Comments on: Best Tagline Contest

Best Tagline Contest

roofus — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:09:40 -0800

Can we have an end of year competition for the best "Metafilter: Spoof tagline" comments? (e.g. MetaFilter: Squirrels, jesus, orange juice, or whatever.). It could link to lots of good threads, with the winner being decided by whoever gets the most favourites. My suggestion for a prize would be the magic ability to turn on img tags for a single unannounced 24 hour period of the winner's choosing, anytime in the next 12 months.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:17:19 -0800

This is a terrible idea and a lot of people will be along shortly to explain why.

By: peacay

peacay — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:20:23 -0800

Let's not but tell everybody we did.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:25:17 -0800

This game isn't any fun unless the winning line makes the random image roll.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:54:33 -0800

Metafilter: This is a terrible idea and a lot of people will be along shortly to explain why.
Metafilter: Let's not but tell everybody we did.
Metafilter: This game isn't any fun

What do I win?

(this is an example intended to show how much this sucks)

By: sveskemus

sveskemus — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:14:24 -0800

No.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:24:50 -0800

The only way I'd enjoy this is if it were some sort of historical contest where people had to look through old posts to find the best tagline, say between April 2002 and October 2002. Otherwise it just winds up filling up the site with noise. And no, there won't be any IMG tag prizes I'm afraid.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:36:13 -0800

Metafilter: It's not a populatrity contest.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:38:00 -0800

MetaFilter: This is an example intended to show how much this sucks

jessamyn: "The only way I'd enjoy this is if it were some sort of historical contest where people had to look through old posts to find the best tagline, say between April 2002 and October 2002."

Research through the dusty archives? That's so like a librarian. What format should my citations be in, MLA or Chicago?

Please don't take my gentle mockery to indicate I dislike this idea. I think it's awesome, I'm just afraid I'd lose.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:40:41 -0800

The only way I'd enjoy this is if it were some sort of historical contest where people had to look through old posts to find the best tagline

dg once kept an archive of taglines. I think he stopped. That made me sad.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:40:49 -0800

Metafilter: Please don't take my gentle mockery to indicate I dislike this idea.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:45:59 -0800

Check out all of Meh's favorite comments, Stav.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:49:51 -0800

Now that's cool. Thanks for that, Mr ~~Crankypants~~ Faris!

I love how so many little corners of Metafilter coolness have developed with the help of new features and stuff over the years... my perennial problem is that someone points one out to me, and I forget it about 5 minutes later.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:51:55 -0800

Well, that's ok, because it looks like Meh forgot about it after 5 minutes, too. S/he only kept it going for a little while.

By: twine42

twine42 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:52:08 -0800

Well then... how about a competition for all tag lines timestamped before... now!?

By: jfuller

jfuller — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:52:23 -0800

First the img tag, now this. Next, the color blue.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:54:07 -0800

what were we talking about again?

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:55:19 -0800

~~S/he~~ He.

By: taz

taz — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:55:22 -0800

*strokes chin*

Tell us more about this perineum problem, Mr. Wonderpants.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:57:13 -0800

Perineally depantsed, impermanently taglined, cranky but Fair-us.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:10:12 -0800

Whoa, a MetaTalk thread that hasn't been closed yet! *comments*

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:18:15 -0800

Wait. I was wrong. There are some from just the other day... there had to have been more of those sorts of taglines between May and now, no?

By: taz

taz — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:19:51 -0800

Perineally depantsed, impermanently taglined, cranky but Fair-us.

Ahhhh. So... 'taint a big deal! Maybe I was a little rash. Rigorous pubic taglining and a strict course of antibiotics should clear things right up.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:25:45 -0800

Otherwise it just winds up filling up the site with noise. And no, there won't be any IMG tag prizes I'm afraid.

you... you... you librarian you!

*covertly draws primitively obscene sketch in frontspiece and returns book to shelf*

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:30:52 -0800

I got yer frontispiece right here.

*rummages, disturbingly*

By: amyms

amyms — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:41:44 -0800

Whoa, a MetaTalk thread that hasn't been closed yet!

