Comments on: New Overlord!!

New Overlord!!

wheelieman — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:07:42 -0800

Vacapinta is a New Mod?

vacapinta deleted a triple in the blue? Who is this and why were they selected to be a mod?

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:09:46 -0800

You can look at vacapinta's profile page if you don't know who he is. He's the person we decided should be the "in case of emergency" midnight mod. He lives in London and he is wonderful.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:15:20 -0800

This is awesome. Thanks, vacapinta!

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:24:07 -0800

OHS NOES WEER DOOOOOOOMDED

Actually... that's an excellent choice.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:27:18 -0800

Yay! And yes, thanks, vacapinta, for taking this generally thankless task on. MeFi's needed a mod from a non-US time zone.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:28:56 -0800

Awesome! MetFilter is getting 'round-the-clock security. Plus we'll always have self-appointed mods...

By: Jofus

Jofus — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:53:30 -0800

Brap! Blighty Represent! Where my peeps at? Seriously, i haven't seen them for like an hour.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:13:40 -0800

why were they selected to be a mod?

He successfully completed the Demon Trials, slaying 27 spammers and wounding 14 others.

By: farishta

farishta — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:27:40 -0800

No more waiting until the afternoon for bugs and spammers to get taken care of!

Though in fact I kind of like having a quiet metafilter in the morning, like when you wake up early and the only people out are businessmen and tramps.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:41:56 -0800

Emergency Mod, for those embarrassing nighttime emissions.

By: philomathoholic

philomathoholic — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:45:24 -0800

link to thread

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:59:53 -0800

He successfully completed the Demon Trials, slaying 27 spammers and wounding 14 others.

He also wrote an excellent 15-word essay on why attaining one's own blog is a worthwhile and valuable pursuit, and successfully decoded ten random acronyms without using any references.

IYKWIM.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:02:43 -0800

He put up with cortex for a whole afternoon.

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:06:50 -0800

Aha, I had planned to go for a pint with vacapinta now he's moved to London. Now I'll definitely have to so that I can curry favour with him, in his newly minted mod Power Suit.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:09:10 -0800

Midnight Mod has such a sexy ring to it. Vacapinta is definitely a fantastic addition to the mod squad. I lub him.

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:21:54 -0800

Yay capo!

By: hangashore

hangashore — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:23:14 -0800

So hold the phone: we're giving control of the Big Red Switch to someone who can't even figure out DSL?

Srsly, good choice! And I'd recommend steaming ahead with a second mod in a similar time region (Europe/Africa/West Asia) plus at least another in East Asia/Aus-NZ. MEATLIFTER CIRCLES THE GLOBE.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:25:38 -0800

ooh. good choice.

By: the quidnunc kid

the quidnunc kid — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:29:35 -0800

Disgusting. Once again the MeFi Oligarchy appoints one of their cronies to a position of unlimited power in total secrecy, laughing in the face of necessary checks and making rude hand gestures at traditional balances.

And what do we know about this shadowy mandarin, this newly clenched fist of the old horrific regime? Allow me to quote the very words of the Vice-Minister for Deletion, Herr Doktor J. Amyn:

you don't know who he is ... we decided ... emergency .... midnight ... He lives ...

Frightening, no? And yet this monsterous enigma has ascended to the inner circle of authority. I quake with terror typing each word of this comment, which will no doubt be censored immediately by the newly-augmented gang of tyrannous co-dictators.

Looking at the profile of this executioner of the midnight hours, we see that he has "removed his photo" - and thus all traces of his true identity are unknown. He is also keeping tabs on 112 users. Woe, woe unto you who fall under the gaze of his dark and wretched eyeball - that's all I can say at the moment. If you want to know more, meet me tonight at the Hotel Umbra. Come alone and make sure you're not followed.

... And may God have mercy on all of us.

By: krautland

krautland — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:08:23 -0800

quidnunc kid: The chair is against the wall. over.

oh yeah, since nobody else said it... congratulations.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:20:07 -0800

oh yeah, since nobody else said it... congratulations.
posted by krautland

DingDingDingDingDing!!!! ATTENTION!!! WE HAVE A SUCK-UP!!!!! DingDingDingDing!!!!

Just kidding. I wasn't sure if I should offer congratulations or condolences.

