Comments on: Meh

Meh

psmealey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:40:48 -0800

Whence "meh", and can it be stopped?

So since the "fixed that for you" obnoxiousness was addressed in this space recently, in the spirit of Festivus and its attendant airing of grievances, I have to ask, where does "meh" come from? I understand if people are not moved by a particular post, or even if it's borderline despicable. But bothering to weigh in simply with "meh"? What is that? Is it funny? Is it informative? It seems to me the emblem of the condescending, haughty, snarky and unimaginative... you know, all those things that embody MeFi at its occasional worst. Come on people now, smile on your brother, everybody together and retire this tired, lazy epithet right now.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:43:35 -0800

Metafilter: retire this tired, lazy epithet right now.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:44:58 -0800

MetaFilter: the emblem of the condescending, haughty, snarky and unimaginative

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:45:23 -0800

Whence "meh"

Oh, you know. Around.

and can it be stopped?

Meh.

By: peacay

peacay — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:04:24 -0800

Whence "meh".

By: geminus

geminus — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:11:49 -0800

Fix meh!!!

~~See? fixed that for you~~

By: the dief

the dief — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:13:15 -0800

(runs off to register mehtafilter.com)

By: loiseau

loiseau — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:14:07 -0800

There are a few pointless answers on AskMe that kind of irk me. Like writing a whole post and then adding at the end, "On preview, what _____ said,". Or even worse, making a separate post to say "On preview..." when it clearly wasn't on preview. Or "Nthing ____." (If the answer was already given and you have nothing to add, why comment at all?) Or "DTMFA". Or "I didn't read anyone else's remarks, but" (blah blah blah).

I'm also peeved when people give a brief answer with a question mark, as a subtle form of hostility. (Question: "Why _________?" Answer: "Onewordanswer?")

Okay, I think that's all my nitpicks for now. Good morning.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:17:55 -0800

We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. Sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:18:26 -0800

What she said.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:19:06 -0800

On preview, what loiseau said.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:23:35 -0800

James Brown sez:

Hit meh!

uuugh!

Good god y'all !

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:24:47 -0800

I'm with you on this, though, psmealey. Just posting "meh" is lazy. And worse, it's BORING.

By: motty

motty — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:27:59 -0800

Feh.

By: ClanvidHorse

ClanvidHorse — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:33:51 -0800

Or "Nthing ____." (If the answer was already given and you have nothing to add, why comment at all?)

I think this one is actually worthwhile. An answer/suggestion that a few people agree with arguably has more weight than just one person saying it.

I agree with the rest of your nitpicks loiseau.

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:46:09 -0800

Despite the cited thread above, I am pretty sure its use precedes the internet.

By: mzurer

mzurer — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:58:15 -0800

Nu?

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:59:31 -0800

'Meh' is the first letter of one of Apathor's "Sixteen or Seventeen Dread Names or Something." Modern Apathites, especially those of more progressive Order of the Passive Snark, use it as minor invocation of their patron's powers. Apathor, being an ancient god of laziness and lack of motivation (his most famous of temples, the never-quite-completed Pile of Bricks of Babel, had its last biblical mention expunged from the Bible in 978 by a lazy Irish monk - it was late and his heart really wasn't in it that day), can only really be invoked by half hearted measures - were the Apathite to transcribe the entire prayer it would defeat the purpose, anger the god, and likely lead to nothing, as Apathor is slow to rouse and even less likely to act.

