Where is the Vassilis Fotopoulos post? January 14, 2007 7:48 PM Subscribe

Where is the Vassilis Fotopoulos post? There are currently four obits on front page; maybe we could just have a permanent link to the wikipedia page instead?
posted by meech to Etiquette/Policy at 7:48 PM (77 comments total)

I'm starting to seriously question Obit threads in general, unless they can meet the criteria of standard FPPs
posted by edgeways at 7:52 PM on January 14, 2007

Just to be clear - I'm having a whinge about the four different obits.
posted by meech at 7:52 PM on January 14, 2007

Huh, I only know who one person is on that list. Also, I too am questioning the obit threads. They're usually pretty lazy. Hell, one of them was made before the news was even on the internet. It was just like "here's some stuff they did, trust me their dead".
posted by bob sarabia at 9:44 PM on January 14, 2007

A little part of me dies every time you go away. Can I make an FPP?
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 9:45 PM on January 14, 2007

And now there are two posts on Metatalk about those four posts on Metafilter. If the mathematical series continues, I'll be interested to see what fractional posts look like (and where they will appear).

Jimmy, Johnny and Jane each make a MetaFilter post. Jane's post is the same as Johnny's except hers is better and has more links and the original source, while Johnny's was first but consists of one link to one of those skeezy linkjackers. Jimmy's post is fifteen YouTube links to monkeys flinging poo and masturbating, which accumulates 67 favorites in less than 3 hours. Jane's user number is lower than Jimmy and Johnny's, but Johnny has an A-list blog. Jack posts a direct link to an enormous archive of punk bootlegs and entire albums in MP3 form - many of dubious copyright clearance. Jared and Janet both post the same obituary page of a mildly beloved but decidedly C-list TV actor. Janet is first but hypersensitive and clinically paranoid, Jared is currently experimenting upon himself with "research chemicals". Johnny flames out in Jared's thread, who flags Johnny's more crappy post in favor of Jane. Joe posts a fascinating expose on Victorian fetishism (with pictures!) but fails to indicate that is "NSFW", because frankly it's all pretty tame, historical shit. Jane and Joe argue about community ethics, etiquette and labeling in Joe's thread, which spills over for some insane reason into Janet's thread, as well as Jared's. Jack's thread is all about jonmc and The Ramones.

Given that it is a full moon and a three day weekend traditionally known for copious amounts of alcohol consumption - how many MetaTalk threads will be generated in 24 hours, and how many comments for each? (Mean average is fine, bonus points for min-max.) Please show your work.
posted by loquacious at 9:45 PM on January 14, 2007 [6 favorites]

The front page will be busy the day the apocalypse comes.
posted by Eideteker at 9:53 PM on January 14, 2007

I call for the banning of meech.

Or more to the point, you've been here long enough to know that obituaries are like IP posts; stop looking at them and they'll eventually go away. Since you choose to ignore that rule and instead highlight their existence, the easiest solution, to me, seems to be to get rid of you. :-)
posted by SeizeTheDay at 9:53 PM on January 14, 2007

Maybe we could have a separate page called DeathFilter, with a black background.

P.S. Now there's a FIFTH obit post on the front page.
posted by amyms at 9:58 PM on January 14, 2007

Oops, I just remembered the Music page already has a black background... So, how about a Deathfilter page with solemn auto-play organ music and a flickering-candle background?
posted by amyms at 10:02 PM on January 14, 2007

Plus a dead pool. I sucked the time I actually entered the stiffs.com one (is stiffs.com still active? By jove, it is. Same ca. 1997 site, too).
posted by maxwelton at 10:18 PM on January 14, 2007

i say that the people whose acts are inspiring these fpps get the death penalty ... oh, wait
posted by pyramid termite at 10:26 PM on January 14, 2007

Heh. A new obit just went up. Makes five.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 10:31 PM on January 14, 2007

Legacy.com "hosts the obituary sites of more than 300 leading newspapers."
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:36 PM on January 14, 2007

And that's two comments about the 5th thread in the 2nd MeTa thread about obits. Do I hear 3 for 5? 3 for 6? Taking 3-6-2, windowbox or trifecta! Window closing in one minute! 3-5-2 or 3-6-3 for trifecta! Thank you, window closing!
posted by loquacious at 10:39 PM on January 14, 2007

Variety Obituaries -- for all your celebrity death needs.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:40 PM on January 14, 2007