It's a welcome addition though. And vacapinta is one of the best MeFites of all times!!!!! Evah!!!!!!

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:20:47 -0800

Good choice. vacapinta will be a great mod.

By: SeizeTheDay

SeizeTheDay — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:26:28 -0800

What happens when we have more mods than active users?

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:31:22 -0800

I, for one, salute our new Longitude Zero Overlord.

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:36:49 -0800

Psst! Vacapinta! Whazzup, dude? Hey, I'll give you $20 bucks - no, €20 - if you let me use inline tags. It doesn't have to be a big deal, just between us.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:36:59 -0800

Now he can what mods at midnight, baby.

And ideally, I'll never even know he's exercising his power.

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:43:02 -0800

Important business: is it pronounced VAKKA-pinta, VACHA-pinta, or some other way?

By: krautland

krautland — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:43:31 -0800

I learned from the best, dearest fuzzy skinner: "a momentous day. Jessamyn graciously added my suggestion"... and so on.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:46:29 -0800

HA! Yes, well, see that's um... yeah.. *cough*

Anyway on to this:
What happens when we have more mods than active users?

Hey, whattya think this is, a ska band?

Heh. Too easy. And not funny.

By: Phire

Phire — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:46:53 -0800

I will pronounce it va-ka-pin-tah. Whether or not he likes it. mathauie puts up with it, I don't see why he should get special treatment. Pfft, midnight mod indeed.

(but no, seriously, congrats :D)

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:51:58 -0800

Since it was my post he deleted, can I pretend this thread is a shakespeherian call-out? I've always wanted one.

No you fuckers I'm awesome I'm never coming back again!

By: youarenothere

youarenothere — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:52:32 -0800

So when are people going to start coming up with new mod name mash-ups? Matamynapintex? Mavajessex?

By: jedicus

jedicus — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:58:45 -0800

I nominate "jesva corma," since it vaguely sounds like an indian dish.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:02:12 -0800

Did anybody first check to see what connection this guy has with the Holsteins ?

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:04:52 -0800

Uh oh ...

Pinta es una vaca extraterrestre quién, junto a sus amigos, viajará a la tierra con la intención de conocer el mundo humano. Son habitantes de Pintalón, un mundo situado a millones de kilómetros, más allá de Pluton.

By: painquale

painquale — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:07:36 -0800

A great choice!

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:14:41 -0800

Congratulations!

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:16:39 -0800

So when are people going to start coming up with new mod name mash-ups? Matamynapintex? Mavajessex?

Oh, heavens no!!!! I used a mashup not too long ago, and a very, um, "helpful" and overly interested MeFite took it upon himself to MeMail me to explain that doing that pisses some people off, him included, and that in his experience most people who did that "turned out to be assholes." He wanted to make sure I "got the memo." Yep, those are quotes.

That was so helpful. I love it when people are so interested in what others do that they take it upon themselves to point out such things.

My response? I politely replied that in a community this large, lots of things will piss people off, but I appreciated his interest in my posting habits. Then I put him on my block list.

OK, end rant, but I think any combination of the four names is going to look like something you shouldn't take while you are pregnant.

By: rtha

rtha — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:17:37 -0800

Well, I did wonder why I hadn't seen him at any SFBayArea meetups in a while. Good to know that he just moved, and not that he hates us.

Although now that he's the midnight mod, he'll probably have good reason to....

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:27:23 -0800

Good to know that he just moved, and not that he hates us.

Who says it can't be both?

OK, I'll quit now. Off to see Speed Racer.

Maybe that guy was right. Maybe I am an asshole.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:32:17 -0800

a very, um, "helpful" and overly interested MeFite took it upon himself to MeMail me to explain that doing that pisses some people off, him included

When my Metafilter Junior Deputy badge in the shiny leather wallet arrives, I'm gonna be doing this all the time.

By: grouse

grouse — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:36:44 -0800

I'm glad that someone will be guarding MetaFilter during the hour of the wolf.

By: krautland

krautland — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:49:38 -0800

What happens when we have more mods than active users?

actually... that would make for a kickin' april fools joke. much better than tinting your site pink or something like that. I'm looking at you, airliners.net, home of the lamest april fools jokes on the web.

and I'd love to see the NYT do this.