In fact, many of the more orthodox Apathite sects such as The Ancient and Illuminated Forum Lurkers or The Transportation Security Administration see 'Meh' as a sort of curse or insult because to them, the very act of making even the most half hearted effort goes against everything they believe Apathor stands for. For scriptural support, they would cite the seminal Apathanian work Malleus Activium if 1) they had the energy 2) they had bothered to read it or 3) it was written in the first place. Of course, the more progressive Passive Snarkists or members of the Universalist Congregation of Apathor (reformed) would counter that for true apathy to be shown, a half hearted effort must be made. Otherwise it'd be the same as if they had not read the post in the first place. In his "Essays," Enlightenment Apathite Johan Von Longermaname talks about the Allegory of the Rake Near the Cave where a lone philosopher, coming across a cave whose entrance is strewn with leaves would think nothing of it unless there was a rake leaning in full view against said cave which would then speak volumes about someones', 'perhaps the cave owner or perhaps Jesus or something, intentions of actually raking the leaves, but not feeling like it right now.' (This sounds better in the original German)

So you are, I think, right to decry the use of 'Meh' on Metafilter, psmealey, as it could possibly touch off an entire Apathite schism, replete with shrugging and tl;drs, the likes of which Metafilter has never seen due to the extreme reluctance of Apathites to actually engage in anything. Therefore, I suspect that most of the 'Meh'-ers are Dutch, which if you know anything about the Internet, makes perfect sense.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:04:02 -0800

Exactly my point. Eloquently stated as always, robocop.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:09:26 -0800

Nthing robocop.

I anti-meh that guy.

By: RokkitNite

RokkitNite — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:14:07 -0800

Perhaps we could brush the dust off the antiquated 'pschaw', instead?

By: h00py

h00py — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:20:50 -0800

I think you mean pshaw. Also, faf, foop, pfft, ack, ergh, are overplayed but absolutely correct if used in the right context.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:22:04 -0800

"pfft" is good. I can get behind "pfft".

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:37:10 -0800

I just thank God you didn't ask for a freakin' pony. I'm actually starting to dislike real ponies, just by association.

By: h00py

h00py — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:42:38 -0800

In my experience, ponies bite. They look cute, but they're nasty fuckers.

By: [@I][:+:][@I]

[@I][:+:][@I] — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:43:40 -0800

If only there were a word that expressed my complete indifference to all of this.

By: SteveTheRed

SteveTheRed — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:52:06 -0800

In the spirit of the season: Bah! Humbug!

By: h00py

h00py — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:52:30 -0800

That would probably be 'pffh' (the eyeroll is implied).

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:53:47 -0800

Eh, Meh-rry Christmas, Fuckers.

By: rtha

rtha — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:54:49 -0800

Boy, some of you sure are cranky when I first wake up.
to make coherent, just add caffeine

*slurp*

By: h00py

h00py — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:55:25 -0800

and it's multilingual!

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:59:32 -0800

Um...

By: desuetude

desuetude — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:06:03 -0800

~~Loquacious witty reply.~~

On preview, what [@I][:+:][@I] said.

By: casarkos

casarkos — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:08:03 -0800

Metafilter: Eh.

By: josher71

josher71 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:08:12 -0800

nthing desuetude

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:11:47 -0800

"In my experience, ponies bite. They look cute, but they're nasty fuckers."

Damn skippy.

By: -t

-t — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:23:16 -0800

Beh.

Trying to get apathetic persons not to be all apathetical. That's all sorts of ironical, I'm amused.

P.S. I want a pony, a flying pony, a hugging flying pony with no teeth.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:31:15 -0800

I propose we all kick it old-school alt.folklore.urban USENET style in 2008 with lots of "furrfu"s all around.

Furrfu!

By: -t

-t — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:31:25 -0800

Unless people will hate me for having one.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:34:36 -0800

And worse, it's BORING.

Since my only thought in every single comment I ever make on MetaFilter is only to entertain you, I shall strive to do better in the future. I shall cease my current practice of posting answers in AskMe solely on the basis of whether they are "helpful," as clearly, a helpful answer is worthless if it is not also entertaining.

By: Ian A.T.

Ian A.T. — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:35:27 -0800

"I'm also peeved when people give a brief answer with a question mark, as a subtle form of hostility."

Yes! Also, when the first answer is one (frequently misspelled, almost never capitalized or punctuated) word. "OMGOMG I have to answer first!"

(Yes, I know that would make a good tagline, you lazy hacks.)

