Comments on: Help me find an old post

Help me find an old post

jonson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:08:24 -0800

Can anyone help me find a post that I'm sure I saw (and perhaps I even posted myself) here on Metafilter a while back with a commercial done by a regional county sherrif's office encouraging the viewer to narc on their significant others?

The commercial featured three women talking on the couch in their living room as their hoodlum boyfriends went out to commit some larcenies, and one of them mentions the bounty that will be theirs if they only turn in their nogoodnik menfolk via the anonymous tip line. The end of the spot shows them all drinking margaritas poolside, enjoying the good life. Sorry if this is an innappopriate place for this question, if it's any consolation I can threaten to leave forever if you want.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:34:25 -0800

Can you threaten to leave forever while I go look for it, just to kill some time?

By: ODiV

ODiV — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:36:35 -0800

Can you threaten to leave forever while I go look for it, just to kill some time?

Flagged as offensive content.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:38:25 -0800

Christ, what an extreminator.

By: ODiV

ODiV — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:39:20 -0800

Flagged as offensive content.

Flagged as noise.

It made perfect sense in my head, but now I have no idea what I was trying to say. I think it's time for a coffee break.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:39:38 -0800

Start Snitchin'! -- posted by jonson | April 28, 2007 4:36 PM.

By: jonson

jonson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:40:49 -0800

I'm AWESOME! Thanks, EricB.

By: quin

quin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:40:53 -0800

Start Snitchin'

By: jonson

jonson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:40:56 -0800

Marked as best answer.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:40:56 -0800

And the television advertisement: Waco Crime Stoppers

"Why don't you turn the bums in?"

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:41:03 -0800

We're done here.

Or.... are we?

By: quin

quin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:41:08 -0800

Damnit!

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:41:31 -0800

Free jonson!

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:42:31 -0800

Free jonson!

$20SAIT?

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:44:08 -0800

This jonson boy ent right in the head.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:45:59 -0800

So . . . what did your wife do?

By: jonson

jonson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:47:12 -0800

Okay folks, the reason I clearly can't remember when I post things is that, as several of you have guessed, there are multiple people running the Jonson account. The "Start Snitchin'" post was posted by Agent Thunderbuns, who has full control of the Jonson account on Saturdays (April 28th being a Saturday). Today is Wednesday, and I am the one running the Jonson today. I appreciate your help, and go back about your business.

By: Poolio

Poolio — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:49:23 -0800

[closed]

By: drezdn

drezdn — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:51:48 -0800

jonson, can I be Sunday?

By: jonson

jonson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:53:59 -0800

Sunday is Highpants McGee. If you can defeat him in a duel, Sunday is yours.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:54:57 -0800

That's it. I'm leaving. I'm never coming back to metafilter again. In fact, I'm done with all technology. I'm done with this whole damn planet. Y'know what, fuck this whole dimension. I liked 2-space better, anyway.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:55:08 -0800

Ok, never mind. I'm back.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:57:12 -0800

This question was actually asked by jonson's daughter, who's ready to bust daddy for his rare-animal-trafficking.

Don't be surprised when we see a future askme by "jonson" about which drinkies make a little girl look the most grown-up when she's chillaxing poolside.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:00:25 -0800

jonson, fyi, is an anagram of "oj soon".

And "no jons".

And "js noon", who happens to be my favorite lunchhour DJ on the local classical station.

By: Koko

Koko — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:04:57 -0800

What would we do without our jonson.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:05:18 -0800

By: 1f2frfbf

1f2frfbf — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:07:54 -0800

MetaFilter: I am the one running the Jonson

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:10:13 -0800

Can anyone help me find the provocation for Dave Faris's snippy comment about jonson's posts?

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:13:12 -0800

Partly cause he didn't bother reading further than jonson's third comment?

Take it from me, premature e-jerkilation's a heartbreaker.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:14:17 -0800

That's it. Fuck Metafilter, I'm leaving for ten or so minutes to get some work done.

