UPDATE

December 25, 2007 7:13 AM

UPDATE
posted by Baby_Balrog to MetaFilter-Related at 7:13 AM (47 comments total)

Umm. Okay.


ANOTHER UPDATE
posted by tkolar at 7:16 AM on December 25, 2007 [2 favorites]

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posted by Slack-a-gogo at 7:26 AM on December 25, 2007

Thanks, but our Aussie and Kiwi friends are REALLY going to be pissed when they find out they've missed it.
posted by hangashore at 7:27 AM on December 25, 2007

THANK YOU.
posted by needs more cowbell at 7:33 AM on December 25, 2007

However.

Strangely enough, it said "NO" yesterday but now "JA" in Dutch. Is anyone else getting local languages?

Have a good one, y'all.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:44 AM on December 25, 2007

> Strangely enough, it said "NO" yesterday but now "JA" in Dutch.

Dada Rewet Here Yet? I hope that means something more pleasant in Dutch than in English.
posted by ardgedee at 7:53 AM on December 25, 2007

Is anyone else getting local languages?

Yeah, I got "HAI". (Japanese)

Thing is, though, it's 1:10 am, December 26 here in Japan, so this thing ain't even right.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:10 AM on December 25, 2007

Is anyone else getting local languages?

Yeah, I got 'Fuckin' A!' (New York)
posted by jonmc at 8:42 AM on December 25, 2007 [15 favorites]

I'm getting Si in Canada. Weird.
posted by dobbs at 8:57 AM on December 25, 2007 [1 favorite]

Dobbs, you shouldn't have had that breakfast burrito.
posted by SassHat at 9:07 AM on December 25, 2007 [2 favorites]

Is anyone else getting local languages?

I got 'No'.

Dammit.
posted by pupdog at 9:24 AM on December 25, 2007

I got YES/OUI, which means it's busted - in Western Canada it should be YEPPERS.

If I were home (Newfoundland) it'd say YES ME B'Y.
posted by hangashore at 9:30 AM on December 25, 2007 [2 favorites]

Yeah, I got 'Fuckin' A!' (New York)

Busted again - shouldn't that have been WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT?
posted by hangashore at 9:37 AM on December 25, 2007

Definitely not properly localized. Here, it should be, YEP, Y'ALL.
posted by Malor at 9:39 AM on December 25, 2007

We're MetaFilter. Shouldn't the answer be "Meh."?
posted by five fresh fish at 9:42 AM on December 25, 2007 [2 favorites]

that'd be Jersey, hangashore.
posted by jonmc at 9:42 AM on December 25, 2007

The "Is It Christmas" Facebook application changed from "NO" to "WHY ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK ON CHRISTMAS DAY YOU GOONY MOTHRUCKR," which was a nice touch.
posted by danb at 10:11 AM on December 25, 2007

hangashore: YEPPERS? Western Canada?

Once I realised it was localised, I just read the OUI in a quebecois accent and everything was lovely.
posted by ssg at 10:20 AM on December 25, 2007

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posted by Dave Faris at 10:42 AM on December 25, 2007 [19 favorites]

Well, thank goodness we have a Christmas thread. That was a close one, guys.
posted by Plutor at 11:04 AM on December 25, 2007

You can even subscribe to the RSS feed and get a daily "No" in your reader.
posted by yeti at 12:13 PM on December 25, 2007 [1 favorite]

Yeah... that's perhaps the best feed ever...
posted by ph00dz at 12:26 PM on December 25, 2007

Whoa, thanks guys! I'm going to add that rss feed so I can always know!

