Comments on: Sooo, doing anything Bastille Day?

Sooo, doing anything Bastille Day?

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:37:26 -0800

What's the plan for Metafilter's 10-year anniversary?

Last I heard, there were gonna be parties on seven continents, and we were going to hire a jet so we can celebrate in eighteen timezones. But seriously, what happened to the documentary idea? Did it just peter out? Other than that, are there any other preparations in place for the big day?

By: Ironmouth

Ironmouth — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:38:38 -0800

We all fire our AK-47's into the air.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:39:28 -0800

I was gonna pour some pancake batter on the ground for my dead homies.

What up y'all.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:41:13 -0800

But I only have a Kalashnikov!

By: mattdidthat

mattdidthat — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:41:20 -0800

Baseball T-shirts!

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:43:41 -0800

Yes, the documentary idea pretty much flamed out. I've had ideas on relaunching it, but it would require quite a bit of user generated content.

By: burnmp3s

burnmp3s — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:45:47 -0800

I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I bought a scanner and declawed my cat just in case.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:46:12 -0800

I heard that mathowie plans to rent a small country called The Netherlands for the week of July 12-18. Lucky for you, gnfti, no traveling.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:46:44 -0800

Hand jobs. That's my answer for everything.

By: studentbaker

studentbaker — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:48:15 -0800

Real ponies.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:49:04 -0800

Yea, if something's happening, now would be a good time to say so; the day is fast approaching.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:49:55 -0800

I heard that mathowie plans to rent a small country called The Netherlands for the week of July 12-18. Lucky for you, gnfti, no traveling.

Harumph. Well alright, invade of you must, but remember, I have a Kalashnikov.

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:50:27 -0800

Weren't we going to do a big meetup in New Orleans?

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:51:03 -0800

That's a shame, Derek. If it's resurrected I'd love to contribute.

Those baseball jerseys do look awesome.

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:51:30 -0800

There can be no celebration if you don't get this man to attend.

On preview:

That's my answer for everything.

You think I got kicked out for just the aquarium? Nah. That ain't it. It was the hand job.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:53:19 -0800

Okay, but then I want the "best-dressed brat" kid with the cane, too.

By: chillmost

chillmost — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:55:43 -0800

The plans were destroyed in the great server hackening along with the Mods' decoder rings.

By: ook

ook — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:56:32 -0800

We should totally have an all-metafilter meetup. Since travel logistics would make it impractical for us to all meet at a single location, I suggest that we hold the meetup in the comfort and privacy of our own homes or workplaces, and network them together somehow.

By: radioamy

radioamy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:56:56 -0800

Weren't we going to do a big meetup in New Orleans?

I am so down for that. I'm pretty sure ColdChef, darainwa, umbu and others would agree with me!

By: jouke

jouke — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:13:43 -0800

The Metalands

I'm under the impression that only a small subset of mefites regularly read metatalk.
It would be great to put a notice about the upcoming 10th metaversary in the sidebar on the blue at an appropriate time. That way we'd hopefully get mefites from all over the European continent to convene in A'dam.
Which would be great.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:15:55 -0800

We were going to do a New Orleans meetup, but I have grand plans for a multi-city thing instead, and a way to coordinate all of the cities on the site. I was going to announce it around May, and I was planning to explain it fully on the next podcast, because it's kind of a lot of things at once. I'd explain more here, but we're still working out some details and I think talking it out over a recording with other mods will help solidify the ideas and we can debate the finer points then.

So we're working on it, expect to hear more in the next podcast (probably next week).

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:18:01 -0800

Yay! I'm excited. I loved the idea of a New Orleans meetup, but with the economy such that it is, I wasn't sure how many people were going to be able to travel out for it (getting laid-off probably killed my chances of making it out).

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:19:58 -0800

What's the plan for Metafilter's 10-year anniversary?

I'm going to get my t-shirt signed, that's what!

See y'all in NOLA!

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:20:50 -0800

Oh wait, you mean we're not doing NOLA now? CRAP!

(genuinely disappointed!)

I thought the grand multi-city plan was in addition to (and not instead of) the NOLA plan?

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:21:55 -0800

Fuck the podcast, nobody listens to those.

