Reykjavík meet-up December 29, 2008 9:24 AM   Subscribe

I met Marisa Stole the Precious Thing for coffee earlier today and he and I thought it was about time Iceland had a MetaFilter meet-up. So, MeFites in Reykjavík and nearby towns, are you game for a meet-up on January 2nd?
posted by Kattullus to MetaFilter Gatherings at 9:24 AM (148 comments total)

Maybe you can meet up in an abandonded bank. *rimshot*
posted by jonmc at 9:51 AM on December 29, 2008


He?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:19 AM on December 29, 2008 [7 favorites]


I'd avoid taking anything precious to the meet-up. Just in case...
posted by PeterMcDermott at 10:23 AM on December 29, 2008 [1 favorite]


He?

I hate usernames with misleading genders!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:25 AM on December 29, 2008 [26 favorites]


I hate usernames with misleading genders!

Girl, you know what I mean!

We had gone back and forth in some distant thread about Unix type stuff, so it warmed my heart to think it was a female in a non-traditional role and seemingly doing it well. Not that it matters, of course.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:31 AM on December 29, 2008


Crush officially over. Damn you, rigid heterosexuality.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:49 AM on December 29, 2008 [5 favorites]


wait, wait, wait... are you saying that Marisa ..... is.... an Icelander? I HAD NO IDEA!
posted by desjardins at 11:04 AM on December 29, 2008 [4 favorites]


Chalk me up as another victim of gender surprise.
posted by languagehat at 11:04 AM on December 29, 2008


The Zombie doth protest too much, methinks.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:06 AM on December 29, 2008


So it's really "Marisa Stole the Precious þing"?
posted by weebil at 11:11 AM on December 29, 2008 [17 favorites]


This is exactly how I felt when I learned the secret about the child vampire in Let the Right One In.
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:16 AM on December 29, 2008 [1 favorite]


Hi!
posted by Sailormom at 11:16 AM on December 29, 2008


are you game for a meet-up

Icelanders got no game. White men can't jump.
posted by lukemeister at 11:24 AM on December 29, 2008


"Oh, wow!" I thought, "thirteen comments! The Icelandic MeFites must be really coming out of the woodwork."

But no... oh no...

Well, any day you crush a thousand hearts is never truly wasted.
posted by Kattullus at 11:36 AM on December 29, 2008 [2 favorites]


for what it's worth, i checked priceline & it'd cost me about $1,100 to fly over there. so i guess you can count me out. dammit.
posted by msconduct at 11:47 AM on December 29, 2008


Tasteless joke to offend Kattullus and Marisa:

What's the capital of Iceland?

About £2.50
posted by Abiezer at 12:00 PM on December 29, 2008 [9 favorites]


Same as in bœr.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:12 PM on December 29, 2008 [2 favorites]


HE?

That explains a lot.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 12:46 PM on December 29, 2008


HE?!

Thank goodness I didn't go through with my plan with the whipcream bikini.

I'd love to make it to an Iceland meetup. Can you throw it in AZ? I mean, I'd come to you, but that's sooooooooooo far.
posted by Bageena at 1:29 PM on December 29, 2008


Crush officially over. Damn you, rigid heterosexualityhomosexuality.

FTFM
posted by rtha at 1:29 PM on December 29, 2008 [5 favorites]


Nobody throws a party in me without inviting me first.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:43 PM on December 29, 2008


I'd be all over an AZ party.
posted by Rumple at 1:56 PM on December 29, 2008


Crush officially over on. Damn you, rigid heterosexualityhomosexuality.

FTFM. Rowr.
posted by aihal at 1:58 PM on December 29, 2008 [1 favorite]


I'd be all over an AZ party.

