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By request...

mkultra — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:32:08 -0800

By: mkultra

mkultra — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:32:27 -0800

Disclaimer: I would have been perfectly happy to address this in an email, but since fourcheesemac has declined to put an email address in her (his? no real name, either) contact form, I'm going to take her to task for her request to "take it to Metatalk and let's have at it".

Before getting into the meat of things, I'd like to address this from your callout:

I've been here a long time (originally under another handle), though not as long as you. More than 10 percent of my posts have been favorited by others.

In my personal list of "Things MetaFilter is Not", I'd rank "Popularity Contest" above "Rallying Tool". Let me be the first to tell you:

Congratulations

Don't give a crap

As for the beef in fourcheesemac...
First, a bit of background. In the Gonzales thread this morning, she first heralded MeFi's posting of the news ahead of CNN, et. al. She then proceeded to repeatedly encourage participants in the thread to write their Senators. When it was pointed out that a "recess appointment" of a new AG was unlikely, she landed with this gem:

our next move is to insist that the senate *refuse* to confirm anyone with previous ties to or service in the Bush administration

My response is here, to which I was called out for a public fracas.

fcm, if you've been here as long as you say, you've surely seen endless arguments about Newsfilter. Again and again, the de facto "policy" is that SingleLinkNewsStories are not MeFi "the way it was intended", but they're quietly accepted because people like to yammer on and on about big stories. So someone posted it to MeFi before DailyKos or the Huffington Post or whomever. Big deal. MeFi isn't here to "scoop" anyone. MeFi is not about being "first", it's about being "good".

Personally, I like the political discussion around here. It's unfortunate that the actual posts are generally craptacular, but MeFi is one of the (increasingly) very few places on the web where I can find a cogent argument from someone I completely disagree with. And as you said, there is "plenty of advocacy (and links to relevant resources) in most political threads here." I had no problem with your first comment. It's the repeated rallying that came after. Put simply, it's a distraction for those who are interested in talking about various aspects of what happened. And when you took it upon yourself to keep going with your "Plan B", you went into full derail mode. MetaFilter is simply not a tool for organizing political activity. If you want to get into it about that point, by all means, but I think you'll find few allies in that fight.

If you're inclined to activism, there are plenty of fellow travellers to be found at places like MoveOn.org or the aforementioned political blogs.

What REALLY irked me, however was this:

our next move

"Our"? To paraphrase your in-thread callout of me, who the fuck do you think you are to presume to speak for Metafilter?

In spite of what a lot of people apparently think, MeFi is not some Democratic haven; there is a wide swath of political opinion here. And then there are the folks who don't even live in the U.S. Your naive assumption is disrespectful to a lot of users who contribute a lot of good content.

I think that about covers it. Feel free to respond, either here or using the email address in my profile.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:37:04 -0800

Sorry, could you run that past me again?

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:41:46 -0800

1. Please stop using the pre tag to quote, it breaks scrolling in Firefox.

2. I agree, mostly, but you have to realize that the pretense of "wide swath of opinion" is mostly a giant sham. The breakdown is 90% left, 5% right, 5% anarchist/libertarian. So expecting there to be a lack of consensus, to some extent, around political issues is sort of irrational.

I, for one, revel in the fact that my politics are non-mainstream and "persecuted" here. It tickles my victim complex, provides me with a readily accessible source of righteous indignation, and gives an outlet to my logorrhea.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:44:59 -0800

I was going to write a quatrain on how this was so boring that it didn't touch me at all, but I was distracted by the soft white noise of the airconditioner.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:45:15 -0800

Well, 90% moderate petit-bourgeoise "liberal," you mean, not 90% left.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:46:15 -0800

Nobody cares. It's hot and it's humid and half of my coworkers are in shorts and a-tops. I've seen enough muffin-tops to make me hate everybody on principle, including you and your petulant, self-congratulatory call-out.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:46:18 -0800

You should use the blockquote tag to blockquote, as opposed to the pre tag, which you should use for preformated text. That's some HTML 201 for ya.

By: mckenney

mckenney — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:47:37 -0800

this is the best callout ever.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:47:55 -0800

"wide swath of opinion" is mostly a giant sham.

No one said deep, just wide.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:49:11 -0800

Does code work here?



Yes it does: You can use <code></code> instead of pre, too.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:53:27 -0800

boo_radley, I curse you for making me google "muffin-top"

By: lodurr

lodurr — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:55:17 -0800

I haven't been around much in the past few months. Is it a rule now that you have to go to MeTa when someone challenges you to a callout? Or something? Or can you still just choose not to go gray?

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:59:06 -0800

More than 10 percent of my posts have been favorited by others.

People will favourite a comment consisting of random letters and numbers so that isn't a valid metric of anything in the first place.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:59:44 -0800

when someone challenges you to a callout...

There's only one solution. And I, for one, would welcome it.

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:59:52 -0800

I haven't been around much in the past few months. Is it a rule now that you have to go to MeTa when someone challenges you to a callout? Or something? Or can you still just choose not to go gray?

Think of it like being slapped with a silk glove.

"Let's take it to MeTa" = "I demand satisfaction."

Hopefully the duelling idiots will all flame out/inbreed and we can all enjoy a nice cold vodka tonic.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:02:33 -0800

So, have we officially switched from lording our user number over others to lording our percentage of posts favorited over others? Dammit, and I was so close to getting jonmc to sell me his account......

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:02:35 -0800

People will favourite a comment consisting of random letters and numbers so that isn't a valid metric of anything in the first place.

12XU

*waits for the favorites to start pouring in...*

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:02:47 -0800

seriously, just use the damn italics.

also, are you for real? I agree that contrary to fourcheesemac's opinion metafilter isn't for newsfilter, but since when are people not allowed to annoy you? I don't give a fuck if her trying to drive people to a crusade against Republicans makes you put needles in your eyes, she's still aloud to say it. People talk about taking action in political threads all the time, and they use the word "our" as a convenient way to address the people who agree with them all the time. What on earth has your day been like that this seemed like a reasonable way to spend your time?

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:02:47 -0800

I took the "our next move" to be a reference to the Democratic Party and not MetaFilter.

By: nasreddin

nasreddin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:04:06 -0800

12XU

3x L10N t4m3r

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:04:32 -0800

ALLOWED! for christ's sake, ALLOWED.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:06:03 -0800

12XU

A favorite Minor Threat song of mine. Does that count?

By: trondant

trondant — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:08:04 -0800

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By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:09:43 -0800

A favorite Minor Threat song of mine. Does that count?

Only if you acknowledge that Wire did it first and better...

By: four panels

four panels — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:09:53 -0800

12XU

A favorite Minor Threat song of mine. Does that count?
posted by YoBananaBoy at 4:06 PM on August 27

Dude, its a Wire cover.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:12:13 -0800

Hell, I have nearly half of my comments favorited and I'm a fucking asshole!

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:12:15 -0800

but since when are people not allowed to annoy you?

I filed for the license last week, so it should be in the mail.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:15:32 -0800

Dude, its a Wire cover.

And certainly the thematic template for Centerfold by the J. Geils Band? Or is that giving J. too much credit?

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:16:01 -0800

"I caught you in the corner...Oh, NO NO NO NO!"

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:16:49 -0800

"More than 10 percent of my posts have been favorited by others."

Shit like that should be the universally agreed upon grounds for a MetaFilter banning.

As for the advocacy, well, fcm was mostly talking with like-minded people. Getting all advocacy in that context isn't anything new here.