The World Health Organization Mortality Data -- for those who want to see the big picture
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:45 PM on January 14, 2007

Stiffs.com -- for those who want to participate!
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:51 PM on January 14, 2007

Darwin Awards -- for those whose most important act was to die.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:53 PM on January 14, 2007

DeadPeople.info -- for catching up when you've missed a few days, or a few people
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:58 PM on January 14, 2007

I was just wondering, are there any other famous peoples' secretaries that we should know about?
posted by shmegegge at 11:00 PM on January 14, 2007

Ya know, this problem would be solved if all these people would quit fucking dying. It's almost as if someone dies every day.
posted by bob sarabia at 11:07 PM on January 14, 2007

Didn't Lincoln have a massage-therapist named Kennedy, and Kennedy have a massage-therapist named Lincoln?
In that same vein, it seems that King had a secretary named McDonald, and McDonald's CHIEF RIVAL is Burger King.
Coinkydance?
And King had a secretary, and Secretariat was King Of The Racehorses.
Majestic Plan?

Please advise.
posted by Dizzy at 11:16 PM on January 14, 2007

Scrolling through that list of people who have recently conked, this guy would have made a good FPP, with the right supplements.

Maybe later.
posted by Bookhouse at 11:23 PM on January 14, 2007

The scary parallels between Lincoln and Kennedy.

One of my favorite E2 nodes, along with the one about the number 23.
posted by loquacious at 11:43 PM on January 14, 2007

See You At The Rapture!
posted by Dizzy at 11:49 PM on January 14, 2007

I don't really think that last obit thread passes the smell test.
posted by bob sarabia at 11:55 PM on January 14, 2007

The eschaton will not be immanentized.
posted by loquacious at 12:03 AM on January 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

The average conference room at the Hilton in Paris can hold 25.
Paris Hilton can hold 25.
posted by Dizzy at 12:05 AM on January 15, 2007

Being dead does not exclude you from the guidelines of a good FPP. Do you hear me, dead? You are not special.
posted by The Deej at 12:22 AM on January 15, 2007

If the dead do not hear The Deej, are they still dead? If they are not still dead, does this mean there will be more threads about resurrection on the blue? If there are more threads about resurrection on the blue, does this necessitate more obituary threads on the blue? I'm not sure where The Deej's lament will lead us, and I'm afraid of the potential results.

I fear for us all.
posted by cgc373 at 12:52 AM on January 15, 2007

When I die, if you MeFites don't post at least 5 FPPs about it... I will be PISSED!
posted by The Deej at 1:02 AM on January 15, 2007

Yikes--- I heard you'd been Kevorked in some tragic Pie Cannon mishap in a secret cave behind Niagara Falls.
Are you sure you're not dead?
posted by Dizzy at 3:02 AM on January 15, 2007

Why is there no FPP about this tragic death?
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:04 AM on January 15, 2007

today we celebrate the birth of martin luther, the burger king.
posted by quonsar at 4:18 AM on January 15, 2007

This is nothing compared to the shitstorm that'll happen when Abe Vigoda dies...
posted by wendell at 5:22 AM on January 15, 2007

Are you sure of that, quons? I thought Martin Luther was either the Bedspread King of Long Beach, but I could be wrong.
posted by wendell at 5:28 AM on January 15, 2007

I agree completely. These "who the fuck was that" deathfilter posts are a waste of space. A obit should not be a get-out-of-having-your-shitty-post-deleted-for-free card.
posted by Rhomboid at 5:39 AM on January 15, 2007

Go find something creative out on the 'net and post it to the front page. Obits about unknown people don't belong. When we had an obit every other week or less and it was for someone significant, then it was fine. Worse, most of these obit posts are one link to the mere fact of the death. meh.
posted by caddis at 5:44 AM on January 15, 2007

I hear Robert Anton Wilson passed away. Four or five times.
posted by fixedgear at 6:00 AM on January 15, 2007

it could be worse ... we could be reading about people turning into zombies and crying for braaaaaaains
posted by pyramid termite at 6:19 AM on January 15, 2007

Braaaaaaaaiiinssss!! And more piiiiiieeee!!!!
posted by The Deej at 6:36 AM on January 15, 2007

Pyramid, you misspelled "friggen awesome."
Just so you know.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 6:38 AM on January 15, 2007

Man. I think I smell a refi digest post. "The Dead According To Metafilter".
posted by cortex at 7:00 AM on January 15, 2007

hopefully, an extremely overweight celebrity will die soon, so that we can finally have a MeTa perfect storm of ObitFilter haters vs MockTheFattiesFilter haters
posted by matteo at 7:04 AM on January 15, 2007

Now there's a FIFTH obit post on the front page.