By: jonson

jonson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:14:26 -0800

Wait, the post that jonson was looking for was something he posted himself? Well, it just goes to show how thoughtful a process it is that he uses to finely craft his contributions to the front page, I guess.

Dave Faris, you have picked the wrong time to snark at me. Mathowie has told me by private communication that when I reach 4,000 favorites (currently 94 away from that mark) I can turn them in and in exchange I can have one member of the site permanently banned by IP address. You have approximately seven days to apologize, depending on the popularity of the links the other jonsons find at random and post. Enjoy your last week on Metafilter!!

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:22:59 -0800

Eat shit, jonson.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:24:46 -0800

Mathowie has told me by private communication that when I reach 4,000 favorites (currently 94 away from that mark) I can turn them in and in exchange I can have one member of the site permanently banned by IP address.

Yesssssssssss! ::e-mails Matt::

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:26:02 -0800

ThePinkSuperhero | Favorited by others: 5383 -- Whoa!

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:28:23 -0800

Can anyone help me find the provocation for Dave Faris's snippy comment about jonson's posts?

Dave Faris needs no provocation to be snippy. It's his raisinette.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:29:53 -0800

Say, has anybody told jessamyn the answer has been found? I can just see her, brushing away cobwebs from the underground stacks, searching, searching....

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:33:21 -0800

I'm going to favorite every comment of jonson's that I can find.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:34:44 -0800

jessamyn searching, searching....

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:35:46 -0800

"Dave Faris," by the way, can be anagrammed into "petulant turd."

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:40:16 -0800

ThePinkSuperhero | Favorited by others: 5383 -- Whoa!

4500 of them, plus or minus a few, are from one guy.

Draw from that whatever conclusions you will...

By: jonson

jonson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:41:16 -0800

ThePinkSuperhero | Favorited by others: 5383 -- Whoa!

HOLY CRAP. I resign from this contest, as I am clearly outclassed!

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:41:53 -0800

If we're having rasinettes can I get like a small handful? Those little dudes are pretty good.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:42:46 -0800

It's his raisinette.

Does this in any way explain why you're such a goober?

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:44:37 -0800

Goobers, on the other hand, are nonsense. What a bullshit candy.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:48:43 -0800

I prefer Goobers to Rasinettes ... just as I prefer 'nuts' to 'cunts.'

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:50:13 -0800

Err ... *Raisinets*

By: caddis

caddis — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:51:05 -0800

DavyDarling seems to have a thing for ThePinkSuperhero.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:55:30 -0800

Y'all stop the candy puns, or I'll bust a sno-cap in your ass.

By: CKmtl

CKmtl — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:56:57 -0800

I'm not familiar with bullshit candy. Mooseshit and elkshit however...

By: caddis

caddis — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:06:17 -0800

So, ThePinkSuperhero, or DavyDarling, what gives? This kind of reminds me of when quonsar tagged all his posts with the quonsar tag.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:10:02 -0800

It was a joke, that started in some Metatalk thread about favorites. I can't remember which one.

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:12:35 -0800

caddis: it started here.

And he really did it, apparently.

It was a joke

There's a very fine line between "joke" and "OCD."

Oh, wait.

No there isn't.

By: caddis

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

oh, I remember that now. Wow, 4,500 favorites. Someone had some free time on their hands.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:17:07 -0800

I watched as the count went up, up, up- it took a lot less time than one might imagine. You can favorite directly from someone's comment history, which I imagine is how he did it.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:26:52 -0800

You can favorite directly from someone's comment history

Hmm. So you can. Now you only give someone 100 a day, though.

By: niles

niles — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:32:52 -0800

*restarts Dave Faris' dynamic IP broadband modem*

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:34:33 -0800

She's gotten a hundred more in the last 15 minutes!

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:41:52 -0800

You can favorite directly from someone's comment history

Before Tennyson D'San's recent baninnationing, he hit me with something like 100 favorites in an hour. I'm really not as popular as I look.

and now that he/she has been banned, no one can take those favorites from me! don't even think of it you fuckers!