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:23:52 -0800

No NOLA? Damn! I already told all my friends I was going. Now they'll think I'm a complete flake. Oh. Wait. They already know that.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:26:58 -0800

Well, I'm semi-glad that it looks like New Orleans isn't happening because I might be in the US Northwest around that time anyway. Well, all that's immaterial as all of my plans are kind of up in the air right now due to unexpected money drains.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:29:16 -0800

If we make plans for NOLA, I will here and now commit to going. God damn, do I miss New Orleans.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:30:23 -0800

I think the multi-city thing is a better plan; if it was in a single place, straight up somewhere other than Portland, I wouldn't be able to go, and I'm sure that's the case for many people who want to, in many different cities. Not that I wouldn't love to go to New Orleans, but there's no way that's in the cards for me.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:30:46 -0800

Cast my vote for a New Orleans Meetup.

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:31:00 -0800

Also, Wikipedia says that July is the hottest, wettest month in New Orleans. That sounds horrible. (NOLA mefites: is it?)

By: Meta Filter

Meta Filter — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:31:42 -0800

Gosh, I was just hoping for a quiet dinner somewhere nice.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:31:55 -0800

You know, I really see no reason why we can't do the NOLA thing in addition to the multi-city thing, as per the original plan.

I was really looking forward to that!

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:32:49 -0800

New Orleans in the summer is...sultry to say the least, but the hotels run cheap, the drinks are cold and the food is spicy and sexy.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:33:35 -0800

Also: there's always a chance for a hurricane which means: END OF THE WORLD SEX AND DRINKING!

By: Phire

Phire — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:33:52 -0800

Yeah, as much fun as a giant aggregate NOLA meetup would've been, there's no way I could afford that.

Though in the interest of pulling in as many people as possible into a central location, I think it'd be feasible to have something like a big NY meetup or something that the Toronto, Ottawa, etc. Eastern Ontario people could attend as well.

By: Phire

Phire — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:36:00 -0800

And with respect to NOLA versus satellite meet-ups - I had the impression it was an issue of whether or not the five mods would make the trip out to NOLA? And that actively trying to plan something in NOLA while saying "here, have some satellite meet-ups too" would be really ... discouraging, almost to those people who are trying to plan the satellite meet-ups.

By: brina

brina — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:36:39 -0800

Dude. If I can afford it, I'll fly out to NOLA. What's the when and where? Cold Chef, will you be my big bro on this one? I've been meaning to take a trip back to visit my college friends, and this would be lovely.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:39:00 -0800

Cold Chef, will you be my big bro on this one?

I have no idea what that means, but yes.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:41:33 -0800

Thanks for the info, Matt.

By: ODiV

ODiV — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:42:41 -0800

I need to get my passport.

By: umbú

umbú — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:45:37 -0800

Nooooooola! I wanted to meet everybody.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:47:25 -0800

actively trying to plan something in NOLA while saying "here, have some satellite meet-ups too" would be really ... discouraging, almost to those people who are trying to plan the satellite meet-ups.

I don't think that's true. It wouldn't be less discouraging then saying, hey guys, we're having a big anniversary party in the middle of the country; those of you who can't come can just sit at home and suffer.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:59:19 -0800

ThePinkSuperhero: those of you who can't come can just sit at home and suffer.

But sitting at home and suffering IS THE POINT OF METAFILTER!

or have I been doing it wrong?

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:00:38 -0800

Well wherever it happens there's sure to be a sock puppet meet up right next door.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:05:47 -0800

Another vote for NOLA. I've never been there, and I have had a section of my liver reserved for it for years.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:06:58 -0800

I'm pretty sure that anyone who just wants to go to New Orleans that week is still allowed to, and stuff, so, you know. NOLA satellite meetup go!

But yeah, I'm liking the distributed meetup thing we've been talking about and it's probably about time we sat down and talked out the details some more.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:08:10 -0800

It wouldn't be less discouraging then saying, hey guys, we're having a big anniversary party in the middle of the country; those of you who can't come can just sit at home and suffer.

Agreed. Uluru in winter is so stunning; people would be rightfully jealous.

By: b33j

b33j — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:14:59 -0800

How about a book?

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:17:05 -0800

Please, please discuss it here, not on the podcast.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:18:18 -0800

Well wherever it happens there's sure to be a sock puppet meet up right next door.

That would be kinda hilarious. Everyone would wear bags over their heads, disguise their voices, and do all their talking through actual sockpuppets.

May not be that much fun, though. So far as I can tell it would just be a bunch of people sitting around and asking each other embarrassing questions.

