Comments on: The Canadians! They read Metafilter!

The Canadians! They read Metafilter!

Dasein — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:14:57 -0800

This post linking to the Globe and Mail's series Talking to the Taliban generated this comment from the quidnunc kid. Somebody at the Globe noticed.

By: dersins

dersins — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:28:46 -0800

The name "the quidnunc kid" shall stand for all enternity with such luminaries as "Green Infidel" and "Bill Longstaff!"

How does it feel to be legendary in Canadia, the quidnunc kid?

By: ClaudiaCenter

ClaudiaCenter — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:30:28 -0800

Awesome!

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:35:14 -0800

That's great! I've long been a fan of the quidnunc kid, and I'm happy to see him hit the big time.

*dashes off to bum a couple of bucks off tqk, is depressed to discover it's Canadian money*

Kidding! Just kidding! I love you frozen-north people!

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:42:07 -0800

Man them Canadian lira are worth more than the American sort. I just flew in from Montreal last night (yes, naturally my arms are tired). That is a clean airport! I mean they don't even have any people or planes there! It's like a giant version of the Bangor, ME airport.

In summary:

Screw you, Canada!

By: Phanx

Phanx — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:43:18 -0800

Someone should mail Quid, or he may never notice.

By: jouke

jouke — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:44:09 -0800

Its a good observation on the individual psychology of war. Dehumanisation of the other is prerequisite and that's much easier in the absence of a lot of knowledge of the outside world.

By: jouke

jouke — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:48:32 -0800

Also:
We got noticed in the outside world! They acknowledge us, we exist! They value us, they love us!
Let's hoist this heroic kid on a shield and carry him triumphantly through the realm of metafilter followed by our exuberant throngs.

By: fish tick

fish tick — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:48:39 -0800

... is depressed to discover it's Canadian money
Actually, the Canadian dollar is worth more than the US one these days. However, don't take any Canadian Tire Money, as some of your fellow merkins have been known to do.
Yay Quid!

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:51:48 -0800

followed by our exuberant throngs

I read that as thongs, and had a mental picture that I will need many unicorn images to cleanse from my mind.

By: Dasein

Dasein — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:53:33 -0800

Someone should mail Quid, or he may never notice.

I emailed him as soon as I posted the thread, naturally.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:19:07 -0800

I read that as thongs, and had a mental picture that I will need many unicorn images to cleanse from my mind.
Here you go.

By: Koko

Koko — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:25:50 -0800

I noticed him first!

Good on'ya, quiddo.

By: CKmtl

CKmtl — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:27:22 -0800

Actually, the Canadian dollar is worth more than the US one these days.

Actually, no it's not. 1 CAD = ~0.98 USD.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:32:37 -0800

Actually, the Canadian dollar is worth more than the US one these days.

Not today, it ain't. It keeps bouncing around - experiencing its greatest drop in a few decades last week - as dictated by the whims of powerful entities far beyond its ken.

Which in itself is pretty damn Canadian.

And props to the quidnunc kid! Whether he's being serious or flip, the guy's sharp as a tack!

By: Nick Verstayne

Nick Verstayne — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:44:37 -0800

"don't take any Canadian Tire Money, as some of your fellow merkins have been known to do."

CIBC (Cannuck Bank) mistakenly loaded an ATM with Canadian Tire Money a while back, so maybe it's not just the Merkins that are taking it.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:48:19 -0800

Here you go.

Unless that Cafe Press link is to a store called "Pen Is Unicorns," PASS.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:55:47 -0800

Did that newspaper go looking for content from the web, or did quidnunc kid submit it here and there?

By: Catfry

Catfry — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:02:44 -0800

It would be very interesting if he identified himself as 'from metafilter.com' everywhere on the internet, I'd think.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:04:54 -0800

Did that newspaper go looking for content from the web, or did quidnunc kid submit it here and there?

They probably do trackback on their pieces like any little blog would.

By: ooga_booga

ooga_booga — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:22:15 -0800

Doesn't this violate Quid's copyright? Maybe he can sue them and get big Canuck bucks out of this!

Good on Quiddy!

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:28:58 -0800

It would be very interesting if he identified himself as 'from metafilter.com' everywhere on the internet, I'd think.

What, you don't?

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:31:55 -0800

Unless that Cafe Press link is to a store called "Pen Is Unicorns," PASS.

Wait, you're probably right. I just googled for unicorn thongs, and I noticed the store name but thought nothing of it, until only now I notice that the unicorns really do all have little penises on their heads. Could use an NSFW there, sorry. D'oh!

By: sgt.serenity

sgt.serenity — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:46:27 -0800

quidnunc is the best, i'm surprised he's not become rich or something.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:09 -0800

unicorns really do all have little penises on their heads

They must be aroused ALL THE TIME! No wonder they only hang out with virgins.

By: Catfry

Catfry — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:16:11 -0800

What, you don't?

I refuse to dignify that question with an answer.

I'm only here on a green card. I never did qualify for citizenship.

By: ~

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:35 -0800

blah blah canadian peso amirite? Give it a rest, lh.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:01:22 -0800

I am proud to say that I have met quidnunc in real life. I have gazed upon his face, I have heard his tongue speak words of wisdom, and of folly. I believe I may have touched his hair.

Frankly, though, I'd much rather the Globe & Mail had reprinted this comment of his. Nothing to do with the Taliban, to be sure, but it pertinent to pretty much every situation.

By: Wolof

Wolof — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:24:39 -0800

Nowhere near his best comment-wise, but the guy is definitely a champion.

I could tell you a fairly embarrassing story about him, but you'd have to kill me first.

By: painquale

painquale — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:54:54 -0800

qnk is awesome.

By: cosmonik

cosmonik — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:37:02 -0800

well done, quidnunc.

I could tell you a fairly embarrassing story about him, but you'd have to kill me first.

Deal.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:22:13 -0800

*Kills Wolof with hugs*

I was planning on doing it anyway.

By: blacklite

blacklite — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:17:51 -0800

Not to detract from the excitement, but I don't know if the person that put that together is exactly the highest caliber of journalist or anything: "Grant Bowen from the New West, Canada, on globeandmail.com Comments" - unless Grant Bowen actually typed "THE" New West, which I really doubt - being from Western Canada I'd have heard it already - he meant New West, BC, which is short for New Westminster... which isn't exactly huge, but it's a suburb of Vancouver, and you should at least take someone's claimed location verbatim before tacking on a "the" because it looks like it needs one...

Anyway, I wonder how people will take the quidnunc kid's comment.

By: gomichild

gomichild — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:41:56 -0800

Suckers - all the cool kids know the quidnunc kid is a sock puppet.

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:54:53 -0800

CIBC (Cannuck Bank) mistakenly loaded an ATM with Canadian Tire Money a while back, so maybe it's not just the Merkins that are taking it.

I thought Canada went off the tire standard a long time ago.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:33:26 -0800

yeh, they retired that economic policy.

By: the quidnunc kid

the quidnunc kid — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:11:55 -0800

Well, I don't like this quidnunc kid character - he sounds like just the kind of no-nothing, attention-seeking loudmouth whose witless buffoonery is killing metafilter.

Of course, I blame the site administrators for letting anybody join without sufficient and rigorous background checks for a measly 5 bucks.

So really, this is your fault, Matt Howie - and I for one look forward to your full and frank apology. And remember that no apology is complete without some chocolates and flowers: email's in the profile.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:55:28 -0800

that woulda been flagged as self-promoting noise, until i saw that tqk had used "rigorous" - as opposed to the american "rigoros" - revealing him or her to be an aussie, kiwi or pom.

in which case, onyamate! keepupthegoodwork!