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:51:48 -0800

I'm glad that someone will be guarding MetaFilter during the hour of the wolf.

The new Mefi Militia will be empowered to seize your laptop for quality control purposes. Fortunately, our mods are Just Gods.

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:23:22 -0800

This is nothing but good.

By: mumkin

mumkin — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:23:38 -0800

Ah, I see now that he revealed his relocation plans in a series of AskMes, which I completely overlooked at the time. Well, congrats on the transatlantic move, vacapinta, and on your elevation to the innermost ring of the cabal. I look forward to your deletions.

sic transit gloria mundi!

By: timeistight

timeistight — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:29:09 -0800

Good choice. He must be dedicated to have been willing to move that far for the job.

By: pjern

pjern — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:42:20 -0800

I can't think of a better choice... good work, guys, and congrats, vacapinta.

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:54:50 -0800

mumkin writes "Well, congrats on the transatlantic move, vacapinta, and on your elevation to the innermost ring of the cabal."

No there no...

I've said too much.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:04:43 -0800

This is an awesome choice; well done, all. Congratulations to vacapinta and good luck!
Oh, did you guys give the new guy the manual?

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:11:34 -0800

Oh, did you guys give the new guy the manual?

Yeah, we gave him a week timeout and told him to read the FAQ.

By: netbros

netbros — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:39:22 -0800

Bravo. Blimey banhammer.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:45:35 -0800

Thanks all! I had told Matt I was moving to Europe and he had asked me if I could help by checking on mefi during the US midnight hours.

Since I've been frantically reloading mefi for the past 7 years, its about time I made myself useful as well...

By: gingerbeer

gingerbeer — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:01:31 -0800

I didn't even realize you'd left the neighborhood! Enjoy London, then.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:40:54 -0800

So he's the "in case of emergency" midnight mod? Does that mean his powers are from midnight to when the US mods wake up only? Does that mean as Matt goes to bed he contacts vacapinta and says something like;

Matt: Oh, vacapinta, if anything happened, like some fucker rambling on about his band or selling orange juice coupons, you know what to do, right?
vacapinta: I honestly hadn’t thought about it sir.
Matt: First thing always is national security. Get your commanders together. Appoint joint chiefs. Appoint chairmen. Take them to Defcon 4. Have the governor send emergency delegates to Washington. cortex is gonna want to bring out the National Guard, do what he tells you. Do you have a best friend?
vacapinta: Yes sir.
Matt: Is he smarter than you?
vacapinta: Yes sir.
Matt: Would you trust him with your life?
vacapinta: Yes sir.
Matt: That’s your chief of staff.

I'm sure it's not, but I like to imagine that's what it's like. Congrats vacapinta! And may God have mercy on your soul...

By: zarah

zarah — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:50:42 -0800

Good to know that he just moved, and not that he hates us.

He moved and he got married! I can still have a crush though, right?

dreamiest. mod. evar.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:15 -0800

All hail the Vacapinta! Lord of the North American Darkness! Keeper of the Secrets of the Cabal! Our last best hope against the godless european spammers!

By: ooga_booga

ooga_booga — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:12:43 -0800

Aww man! This reduces my mod-met ratio from 2/4 down to 3/5. Curses!

And congratulations, Vacapinta! On the move, getting married, and newly-minted modship!

By: ooga_booga

ooga_booga — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:13:14 -0800

And apparently I can't do math, so the joke's on me.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:31:11 -0800

dreamiest. mod. evar.

What am I, chopped liver?

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:39:06 -0800

What happens when we have more mods than active users?

The Singularity.

By: allkindsoftime

allkindsoftime — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:16:47 -0800

so is it...matexapintamyn now? cause at some point this is going to get out of hand. also that sounds like a nice name for some sort of medication.

By: melissa may

melissa may — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:25:44 -0800

Vacapinta is so levelheaded, smart, and kind -- a great choice. And yes, congratulations (although the colonies still miss you).

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:42:07 -0800

allkindsoftime writes "cause at some point this is going to get out of hand"

Well eventually those who are so inclined can just type the alphabet and be covered.

By: trip and a half

trip and a half — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:55:46 -0800

Um... Yay!

