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Don't favorite this comment.

Help, I can't stop talking! — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:58:40 -0800

hermitosis, you are an attention whore.

Are you kidding me with this? It's easy to couch this as just another cute joke, but it's honestly the most blatant plea for favorites I've ever seen. Bad form!

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:02:02 -0800

If we get to 500, everyone needs to remove their favorite immediately thereafter.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:03:50 -0800

Lame callout.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:05:14 -0800

hermitosis is not a whore. I wouldn't dream of paying for him.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:05:24 -0800

I'm finding the whole thread distasteful personally, from the LOLSUICIDE stuff to the trollish feel of the originally posted blog to the jonmc's club of women who flirt with him to stories from the people who are upset or personally affected by suicide. And I figured it would wind up in MeTa, but not like this.

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:05:34 -0800

If you flag this post as offensive I won't take a shit on your mom's face.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:05:39 -0800

Or we can just favorite it and take the favorite away repeatedly. If enough of us do that, and the number of favorites fluctuates wildly enough, I bet we could break the internet.

By: dash_slot-

dash_slot- — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:05:56 -0800

eponysterical.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:06:16 -0800

After bringing me to two MetaFilter meetups, hermitosis finally took matters into his own hands and bought me this here gift membership. Looks like I'm here to stay. The nickname isn't creative, just accurate. - Help, I can't stop talking!'s profile.

And now even lamer.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:07:12 -0800

What the shit?

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:07:15 -0800

[voice="peter griffin"]Me-me-me-meeh. Me-me-me-meeh.[/voice]

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:08:18 -0800

I'm finding the whole thread distasteful personally.

Deeply.

Please delete it.

Thx.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:09:24 -0800

Let's all just give him the 500 favorites. He'll close the account. Problem solved.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:09:29 -0800

I was going to post something cute or funny or at least what I thought was cute or funny, but after seeing Jessamyn's comment, followed bycitizen premier's comment, I'm just go back away slowly from the internet and turn off the computer.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:09:30 -0800

hermitosis keeps saying he's a badass, and that he just doesn't give a shit, but I'm personally waiting to see him put up or shut up.

By: danb

danb — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:10:34 -0800

Yeah, I'm not a fan of that thread either, but I have to say this is an ass-random callout.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:15:57 -0800

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:16:55 -0800

Dude, I'm totally favoriting this comment just because it makes you MAD.

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:23:22 -0800

I'm finding the whole thread distasteful personally.

Amen.

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:28:02 -0800

I'm finding the whole thread distasteful personally.

Yeah, I got all annoyed about the whole thing and posted a comment -- but now I'm regretting even getting involved in that thread. It has nothing to offer here and certainly isn't the best of the web.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:30:37 -0800

I'm too lazy to put out my Gestalt Receptor Antennae tonight, so I'll just link to this weird bit of randomness that I typed before.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:37:00 -0800

All yall need to get your sarcasm meters checked. And also, hermitosis should be BANNED for this. BANNED, I say. His lawless misanthropy had its day. Enough!

By: youarenothere

youarenothere — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:48:37 -0800

Best Answers not Favorites! Best Answers not Favorites!!

By: Item

Item — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:49:43 -0800

Favorite this comment if you find that thread distasteful - or if you loooove puppies!

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:02:24 -0800

I can't tell if HICST is really indignant and feels the need to shame me, or if he's trying to draw attention to the thread to call my bluff and see me lose my username. And I actually have no idea which is worse.

The post was bad, OK, but hermitosis' comment was a joke for chissake. Sheesh, it's hardly the worlds most serious post.

Perhaps this poster is little miffed the hermitosis beat them to the punch? Hmmm?

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:05:19 -0800

hermitosis would beg for horizontal Baudrillard in a sand dune

By: moonbird

moonbird — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:10:18 -0800

If 500 people kill me I'll favorite myself in 90 days.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:10:43 -0800

And I figured it would wind up in MeTa, but not like this.

And I was going to post it to MeTa, but not like this.

Seriously... as has been pointed out in the thread, it's either scam and offensive that reason or it's not a scam and is offensive for that reason.

Either way it doesn't seem like something that needs to grace the front page.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:12:37 -0800

to the jonmc's club of women who flirt with him

I, too, find the idea of women flirting with jonmc to be distasteful. Shame on you, ladies!