And, yeah, NewsFilter is bad. But we go allow Big Important Breaking Stories (BIBS). What qualifies for that is contentious, however. I'm in no position to argue against an AG resignation post, as I made the Rove post in what was probably a moment of weakness when I succumbed to the urge created as I realized that the story hadn't yet appeared on MeFi. If I had kept my wits about me, I'd have realized that I don't frickin' like these sorts of posts. But, no, I had to go and hypocritize myself.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:17:41 -0800

percentages eh? This totally favors newbies, sign up make one moderately clever (or just some random cultural masturbatory one) comment and revel in 1000% approval ratings.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:18:09 -0800

One of the lingering disappointments of my music listening life was discovering that, aside from Freeze Frame and the title cut, Centerfold sucks.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:18:54 -0800

"But, no, I had to go and hypocritize myself."

They do that in an hour at the laundry on the corner.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:20:24 -0800

12XU

None of those letters or numbers seem random. Instead, I can detect concentration involved in selecting them. No doubt you went to school for this, likely studying under the great Du Champ given your preference for numbers before letters. Your intensity, particularly in the way X is used, evoking both kisses and treasure, is to be admired. U is sublime as always, but then I've always been a big fan of U since it was featured in the '92 spread by Keloc.

The less said about the 2, the better. Really, you're much better than that. Whatever I feel for the power of X coupled with the curves of U and grounded by the strength of 1, that damn 2 is always there, like you spat on a Renoir. So either you need more study and training (which I doubt), or the 2 was the most willful of choices, which screams of artifice and sends the rest of your work crashing to the ground.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:20:57 -0800

I say we kill the favorites system altogether.

It was a nice experiment but it appears that the monster has now gotten up from the table and is stretching out its hands menacingly in our direction.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:21:12 -0800

I think a fair number of us consider "Take it to MeTa" whiny and lame enough not to bear a reaction.

If someone's derailing the thread to pick on you, flag it.

(For the record, I don't think those types of comments wind up being deleted often enough. Explaining beautifully why another user is a douche isn't my idea of contributing. Neither is telling them to "Take it to MeTa," which is really about the same as "Talk to the hand," or "Why don't you cry about it?" in tone.)

If you want to tell them off in return, and you can't because they don't give you an email address, well, as is often advocated in AskMe, write a letter and destroy it. It doesn't matter. They're not likely to change for you.

I don't like MeTa as the prattletattlebattledurkadurkahurfdurf room, and even though I think you won't feel vindicated until fourcheesemac comes in here to squabble with you, I don't think we need to listen in to that, not because I don't love a good schoolyard fight here in the grey, but because this isn't a very interesting one. Not rich enough in vitamin flameout. Close.

By: ericb

ericb — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:21:27 -0800

...and we can all enjoy a nice cold vodka tonic

If ya' wanna get rid of that 'muffin-top,' let up on the vodka (and the fried foods)!

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:21:47 -0800

For like ten years I was sure that J. Geils, whoever the fuck he is, was a member of a supergroup that had disbanded. I didn't know which one, I was just sure it was one of them.

I bet that girl was never his girlfriend, either, the schmuck.

And does that song have much resonance these days? Or will it in the future? Shortly, two out of five people will have the experience of browsing online porn and coming across an "amateur" video featuring their mother.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:24:34 -0800

I say we kill the favorites system altogether.

No no no. No! I have too many things saved there.

Just take the damn numbers off the profiles.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:24:47 -0800

What REALLY irked me, however was this:

our next move

"Our"? To paraphrase your in-thread callout of me, who the fuck do you think you are to presume to speak for Metafilter?

FIGURE OF SPEECH, DOUCHEBAG.

By: ericb

ericb — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:26:05 -0800

And, yeah, NewsFilter is bad. But we go allow Big Important Breaking Stories (BIBS).

And the current report (i.e. rumor) about Owen Wilson attempting suicide last night doesn't count as 'BIB.' But any updates on Lindsay Lohan do!

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:26:35 -0800

One of the lingering disappointments of my music listening life was discovering that, aside from Freeze Frame and the title cut, Centerfold sucks.

The most bizarre musical conversation I've ever had was with a friend who said that Centerfold made the J. Geils Band his favorite band because he loved angry music. I still have no idea what the fuck he was talking about. Angry? I just don't get it.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:27:21 -0800

I bet that girl was never his girlfriend, either, the schmuck.

J. Geils didn't write the song, buddy. It was the drummer, or something. Hop on the clue* train.

*clue here stands for "Pop-Up Video"

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:29:21 -0800

12XU

How would you rack one of those? And who makes cases bigger than 4U these days? Not to mention what "12X" means - it's like the fat pants of the server world.

By: mkultra

mkultra — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:29:24 -0800

I'm aware that there is some thread-generated activism here, and there's a difference, IMO, between activism coming from an activist post, and activism coming from broad NewsFilter. An FPP about the U.S. Attorney General invites a lot of discussion on multiple topics. Repeatedly interjecting with a follow-up agenda is simply an exclusionary derail that overshadows the rest of the discussion.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:31:05 -0800

Couldn't find anything for 12XU so here's the video for "Ahead" instead. See if you're clever enough to discern the double meaning of drug use and references to the Fourth Way.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:32:48 -0800

FIGURE OF SPEECH, DOUCHEBAG.

FIGURE OF SPEECH DOUCHEBAG.
FIGURE OF SPEECH DOUCHEBAG?
FIGURE OF: SPEECH DOUCHEBAG.
FIGURE, OF SPEECH: DOUCHEBAG.
FIGURE:OF::SPEECH:DOUCHEBAG.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:33:45 -0800

Only the person holding the Talking Stick gets to speak for MetaFilter. Right now I have it!

*passes it to the left*

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:35:34 -0800

klangklangston said: "Well, 90% moderate petit-bourgeoise "liberal," you mean, not 90% left."

We agree. Damn. Whose head should explode first?

By: nanojath

nanojath — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:36:09 -0800

Considering 4cheeze's profile now reads "On vacation from MeFi" this should be a real fruitful discussion.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:36:32 -0800

In my personal list of "Things MetaFilter is Not", I'd rank "Popularity Contest" above "Rallying Tool".

Which way to the swimsuit competition?

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:38:05 -0800

As for the beef in fourcheesemac...

Someone here has chili mac? I'm fucking starving.

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:38:05 -0800

Somebody has a case of the Mondays....

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:38:08 -0800

An FPP about the U.S. Attorney General invites a lot of discussion on multiple topics. Repeatedly interjecting with a follow-up agenda is simply an exclusionary derail that overshadows the rest of the discussion.
posted by mkultra at 4:29 PM on August 27 [+] [!]

Not to ride your ass or anything, but no it doesn't. Multiple people can talk about different aspects of the same topic in a thread. It happens in almost every thread. It's understandable that in this instance that it really distracts from the rest of the discussion for you but it is on topic and there's no reason why talking about contacting your representative, even annoyingly so, would overshadow the rest of the discussion at large. In fact, there's plenty of discussion continuing to happen in the thread as we speak.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:40:12 -0800

But any updates on Lindsay Lohan do!

grind grind grin

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:42:54 -0800

If you want to contact a user who doesn't have an email posted, you should type your message in this little box, copy the tex and paste it into a word document, print it out, roll it up, put it in a bottle, and throw it into the nearest large body of water.

If they're meant to get it, they will.

