Were we pwned?

September 6, 2006 11:44 AM

I think we just got PWNED.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero to Etiquette/Policy at 11:44 AM (100 comments total)

EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!

He should lose his $5.
posted by poppo at 11:50 AM on September 6, 2006

I think an appropriate punishment would be to MAKE him and all other evil criminals go to the airport. I know for a fact LaGuardia is a nightmare.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:53 AM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

The people who would be confiscating your water bottle are not the people making these policies. They're not scared of your water; they're just doing their tedious and stressful job.

<sergeant schultz>I KNOW NOZZINK!</sergeant schultz>
posted by quonsar at 11:59 AM on September 6, 2006

The best part of that thread is reading petsounds's hilarious NO THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP YOU SAFE comments. If they wanted to keep us safe I can think about about a trillion things better than using the time and money spent on airport security.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 12:03 PM on September 6, 2006

Sometimes people don't really intend to do the things that they say they are going to do in AskMe questions. Sometimes they are just stoned and wanting to talk to internet people about stupid shit, but don't want the question to get deleted as chatfilter, so they say that they are planning to do something that they would actually never do. It is a waste of what I admit is a valuable resource, but nobody actually gets hurt. However, you should be nice enough not to reveal your little white lie in the thread itself.
posted by ND¢ at 12:03 PM on September 6, 2006

Agreed, ND¢.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:04 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

Personally, I think he really was planning on doing it, couldn't admit to what a poor idea it was at every level, whether as a protest, comedy, whatever, and decided his only way out was "ha, fooled you!" twit.
posted by poppo at 12:07 PM on September 6, 2006

I think it was some sort of lame viral attempt to tell the world about those ugly bottles.
posted by CunningLinguist at 12:11 PM on September 6, 2006

Ugh, that thread has been a pain in the ass all day. khmc moderated the heck out of it (12 posts?), people flagged everything, and it was just a mess. I'm not really sure why this is, but practically ever AskMe about airport security, even legitimate questions, turn into total suckfests. At least this one had the decency to start out as one.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:14 PM on September 6, 2006

I wonder about the pranks that got him grounded. Which reminds me, cedar is a free man again.

Hey, it's Gossip Wednesday!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:38 PM on September 6, 2006

I know for a fact LaGuardia is a nightmare.

Only when you're flying in. I've only done it once, but I spent nearly as long waiting to get my bag than I did on the damn plane.
posted by Godbert at 12:51 PM on September 6, 2006

If they are going to ground him, his parents should also take away his internet connection.
posted by caddis at 1:01 PM on September 6, 2006

I know for a fact LaGuardia is a nightmare.

OHES NOES THEY CONFISCATED MY FACIAL CREAM!!!!!~
posted by Dreamghost at 1:03 PM on September 6, 2006

No, I was referring specifically to flying out at LaGuardia. Out of the past 3 times I've flown out, I've missed my flight twice.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:03 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

Because of the line at Delta, security, etc. Flying is shit. I'm totally over it.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:04 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

I was serious, but turned facetious at the end. No one really answered the first question, but the second. But I was sincerely curious, then fascinated by the reaction. It was meant to be a game of sorts based on an admittedly lame act (see the original post for disclaimers).

Though I am not sorry about the political discussion, I do apologize for the snarkiness and the lie of being under house arrest. I am a benign person prone to benign actions, disappointed by the state of the world, and who is unfortunately flying around it a lot starting next week.
posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat at 1:09 PM on September 6, 2006

As long as you don't have teh Ay-rab, you should be fine.
posted by bardic at 1:12 PM on September 6, 2006

You should lose your account.
posted by bshort at 1:26 PM on September 6, 2006

Why? I asked a question, disclaimed it as weak, but wanted an answer. Who answered? Instead it was a fairly raw and agressive response. The note at the bottom of the reply form on askMeFi asks people to help. That was not the response I received. I touched a nerve I did not know existed.
posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat at 1:29 PM on September 6, 2006

WHAT A WASTE OF SPACE BAN HIM!