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:13:37 -0800

Don't forget to post a link to the comment on Projects, in AskMe, on Jobs, and in Music, for maximum penetration and exposure on the site, Hermitosis. But you should probably use a different sockpuppet account, lest anyone gets suspicious.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:16:32 -0800

HICST, is there perhaps some underlying argument between you and hermitosis that is manifesting in threads here? That AskMe from hermitosis that you answered in was kind of weird and seemed to be getting kind of personal, and this also seems to be going that way. The AskMe read like standard Cat FAQ but seemed to be something different altogether in the end, as does this callout for favorite whoring.

hermitosis is not the real problem in that horrible MeFi thread, even though his behavior is distasteful. A little favorite whoring pales in comparison to all the comments suggesting this person, real or not, should kill herself now, or be physically assaulted. The whole thing is the worst of MeFi.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:17:00 -0800

well, the thread is about what seems to be a fake suicide for reasons unknown, you were especting erudition and insight or something? It's deserving of mockery and jocularity and that's what it gets.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:17:19 -0800

Oooh! snap.

By: popechunk

popechunk — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:18:47 -0800

mathowie, please set his fave count to 500000000 and ban him.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:18:51 -0800

By the way, isn't anyone going to do a post about the big Scientology protest in London today?

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:20:22 -0800

Here's a starter link for you for that.

By: 1

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:22:21 -0800

That AskMe from hermitosis that you answered in was kind of weird and seemed to be getting kind of personal, and this also seems to be going that way.

How can you expect HICST to be even civil to Hermitosis? The man is objectively a cat rapist!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:22:40 -0800

HICST, is there perhaps some underlying argument between you and hermitosis that is manifesting in threads here?

Just to pre-empt any armchair psychoanalysis; I've met both of them a few times. They;re buddies and they're having a little fun at eachother's expense (and somewhat entertainingly Imight add) in a thread that can't really be derailed because it was never railed to begin with.

By: RichardP

RichardP — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:35:06 -0800

If you view this image you will discover that you've automatically favorited this post.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:36:03 -0800

Friends don't let friends rape cats.

By: loiseau

loiseau — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:36:50 -0800

I figured Help! was giving Hermitosis an assist, since I wouldn't have otherwise read that thread and favourited his comment.

But yeah, anyway, the thread subject is hardly best-of-the-web (since it'll be everywhere in no time) and a lot of the comments are breathtakingly cruel. It doesn't matter to me that the blog is almost certainly fake.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:43:04 -0800

Don't do it! hermitosis needs to liiiiiiive!

By: smackfu

smackfu — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:47:50 -0800

Sarcastic metatalk threads have a long history of going well.

By: empath

empath — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:52:54 -0800

pffft 500? I shamelessly favorite whored for a much lower mark and still came up short.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:06:20 -0800

We're all attention whores now. The javascript pimps have won.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:10:29 -0800

By the way, isn't anyone going to do a post about the big Scientology protest in London today?

It wasn't just in London (although that one looks great); "Anonymous" got organized all over. Something Awful's keeping track of reports:

FINAL NUMBERS for Protest Attendees: GOON COUNT

Auckland, NZ: 30-40
Sydney, AU: 200
Brisbane, AU: 60
Plymouth, UK: 15-25
Manchester, UK: 125
CLEARWATER, FL, US: 200
Atlanta, GA, US: 200-300
Dallas, TX, US: 115
Houston, TX, US: ~75
Charlotte, NC, US: 60
Berkeley, CA, US: 15 (but mighty)
Indianapolis, IN, US: 25
Philadelphia, PA, US:135
Edmonton, CAN: 40
Montreal, CAN: 50
Toronto, CAN: 150-200
Winnipeg, CAN: 30ish
TOKYO, JAPAN: 1 (but big balls)
Oslo, Norway: 50
Milwaukee, WI, US: 30
Halifax, Nova Scotia: 20-30
Detroit, MI, US: ~100

But yeah, someone should post it to the front page.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:12:24 -0800

I would have gone, but my V for Vendetta mask was at the cleaners.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:18:04 -0800

Ah, I didn't know the protest was in my city also. That one is a "Dianetics" foundation rather than a "Church" so as to not upset all the megachurch goers here. It's between a new age bookstore and a Starbucks.

By: caddis

caddis — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:36:46 -0800

Who is the real attention whore here?

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:38:44 -0800

Please, that picture is disturbing.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:40:42 -0800

Winnipeg, CAN: 30ish

It's -30C here, and was -45C with the windchill today. They're even more messed up than the Scientologists.