By: everichon

everichon — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:41:07 -0800

*non-committal heck-if-I-know gesture*

By: chlorus

chlorus — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:44:24 -0800

See meh, feel meh, touch meh, heal meh.

By: darkripper

darkripper — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:48:24 -0800

I'm so apathetical I asked a friend of mine to actually write and post this message while I'm on the bed not doing anything. Not that I actually care about this issue or anything else.

By: Dr. Wu

Dr. Wu — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:48:34 -0800

I, for one, am in favor of a return to mild, Victorian-era epithets such as "Fiddlesticks!" and "Poppycock!"

By: Sparx

Sparx — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:51:27 -0800

M is for the Many ways I do not give a shit
E is for the Ennui that I feel
H is for the special Hell reserved by holy writ
For all the things that do not much appeal

"Meh" is just a simple word, hardly a yawn's pupae
In a language even asshats understand
Time tested and time proven, you cannot take it away
Unless you prise it from my cold and lifeless hand

By: tkolar

tkolar — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:52:56 -0800

I disagree with pretty much everyone here. "Meh" as an expression of indifference to a topic is vastly more informative than not posting anything, in which case the person in question may simply thing they're not being read and try blathering the same thing again.

"Meh" is the on-line equivalent of checking your watch or shifting uncomfortably in your chair. It fills the niche between politely changing the topic or simply saying "So how about those Yankees?"

In short, expressing indifference is an important part of communication and "meh." is one of the ways it is done on-line.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:54:57 -0800

F is for all the fine feelings I feel...

Ah fuck it.

By: burnmp3s

burnmp3s — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:59:04 -0800

I blame the lack of an equivalent emoticon. :|

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:00:33 -0800

I feel so strongly about the opinion that I don't have, that I am posting here to proclaim, loudly, that I don't have it!

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:08:23 -0800

If you listen very closely, Crazy Frog is just someone who says "meh" a lot.

By: shothotbot

shothotbot — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:09:59 -0800

Please take it to MehTaFilter.

By: hangashore

hangashore — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:11:52 -0800

Can we just skip straight to the Feats of Strength?

By: clevershark

clevershark — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:17:01 -0800

I hereby declare that expressions I don't use should also not be used by anyone else! Since I don't use it myself it must necessarily be intellectually lazy and boring!

So -- dare I use it? -- meh.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:20:03 -0800

Down with this sort of thing!

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:24:57 -0800

On preview, nthing meh: the one word answer.

By: beagle

beagle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:25:11 -0800

I agree with tkolar. "Meh" is a useful expression.

By: bonaldi

bonaldi — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:27:05 -0800

everybody get together and retire this tired, lazy epithet right now.
Fixed that for you.

Also, fuck off fascist

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:30:23 -0800

So how about those Yankees?

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:32:04 -0800

A good bucket of poppycock is ruined if you put that artificial butter on it.

By: shothotbot

shothotbot — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:32:36 -0800

*Checks watch*

By: quin

quin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:33:13 -0800

I will take my place among the few who defend 'meh'. Taken alone, I can see the argument against it's inclusion into a thread, which is to say, that if the only comment you post is simply those three letters, the odds are probably good that you could have refrained from making a comment at all.

However, when used in conjunction with some kind of qualifier, those same three simple letters can convey, very concisely, your precise feelings on a subject.

For example: "Check out this link to this car! It's the coolest thing anyone has ever seen! It's engine is bigger and it goes faster than anything else on the road. I mean just look at it's flaming paint job! You know with flames like that it's gotta be awesome!"

Your response: "Meh, it's not actually as fast as any number of other cars that are far less flashy and have a better power to weight ratio."

In terms of a simple way of deflating a gross overstatement, there are few words as simple and efficient.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:34:29 -0800

And the winner for the most use of the word 'simple' in a single comment is...

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:35:09 -0800

Also, fuck off fascist

After I am done collecting your tired online slang, I'll be coming for your MeFi-in jokes.