.... and then suddenly, they hear a haunted, forlorn voice issue from a speaker near the ceiling. The disembodied voice is in obvious pain, and needs an immediate answer to a urgent, scary question! All of the sockpuppets are confused, until finally it dawns on them. That voice ...... is Anonymous Ask Metafilter!

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:24:33 -0800

Please, please discuss it here, not on the podcast.

The podcast is a likely time for us to discuss not because podcasts are magical agenda-setting beasts but because that's probably the next time we'll actually all be conversing with each other, is all.

By: Phire

Phire — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:27:30 -0800

ThePinkSuperhero: "I don't think that's true. It wouldn't be less discouraging then saying, hey guys, we're having a big anniversary party in the middle of the country; those of you who can't come can just sit at home and suffer."

I'm confused. Actively planning something in NOLA wouldn't be less discouraging than just telling people to suffer at home? Isn't that... what I said about being discouraging to everyone not in NOLA?

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:37:13 -0800

I messed up my negatives; that's what I get for commenting as I run out the door.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:38:38 -0800

The Tenth Anniversary is aluminum or tin.

I say we all get hats.

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:43:25 -0800

Oh. But I thought all the mods lived at mathowie's house?

By: Phire

Phire — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:44:04 -0800

Yeah, fair enough. I don't know, maybe it's because the max attendance at Ottawa meet-ups in the past two years has been five, I can't help but feel like if I went to a satellite anniversary meet-up, there'd be a sense of "dammit I wish I was in NOLA with everyone else who could actually afford to fly across the country".

By: Phire

Phire — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:44:14 -0800

Er, continent.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:49:38 -0800

Maybe, but I'd rather feel that way at a party with MeFi friends than home alone.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:11:16 -0800

If there's anything going in the US Northeast, I'll do my best to be there, but I can't go to NOLA because my cat is a dick.

Actually because I have a lot of travel that I HAVE to do to the Midwest this year and I didn't get any bonuses from AIG, so I can't fly my private jet to NOLA. But my cat is also a dick.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:21:49 -0800

(or world, as the case may be)

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:26:40 -0800

But I thought all the mods lived at mathowie's house?

That was the idea, but then Matt started a band with Shaniqua and didn't tell the rest of us first and they were playing drums right in the middle of Jessamyn's fondue birthday party and that was like totally ruined, and so Jessamyn completely flipped out on me like I had anything to do with it when I never even liked Shaniqua in the first place, and so me and and Jareth made a pact to both move out of The House, but then he was I guess screwing Shaniqua behind Matt's back and Jessamyn knew about that the whole time but I didn't find out until after I'd already packed all my stuff, and I was like, what the hell, Jareth.

By: dios

dios — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:26:55 -0800

Can't wait to see what the plan is. I'll try to attend if it fits in my schedule. And I'll bring the plastic because there is a small fortune worth of drinks I would like to buy for people.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:27:59 -0800

Just to clear one thing up: Having a giant new orleans meetup we all fly to attend seemed like putting all our resources and energy into one huge party and asking a lot of people for a one-time thing. The alternative of having some coordinated way to do many meetups in many cities seemed more democratic and in line with the distributed nature of site members. That doesn't mean there can't be a NOLA meetup in connection with this, it just wasn't going to be the one super duper bash for the earth like originally thought.

It's a all eggs in one basket vs. many eggs in many baskets thing.

By: clearly

clearly — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:37:24 -0800

How about a book?

The 10^th Anniversary MetaFilter Bathroom Reader!

Including:
Should I Eat it? A definitive guide to the expiration of food left on your kitchen counter.
So You Killed a Prostitute... An almost scary flowchart on how to get rid of a body.
DTMFA... Advice that will solve all of your relationship troubles.
Cortex, is he a robot, or just that fucking awesome?
...And MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!11!!!

Purchase of this book also comes with 1000 free minutes on the distinguished website that started it all! A fifty (50) dollar value!!!! (MetaTalk not included)

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:41:34 -0800

For whenever two or more are gathered in his name, there he is in the midst of you.
--Matthew (Haughey) 18:20

By: orville sash

orville sash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:52:12 -0800

Hm...

MetaFilter was founded on my 20th birthday.

First of all, I think it was pretty inconsiderate that no one gave me a call about it, and instead left me to my own devices. I only got around to reading it in late '08.