No, what's the harm? k,hmc was very polite, even though some of the reactions to the question were over the top, IMO. Not a bad AskMe, but a bad AnswerMe.
posted by muddgirl at 1:32 PM on September 6, 2006

I'M IN UR AIRPORT, KILLIN' UR FREEDOMS
posted by Justinian at 1:32 PM on September 6, 2006 [4 favorites]

(in case anyone was reading too quickly, I don't think Mr. K.M. Cat should be banned).
posted by muddgirl at 1:33 PM on September 6, 2006

I think he should pay us all a nickel for our time.
posted by TwelveTwo at 1:38 PM on September 6, 2006

I'm not really sure why this is, but practically ever AskMe about airport security, even legitimate questions, turn into total suckfests.
posted by jessamyn at 2:14 PM CST on September 6

Because people think their stupid little opinion on the topic is somehow going to become the governing philosophy is the spew it enough. So, instead of answering the question in a factual manner, they choose to use it as an opportunity to make their opinion known through snarking or soapboxing because *their opinion* is important.

That's my guess.
posted by dios at 1:40 PM on September 6, 2006

is the = if they. RAWR!
posted by dios at 1:42 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

Because people think their stupid little opinion on the topic is somehow going to become the governing philosophy is the spew it enough.

Yeah I fuckin hate thhttp://metatalk.metafilter.com/search_threads.mefi?user_ID=17809
posted by Optimus Chyme at 1:47 PM on September 6, 2006

OHES NOES THEY CONFISCATED MY FACIAL CREAM!!!!!~

Yea, and that shit was expensive!!!

I miss you, face cream.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:49 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

I asked a question, disclaimed it as weak, but wanted an answer.

You know, disclaiming a weak question as weak doesn't somehow make it unweak. It was a weak question on a hot button topic which you overmoderated. No one's getting banned, no one's threads are getting closed, but geez it's like you haven't been around here in the last few months. Did you think that thread was going to go well?

I realize that once you've dug yourself a hole like that it can be tough to get out of, so I sympathize. However, sometimes you can ask yourself these questions in your head first and think how AskMe might respond and then save yourself the trouble of asking if you think it's not going to go well. I do this all the time.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:52 PM on September 6, 2006

Thanks, jessamyn. But I really had no idea this would not go well -- I simply thought it was a fun question. Boy was I wrong.

I have been doing other work and writing and have been absent. But I didn't think I had lost touch. Maybe I have, though.

I will ask a safer question next time.
posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat at 2:00 PM on September 6, 2006

Yeah I fuckin hate thhttp://metatalk.metafilter.com/search_threads.mefi?user_ID=17809

When bad snarks get worse...

On the next MeTa.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 2:11 PM on September 6, 2006

::starts up the popcorn::
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 2:24 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

ok so. that whole "I'M IN UR X, XIN' UR X" joke is really getting overplayed.
posted by bob sarabia at 2:40 PM on September 6, 2006

Actually, it'd be better characterized as the "i'm in ur X Yin' ur Zs" joke. Compare:

"i'm in ur base, basing your bases"

"i'm in ur complaint, templatizing your peeve"
posted by cortex at 2:48 PM on September 6, 2006 [3 favorites]

Templates? Is it time for madlibs?
posted by TwelveTwo at 2:51 PM on September 6, 2006

Basing your bases gets you so high, man
posted by InfidelZombie at 2:59 PM on September 6, 2006

IM IN UR KILLIN UR THIRD DYNASTY!
posted by blue_beetle at 3:01 PM on September 6, 2006 [2 favorites]

Is it time for madlibs?

MEFILIBS #19
________-______.com is ________ of the
 animal   verb          number

__________________________ sites I've __________________
 adjective ending in -est              verb, past tense

 in some time. I have no ______ how these
                          noun

_____________ got their _____________
 plural noun             plural noun

__________________ into their _____________, or why.
verb, past tense              plural noun

posted by cortex at 3:07 PM on September 6, 2006 [8 favorites]

"I'M IN UR ETHRA, FILLIN' UR W00D"
posted by False Dichotomy at 3:07 PM on September 6, 2006

Actually, it'd be better characterized as the "i'm in ur X Yin' ur Zs" joke.