He'll eat your brains.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:00 PM on December 29, 2008


Someone set up a "Crying Game" page on the wiki.
posted by Pronoiac at 2:02 PM on December 29, 2008 [2 favorites]


We already know all there is to know about the

CRYYYYYYYYYYING GAME.
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:04 PM on December 29, 2008 [3 favorites]


*slow guitars with tons of reverb*
posted by Pronoiac at 2:14 PM on December 29, 2008


OH NO SHE HE DIDN'T ISN'T

I'm so confused. Hold me.
posted by scrump at 2:17 PM on December 29, 2008 [2 favorites]


Can I ask a stupid question? Up until about 10 days ago, I'd never heard of Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, and now suddenly everyone knows him. Is this massive confirmation bias, is he the Icelandic version of Miguel? What gives?
posted by niles at 2:17 PM on December 29, 2008


It's a surprise that MSTPT is a dude? Until today, I would have put $1 against $5 that MSTPT was Stephen C. Den Beste operating under a name that didn't have all the expectations and political baggage that went with his meatspace name, so he could just hang out and talk about anime and shit without being taken to task for unrelated things he wrote in 2002.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 2:25 PM on December 29, 2008


I know of MSPT because... he.... was the very first person to post a comment in my very first post. I was so nervous that I would screw up my post somehow resulting in a flaming heap of burn-out that I immediately became enamored with MSPT when he wrote that he liked the post.
I didn't know it was a him, or I would have flagged the comment and started a callout angrily denouncing him as someone else's sock puppet. I swear I'm not gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I have many friends that are gay. What's the deal with airline food?
Rumple, we'll have to get that organized after the holidays end. Mayhaps next month? I'd hate to hijack this already-hijacked thread by organizing our meetup right in the middle of so many people finding out they're gay for Marissa Stole My Precious Heterosexuality.
posted by Bageena at 2:26 PM on December 29, 2008


I'd be all over an AZ party.

Careful, he likes head.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:30 PM on December 29, 2008 [1 favorite]


Gender is over-rated.

Wait, no it isn't.

Or is it?
posted by Britney's Nipples at 2:37 PM on December 29, 2008


Man, wouldn't it be werid if Britney's nipples where a dude?


plants mental image, walks away slowly
posted by The Whelk at 2:41 PM on December 29, 2008


Everyone could really get down and dirty at an AZ party, s/he's a lippy little muthafucka.
posted by Rumple at 2:43 PM on December 29, 2008


Marisa, Kattallus... are ALL icelanders metafilter-gender-upenders?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:03 PM on December 29, 2008


Now let's see what happens to MSTPT's favourites/comments ratio.
posted by nowonmai at 3:57 PM on December 29, 2008 [2 favorites]


Man, I'd love to. I owe the barman in 22 a drink.
If you ask for a Jaegerbomb and shriek "MAGIC HANDS!" when he pours the mixer from a can, cunningly afixed to his palm he will... probably call the bouncers. Lovely chap, though.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 4:06 PM on December 29, 2008


This would be received better if posted on alt.meetups.bjork.bjork.bjork
posted by not_on_display at 4:08 PM on December 29, 2008 [2 favorites]


He?

I'm surprised anyone is surprised that MSTPT is a man. I was briefly uncertain, but when he explained about how his name was derived from some Japanese Anime/Game/Wankfest thing, I remember thinking that I'd never met a woman who could choose such an incredibly nerdy username.

(Sorry I cant be more specific about what the name refers to. The text was all in Japanese, but the graphics were your usual big doe eyed anime girl stuff.)

I think it was in one of his early FPP's?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:09 PM on December 29, 2008


We were talking about MSTPT at the recent SF meetup. About how she he came out of nowhere and has added so much to the site. We contemplated all the recent closed accounts and whether any of those women could be Marissa.

This discovery changes everything.

(yes, we talked about all y'all at the meetup. This is why you should go to meetups.)
posted by iamkimiam at 4:51 PM on December 29, 2008


What did y'all say about me?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:52 PM on December 29, 2008


Dammit, I knew we missed one!

(Truth be told, we stopped beansin' around 23402.)
posted by iamkimiam at 4:59 PM on December 29, 2008


Error always was a tough act to follow.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:01 PM on December 29, 2008


Metafilter: Gender referrant Cod War!
posted by zaelic at 5:06 PM on December 29, 2008


What did y'all say about me?

A bit of lipstick and nice wig and you'd make a pretty woman.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:09 PM on December 29, 2008


A bit of lipstick and nice wig and you'd make a pretty woman.

