Notice and Gratitude April 9, 2008 9:37 PM Subscribe
Tomorrow's NPR episode of The Bryant Park Project will include features on Stuff Nobody Likes and Muxtapes, complete with an interview with our very own Afroblanco.
As one of the founders of Stuff Nobody Likes, I want to thank ThePinkSuperhero, Matt, Jess, Cortex and pb, as well as all of the rest of you who helped to turn a silly joke into a popular site within a week. Even the snark in the open thread has only fueled us to try to do better.
Metafilter: the site that keeps on giving
As one of the founders of Stuff Nobody Likes, I want to thank ThePinkSuperhero, Matt, Jess, Cortex and pb, as well as all of the rest of you who helped to turn a silly joke into a popular site within a week. Even the snark in the open thread has only fueled us to try to do better.
Metafilter: the site that keeps on giving
Which one's gonna be the one with Afroblanco, then?
posted by not_on_display at 10:44 PM on April 9, 2008
posted by not_on_display at 10:44 PM on April 9, 2008
D'oh, never mind. Here's the link to the original Projects page.
posted by not_on_display at 10:47 PM on April 9, 2008
posted by not_on_display at 10:47 PM on April 9, 2008
congratulations!
posted by Dave Faris at 3:30 AM on April 10, 2008
posted by Dave Faris at 3:30 AM on April 10, 2008
Awesome. I hope you all do "Groups of people who walk side-by-side" soon. Nothing gets me enraged like posses of wannabe Reservoir Dogs forcing me off the sidewalk and into the street to dodge out of their way. And usually, there's only two people talking at the center of the phalanx anyways, who why the excessive sidewalk wingmen?
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:31 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 5:31 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
I want a cut! Just kidding. Congrats.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:11 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:11 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
Why didn't you want to give your full name?
posted by Dave Faris at 6:34 AM on April 10, 2008
posted by Dave Faris at 6:34 AM on April 10, 2008
I thought Afroblanco was a well-known clown in real life
It's true.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:14 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
It's true.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:14 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
Because I'm the most profane blogger on the site
This sounds like a new feature request to me. Is it possible to write a script to determine which mefites are the most prolific users of the infamous "seven words"?
posted by besotted at 8:59 AM on April 10, 2008
This sounds like a new feature request to me. Is it possible to write a script to determine which mefites are the most prolific users of the infamous "seven words"?
posted by besotted at 8:59 AM on April 10, 2008
long-time mefite gains measure of fame due to mefi = mefi related.
This is a bit self-linky, though.
posted by empath at 9:17 AM on April 10, 2008
This is a bit self-linky, though.
posted by empath at 9:17 AM on April 10, 2008
I have an idea! Let's shit on a little bit of happiness on this site!
posted by frecklefaerie at 9:22 AM on April 10, 2008 [8 favorites]
posted by frecklefaerie at 9:22 AM on April 10, 2008 [8 favorites]
Indeed. Close the thread and delete it if it feels to hinky, for sure. As Afroblanco said, it was something we started as a joke, put on projects, it jumped to the front page from there, and then got us on NPR, with another featured segment on something else that was also recently on the blue. And (until it didn't work out) the interview was going to be with a long-time Mefite using his Mefite name. I thought that was enough to make it metafilter-related. Again, if it's truly problematic, I'm happy to see this taken down.
posted by Navelgazer at 9:23 AM on April 10, 2008
posted by Navelgazer at 9:23 AM on April 10, 2008
This is fun and exciting. Thanks for posting this thread!
posted by ibmcginty at 9:30 AM on April 10, 2008
posted by ibmcginty at 9:30 AM on April 10, 2008
For what it's worth, IMO this thread easily passes the smell test.
(The thread on the blue, on the other hand, was *slightly* iffy to me as I perceive TPS as being friends with all the NY crowd and posting a friend's site is sorta equivalent to a self-link. But not enough that I would have said anything ... well, except now that the argument is being made the post-on-the-blue somehow exempts criticism of this thread...does that make any sense?)
posted by danOstuporStar at 9:40 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
(The thread on the blue, on the other hand, was *slightly* iffy to me as I perceive TPS as being friends with all the NY crowd and posting a friend's site is sorta equivalent to a self-link. But not enough that I would have said anything ... well, except now that the argument is being made the post-on-the-blue somehow exempts criticism of this thread...does that make any sense?)
posted by danOstuporStar at 9:40 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
I mean "do I make any sense", not does the exemption argument make any sense.
