What? No flameout? And you paid yer 5 bucks and everything!

August 11, 2007 12:38 AM

"You win, Metaflter", or, "How to go from very first post in the blue to self-banning in only thirteen comments!" (give or take one or two that were deleted...) "Mission accomplished!"
posted by flapjax at midnite to MetaFilter-Related at 12:38 AM (18 comments total)

Aside from my feeling that some MeFites might get a bit of a chuckle out of this, I also posted it as representing, perhaps, a certain MeFi historical first: self-bannination? And over something so, um, trivial and misguided? And in such record time? Also wondering, given the songs this bloke posted (about making up with mathowie and all), is this maybe the second time this curiously angry gentleman has been banned/self-banned? He's removed his website link from his userpage, but of course thanks to history I can still access it. I don't know if I should post it or not though...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:39 AM on August 11, 2007

flapjax, we love you and all, but why do we need to talk about this?
posted by tehloki at 12:42 AM on August 11, 2007 [1 favorite]

Actually, tehloki, just for the reasons I mentioned in the above comment, that's all. Not cause I feel unloved.

Well, I am unloved by the Horseman and all, but...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:45 AM on August 11, 2007

Ya, flaps,

I think you're a cool person and I enjoy your comments and posts. You make things better around here. But this was a really wierd metatalk post. You won that one, so no need to call everyone's attention over there.

Mods, can we close this?
posted by serazin at 12:47 AM on August 11, 2007

You're proud of this? What the fuck?
posted by loquacious at 12:51 AM on August 11, 2007

Hey, whatever y'all say. I don't do MeTa callouts much, I guess I was out of line. I wouldn't argue with closing the thread!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:52 AM on August 11, 2007

Hey everybody, let's dance!
posted by SassHat at 12:52 AM on August 11, 2007

And it's not about being proud, loq, really. Hope you can trust and believe me on that.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:53 AM on August 11, 2007

I suppose that thread would've been more entertaining if cortex hadn't pruned it already. Good work anyway, flapjax.
posted by puke & cry at 12:55 AM on August 11, 2007

Man I hate trying to pick out who was the asshole after the comments are deleted. At this point it looks like it was a completely unwarranted attack by St Urbain's Horseman, but I don't know what I missed.
posted by BrotherCaine at 1:00 AM on August 11, 2007

I read it post-pruning and was a bit "Huh?" - maybe it needs to be pointed out as an example of seriously uncool.
posted by gomichild at 1:02 AM on August 11, 2007

BrotherCaine, one thing I can tell you is none of mine were deleted. I'm assuming all deleted comments were from the Horseman, although it's possible that someone else chimed in with something abusive enough to warrant deletion.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:02 AM on August 11, 2007

Heh, flap, I'm going to heed the advice I was about to type out to you.
I'm going out and do stuff in real life.

Maybe you should do too.
posted by jouke at 1:08 AM on August 11, 2007 [2 favorites]

I hear ya, jouke. As it happens, I have a solo gig tonight, at a little joint over in Kami Itabashi, and that certainly qualifies as real life! I'm out the door in another 40 minutes or so.

Til then you can bet I'll be keeping an eye on this thread, though.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:11 AM on August 11, 2007

I just feel bad for the guy. There's obviously something odd going on. I wish he would get an account just to use for posting music and keep himself from the rest of the site so that he doesn't flame out all over it again. But somehow I gather he's like most of the rest of us and that self-control is not exactly one of his strengths.
posted by kyleg at 1:24 AM on August 11, 2007

POOR IMPULSE CONTROL
posted by loquacious at 1:31 AM on August 11, 2007 [1 favorite]

Cast a cold eye on life, on death; horseman, pass by!
posted by Abiezer at 2:00 AM on August 11, 2007 [3 favorites]

This is part of sort of a longer story that doesn't really need to be dragged out here, you're right. flap, you sort of should have let it go in that thread and maybe not brought it here either.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:06 AM on August 11, 2007