By: CKmtl

CKmtl — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:43:31 -0800

Wonder Twin Powers, activate! ~~FIGURE OF~~ Form of: SPEECH DOUCHEBAG.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:45:59 -0800

Oh, Sorry. I guess I can't disagree with you. Maybe I should make a callout about groupthink ...

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:49:01 -0800

More than 10 percent of my posts have been favorited by others.

By that rationale, asavage like owns all your asses.

Also, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:50:25 -0800

Considering 4cheeze's profile now reads "On vacation from MeFi" this should be a real fruitful discussion.

Is that new? I think fourcheesemac has taken his ball home before...

By: davey_darling

davey_darling — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:51:39 -0800

Sign up below to have all of your comments, ever, favourited by me.

(limited to an arbitrary number of users, based on my free time)

By: timeistight

timeistight — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:51:39 -0800

One of the lingering disappointments of my music listening life was discovering that, aside from Freeze Frame and the title cut, Centerfold sucks.

Serves you right to suffer. Full House is the only J. Geils album you need.

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:52:04 -0800

Wonder Twin Powers, activate! FIGURE OF Form of: SPEECH DOUCHEBAG.

I believe the word you're looking for is "spouchebag".

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:53:15 -0800

"Chocolate Rain" sung by Kuato

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:53:30 -0800

Sign up below to have all of your comments, ever, favourited by me.

MEEEEEE MEEEEE MEEE MEE MEE MEEEEEE

I have no shame

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:55:08 -0800

Staging an actual confrontation between two users in MeTa is like arranging to have a duel at dawn, but by the time you get there the word has spread far and wide and there are so many rubberneckers that you get lost in the crowd. Meanwhile the balloon vendors are blocking everyone's view, the port-a-potties are starting to overflow, and you can't hear yourself think above the mariachi music. Hopefully the sheriff or a deputy shows up and fires a few warning shots to disperse the crowd before people start flipping cars.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:55:54 -0800

Every time you whore for favorites, Iblis creates a little demon that crawls up your bung and nests there.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:55:56 -0800

Speaking of J. Gelis and random letters and numbers, have you read Lester Bang's article "My night of ecstasy with the J. Geils Band"? In it he tells the story of when he played typewriter with J. Geils & Company, live, on stage, at Cobo Hall, in 1974. According to Lester, this is what he wrote that night: "VDKHEOQSNCHSHNELXIEN(+&H-SXN+(E@JN?."

Just saying.

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:55:56 -0800

shmegegge: Multiple people can talk about different aspects of the same topic in a thread.

Yep, that's it, and the stuff that 4cheesemac was doing was not trolling that invited massive derailing.

IMHO, it was pretty unobtrusive, and not at all a bad thing.

By: porn in the woods

porn in the woods — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:56:17 -0800

KING SIZE DOUCHEBAG

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:57:40 -0800

Oh, and speaking of Full House, did anyone else hear Bob Saget on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me this weekend? Hilarious!

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:00:43 -0800

i would like a favorite, please.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:00:58 -0800

PitW: surely you mean queen sized.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:01:19 -0800

Say, what's that itching in there?

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:05:02 -0800

shmegegge asked: "What on earth has your day been like that this seemed like a reasonable way to spend your time?"

Well, I for one wish I'd learn a better excuse for cleaning the bathroom than overflowing the toilet the day after a big greasy meal, IYKWIM. Some days I moan to myself "Poor Memphis!"; today I afterthought "Forget downstream, poor downstairs!"

Oh, I'm sorry, you weren't talking to/about me, were you. Oh well, let's make this a general derail: let's make this the "Bitch About My Shitty Day" thread (though one need not take it quite so literally).

By the way, anybody who favorites my comments should be taken out and shot. If that's accepted as a general policy I'll run to favorite all my comments right away.

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:07:54 -0800

"i would like a favorite, please."

Sorry shmegegge, not even for you. I'll be your Private Dancer though! ;-)

P.S. The above was just gratuitous ~~attention whoring~~ wit. Please don't anybody hold me to it.

By: ericb

ericb — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:12:51 -0800

Which way to the swimsuit competition?

That'd be in the Miss Teen South Carolina thread. Just don't ask her for directions.

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:16:16 -0800

Re celebrities: Hillary Duff was in LOO-uh-vul this weekend and RUINED my favorite "soup kitchen."

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:17:59 -0800

(Yes, I had to look up "Hillary Duff.")

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:21:31 -0800

What the Jesus jizz are you talking about?

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:22:38 -0800

It's HILARY, actually. Looks like Stynxno's work is never done....

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:25:00 -0800

"It's HILARY, actually."

Ah so it is. What hillarity.

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:26:51 -0800

Burhanistan, does "Jesus jizz" pertain to Michael Jackson?

By: smackfu

smackfu — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:30:03 -0800

What a weird monday.

By: frecklefaerie

frecklefaerie — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:31:41 -0800

Maybe there could be a toggle button for favorites? I use them, but I often find myself skimming posts and only reading what's been favorited and half of them are just regulars finding other regulars particularly funny.

I dunno, it would be nice to read a thread with the count turned off sometimes.

By: sneakin

sneakin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:41:35 -0800

fourcheesemac's comments were annoying for sure, but this is a pretty self-indulgent callout. If someone is being a d-bag in a thread, just flag it and move on with your life.

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:46:29 -0800

damn it, i listened to the Wire version of 12xu. Both yous twos are right. It is better.

By: sneakin

sneakin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:48:33 -0800

mkultra, after reading this MeTa thread, I admit that fourcheesemac-baiting seems pretty fun. She provides instant flameout with a heap of overreacting and a generous helping of righteous indignation. Play on, player.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:49:10 -0800

Of course it's better. One caveat, though: if you're going to listen to one track off of Pink Flag, you might as well listen to the whole thing through as it's only 36 minutes.

By: Avenger

Avenger — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:53:33 -0800

edgeways: percentages eh? This totally favors newbies, sign up make one moderately clever (or just some random cultural masturbatory one) comment and revel in 1000% approval ratings.

Worked for me.

By: dubold

dubold — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:00:43 -0800

Oh, and speaking of Full House, did anyone else hear Bob Saget on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me this weekend? Hilarious!

I did. I laughed a lot, actually. Still amazes me he was the dad on Full House.

By: absalom

absalom — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:10:30 -0800

Solution (Part One): Change the name "favorites" to "bookmarks."

Solution (Part Two): Ruthlessly mock anyone who points out how many bookmarks they have.

And how does anyone find out what percentage of their comments are favorited, anyway? The total number doesn't mean jack squat, so do people look through their entire comment history and do the math by hand? Yeegads.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:14:47 -0800

There was a whole MeTa devoted to determining one's favorite percentage. The formula is: total contributions marked as a favorite by others, divided by a sum of total contributions (posts + comments across all sites).

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:19:06 -0800

12XU

*waits for the favorites to start pouring in...*
posted by dersins at 1:02 PM on August 27 [20 favorites +]

jesus fuck what the hell is wrong with you people?

By: konolia

konolia — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:28:19 -0800

Favorites lost their luster just a bit when this sockpuppet got registered.

So which one of you paid five bucks for that?

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:30:04 -0800

13XU

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:31:51 -0800

aside from Freeze Frame and the title cut, Centerfold sucks

Regret to inform that "Freeze-Frame" is the title cut of Freeze Frame [sic].

J. Geils didn't write the song, buddy. It was the drummer, or something.

"Centerfold" was written by Seth "No Wikipedia Page" Justman.

Full House is the only J. Geils album you need.