Sadly, there's not enough beer in the world to make that a true statement.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:13 PM on December 29, 2008 [1 favorite]


*whew* I'm still about 20,000 members away from being important enough to talk about at meetups.

If you saw me in lipstick and a wig though, you might change your mind.
posted by Bageena at 5:22 PM on December 29, 2008


Kattallus is just fucking with you guys. Marisa is totally a chick. A UNIX-codin', manga-readin', Ron Paul-admirin' hot chick who wants YOU, to come visit beautiful Iceland.
posted by popechunk at 5:42 PM on December 29, 2008 [1 favorite]


The area between my eyebrows is really tender for some reason. One of y'all rode a bike over it when I was drunk, didn't you?
posted by jonmc at 5:50 PM on December 29, 2008


Sadly, there's not enough beer in the world to make that a true statement.

By pretty woman, I think he means "whore".
posted by crossoverman at 6:00 PM on December 29, 2008


Wait, how do we know these people are even Icelanders?
Dude, post some eating-rotten-shark pics or GTFO.
posted by Iron Rat at 6:41 PM on December 29, 2008


I know about MSTPT because he is one of the awesomest new mefites over 70k and his important work awesomifying this website is one of things that converted me out of my bitter-old-20k anger.

I should probably just mefimail you to say this, but you are awesome MSTPT and I hope you continue to contribute to this website - yours belongs to a very small set of usernames that I actively scan threads for in anticipation of your comments.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 7:04 PM on December 29, 2008


I'd never met a woman who could choose such an incredibly nerdy username.

Mmm I like to think of mine as a bit of a nerd badge, but maybe it doesn't hold a candle to anime references.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 7:41 PM on December 29, 2008 [2 favorites]


Huh. I always assumed MSTPT was a hermaphrodite.

Oh well, crush officially over.
posted by homunculus at 7:43 PM on December 29, 2008


Huh. I never thought MSTPT was female. My MeFiDar was spot on.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:44 PM on December 29, 2008


Wait, how do we know these people are even Icelanders?

Kattullus admits to spending drunken evenings singing Megas's songs. Forget hákarl or svið, my friend, the ability to stomach Megas is the sign of a true Icelander.
posted by weebil at 8:34 PM on December 29, 2008 [1 favorite]


Can I ask a stupid question? Up until about 10 days ago, I'd never heard of Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, and now suddenly everyone knows him. Is this massive confirmation bias, is he the Icelandic version of Miguel? What gives?

Speaking for myself: I don't read MeFi as obsessively as I used to, but I still find that some handles stick out. I think it's a mix how unusual the name is, how frequently I see it, and what kinds of things the person says. Marisa Stole the Precious Thing is one of them (as is Solon and Thanks, for that matter).
posted by danb at 8:55 PM on December 29, 2008


I never made an assumption about gender -- yeah, that's the ticket -- I guess it's because I'm just one of those people who doesn't buy into the stereotypes -- yeah, that's it, because I'm sensitive -- yeah, that's it -- because I'm not a sexist bigot like some people -- yeah -- I know you can't tell from names you know, one time this big guy -- I think his name was Susan or Suzie -- or maybe it was Suzanne -- he totally beat me up one time -- yeah -- beat me unconscious -- yeah -- I was dead for a while -- yeah, that's it -- or maybe that Sue guy was a chick -- yeah, because I can't tell the difference, because I'm sensitive -- no, maybe he was the sensitive one -- yeah, that's it -- and it was really cold out -- you know -- and I wasn't wearing my glasses -- yeah -- and also I was looking the other way and not at his penis -- yeah, that's the ticket -- well, he -- or she -- yeah, that's it, she -- wasn't at the urinal long enough to get a good look -- so anyway some famous cowboy singer -- I mean cowperson -- because I'm sensitive -- wrote a song all about it -- sold a million -- a billion copies -- yeah, that's the ticket -- didn't even give me a dime

*opens Bro Rq account*
posted by Sys Rq at 9:04 PM on December 29, 2008


When you make an assumption, you make an ass out of you and mption!
posted by aubilenon at 9:36 PM on December 29, 2008 [7 favorites]


Yeah, I think it's pretty clear that Marisa let us all down by being a dude. So I think the only fair way to settle this is for him to become a woman.

