Just curious: is this guy a sockpuppet for this guy?

June 27, 2006 6:55 PM

Just curious: is this guy a sockpuppet for this guy?
posted by jonson to MetaFilter-Related at 6:55 PM (66 comments total)

heh
posted by mischief at 6:58 PM on June 27, 2006

Nope.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:58 PM on June 27, 2006

Ooh! Ooh! Is it time for "20 questions to admins", then?!?

Me next!

umm - is there currently a sockpuppet for this guy?

and, one more - would he/she/it fit in a breadbox?
posted by yhbc at 7:02 PM on June 27, 2006

I have assumed that he is someone's alter-ego.

Derail: So who is Pretty Generic's new account?
posted by LarryC at 7:03 PM on June 27, 2006

you can't ask the same question as someone else, LarryC, you forfeit your turn
posted by yhbc at 7:06 PM on June 27, 2006

So who is Pretty Generic's new account?

Just leave him alone for a month or two and his true idiot-manchild asshole self will be revealed. He can't help it. It's in his goddamn DNA.
posted by dobbs at 7:08 PM on June 27, 2006

Nope.

How can you be sure?
posted by timeistight at 7:21 PM on June 27, 2006

Because he is Number 6, er, 1.
posted by ?! at 7:27 PM on June 27, 2006

does he have a new account?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:27 PM on June 27, 2006

Looks like we've got another adventure on our hands, gang!!!
posted by boo_radley at 7:28 PM on June 27, 2006

Hey. I thought there was an unspoken rule about not outing benevolent sockpuppets in MeTa.
posted by drpynchon at 7:30 PM on June 27, 2006

I thought there was an unspoken rule about mentioning unspoken rules.
posted by Astro Zombie 2 at 7:36 PM on June 27, 2006

One that you just violated.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:36 PM on June 27, 2006

I am a big P_G fan, mostly because of a few high-quality posts (IMHO) and not so much for the fingering-MeFi's-asshole attacks he got himself up to at the end.

I find it sad that his userpage links to a cafepress store full of merchandise sporting a command-line screenshot you can't read to save your life:
http://www.cafepress.com/generics_outlet

Why would anyone buy that when they have no idea what it says?
posted by scarabic at 7:48 PM on June 27, 2006

It is pitch black in the Watergate Hotel. You are likely to be eaten by agnew.

>_

Oddly enough, it tells you on one of the shirt pages.

I believe that was a comment from the MeFi thread on the outing of Deep Throat.
posted by graventy at 7:52 PM on June 27, 2006

Last I checked Pretty Generic was awfully busy with real-life stuff. He might be floating around - I honestly don't know - but I have a feeling he's otherwise engaged.
posted by Ryvar at 7:56 PM on June 27, 2006

If elected Benevolent Sockpuppet, I promise all my constituents will be outed in the most humane way possible.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:04 PM on June 27, 2006

I'm Pretty_Generic's sockpuppet!
posted by brundlefly at 8:21 PM on June 27, 2006

He's in ur base, killing ur doodz.
posted by brownpau at 8:24 PM on June 27, 2006

Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow?
posted by Dreamghost at 8:32 PM on June 27, 2006

I thought he was Mr. Six. Oh, wait, no, that'ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss—TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED—
posted by Eideteker at 8:37 PM on June 27, 2006

*still waiting for everyone to say that THEY'RE Pretty_Generic's sockpuppet*
[beat]
*realizes it's a bad joke*
posted by brundlefly at 8:42 PM on June 27, 2006

Aren't we all someone's sockpuppet, in one way or another?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:52 PM on June 27, 2006

Whoever p_g is now he isn't making it very obvious so good for him. Maybe he'll keep it up.
posted by puke & cry at 8:57 PM on June 27, 2006

I don't know why exactly that I thought blazecock might be peeg, but I do know that the name "blazecock", the pointing to the AstroGlide website as his own blog via his profile page, and some other jokes he's made sure made it seem possible.
posted by jonson at 9:29 PM on June 27, 2006

jonson, blazecock says he's gay (askme; and seems pretty sincere about it); p_g's not, unless he was lying about whores and losing his virginity.
posted by dobbs at 9:45 PM on June 27, 2006

I'm Jesus' sockpuppet. Or is he mine?
posted by aaronetc at 10:12 PM on June 27, 2006

lulz
posted by thirteenkiller at 11:14 PM on June 27, 2006

Why does jonson post so many threads about pg?
posted by thirteenkiller at 11:15 PM on June 27, 2006

Can't you keep a secret?
posted by Cranberry at 11:16 PM on June 27, 2006

I'm in love with him. I thought that was well known?
posted by jonson at 11:24 PM on June 27, 2006

I'm in love with him. I thought that was well known?

