Deleted double post on fatness

June 28, 2002 9:18 AM

Just curious: what happened to the thread that apparently linked to doctored photos to make celebrities look overweight? I have to admit I found the thread utterly stupid and offensive, but it's not like it was a double-post. (Heh.) And surely other posts have been kept up that have no redeeming value.
posted by Tin Man to MetaFilter-related at 9:18 AM (41 comments total)

I swear I've seen that site posted on MetaFilter before, but for the life of me, I can't find it.
posted by ColdChef at 9:35 AM on June 28, 2002

I just mentioned this on another MetaTalk thread

It was a double, and anyway the FPP's wording was more Fark than MetaFilter. I don't really like the presence of the words "are fat chicks ugly?" on the Front Page, it also makes the whole community look bad to a new user.
If anything, Matt is too laissez-faire, he doesn't look in the slightest like a censor.
Today we've already had like, 4 double posts on Entwistle's death. In the last few days, FPP's about genital piercing and seminal fluid's antidepressant effect

Good riddance

posted by matteo at 9:39 AM on June 28, 2002

Was it the same as this thread, posted by some complete schmuck some time ago?
posted by Skot at 9:43 AM on June 28, 2002

That's the one! Thank you! That was killing me.
posted by ColdChef at 9:49 AM on June 28, 2002

The wording was utterly stupid and offensive, and given last week's hoo-haw over the southwest airlines post, I didn't think we needed to go over that subject again.
posted by mathowie at 9:57 AM on June 28, 2002

The wording was utterly stupid and offensive, and given last week's hoo-haw over the southwest airlines post, I didn't think we needed to go over that subject again.
posted by mathowie at 9:58 AM on June 28, 2002

The wording was utterly stupid and offensive, and given last week's hoo-haw over the southwest airlines post, I didn't think we needed to go over that subject again.
posted by mathowie at 9:59 AM on June 28, 2002

What was the wording like again, I missed that?
posted by SweetJesus at 10:03 AM on June 28, 2002

Hoo haw? Hoohaw?
posted by insomnyuk at 10:06 AM on June 28, 2002

The wording was utterly stupid and offensive, and given last week's hoo-haw over the southwest airlines post, I didn't think we needed to go over that subject again.

Triple post!! Triple post!! I'm gonna report you to ... Oh. Nevermind.

posted by pardonyou? at 10:32 AM on June 28, 2002

So fat topics are on the outs for a while...anybody got something to say about SUVs?
posted by briank at 10:44 AM on June 28, 2002

Worst possible front page post: "At a steak dinner, Bush says to Arfat: 'SUVs are for fatasses.'"
posted by ColdChef at 11:12 AM on June 28, 2002

So fat topics are on the outs for a while...anybody got something to say about SUVs?

They're nice and roomy for fat people.

oops.
posted by rushmc at 11:13 AM on June 28, 2002

Was it the same as this thread, posted by some complete schmuck some time ago?

Skot and his doppleganger have a serious need for couples therapy.
posted by mattpfeff at 11:34 AM on June 28, 2002

"Over cigarettes following a steak dinner, Bush says to Arafat, SUVs are for fatasses."
posted by Sapphireblue at 11:45 AM on June 28, 2002

no... wait.

"Over cigarettes following a steak dinner, Bush says to Arafat, SUVs are for fatasses. Praise the Lord!"

yeah. there you go.
posted by Sapphireblue at 11:49 AM on June 28, 2002

Work in some oral sex and you've got it.
posted by yhbc at 11:53 AM on June 28, 2002

"Over a postcoital cigarette following a steak dinner --"

Ah, screw it.
posted by Tin Man at 12:07 PM on June 28, 2002

Over cigarettes following a steak dinner, Bush says to Arafat, SUVs are for fatasses. Praise the Lord. Now let's go watch a football game (much better than soccer, isn't it)

posted by matteo at 12:31 PM on June 28, 2002

Better yet:

...SUVs are for fatasses like Clinton. Praise the Lord, he made Gore lost Florida. Now let's go watch a football game (much better than soccer, isn't it)

posted by matteo at 12:33 PM on June 28, 2002

...SUVs are for fatasses like Clinton. Praise the Lord, he made Gore lost Florida. Now let's go watch a football game (much better than soccer, isn't it), and afterwards, we can have unprotected sex, because it will make you feel better. Then, we'll beat my kids.
posted by adampsyche at 12:52 PM on June 28, 2002

this is sort of like watching front page post ninjas practicing their deadly skills.

thank you for sparing us...hopefully no one here will use their powers for Evil.
posted by th3ph17 at 1:04 PM on June 28, 2002

...hey, have you guys seen these hilarious comics?
posted by Marquis at 1:10 PM on June 28, 2002

MetaTalk: trolling so you don't have to.

