Does favoriting a post count as a binding contract?

December 11, 2008 2:09 PM

Hermitosis, you got some 'splainin' to do!

Now granted, I don't know Hermitosis that well, but I did favorite one of his posts once, and a promise is a promise.

posted by explosion to MetaFilter-related at 2:09 PM (50 comments total)

He did disable his account. Then he un-disabled it. Did you read the fine print?
posted by jessamyn at 2:10 PM on December 11, 2008

A little late on the draw there.
posted by dead cousin ted at 2:13 PM on December 11, 2008

More evidence that he is the devil, and his promises always carry a trick with them.
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:14 PM on December 11, 2008

I didn't see the fine print to read! My bad, delete or close this thread if it's irrelevant.
posted by explosion at 2:14 PM on December 11, 2008

I only recently asked to re-open my account, I felt it was unnecessarily confusing to my friends and contacts, and I figured I'd done my time.

Other than continuing to post and comment, I didn't exactly announce the change; I figured I'd irritated enough people with my shenanigans the first time around.
posted by hermitosis at 2:22 PM on December 11, 2008

Hey, whatever happened to that user [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]? ; )
posted by ericb at 2:23 PM on December 11, 2008

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] never sent me my MeFi Swap CD.
posted by sciurus at 2:25 PM on December 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

delete or close this thread if it's irrelevant

No, no, leave it open. I've been waiting for a good context to ask him about how he came to turn into a teenage girl. I'm sure there's a connection...
posted by nanojath at 2:27 PM on December 11, 2008

I only noticed because I was going through my favorites for a chuckle, and noticed that it was just over 500, and there was nothing in Hermitosis's profile about the deactivation.

Hermitosis, you're a good guy and I enjoy your posts.
posted by explosion at 2:31 PM on December 11, 2008

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] never sent me my MeFi Swap CD.

Oh, for the love of Mel Torme. I'd love to make some joke about how [N-H] was a totally different entity and that you're SOL, but no, I admit I didn't send you your CD swap, I moved to a new apartment this summer and everything went all zoinks on me.

If it makes you feel better, I've witheld from listening to any of the mefite cd's I received in the meantime, a pledge which I've honored all this time. I will try to resolve this ASAP. If for some reason this doesn't happen, feel free to bust into my funeral someday and shrill at the top of your lungs about the debts I left when I departed the world. I imagine you'll have to pipe up pretty loud to be heard amongst the other creditors.
posted by hermitosis at 2:35 PM on December 11, 2008

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] never sent me my MeFi Swap CD.

Rebanning it is!
posted by cortex at 2:39 PM on December 11, 2008

[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] never sent me my MeFi Swap CD.

Not rebanding it is!
posted by phoque at 2:43 PM on December 11, 2008

Why do I feel like I'm about to be put into the Wicker Man? Did the crops fail again this year or something?
posted by hermitosis at 2:46 PM on December 11, 2008 [8 favorites]

Oh, yeah they did. We're talking, like, Nic Cage levels of crop failure.
posted by box at 2:49 PM on December 11, 2008

[NOT NOT HERMITOSIS-IST-IST]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:50 PM on December 11, 2008

Crops are fine, we're just bored.
posted by cortex at 2:50 PM on December 11, 2008

God - I really, really am!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:51 PM on December 11, 2008

Fine? Tell that to Werner Herzog.
posted by box at 2:53 PM on December 11, 2008

Astro Zombie : More evidence that he is the devil, and his promises always carry a trick with them.

Ah, fuckity fuck fuck. I had no idea he was the devil. I sold him my soul last week, and the whole time I was thinking "Ha, this sucker has no idea that I probably already owe this to the underworld, I'd like to see them collect now..."

Damnit.

Well, at least the peanut-butter and jelly sandwich I got out of it was tasty.
posted by quin at 3:10 PM on December 11, 2008

Somebody says Wicker Man and you say Nic Cage?

This world is so far removed from what it should be.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:19 PM on December 11, 2008 [10 favorites]

Hermitosis is worse than me, that fucker.
posted by HITLERTRON 5000 at 3:28 PM on December 11, 2008 [4 favorites]

Meanwhile, I removed my favorite on the comment in question when it was at, like, 498 or something, in the hopes that no one would cast the deciding vote.