posted by danOstuporStar at 9:43 AM on April 10, 2008
posted by danOstuporStar at 9:43 AM on April 10, 2008
posting a friend's site is sorta equivalent to a self-link
Except that it's not, because I'm not involved in the site. It was the same method I find other stuff for FPPs- I figured, hey, this is cool, people should see this. I wondered if it would bother people that I knew Afroblanco (I don't know the other contributors, at least I don't think so) but I figured, eh, I'll post the site, if someone has a problem with it and it ends up getting deleted, that's fine, no skin off my nose.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:49 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
Except that it's not, because I'm not involved in the site. It was the same method I find other stuff for FPPs- I figured, hey, this is cool, people should see this. I wondered if it would bother people that I knew Afroblanco (I don't know the other contributors, at least I don't think so) but I figured, eh, I'll post the site, if someone has a problem with it and it ends up getting deleted, that's fine, no skin off my nose.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:49 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
If it was beyond the pale, we would have had no qualms about closing the thread and probably saying as much while we were at it. This is fine, everybody is cool, let's not have a tizzy.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:51 AM on April 10, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:51 AM on April 10, 2008
You could have given them my name, cuz I'm never gonna work for a bank again.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 9:53 AM on April 10, 2008
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 9:53 AM on April 10, 2008
This is fine, everybody is cool, let's not have a tizzy.
Agreed, except for the tizzy part. Tizzy!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:03 AM on April 10, 2008
Agreed, except for the tizzy part. Tizzy!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:03 AM on April 10, 2008
TIZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYY!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:06 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:06 AM on April 10, 2008 [1 favorite]
For what it's worth, griping about the relevance to Metafilter never even occurred to me when I read this, so I interpret that to mean that either this is a non-issue, or that my meds have started to kick in.
posted by Dave Faris at 10:08 AM on April 10, 2008
posted by Dave Faris at 10:08 AM on April 10, 2008
I just read a news report about an eleven year old boy who broke his leg after he put on a Superman costume and jumped out a window on the second floor of his hizzy.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:22 AM on April 10, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:22 AM on April 10, 2008
Man, I hate these days where the weather can't quite make up its mind whether to rain or not.
They're so drizzy.
posted by dersins at 11:17 AM on April 10, 2008
They're so drizzy.
posted by dersins at 11:17 AM on April 10, 2008
Which reminds me of one of my favorite dumb jokes:
Why does Snoop Dogg carry an umbrella?
posted by dersins at 11:21 AM on April 10, 2008
Why does Snoop Dogg carry an umbrella?
posted by dersins at 11:21 AM on April 10, 2008
"Expeditiously I be on my grizzly
Feds try to creep me somehow always miss me
Mister Fantastik put the busy in the bee
Rock from the bottom straight to the Tizzy"
posted by kosem at 11:22 AM on April 10, 2008
Feds try to creep me somehow always miss me
Mister Fantastik put the busy in the bee
Rock from the bottom straight to the Tizzy"
posted by kosem at 11:22 AM on April 10, 2008
What a bizzy thread.
posted by not_on_display at 12:19 PM on April 10, 2008
posted by not_on_display at 12:19 PM on April 10, 2008
Gosh, this soda is fizzy.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 12:37 PM on April 10, 2008
posted by mr_crash_davis at 12:37 PM on April 10, 2008
Well it started off all serious and stuff but now, hey, this thread is getting a little schizzy.
posted by mygothlaundry at 12:44 PM on April 10, 2008
posted by mygothlaundry at 12:44 PM on April 10, 2008
People keep name-dropping tizzy and I keep looking for her but not seeing her and that makes me sad.
Is it possible to write a script to determine which mefites are the most prolific users of the infamous "seven words"?
Hah. I am the Emperor of Pottymouthia! Kneel beforeZod Stav!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:28 PM on April 10, 2008
Is it possible to write a script to determine which mefites are the most prolific users of the infamous "seven words"?
Hah. I am the Emperor of Pottymouthia! Kneel before
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:28 PM on April 10, 2008
I like how even though it's not what you probably meant to do (because I think I know exactly what you meant to do), it looks like you're implying that I or at least my profile page has something to do with you being a cursemonkey.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:45 PM on April 10, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:45 PM on April 10, 2008
I think you were trying to link to this, in other words. And I think in a rush you right-click-copy-link-locationed on my username instead of on the timestamp of the comment. I think this because I do that shit all the damn time.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:47 PM on April 10, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:47 PM on April 10, 2008
I BLAME YOU FOR MY PROFANE RAGE CORTEX IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:03 PM on April 10, 2008
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:03 PM on April 10, 2008
And despite all that, there you are: in a cage, all varminty.
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:12 PM on April 10, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:12 PM on April 10, 2008 [3 favorites]
Now I've got that song stuck in my head, displacing Sinatra's One For My Baby, which was what was playing in there when I woke up this morning. A little jarring, but not a bad thing at all.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:40 PM on April 10, 2008
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:40 PM on April 10, 2008
I TIZZ YOU ALL
posted by The corpse in the library at 1:19 PM on April 11, 2008
posted by The corpse in the library at 1:19 PM on April 11, 2008
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posted by Navelgazer at 9:44 PM on April 9, 2008