Second, can you please put a footnote on all subsequent communiques to the MeFi community that they should also be celebrating my 30th?

Cheers,
Orville

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:55:01 -0800

MASS BANNINGS

By: Night_owl

Night_owl — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:11:23 -0800

Oh, man. I was unable to make it to the meetup on Mardi Gras, but tenth anniversary? As if I had anything better going on....

One of the satellites had BETTER be NOLA.

Also, when this is discussed on the podcast, can someone post a transcript here in MeTa?

By: Night_owl

Night_owl — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:12:53 -0800

Oh, and August is worse than July. And there's plenty of air conditioning to go around.

By: DarlingBri

DarlingBri — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:29:56 -0800

I love you people, truly madly deeply, but there is no way no how I am going to Louisianna in AUGUST. Can we not due this in a civilized climate?

By: mosessis

mosessis — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:31:34 -0800

Did I hear Uluru? I could be there mid winter. Or Sydney or Melbourne or Canberra or something like that. But we should definitely have an Australia meetup.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:38:50 -0800

if the plan is still what I recall, I propose the name be called "24 hour mefi people".

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:39:18 -0800

I'm going to New Orleans even if the rest of you go elsewhere.

(Re weather: I was there last August and it wasn't anywhere near the choking humid hell I expected. Indeed, I now suspect the natives let us tourists believe the worst about the climate so that once a year, they get a nice relaxed city, cheap prices and room to dance up front for themselves.)

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:41:40 -0800

posted by Night_owl

Dude, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but you sucked in Watchmen. You couldn't act to save your life, and you weren't even pudgy for chrissake. I mean, you weren't as bad as Silk Specter II (I don't think anyone, ever, has been), but still...

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:42:59 -0800

Oh, also, I strongly favor the idea of widely-attended, widely-distributed multiple simultaneous meetups over one central thing that only the few, the proud, the un-laid-off will be able to afford to attend.

By: waraw

waraw — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:43:41 -0800

wait, my Shaniqua? WHAT THE FUCK??

By: Night_owl

Night_owl — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:52:30 -0800

Dude, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but you sucked in Watchmen. You couldn't act to save your life, and you weren't even pudgy for chrissake. I mean, you weren't as bad as Silk Specter II (I don't think anyone, ever, has been), but still...
posted by dersins

what

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:12:43 -0800

I guess screwing Shaniqua behind Matt's back and Jessamyn knew about that the whole time but I didn't find out

Wait, I don't remember you from thespot.com, cortex.

By: ryanrs

ryanrs — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:14:05 -0800

That doesn't mean there can't be a NOLA meetup in connection with this, it just wasn't going to be the one super duper bash for the earth like originally thought.

I'm not flying there unless it's going to be super duper. Promise me a super duper bash, pls.

By: gman

gman — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:18:30 -0800

what
posted by Night_owl

Pretty easy Google, that was. Dude's voice weirds me out.

By: Skorgu

Skorgu — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:09:14 -0800

A distributed meta-meetup? I'm imagining a DHT with beer bottles for nodes and edges made of outrage. Pretty rad image actually.

By: Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:37:28 -0800

MASS BANNINGS

Mass Bannings would be an awesome name for the hero of a pulp novel.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:52:22 -0800

Online real-time MeFi meetup. But thread-like, not chat-like? (Well, kinda like this thread, meandering and free.)

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:06:08 -0800

July is the hottest, wettest month in New Orleans. That sounds horrible.

It weeds out the sissypants, if that's what you mean -- which is good. New Orleans is not for the weak.

Sadly, or happily, actually, I plan to spend the intar week of July 11-19 underground, out in the godforsaken hinterlands of west Texas, so y'all might have to do this without me. I know, I know, but you'll manage somehow, I swear!

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:06:42 -0800

Miss Bannings would be an awesome name for the admin assistant at a 50s-throwback Metafilter LLC.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:25:15 -0800

Mass Bannings...he's the man with the name you'd love to touch! But you musn't touch!

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:37:31 -0800

Well, it would be nice if there were a few big distributed parties. I mean, moonbird and I could throw a meetup and sit around and drink a few beers but frankly we tend to do that anyway so, um, it's not like it would be celebrating Metafilter or anything. More than usual, I mean. I suppose we could both wear blue and drag one or two other Asheville lurkers out (lazaruslong, I'm looking at you) but . . . but it's just not the same as a big party with lots and lots of mefites! So here is a plaintive call from the Southeast - if these distributed parties don't all happen in NYC and Seattle, that would kind of be very awesome.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:41:54 -0800

Yes, big parties! Let's really do this right. Like, don't have a party in Boston and New York and DC, do a party in Boston or New York or DC. I could swing a bus trip in either direction.