Maybe, perhaps, The Precious Thing really is our preconceived ideas of gender. And he done stole it. He stole it good.
posted by Afroblanco at 9:54 PM on December 29, 2008 [7 favorites]


Things I have learned from this thread so far:

  • Marisa Stole the Precious Thing is a man
  • Iceland is somehow automatically funny

    Keep it coming guys, I'm learnding or learnþing or whatever.

  • posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:42 PM on December 29, 2008


    I think it's sad that you people don't know any girls IRL to have crushes on.
    posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 11:25 PM on December 29, 2008 [2 favorites]


    I'd never met a woman who could choose such an incredibly nerdy username.

    Pfft. You obviously don't hang with the right women.

    Or is that the wrong women? Whatever.
    posted by rodgerd at 11:35 PM on December 29, 2008


    I KNOW GIRLS TO HAVE CRUSHES ON IRL

    like rtha. and iamkimiam. eeeeeyow!
    posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:28 AM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


    is wasted, truly crush a thousand hearts, never: any day, you
    posted by gac at 1:30 AM on December 30, 2008


    maybe for dessert you guys can have バカlava
    posted by pyramid termite at 2:15 AM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


    My best friend is named Marisa. And she is a woman. But not a thief.
    posted by trip and a half at 4:31 AM on December 30, 2008


    I'm a woman.
    posted by gman at 5:28 AM on December 30, 2008


    Note: Everyone needs a hug.

    Except Marissa.

    Awww, hey... sorry, dude. C'mere. *does manly three-pat-on-back thing.*
    posted by Devils Rancher at 5:30 AM on December 30, 2008


    I still have a little crush on her fwiw. But my powers of self-deception are so strong my family once had to dig up Elizabeth Montgomery's corpse to prove that I wasn't actually married to a beautiful witch and living in Westport Connecticut.
    posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:53 AM on December 30, 2008


    Kattullus is totally an Icelander. I can vouch for his Megas-lurve. And the fact that he can eat soured milk. Just LOOKING at it makes me want to puke.

    I read this thread just to see if anyone had a crush on *me* and now I'm going to go cry into my non-Icelandic beer. Only, not beer, because I don't drink beer. I'll find something. And I'll cry into it.
    posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:42 AM on December 30, 2008


    Kattullus is totally an Icelander. I can vouch for his Megas-lurve. And the fact that he can eat soured milk. Just LOOKING at it makes me want to puke.

    His? What the FUCK is going on here?

    I read this thread just to see if anyone had a crush on *me* and now I'm going to go cry into my non-Icelandic beer. Only, not beer, because I don't drink beer. I'll find something. And I'll cry into it.

    Look. I had to stalk you all the way to flickr to determine that you're female and... taken! Way to harsh on my incipient internet stalker crush, Dude.
    posted by Devils Rancher at 7:58 AM on December 30, 2008


    Guy or girl, I don't really care. Just as long as MSTPT continues to be the same wonderful unstoppable killer robot we all know and love, it shouldn't ever make a difference.

    Being fusion powered and able to crush cars with your mighty steel jaws really makes gender issues seem irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
    posted by quin at 8:12 AM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


    74 comments and no takers on the meet-up?

    This thread is kinda emo.
    posted by lunit at 9:04 AM on December 30, 2008 [2 favorites]


    Oh hey guys.

    I hope no one feels they were deceived about my true gender. I certainly didn't intend to lead anyone on. I did outline the origins of my name in my profile, after all; that it's the name of a song. I guess I don't go into a lot of detail about me as a person (apart from anecdotal stories from my past) because I don't want to be one of those posters who blabs autobiographically about my job, my neighborhood, my dog or what have you if it has no relevance to the post, comment or thread. I'm glad people have been happy with my contributions to Metafilter, and hope I can continue to be seen as a positive contribution to the site. I'd lurked for a couple of years, constantly fascinated by the level of discourse that goes on here, the way people exchange ideas civilly and intelligently, the things on the internets that I've been introduced to via this site are innumerable. It's my pleasure to be a part of it and learn from all of you.
    posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 9:20 AM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


    Too bad "gender" is a profile field. Otherwise we could have a "guess my gender" MeFi game.

