MiguelCardoso returns October 7, 2008 7:38 PM Subscribe
Welcome Back, Migs.
posted by Navelgazer at 7:56 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by Navelgazer at 7:56 PM on October 7, 2008
seems pretty small minded to me.
posted by sgt.serenity at 8:02 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by sgt.serenity at 8:02 PM on October 7, 2008
I sympathise with Miguel being this hallowed mefi hero of yore.
But that post belied his fame.
posted by jouke at 8:09 PM on October 7, 2008 [1 favorite]
But that post belied his fame.
posted by jouke at 8:09 PM on October 7, 2008 [1 favorite]
"Multiple Migs in the next cell. He hissed at you. What did he say?"
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:13 PM on October 7, 2008 [8 favorites]
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:13 PM on October 7, 2008 [8 favorites]
I can't tell you what a disappointment this thread is. the only "migs" I know is the one who flung semen at clarice starling. I don't know what I was expecting, but this wasn't it.
posted by moxiedoll at 8:13 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by moxiedoll at 8:13 PM on October 7, 2008
MAYOR CURLEY STOLE MY REFERENCE BY MERE SECONDS.
not cool, mayor.
posted by moxiedoll at 8:14 PM on October 7, 2008
not cool, mayor.
posted by moxiedoll at 8:14 PM on October 7, 2008
I think the post would have been okays of Migs hasn't also hissed "I can smell your cunt."
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:15 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:15 PM on October 7, 2008
Wow. We're all on the same page tonight.
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:16 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:16 PM on October 7, 2008
So what *is* Mr. Cardoso known for?
posted by lukemeister at 8:17 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by lukemeister at 8:17 PM on October 7, 2008
lukemeister, I think he's Spanish or something, and writes books. Yeah, one of those types.
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:22 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 8:22 PM on October 7, 2008
I think the post would have been okays of Migs hasn't also hissed "I can smell your cunt."
I see, Astro Zombie. I myself cannot. You use Right Guard deodorant, and sometimes you wear "Spirit by Antonio Banderas," but not today.
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:27 PM on October 7, 2008 [3 favorites]
I see, Astro Zombie. I myself cannot. You use Right Guard deodorant, and sometimes you wear "Spirit by Antonio Banderas," but not today.
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:27 PM on October 7, 2008 [3 favorites]
I never would have known about this without reading this thread.
posted by lukemeister at 8:28 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by lukemeister at 8:28 PM on October 7, 2008
I beat all of you actually. And I spelled it right.
posted by puke & cry at 8:33 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by puke & cry at 8:33 PM on October 7, 2008
Oh no you didn't. Now everybody who stomped off of MeFi in a huff a few months ago is going to return and expect a brand new in-jokey MeTa thread welcoming them back.
posted by googly at 8:38 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by googly at 8:38 PM on October 7, 2008
And his triumphant return gets deleted! That's just a perfect microcosm of Metafilter right there. Don't ever change, baby.
posted by Justinian at 8:49 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by Justinian at 8:49 PM on October 7, 2008
Yaaaayyyy!
Aw man, this is perfect. That people-who-left thread was bumming me out. All is now right with the world.
posted by hippugeek at 8:53 PM on October 7, 2008
Aw man, this is perfect. That people-who-left thread was bumming me out. All is now right with the world.
posted by hippugeek at 8:53 PM on October 7, 2008
I feel the same way about that post as I feel about Metallica's latest album.
posted by Cyrano at 9:00 PM on October 7, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Cyrano at 9:00 PM on October 7, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'm glad to see that Miguel isn't one of those American writers.
posted by lukemeister at 9:22 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by lukemeister at 9:22 PM on October 7, 2008
Uncomfortably Totalitarian Deletions?