By: bru

bru — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:44:01 -0800

some coordinated way to do many meetups in many cities

Sounds great.

By: netbros

netbros — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:48:57 -0800

Her name was Juanita, but everyone knew her as Miss Bannings. She had a face that was easy to forget, like a leftover grilled cheese sandwich, but she had the personality of a beauty queen. "I was seven months pregnant with Hansford when I rode in the Rose Parade," said Juanita. "So Hansford's actually been riding horses since before he was born." Her bubbly goodness reminded everyone of a grocery store champagne.

But 12-year-old Hansford, and his older cousin, Matthew, 21, rode off on an entirely different trail than their mother ever dreamed of attempting: Both boys became computer dweebs. The elder boy, the son of Juanita's sister who married that Haughey boy from the sheep ranch, attended one of those hifalutin' big city colleges that turn them into pinkos, and nerds, and bicycle riders. Think of those poor lonely horses, and sheep.

Not long after college Matthew started his own business, on of all things the Internet, and moving to that place where all the hippies live and don't wear clothes and live in tents and such. Hardly a rodeo anywhere. Fortunately for poor Hansford, he just got interested in banotechnology and wore a white lab coat, with wrap-around sleeves. Juanita could accept that. She didn't need her son cavorting all over creation talking about sinister geekage like blogs and tweets and p2p. WTF?

But when Juanita was down and out because there weren't much call for cowgirls and rodeo queens and mother's of banotechs, there was her nephew Matthew, of all people, coming through with an admin job at his blockbuster internet company. She took to it like Dale Evans, with a toothy smile and that down-home politeness and generosity not seen since before LLC was just glint in young Haughey's eye. "Hello, I'm Miss Bannings. Welcome to MetaFilter. How may I help you today?"

And so she did. The membership just grew and grew, by leaps and, more leaps. From 10,000 to 30,000, to 80,000 and all because of Miss Bannings and her rodeo girl charm. As the tenth anniversary of MeFi approached, Juanita poured all her hope and energy into the big celebration. It was gonna be a doozy with horses and cowboys and girls and clowns and beauty queens, and sheep. Matthew was so pleased, well sort of. But still, in her honor he named the one thing that was cherished above all else at MetaFilter, that brought out the pitchforks and torches, the languagehats and gawkers... all the greylings now bow before the Bannhammer. All hail Miss Bannings!

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:58:00 -0800

Hey there's this program that helps with distributed parties we could use that. It's called Skynet and seems to work really fast!

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:08:10 -0800

It would be super if there was a meetup in Philly for me to not go to!

By: radioamy

radioamy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:11 -0800

Yes New Orleans is a sweltering mess in July, but that's part of the fun of it! And everything is air-conditioned.

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:37:19 -0800

At first I was kinda pissed when I heard the Nola rumor. I had a great time at the 8th Anniversary meetup in Portland and was really hoping #10 would be there as well, as it's right down the road from me. But the multiple-distributed-simultaneous-meetup thing seems wrong. Please, please don't do this. Much as I love 'em, we have our local meet ups all the time. I want to see mathowie and jessamyn and cortex again, and meet Cold Chef and Astro Zombie. And this sounds like a hell of a party.

And I say this as someone who lives in the opposite corner of the country from New Orleans.

By: darainwa

darainwa — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:40:19 -0800

I'm so down for a NOLA meetup. Even if it can't be everybody in one location, I'll be there sweating it out with the other NOLA mefites.

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:44:22 -0800

And I say this as someone who lives in the opposite corner of the country from New Orleans.

Think of the peoplewholiveoutsidetheUS! Why won't somebody think of the peoplewholiveoutsidetheUS?

*wails*

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:14:50 -0800

I think Matt just started crunching the numbers on an open bar and got a bit freaked out.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:30:13 -0800

I don't know, maybe it's because the max attendance at Ottawa meet-ups in the past two years has been five, I can't help but feel like if I went to a satellite anniversary meet-up, there'd be a sense of "dammit I wish I was in NOLA with everyone else who could actually afford to fly across the country".