It's good to have hermitosis back as per usual.
posted by Navelgazer at 3:30 PM on December 11, 2008

Okay, someone whip out a golden fiddle or I'm going home.
posted by The Whelk at 3:30 PM on December 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

Relax, AZ, I'm just talking about failure.
posted by box at 3:33 PM on December 11, 2008

hermitosis, how that someone has called you out using a bad Ricky Ricardo line, you now know of a special hell I live in nearly daily. I hope this brings us closer!!!
posted by piratebowling at 3:46 PM on December 11, 2008 [2 favorites]

I wasn't as excited when my hermitosis came back, I had to brush my teeth four times a day and drink birch root tea until my chakras realigned. But that fucking hermit in still in there.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 3:47 PM on December 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

Heh, I'm just teasin'.
posted by sciurus at 3:50 PM on December 11, 2008

Dammit, I definitely just spent ten whole minutes (+/- nine minutes for scientific accuracy) explaining the whole [NOT -IST] phenomenon to a friend of mine, starting at [NOT HERMITOSISIST].

All that effort and weird looks for nought.
posted by Phire at 4:18 PM on December 11, 2008

When you think about it, deep down inside, aren't we all [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]*?

* except for hermitosis of course.
posted by blue_beetle at 5:24 PM on December 11, 2008

This thread is useless without Charlie Daniels.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 5:35 PM on December 11, 2008

HOW'D IT GET BURNED?
posted by EarBucket at 5:44 PM on December 11, 2008

God, and I worked so hard on that shit-starting MeTa thread that helped push him over the edge in the first place! There's simply no reward for being a lurker asshole anymore.
posted by Help, I can't stop talking! at 6:46 PM on December 11, 2008

When you think about it, deep down inside, aren't we all [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]*?

Well, maybe just the ones who find Hermitosis kinda hot and had a crush on a boy who totally looks live him and lives in brooklyn but we're getting over that and happy and single and shit . now. See? SMILING?! YAY EVERYONE!


Stupid! stupid stupid!
posted by The Whelk at 7:50 PM on December 11, 2008

HOW'D IT GET BURNED

"Best scenes from the Wicker Man" my ass. (So not safe for work).
posted by nanojath at 9:39 PM on December 11, 2008 [2 favorites]

Did the crops fail again this year or something?
No, it snowed in New Orleans. Keep the fuck up, dude, or you WILL go in that cage.
posted by WolfDaddy at 10:04 PM on December 11, 2008

I think you can get rid of hermitosis by brushing regularly and drinking lots of water.
posted by electroboy at 10:29 PM on December 11, 2008

I suspect we will all regret this thread in the morning.
posted by hermitosis at 11:31 PM on December 11, 2008

feel free to bust into my funeral someday and shrill at the top of your lungs about the debts I left when I departed the world.

perfect.
posted by gac at 1:00 AM on December 12, 2008

Somebody says Wicker Man and you say Nic Cage?
This world is so far removed from what it should be.

Q:Why does Edward Woodward have so many Ds in his name?





A: Because Eewaa Woowaa would be a pretty stupid name.
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 7:21 AM on December 12, 2008

But perfect with a Jersey accent.
posted by netbros at 7:38 AM on December 12, 2008

This is vengeance, so I am to ferry you to Hell.
posted by owtytrof at 8:18 AM on December 12, 2008

i also missed the fine print. and also, all references to -ist now seem dumb. damn you!
posted by misanthropicsarah at 9:26 AM on December 12, 2008

Non, je ne regrette rien
posted by The Whelk at 7:03 PM on December 12, 2008

Heaven have mercy...
posted by hermitosis at 7:08 PM on December 12, 2008

you WILL go in that cage.

Into the Nic Cage?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:33 AM on December 13, 2008

La Vie En Rose At TED
posted by The Whelk at 12:31 PM on December 13, 2008

If 0 people favourite this comment, I'll disable my account.
posted by gman at 9:27 PM on December 13, 2008 [1 favorite]

That offer is pretty much meaningless without appending some kind of time limit, gman.
posted by nanojath at 1:07 PM on December 14, 2008

2050.
posted by gman at 4:37 PM on December 14, 2008

gman your account is more or less disabled anyway.

[Zing!]
posted by Mister_A at 6:59 AM on December 15, 2008