By: francesca too

francesca too — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:06:07 -0800

That will teach me to look at profiles more often: I thought vacapinta was a female until I looked at his flckr link.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:13:59 -0800

vacamoda!

Congrats, dude!

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:07:15 -0800

pip pip old chap well done

By: peacay

peacay — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:11:31 -0800

Congratulations vacapinta. Good choice.

By: staggernation

staggernation — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:55:50 -0800

Now that we have a new mod, I demand a new rocker.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:27:51 -0800

dreamiest. mod. evar.

No, no... England's NOT dreaming! That's the whole point!

By: mullacc

mullacc — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:35:44 -0800

I'm just glad it's a US expat and not a real foreigner.

By: routergirl

routergirl — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:18:29 -0800

Aw, it's been so long since we talked, Vaca. Here you are married, now, and even more important - A MEFI MOD. :)

Congratulations on both. Wise choice, Jessamyn and Matt.

By: jasper411

jasper411 — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:22:29 -0800

vacapinta moved to London? I had always comforted myself knowing that he lived here in San Francisco, just in case I needed him!

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:31:09 -0800

Congratulations, vacapinta. Congratulations, metafilter.

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:49:27 -0800

> Does that mean as Matt goes to bed he contacts vacapinta and says something like

Heh. Now I've got this image of President Matthew Haughey giving long impassioned ideological speeches at the drop of a hat, and Jessamyn and Cortex exchanging quirky quips while pedeconferencing through various hallways of the Metafilter Complex.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:50:40 -0800

The sun never sets on the metafilter empire! Do eclipses count?

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:56:10 -0800

"Heh. Now I've got this image of President Matthew Haughey giving long impassioned ideological speeches at the drop of a hat, and Jessamyn and Cortex exchanging quirky quips while pedeconferencing through various hallways of the Metafilter Complex."
posted by WCityMike at 4:49 PM on May 19

Then my work here is done.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:35:38 -0800

Two users enter, one mod leaves.

Two users enter, one mod leaves.

TWO USERS ENTER, ONE MOD LEAVES!

By: dg

dg — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:57:05 -0800

Awesome choice. As usual, the perfect choice is the one that nobody thought of.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:46:41 -0800

I'm just glad it's a US expat and not a real foreigner.
posted by mullacc at 3:35 AM on May 19 [+] [!]

I can't argue with that. If it helps, I'm American born but spent my early formative years in Mexico. Spanish is my first language. I also speak French, Italian and Portuguese. I'm a UK permanent resident now. The UK is my new home - I'm not here temporarily. My wife is Portuguese and also speaks many languages, is currently studying Russian, and writes English better than me. I have an American passport and am in the process of getting both a Portugal passport (via my wife) and a Mexico passport (via my parents).

I do agree that if there is another mod, we need someone from the Asia/Australia region.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:50:07 -0800

Two mods walk into a bar, bartender says "where's the other two?"

*click*

By: pardonyou?

pardonyou? — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:00:35 -0800

I can't argue with that. If it helps, I'm American born but spent my early formative years in Mexico. Spanish is my first language. I also speak French, Italian and Portuguese. I'm a UK permanent resident now. The UK is my new home - I'm not here temporarily. My wife is Portuguese and also speaks many languages, is currently studying Russian, and writes English better than me. I have an American passport and am in the process of getting both a Portugal passport (via my wife) and a Mexico passport (via my parents).

TOO COSMOPOLITAN!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:01:14 -0800

I also speak French, Italian and Portuguese.

Besides vacapinta's pleasant demeanor and ultimate reasonableness, this language thing will really expand our current modlanguage proficiencies. Currently we only speak English, Geek (with Spaz and Nerd patois), Hippie, Ubbi Dubbi, Pig Latin and Romanian.

By: winston

winston — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:08:06 -0800

I do agree that if there is another mod, we need someone from the Asia/Australia region.

And the very next post is from flapjax.

By: Pastabagel

Pastabagel — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:23:32 -0800

So it's official, Metafilter is a multinational corporation.

By: LionIndex

LionIndex — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:37:19 -0800

They can't have good albondigas in London, can they? My sympathies, vacapinta.

By: quin

quin — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:09:04 -0800

Vacapinta is so levelheaded, smart, and kind -- a great choice.