Well, Canada's Big Easy is smack-dab in the middle of the country, so it's easy to get to, no matter where in the Great White North you are!

I'm just too lazy to drive anywhere and too cheap to fly.

By: subbes

subbes — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:35:53 -0800

Did someone say open bar?

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:40:12 -0800

Well, I'd vote Austin...but that's cause I'm a slacker who could crash at my sister's house if it were there.

But I could probably be persuaded to head to New Orleans, especially if someone volunteers to go to Bayona with me. Gods, I love that place.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:50:15 -0800

Alvy Ampersand: Well, Canada's Big Easy is smack-dab in the middle of the country, so it's easy to get to, no matter where in the Great White North you are!

Obligatory link to Weakerthans' One Great City! (a.k.a. the "I hate Winnipeg" song) at any mention of Winnipeg.

Every single time I read a reference to or hear someone mention Winnipeg in my head I hear John Samson sing "I hate Winnipeg!" in my head. Every single time.

I've never been but I hear it's a lovely place. Oddly enough Weakerthans were introduced me back in 2002 as an Icelandic band, which confused me until I realized that they meant Canadians of Icelandic descent.

By: bardic

bardic — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:54:28 -0800

This would be a good enough reason for me to get off of my butt and try to organize a Seoul meet-up.

If you can't make it to Nola, come to Korea!

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:38:13 -0800

It wouldn't be less discouraging then saying, hey guys, we're having a big anniversary party in the middle of the country; those of you who can't come can just sit at home and suffer.

The middle of the country sounds good. It is rainy but that just makes the Forest of Bowland that much prettier. I suppose we could move it a bit eastward to Yorkshire too.

By: Lush

Lush — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:12:53 -0800

Count me in for a Southeast Asian meetup! I would so be there! Any country!

By: JohnnyGunn

JohnnyGunn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:58:22 -0800

I thought they closed New Orleans. Did they get to reopen? Did they get their liquor license back?

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:17:31 -0800

They got the license back but all the liquor was looted so it's a moot point.

By: DarlingBri

DarlingBri — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:43:48 -0800

Dammit. If there's going to be a NOLA meetup, we can make it if I get the dog's pet passport right now. Even with the ginormous pain in the ass this would be, I would still cast my vote for a main event in NOLA and regional events for people who can't make that trip.

By: Evangeline

Evangeline — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:50:18 -0800

For Meta's anniversary, I will be having sex with all of you. In my mind.

By: dg

dg — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:57:02 -0800

I'd prefer to do something I don't do every other day. Special occasion and all that.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:06:05 -0800

I'd prefer to do something I don't do every other day

You have sex with all of us every other day? You seem to have left me out. :(

By: gomichild

gomichild — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:25:46 -0800

We'll be hungover before the rest of you crack open that first beer!

Asia. We are the future.

Goes outside to move her flying car.

By: Phire

Phire — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:44:44 -0800

I actually wouldn't mind Winnipeg too much; I have friends there, so it's not like I'd be shelling out a couple hundred bucks to go to an Internet thing.

By: double block and bleed

double block and bleed — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:57:06 -0800

Maybe we could use some of that whiz-bang video conferencing technology to link all the meetups into a Meta Meetup.

Or we could be fair to everyone, rent a big boat and meet at ">0°, 0°

By: FunkyHelix

FunkyHelix — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:58:58 -0800

Something in New York? I never get to go to local-ish meet ups because finding a sitter and trying to get there when I don't drive is a pain. But for a 10 year anniversary party in NYC I'd try super hard to attend.

By: rottytooth

rottytooth — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:58:59 -0800

I love the NOLA idea ... and this is coming from someone far from NOLA, and who was just there recently.

By: double block and bleed

double block and bleed — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:59:56 -0800

Oops, bad link. Try this.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:05:38 -0800

But I only have a Kalashnikov!

That's what an AK-47 is—it stands for Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda, "Kalashnikov's automatic rifle, 1947 model."

By: desuetude

desuetude — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:49:29 -0800

Ohhh, I lurve my Philly MeFites but I love New Orleans and need a good excuse for a trip there. I will flounce dramatically until this is resolved.

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:51:25 -0800

I've never been but I hear it's a lovely place. Oddly enough Weakerthans were introduced me back in 2002 as an Icelandic band, which confused me until I realized that they meant Canadians of Icelandic descent.

