The link was in the period at the end. posted by maudlin at 5:31 PM on June 8
I see a link. May I recommend squinting? posted by davejay at 5:32 PM on June 8
There's a link, it goes to Wikipedia and it's very small. I'd prefer something else, but it's what we have. posted by jessamyn at 5:33 PM on June 8 [1 favorite]
There were linkless posts way back in the day, before it became mandatory on the posting page. posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:33 PM on June 8
Thanks. Sorry. Cataract surgery. posted by netbros at 5:33 PM on June 8
Next April Fools Day, you should remove the "Link URL" field and disable HTML on the posting page. And offer a prize to who still manages to create the best post. posted by hermitosis at 5:37 PM on June 8 [5 favorites]
Oh, and can I guess what's in that Mr. Bean post without clicking on it? A million youtube videos of Mr. Bean episodes, right? How close am I? posted by dead cousin ted at 6:26 PM on June 8 [1 favorite]
Those old threads (not just the 9/11 ones) are a little painful to read, precisely because of the asshole factor: the name-calling, the "no you are" rhetorical flourishes, the relative infrequency of deviations from a brute-force subject-verb-object sentence construction. I stayed away from this site back then because of the comments, preferring to get my "Man Constructs Robotic Giraffe in Back Yard" links from memepool. The good thing is, there's no question that Metafilter has gotten a lot better in recent years, even at the level of the sentence. I love all of your sentences, Metafilter. Please keep making them. They are the reason I'm here. posted by sleevener at 6:27 PM on June 8 [2 favorites]
is that September 11th thread the real source of the . ?
its pretty neat how it went from standard screaming match to something rather touching as people got the point. posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:50 PM on June 8
MetaFilter: I will follow you until you are dead and the urethra that produced you is burnt shut. posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse at 6:52 PM on June 8
"For the record, I bet my right hand against quonsar's lies. Under any amount of torture, he will break first, because he is lying. If I break first, I will surrender my right hand."
That shit is classic, and people just don't talk like that here anymore. It's kind of sad.
Of course, 111, ParisParamus, and all the other crazy ass crazy dudes are also gone, so it's not all bad. posted by chunking express at 6:58 PM on June 8
That shit is classic, and people just don't talk like that here anymore. It's kind of sad.
Anymore? People don't talk like that here, period. minya, like many others, was a one-of-a-kind. In the more general sense, someone talks like that anymore on a regular basis, where "like that" means "in a bizarre and idiosyncratic fashion". They did before him, and they've done so since.
Life is a tapestry woven from such strange one-off threads. posted by cortex at 10:27 PM on June 8
I have a "no link" optical illusion post that I've been working on for the last couple of years. If I can make it work, it'll be, just maybe, the most clever thing I've done here. But if someone beats me to the idea, I'll dump all my links into their thread with a nod to how awesome the idea was.
That said, anyone wants to try to claim the concept, remember this, I have a knife, and I'll cut you man... posted by quin at 10:54 PM on June 8
September 12th notably had one.
9/11 changed everything. posted by qvantamon at 1:03 AM on June 9
Old-timey MetaFilter was crazy. It was all knives and stabbings and five ton hammers and people waving their bloody stumps around shouting: "Look what you made me do! Look what you made me do!" Back then men were men and chivalry still lived. posted by Kattullus at 6:13 AM on June 9 [1 favorite]
Old-timey MetaFilter was crazy. It was all knives and stabbings and five ton hammers and people waving their bloody stumps around shouting: "Look what you made me do! Look what you made me do!" Back then men were men and chivalry still lived.
posted by Kattullus at 6:13 AM on June 9 [+] [!]
I would have paid 5$ to see all that! Oh wait..... posted by Mastercheddaar at 6:55 AM on June 9
goodnewsfortheinsane: "There were linkless posts way back in the day, before it became mandatory on the posting page."
Back in the day we were lucky to have fonts let alone links. Christ, you kids these days and your "wah-wah-wah-I-want-links!"
Also, back in the day there were a lot of pantless posts. That's a whole other thread. posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:09 AM on June 9
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