By: empath

empath — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:55:36 -0800

am i the only one that doesn't give a shit about the anonymous vs scientology thing?

By: enn

enn — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:56:26 -0800

If you view this image you will discover that you've automatically favorited this post.

Cute. But this particular trick doesn't allow me to blame my next drunken flameout on your hacking my account. Next time, please post an exploit that allows you to get hold of my never-expiring login cookie. Thanks!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:56:57 -0800

am i the only one that doesn't give a shit about the anonymous vs scientology thing?

No.

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:59:52 -0800

If you view this image you will discover that you've automatically favorited this post.

Didn't work for me [Ubuntu 7.10, Firefox 2.0.0.11, Adblock Plus 0.5.11.4, NoScript 1.3.2 (MetaFilter scripts allowed)]

By: RichardP

RichardP — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:09:09 -0800

Flabdablet, it's a CSRF. By default NoScript intercepts POST requests sent from untrusted origins to trusted sites and turns them into data-less GET requests.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:37:39 -0800

I was all set to be annoyed at this callout, then I saw the OP's profile, then I was like "oh." Who's the REAL attention whore, hmmmm? All in good fun.

By: JohnnyGunn

JohnnyGunn — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:43:38 -0800

This anonymous guy protesting Scientology, is he the same who posts in AskMe all the time?

By: mediareport

mediareport — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:01:56 -0800

am i the only one that doesn't give a shit about the anonymous vs scientology thing?

I dunno, to me coordinated global goofiness always = good.

By: brujita

brujita — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:22:35 -0800

They're buddies and they're having a little fun at each other's expense.

Yes, I know and like both hermitosis and HICST-- but guys, PLEASE keep this off of mefi.

By: davejay

davejay — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:40:23 -0800

I'm gonna get myself connected, the writing's on the wall
But if your mind's neglected, stumble you might fall
Stumble you might fall

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:12:43 -0800

hermitosis, you are an attention whore.

See that "you" in there? That's called the second person. It's kind of what MeFi Mail is for.

By: chillmost

chillmost — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:25:18 -0800

Jeez, you really can't stop talking, can you?

At least try.

By: rtha

rtha — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:51:23 -0800

Just dropping in to say hi.

Hi.

By: timeistight

timeistight — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:59:28 -0800

jonmc has groupies now? I'll retire to bedlam.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:17:50 -0800

Flag it and move on.

By: allkindsoftime

allkindsoftime — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:14:49 -0800

you are an attention whore

If you honestly believe that's the case, why are you giving him more?

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:21:08 -0800

I, too, find the idea of women flirting with jonmc to be distasteful.

Read the post, people! Of course this isn't women flirting with jonmc. It's senior citizens telling him to get off their goddam lawn.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:47:32 -0800

timeistight: don't hate the playa, hate the game.

By: BeerFilter

BeerFilter — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:44:54 -0800

I love stunt posts.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:58:59 -0800

guys, PLEASE keep this off of mefi.

They did- they brought it to MeTa. I say, more shenigans in MeTa, please! It's certainly more fun than threads about you-know-what.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:03:15 -0800

Sidebar it! Only 270 to go!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:10:03 -0800

It's certainly more fun than threads about you-know-what.

Pancakes? Chuck Norris?

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:15:12 -0800

It's certainly more fun than threads about you-know-what.

Obama? Settling? What?

By: quin

quin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:46:51 -0800

It's certainly more fun than threads about you-know-what.

About how each unit of competency identifies a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements? Or that the units of competency must be adhered to in training and assessment to ensure consistency of outcomes?

I was thinking the exact same thing.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:47:10 -0800

If you don't have the favourites by Friday, the kid dies. You don't have the favourites. Now, you could send 500 of jonmc's groupies an image exploit, but it will cause hermitosis' account to be closed. If hermitosis' account is closed, the kid dies. So that's no go. However, you could always schmooze with the Xenuts: get a Scientologist to kill a blogger every day for 90 days, and you should just make it. But then you'll get Anonymous all up in your grill like whoa, and then the kid dies. So there's that. Luckily, you've still got got your women over 50 - get three of them to vote for Obama, and you get off scott free. But remember, if and when Obama gets elected, his first act in office will be to make sure the kid dies.