And I can't hear mention of Toronto without spitting out "I don't want to go to Toronto!" from Radio Free Vestibule.
But I like both Toronto and Winnipeg.

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:52:27 -0800

Argh. Why did I quote the wrong bit?

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:03:08 -0800

Yeah, I understand the thinking behind the distributed meetup, but all the same, I'm still pretty disappointed. I had such a great time at the Portland meetup a few years ago! I was totally looking forward to meeting a bunch of people who I'd probably never get to meet otherwise. I even imagined whole exchanges where I'd meet people who I've disagreed with a bunch and then found out that they weren't so bad once I'd met them in person. The videoconferencing thing sounds cool, but more like a gimmick than anything else. It's nothing compared to actually getting to sit down and talk to someone in person. I thought that was the whole point of a meetup?

By: Phire

Phire — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:08:10 -0800

Durn Bronzefist: "
And I can't hear mention of Toronto without spitting out "I don't want to go to Toronto!" from Radio Free Vestibule. "

"I hate the skydome, and the CN Tower, too
I hate Nathan Phillips Square and the Ontario Zoo
The rent's too high, the air's unclean
The beaches are dirty and the people are mean
And the women are big and the men are dumb
And the children are loopy 'cause they live in a slum
The water is polluted and the mayor's a dork
They dress real bad and they think they're New York
In Toronto
Ontarioooo."
--Ontario Sucks, Arrogant Worms.

The views expressed above represent the artists' personal opinions and do not in any way reflect those of this Ottawa resident.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:25:39 -0800

It's nothing compared to actually getting to sit down and talk to someone in person. I thought that was the whole point of a meetup?

I've sat down and talked with Afroblanco. Twice. New York and New Orleans. It's all you've ever dreamed or imagined that it could be. And more.

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:28:33 -0800

I had much the same sort of expectations as Afroblanco, but instead of realizing that certain people are actually pretty okay, I just punch them in the dick at the outset.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:23:05 -0800

I'm a big meetup fan. I've arranged them, and have been to many. I really like meetups. And I love New Orleans, and have had some great times there. But I've been to New Orleans in July, and won't ever be doing that shit again.

By: kldickson

kldickson — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:28:14 -0800

Phire, that song was actually performed by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:38:01 -0800

One of the satellite parties has to be on the moon.

By: chrisamiller

chrisamiller — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:53:21 -0800

Austin, New Orleans - let's just split the difference and hold it in Houston.

By: ODiV

ODiV — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:58:04 -0800

I'm also into the idea of a big meetup. It's a big anniversary and deserves a big meetup.

Also, flying down to the states isn't that expensive comparatively speaking. Usually Yellowknife to Edmonton makes up the bulk of my travel expenses.

By: Elsa

Elsa — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:05:39 -0800

Oh, for the love of ...

I knew there was something happening this July. As we were looking at available dates, I heard the nagging voice in the back of my head, and I thought, "What is it? Someone's birthday? Someone's anniversary? What?"

But I never did figure it out, and so we went ahead and set the wedding date without consulting Metatalk. Stupid stupid stupid!

Raggle-fraggle rasslefrass curseword!

Have a great time!

By: jacalata

jacalata — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:32:43 -0800

OMG MEETUP AT ELSAS WEDDING

By: double block and bleed

double block and bleed — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:47:57 -0800

OMG MEETUP AT ELSAS WEDDING

open bar?

By: msconduct

msconduct — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:20:45 -0800

most definitely elsa should get married at the meetup!!!!!!!! wherever it is! marriage & honeymoon in one!

By: MarkAnd

MarkAnd — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:49:50 -0800

I think we should do it so that everyone has to celebrate on their ten year MetaFilter anniversary. Just Matt and his faceless horde of test user submissions on the first day. A whole bunch of people who have long since forgotten MetaFilter will be required to celebrate "sometime in 2009". Then we'll have a steadily growing number until the huge festival of angry Nader supporters (and the people who want them dead).

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:54:13 -0800

most definitely elsa should get married at the meetup

Yeah, I can see that now.

"'I, Elsa, do take this man...'"
"I, Elsa, do take this man..."
"DOUBLE!"

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:29:49 -0800

most definitely elsa should get married at the meetup

And I suppose we'd throw rice and beans?

