What were we talking about?

January 5, 2007 10:44 PM

What did Science! write here?
posted by Kwantsar to Etiquette/Policy at 10:44 PM (7 comments total)

something about nuking the place into or out of orbit, if I recall correctly.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:09 PM on January 5, 2007

I dont think it was malicious, just a dumb insensitive comment to make in the context of that thread.

Is there a reason for deleted comments to be revived? Curiosity, I suppose...
posted by vacapinta at 11:11 PM on January 5, 2007

and then when a person or two were like "wtf dude?" he repeated it with more detail. It wasn't your average "I have misgivings about rebuilding" or "wow, new orleans crime is out of control" comment, it was just crapping in the thread.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:12 PM on January 5, 2007

Ah ok. I missed the followup posts.
posted by vacapinta at 11:21 PM on January 5, 2007

Putting aside the relative sensitivity of advocating the destruction of New Orleans in a thread about a tragic murder, can this fucking "nuke the site from orbit" meme not be put to rest? Aliens came out in fucking 1986, "nuking the site from orbit" is old enough to drink now, and it's not like it was exactly the finest piece of cinema ever committed to film.
posted by nanojath at 11:57 PM on January 5, 2007 [1 favorite]

Aliens came out in fucking 1986, "nuking the site from orbit" is old enough to drink now, and it's not like it was exactly the finest piece of cinema ever committed to film.

So, what you're saying is that it's ...game over, man, game over?
posted by thanotopsis at 12:10 AM on January 6, 2007 [4 favorites]

It was a stupid derail about how the entire city should be leveled and everyone gone in a thread remembering someone that died. Seemed like a real shitstain that we could live without, and about half a dozen people took the troll bait, which I also axed.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:12 AM on January 6, 2007