Also, Love Stinks.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:33:09 -0800

47XU

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:37:02 -0800

There's something strange going on tonight
There's something going on that's not quite right

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:37:26 -0800

LOL. Mkultra, chill out. I'm sorry I said "our next move" and should have said "for those of us who think the Bush administration is a sack of lying shit, our next move . . ."

My bad for assuming that the evidence of the content on this site -- that MeFi's membership is 95 percent left-leaning and 99 percent Bush-despising -- entitled me to an unmodified "our" in the moment of flushed excitement immediately following the resignation of Abu Gonzalez. I didn't mean to offend the sensibilities of the 4 members who think Bush should be allowed to appoint the ghost of Al Capone as the next AG.

And yes, I am aware of the endless debates over "newsfilter" posts. I go back several years here. I take the side that says newsfilter is appropriate when the news is big, it's the raging topic across the web, generating lots of great web content in one great burst of energy, and when a good number of MeFites are compelled to discuss it with their friends. I didn't make the original post. But 187 comments (and growing) says to me a lot of people found it unobjectionable, especially since the vast majority of them are by "our" sort (and indeed, you say you yourself hate the Bush administration).

I don't include my email in my profile because I learned the hard way in my last MeFi incarnation that there are a few nasty people here who like to cross the line from spirited argument to personal attack's in one's offline life.

But really, mea maxima culpa for using the wrong pronoun and destroying Metafilter forever.

And I'm a "he." Hugs and kisses, ya big lunk.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:37:52 -0800

The X was self censorship....

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:40:04 -0800

To which I will add that I, like many here, do make the unfortunate mistake of assuming a largely US-based readership on this site. That it happens to be true doesn't mean one shouldn't acknowledge that non-USian perspectives are represented in the collective "our."

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:41:20 -0800

One last thought: "repeatedly" doesn't really describe two instances of anything. "Twice" would do the trick without hyperbole. Over and out.

By: justgary

justgary — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:41:30 -0800

More than 10 percent of my posts have been favorited by others.

Ahh, it's the jonmc defense but with a twist. Favorites instead of contacts.

plenty of advocacy

As for the advocacy claims, metafilter lost that battle long ago. Some members use metafilter for axe grinding, some don't. But for the most part, it's allowed.

I don't include my email in my profile because I learned the hard way in my last MeFi incarnation that there are a few nasty people here who like to cross the line from spirited argument to personal attack's in one's offline life.

How can it be a personal attack when all the emailer knows is you like four cheese mac.

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:42:53 -0800

187 comments (and growing) says to me a lot of people found it unobjectionable

I don't think MeFi is the best place for that sort of post yet I commented several times since the post was already there. Obviously so did mkultra. If you've been around as long as you claim, you'd know that the number of comments is not really indicative of a good post.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:44:19 -0800

WHY ONLY FOUR CHEESES
YOU CHEESIST!

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:45:15 -0800

Hugs and kisses, ya big lunk.

AWWWWWwww, sucks. I don't want to go back to tetherball.

fight? fight? fight?

fags.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:46:51 -0800

Ahh, it's the jonmc defense but with a twist. Favorites instead of contacts.

who the hell asked you, gary? Do me a fucking favor, don't drag my name into fights that I have no part in. Thanks.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:52:22 -0800

YOU CHEESIST!

CHEESIST CHRIST, WHAT AN ASSHOLE!

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:53:16 -0800

If someone doesn't flame out real soon I'm gonna fucking flame out.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:53:34 -0800

FONDUE MUTHAFUCKA

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:57:40 -0800

Maybe now's a good time to point out that only one of the ten MeTa posts on the front page is closed. So much for that resolution, huh?

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:58:39 -0800

They have that at Spago's now. It's delicious.

By: ericb

ericb — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:21:07 -0800

There's something strange going on tonight

It's the impending lunar eclipse, just hours away. Lunatics Unite!

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:24:07 -0800

Does Lohanistan border you?

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:25:35 -0800

In Soviet Russia, Lohanistan borders you!

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:25:50 -0800

"If someone doesn't flame out real soon I'm gonna fucking flame out."

For a nickel I will!

/punchline

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:26:15 -0800

I trade sexual favors for favorites. That's how some I got so many, and why my tongue is so hideously calloused. Also, I seem to be missing a ring. If one of you finds it, please let me know.

By: Kwantsar

Kwantsar — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:27:21 -0800

that there are a few nasty people here who like to cross the line from spirited argument to personal attack's in one's offline life.

DESERVEDLY FUCKING SO, WITH PUNCTUATION LIKE THAT!

By: justgary

justgary — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:28:23 -0800

who the hell asked you, gary? Do me a fucking favor, don't drag my name into fights that I have no part in. Thanks.
posted by jonmc

Your name was already in the discussion (and I don't owe you any fucking favors). If you want to get your panties in a twist over that comment be my guest.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:33:20 -0800

My name was, but I wasn't. Just keep me out of this spat, thanks.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:37:10 -0800

the twisted panties of jonmc is a great blog name.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:38:31 -0800

just don't sell them on eBay without my permission, Ok, q?

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:44:01 -0800

and i meant to say also -- mkultra, i do -- sincerely -- apologize for snarking at you in the thread and being the ultimate cause of this little gray brouhaha. peace, huh?

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:46:27 -0800

Kwantsar, if you don't like my typos, stop shitting on this callout and take it to MetaMeta . . . never mind.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:55:09 -0800

Sign up below to have all of your comments, ever, favourited by me.

davey_darling you weren't fucking kidding...

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:55:57 -0800

Full House is the only J. Geils album you need.

Also, Love Stinks

*cough* Bloodshot *cough*

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:58:33 -0800

Shh, don't bother the man while he's working.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:00:01 -0800

How many has he added to your total? In the hundreds at least, it appears.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:02:07 -0800

Before he started, I was somewhere around 1060.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:05:01 -0800

and you're at 2205 and counting now.

jesus fuck. someone's got way too much time on his hands.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:05:13 -0800

Please please, fourcheesemac isn't even on the official(ly unsanctioned) Favorites Score Card.

And since I am on the scorecard, with 22%, nestled comfortably between Cortex and Jessamyn, I have greater clout. I therefore decree...

OK, I don't know whaddafuk I'm talking' about. Just goes to show ya.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:08:20 -0800

jesus fuck. someone's got way too much time on his hands.

DO NOT TALK ABOUT MY BOYFRIEND THAT WAY

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:11:01 -0800

MY BOYFRIEND

Does this guy know?

I mean, talk about favorite-whoring....

sorry.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:12:44 -0800

Okay, TPS, our longstanding favorites rivalry is totally OFF now, do you hear me? I DO NOT RECOGNIZE these favorites, and I DO NOT LIKE YOU.

unless I get an equal number of free ones.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:18:51 -0800

Oh, it's funny what success
has done to you
You have no time to
love me anymore
Since fame and fortune
knocked up on our door
And I spend all my
evenings all alone
Success has made a failure of our home
Success has made a failure of our home

By: juiceCake

juiceCake — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:25:53 -0800

I don't have a favourite, I have many, but J. Geils isn't one of them nor is this callout.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:34:19 -0800

FRITTATA, BITCHES!

By: davy

davy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:39:28 -0800

So, about this flameout thread, where's the BEEF?

By: oddman

oddman — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:51:26 -0800

The RIAA is evil.

By: Armitage Shanks

Armitage Shanks — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:01:06 -0800

Christ, it's like Monkey Island in here.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:03:51 -0800

Armitage, Give it To Me.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:09:36 -0800

I was going to write a quatrain on how this was so boring that it didn't touch me at all, but I was distracted by the soft white noise of the airconditioner.

