Wearing Six Apart gear gets results.

October 27, 2005 7:43 AM

Wearing Six Apart gear gets results. Sodas for all!
posted by Vidiot to MetaFilter-Related at 7:43 AM (50 comments total)

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Who's that ridiculous guy on the right, though?
posted by cortex at 7:52 AM on October 27, 2005

It looks like he's fart-stifling.
posted by ColdChef at 7:54 AM on October 27, 2005

Screenshot in case they change the ad.
posted by sbutler at 7:57 AM on October 27, 2005

They won't change the ad. It was a joke ad done for a mockup last summer when they redesigned and they decided to leave in. It's been up there ever since they launched the store (and they made up the quote too).
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:01 AM on October 27, 2005

Like I'm going to believe that.
posted by danb at 8:04 AM on October 27, 2005

hehe...yeah, I didn't think it sounded quite like you, Matt.
posted by Vidiot at 8:05 AM on October 27, 2005

Matt's coolness factor is stratospheric. That goes without saying (but I'm saying it anyway). I wouldn't bother pointing out site inconsistencies to anyone lesser.
posted by mischief at 8:11 AM on October 27, 2005

Matt is cute.
posted by iconomy at 8:16 AM on October 27, 2005

It looks like Matt needs more fiber in his diet.
posted by Plutor at 8:23 AM on October 27, 2005

the mathowie ad was cute and funny, but $25 for a 32 meg flash drive? home depot is liquidating 128 meggers for $14 a pop.
posted by quonsar at 8:25 AM on October 27, 2005

Nerds are so cool.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:18 AM on October 27, 2005

Soda, mmm.

But from the main ad: "The Brits call it a spanner" ... and it means the same as calling someone a tool.
posted by bonaldi at 10:03 AM on October 27, 2005

matt howie what is your favorite soda flavor?
posted by naxosaxur at 10:09 AM on October 27, 2005

Nerds are so cool.
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Hahahahahahahah!!!

Hahahaha! Haa!

a-HA! Ha-ha!

*koff* *koff*

Haahahhaahahaha!

a-hahahahahahahah!

Heh, A-heh. A-heh. Hehehehehehehehe!

*phew*
posted by i_cola at 10:14 AM on October 27, 2005

Hahaha! Hehehe. a-heheh-a-heheh!
posted by i_cola at 10:14 AM on October 27, 2005

Dangling the prospect of a soda with mathowie is a refreshing change from most advertisements, which lead you to believe that their product will get you into bed with Heidi Klum.
posted by scarabic at 10:49 AM on October 27, 2005

smacks i_cola.

waits for coldchef to post recollections about the nole on heidi klum's left's asscheek.
posted by andrew cooke at 10:54 AM on October 27, 2005

that would be mole, and i hope i have my usernames straight. also, didn't preview used to be on the left?
posted by andrew cooke at 10:55 AM on October 27, 2005

which lead you to believe that their product will get you into bed with Heidi Klum.

And yet I prefer the million-to-one shot here. I'll take my chances.
posted by yerfatma at 11:05 AM on October 27, 2005

Writing really long strings of onomatopoetic laughter that screws up everyone's scroll bars is so cool!

I would be glad to drink a soda with Matt, but I don't drink soda. Beer, anyone? Hard liquor?
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:23 AM on October 27, 2005

Sodas for all!

Can you make mine a Pepsi Blue?
posted by Pollomacho at 11:23 AM on October 27, 2005

That picture of you, Matt, will live with you the rest of your life. It's like your unofficial headshot that everyone knows you by. I just find the whole situation to be rather hilarious.

It's kinda like evil monkey in the family guy movie. Years from now strangers will come up to you and tell you to do the face. I just hope you won't disappoint them.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 11:44 AM on October 27, 2005

My hatred of ImmovableType is tempered by teh funny. GJ Matt.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:52 AM on October 27, 2005

That picture of you, Matt, will live with you the rest of your life.

no, not that picture...
posted by quonsar at 12:07 PM on October 27, 2005

Mathowie? Yeah, more like matwhoreie. Or something.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:15 PM on October 27, 2005

q: now that is best of the web!
posted by mystyk at 12:16 PM on October 27, 2005

That's not the worst picture of me. The one the NYT took in 2001, where I'm holding a laptop like a pizza box under the golden gate bridge. That's the worst picture of me ever. No wait, this photoshopped modification is it.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:28 PM on October 27, 2005

Oh man, here's the NYTimes shot original. I can't believe I let that photographer talk me into such a lame ass photo.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:30 PM on October 27, 2005 [1 favorite]

The original still looks like a photoshop. Weird.
posted by tracicle at 12:36 PM on October 27, 2005

Oh man, here's the NYTimes shot original.

And you think you can run this place, after a picture like that? Though quonsar's entry is #1 in my book. Your expression says professional web consultant all over it.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 12:39 PM on October 27, 2005

But quonsar's entry is one I took myself, and posted myself, where everyone was trying to show their worst photo possible.

And about that shot? I'm not wearing fake redneck teeth. I think I may have a smile even british people cringe at. "A face for radio internet" if ever there was one.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:41 PM on October 27, 2005

*OW!*

a-hahaha! Heheheheheheh! a-hehehehhaaaaesdfghfdgjkdfjgdlfg!

a-he!

Hehehehehe! Heh. *koff*
posted by i_cola at 12:48 PM on October 27, 2005

posted by brownpau at 12:48 PM on October 27, 2005

posted by monju_bosatsu at 12:53 PM on October 27, 2005

Is this the, uh, best doyourworst shot?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:54 PM on October 27, 2005

the mathowie ad was cute and funny, but $25 for a 32 meg flash drive?

I agree, wtf?
posted by matteo at 1:01 PM on October 27, 2005

I think they made the flash drives a year and a half ago, when that price was more competitive.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:02 PM on October 27, 2005

oh, OK.
posted by matteo at 1:14 PM on October 27, 2005

If nothing else, I love this thread for pointing me to doyourworst on flickr - i cannot stop laughing at jessamyn's....
posted by tristeza at 1:23 PM on October 27, 2005

For my money, this is my favourite mathowie shot:


posted by filmgoerjuan at 1:31 PM on October 27, 2005

Actiony.
posted by TwelveTwo at 1:49 PM on October 27, 2005

No one posted Mathowie as a dalek?
posted by Cranberry at 2:25 PM on October 27, 2005

Hahahahahahah! *hiccup*

aheh!
posted by i_cola at 2:30 PM on October 27, 2005

Is Matt doing a Lynndie in the last photo?
posted by horsewithnoname at 2:39 PM on October 27, 2005

The funniest part for me is that the guy on the top is my ex-boyfriend.
posted by hopeless romantique at 3:10 PM on October 27, 2005

Why is the filename for the NYT photo "13wang.1.jpg"? Is there something about Matt we don't know?
posted by matildaben at 4:00 PM on October 27, 2005

Obviously Matt collects large quantities of obsolete computer equipment.
posted by kindall at 4:35 PM on October 27, 2005

I can't believe I let that photographer talk me into such a lame ass photo.

It looks like you should have a cape in that shot. And maybe a funny suit with tights.

It's a geek! It's a dork! NO! IT'S SUUUPERNERD!
posted by frykitty at 6:59 AM on October 28, 2005

People who don't work at SixApart are expected to buy this stuff voluntarily? Why?
posted by madman at 11:50 AM on October 28, 2005

posted by jessamyn at 2:34 PM on October 28, 2005