Well sure, if you are going to base your opinions on things like qualities, of course he is going to come out looking good. What I want to know is this, can he throw lightning bolts from his fingers, speak the ancient language of summoning, and fly using nothing more than the power of his mind?

*listens to whispered voice*

Oh. I see. Ok then. Well, in that case, congrats vacapinta.

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:19:02 -0800

Does this mean that I can bug him whenever I need an apostrophe added to an FPP?

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:26:36 -0800

PLEASE.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:36:43 -0800

(Which is to say, please don't. Let's not drive the poor guy crazy.)

By: Artw

Artw — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:06:54 -0800

We need a user edit post feature that only lets you add or remove apostrophes.

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:30:34 -0800

If by "apostrophe" you mean the figure of speech involving the rhetorical address of an absent person or personified idea, then I agree entirely.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:41:48 -0800

Now all we need is an asian moderator, and the secret plan for world domination will be complete.

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:42:41 -0800

(I didn't just post that publicly, did I?)

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:48:27 -0800

(No, we're in cabal-vision mode.)

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:49:43 -0800

(I feel like banning someone. You want to have a throw at the old Dartboard O' Doom?)

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:53:17 -0800

(I like how the new Dartboard automatically sifts through the users' most embarrassing Flickr photos)

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:31:12 -0800

Aw, man, and I just completed the set. Now there's another one of you yahoos I have to meet? And he's overseas? I've never been overseas. I don't even know where overseas is.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:39:44 -0800

All four of us were at the Portland Mefi meetup.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:48:35 -0800

(Those poor fools, carrying on their conversation with no idea what we're up to.)

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:51:28 -0800

I still regret not managing to actually properly say hello to you at the party, man. Though while for a while now I've thought of the couple head-nods-and-waves-from-opposite-sides-of-a-wall-of-drunk-mefites thing I managed as just socially insufficient, I'm going to consider them instead now to have been secret signals. Eldritch semaphore: the hoisted beer of greeting, "the day approaches"; the cheerful tipping of the invisible hat, "prepare yourself".

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:57:49 -0800

All four of us were at the Portland Mefi meetup.

For strategic reasons, that can never happen again.

By: Wilder

Wilder — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:02:32 -0800

I OBJECT!
I can't post smut in at least three of my favorite second languages any more!!!

Plus, putting up with the deep depression of five (at least) UK mefites who were certain the nod was coming their way. Honestly it was getting like American's Next Top Idol or sumpthin'.....

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:30:20 -0800

Congrats, V!
You gave me a me-fi membership way back when for Xmas (I was the first guy to e-mail you after announcing you were handing out a couple for gifts) and I've been ever-grateful...

By: phearlez

phearlez — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:36:14 -0800

Had to go modify my metafilter greasemonkey script, dammit!

var mfn_admins = ["mathowie", "jessamyn", "cortex", "pb", "vacapinta"];

My condolences, vacapinta. (Why would anyone CONGRATULATE you on getting stuck riding herd over this bunch of miscreants?)

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:54:42 -0800

All four of us were at the Portland Mefi meetup.

All five, dammit! All five! What does a poor coder have to do to get some respect around here?

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:21 -0800

He has to STAY IN HIS CAGE and CODE DADDY A BEER-DELIVERY WIDGET or else he GETS THE HOSE AGAIN, is what.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:13:07 -0800

I had the privilege of meeting each and every mod at the Portland 8 meetup. Let me tell you, vacapinta is witty and urbane and awesome in every way. He is a perfect fit for the "Midnight Mod" position. In my mind, he would sound like DJ Venus Flytrap on WKRP In Cinncinnati, with a silky-smooth delivery.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:21:06 -0800

Five to ride herd on ±70k? C'mon, if we stick together we can take them.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:06:43 -0800

All four of us were at the Portland Mefi meetup.

All five, dammit! All five! What does a poor coder have to do to get some respect around here?

FFS, helooooo...? Have you never heard of the astral plane? Are you not picking up the love vibrations? Is this mike on? I need a hug, my aura is getting all scrunched and purple here.

By: artifarce

artifarce — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:18:45 -0800

I've always thought vacapinta was the bestest, so really I'm not surprised. I welcome our new literate overlord!