Aww.. PG says he loves you too.
posted by thirteenkiller at 11:27 PM on June 27, 2006

SCDB_PG
posted by Dreamghost at 11:39 PM on June 27, 2006

SCDB?
posted by jonson at 12:26 AM on June 28, 2006

Blazecock Pileon was the result of somebody flaming out here in MeTa. Or was it in the blue? At any rate, whoever the flamer was, they made some mention of things turning into a blazecock pileon, and a brilliant sockpuppet was born. (Those of you demanding that registrations be closed, beware of the brilliance that you could be denying the world!)
posted by antifuse at 1:20 AM on June 28, 2006

Of course, here is the origin thread
posted by antifuse at 1:23 AM on June 28, 2006

God is my co-signer.
posted by mds35 at 5:18 AM on June 28, 2006

Aside from which, you are not the first to make that shocker of an observation. I believe it has been discussed before.
posted by cortex at 6:19 AM on June 28, 2006

Fine, I admit it. I am dios's sock puppet.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 8:05 AM on June 28, 2006

Hush, peeg.
posted by cortex at 8:21 AM on June 28, 2006

Why is Matt so sure? Because HE is Blazecock Pileon!

dum-dum DAAAHHHH
posted by raedyn at 8:45 AM on June 28, 2006

It sucks when people attack dios in threads he hasn't even posted in.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:45 AM on June 28, 2006

wolof, it's because that's what Yahoo suggested when I opened the account, and it's similar to my real name. However, I am not the dhoyt you're looking for. Sorry to disappoint you. A little posting-history investigation would tell you that.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 8:50 AM on June 28, 2006

It sucks when people attack any member in threads they haven't participated in.
posted by raedyn at 9:03 AM on June 28, 2006

Flag it and move on.
posted by Balisong at 9:03 AM on June 28, 2006

Invoking the names of members who aren't participating in threads is not cool. It used to be taboo to do that here - wish it still was.
posted by iconomy at 9:10 AM on June 28, 2006

This entire thread is about members who aren't (or weren't) participating.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 9:14 AM on June 28, 2006

My comment was a joke.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 9:17 AM on June 28, 2006

I got it, IIHAA.
posted by occhiblu at 9:19 AM on June 28, 2006

Mine wasn't.
posted by iconomy at 9:38 AM on June 28, 2006

MeTa: fingering MeFi's asshole.
posted by loquacious at 9:50 AM on June 28, 2006

Can you attack another member in a thread in which they haven't participated if they're your sock-puppet (or you theirs)?
posted by monju_bosatsu at 9:52 AM on June 28, 2006

Who's going to complain?
posted by sonofsamiam at 10:16 AM on June 28, 2006

Grrr RROWR DON'T LIKE IT rrowr.
posted by Astro Zombie 3 at 10:40 AM on June 28, 2006 [1 favorite]

Darned sockpuppets!
posted by mischief at 11:02 AM on June 28, 2006 [1 favorite]

Mornington Crescent!
posted by cortex at 12:08 PM on June 28, 2006

Cortex for the win!!!
posted by ramix at 12:17 PM on June 28, 2006

man i always sort of giggled when people would complain about other people capitalizing their usernames

but it's happened a lot lately and it's starting to weird me out a little

so i'd like to revoke my giggles
posted by cortex at 2:20 PM on June 28, 2006

i miss him
posted by amberglow at 3:10 PM on June 28, 2006

Kirth -- sorry.
posted by Wolof at 3:38 PM on June 28, 2006

"It sucks when people attack any member in threads they haven't participated in."

jonmc is a schmuck bastard.
posted by Eideteker at 4:58 PM on June 28, 2006

I meant besides jonmc.
posted by iconomy at 5:05 PM on June 28, 2006

jkottke is a big poopyhead
posted by cortex at 5:06 PM on June 28, 2006

Can we attack their sock puppets when the scok puppets haven't participated in a thread?
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:16 PM on June 28, 2006

Wolof, s'OK - I make my same disclaimer to Mefites who email me at that address, even if they don't mention it.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 7:01 PM on June 28, 2006

Cool.
posted by Wolof at 7:13 PM on June 28, 2006