I was thinking the same thing, Eideteker... Was the past 24 hours a record for MetaTalk thread closings?

By: roofus

roofus — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:49:53 -0800

The only way I'd enjoy this is if it were some sort of historical contest where people had to look through old posts to find the best tagline

That's what I was thinking of, but for the period Jan 07-Dec 07. I guess "IMG for a day" is just a crazy pipedream though. I do wish there was more seasonality to MeFi, besides Elephant Day and Cat-Scan.com Day.

By: amyms

amyms — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:57:02 -0800

Metafilter: I do wish there was more seasonality

See? It's no fun if everyone knows there's a possibility of a contest. We'd all just be picking any old random phrase and throwing it out there hoping it would stick... I agree with Jessamyn (and whoever else agreed with her) that if it's going to happen, the entries need to be ones that were posted before now.

By: thirteenkiller

thirteenkiller — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:02:48 -0800

Heya guys. Toast and an egg this morning.

By: yeti

yeti — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:06:21 -0800

any old random phrase and throwing it out there hoping it would stick

And that's different because...?

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:08:49 -0800

Metafilter: It could link to lots of good threads

Metafilter: picking any old random phrase and throwing it out there

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:14:53 -0800

You Want Taglines? We Have Taglines! and cameras

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:22:48 -0800

Because the taglines were written with no hope of their ever being used or acknowledged in any way, they have a kind of sweet innocence that this competition would corrupt. so, no. Plus you spelled favorite wrong, terrorist.

(Metafilter: a kind of sweet innocence)

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:37:16 -0800

Metafilter: no hope of ever being used or acknowledged in any way

By: amyms

amyms — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:38:50 -0800

Metafilter: And that's different because...?

You're right, yeti, it's not different.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:42:12 -0800

Metafilter: Tagging your ass, but only in the archives.

By: amyms

amyms — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:43:36 -0800

I just checked Fuzzy Monster's wiki link and I nominate this one:

Metafilter: The whole thing has a dysfunctional family vibe that makes me feel queasy.

Except, for me, the dysfunctional family vibe is what makes me feel right at home.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:54:39 -0800

I think these are my two favorites of the ones I can remember posting. Oh, OK, and this one. I don't know why it's such a tempting, addictive thing to do.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:59:42 -0800

Now that's cool. Thanks for that, Mr Crankypants Faris!

That's Mtr. ~~Cranktypants~~ Fatris to you, buster.

By: signal

signal — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:11:20 -0800

This is probably the tiredest, most worn out, least inventive or creative inside joke/meme on MeFi. Or on the internet. In fact, it makes AYBABTU seem fresh and edgy by comparison.
So thanks, but no thanks.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:17:16 -0800

MetaFilter: tiredest, most worn out, least inventive or creative.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:19:23 -0800

Metafilter: thanks, but no thanks.

By: Slack-a-gogo

Slack-a-gogo — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:19:36 -0800

Part of the reason the few taglines that have made me laugh were funny was because they sort of snuck up on me while reading a thread. I'm all for taking phrases out of context for comedic effect, but if this becomes some sort of competition I think we'll end up with a laundry list of half-assed crack-me-nots.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:22:12 -0800

Metafilter: a laundry list of...

Oh, you almost had me there!!!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:22:59 -0800

Metafilter: a laundry list of half-assed crack-me-nots

Alright, goddamnit, I know, I know.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:23:48 -0800

Jinx, you skisuit-wearing temptress-man, you!

By: liquorice

liquorice — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:27:31 -0800

Wasn't there a thread a little while ago where someone had done some techni-magick and it picked up everytime someone had written "Metafilter: [blah]" etc...?

Please let that not have been a dream because it would have been an entirely boring one at that.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:28:36 -0800

Favorites are almost running this site now. Favorites were implemented* to avoid the problem of people making an inconsequential comment in a thread solely for the purpose of being able to easily find it again. It has turned into a different monster. A large part of the podcast is based on the most favorited (not from jessamyn though and I find that refreshing), users wrangling over their favorite count and in this post, a proposal to have a competition based on a favorite count. I don't want any part of it.
*Deletes all favorites*
*[Jeez, that was hard to find. Any chance of a decent search function being implemented?]