So you're basically fucked.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:50:40 -0800

you could send 500 of jonmc's groupies an image exploit,

you forget, my groupies are all over 50, so they're generally not technically proficient, nor do they have good eyesight, which come to think of it, explains a lot.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:13:11 -0800

Seeing as how the poster of this callout has also favorited the comment in question, maybe we could call it a day here? Or, did Princess H,IST have more to add?

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:13:48 -0800

Sorry, I meant Princess H,ICST.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:19:00 -0800

HISCST is a dude, dude.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:19:16 -0800

Princess seems apt.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:21:35 -0800

He's also a gay dude, so it might come across as a bit homophobic, just so you know.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:23:32 -0800

Oh, ok. Forget all about this whole thing then.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:48:45 -0800

In all fairness, Burhanistan, her majesty didn't favorite the comment until this morning, probably after reading this thread and deciding (as most of us probably have) that this is all a terrific mess which will go away all the sooner if I'm 86'ed. Joined 'em, as it were since he couldn't beat 'em.

Since it's been under 24 hours and I'm already halfway there, it's starting to look like that's probably going to happen.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:50:00 -0800

You signed your own death warrant! Oh, what a spiral of madness!

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:00:58 -0800

Wait, you're actually going to do it?

That's even funnier than this lame excuse for a callout.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:10:12 -0800

254 users marked this as a favorite:
...
hermitosis February 11, 2008 7:49 AM...

That's cheating!

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:21:11 -0800

That is a thread that I peeked into briefly and left quickly. I don't understand why a bunch of people felt compelled to chime in to encourage the alleged suicide for-real-or-just-a-stupid-hoax person to kill herself pronto, but it represents the worst sort of aggro boorishness that sometimes happens here. Blech.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:27:09 -0800

Remember that copy of National Lampoon that was on eBay?
WELL IT'S TOO LATE TO CALL PETA NOW

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:28:56 -0800

I don't understand why a bunch of people felt compelled to chime in to encourage the alleged suicide for-real-or-just-a-stupid-hoax person to kill herself pronto

Speaking for myself, I did it because I figured it was a funny way of saying 'this site is bullshit,' and I've known a few people who have commited suicide, I can assure you that I don't take the issue lightly. If the site is a hoax (and I think we all can agree that it probably is), it's existence is a far bigger affront to the issue than any of the comments we made.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:32:39 -0800

Yeah, if I get 500, I really will do it.

My intent originally was to just set up a parallel to the (awful) post. I set the number at a point I thought was possible, but not likely to be reached. Though even I underestimated the instinct people have to respond to attention-whoring, whether out of curiosity, out of amusement, or out of a desire to punish the whore. In a way, my comment (262 and climbing) is a better response than Jane's blog deserves, but going through with it is really the only way I can conclusively demonstrate how I'm different than the thing I'm making fun of.

Besides, maybe the best way to break out of the favorites game altogether is to walk away from what I have and start fresh. I can't think of a better way to go about it, I guess.

(Blazecock, I can always unfave my own at the last minute and let someone else have the coup de gras.)

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:38:09 -0800

We always like to ascribe extensive rationale to all of our actions.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:45:17 -0800

The only way to win is not to play.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:15:57 -0800

Yeah, if I get 500, I really will do it.

Do it now, you lazy, procrastinating dingbat, I have shit to do.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:23:34 -0800

Late to the party, but I will cut off my right hand on hermitosis' lies if this comment gets 50,000 favourites.

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:52:05 -0800

If the site is a hoax (and I think we all can agree that it probably is)

The "if" and "probably" in your response admit that the site might not be a hoax. Even if there is only a 1% chance that it's for real, are the cruel, misanthropic jokes in there really so important as the crushing discouragement a depressed person would feel if they read that thread egging them on to just do it already? (As an aside, I wonder whether those comments might create legal liability for Matt.)

As you say, you don't take suicide lightly at all. Well, as long as it's probably a hoax, in which case, you kinda do take it lightly imho.

By: Dennis Murphy

Dennis Murphy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:38:24 -0800

The "if" and "probably" in your response admit that the site might not be a hoax.

But he KNOWS people who have committed suicide!

That makes it all better I guess.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:04:56 -0800

who the fuck cares one way or the other.

By: everichon

everichon — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:11:15 -0800

So wait, is "jonmc's club of women who flirt with him":

a) A bludgeon of some kind used to fend of said flirtation or
b) A sorority of like-minded jonmc flirters

TIA

Confused In Ashland

By: everichon

everichon — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:12:22 -0800

or:

c) A bludgeon composed of jonmc-flirting women? Cos that would be crazy.

