't be so much crap in the gray. It's a win-win, really.
posted by nixerman at 8:08 AM on August 19, 2005

Nixerman - you can paypal your $114 to Matt anytime.
posted by grateful at 8:11 AM on August 19, 2005

*grabs at chest, struggling to breath, eyes bugging out*

I owe how much!? $589!? Wait. $590!?

*collapses to the floor twitching and turning blue*

Hey, if we have to pay for MetaTalk posts and/or comments, can we get paid for Ask.Metafilter answers?
posted by loquacious at 8:37 AM on August 19, 2005

I think we need a whole wikipedia page just to explain this post.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 9:10 AM on August 19, 2005

I had been training for this moment for months, and now it has been taken from me. 20,000 shall be mine.

Oh, and I claim this thread and all its riches.

*plants flag, strikes a pose*
posted by drezdn at 9:22 AM on August 19, 2005

Actually, 20,000 is mine.
posted by kenko at 9:25 AM on August 19, 2005

So we're running at about one MeTa post for every hundred MeFi comments?
posted by cortex at 10:18 AM on August 19, 2005

meh.

This is no 9622V2...

That was a thread to remember...it had longboats and everything...

but happy 10000!
posted by schyler523 at 12:32 PM on August 19, 2005

Um...

*taps schyler523 on shoulder, points at link*

That was a thread to remember, but it didn't have longboats.
Or evil persons who screwed up a perfect ending.
posted by languagehat at 12:50 PM on August 19, 2005

I have been way off on links today...clearly my posting brain is broken...

I think i meant 9622v2.
posted by schyler523 at 1:01 PM on August 19, 2005

It seems the celebration of 10,000 signals the end of miracle of phantom minutes. The magick as been snuffed. Or has it?

It was worth it. Heh, to me at least, suckers.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:49 PM on August 19, 2005