I like the challenge of Xin my Xs actually.

i'm in ur plant, planting ur plants
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:15 PM on September 6, 2006 [3 favorites]

Sometimes they are just stoned and wanting to talk to internet people about stupid shit

You don't say...
posted by Rhomboid at 3:20 PM on September 6, 2006

Clearly, I'm in your Buffalo, buffaloing your buffalo.
posted by rxrfrx at 3:30 PM on September 6, 2006

Actually, it'd be better characterized as the "i'm in ur X Yin' ur Zs" joke.

Right, that works better. Of course now everyone is playing madlibs with it, so fuck it.
posted by bob sarabia at 3:30 PM on September 6, 2006

i'm in ur face, facin' ur face
posted by sergeant sandwich at 3:46 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

i have a _____ in my _____.
posted by quonsar at 4:00 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

You don't say...
posted by Rhomboid

That's .. awesome +3.
posted by ninjew at 4:01 PM on September 6, 2006

Yea, and that shit was expensive!!!

Trust me all the money in the world could not make your face not look ugly...

BBBRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNN
posted by Dreamghost at 4:19 PM on September 6, 2006

I'm in ur pants, shittin' in ur pants.
posted by Divine_Wino at 4:33 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

I'm in ur drawer, drawing ur drawers.
posted by team lowkey at 4:50 PM on September 6, 2006

IM IN UR KILLIN UR YELLOWJACKETS!!1!
posted by Mayor Curley at 4:50 PM on September 6, 2006

I'm in ur present, presenting ur presents.
posted by team lowkey at 4:54 PM on September 6, 2006

Now that I think about it, I like "i'm in ur X Xin' ur Xs" better.
posted by bob sarabia at 5:10 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur censer, censoring ur sensors
posted by riotgrrl69 at 5:18 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur shoot, shootin ur chute
posted by riotgrrl69 at 5:20 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur sight, citing ur sites
posted by riotgrrl69 at 5:20 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur yews, using ur ewes
posted by riotgrrl69 at 5:22 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur way, weighing ur whey
posted by riotgrrl69 at 5:27 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

im in ur oceans, stabbing ur celebriteez
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:29 PM on September 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

im in ur oceans, stabbing ur celebriteez

I <3 HEISHEHUI
posted by Dreamghost at 5:51 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur sea, seeing your c's
posted by cortex at 5:57 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur core, coring ur cortex
posted by shoesfullofdust at 6:04 PM on September 6, 2006

I once heard "set" was one of the most semantically saturated words in the Anguish Languish. So "I'm in your set, setting your sets" should be valid. It's not very appealing though. So I'd go for "I'm in your website, killing your atmosphere", or if pressed, "I'm in your sight, citing your site". This last one is correct, am i rite?

thirteenkiller, you're going to hell.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:06 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur filter, filtering ur filters
posted by shoesfullofdust at 6:07 PM on September 6, 2006

im in uranus
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:18 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur way, weighing ur whey

teehee
posted by iconomy at 6:23 PM on September 6, 2006

I'm in ur meta, metaing ur meta.
posted by leapingsheep at 6:26 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur mind, minding ur mind
posted by MetaMonkey at 6:58 PM on September 6, 2006

I don't know why, but dammit, I love that joke.
posted by graventy at 7:11 PM on September 6, 2006

I am in ur Maine, maiming ur mom.
posted by onlyconnect at 7:22 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur crib, cribbin ur crib
posted by oneirodynia at 7:22 PM on September 6, 2006

im in bangor bangin ur banger
posted by oneirodynia at 7:25 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur fly, flying ur fly
posted by yhbc at 7:44 PM on September 6, 2006

ur flies
posted by yhbc at 7:45 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur joke, damming ur love
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:06 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur in, inured to urine.
posted by cog_nate at 8:08 PM on September 6, 2006

i'm in ur sink, synching ur cinque.

i'm in ur pink winking my mink?