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:09:24 -0800

jonson writes "Mathowie has told me by private communication that when I reach 4,000 favorites (currently 94 away from that mark) I can turn them in and in exchange I can have one member of the site permanently banned by IP address."

Check your profile again, jonson, Christmas came early this year.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:15:05 -0800

I can't believe you guys fell for his ploy to get more favorites. You really all are just a bunch of total tools.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:23:01 -0800

I miss jonson.

By: quin

quin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:23:25 -0800

I am a chain-saw

BrrRRRRRrrrRRRRRR

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:26:33 -0800

I am a hammer

BAM BAM OUCH FUCK MY THUMB BAM

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:26:50 -0800

I can't believe you guys fell for his ploy to get more favorites. You really all are just a bunch of total tools.

And he would have gotten away with it, if not for that meddling Dave Faris!

By: vronsky

vronsky — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:31:18 -0800

And those 4000 favorites TPS got are about as real as that Gucci handbag she carries.

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:38:18 -0800

Dave Faris writes "I can't believe you guys fell for his ploy to get more favorites."

I don't think you call it "falling for" when you know it and are playing along. That's like saying folks were "totally fooled into thinking the guy's name was Mr. Anderson, when in reality it was just an actor named Keanu Reeves pretending to be a guy called Mr. Anderson".

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:41:12 -0800

in reality it was just an actor named Keanu Reeves pretending to be a guy called Mr. Anderson

OMG NO SPOILERS PLEASE!

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:47:18 -0800

Even if you don't feel happy with the label of "tool," the end result is the same. You've been manipulated to give him what he wanted.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:47:38 -0800

And those 4000 favorites TPS got are about as real as that Gucci handbag she carries.

I don't own a Gucci handbag, real or otherwise, but other than that- favorites aren't "real". There is no inherent value in them. We've turned them into a popularity contest, when in reality, they mean nothing- I "got" 4600 of them for doing nothing at all, which is a great reminder of how worthless they are.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:53:08 -0800

You've been manipulated to give him what he wanted.

That is laughable, considering that you favorited this comment and then unfavorited it once you realized it contradicted your accusations of manipulation.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:53:50 -0800

You've been manipulated to give him what he wanted.

That would only be possible if Dave Faris were jonson's sock puppet, with whom he craftily engineered a fake spat in order to garner favorites.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:56:21 -0800

"And those 4000 favorites TPS got are about as real as that Gucci handbag she carries."

Don't be jealous of the rocks that she's got.

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:02:14 -0800

Dave Faris writes "Even if you don't feel happy with the label of 'tool,' the end result is the same. You've been manipulated to give him what he wanted."

Again, I don't think "manipulated" means what you think it means.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:06:58 -0800

considering that you favorited this comment and then unfavorited it once you realized it contradicted your accusations of manipulation.

Ah, unless you got a screenshot, I'd like to see you prove that. But even if what you say is true, take it more as a sign that there's always a chance to redeem yourself. Life doesn't always give you a chance to undo a mistake you've made.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:10:45 -0800

Life doesn't always give you a chance to undo a mistake you've made.

That's Larry Craig's excuse ("I didn't mean to plead guilty two-months after soliciting sex in the mens room at the Minneapolis Airport").

By: philomathoholic

philomathoholic — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:20:24 -0800

So the answer has been found, yes? Does the community need to debate anything here?

I think we're done here.

By: quin

quin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:27:15 -0800

*chases after philomathoholic*

BrrrRRRRRRRRRRrrRRRRRRRRRR

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:27:40 -0800

What is philomathoholia?

By: jonson

jonson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:28:39 -0800

Ah, unless you got a screenshot, I'd like to see you prove that

No screenshot needed; I saw you favorited it, and I see you have since unfavorited it. Bizarre, but somewhat par for the course. I can only think you favorited it to show that you had a sense of humor about yourself, and then eventually your got upset at all the people hating on you in this thread & you unfavorited it, much like you once added me as a contact & then later removed me as a contact. Plus, let's not forget that time you cut off your ear & mailed it to me in a box. I don't need another ear Dave, I have two & they work just fine.