    What trips me up most on MeFi is my assumptions about sexuality. I get momentarily confused when someone with a female username mentions "my wife."

    I do like having my assumptions challenged, and it's a learning experience to be surprised that someone is a different nationality/ethnicity/gender/sexuality than I'd assumed.
    posted by desjardins at 9:23 AM on December 30, 2008 [2 favorites]


    I just regret all the masturbating.
    posted by Astro Zombie at 9:24 AM on December 30, 2008 [3 favorites]


    A thousand crushes renew.
    posted by iamkimiam at 9:25 AM on December 30, 2008


    I'm waiting for MetaSingles.
    posted by Bageena at 9:31 AM on December 30, 2008


    I just regret all the masturbating.

    Just take your hat and jacket off.
    posted by netbros at 9:33 AM on December 30, 2008


    I KNOW GIRLS TO HAVE CRUSHES ON IRL

    Right back atcha, baby.
    posted by rtha at 9:44 AM on December 30, 2008


    That precious thing? That was my heart.
    posted by gman at 9:51 AM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


    I probably have a crush on you.
    posted by waraw at 10:15 AM on December 30, 2008


    I don't want to be one of those posters who blabs autobiographically about my job, my neighborhood, my dog or what have you if it has no relevance to the post, comment or thread.

    I can tell when you're talking about me you know.
    posted by GuyZero at 10:19 AM on December 30, 2008 [4 favorites]


    I can tell when you're talking about me you know.

    I don't have any problem with other people doing it. In fact, I love the autobiographical anecdotes people post here. They're great fun to read. I just feel weird doing it myself is all, if it has no bearing on the subject in the thread at hand.
    posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 10:25 AM on December 30, 2008


    It is kind of cool that Metafilter (especially around Ask) is a community that doesn't automatically assume everyone here is a straight guy.
    posted by Solon and Thanks at 10:38 AM on December 30, 2008


    it has no bearing on the subject in the thread at hand

    The icy reserve of the Icelandians. Tell us how you feel anytime, we are holding hands and listening.
    posted by Rumple at 10:39 AM on December 30, 2008


    The icy reserve of the Icelandians.

    Hey, I'm not Icelandic, I just live here.

    So anyway: Who wants to meet up in Reykjavík on January 2? I might even show up in drag if it'll make you happy.
    posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 10:44 AM on December 30, 2008


    it has no bearing on the subject in the thread at hand

    That reminds me that I haven't talked much about my dog. His ears get really yeasty lately and we have to clean them out a lot.

    If I come to Reykjavik are they still giving out cheap loans?
    posted by GuyZero at 11:07 AM on December 30, 2008

    I'm a woman.
    Yeah, well, I'm every woman.

    They're all in me.
    posted by scrump at 11:09 AM on December 30, 2008


    I might even show up in drag if it'll make you happy.

    Would it make you happy? Discuss. Be Shareful.
    posted by Rumple at 11:11 AM on December 30, 2008


    So anyway: Who wants to meet up in Reykjavík on January 2?

    Flagged as derail.
    posted by burnmp3s at 11:19 AM on December 30, 2008 [4 favorites]


    So far it's me, MSTPT and Zero Gravitas. Real life friend neuroking is in town visiting some mutual friends of ours so he might join if he hasn't been whisked away to the countryside, a danger for tourists in Iceland. An Icelandic real life friend has an account but has never actually done anything with it (I don't think he even logs in when he looks at the Blue) so he's been reluctant to come, even though I've pestered him repeatedly. We'll be at the same New Year's party so I have plenty of time to pester him some more.
    posted by Kattullus at 11:53 AM on December 30, 2008


    It is kind of cool that Metafilter (especially around Ask) is a community that doesn't automatically assume everyone here is a straight guy.