No, no, I'm just joking (honestly, I am). In Mod We Trust! I'm just so happy to see Migs back.
posted by Effigy2000 at 9:25 PM on October 7, 2008
No, no, I'm just joking (honestly, I am). In Mod We Trust! I'm just so happy to see Migs back.
posted by Effigy2000 at 9:25 PM on October 7, 2008
Miguel, do I still owe you a bag of Beer Nuts?
posted by eyeballkid at 9:54 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by eyeballkid at 9:54 PM on October 7, 2008
Is this something I'd need to read Metafilter to understand?
posted by crossoverman at 10:00 PM on October 7, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by crossoverman at 10:00 PM on October 7, 2008 [4 favorites]
That was underwhelming.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:13 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:13 PM on October 7, 2008
Shit post.
posted by Pope Guilty at 10:18 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by Pope Guilty at 10:18 PM on October 7, 2008
Man it feels like 2002 all over again. Hello Miguel.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 10:41 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 10:41 PM on October 7, 2008
lukemeister: "So what *is* Mr. Cardoso known for?"
His work in the theater.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 10:42 PM on October 7, 2008
His work in the theater.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 10:42 PM on October 7, 2008
crossoverman: Is this something I'd need to read Metafilter to understand?
Yes. All of it.
posted by koeselitz at 11:09 PM on October 7, 2008 [5 favorites]
Yes. All of it.
posted by koeselitz at 11:09 PM on October 7, 2008 [5 favorites]
I think that Migs masterfully deflated the high expectations of his return with a brilliantly lame parody of a SLYT post, so that he could mix with the rest of us without everyone going all "We're not worthy" and that annoying shit.
Or maybe he just made a lousy post. Either way, welcome back.
posted by LarryC at 11:17 PM on October 7, 2008
Or maybe he just made a lousy post. Either way, welcome back.
posted by LarryC at 11:17 PM on October 7, 2008
Masterful, indeed.
Fingers still crossed for another treatise on fodinha obrigada or perhaps single-malt scotch.
posted by empyrean at 11:48 PM on October 7, 2008
Fingers still crossed for another treatise on fodinha obrigada or perhaps single-malt scotch.
posted by empyrean at 11:48 PM on October 7, 2008
Shame to treat a bucking bull that way. If you ride 'em for much more than 8 seconds, they may not buck the next time.
More on these "animal athletes," as the Professional Bull Riders league calls them.
posted by ikkyu2 at 12:11 AM on October 8, 2008
More on these "animal athletes," as the Professional Bull Riders league calls them.
posted by ikkyu2 at 12:11 AM on October 8, 2008
Two guys, an old-timer named Cardosa and a young man, are pushing their carts around the supermarket when suddenly they collide.
The old-timer says to the young guy, "Sorry about that. I'm looking for my wife, and I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
The young guy says, "That's OK. It's a coincidence. I'm looking for my wife too. I can't find her and I'm getting a little desperate."
The old guy says, "Well, maybe we can help each other. What does your wife look like?"
The young guy says, "Well, she is 24 yrs old, tall, with blonde hair, big blue eyes, long legs, big boobs, and she's wearing tight white shorts, a halter top and no bra. What does your wife look like?"
Cardosa says... "Doesn't matter about mine ... let's both look for yours".
Miguel is helpful like that!
posted by netbros at 2:18 AM on October 8, 2008 [3 favorites]
The old-timer says to the young guy, "Sorry about that. I'm looking for my wife, and I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
The young guy says, "That's OK. It's a coincidence. I'm looking for my wife too. I can't find her and I'm getting a little desperate."
The old guy says, "Well, maybe we can help each other. What does your wife look like?"
The young guy says, "Well, she is 24 yrs old, tall, with blonde hair, big blue eyes, long legs, big boobs, and she's wearing tight white shorts, a halter top and no bra. What does your wife look like?"
Cardosa says... "Doesn't matter about mine ... let's both look for yours".
Miguel is helpful like that!
posted by netbros at 2:18 AM on October 8, 2008 [3 favorites]
I was in a 4G inverted dive with Miguel just last week.
posted by WinnipegDragon at 6:15 AM on October 8, 2008
posted by WinnipegDragon at 6:15 AM on October 8, 2008
Either way, welcome back.