If you're curious but you don't want to click on the link: it is Christmas.
posted by blacklite at 12:32 PM on December 25, 2007

Dave Faris: OK, Now say it all in one breath!
posted by Fferret at 12:48 PM on December 25, 2007

THIS JUST IN...
THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS IS OVER!
mmmmaybe.
posted by wendell at 1:13 PM on December 25, 2007 [2 favorites]

Pfft, it says "JA" (which one could assume is Swedish as well as Dutch, or Norwegian, or even Danish for that matter) but over here in Sweden it's the day after Christmas so that site has it all wrong. ;p
posted by dabitch at 1:55 PM on December 25, 2007

For me, it says:

OH HAI I MAD A F00D FR U

BUT I ATED IT

Don't ask me where I am.
posted by ersatz at 2:14 PM on December 25, 2007 [3 favorites]

LOLCATMANDU?
posted by wendell at 2:52 PM on December 25, 2007 [4 favorites]

I'm in a chicken coop. It said, "SQUAWK"

I'm on Mars. It said, "(x + n)³"

I'm in Jersey. It said, "What the fuck you askin' me for?"

etc.
Is it New Years yet?
posted by not_on_display at 3:13 PM on December 25, 2007

For me, here in Liverpool, it said 'Cunt!'
posted by PeterMcDermott at 3:36 PM on December 25, 2007

ALIVE
posted by bottlebrushtree at 3:59 PM on December 25, 2007

That's good to know, bottlebrushtree, because he stopped updating on Twitter over a month ago and, well, I was getting concerned.
posted by wendell at 4:19 PM on December 25, 2007

They need to make a site called "Did you eat too much for the past two days, are now repulsed, exhausted, don't have the strength to even mull over exchanging presents in the coming days and secretly never want to spend time with your family again?"

Because I have a resounding one-word answer for that, too.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 4:46 PM on December 25, 2007 [2 favorites]

Mine said "YES," which I took to mean "AYUH!"
posted by Hey, Cupcake! at 4:58 PM on December 25, 2007

Mine says 'Ditka.'
posted by shakespeherian at 5:03 PM on December 25, 2007

ALIVE
posted by bottlebrushtree at 5:59 PM on December 25 [+] [!]

Belly Laugh!!!!!!!!!

That's good to know, bottlebrushtree, because he stopped updating on Twitter over a month ago and, well, I was getting concerned.
posted by wendell at 6:19 PM on December 25 [+] [!]

Thought-I-was-going-to-puke-laugh. ohmygod...
posted by wafaa at 5:07 PM on December 25, 2007

And since I'm eight minutes away from the Beautiful California Central Coast, mine said "DUDE!"
posted by wendell at 5:38 PM on December 25, 2007

Abe Vigoda is on twitter? That's not a question I thought I'd ever have to ask.
posted by ninjew at 5:40 PM on December 25, 2007

btw, wafaa, you are way too easily entertained... if I ever do stand-up again, would you please be in the audience?
posted by wendell at 5:40 PM on December 25, 2007

Tonight, thank God it's them instead of you!
posted by freshwater_pr0n at 7:28 PM on December 25, 2007

HAPPY BOXING DAY!
posted by wendell at 9:07 PM on December 25, 2007

Happy Boxing Day
Love,
- Glass Joe
(My favorite video game sucks.)
posted by not_on_display at 10:37 PM on December 25, 2007

Some might prefer St. Stephen's Day, just to be balanced - or maybe Slovenian Independence Day, Proclamation Day, or maybe even Zartusht-No-Diso...
posted by pupdog at 11:07 PM on December 25, 2007

It says "no", which is wrong. It's still Christmas where I am in Canada.

Dobbs: "Si" is correct in response to a negative question, no?
posted by acoutu at 11:47 PM on December 25, 2007

LOLCATMANDU?

I hope you're a benevolent stalker. I've got cats and I'm not afraid to use them.

Now Chistmas is over. I get:

OH NOES
posted by ersatz at 4:44 AM on December 26, 2007

Abe Vigoda is on twitter?
Apparently someone whose occupation and/or vocation was to keep track of his health... for all we know, Abe is still alive but that guy died.
posted by wendell at 4:21 PM on December 26, 2007

This thing lies. According to the dogma that I've been told not to question lest I wind up in h-e-double hockey sticks, it will be Christmas until January 6th at which time it will be Epiphany.
posted by Pollomacho at 10:17 AM on December 27, 2007