By: liquorice

liquorice — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:30:46 -0800

Does Dave Faris only spew filthy bile and biley filth these days?

By: philomathoholic

philomathoholic — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:34:04 -0800

*runs from crazed schizophrenic lunatic who thinks he's a chainsaw*

By: tehloki

tehloki — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:34:08 -0800

Please, people, stop talking about favourites, I can only stroke so fast.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:46:29 -0800

I have, until this very moment, thought the phrase "douche chills" was a bit ambitious, but now I'm seeing that it's entirely appropriate. 4000 favorites indeed.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:46:59 -0800

Does Dave Faris only spew filthy bile and biley filth these days?

No, actually. He makes some entirely decent posts—enough so and with famous enough thought and consideration that having a jab at jonson about posting habits seems really kind of weird—and contributes good, thoughtful comments to threads in the blue and the grey both. The jerky stuff just kind of stands out, I think, because he's really good at it and because people have noticed it and seem to expect it from him kind of by default. I don't really get it, but that's metafilter for you.

By: timeistight

timeistight — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:51:34 -0800

Plus, let's not forget that time you cut off your ear & mailed it to me in a box.

That brought to mind how you used to torture rushmc. That was really, really bad, but, Christ, I enjoyed it.

By: jonson

jonson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:56:32 -0800

ah, good times. But you know, michael rush & I are lovers.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:13:38 -0800

That came out douchier than I meant tps, so.. winky emoticon.

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:52:14 -0800

Philomathoholia would be an addiction to the love of math. I prefer alcohol, personally.

And if quin gets a chainsaw, I want a nailgun.

chinka-thud chinka-thud chinka-splat WAAAAAAH!

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:07:51 -0800

I saw you favorited it, and I see you have since unfavorited it.

Eh. A database anomoly, I'm sure of it. Jrun giveth, and Jrun taketh away.

I don't really get it, but that's metafilter for you.

There's no emoticon for a tongue-in-cheek, I guess. Everyone can do a little ribbing on Metatalk but you and me, Cortex.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:13:22 -0800

What I Learned from MeTa Thread one-four-eight-eight-seven:

To figure out which Jonson is posting a particular comment, check what it says on his panties.

By: cairnish

cairnish — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:21:51 -0800

I was sure Philomathoholia would be an unholy attraction to Philomath. Which would make quin's chainsaw all the more appropriate.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:22:05 -0800

I saw it, Dave. I laughed, and thought that it was a nice gesture.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:27:44 -0800

Beers in the Austerity Chamber it is, then.

By: phaedon

phaedon — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:31:21 -0800

What does this have to do with bacon?

By: caddis

caddis — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:05:32 -0800

She's gotten a hundred more in the last 15 minutes!
posted by blasdelf at 5:34 PM on September 12

TPS is one of the gems here. Reading her posts and comments almost always lifts my mood. That's so cool. If anyone deserves 4,500 favorites, it is TPS. Joie de vivre. You go girl. You make us happy.

By: davey_darling

davey_darling — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:42:23 -0800

She truly does have some fantastic comments in her history.

(trust me on that one)

By: Kwine

Kwine — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:38:03 -0800

There ain't no Agent ThunderBuns, there ain't no Highpants McGee, there ain't no jonson's daughter, and there sure as shit ain't no jonson. There is only a team of crack Google engineers. I proved* this last week.

*Proof: By Assertion.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:46:32 -0800

*shakes fist, howls, looks confused, shuffles away*

By: philomathoholic

philomathoholic — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:36:00 -0800

*peeks head in thread to see if it's safe*

I've always understood philomath to mean 'one who loves learning'.

I didn't know that there was a place called philomath.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:42:08 -0800

Philomath, Oregon
"The City of Philomath’s mission is to promote ethical and responsive municipal government which provides its citizenry with high quality municipal services in an efficient and cost effective manner."
The town said it did not know there was a blogger named philomath

By: trondant

trondant — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:17:24 -0800

I saw it, Dave. I laughed, and thought that it was a nice gesture.

I saw it too. Now that it's gone, I'm laughing.