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posted by dhammond to etiquette/policy at 1:47 AM (29 comments total)

link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://h1.ripway.com/petermaverick/maf.ico"
posted by dhammond at 1:48 AM on July 20, 2007

priyatam

Name: Peter Maverick
Email: peter dot maverick at gmail dot com
posted by dhammond at 1:48 AM on July 20, 2007

*hands out the pitchforks*
posted by gomichild at 2:02 AM on July 20, 2007

The ongoing mechanisation of farming means I won't attend a lynching with anything less than a combine harvester these days. The old rural skills are dying, unlike the self-linkers, sadly.
posted by Abiezer at 2:11 AM on July 20, 2007 [2 favorites]

What an odd comment history.
posted by grouse at 2:14 AM on July 20, 2007

Farewell, lively and much-beloved priyatam
posted by bunglin jones at 2:15 AM on July 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

What an odd comment history.

Curious. His FPP and several of his prior comments link to .nu sites or blogspot pages that are all tied together by <mavlinks.blogspot.com>. Link farmer?

comment 1730086 => maxims.nu => ugmoneymaxims.blogspot.com => mavlinks.blogspot.com

comment 1728838 => amaverickamerican.blogspot.com => mavlinks.blogspot.com

comment 1728838 => inbloodandink.blogspot.com => mavlinks.blogspot.com
posted by RichardP at 2:40 AM on July 20, 2007

Honestly I was brand new then and didn't know it wasn't allowed, all I noticed was that one had to make "enough comments" and wait at least a week to post, then Matt kindly advised on the matter but i must've misunderstood because from that i got the idea that there might be exceptions, like the spirit of the law as opposed to the letter. I wasn't thinking that it's my page or not my page, there's simply no other site on the internet with anything like that much content about her lineage. Sorry to have ruffled feathers and glad to see a comment actually pertinent to the term her family gave to the language. The whole pack mentality reaction of just about everyone else is really impressive guys!
posted by priyatam at 3:03 AM on July 20, 2007

the spirit of the law as opposed to the letter

You're violating the spirit of the guidelines too. I'd be interested to know what precisely you refer to when you said that Matt wrote something implying that self-links were now okay. I don't remember anything like that.

The whole pack mentality reaction of just about everyone else is really impressive guys!

Judge: "The jury unanimously finds the defendant guilty on all counts..."
Priyatam: "I object, Your Honor! The unanimity of the jury just shows that they have a pack mentality and can't be trusted."

Sorry to have ruffled feathers

Eponysterical?
posted by grouse at 3:19 AM on July 20, 2007

I vote for ~~clemency~~ DEATH BY BONGO BONGO!
posted by Jofus at 3:27 AM on July 20, 2007

Get your Popcorn Cakes here! Hot Popcorn Cakes! Three? Very good. There you go, sir! New! Now in Bacon Salt flavor. Please don't wear it as a hat, ma'am. Cthulhu is hungry. Cthulhu fhtagn! Get your fresh, hot Popcorn Cakes!
posted by loquacious at 3:28 AM on July 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

The things is, priyatam... I just don't know how it can get any clearer on the post page. You really didn't understand that? Really?

Maybe you can help us come up with a more forthright way of saying "You read the guidelines, right? Because linking to your own site or a project you worked on in this space will result in a deletion and your account will be banned".

How can we make this confusing sentence a little easier to understand?
posted by taz at 3:30 AM on July 20, 2007

Self-link, banned. Pls. put away pitchforks, tx.
posted by jessamyn at 3:30 AM on July 20, 2007

Congratulations on your first comment consisting of more than 11 words. Too bad you were banned shortly after.
posted by B(oYo)BIES at 3:33 AM on July 20, 2007

It's morning. I want pancakes. Where are the pancakes?
posted by ardgedee at 3:34 AM on July 20, 2007

It's morning. I want pancakes. Where are the pancakes?

I just put the coffee on. I figured you guys were going to be grumpy this morning.
posted by B(oYo)BIES at 3:36 AM on July 20, 2007

And the Bongo Bongo?
posted by Jofus at 3:43 AM on July 20, 2007

I was looking forward to dissolving my individuality in the pack, brandishing the pitchforks. But jessamyn has already disbanded the posse....
posted by jouke at 3:49 AM on July 20, 2007

Pls. put away pitchforks, tx.

Gabba gabba hey.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:22 AM on July 20, 2007

Banned before 7am? How's a guy to keep up?
posted by OmieWise at 4:35 AM on July 20, 2007

how do you plan to eat pancakes with a pitchfork?
posted by desjardins at 5:37 AM on July 20, 2007

DIBS ON THE LEG!!!1
posted by Meatbomb at 5:43 AM on July 20, 2007

What a way to start the day.
posted by hermitosis at 5:53 AM on July 20, 2007

The banhammer is an important part of this complete breakfast.

*picture of banhammer surrounded by pancakes under bunny, pitchfork and bucket of cocks*
posted by ND¢ at 6:11 AM on July 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

Honestly I was brand new then and didn't know it wasn't allowed, all I noticed was that one had to make "enough comments" and wait at least a week to post, then Matt kindly advised on the matter but i must've misunderstood because from that i got the idea that there might be exceptions, like the spirit of the law as opposed to the letter.

Yeah, I actually corresponded with this guy a while back when I saw some of his previous comments (a couple of which were deleted). It would take a damned tortured interpretation to get this "spirit" out of that conversation. Balls the size of Texas; RIP.
posted by cortex at 6:15 AM on July 20, 2007

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