    That's true for the most part. At least to me, it seems pretty easy to work out someone's gender after a few posts. I don't think that I've ever assumed anyone's gender here (it did seem very obvious to me that MSTPT was a guy) and it does annoy me when people do.
    posted by ob at 12:00 PM on December 30, 2008


    I'm a woman.
    Yeah, well, I'm every woman.

    They're all in me.

    Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts,
    Which I by lacking have supposed dead,
    And there reigns love and all love's loving parts,
    And all those friends which I thought buried.
    and etc...
    posted by From Bklyn at 12:04 PM on December 30, 2008




    MSTPT - I urge you to paste in any racy/lewd MeFi Mail you receive regarding this revelation.
    posted by gman at 12:30 PM on December 30, 2008


    So anyway: Who wants to meet up in Reykjavík on January 2?

    I can't make it this year, but if you decide to do it again in 2010 (and give a little more advance warning for things like airline reservations and getting time off work) I would be in.
    posted by weebil at 1:22 PM on December 30, 2008


    Real life friend neuroking is in town visiting some mutual friends of ours so he might join

    OMG NEUROKING IS A GUY TOO???
    posted by desjardins at 1:35 PM on December 30, 2008


    I don't know how I am going to explain any of this to my penis.
    posted by Astro Zombie at 1:35 PM on December 30, 2008


    I think for clarification (and AZ's weiner), we're going to need to start another Icelandic meetup thread where everyone comes clean on their gender.

    I mean, we could start a Metatalk thread that's actually supposed to be about gender, but the Icelandic meetup thread has worked so well thus far. I've learned that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ARE GUYS.
    Now I'm feeling really silly for wanting to check out bitter-girl.com's website to see if there was maybe a picture to check out, you know, see if she was a cute as her comments are intelligent and interesting. Now that I know she's probably a he along with the rest of you... I don't know.

    I'm so upset, I need to dance.
    posted by Bageena at 1:45 PM on December 30, 2008


    I don't know how I am going to explain any of this to my penis.

    "Look, that warm, comfortable place? Well, turns out it..."
    posted by maxwelton at 1:45 PM on December 30, 2008


    *says to penis*

    Don't look at me, I have no idea why AZ is having conversations with his genitals. Honestly, if you ask me the whole thing is creepy... I mean, who does that kind of thing? A person with a tenuous grasp on reality, that's who... What do you mean I shouldn't be so judgmental? Wasn't it you that was criticizing that chick's boobs on TV last night? Yeah, it's totally the same thing... well I don't care how long a day at work you had, you should be more sensitive.

    Ok fine, I'm sorry, go back to sleep, we can discuss this later.
    posted by quin at 1:57 PM on December 30, 2008


    I don't know how I am going to explain any of this to my penis.

    No big deal, you're just going around the corner.
    posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:14 PM on December 30, 2008


    If it matters: I'm fine, I haven't been spirited away to Iceland, and...I'm totally a dude.
    posted by kittyprecious at 2:18 PM on December 30, 2008


    I have to go around the corner if I am going to talk to my penis. Either that or roll it up like a garden hose.
    posted by Astro Zombie at 2:21 PM on December 30, 2008


    Here's some hints for conversation.
    posted by waraw at 3:31 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


    EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ARE GUYS.

    I'm not every woman, but I'm at least some of them.
    posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:31 PM on December 30, 2008


    I'm like, six or seven of them. Depending on my mood.
    posted by ersatzkat at 4:40 PM on December 30, 2008


    Well, if we're all clearing the air here, I'm not actually a rapid offensive unit.

    I'm really a Horrible Gelatinous Blob.

    No, wait. I'm not really a Horrible Gelatinous Blob. I'm really a broom.
    posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:06 PM on December 30, 2008


    Does no one read user profiles? My goodness. This would all be no great shock.

    Also I only get crushes on those who favorite me.
    posted by piratebowling at 6:26 PM on December 30, 2008 [5 favorites]


    The temptation to favorite that comment is killing me. KILLING ME.
    posted by Bageena at 7:28 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


    I'm really a broom, but I am Not Your Broom. IANYB.
    posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 7:53 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


    Wait, wait, wait. Marisa is a guy?