By: liquorice

liquorice — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:30:14 -0800

See I'm not crazy and it wasn't a boring dream. Huzzah!

By: L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg

L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:30:53 -0800

Metafilter: Community Weblog

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:31:23 -0800

Heh, crack-me-nots.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:31:51 -0800

On the other hand, favorites have almost entirely killed off the "X wins the thread!" comments, so there's a point for.

By: cotterpin

cotterpin — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:34:26 -0800

Metafilter: No Mercy

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:35:31 -0800

Metafilter: No.

By: roofus

roofus — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:37:05 -0800

Having seen liquorice's link to the Metachat Taglines List, and having had IMG prizes ruled out, I agree with everyone else that this is non-starter of an idea. Feel free to resume normal service by closing this thread.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:38:29 -0800

Hey Ma! C'mere, I'm on the May-Taw 'gain!

Also
MetaFilter: posted by jessamyn at 6:24 AM on June 22 [+] [!]

Am I doing it right?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:42:06 -0800

Metafilter: Feel free to resume normal service by closing this thread.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:45:02 -0800

Metafilter: Feel free.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:45:30 -0800

Metafilter: Feel.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:47:58 -0800

Yeah, this is a pretty bad idea, for the reasons stated above. People as a whole have pretty mixed feelings on the tagline thing, and I have this feeling (anecdotal, granted) that it's been on an uptick lately anyway. Offering a prize for it would encourage exactly the wrong sort of thing about here.

On the other hand, I really like the dumpster-diving notion of plumbing the archives for what's come naturally before. So, you know, go crazy on that end.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:48:30 -0800

Metafilter: F ... u...

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:51:19 -0800

WOLFDOG WINS THE THREAD.

By: sfenders

sfenders — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:53:18 -0800

Metafilter: "Metafilter: Spoof tagline" comments?

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:54:27 -0800

That is exactly what I was fishing for. Thanks.

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:55:52 -0800

Metafilter becomes more like Fark every day.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:59:37 -0800

No, no - see, you have to phrase it in the form of a declarative, like:

Metafilter: Becomes more like Fark every day.

By: taz

taz — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:08:59 -0800

Dugg up.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:11:33 -0800

MetaFilter: it makes AYBABTU seem fresh and edgy by comparison

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:12:08 -0800

Metafilter becomes more like Fark every day.

Hush your mouth. Fark wouldn't delete threads about Paris Hilton or random cities.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:17:22 -0800

Every day and in every way Metafilter becomes more like Metafilter.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:22:24 -0800

I think I prefer the taglines to be something that people feel a little bit guilty about.

By: Zephyrial

Zephyrial — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:25:33 -0800

I'm pretty sure most of the comments in here are examples of why this is a bad idea.

I agree that taglines can be pretty funny, but only when they pop up occasionally, and they would get really sickening if everyone was scouring every post for lines to plop after "Metafilter: ".

Let us all return to our regularly scheduled programming.

By: signal

signal — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:25:41 -0800

Tagline "jokes" have all the creative energy of a 7 year old repeating everything you say to annoy you. Yes, it is annoying. No, it's not clever.
Tagline "jokes" even make the "I, for one.." jokes seem witty and original.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:29:46 -0800

[NOT IRONIC]

By: tellurian

tellurian — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:32:57 -0800

"the creative energy of a 7 year old"
"they would get really sickening if everyone was scouring every post for lines to plop"
Zephyrial said 'plop'.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:36:49 -0800

This is a bad idea. Here's why:

Metafilter: I have this feeling (anecdotal, granted)

Metafilter: Favorites are almost running this site now

Metafilter: non-starter of an idea

Metafilter: This game isn't any fun

Metafilter: It could link to lots of good threads

Metafilter: The magic ability to turn on img tags

Metafilter: My suggestion for a prize

Metafilter: Anytime in the next 12 months

Metafilter: This is a terrible idea

Metafilter: A lot of people will be along shortly to explain why.

