Comments on: Deskology

Deskology

nooneyouknow — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:59:38 -0800

An offhand comment by Pastabagel leads to the creation and explosive growth of an entirely new field of studies: Deskology, a song and a poem.

The Importance of Desks in American Culture Pastabagel's critique A critique of Swift's The Importance of Desks in American Culture Toward Redefining the American Desk: A Critical Response to strangeleftydoublethink's Critique of Swift's The Importance of Desks in American Culture A Marxist Critique of Swift's The Importance of Desks in American Culture History is on the march The Desk: An Epistemelogical Journey through the Construction of Culture Immortality and the surface of being: an existential look into The Desk An Annotated Bibliography of Twenty-First Century Deskology The Situational Construction of Desks: Socio-Cognitive Framework Desk Poetry "Beyond the Bottom Drawer: And Examination of the Racial Geometris of the Desk in White Collar America". From "Why Is A Raven?": A Canon of Desks By Harold Bloom A Dominionist, Christian Nationalist Critique of "The Importance of Desks in American Culture" The Importance of Desks in American Culture, Second Edition The Importance of Desks in American Culture, Second Edition: A Rebuttal American Desk Song Invisible Chairs: A Radical Chairist View of Deskology The Failure of Narrative: Desks and dialectic predeconstructivist theory

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:03:05 -0800

Hey Metafilter? Thanks.

Just for being there.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:38:41 -0800

I liked Deskology better when it was called Scientology.

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:04:04 -0800

What if I went North? Would you come after me? Hunt me?

No, no I wouldn't. I owe you one.

Wait, no, that's Deckardology

By: allen.spaulding

allen.spaulding — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:12:47 -0800

Blah, could this be any more furniturezone.

By: dirty lies

dirty lies — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:43:00 -0800

El escritorio es del que lo trabaja!
[ img src = "cheguevara.jpg" alt = "viva la revolucion" /]

By: qvantamon

qvantamon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:07:09 -0800

In my time desks were called "working tables", and that's how I like it.

By: foodmapper

foodmapper — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:42:38 -0800

Baudrillard on Desks:

There will not be a desk.
There is not a desk.
There was not a desk.

Desks are hyperreal/simulacra.

By: msconduct

msconduct — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:36:46 -0800

in my time, we used to tie an onion to our desk. because that was the style at the time.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:23:27 -0800

So, since I no longer have a desk at home or at work does that mean I've finally transcended the Patriarchal white male privilege and extracted myself from the desk-centric machinations of Western cultural imperialism?

HALLELUJAH! FREE AT LAST! FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, I'M FREE AT LAST!

And broke as fuck. Whoops.

*holds up a small cardboard sign that says "will work for booze"*

By: DU

DU — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:25:14 -0800

A Meta-Analysis Of Desk Studies From 2008 To The Present Day

By: rtha

rtha — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:50:03 -0800

So great. I love metafilter.

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:51:12 -0800

fucking chairists.

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:51:53 -0800

Did you all stay up late planning this on IRC? The whole thing smells a little prefabricated.

By: needled

needled — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:11:09 -0800

What we need is an interdisciplinary study of the relationship of portobello mushrooms, a plate of beans, and desks.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:27:30 -0800

This is the funniest thing that Jimmy Fallon has ever been associated with.

By: cashman

cashman — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:49:21 -0800

I totally missed Pastabagel's comment originally. The hilariousness of this is just fantastic.

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:49:28 -0800

In conclusion a desk is a furniture of many contrasts.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:54:17 -0800

This survey fails to account for the rise of the robots triggered by the popularity of Autodesk.

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:06:56 -0800

Also it clearly leaves out the new information gained by the Florida Anomalistically Researched Teakeological Studies lab in their indeterminate-informational random retrieval experiments on Quantum Study Drawers.

By: cashman

cashman — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:27:09 -0800

This has to end in someone actually trying to get a publication in American Furniture. Luke Beckerdite edits it. Piece in the current edition: Philadelphia Pier Tables and Their Role in Cultures of Sociability and Competition - Nicholas C. Vincent.

By: ersatz

ersatz — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:48:35 -0800

Mefi love.

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:58:50 -0800

*holds up a small cardboard sign that says "will work for booze"*
posted by loquacious at 4:23 AM on December 10

Dude, try this.

(offers loquacious a sign that says "will work for desks")

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:04:56 -0800

This is the best thing I have seen in a while.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:25:55 -0800

The.

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:38:19 -0800

Yeah, watching this happen last night was really fun. This kind of spontaneity and dry wit is what I really love about MetaFilter and the crazy, crazy people who live here. I love the way stickycheese drops a comment in this morning (my time) that is actually about Jimmy Fallon and late night TV, and is immediately accused of hijacking the thread (all in good fun, of course). swift's "second edition" is also priceless. GG everyone.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:45:11 -0800

Astro Zombie: The.

previously.

By: ormondsacker

ormondsacker — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:45:57 -0800

Desks are the new the.

By: chugg

chugg — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:46:36 -0800

[NOT DESK-IST]

By: gingerbeer

gingerbeer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:53:44 -0800

Desk 2.0 = Lap (or in some cases in our household, Cat).

Free yourself from the enslavement of the desk! Get a laptop! Ruin your back!

loquacious - you know we'll give you booze for free

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:08:16 -0800

When I hear the word "desk" I reach for my revolving chair.