I thought they only came in threes. There may be a rift in the space-time continuum.
posted by dhartung at 7:16 AM on January 15, 2007

Read the NYT obit page and it seems that almost everyone there got a notice here. What about Keba Mbaye, though? Doesn't Metafilter like black people, or mathematicians?
posted by caddis at 7:19 AM on January 15, 2007

So very, very tired of obit threads.
posted by Galvatron at 7:23 AM on January 15, 2007

(Mean average is fine, bonus points for min-max.) Please show your work.

I thought Ajax RSS clients did away with this sort of thing. And isn't the Singularity supposed to be approaching?
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:47 AM on January 15, 2007

Man. I think I smell a refi digest post. "The Dead According To Metafilter".

Would that mean you're raising refi from the dead?
posted by TwoWordReview at 8:04 AM on January 15, 2007

It's just resting.
posted by cortex at 8:18 AM on January 15, 2007

MetaFilter: The Lost Souls Room - It's Death for the Dead
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 8:28 AM on January 15, 2007

99.9% of obit threads are just lazy and safe postings. I say kill 'em all off unless they're plep quality.
posted by sciurus at 10:59 AM on January 15, 2007

i just realized ... r a w isn't dead, he's just pining for the fnords
posted by pyramid termite at 11:16 AM on January 15, 2007

Your favorite dead person sucks.
posted by ND¢ at 12:07 PM on January 15, 2007

That's gross, dude.
posted by loquacious at 12:34 PM on January 15, 2007

wasn't there a metatalk thread once upon a time about dead mefites?
posted by carsonb at 1:40 PM on January 15, 2007

I see dead FPPple.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:50 PM on January 15, 2007

( ( pop_world / deaths_day) * p_fame ) + C_mw = p_obitFPP

According to my calculations, the only thing we have any control over is C_mw, the Mefi Wierdness Constant. Unless we divide by zero.
posted by 31d1 at 5:34 PM on January 15, 2007

You missed a term. n_d, number of previous recorded deaths.
posted by cortex at 6:00 PM on January 15, 2007

If I missed a term, how could I possibly have graduated?
posted by 31d1 at 6:35 PM on January 15, 2007

you didn't - your exam was yesterday, where were you?
posted by caddis at 6:44 PM on January 15, 2007

If you weren't brought to term, how did you even get born? Or is this another sneaky trick from the Anti-Abortionists?
posted by wendell at 8:27 PM on January 15, 2007

he was helping an old lady cross the street ... considering she was dead, she needed a lot of help
posted by pyramid termite at 8:27 PM on January 15, 2007

It looks like Castro's about to pop ... expect him to die three or four times too.
posted by Bookhouse at 11:31 PM on January 15, 2007

I don't know why but I just imagined Castro as a bloated haggis. And it was good.
posted by loquacious at 6:43 AM on January 16, 2007

Dude, Art Buchwald.
posted by fixedgear at 8:48 AM on January 18, 2007

Yes, I am surprised no one has rushed a single link CNN post of his passing.
posted by caddis at 8:55 AM on January 18, 2007

Give it another ten minutes...
posted by fixedgear at 8:56 AM on January 18, 2007

*still waiting

Good gracious, maybe all the bitching actually worked?
posted by caddis at 1:26 PM on January 18, 2007

Finally. I was starting to get the shakes.
posted by ND¢ at 2:08 PM on January 18, 2007

You guys are dead to me. And I'm not writing you an obit. So there.
posted by wendell at 2:40 PM on January 18, 2007

My dream obit would be written by eyeballkid. It would say, "I hated him."
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:45 PM on January 18, 2007

I'm going to ask metafilter how to get that in Latin, Flo.
posted by cortex at 2:46 PM on January 18, 2007

Actually, I've left instructions in my will that the front cover of the program for my memorial service will consist entirely of the phrase, "What does the "." mean?"
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:48 PM on January 18, 2007

I think I'm going to write a song called "dot". A generic, catchall obit/memorium/condemnation, you know. Catchy lyrics, too:

"dot / dot / dot / dot / dot / dot / break break dot "
posted by cortex at 2:51 PM on January 18, 2007

Has anyone taken the username "." yet?
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 6:32 PM on January 18, 2007

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