Metafilter: Let's not

Metafilter: This game isn't any fun

Metafilter: Some sort of historical contest

Metafilter: Find the best tagline

Metafilter: It just winds up filling up the site with noise

Metafilter: There won't be any IMG tag prizes

Metafilter: Research through the dusty archives

Metafilter: That's so like a librarian

Metafilter: Please don't take my gentle mockery

Metafilter: I think it's awesome, I'm just afraid I'd lose

Metafilter: That made me sad

Metafilter: I forget it about 5 minutes later

Metafilter: Only kept it going for a little while

Metafilter: S/he He

Metafilter: what were we talking about again?

Metafilter: *strokes chin*

Metafilter: Mr. Wonderpants

Metafilter: Wait

Metafilter: I was wrong

Metafilter: There are some from just the other day

Metafilter: First the img tag, now this

Metafilter: Perineally depantsed

Metafilter: Maybe I was a little rash

Metafilter: a strict course of antibiotics should clear things right up

Metafilter: primitively obscene sketch in frontspiece

Metafilter: I got yer frontispiece right here

Metafilter: I was thinking the same thing

Metafilter: just a crazy pipedream

Metafilter: It's no fun

Metafilter: I agree with Jessamyn

Metafilter: throwing it out there hoping it would stick

Metafilter: Toast and an egg

Metafilter: that's different

Metafilter: no hope of their ever being used

Metafilter: a kind of sweet innocence

Metafilter: it's not different

Metafilter: makes me feel right at home

Metafilter: I can remember posting

Metafilter: Oh, OK,

Metafilter: I don't know why it's such a tempting, addictive thing to do

Metafilter: the tiredest, most worn out, least inventive or creative inside joke/meme

Metafilter: it makes AYBABTU seem fresh and edgy by comparison

Metafilter: made me laugh

Metafilter: sort of snuck up on me

Metafilter: I'm all for taking phrases out of context for comedic effect

Metafilter: some sort of competition

Metafilter: Oh, you almost had me there!!!

Metafilter: Jinx

Metafilter: skisuit-wearing temptress-man

Metafilter: Wasn't there a thread

Metafilter: it picked up

Metafilter: someone had done some techni-magick

Metafilter: it would have been an entirely boring one

Metafilter: Please let that not have been a dream

Metafilter: an inconsequential comment

Metafilter: solely for the purpose of being able to easily find it again

Metafilter: It has turned into a different monster

Metafilter: users wrangling over their favorite count

Metafilter: I don't want any part of it

Metafilter: Jeez, that was hard to find

Metafilter: so there's a point for

Metafilter: Having seen liquorice's link

Metafilter: I agree with everyone else

Metafilter: this is non-starter of an idea

Metafilter: Feel free to resume normal service

Metafilter: Hey Ma! C'mere

Metafilter: Am I doing it right?

Metafilter: WOLFDOG WINS THE THREAD

Metafilter: That is exactly what I was fishing for

Metafilter: No, no

Metafilter: you have to phrase it in the form of a declarative

Metafilter: NOT IRONIC

Metafilter: Every day and in every way

Metafilter: something that people feel a little bit guilty about

Metafilter: examples of why this is a bad idea

Metafilter: really sickening

Metafilter: our regularly scheduled programming

Metafilter: repeating everything you say to annoy you

Metafilter: Yes, it is annoying

Metafilter: No, it's not clever

Metafilter: Zephyrial said 'plop'

By: dios

dios — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:41:03 -0800

You want to award in-jokes? *head asplodes*

Hows about we scour the archives and give a hour timeout to every incidence of the tagline in-joke. And if it is one incidences where the person made a tagline out of something that had not been said in the thread--thereby botching the in-joke in a desperate attempt to show they are in on the in-joke--then the person who does that gets a week for each incidence. That is how in-jokes should be treated. Awarding them? That's a joke right?

In-jokes are like when a dog shits in the kitchen and just stands there tail-wagging as if to say "Isn't this a great turd?"

Thanks for letting me be grouchy.