    *blinks*


    Sorry, I don't mean to... I mean... um..... yeah.
    posted by jokeefe at 8:15 PM on December 30, 2008


    Just let it all out, jokeefe, it's the only way to get over the shock.

    Geez... if I had known the trauma I would cause the whole community I might have been more careful with my words.
    posted by Kattullus at 8:31 PM on December 30, 2008


    You know, in all seriousness, this is a surprise to me but a happy one. Because I was all arm-in-arm with Marisa in the Not-rape thread, and I felt like we were kind of backing each other up. And I imagined, you know, that we were speaking not just from shared positions but from shared gender as well.... but it wasn't like that. So this is a fine lesson on making assumptions online, and one I'm happy to be reminded of.
    posted by jokeefe at 11:30 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]


    Geez... if I had known the trauma I would cause the whole community I might have been more careful with my words.

    We'd better go gender neutral from here on out, for safety's sake. "I met it at a meetup. It was a very nice human."
    posted by Devils Rancher at 4:47 AM on December 31, 2008 [2 favorites]


    We'd better go gender neutral from here on out, for safety's sake.

    When I first arrived on Usenet in the early 90's, quite a lot of people used 'sie' and 'hir' as gender-neutral pronouns.

    They always seemed kind of silly and affected to me, but they were far from uncommon on some newsgroups.
    posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:20 AM on December 31, 2008


    When I first arrived on Usenet in the early 90's, quite a lot of people used 'sie' and 'hir' as gender-neutral pronouns.

    I'm a singular they fan myself. English wasn't built to handle gender-neutral singular pronouns, and the singular they seems to have naturally evolved to fill that gap. Sure, made-up pronouns would work better, but it's a lot easier to accept a natural change to a language than it is to force an artificial change on a language.
    posted by burnmp3s at 7:23 AM on December 31, 2008 [1 favorite]


    "They" is good and so is the Baltimorean epicene pronoun "yo." Given that MSTPT is a Marylander I suppose I should have written the first sentence as "I met Marisa Stole the Precious Thing for coffee earlier today and yo and I thought it was about time Iceland had a MetaFilter meet-up."
    posted by Kattullus at 7:38 AM on December 31, 2008 [1 favorite]


    Hey, I totally forgot to do the "where and when" comment. This is it.

    3 o'clock, Friday January the 2nd, Kaffi Babalú on Skólavörðustígur. Be there or be across the Atlantic.
    posted by Kattullus at 9:29 PM on December 31, 2008


    ...quite a lot of people used 'sie' and 'hir' as gender-neutral pronouns. They always seemed kind of silly and affected to me

    Kind of? blech.

    3 o'clock, Friday January the 2nd, Kaffi Babalú on Skólavörðustígur. Be there or be across the Atlantic.

    Well, I hope that they have a really good time!
    posted by Devils Rancher at 6:14 AM on January 1, 2009


    I won't make it - I hope you all have a good time.
    posted by Pronoiac at 9:16 AM on January 1, 2009


    wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute...

    Kattulus is in Iceland? What happened to Rhode Island?
    posted by From Bklyn at 1:25 PM on January 1, 2009


    Kattulus is in Iceland? What happened to Rhode Island?

    He found out some years later that it's not an actual island, and left, disgusted.
    posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 2:08 PM on January 1, 2009 [1 favorite]


    I live in Li'l Rhody but I'm from Iceland and am back for the holidays.
    posted by Kattullus at 4:17 PM on January 1, 2009


    Skólavörðustígur

    The reason I didn't show up is because I tried to ask for directions and my tongue ended up in a knot. Plus I think I spit on someone.
    posted by desjardins at 11:19 AM on January 2, 2009 [1 favorite]


    I added photos! Yehhhhh! I win! I win Iceland! Woooooooo0000oooo000!
    In these photos, which are AMAZING, you will see...
    Kattullus, svenni, krilli, myself and Marisa Stole the Precious Thing dressed up like a man. So was Kattullus, but Marisa's was more convincing with the facial hair.
    posted by neuroking at 12:43 PM on January 2, 2009 [1 favorite]