All that and jackboots too. They're so stylish!

By: painquale

painquale — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:47:41 -0800

Did "nthing" originate with Metafilter? This is hard to Google for -- you get pages and pages of misspellings of "nothing". But some searches indicate that it's a very Metafilter-centric saying. What was the first MeFi use of it? Is there any easy way to search for that?

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:55:05 -0800

If you haven't noticed around here, user number 1 really likes that expression. I think he's onto something. In some situations it is just the right sentiment, although it is overused.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:57:39 -0800

*yawn*

By: brujita

brujita — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:03:32 -0800

Enh....

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:11:09 -0800

mehguage log.

Lazy, one-note mehing is a much a problem as any other lazy, one-note commenting crutch; no less, no more. Don't go throwing out the mehby with the bathwater.

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:11:34 -0800

I also really hate "Meh."

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:20:03 -0800

If you haven't noticed around here, user number 1 really likes that expression.

He was using it back in 2002. The man's a thought-leader.

By a rough count, though, it looks like I may use it slightly more often than he does, even when you factor out my explanations of how to pronounce "mefi".

Jessamyn hardly mehs at all.

psmealey mehs conservatively, but examples can be found. There's also the question of reflexive mehtacommentary, if you will.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:23:24 -0800

I am so busted.

/looks for rock to crawl under

In my defense, I was mostly talking about just leaving, meh as one's sole contribution to a thread. I'll admit that the expression does have utility in summing up one's indifference to something in a post or article.

By: spock

spock — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:23:36 -0800

While "meh" is certainly all that people say it is, the answer is "No, it cannot be stopped" anymore than any other linguistic/language/etiquette issue can be stopped and it is a waste of brain cells to be overly bothered by it. Acknowledge and move on.

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:24:28 -0800

Whence "meh", and can it be stopped?

So since the "fixed that for you" obnoxiousness was addressed in this space recently, in the spirit of

Yeah, whatever, boring. Meh.

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:25:46 -0800

Come on people now, smile on your brother

You wanna try to get this crowd to smile on each other?

Good luck.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:36:13 -0800

Those grins? Was it an actual grin, or that painful rictus women adopt when they're trying to exit a situation with a strange guy as fast as possible but are too scared to be violent towards him?

By: dios

dios — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:42:32 -0800

They need to have www.archive.org redirect to cortex's brain.

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:43:49 -0800

Dear nice people - fuck you.

By: cairnish

cairnish — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:44:07 -0800

@loiseau: +1

By: gwint

gwint — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:54:29 -0800

I wrote a Greesemonkey script that changes all instances of "meh" to "I need a hug" Works wonders.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:07 -0800

tl;dr

By: y2karl

y2karl — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:18 -0800

I CAN MEH CHEEZBURGER?

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:07:36 -0800

MetaFiliter: (Yes, I know that would make a good tagline, you lazy hacks.)

By: criticalbill

criticalbill — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:07:41 -0800

Meh is old - its practically mehdieval

By: pupdog

pupdog — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:09:42 -0800

Metafilter: I hate everything you like that I don't

or, on preveiw: meh

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:19:03 -0800

I'm going to the love-in to sit and play my bongos in the dirt.

By: breezeway

breezeway — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:26:03 -0800

I always thought "Meh" was a Todd Browning's Freaks reference, and the user was just expressing pinheadedness; I've avoided saying anything until now, for fear of being turned into that chicken bitch by the roly-poly dude.

So yeah, gabba gabba, keep using "Meh;" your water-headed babbling terrifies me.

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:31:30 -0800

I much prefer "Pff", which is the sort of noise of disdain you can imagine a particularly snooty Frenchman making.

By: yeoz

yeoz — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:35:33 -0800

Meh.

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:56:16 -0800

I thought it was just another way to say "Eh." Like some sort of regional central Canadian accent thing. I had no idea it carried all this extra baggage. Damn. Canadians are way deep.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:00:00 -0800

Meh?