(Did I mention that in-jokes are teh suck?)

By: taz

taz — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:43:16 -0800

Zephyrial said 'plop'.

Zephyrial also said "sickening"... which is: FAIL.

If you want to be scathing, you must do better than "sickening". "Sickening" is Classic Death Metal from Italy, or maybe a Japanese soft drink.

And don't try resorting to the thesaurus, Z. Atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unwholesome, vile: none will work.

Well. Maybe "foul". But may I suggest "grisly"?

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:44:07 -0800

No, no - see, you have to phrase it in the form of a declarative, like:

Metafilter: Becomes more like Fark every day.

see what I mean?

By: tellurian

tellurian — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:51:46 -0800

Metafilter: Plop

By: iconomy

iconomy — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:55:03 -0800

Metafilter: Your favorite tagline sucks.

Metafilter: On second thought, all taglines suck.

Metafilter: Know what? You suck too. Go to hell.

By: Rumple

Rumple — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:57:56 -0800

Metafilter: when a dog shits in the kitchen and just stands there tail-wagging as if to say "Isn't this a great turd?

you know you wanted that

By: Zephyrial

Zephyrial — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:58:20 -0800

Erm, okay, instead of sickening, how about "really really really irritating"? Tell you what, you can replace "sickening" with your favorite adjective.

But damnit, for the sake of all silly-sounding verbs, I stand by "plop".

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:58:50 -0800

Metafilter: Plop

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:03:49 -0800

Metafilter: you can replace "sickening" with your favorite adjective.

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:15:47 -0800

Metafilter: Thanks for letting me be grouchy.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:15:52 -0800

And THIS thread is the one that doesn't get closed?

*boggles*

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:16:45 -0800

Metafilter: *head asplodes*

By: tellurian

tellurian — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:18:26 -0800

The most memorable tagline for me? more addictive than crack. I haven't ever tried crack but I think it may be true.

By: picea

picea — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:18:59 -0800

Most of the MetaFilter in-jokes irritate me for some reason. I can stand in-jokes elsewhere, and enjoy them, but here they smack of desperation.

By: NationalKato

NationalKato — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:31:25 -0800

MetaFilter: Buy a fuckin' shirt already!

By: !Jim

!Jim — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:36:24 -0800

Metafilter: here they smack of desperation.

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:36:56 -0800

And THIS thread is the one that doesn't get closed?

*boggles*
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 11:15 AM on June 22

Keep the loonies busy in here so they don't infect the other threads, sort of like "Fight them there, so we don't have to fight them here." ;)

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:38:52 -0800

Metafilter: Metafilter:

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:40:44 -0800

GRIZZLY!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:41:48 -0800

Tagline "jokes" even make the "I, for one.." jokes seem witty and original.

well, i, for one, would like to be the first to welcome our new tagline joke overlords.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:44:54 -0800

Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter:

By: dios

dios — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:53:27 -0800

Proof that ebk has good judgment.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:14:14 -0800

Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter:

Mushroom, mushroom!

By: dersins

dersins — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:16:23 -0800

Metafilter: .

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:31:28 -0800

Metafilter: Colon.

By: desuetude

desuetude — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:35:09 -0800

Metafilter: Your comment is currently being previewed, hit post to commit it or continue editing below

By: quin

quin — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:37:28 -0800

Metafilter: Making taglines out of something that had not been said in the thread.

[I feel dirty.]

By: box

box — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:40:11 -0800

Y'know, Metafilter became a phpBB forum so gradually, I never really noticed.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:46:52 -0800

Y'know, Metafilter became a phpBB forum so gradually, I never really noticed.
posted by box at 12:40 PM on June 22 [+] [!]

STFU N00B!

user number 17573.... waitaminnit...

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:55:57 -0800

In-jokes are like when a dog shits in the kitchen and just stands there tail-wagging as if to say "Isn't this a great turd?"

Stinky!

By: dios

dios — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:03:39 -0800

Yeah, because saying hello to someone is such an in-joke. Oh, wait a minute, its neither a joke nor something that one would have be on the "inside" to understand the context. Nor does anyone else do it. Oh well, keep trolling me man.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:08:58 -0800

dios!