    IWILLKILLYOUWITHMYLASEREYES
    posted by Kattullus at 1:20 PM on January 2, 2009


    I, too, am a guy. Sorry for anyone's loss upon learning this.
    posted by Navelgazer at 8:20 PM on January 2, 2009


    Awesome! What is it you are drinking there with the spoon in it?
    posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:22 AM on January 3, 2009


    A latte.
    posted by Kattullus at 12:31 PM on January 3, 2009


    No alcohol? Disappointing.
    posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:51 PM on January 3, 2009


    Well, it was the afternoon and it was a very sedate crowd... New Year's hangovers have a way of lasting until the 2nd. That said, I wasn't hungover. Also, I have a book to finish, so can't take things too easy.
    posted by Kattullus at 5:34 PM on January 3, 2009


    Fair enough. It's just, my stereotypes are very dear to me.
    posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:36 AM on January 4, 2009


    Spoken like a true European, gnfti.

    "They're not racist stereotypes, they're treasured cultural archetypes... our heritage!"
    posted by Kattullus at 3:13 PM on January 4, 2009


    "They're not racist stereotypes, they're treasured cultural archetypes... our heritage!"

    True dat. The only thing we can all agree on is DENMARK SUX, AMIRITE?
    posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:43 PM on January 4, 2009


    Marisa's ... facial hair.

    I'm still confused. In the pictures, krilli is the one with the beard. Marisa looks cleanshaven.
    posted by desjardins at 5:47 PM on January 5, 2009


    I'm not actually in the photo; I was shy, and asked the barista to sit in for me.
    posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 8:21 PM on January 5, 2009


    If it weren't for Denmark, Björk would still be very confused as to the workings of television sets and would still be letting poets lie to her.
    posted by CKmtl at 6:59 PM on January 6, 2009


    If it weren't for Denmark, I wouldn't have to listen to Danes tell racist jokes about people from their former and current colonies.
    posted by Kattullus at 1:13 AM on January 7, 2009


    CKmtl MeMailed me and explained that his remark was a reference to this.

    I overreacted and I apologize.
    posted by Kattullus at 6:52 PM on January 7, 2009


    Spoken like a true European, Kattullus.
    posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:40 PM on January 7, 2009


    Try having people confuse you for a filling entrée. I'm serious. I have gotten several MeMails over the last year, from different MeFites, simply either thanking or cursing me for making them hungry when they read my username. One even began "damn you . . ." (it was otherwise perfectly friendly, no worries). I won't name any names.

    For the record, I am a male entrée. And very filling at that.
    posted by fourcheesemac at 11:33 AM on January 10, 2009 [1 favorite]


    I am a male entrée.

    I would just like to point out that the above sentence is an awesome bit of Franglais, for all kinds of reasons. Among them: Persistence of femininity despite simultaneous denial, and a beautiful double-entendre resulting from noun/adjective ambiguity.

    Furthermore, it perfectly critiques the rather Freudian insistence on the part of la langue française--and certain MeFites, apparently--that an entrée is inherently feminine.

    And very filling at that.


    That, on the other hand, is a dick joke. (Or is it a fat joke?) It wants a rimshot; it gets a sad trombone.
    posted by Sys Rq at 4:32 PM on January 10, 2009


    It's a dick joke. Just being clear on followup. Fill up on that one, why don't you?

    Also, your franglais bit is less clever than you think. "Entrée" is an anglicized word at this point in history, accented or not (in a set that consists of appetizer/entree/salad/dessert). English inanimate nouns have no grammatical gender, or very weak grammatical gender. You get the sad trombone for forced and lame linguistic humor. (I'm a linguist, so I get to say so.) It's only funny if you get confused about what language you're speaking, which may mean you have a traumatic brain injury.
    posted by fourcheesemac at 5:09 AM on January 20, 2009


    I was saying you were clever, fourcheesemac. So I guess you, um, aren't?
    posted by Sys Rq at 9:21 AM on January 20, 2009


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