By: Elsa

Elsa — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:49:40 -0800

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit the internets. Love is not love
Which filters when it filter-ation finds,
Or bends with the admins to remove.
O no! It is the ever fixèd mod
Who looks on doubles and is never shaken.
It is the star to ev'ry Viking god
(A metaphor, though opposing views be taken).
Love's not MeFi's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within AskMe's sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with AskMe's brief hours and weeks
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me hosted
I never writ, nor no user ever posted.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:01:09 -0800

I was just on my porch drinkin' whiskey and airguitaring to "N.I.B.". I happened to look across the street as I was thrashing around and on the porch of that rowhouse was a young woman on the telephone. She...waved at me. I've never met her before. I've become a neighborhood character: The Weird Drunk Who Thrashes On His Porch.

I can live with that.

By: Killick

Killick — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:09:41 -0800

most definitely elsa should get married at the meetup
And then walk down the aisle to a rousing chorus of "DTMFA!"

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:32 -0800

"Elsa, do you take X as your spouse in matrimony, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, to post personal questions about anonymously on the green, till death or a greater than 50% DTMFA consensus do you part?"

By: freya_lamb

freya_lamb — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:17:13 -0800

BASS MANNINGS would be a great name for a rubbish german metal band.

How about a mass meet-up in which Rev. Mathowie marries us all off, moonie style, matched by tag preference.

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:22:01 -0800

Anyone who wants to come to Cleveland, Ohio...

(Oh wait. Yeah, like that's gonna happen)

Unless Drew Carey is a secret MeFite.

By: desuetude

desuetude — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:29:40 -0800

I am badass enough to visit New Orleans in July. Ha!

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:08:54 -0800

durn bronzefist: And I can't hear mention of Toronto without spitting out "I don't want to go to Toronto!" from Radio Free Vestibule.

Oh hey! Radio Free Vestibule! I love their Bulbous Bouffant sketch but I never managed to track down any of their other stuff back in the 90s. I need to look for more. Also, 3 Dead Trolls in a Baggie... good times. Their War in 1812 song is a particular favorite.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:25:07 -0800

GAZEBO!

By: minifigs

minifigs — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:30:08 -0800

Apparently it'll cost me eight hundred euro to fly to New Orleans. Irish satellite meetup?

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:53:14 -0800

I think Matt just started crunching the numbers on an open bar and got a bit freaked out.

Ok, screw it. Drinks on me in New Orleans.

Offer void for anyone who doesn't favorite this comment.

By: goneill

goneill — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:38:50 -0800

Come to New Orleans; you can all stay at my house. Errr... yeah!

By: Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:20:53 -0800

Austin, New Orleans - let's just split the difference and hold it in Houston.

Get OUT! I will drive around that... thing... to get from Austin to N.O. whenever I go.

By: shelleycat

shelleycat — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:42:09 -0800

What actual day is the anniversaryand, I guess, the anniversary party? Cos I'm gonna be in Japan for the first half of July.

By: Night_owl

Night_owl — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:59:08 -0800

....and I just realized that I will turn 21 a mere 5 days before. Check the title. Bastille Day is July 14. Coincidentally, it is the 220th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille.

By: holgate

holgate — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:21:01 -0800

What's the plan for Metafilter's 10-year anniversary?

We DTMFA.

By: Netzapper

Netzapper — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:53:50 -0800

Well, I reckon we'll do about like every good family does for their children when they turn 10: take 'em down to the whorehouse and have a professional pop their cherry. And then 12 is even more exciting, 'cause that's when you get your anal cherry popped. That one was my favorite birthday.

By: Evangeline

Evangeline — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:46:46 -0800

I could have gone my whole life without hearing the phrase "anal cherry".

By: Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:59:23 -0800

It seems to be everywhere today.

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:28:01 -0800

I like New Orleans in the summer. The heat and the humidity squeeze the booze-sweat right out of you, so after enough coffee and beignets you're ready to start drinking again.

I just don't want to go there when the giant freakin' caterpillars are all over the place because the last time that happened I was totally squicked out. (and I wasn't hallucinating: other people saw them, too. They were EVERYWHERE -- the sidewalks were a slick slurry of caterpillar guts and they'd fall out of trees into your hair and oh god I can't even think about it without shuddering uncontrollably...)

By: Night_owl

Night_owl — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:17:09 -0800

Caterpillar season is starting. It'll be done by the time you get here.