I hear you, Burhanistan, but might I also suggest the gentle hum of the refrigerator? I find that in comparison to the AC, the fridge often has more pleasing variations, and those sudden shifts of tempo and/or sonic texture that make for a most interesting listening experience.

And of course, the washing machine, when you really wanna rock out.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:11:46 -0800

I mean, talk about favorite-whoring....

Uh oh, someone's jealous!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:13:05 -0800

I was at lifeguard class. Can someone tell me what is going on here?

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:13:57 -0800

Armitage, Give it To Me.

Is that a Neuromancer reference?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:14:15 -0800

Our blood ran cold. Our angel is the centerfold.

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:16:43 -0800

I hate you all so much right now.

By: bluesky43

bluesky43 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:17:47 -0800

The sun did not shine
It was too cold to play
So we sat in the house all that cold cold wet day.

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:19:41 -0800

I just sold my memory.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:21:22 -0800

*takes it off in private*

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:31:20 -0800

jessamyn: we are drowning in crap. What do you do??

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:33:03 -0800

AV: I have this neat little red thing that says LIFEGUARD that I can huck at you.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:37:35 -0800

LIFEGAURD

The pool doesn't have built-in spellcheck, I see.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:38:31 -0800

LIFEGUARD

ADMIN ABUSE!

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:42:23 -0800

I totally support the idea to remove favorite totals from profile pages and from being displayed next to posts/comments.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:46:01 -0800

In 4chan Lifeguard school they teach you how to CLOSE THE POOL. hint hint

By: socratic

socratic — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:49:28 -0800

apropos of nothing, I'd like to point out that a place near my office serves something called the beefy cheese potato casserole ... as a vegetable. (Yes, I live in the South.)

Back to the floggings.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:57:06 -0800

I totally support the idea to remove favorite totals from profile pages and from being displayed next to posts/comments.

I was just coming here to make a MeTa post suggesting something to that effect...but I'm lazy and will let someone else do it.

By: mmahaffie

mmahaffie — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:58:31 -0800

Careful, Jessamyn... One of the first rules of lifeguarding is not to let the drowning person drag you down in their panic. Luckily, this thread s now all light-hearted and goofy, but it could turn on you if you try to leap in and rescue anyone....

By: Lentrohamsanin

Lentrohamsanin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:59:47 -0800

On 15 Storeys High Sean Lock played a lifeguard.

Sean Lock is funny. I stole the "how do you keep a dog from humping your leg?" joke off of him.

I like Sean Lock.

In 4chan Lifeguard school they teach you how to CLOSE THE POOL. hint hint

Sorry, my suit (and my wig) are at the cleaners.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:01:19 -0800

Ethereal Bligh writes "Shortly, two out of five people will have the experience of browsing online porn and coming across an 'amateur' video featuring their mother."

That estimate is probably a little high. Even if 100% of mothers had porn online the chance of coming across your particular mother has got to be less than 40%.

GuyZero writes "How would you rack one of those? And who makes cases bigger than 4U these days? Not to mention what '12X' means - it's like the fat pants of the server world."

I had a Wang mini that was rack mountable. Must have been at least 20-24U.

mattbucher writes "By that rationale, asavage like owns all your asses. "

Boys got nothing on The Woz.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:08:27 -0800

I had a Wang mini that was rack mountable.

in case you missed it the first time...

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:10:04 -0800

Geez man you missed the size description.

jessamyn writes "I was at lifeguard class."

Baywatch part of my brain short circuits through the Metafilter part of my brain. *Faints*

By: Anything

Anything — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:10:07 -0800

I trade sexual favors for favorites. That's how some I got so many, and why my tongue is so hideously calloused. Also, I seem to be missing a ring. If one of you finds it, please let me know.

It just so happens that a little bung-demon is already using it as a necklace.

"FINDERS KEEPERS!!"

By: amyms

amyms — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:35:34 -0800

Only the person holding the Talking Stick gets to speak for MetaFilter.

Who gets to hold the Spirit Stick?

By: nola

nola — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:39:02 -0800

I had a talking stick once . . . I used it as kindling.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:39:11 -0800

I LOVE Hilary Duff, why didn't you call me davy??

By: amyms

amyms — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:49:59 -0800

*drops the Spirit Stick and unleashes the powers of hell onto this thread*

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:51:27 -0800

Now sanko is going apeshit with the favorites. Will the madness never end?

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:52:15 -0800

Dude, smoking the bark on the Sprit Stick will totally get you high.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:53:35 -0800

I appreciate that Sanko favorited my post "What a weird monday." It's like self referential.

By: mkultra

mkultra — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:54:21 -0800

You've run the gauntlet of my ire, straight to my heart.

*crosses fourcheesemac off "Kill List"*

By: vronsky

vronsky — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:54:45 -0800

"she's still aloud to say it."

ha ha shmegegge , you' re dumb!

By: amyms

amyms — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:55:59 -0800

Now sanko is going apeshit with the favorites.

Is sanko a tehloki wannabe?

I thought my favorites meant I was special! All of you serial-favoriters need to stop toying with me! *sob*

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:04:53 -0800

Is sanko a tehloki wannabe?

Naw, tehloki assigns some degree of value to his favoritizin'. sanko seems be taking a page from davey_dariling's book.

By: Balisong

Balisong — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:20:26 -0800

You can't wing a cat around in here without hitting fifteen favorites.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:32:35 -0800

*squeals, flings panties at jonmc*

By: ODiV

ODiV — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:37:53 -0800

Finding out the % of your posts (I'm assuming fcm meant comments) have been favourited seems like a very time consuming task.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:08:48 -0800

I've seen this happen before - it all ends in tears.

By: spaltavian

spaltavian — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:09:40 -0800

A de-clawed cat would be safer to wing, at least until enraged animal loving MeFites caught you.

By: Tennyson D'San

Tennyson D'San — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:19:03 -0800

Fuck fucking favorites they're fucking dumb and they fucking ruin this otherwise fucking cool website. I wish that my meager account was powerful enough to destroy the whole favorites thing, to burn it with gasoline, to kill it with axes. I loathe it and have always loathed it. I'm favoriting you all because I hate you. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU HURT ME.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:21:35 -0800

That's odd. Why don't you just start a new thread as this one was originally a really lame trollish callout that kind of half assedly morphed into a favorites thing.

By: rtha

rtha — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:26:06 -0800

What a weird thread this has been. Must be the moon.

By: psmith

psmith — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:32:23 -0800

this is crazy talk

By: timeistight

timeistight — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:40:12 -0800

Can someone tell me what is going on here?

The Doctor's got me on milk... cream... and alcohol.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:53:50 -0800

Link to Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up".

By: The Deej

The Deej — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:56:14 -0800

Sean Lock is funny. I stole the "how do you keep a dog from humping your leg?" joke off of him.

I tell ya... I'm so ugly... the dog has to close his eyes when he humps my leg.

No respect.

By: desjardins

desjardins — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:56:53 -0800

All of you, line up to take your medication now.

By: speicus

speicus — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:58:21 -0800

C'est ne pas un "favorite."

By: Liosliath

Liosliath — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:59:56 -0800

Now sanko is going apeshit with the favorites.

Is sanko a tehloki wannabe?

posted by amyms at 7:55 PM on August 27

DO NOT TALK ABOUT MY BOYFRIEND THAT WAY

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:00:47 -0800

this is crazy talk

THIS! IS! METATALK!