By: cimbrog

cimbrog — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:10:33 -0800

Good going, nooneyouknow, your little tip has caused a flood of off topic desk-themed comments to appear in that post. How are we supposed to discuss Jimmy Fallon in the manner he deserves now?

By: netbros

netbros — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:17:22 -0800

lulzescritoire

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:38:36 -0800

Jimmy Fallon is being discussed in the manner he deserves.

By: rand

rand — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:04:18 -0800

I hate my desk.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:19:17 -0800

ChairZone!

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:33:05 -0800

My desk is a table.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:45:01 -0800

I love all you smart and funny people. You are awesome.

By: Metroid Baby

Metroid Baby — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:52:11 -0800

Deskology is complicated. I think I need to rest for a moment on my tibble-tabble.

By: l33tpolicywonk

l33tpolicywonk — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:55:02 -0800

Proves why lurking on MeFi is often far more fun than weighing in.

God love ya, Metafilter. To think the crap I could have spent that $5 on.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:37:12 -0800

The Desks of MetaFilter

By: An Infinity Of Monkeys

An Infinity Of Monkeys — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:56:42 -0800

I'm eating my head.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:05:05 -0800

There's a desk in my pants.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:16:12 -0800

Desks are OK, but for fist-pounding you really need a good lectern, according to Voltaire anyway.

By: gman

gman — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:26:35 -0800

oh.my.god. you know who the best drop in ever would be?

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:31:33 -0800

There's a desk in my pants.

There was one in mine too, but now I can't find either!

By: tickingclock

tickingclock — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:33:59 -0800

Fantastic. I love Metafilter.

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:57:17 -0800

oh.my.god. you know who the best drop in ever would be?

Jimmy Fallon?

By: swift

swift — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:04:47 -0800

I don't use a desk anymore, personally.

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:24:21 -0800

I don't use a desk anymore, personally.

The father of modern Deskology is repudiating the very field that he created?

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:25:29 -0800

An ottoman is my desk.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:43:46 -0800

Home is where you set your scotch.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:47:14 -0800

Sweet! I live in the park!

By: macadamiaranch

macadamiaranch — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:02:29 -0800

A company I work with on occasion created this video for a client of theirs. It's about desks. (warning: flashiness)

By: lekvar

lekvar — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:18:47 -0800

Right now I'm having a hard time thinking of anything with a higher Amusement ROI than MetaFilter. $5 rarely buys this much awesome.

By: swift

swift — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:21:58 -0800

The father of modern Deskology is repudiating the very field that he created?

No, it's just that my platform is more post-desk.

By: needled

needled — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:31:11 -0800

No, it's just that my platform is more post-desk.

what's next, deskological relativism ?!?

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:34:22 -0800

You guys can keep looking busy at your Desks. I'll be busy immanentizing the Etchasketchaton.

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:34:23 -0800

No, it's just that my platform is more post-desk.

I anticipated that response. (By almost an hour...)

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:43:52 -0800

what's next, deskological relativism ?!?

Deskconstructionism.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:34:52 -0800

This whole world is my ~~church~~ desk.

By: qvantamon

qvantamon — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:58:48 -0800

burn the deskriptivist!

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:03:25 -0800

Fuck you and the desk you rode in on.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:06:47 -0800

Awesome. Thanks for these.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:31:10 -0800

I'm just grateful for the chance to finally tell the world the truth about HERRIGAN.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:44:02 -0800

Someone needs to do Plato's Theory of Desk Forms.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:17:18 -0800

まはごに— ですか?

By: jtron

jtron — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:22:51 -0800

I thought that thread was pretty awful and was preparing to flag it as hard as I could (a la the Mooninites) but the desk derails were wonderful. Thank you, Metafilter.

By: nev

nev — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:15:28 -0800

These were all great, but I could not favorite dmd enough.

(ex-neuroscientist)

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:53:23 -0800

As a fan of Christopher Livingston's work, I prefer notmydeskology.

By: krinklyfig

krinklyfig — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:59:52 -0800

Is this the thread with the free lobster?

Wait, what day is today?

Sorry, I'm looking for the holiday buffet served to benefit the Foundation of the Preservation of the 100 Most Important Desks in History, which is a non-profit that finds the most deserving desk preservation organizations and donates accordingly, for a small fee.

As I said, lobster.

We're all going to blog about it later, so make sure to read all about it on the DeskWell blog!

By: krinklyfig

krinklyfig — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:05:35 -0800

Home is where you set your scotch.

The bathroom sink?

By: never used baby shoes

never used baby shoes — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:29:07 -0800

Deskconstructionism

Ikea, I believe, is the thought leader in this area.

By: NikitaNikita

NikitaNikita — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:35:37 -0800

I can't believe the Deskartesian philosophy of dualism hasn't been brought up yet!
I sit, therefore I am.

By: IndigoRain

IndigoRain — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:07:29 -0800

Indeed, never used baby shoes, I do suddenly feel an urge to go to Ikea.

By: evil_esto

evil_esto — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:37:42 -0800

I have 2 desks - neither has a chair, both are Ikea like my "Coffee Table" (which functions as my 'true' 'deskic' surface) and this Metathread has been worth my $5 and potentially the 'what and bother' of the entire internet.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:44:54 -0800

Damn, that's brilliant. I don't care about Jimmy Fallon, so thanks for posting this, nooneyouknow, or I'd have missed it.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:43:38 -0800

If anything, that thread has taught me the proper MLA citation¹ for a Metafilter comment. My life is complete.

_{1. dmd: MetaFilter 77275: Late Night with The Roots. pp2371259, 2008.}