I dunno about all this.
posted by exlotuseater at 8:15 PM on September 6, 2006

How did the 'im in ur whatever whatevering ur whatever' start? Yes, I've been living under a rock.
posted by iconomy at 8:17 PM on September 6, 2006

i'm in ur , in ur s
posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 8:19 PM on September 6, 2006 [4 favorites]

iconomy: im in ur base killin ur d00dz
posted by yhbc at 8:21 PM on September 6, 2006

in im upset ur brute spumini
posted by cog_nate at 8:26 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur mall maulin ur moll.
posted by onlyconnect at 8:35 PM on September 6, 2006

im in unguent getting urgent.
posted by onlyconnect at 8:40 PM on September 6, 2006

im in ur urban miniturban.
posted by cog_nate at 8:45 PM on September 6, 2006

I'm in ur yurt taking advantage of ur ceremonial use of hallucinogens.

last one.
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:55 PM on September 6, 2006

europanto one day, ur-speak the next ... pretty soon we'll just be grunting at each other
posted by pyramid termite at 9:04 PM on September 6, 2006

we'll NEVER make 100 at this rate
posted by keswick at 10:52 PM on September 6, 2006

*grunts an ambiguous response*
posted by Stauf at 12:15 AM on September 7, 2006

im in ur face, filling your foods

Okay, last one for real.
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 1:11 AM on September 7, 2006

MetaFilter's weird. I started the Wikipedia entry for "im in ur base killin ur d00dz" because I saw it here one day a few months ago. Now it's cited here to show what it means. Weird. Meta, even.
posted by cgc373 at 4:17 AM on September 7, 2006 [1 favorite]

Thanks, iconomy (hi, iconomy!), for asking and yhbc for answering, and cgc373 for writing the Wikipedia entry... but we still don't know where it came from!

"im in ur base killin ur d00dz" was a response by one gamer to another, when asked where he was in-game. It has become something of an internet meme. This phrase may have found its origins in the online game Counterstrike, as a taunt from a player on one team to players on the opposing team. Other theories suppose that origins of the phrase are much older - dating back to the late 1990s, during the heyday of online Starcraft play.

C'mon, Internet Detectives, we can do better than this!

I'm in ur hose, hosin ur ho'z.
posted by languagehat at 5:59 AM on September 7, 2006

There's a fish in ur opanto!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:11 AM on September 7, 2006 [1 favorite]

im in ur-form formin' ur forms.

- Goethe
posted by safetyfork at 6:24 AM on September 7, 2006

I'm in ur mum, mumble, mumble, mumble.
posted by biffa at 8:13 AM on September 7, 2006

im in ur thread answering ur origin question

Additional info and links here: http://shackfaq.portax.net/?qid=89
posted by False Dichotomy at 11:18 AM on September 7, 2006

Crap. The second link stopped working just since I posted it. Well, anyway - you can get confirmation on Something Awful.
posted by False Dichotomy at 11:36 AM on September 7, 2006

I'M REALLY LATE TO UR THREAD, POSTING, uh..., POSTING UR LAME COMMENT THAT NO ONE WILL READ, MUCH LESS LAUGH AT, THAT IN ANY EVENT DOESN'T EVEN FIT THE MOLD.

See, I can play too, see? Guys? Love me!

*sighs, puts gun to temple*
posted by Kwine at 1:22 PM on September 8, 2006

Don't do it, Kwine! There's so much still to live for! Think of all the bases you haven't been in! And all the dudes you haven't yet killed!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 1:38 PM on September 8, 2006

I am in your malkovich, malkoviching your malkovichs.
posted by onlyconnect at 3:51 PM on September 8, 2006 [1 favorite]

Get the hell out of my malkovich, Forster!
posted by cgc373 at 4:01 PM on September 8, 2006

I'm in your favorites, favoring your favors.
posted by NortonDC at 9:03 PM on September 8, 2006 [1 favorite]

im in ur bug, buggin' ur bug.
posted by myopicman at 10:48 AM on September 9, 2006