I think we've scared him away.
posted by Meatbomb at 6:19 AM on October 8, 2008
I think we've scared him away.
posted by Meatbomb at 6:19 AM on October 8, 2008
I was indifferent to this before I was indifferent to that.
posted by blue_beetle at 6:35 AM on October 8, 2008
posted by blue_beetle at 6:35 AM on October 8, 2008
Jewy people buying German cars: What the cock is that shit?
posted by Sys Rq at 7:27 AM on October 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Sys Rq at 7:27 AM on October 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
LarryC writes "I think that Migs masterfully deflated the high expectations of his return with a brilliantly lame parody of a SLYT post, so that he could mix with the rest of us without everyone going all 'We're not worthy' and that annoying shit."
With 600+ posts surely this isn't his first deletion.
posted by Mitheral at 7:41 AM on October 8, 2008
How very depressing to know I've still got what it takes to be deleted.
You'd think I'd learnt a thing or two by now - but no. With time, perhaps, it will only get worse.
Though I do get sorrier for every shitty post, dammit.
I can no longer handle the shame, either. I hope you're all satisfied, you jaded bunch of maniacal slavedrivers I love so much.
*waves to all his friends, the head over-eagerly jerking from its hanging-in-shame position*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:17 AM on October 8, 2008 [2 favorites]
You'd think I'd learnt a thing or two by now - but no. With time, perhaps, it will only get worse.
Though I do get sorrier for every shitty post, dammit.
I can no longer handle the shame, either. I hope you're all satisfied, you jaded bunch of maniacal slavedrivers I love so much.
*waves to all his friends, the head over-eagerly jerking from its hanging-in-shame position*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:17 AM on October 8, 2008 [2 favorites]
This thread is closed to new comments. Go have a martini, perhaps.
posted by Eideteker at 9:27 AM on October 8, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by Eideteker at 9:27 AM on October 8, 2008 [2 favorites]
C'mon, MeTa is where you belong! Delight us with more cocktail questions!
posted by klangklangston at 9:30 AM on October 8, 2008
posted by klangklangston at 9:30 AM on October 8, 2008
Miguel, do I still owe you a bag of Beer Nuts?
are you asking because you don't know if he still expects it, or because you don't remember if you sent him one?
posted by shmegegge at 9:36 AM on October 8, 2008
are you asking because you don't know if he still expects it, or because you don't remember if you sent him one?
posted by shmegegge at 9:36 AM on October 8, 2008
You've just got to stay limber, Migs. A little more here-and-there commenting, a steady presence amongst the hoi polloi, an immersion in this our daily threadiana. In good time the blood will return, stinging and tingling, to your posting fingers.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:43 AM on October 8, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:43 AM on October 8, 2008
Migs is a kind of waterfowl.
I was sure that after someone "hacked" the Jack account, and someone else posted a list of users with 0 posts (some with user IDs in the HUNDREDS), someone had gone back and tried to hack into some of those accounts, remembered Migs, hacked into his account, and made a post under his name.
I am still not sure this is the real Miguel Cardoso.
Anyway, a cool girl in my office is Portuguese (actually from the Azores), and she has never asked me for a fodinha obrigada. Either the original Migs is full of it, or living in the middle of the Atlantic for generations destroys the Portuguese spirit.
posted by dirty lies at 11:55 AM on October 8, 2008
I was sure that after someone "hacked" the Jack account, and someone else posted a list of users with 0 posts (some with user IDs in the HUNDREDS), someone had gone back and tried to hack into some of those accounts, remembered Migs, hacked into his account, and made a post under his name.
I am still not sure this is the real Miguel Cardoso.