By: wafaa

wafaa — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:13:36 -0800

you forget, my groupies are all over 50, so they're generally not technically proficient, nor do they have good eyesight, which come to think of it, explains a lot.
posted by jonmc at 9:50 AM on February 11 [1 favorite +] [!]

You haven't met my ass.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:30:09 -0800

Hermitosis is an attention whore?

What the fuck am I? Chopped liver? Fuck you!

If this post reaches 500 favorites I'll punch myself in junk with a brick.

By: kyleg

kyleg — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:39:21 -0800

If this post reaches 500 favorites I'll punch myself in junk with a brick.

YouTube or GTFO

By: waraw

waraw — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:55:41 -0800

The race is on!

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:21:38 -0800

All kinds of strange, hereabouts.

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:20:12 -0800

That thread was gross.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:27:16 -0800

YouTube or GTFO

That could be arranged. I highly doubt it'll hit 500 favorites, though.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:48:17 -0800

Do even 500 people read metatalk? I think the loq nads are safe from the brick this time.

By: empath

empath — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:07:11 -0800

can we sidebar it?

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:07:52 -0800

So, Hermitosis, have you picked out the dress you're going to wear, when you disable your account?

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:08:28 -0800

I'm not buying it yet, I don't want to end up like Miss Havisham-- the steady stream of favorites is starting to dry up, and as soon as this thread and the other one have rolled off their front pages, I'm not so sure anymore that it'll be a foregone conclusion. I'm at 337 now, and 160 more favorites are a whole lot of to expect from a comment that most people won't have direct access to anymore. It could take months.

It's a shame-- if it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:31:05 -0800

You haven't met my ass.

or the rest of you either.

By: nanojath

nanojath — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:44:20 -0800

Oh hermitosis - if it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all: since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?

Anyway, when it gets up to 475 or so I'm going to start emailing specific people who have favorited it, exhorting them to unfavorite. Keep your ass on tenterhooks for years

By: thankyoujohnnyfever

thankyoujohnnyfever — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:55:42 -0800

I can not _wait_ for 499. The phone call will be epic.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:40:50 -0800

I'm disappointed that it is only at 357 right now. Surely we can do better. Strategies for publicizing this comment?

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:37:19 -0800

Anyway, when it gets up to 475 or so I'm going to start emailing specific people who have favorited it, exhorting them to unfavorite

Hehe, me too! I will never let hermitosis die!

By: empath

empath — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:58:39 -0800

Some people said it couldn't be done. They said no one really wants hermitosis to close his account. "People are too apathetic". "The young people don't favorite." But I stand here before you today to say that I have hope. Hope that metafilter is crying out for change.

And we don't have to wait for hermitosis to close his account for us. We can make change happen. We are the ones we are waiting for. Will stand with me today with hundreds of other mefites to demand change?

The dream of the republican who wants to have a civil political discussion on metafilter is the same as the dream of the anonymous ask metafilter poster who wants to ask a question without being judged harshly by his peers. When I look at this great site, I don't see ask metafilter and metatalk, I see one metafilter, united in the great cause of our lifetime.

Getting Hermitosis to close his account.

Can we do this?

Yes We Can!

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:01:46 -0800

Watching all those favorites melt away in reverse would be very entertaining. But we have to wait until the count gets tantalizingly close to the 500 mark (if it ever gets there)...and then begin operation: Defave and Save Hermitosis.

By: empath

empath — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:06:01 -0800

This is not just shameless favorite whoring. This is a MOVEMENT. You can't stand in the way of change forever.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:22:56 -0800

Empath, if we don't defave Hermitosis and save his account, then everyone's account will be in danger and our Mefite way of life (and meet ups) will be in danger. The enemy will win.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:23:50 -0800

*Squints meaningfully*

By: rmless

rmless — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:27:08 -0800

*favoriting to unfavorite later*

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:34:04 -0800

Rest in peace, you silly bastard.

By: taz

taz — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:07:37 -0800

Hermitosis' cat favorited that comment, does his vote count? What if he was high when he did it? I mean, we love cats and all, but should we really give them this much power?

By: empath

empath — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:05:03 -0800

No one can stand in the way of 500 mefites favoriting for change.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:37:39 -0800

YES WE BAN