By: vronsky

vronsky — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:10:00 -0800

*lops off cortex's head, carries it around as trophy*

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:10:15 -0800

THIS! IS! METAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:12:14 -0800

By request...
MeTa by dope demand. And now matter how large the demand for dopes, MeTa never fails to satisfy.

By: sanko

sanko — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:25:11 -0800

This thread is closed to new favorites.

By: meehawl

meehawl — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:29:31 -0800

90% left, 5% right, 5% anarchist/libertarian

Will nobody think of the poor anarcho-syndicalists?

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:29:59 -0800

FOURDOUCHEESEMAC

By: jacalata

jacalata — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:03:11 -0800

You know, I was wondering why mkultra decided to use a female pronoun in the original callout. Given the 90% probability* that fourcheesemac was male (since confirmed), to me it just seemed like you were going for that added edge of 'I didn't like what you said AND I'M GOING TO CALL YOU A GIRL'. Personally, if I deliberately gave no clues about my gender, I would probably be expecting people to refer to me as 'him'. So, please explain?

*Carefully calculated by reading every single user page...did you know that 3.4% of mefites are actually minerals?

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:07:45 -0800

I won't give sexual favors to someone who has favorite everything in the thread. At least, not without a blood test.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:27:28 -0800

Is this favoriting-everything some new idiot game the kids are playing these days? Because I'm just fucking itching for a lawn-clearing grimace and bellow.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:31:45 -0800

I totally just unfavorited you, stavros.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:37:29 -0800

posted by stavrosthewonderchicken Because I'm just fucking itching for a lawn-clearing grimace and bellow.

I always sort of pictured you as an angry Mayor McCheese.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:42:21 -0800

The kids are ruining your grass, stavros. Time to turn on the sprinklers.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:45:52 -0800

When you mix Saul Bellow and Grimace, you get a large purple floppy Boschian nightmare creature fueled by dead cows and the shattered illusions of children, who won't shut the hell up about isolation, spiritual dissociation, and the possibilities of human awakening.

Me, I'm just this guy, you know.

By: amyms

amyms — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:27:47 -0800

THIS! IS! METATALK!

Coming to you LIVE, and IN COLOR, from META CENTRAL... Now here's cortex with the weather...

By: loquacious

loquacious — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:47:39 -0800

OK. OK. JUST WHAT THE HELL IS IN THIS KOOL-AID?

Full moon, full lunar eclipse... err, pint of vodka.

Some of you have had generous 3rd and 4th helpings.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:27:53 -0800

amyms, head on down to Reno's, for your radiation free reindeer steaks!

By: Snyder

Snyder — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:40:51 -0800

Never going to give you up.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:45:56 -0800

Yeah, but I bet someday you'll let me down.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:17:05 -0800

Why has nobody asked the really important question yet?

What are the four cheeses on the mac? Is it like, Kraft Slices, Cheez Whiz, Velveeta and Welfare Cheese, or are they the petit-bourgeois liberal cheeses as suggested by Klang Klangston?

I think we should be told.

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:17:56 -0800

No, the really important question is whether you're going to run around and desert me.

By: plant

plant — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:48:39 -0800

jacalata: what percentage are vegetables?

By: juiceCake

juiceCake — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:16:18 -0800

I just sold my memory.
posted by jmd82 at 9:19 PM

I've contemplated selling mine but it has deteriorated a great deal as I age and I still have a conscience and couldn't knowingly rip someone off. As a result, it wouldn't sell for much. Perhaps I can make it sexy though.

By: amyms

amyms — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:33:37 -0800

head on down to Reno's, for your radiation free reindeer steaks!

Aww, Brandon Blatcher... I didn't hurry enough! The stocks didn't last.

By: public

public — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:23:31 -0800

Are we still getting free favorites all the way down here?

By: jacalata

jacalata — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:23:33 -0800

Sorry plant, I counted them as a subcategory of male.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:30:00 -0800

head on down to Reno's, for your radiation free reindeer steaks!

No can do. See, I shot a man at Reno's. Just to watch him die.

By: sephira

sephira — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:34:42 -0800

public: i hope so. i'd like to get -something- out of this damned thread.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:04:20 -0800

I understand, it used to be ok down here, you know, didn't need nothin' on a Saturday night , maybe just a piece of pipe. But now you need a gun, all the time.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:15:00 -0800

Is that a "Reno-911" thing? [no_cable /]

By: amyms

amyms — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:35:24 -0800

Is that a "Reno-911" thing? [no_cable /]

Nah lodurr, it's from a movie: Hardware

That is, if you were asking about the "Reno's" references. And flapjax's reference is to a lyric in Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues.

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:42:37 -0800

Oh, and speaking of Full House, did anyone else hear Bob Saget on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me this weekend? Hilarious!

Yes, it was funny. But did you see his new HBO special? He actually went out of his way to be unfunny. Very dirty, very un-Danny Tanner, but very, very unfunny. Seriously, the stupid voices on America's Home Videos where he does the interior monologue of the fat grandma sitting on the dock wearing water skis and tremulously holding the boat's line...fucking George Carlin compared to this.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:42:47 -0800

And "Johnny Cash" is a reference to a line of minimart ATMs in eastern Washington state.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:44:23 -0800

Is that a "Reno-911" thing? [no_cable /]

No, we're just dangling bits from a movie.

By: bluesky43

bluesky43 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:51:06 -0800

Did anybody else notice that a whole bunch of comments are favorited in here and the favoriters are ALL THE SAME PEOPLE. I find that kind of creepy in an X-Files kind of way.

By: grateful

grateful — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:03:05 -0800

*climbs up Jessamyn's lifeguard chair*
*blows the adult swim whistle*

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:06:36 -0800

The "Folsom Prison Blues" bit I got.

Reno used to drive a pickup. She might be into that reference.

Reminded me of an old list of rules that went along with a "Blues Name" generator (email, manually operated, not a web form -- yes, I do remember that far back, my name is not 'Alberto'). One of the rules was that, regardless of your standing relative to the other rules (e.g., you cannot sing the blues if you are named 'Muffy' or 'Tad'), you were allowed to sing the blues if you have killed a man in Reno. My friends and I thought there were a few other cities that should qualify -- Memphis, Kansas City and Tulsa were strong contenders, as I recall.

By: amyms

amyms — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:17:54 -0800

Reminded me of an old list of rules that went along with a "Blues Name" generator

Was it this list?

I like Number 9. "You can't have no Blues in a office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster. "

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:23:01 -0800

Hey, you know what?

Oh - you do?

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:29:41 -0800

From amyms' blues list link:

Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning..."

Except of course, that famous number by one of the recently deceased bluesmen that starts off with: "Did'n wake up this mornin'..."

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:40:15 -0800

Thank you, amyms, I do believe that's the one. Except the version I remember didn't have fake-bad grammar.

By: h00py

h00py — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:40:17 -0800

I'm joining this thread in order to say that I like more than four different types of cheese (but not brie, that shit is nasty), I have worn a mac (but not a hamburger), I don't give a single shit about american politicians (except those that are causing my country's politicians to turn into sycophantic spazballs), and that the moon was red tonight which, according to other spazballs that I read tonight, is full of meaning. And so, here I am. Hope me, Luna!

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:53:09 -0800

come back in a year

By: Kwine

Kwine — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:04:25 -0800

a/s/l?

By: oddman

oddman — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:06:07 -0800

88/often/blue fish

This thread is still open?