By: dersins

dersins — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:12:32 -0800

Oh well, keep trolling me man.

As long as you rise to the bait like that, he probably will...

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:21:09 -0800

[I feel dirty.]

Q: You like sexy taglines? You are a person who likes the taglines we are making?

By: AwkwardPause

AwkwardPause — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:26:54 -0800

Metafilter: crack me nuts.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:29:44 -0800

MetaFilter: something that one would have be on the "inside" to understand.

By: dios

dios — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:31:52 -0800

As long as you rise to the bait like that, he probably will...
posted by dersins at 12:12 PM on June 22

Good point. I sort of feel bad for the guy, though. He constantly obsesses over me on this site to an unhealthy point. And yet, I mostly ignore him and feel bad for it. Surely that is a sad existence to be ignored by the object of one's obsession. Sometimes I throw him a bone. Maybe I need to put him back on the ignore block thing. Or maybe he needs to get a life.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:39:36 -0800

Beauty!!!

Metafilter: Good point
Metafilter: I sort of feel bad for the guy
Metafilter: Constantly obsesses
Metafilter: An unhealthy point
Metafilter: I mostly ignore him
Metafilter: Feel bad for it
Metafilter: A sad existence
Metafilter: To be ignored
Metafilter: The object of one's obsession
Metafilter: Ignore
Metafilter: Get a life

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:42:11 -0800

dios!

By: y2karl

y2karl — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:48:50 -0800

MethinksaFilter: Doth Protest Too Much

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:51:03 -0800

Calm down, dude. It's pure noise, and no, nobody else does it (besides, occasionally, Stynxno). It's not meant as a joke? You're just saying 'hello'? Come on. For somebody who constantly tells everyone what contributions are appropriate for metafilter, how to justify using the site as your personal IM service?

My making a one-word joke about something's that's annoyed me for some time in the context of your hypocritical ranting about in jokes isn't an obsession and it certainly isn't any less healthy than you requiring 50 words of bile to respond. Happy Friday.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:57:03 -0800

Metafilter: throw him a boner.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:07:37 -0800

Brandon Blatcher, I hadn't seen that before. Hilarious! Thanks.

By: ninjew

ninjew — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:28:24 -0800

I think everyone in this thread should be voluntarily donating their favorite(s) from this thread to a worthy cause. You know, to show how above-it-all you are.

By: team lowkey

team lowkey — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:43:49 -0800

Metafilter: Matt Haughey's Drew Curtis' FARK.com

By: nowonmai

nowonmai — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:48:28 -0800

MetaTalk: My money was on this thread being all about jonmc, not dios, dammit!

By: dios

dios — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:51:05 -0800

stinky!

By: nursegracer

nursegracer — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:18:41 -0800

Metafilter: Taglines have now lost all humor and meaning after reading this entire thread.

*sigh* Thanks, jerkfaces.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:08:24 -0800

MetaFilter: A bunch of cranky, easily-distracted, and obsessively pedantic nincompoops who complain incessantly and propose mirthless contests to promote more cliche taglines like, MetaFilter: A bunch of cranky, easily-distracted, and obsessively pedantic nincompoops . . .

By: deborah

deborah — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:21:28 -0800

Metafilter: Isn't this a great turd?

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:27:03 -0800

Metafilter: Thanks, jerkfaces

By: misha

misha — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:32:48 -0800

*head asplodes*
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson

eponysterical.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:00:26 -0800

*farts*

By: Atom Eyes

Atom Eyes — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:15:17 -0800

Stinky!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:21:56 -0800

Sorry. Egg salad for lunch.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:32:22 -0800

dios! Stynxno!

By: dios

dios — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:35:56 -0800

Hola exlotuseater. Long time, no talkie. I hope all is well.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:08:35 -0800

And now for some random punctuation inserted into usernames:

It's Raining, Florence Henderson
St. Avrost, he won Der Chicken
dio's
E - the real Bligh

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:13:37 -0800

Go, Odnew! Sfort he in: sane!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:16:26 -0800

cor, tex!