Anyway, a cool girl in my office is Portuguese (actually from the Azores), and she has never asked me for a fodinha obrigada. Either the original Migs is full of it, or living in the middle of the Atlantic for generations destroys the Portuguese spirit.
posted by dirty lies at 11:55 AM on October 8, 2008
MetaFilter: you jaded bunch of maniacal slavedrivers I love so much
Welcome back, honored elder patron!
posted by mwhybark at 2:26 PM on October 8, 2008
Welcome back, honored elder patron!
posted by mwhybark at 2:26 PM on October 8, 2008
Miguel, do I still owe you a bag of Beer Nuts?
are you asking because you don't know if he still expects it, or because you don't remember if you sent him one?
Yes.
posted by eyeballkid at 3:20 PM on October 8, 2008 [1 favorite]
Hi Miguel! Glad to see you are still as ever....wonderful.
posted by bjgeiger at 3:26 PM on October 8, 2008
posted by bjgeiger at 3:26 PM on October 8, 2008
I'm so glad this is a deletion-thread and not a dot-thread. You bugger, you.
posted by holgate at 9:25 PM on October 8, 2008
posted by holgate at 9:25 PM on October 8, 2008
lukemeister: "So what *is* Mr. Cardoso known for?"
He is like unto the moon and stars. He is the wind under Mefi wings. He is as necessary as oxygen, and as desired as a 1945 'Hermitage, La Chapelle. He is a prescient paragon of panache. He has evolved eyebrows and compassionate shoulders.
We lurves him, my precious.
posted by dejah420 at 9:58 PM on October 8, 2008 [2 favorites]
He is like unto the moon and stars. He is the wind under Mefi wings. He is as necessary as oxygen, and as desired as a 1945 'Hermitage, La Chapelle. He is a prescient paragon of panache. He has evolved eyebrows and compassionate shoulders.
We lurves him, my precious.
posted by dejah420 at 9:58 PM on October 8, 2008 [2 favorites]
Good man.
posted by fold_and_mutilate at 10:25 PM on October 8, 2008
posted by fold_and_mutilate at 10:25 PM on October 8, 2008
Welcome back, foldy. Wow, it really is old home week!
posted by timeistight at 11:52 PM on October 8, 2008
posted by timeistight at 11:52 PM on October 8, 2008
What joy! :)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 3:03 AM on October 9, 2008
posted by MiguelCardoso at 3:03 AM on October 9, 2008
foldy!!
posted by languagehat at 9:00 AM on October 9, 2008
posted by languagehat at 9:00 AM on October 9, 2008
Yay. =)
posted by lazaruslong at 12:11 PM on October 9, 2008
posted by lazaruslong at 12:11 PM on October 9, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:56 PM on October 9, 2008 [1 favorite]
God damned noobs. LURK MOAR.
And that commercial was pretty tight, especially the audio. Point blank, you are full of shit, Mimgzy; there is nothing "Nazi" about it, not even in the aesthetic Riefenstahl sense. If something is dark, and makes you feel anxious or unsettled, that doesn't mean it has a Nazi aesthetic, just because that's how Nazis make people feel. That's ridiculous implicit reasoning and the opposite is closer to the truth. In fact a lot of visual and aural dark aesthetics are heavily influenced by (or seek authenticity from) Germany, and German aesthetics like expressionism. But Nazis opposed those art styles, as faggy emo bullshit. Remember the Nazis were all about Classicism and Romantic Realism, not the grotesque gothy shit that still heavily influences modern art and pop culture. "Brutal/violent/primal" may describe Nazis themselves (and a whole lot of other things), but not the kind of artistic expression Nazi's preferred or approved.
posted by dgaicun at 8:02 PM on October 9, 2008 [2 favorites]
And that commercial was pretty tight, especially the audio. Point blank, you are full of shit, Mi
posted by dgaicun at 8:02 PM on October 9, 2008 [2 favorites]
I don't get it. Are they trying to imply that driving an Audi is like riding a bull? I thought the German cars had better suspension than that.
posted by flabdablet at 1:02 AM on October 10, 2008
posted by flabdablet at 1:02 AM on October 10, 2008
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