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:31:24 -0800

23. Make your own Blues name Starter Kit: a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.) b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Melon, Kiwi, etc.) c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.) For example: Blind Lime Jefferson, Jackleg Lemon Johnson or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc. (Well, maybe not "Kiwi.")

24. I don't care how tragic your life: if you own even one computer, you cannot sing the blues.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:35:51 -0800

Should we acquaint people with Rule 24 before they post in the gray?

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:00:40 -0800

Wendy?
Yes Lisa
Is the water warm enough?
Yes Lisa
Shall we begin?
Yes Lisa

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:03:50 -0800

I'm joining this thread in order to say that I like more than four different types of cheese (but not brie, that shit is nasty)

How can you not like brie? WTF is wrong with you? And it makes a perfect addition to four-cheese mac, too:

some good aged cheddar for delicious sharpness, gruyere and fontina for melty goodness, and rich, creamy brie to take it to that OMG delicious heart attack level.

You, sir, are a cheese-hating cad, and I shun you.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:13:06 -0800

Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning..."

With a bad hangover
And my penis was missing
This happens all the time
It's detachable

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:17:08 -0800

And it's Saturday, and there's nothing else to do.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:19:12 -0800

Hay guys

I just wanted to check this thread

I guess that's it

Oh, and cheddar, american, colby, and monterey jack.

Yum

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:22:15 -0800

BTW, I'm not really a doctor, I just play one on the Internet.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:22:30 -0800

But then it's not exactly four cheese mac IS IT?

By: milquetoast

milquetoast — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:22:42 -0800

South Africa and th'Iraq, such as.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:28:32 -0800

But then it's not exactly four cheese mac IS IT?

Count much?

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:29:54 -0800

Brie sucks - it's like dizgusting runny cow phlegm. Real wimmens eat provolone! I love me some provolone cheeeeze! "Cheese, Gromit!"
(/wallace)

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:31:37 -0800

But then it's not exactly four cheese mac IS IT?

Count much?

Too much, by all counts.

By: davy

davy — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:38:21 -0800

"what percentage are vegetables?"

100% in this thread.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:53:49 -0800

It's detachable

You can't fool me. I know you're a girl.

Wait...........d'oh!

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:16:26 -0800

But then it's not exactly four cheese mac IS IT?

Oh sure, if you're one of those anarchist, antichrist, baby-raping douchecanoes who uses COJACK instead of their individual entities. It's people like you who are turning the Internet into a vapid/tepid wasteland, and ruining my ability to tell people what to think.

Go suck on a portobello, shitr. <--(that's web 2.0-ese for "asshole")

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:16:44 -0800

^Joke

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:27:01 -0800

What are we shouting about? Am I fer it or agin it? Someone bring me up to speed...

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:27:19 -0800

vapid/tepid

YM [va][te]pid. HTH.

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:28:47 -0800

23. Make your own Blues name Starter Kit: a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.) b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Melon, Kiwi, etc.) c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.) For example: Blind Lime Jefferson, Jackleg Lemon Johnson or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc. (Well, maybe not "Kiwi.")

Eh, I dunno. Hangnail Strawberry VanBuren would totally get his ass kicked if he met the Devil at the crossroads.

By: slogger

slogger — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:32:05 -0800

Just no provel. Please, God, no provel.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:38:01 -0800

OMG detachable penis....

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:46:13 -0800

But what is the difference between Colby and just-not-sharp Cheddar? I'm not playing dumb, I want to know!

And does Grated Parmesan count as a cheese in multi-cheese mac or is it considered a seasoning because it's sprinkled on like salt? Seriously, edumacate me!

- Obese Banana Eisenhower

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:50:54 -0800

For best results, use colby extra sharp cheddar. (NOT CHEDDARIST)

Also, when parmesan is shredded, it is considered a cheese. When it is grated, it is a condemint.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:51:30 -0800

colby *AND* extra sharp cheddar, that is.

Colby extra sharp cheddar? That's like dividing by zero.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:53:33 -0800

Scoliotic Durian Q. Adams's cover of Seven Nation Army is pretty remarkable, you have to admit.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:06:43 -0800

I'M CONFUSED AND I'M OUT OF CIGARETTES!

Can I bum a smoke from someone?

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:14:30 -0800

Vaginismus Cherry Bush is obliged to bum you one.

Also, would you plese extinguish hers, she can't seem to put it out.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:16:58 -0800

Can I bum a smoke from someone?

Oh, man, I totally could have picked you up a pack.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:18:59 -0800

Speaking of, did you get me a Dipsomanic Elderberry Taft while you were there?

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:24:44 -0800

Rickets Kumquat Reagan doesn't smoke just any old cigarette.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:32:38 -0800

grouse writes "No, the really important question is whether you're going to run around and desert me."

I really can't desert you until I know what cheeses are on the mac. You need a very different sort of desert to accompany cheez whiz and velveeta, to the sort of desert that will go with gorgonzola and brie.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:36:41 -0800

Looking for special kinds of desert to match your cheese -- man, that's dedication. What kind would you eat in the Gobi? Sahara? Sonora?

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:37:35 -0800

Lynsey writes "Brie sucks - it's like dizgusting runny cow phlegm. Real wimmens eat provolone! I love me some provolone cheeeeze! 'Cheese, Gromit!'
"(/wallace)"

Provolone? It's no Stinking Bishop, that's for sure.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:37:58 -0800

something with high moisture content, if you're smart. no asiago.

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:56:35 -0800

MetaFilter: Sticking our wangs in a warm plate of beans.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:59:29 -0800

What kind would you eat in the Gobi? Sahara? Sonora?

Gobi: Byaslag

Sahara: Tuareg camel cheese

Sonoran: queso panela

By: LionIndex

LionIndex — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:11:03 -0800

Rickets Kumquat Reagan doesn't smoke just any old cigarette.

Just my opinion, but I think you'd want to go with "Rickety" there. Also more of a taste thing, but I'd alliterate the last two parts of the name rather than the first and last, getting something like Rickety Kumquat Cleveland.

--Strung-out Starfruit McKinley

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:22:50 -0800

LionIndex: that's almost makes him sound cool. Besides, 'rickety' isn't a physical infirmity, unless you're a gate or a bicycle.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:26:49 -0800

Are we done here?

- Aphasic Cloudberry Polk

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:29:46 -0800

Are we done here?

I hope not.

--Ugly Uglifruit Ulysses Grant

By: tommasz

tommasz — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:56:53 -0800

The thread reminds me of the old Albie Booth Memorial Games between the Giants and the Jets at the Yale Bowl. The combination of rabid fans, no shade and copious amounts of beer would often result in massive fights breaking out and then spreading across the stadium. It was a lot like The Wave, but with punching.

--Painful Rectal Itch Kumquat Clinton

By: phoque

phoque — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:01:40 -0800

- Dead Beet Bush

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:10:22 -0800

This thread reminds you of that?

Maybe if you add copious amounts of nitrous...

By: dflemingdotorg

dflemingdotorg — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:15:33 -0800

- Borderline Personality Disorder Blackberry Jackson

i guess there are no modern bluesmen.

By: taliaferro

taliaferro — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:18:18 -0800

My area smells of the unclean.

- Churlington Harley Ogglebee Doucheforth Eisenhower

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:48:09 -0800

This game sucks.

Yrs,
Flesh-eating bacteria Willie Clinton

By: lodurr

lodurr — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:48:37 -0800

No, you just have to let go of the politeness. The blues ain't polite.