By: empath

empath — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:04:34 -0800

"Meh" is a perfectly cromulent word.

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:08:24 -0800

Anybody here remember if they like pancakes?

By: patricio

patricio — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:17:30 -0800

This thread is going mehvellously

By: theora55

theora55 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:23:30 -0800

Can it be stopped? Not so much.

By: Kirth Gerson

Kirth Gerson — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:39:55 -0800

Somebody needs some mehthadone.

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:51:33 -0800

Or "Nthing ____." (If the answer was already given and you have nothing to add, why comment at all?)

Because sometimes it's helpful to know that more than one person agrees with the sentiment? No one sees me if I'm just nodding at my screen. Or shaking my fist. The "On preview" thing to me is more of a way of clarifying that one is in agreement with someone else, even though when you began typing the thing you wanted to say hadn't been said yet.

Do all of you who complain about posting styles complain in person about people's verbal communication styles as well? I'd be pretty bored here if people all wrote and spoke the same way.

By: metric space

metric space — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:56:56 -0800

Down with indifference! Down with indiff... ah, who cares.

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:59:19 -0800

oh, oh, oh, pet-peeve filter! My turn.

Someone posts:

Fuck you, fuck this place, I wish you'd all die, how could you have said such a stupid-assed thing, shit, piss, fuck, etc.......

And then five minutes later:

[Sheepishly] Aw gee I guess I should have had my morning coffee/heroin/beer/etc before I posted. Sorry! Forgiven?

No, fuck YOU. Not having your beverage or drug of choice before posting does not excuse your being a dick. If you are a dick, own up to it, embrace it and wallow in your dickness. BE the dick. All will never be forgiven but it will be forgotten.

[this is fun]

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:01:58 -0800

A friend of mine named her new cat Joseph Stalin.

You wanna know why?

Because it killed 22 million people.

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:01:58 -0800

Case of the Mondays?

By: Artw

Artw — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:03:24 -0800

it killed 22 million people.

Damn atheist cats!

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:04:46 -0800

Sorry pmeasley, I meant to address your question. Yes, I don't get the whole "meh" thing either. Based on my internal testing, it takes six clicks and/or keystrokes to respond to a post with "meh." Thats six clicks I could better spend elsewhere like downloading porn or warez.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:09:56 -0800

Damn atheist cats!

Well, at least it wasn't as bad as her other cat, Chairman Meow.

By: breezeway

breezeway — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:15:37 -0800

I heard Paw Pot was a motherfucker, too.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:19:35 -0800

Well, at least it wasn't as bad as her other cat, Chairman Meow.

Or his brother Mousey Tongue.

By: ArmyOfKittens

ArmyOfKittens — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:34:01 -0800

Whence "meh".

Thanks for the link, peacay. I missed that thread at the time.

By: grumblebee

grumblebee — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:34:28 -0800

I recommend "safe as houses and dull as ditchwater."

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:41:15 -0800

By: Ms. Saint

Ms. Saint — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:47:19 -0800

We have two cats. My boyfriend was in charge of naming the second cat. He chose the name Chairman Meow. I still don't know how I feel about this.

We call him Commie for short, though.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:06:44 -0800

Or his brother Mousey Tongue.

I obviously picked the wrong thread to discuss my friend and her killer pussy.

By: tangerine

tangerine — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:24:53 -0800

Oh god, please don't let this begin. Pinocat, Meowšević, Catigula, Kitty Amin.

Somebody please take away my computer.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:32:48 -0800

No, I am Spartacat.

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:39:43 -0800

MEH!

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:25:20 -0800

Adolf Catler.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:26:06 -0800

Sorry, KITLER.

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:02:31 -0800

My boyfriend wouldn't let me name our cat Chairman Meow.

But speaking of kittens, I will, however, put forth kittens for breakfast's fantastic and frequently-used-in-real-life saying on the table as on option:

"Gah!"