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:28:34 -0800

Smoking weed atrophies the astral body.

By: Abiezer

Abiezer — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:06:28 -0800

I coulda taken Vacapinta apart! So what happens? He gets the mod job outdoors on the London Eye and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Lurker-ville! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender, instead of a bum, which is what I am. It was you, cortex.

By: lysdexic

lysdexic — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:29:56 -0800

howiemynpbvacatex

Gotta pronounce the "pb" as letters, so it s "howee-min-pee-bee-vah-cah-tex"

By: lysdexic

lysdexic — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:30:16 -0800

doh! forgot the apostrophe! Hope me!

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:01:49 -0800

Many
Pronounced
Jubilation
Congratulations to
Vacapinta

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:11:55 -0800

WAIT.
Does this mean I need yet ANOTHER mod to flip me off before I have the complete set!?
GREAT. There's no fucking way I'm going to London anytime soon, so thanks for screwing up my chances of actually completing it. No, really, thanks.

Congrats.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:15:06 -0800

Hey, cool, good luck with the midnight goings-on.

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:57:48 -0800

Pinta es una vaca extraterrestre quién, junto a sus amigos, viajará a la tierra con la intención de conocer el mundo humano. Son habitantes de Pintalón, un mundo situado a millones de kilómetros, más allá de Pluton.

You left out the part about how he would use his supernatural powers to solve arduous moments.

I think we're in good hands, here.

By: Arturus

Arturus — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:16:04 -0800

mattamyntexca.

mattamyntexcap?

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:50:25 -0800

you people?

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:57:42 -0800

MaPaJeCoVa?

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:19:33 -0800

I welcome Overlord Midnite.

By: Catfry

Catfry — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:30:18 -0800

Vacamonta is a new pid?

By: sveskemus

sveskemus — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:35:26 -0800

I'm away for a couple of days and you appoint a Midnight Mod!? This is the best welcome-back-to-MeFi present ever!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:48:59 -0800

I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
When the midnight mod's around
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour
That's when my post comes tumblin' down
He's gonna take it and delete it
My purpose, he'll defeat it
In the midnight hour
Oh yeah
In the midnight hour!

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:58:27 -0800

Now what do I do with all these "Don't blame me, I voted for Loquacious" t-shirts?

By: empath

empath — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:37:21 -0800

Now we just need an asian/australian mod.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:03:58 -0800

mattamyntexca
mattamyntexcap
MaPaJeCoVa

dear god please make it stop tia

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:10:01 -0800

I kind of want to do a writeup on those but, archivist's dilemma: how the hell do you search for them? I suppose I could rig up some custom db-trawlery that looks for non-dictionary words tha contain y and x? Or something. Hell.

By: danb

danb — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:05:33 -0800

That could work, depending on how much Colossal Cave Adventure discussion there's been around here.

JOKES FOR NERDS

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:42:32 -0800

~~New Overlord!!~~ Fresh Fish!
fixed. Good luck and congrats, vp!

By: spiderwire

spiderwire — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:59:35 -0800

Well eventually those who are so inclined can just type the alphabet and be covered.

Yeah, as soon as they make dfgklquz a mod, we'll be done.

By: spiderwire

spiderwire — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:03:46 -0800

loquadgiouz would work too, if we decide to go with mafhowie or corfex.

By: spiderwire

spiderwire — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:04:47 -0800

Oops -- I mean korfex.

All right, make it so.

By: Mister Cheese

Mister Cheese — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:19:26 -0800

Is the Metafiltr timeout playroom going to get a new head? The head of a vacapinta? Pleeeaaase, cortex, please?

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:39:51 -0800

Oh, man. Huh.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:22:07 -0800

the Metafiltr timeout playroom

Holy mother of god.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:53:19 -0800

Playroom hungers for pb

By: signal

signal — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:11:06 -0800

Spanish is my first language.

¿Así que de ahora en adelante podemos escribir en un idioma de verdad y no esa cosa que usan acá?

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:58:58 -0800

Ooh, can we argue about what language should be used for a weblog based in the United States? Maybe make a multi-k thread?

By: misha

misha — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:55:49 -0800

So worth the $5 for the dfgklquz sockpuppet.
Fingers itching...must...stop...self...

congrats, Vacapinta!