where the heck are you, elusive post? February 28, 2011 5:12 AM   Subscribe

I have been searching in vain for a semi-recent post which asked for examples of films where a character is considered interesting specifically because of his or her illness. All my search skills have led to nothing (as is typical every time I search for a past post on Metafilter---what on earth am I doing so blasted incorrectly?) Can someone kindly locate that post? I am reasonably sure I did not hallucinate it.
posted by thegreatfleecircus to MetaFilter-Related at 5:12 AM (7 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite

You're probably thinking of this one, which is about a book rather than films.
posted by jon1270 at 5:15 AM on February 28, 2011


Yup, that's the one. I don't know why I remembered it as being film-based. Thanks!
posted by thegreatfleecircus at 5:50 AM on February 28, 2011


And in the vein of improving your search chops, that thread is the first hit for a google search of [site:ask.metafilter.com illness interesting]. As a rule of thumb, use google site search when you aren't sure of the exact wording or terminology but you do have a specific thing in mind; use the built-in search if you are looking for a URL or if you know an exact keyword, model number, or phrase that would identify the post or comment; and use tag searches if you have only the vaguest idea of what you're looking for.
posted by Rhomboid at 5:50 AM on February 28, 2011 [3 favorites]


yeah, adding site:ask.metafilter.com is the way to go with searches for ask. I never find anything unless I google it. Still not sure why it's not an option in the "search" section on the site, to be honest.
posted by Grither at 6:42 AM on February 28, 2011 [1 favorite]


At the bottom of every search results page here at MetaFilter is a link to the exact same search at Google.
posted by pb (staff) at 7:04 AM on February 28, 2011 [2 favorites]


pb: "At the bottom of every search results page here at MetaFilter is a link to the exact same search at Google"

You just made my day.
posted by Grither at 7:39 AM on February 28, 2011


That's really helpful. I usually input my search terms and "at Metafilter" into Google. For some reason I thought that had the same result as "site:etc." Thanks.
posted by thegreatfleecircus at 8:13 AM on February 28, 2011


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