(ok, you do better)

By: quin

quin — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:17:20 -0800

Cor, Tex!

[I got nothin']

By: quin

quin — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:17:39 -0800

Damn it!

By: dersins

dersins — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:48:30 -0800

C? Or Tex?

By: 31d1

31d1 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:27:57 -0800

Metafilter: [in jokes r bad]

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:12:17 -0800

filter, meta: Again, why doesn't live preview work on preview, again?

By: The Deej

The Deej — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:11:53 -0800

I vote no. It would create a thread like this.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:20:43 -0800

Goodnew's Fort Heinsane

By: The Deej

The Deej — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:57:49 -0800

Strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

How about a nice game of chess?

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:58:35 -0800

chess? more like jackass. now, everyone playing, get down on your knees and apply your tongue to the third rail, hail Mary full of grace........

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:29:57 -0800

Metafilter: The only winning move is not to play.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:52:09 -0800

Metafilter: ~~The only winning move is not to play.~~ : A Survival Guide for People with Asperger Syndrome

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:05:29 -0800

Metafilter: Get down on your knees and apply your tongue

By: taz

taz — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:30:50 -0800

I have to admit that I hate the tagline thing about 98% of the time... but Metafilter: Get down on your knees and apply your tongue might just make me into a convert.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:36:03 -0800

MetaFilter: I hate the tagline thing about 98% of the time.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:42:42 -0800

Metafilter: but Metafilter!

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:57:52 -0800

Metafilter: Might just make me into a convert.

By: lysdexic

lysdexic — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:09:17 -0800

Dysl-- oh, wait.

By: sleevener

sleevener — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:34:40 -0800

Metafilter: The End
Metafilter: by Robert Creeley

Metafilter: When I know what people think of me
Metafilter: I am plunged into my loneliness. The grey

Metafilter: hat bought earlier sickens.
Metafilter: I have no purpose no longer distinguishable.

Metafilter: A feeling like being choked
Metafilter: enters my throat.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:39:06 -0800

I have no purpose no longer distinguishable.

I think there's one too many negatives there.

Metafilter: I think there's one too many negatives there.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:10:31 -0800

Oh noes noes!

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:40:52 -0800

Metafiler: Now what?

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:40:21 -0800

Metafilter: Could we have a summary for those of us who don't have the ability, at the moment, to view youtube?

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:42:02 -0800

Metafilter: Light information professionals who are seeking contextual insights and actionable answers.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:14:47 -0800

Metafilter: They're not professionals unless I say so.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:41:01 -0800

Metafilter: People have to be all self-congratulatory by pointing it out

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:50:16 -0800

Metafilter: STFU with your bitching all of you

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:52:04 -0800

Metafilter: Cussing out a lot of posters for rank stupidity

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:58:53 -0800

Metafilter: In the habit of calling out questions that annoy us

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:16:40 -0800

Metafilter: I don't know what that is

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:43:24 -0800

Metafilter: A self-loathing, anime-obsessed, dog-faced nutcase like yourself

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:44:16 -0800

Metafilter: Appropriate material to masturbate to

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:14:36 -0800

Okay, I'd like to suggest a limited number of entries to this mythical contest now, please.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:23:23 -0800

Metafilter: This mythical contest

Metafilter: Now, please

By: caddis

caddis — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:37:49 -0800

Brandon, you can give it a rest now. The joke is lame, lame, lame, really. Move on.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:59:37 -0800

Metafilter: You can give it a rest now.

By: dg

dg — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:08:14 -0800

dg once kept an archive of taglines. I think he stopped. That made me sad.
Yeah, it made me sad, too. I got sick of the incessant comment spam and other things like family commitment got in the way so I removed the whole thing. I'm glad to see that they have been immortalised in the Wiki.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:25:28 -0800

MetaFilter: Staying at the top of my "Recent Activity" page till the heat death of the universe

By: Quonab

Quonab — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:27:39 -0800

your favorite in-joke sucks

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:52:58 -0800

Metafilter: Last post!