Marquis: bwahah!
posted by Sapphireblue at 1:13 PM on June 28, 2002

I apologize for starting this thread.
posted by Tin Man at 1:16 PM on June 28, 2002

Heh. When checking to find the URL for that, I came across this.
(Also this, this, this, this, this, and this)

Now that would make a good front page post! Look at all those thises!
posted by Marquis at 1:16 PM on June 28, 2002

Marquis: I triple dog dare you to post that on the front page. Verbatim.
posted by ColdChef at 1:23 PM on June 28, 2002

Marquis, Coldchef
If any of you guys post that stuff on the Front Page (btw it made me burst out laughing so loud and so sudden that I scared my colleagues) the server's gonna melt.
Or, Matt will disconnect our users accounts for the nex 1,000 years

Tin Man
You apologize? Too late! Get this guys:

...let's go watch a football game (much better than soccer, isn't it), and afterwards, we can have unprotected sex, because it will make you feel better. Then, we'll beat my kids. They'll die, so you and I'll get the death penalty in Texas. But I'm white and I'll walk. You, Yasser, will fry because the system is rigged!

BWAWAHAHAHAHA

posted by matteo at 1:50 PM on June 28, 2002

...and then we'll post about an outage at textism.
posted by adampsyche at 1:57 PM on June 28, 2002

This is the funniest thread I have read in months. Thanks!
posted by internal at 2:07 PM on June 28, 2002

I apologize for starting this thread.

Apology not accepted. Meet me with your seconds at 12:01 am.
posted by rushmc at 2:12 PM on June 28, 2002

I got your back, Tin Man!

(stop giggling. That's not what I'm talking about!)
posted by ColdChef at 2:17 PM on June 28, 2002

*I'd* pay for MetaTroll. Just send me the links each day all wrapped up in a summary like that.... oh man....
posted by Melinika at 2:38 PM on June 28, 2002

Hey! I liked the W. colonoscopy thread!
posted by jennak at 3:52 PM on June 28, 2002

I'm with jennak. The colonoscopy thread may not have been all that intellectually engaging, but it had a lot more going for it than that bullshit Simpsons thread.
posted by jjg at 5:03 PM on June 28, 2002

This was a great thread, let's do it again. I wish all the fine ladies and gentlemen here a good night (I added a little hommage to jennak and jjg at the end of our little MetaTroll experiment FPP) .

Over cigarettes following a steak dinner, Bush says to Arafat, SUVs are for fatasses like Clinton. Praise the Lord, He made Gore lose Florida. Now let's go watch a football game (much better than soccer, isn't it), and afterwards, we can have unprotected sex, because it will make you feel better. Then, we'll beat my kids. They'll die, so you and I'll get the death penalty in Texas. But I'm white and I'll walk. You, Yasser, will fry because the system is rigged!
I'll just make deep cuts in Medicare in order to pay for my colonoscopy and lower taxes for the rich. Dick does all the work anyway around here.
posted by matteo at 5:14 PM on June 28, 2002

Two good limericks. Gone forever. *sniff*
posted by ColdChef at 5:23 PM on June 28, 2002

...

...

Nader Nader Nader!
posted by moss at 1:15 AM on June 29, 2002

(Bush + ass) Power ^Cheney = classic comedy
posted by jennak at 12:29 PM on June 29, 2002

You guys don't need to come up with a new offensive joke using Bush. He's got his own, offensive joke.

And it uses the comedic keyword - "trifecta"!
posted by Salmonberry at 1:32 PM on June 29, 2002

Definition of trifecta via dictionary.com

tri·fec·ta Pronunciation Key (tr-fkt)
n.

A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple.

Bush's joke:

"You know, when I was running for president, in Chicago, somebody said, would you ever have deficit spending? I said, only if we were at war, or only if we had a recession, or only if we had a national emergency. Never did I dream we’d get the trifecta."

He didn't predict jack.
posted by ( .)(. ) at 3:32 PM on June 29, 2002