18: The MeFites Have Been Drinking November 6, 2007 5:28 PM Subscribe
Show #18 of the podcast features recaps from all sections of the site and some talk about new and upcoming features. It was recorded on November 2, 2007 and runs about 70 minutes long.
With IRC as my witness, I threatened two nights ago that I was going to post a MeTa consisting of the following:
"PODCAST! PODCAST! PODCAST!"
Clearly, patience is a virtue. posted by SassHat at 5:36 PM on November 6, 2007
Any mirrors to the asavage costume? posted by pantsrobot at 6:04 PM on November 6, 2007
"...and runs about 70 minutes long."
Yeah, sure, I didn't have anything else I needed to do this week.
It'd probably be a pain in the ass for Matt, who has to edit and post the things, but I'd rather have a ½-hr weekly cast than 60+ min ever 2-3 weeks. posted by Eideteker at 6:09 PM on November 6, 2007
Ok, I'm going to pretend it rendered my HTML entity for "1/2", because Matt and pb have been rolling out a lot of stuff lately, cool or otherwise*, and one really stupid basic simple thing like that isn't worth bringing down the thread this early on.
* wonderchicken, I'm looking at you posted by Eideteker at 6:12 PM on November 6, 2007
Sometimes there is just a lot to talk about.... posted by jessamyn at 6:18 PM on November 6, 2007
Your Mythbusters costume link is dead, and too bad as I missed it first time 'round.
see what I did there? I linked to the same dead page you linked to! I am very smart tonight. posted by item at 6:23 PM on November 6, 2007
I didn't see that .9r=1 thread the first time 'round, and am disappointed that it's closed now, because early on in the Judas Priest another-think/thing-coming Lyrical Disputation and mathiness and despite the fact that my undergrad degree was actually in Math and I'm all about the wordplay, I got the idea to drop the totally awesome snarky pun about mental masturbation and 'another dink-thumbing' but I couldn't do it so now I'm sad. posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:35 PM on November 6, 2007
I don't know if I want to be the one to bring this up again, but...
Meeefite is correct, but it works better in the Tom Waits song parody to say MehFite posted by mathowie at 7:35 PM on November 6, 2007 [1 favorite]
Somebody hand Matt a Sucrets.
Great podcast. Needs more ColdChef. posted by ColdChef at 7:40 PM on November 6, 2007
Meefite?
I've always pronounced it like "may-fight" (of course that depends on how you pronounce those words in your accent as well)
Perhaps the next podcast can consist entirely of mefites calling in and trying to pronounce the word. It would be very pomo. posted by delmoi at 7:45 PM on November 6, 2007
I am satisfied. Issue resolved. posted by Reggie Digest at 7:52 PM on November 6, 2007
Of course, if you subscribed to the MetaFilter podcast Foneshow you'd have gotten this as soon as it was published.</self-link> posted by nicwolff at 8:00 PM on November 6, 2007
Needs more ColdChef.
No obligatory jonson reference either. That fucker's check bounced this week. posted by mathowie at 8:20 PM on November 6, 2007
I AM JUST A LITTLE SHORT RIGHT NOW I WILL PAY DOUBLE NEXT WEEK!!! posted by jonson at 8:30 PM on November 6, 2007 [3 favorites]
(quoted for emphasis, because you can't favorite more than once)
Meeefite is correct...
posted by mathowie at 10:35 PM on November 6 posted by yhbc at 8:36 PM on November 6, 2007
Oh, what the hell does he know. posted by danb at 9:26 PM on November 6, 2007
You know, I started out saying meeefiiii, but then when I heard cortex say it meffy I switched to that. It just sounds better, rolls off the tongue so smooth. posted by philomathoholic at 1:22 AM on November 7, 2007
On the thing/think deal, sometime after that thread I stumbled upon an Alan Watts talk where he explains that a thing actually is a think, "a thing is a think - a unit of thought". Well I found it amusing anyway. It's a cool talk too, worth listening to. posted by MetaMonkey at 2:30 AM on November 7, 2007
but I'd rather have a 1/2-hr weekly cast than 60+ min ever 2-3 weeks.
Me too; when they're an hour or more long I find it almost impossible to pay attention. Also, more than two people talking is a great improvement.
I am satisfied. Issue resolved.
You're easily satisfied. Matt may have started the site, but he doesn't control pronunciation. Like philomathoholic said, it's got to be meffy:
It just sounds better, rolls off the tongue so smooth. posted by languagehat at 8:54 AM on November 7, 2007
Like philomathoholic said, it's got to be meffy:
Not you too languagehat, nooooooooooooooooo!
Damn, you could probably cite 500 year old english language precedent for why is really should be meffy. posted by mathowie at 9:26 AM on November 7, 2007
I just asked Bill Shakespeare, and he told me "Meffy, forsooth." posted by languagehat at 10:11 AM on November 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
Weird, because even though I call it Mee Fi, I have always pronounced (in my head) the full name May-ta Filter.
For example:
theta...
beta...
meta...? posted by horsemuth at 10:46 AM on November 7, 2007
The vowel i after the single consonant f effects the previous vowel e, making it long. So that's Me. The Fi is ambiguous on its own, but as part of Fite, it is subject to the same rule. Hence, Fi, as in φ.
(Just don't tell the Iraqis.)
Anyway.
So, Tubesock: Worth the $15? posted by Reggie Digest at 10:54 AM on November 7, 2007
horsemuth: It's not a Greek letter, it's a prefix. Do you say "may-ta-physics"? "May-ta-phor"? posted by languagehat at 11:15 AM on November 7, 2007
Ahhh, good answer. Your examples stuck instantly and the voice in my head now says it properly - though, I'm paranoid that I will now accidentally say metaphor incorrectly. posted by horsemuth at 11:49 AM on November 7, 2007
&FRAC; OFF posted by quonsar at 12:45 PM on November 7, 2007
delmoi : I've always pronounced it like "may-fight"
You are weird.
Wanna fight? posted by quin at 2:41 PM on November 7, 2007
Hey, that's my Mythbusters costume! Apologies for the broken link; crapflooding comment spammers have knocked my effing site off the Internet this week. I've managed to put up a holding page, but the archives are still hosed. HOWEVER - I did have a copy of our costume photo in my email, and I've uploaded that to my new host. It's here. posted by web-goddess at 4:15 PM on November 7, 2007
re: metachat's "Recent MeFi posts by Metachat users" . We simply take the main rss feed and constrain on matching usernames. posted by seanyboy at 12:57 AM on November 12, 2007
INTERVIEW ROBOCOP IS BLEEDING posted by solistrato at 11:29 AM on November 14, 2007
INTERVIEW ROBOCOP IS BLEEDING
I AM SAVING THE LIBRARIANS FOR LAST posted by jessamyn at 6:00 PM on November 14, 2007
THEN INTERVIEW ME. I AM NOT A LIBRARIAN. posted by dersins at 6:30 PM on November 14, 2007
OOPS I TAKE IT BACK I MEAN INTERVIEW JONSON. WE MUST KNOW WHAT MAKES HIM SO AWESOME. posted by dersins at 6:59 AM on November 15, 2007
run
run
run
run
run
pant, pant pant.. whooh.. anyway, it's pronounced "Meh-fih." Like "Medford." MehtaFihlter.
Hey, am I late? Where is everyone? /me checks watch D'oh posted by not_on_display at 10:25 AM on November 30, 2007
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Clearly, patience is a virtue.
posted by SassHat at 5:36 PM on November 6, 2007