Something fishy about this comment

February 25, 2002 4:51 PM

In an old MeTa thread, there is a comment by WIL WHEATON (just below this one) that has an invalid timestamp/comment link, and when I try to get his member info, it sends me here. Is this some sort of masterful cloaking on wil's part, just a bug, or is he part of the cabal of mefi users who cannot be traced by their user profiles?
posted by rorycberger to Bugs at 4:51 PM (28 comments total)

It's a fake post, which is why the links are broken.
posted by anildash at 4:53 PM on February 25, 2002

There Is No Cabal^TM
posted by owillis at 4:54 PM on February 25, 2002

masterful cloaking.
posted by rebeccablood at 5:09 PM on February 25, 2002

~msacheson is really Wil Wheaton.~
posted by daveadams at 5:12 PM on February 25, 2002

Where there's a Wil, there's a way.
posted by ColdChef at 5:14 PM on February 25, 2002

~Wil Wheaton is really daveadams~
posted by thebigpoop at 5:22 PM on February 25, 2002

*backs slowly away from the thread*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:04 PM on February 25, 2002

Morpheus: I imagine, right now, you must be feeling a bit like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole?
Neo: You could say that.
Morpheus: I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up.
posted by boogah at 6:36 PM on February 25, 2002

Hmmm....the plot thickens!

posted by dash_slot- at 6:58 PM on February 25, 2002

You should know by now that Wil Wheaton's nick is "TV's WIL WHEATON".
posted by Neale at 7:03 PM on February 25, 2002

Heh. Dash, I created the Hima Otsubusu profile when I thought I'd gotten tired of the lame pun of my usual name.
Evidently, I'm still amused by it, I guess.

Small things, small minds.
posted by dong_resin at 8:10 PM on February 25, 2002

i *heart* tv's wil wheaton
posted by eyeballkid at 8:46 PM on February 25, 2002

Yup. Lame pun usernames are stupid.

Checks nametag

Oh shit.
posted by Optamystic at 8:47 PM on February 25, 2002

Is this some sort of masterful cloaking on wil's part, just a bug, or is he part of the cabal of mefi users who cannot be traced by their user profiles?

You've uncovered the Truth.

Wil Wheaton is the Antichrist.

Shhhh.

posted by ebarker at 9:01 PM on February 25, 2002

I, personally, would spell it "hima o tsubusu"...
posted by gen at 9:06 PM on February 25, 2002

~msacheson is really Wil Wheaton.~ [AND] ~Wil Wheaton is really daveadams~

Let's see. That would expand out to:

~(msacheson = Wil Wheaton) OR (Wil Wheaton = daveadams)~

Which simplifies to:

~(Wil Wheaton = (msacheson OR daveadams))~

Multiply through the negation:

~Wil Wheaton~ = (~msacheson~ OR ~daveadams~)

Thusly:

George Takei = (clavdivs OR MiguelCardoso)

Since we know MiguelCardoso's real-life identity, that must mean...

OH MY GOD!
posted by daveadams at 9:14 PM on February 25, 2002

Feh. I already knew that.
posted by dong_resin at 9:17 PM on February 25, 2002

Unless of course, two wrongs really do make a right. In which case

~(msacheson = Wil Wheaton), (Wil Wheaton = daveadams)~

becomes

msacheson = daveadams!
posted by Neale at 9:37 PM on February 25, 2002

All the evidence anyone should need.
posted by Optamystic at 9:43 PM on February 25, 2002

Shhhhh.
posted by Spoon at 1:33 AM on February 26, 2002

You'll be getting a bill for one new pair of boxer shorts and also for the two grand it cost to get defibrillated at the ER, Spoon.
posted by dong_resin at 1:58 AM on February 26, 2002

I wonder if sending Spoon's link to any of the soon-to-retire government workers I know would help control government expenses...
posted by NortonDC at 4:19 AM on February 26, 2002

I see Matt still hasn't put that Jocularity Blocker in on MeTa, yet. Good.
posted by briank at 6:41 AM on February 26, 2002

Matt still hasn't put that Jocularity Blocker in

Yes. Does this thread even have the chance of generating some worthwhile discussion? It was just a yes or no question. If there's any place in MeTalk that's appropriate for screwing around, such threads are it.
posted by daveadams at 6:54 AM on February 26, 2002

Are you calling Matt a joc blocker?
posted by NortonDC at 8:42 AM on February 26, 2002

Back with another one of those joc blockin' beats!
posted by jpoulos at 8:57 AM on February 26, 2002

I didn't think the MetaFilter demographic included a jock bloc.

posted by bingo at 9:04 AM on February 26, 2002

Wow, Spoon, that animaion could break me of my caffeine addiction! I didn't need three mountain dews to wake up this AM!
posted by SpecialK at 9:45 AM on February 26, 2002