Psycho Blueberry Clinton.
Blister-face Cantelope Coolidge.
Twitchin' Melon Roosevelt.

By: lysdexic

lysdexic — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:56:10 -0800

*[Ctrl +] [Ctrl +] [Ctrl +] [Ctrl +]*

TW, I'm not really a doctor, I just play one on the Internet. - Dr-Baa

Great, now my boss can see what I'm reading from across the room.

You, sir/madame, must perish.

Pastrami-PepperJack-Sourdough sandwiches at 20 paces!

MJ, Extra Sharp Cheddar on top, Muenster between the two beef patties, White cheddar on the bottom. That is a four cheese wonder.

-Ella (Pat) Fitzgeraldine

By: joseph_elmhurst

joseph_elmhurst — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:08:19 -0800

Good god people. Now, put down your long hair and let me climb up the ladder of your love.

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:13:52 -0800

So are we still angry with each other or what? No big deal, it's just that I took the time to get liquored up and all...

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:14:31 -0800

This game sucks.

But Mr_A, the Crappy-Ass Bluesman's Name Blues are universal. They speak to everyone's soul.

-Encephalitis Tangelo Kennedy

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:14:57 -0800

get it? cherry? bum? put out? oh, nevermind.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:25:08 -0800

I heard they were giving out favorites in here.

By: beefetish

beefetish — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:28:06 -0800

oh man the whole office is giggling

cripplin' depression loganberry hoover
herpetic clementine lincoln
existential despair grape monroe

these could also be really terrible mixed drinks.

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:31:24 -0800

I think they ran out, StickyCarpet.

- Bubonic Banana Carter

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:37:37 -0800

davey_darling used 'em all up giving favorites to MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:47:56 -0800

There! You can have one of mine, then.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:52:42 -0800

SIDS Pineapple Taft, is all I got to say.

By: misha

misha — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:04:29 -0800

I can't believe no one has gone for the money word:

Mesothelioma Coconut Coolidge

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:27:14 -0800

'Roid Berry van Buren

By: thatweirdguy2

thatweirdguy2 — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:29:28 -0800

Do you earn favorites by reading this whole damn thread? My ~~ass~~ ~~eyes~~ brain hurts.

By: Tennyson D'San

Tennyson D'San — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:44:16 -0800

Next three people to comment get at least a hundred favorites each.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:50:21 -0800

Jesus fuck don't do that, Tennyson.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:51:01 -0800

I mean, davey_darling's antics were bad enough.

By: Tennyson D'San

Tennyson D'San — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:51:48 -0800

That only counts as one, dersins.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:52:10 -0800

Please don't throw anyone else into the briar patch with ThePinkSuperhero.

By: misha

misha — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:53:19 -0800

I'll bite, I'm easy.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:59:50 -0800

That's what she s--

Oh, never mind.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:08:40 -0800

Can someone tell me where the cool aid is? I know it's here somewhere.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:08:54 -0800

Oops, Kool Aid.

By: absalom

absalom — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:19:32 -0800

Christ, what an asshole.

PS TPS: That formula puts me at a gobsmacking 25%, so we can clearly dismiss it of being of any value.

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:31:51 -0800

Quadriplegic Cantaloupe Cleveland.

My work here is done.

By: Tennyson D'San

Tennyson D'San — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:35:39 -0800

Ok so this week's winners were:
1. dersins
2. misha
3. snsranch

We'll play this game again soon.

*SHAKES FISTS AT SKY*

By: Tennyson D'San

Tennyson D'San — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:38:52 -0800

bar time!

By: snsranch

snsranch — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:07:38 -0800

I want my favorites NOW!

Tennyson, I'll meet ya there.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:16:25 -0800

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:29:52 -0800

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:31:42 -0800

Generating your blues name by hand is so five minutes ago. What you want is the cortex industries Blues Name Generator^tm.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:37:22 -0800

There's something fishy about that fruits list, cortex. Croupy Nutmeg?

By: snsranch

snsranch — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:38:12 -0800

cortex, I just voted for that, I'll use it to generate my upcoming sock puppet name.

Tennyson, when we get there I'm buying the first round, cuz I WON, I WON, YEA!!!!!!! You picked some good ones too!

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:44:54 -0800

Generating your blues name

Receptive Aphasia Ceiling Tile Armature

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:47:19 -0800

THIS! IS! METATALK!

This is rock and roll!

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:35:40 -0800

<blockquote> is your friend.

By: porn in the woods

porn in the woods — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:10:12 -0800

KING SIZE DOUCHEBAG
posted by porn in the woods at 1:56 PM on August 27

PitW: surely you mean queen sized.
posted by boo_radley at 2:00 PM on August 27

The D-Bag is indeed queen sized, but the JPEG is KING SIZE.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:14:41 -0800

Man, that thing has a hook and a lifetime warranty. Serious douchers need only apply.

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:46:11 -0800

This thread is fantastic. It has been both Rickrolled and longboated.

I still stand by my opinion that MeTa should be turned into a soap opera.

By: mkultra

mkultra — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:40:38 -0800

You're all welcome.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:20:10 -0800

I'm going to have to think about the implications of Psychotic Breadfruit Kennedy.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:07:54 -0800

Not if Hammertoe Plantain McKinley has aught to say about it.

By: slogger

slogger — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:08:02 -0800

Deep Vein Thrombosis Macadamia Jefferson

Heh.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:21:34 -0800

This is rock and roll!
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:47 PM on August 28 [+] [!]

Actually, I don't mean to contradict you, or offend your sensibilities in any manner, but I believe that this may, in fact, not be rock and roll so much as it might happen to be genocide.

By: merelyglib

merelyglib — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:35:33 -0800

Well that was fun.

By: merelyglib

merelyglib — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:38:17 -0800

-- Duodenal Ulcer Sweet Pepper Eisenhower

It's as if you knew me!

By: vronsky

vronsky — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:40:35 -0800

vronsky vs. cortex

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:45:57 -0800

Deep Vein Thrombosis Macadamia Jefferson.
Duodenal Ulcer Sweet Pepper Eisenhower
Ben and Jerry ice cream flavors have gotten terrible.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:13:27 -0800

vronsky vs. cortex
posted by vronsky An hour ago

Soooooo which is which?

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:39:24 -0800

Whooping Cough Rasin Hayes

Holy fuck. Someone loan me five bucks plz.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:55:27 -0800

Scurvy Durian Tyler?

Herpes Banana Johnson?

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:20:43 -0800

Herpes Banana Johnson is the reason Vaginismus Cherry Bush sings the blues in the first place.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:21:36 -0800

Mesotheliomatic Orange Jefferson

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:06:23 -0800

I'm willing to bet this version has a more thorough collection of maladies and fruits than any of the others you'll find kicking around.

This seems likely.

Sincerely,
Shaken Baby Syndrome Starfruit Kennedy

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:21:47 -0800

but I believe that this may, in fact, not be rock and roll so much as it might happen to be genocide.

Doesn't all the J. Geils make it a rock and roll genocide?

-- Myasthenia Gravis Loquat Fillmore.

By: Brian James

Brian James — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:49:46 -0800

Metafilter: Who the fuck do you think you are to presume to speak for Metafilter?

By: Space Kitty

Space Kitty — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:37:19 -0800

This thread explains so much.

--Suffocatin' Honeydew Polk

By: oddman

oddman — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:43:05 -0800

Seriously, still open this thread is?

wow, someone's slippin

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:15:43 -0800

::big claps::