(used to express horror or shock, much as one uses "meh" for indifference or boredom).

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:15:05 -0800

I recommend "safe as houses and dull as ditchwater."

Funny. Moms always said, "dull as dishwater". Though, in her Hobokenese it sounds more like "dish-wawwwtah".

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:21:05 -0800

You posted a MetaTalk thread about this?!

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:24:30 -0800

Or, as my grandmother would say, "about this you posted a MetaTalk thread?"

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:28:43 -0800

You posted a MetaTalk thread about this?!

Yes. Yes, I did.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:41:54 -0800

Meh.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:44:42 -0800

Doh. You got me, you magnificent bastard!

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:47:57 -0800

Mnyeh.

By: Ms. Saint

Ms. Saint — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:51:30 -0800

My boyfriend adds: Saddam Pussein.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:14:33 -0800

(runs off to register mehtafilter.com)
posted by the dief

Errr, if you are sitting at a computer, connected to the internet, and then you "run off" to register a domain, you are doing it wrong.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:46:53 -0800

My boyfriend wouldn't let me name our cat Chairman Meow.

You should definitely stick with that guy.

By: Dillonlikescookies

Dillonlikescookies — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:57:36 -0800

if you outlaw meh, only outlaws will have meh.
on preview: bleh.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:31:29 -0800

Everyone needs a hug, or bacon. Or something.

By: A dead Quaker

A dead Quaker — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:42:03 -0800

You people are creeping me out. Please tell me today's Cat and Girl isn't a coincidence?

Hint: Furranco!

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:56:53 -0800

I propose we all kick it old-school alt.folklore.urban USENET style in 2008 with lots of "furrfu"s

That's "zru."

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:19:20 -0800

Bah.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:23:02 -0800

Single word alternatives. Branch out! Express!

Ack!
Argh.
Blargh...
Bah!
Blecch.
Caw!
Cor!
Doh!
Eck.
Eek!
eep!
Faugh!
Feh.
Fnord.
Gah!
Haaaaa.
Hey-o!
Ick.
Jam!
Meh.
nah...
Nast.
Naw.
Oof.
Oooooooh!
oopth.
oh.
Pff!
Sss-sss-sss...
Tchkch!
Ugh.
uh...
Um...
Voip!
Weak.
woot.
Well...
*Yawn*
Zounds.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:12:55 -0800

Hrm.

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:35:11 -0800

Ayuh.

By: Termite

Termite — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:45:32 -0800

M-hm.

By: fleacircus

fleacircus — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:08:03 -0800

I have an opinion on this issue and I feel strongly about it.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:17:58 -0800

Harumph.

By: h00py

h00py — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:04:02 -0800

Erp. Oh, and yay and lol and squee (just to offer a bit of contrariness to the occasion).

By: h00py

h00py — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:09:10 -0800

(I like gak too, for something more forceful).

By: ooga_booga

ooga_booga — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:35:41 -0800

I regularly use about 20 of the exclamations in A.V.'s list. Ack!

By: h00py

h00py — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:35:18 -0800

(Not that I use yay, lol and squee unironically, of course).

By: ersatz

ersatz — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:55:18 -0800

pro-mehs can't muster the will to defend it. There are 89 of us here.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:23:01 -0800

To meh or not to meh? That is teh question.

By: TwelveTwo

TwelveTwo — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:14:02 -0800

Am I late to the not caring?

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:53:47 -0800

It's a regular Meh-th lab around here.

By: shothotbot

shothotbot — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:43:48 -0800

In case your holiday shopping is not done, thinkgeek has the meh t-shirt.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:03:28 -0800

With the IMG tag gone, there is no reason to keep this thread open.

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:11:17 -0800

Eva launch!

By: Nabubrush

Nabubrush — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:30:19 -0800

M'eh.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:41:45 -0800

huh. Being inherently waggy tailed by nature I never understood mehtality until I came here.

Adore your brilliant and meh transcendent comment robocop is bleeding.