SOMEONE SET US UP THE (NOSTALGIA) BOMB! February 16, 2016 1:44 PM   Subscribe

If you haven't visited the All Your Base 15 year anniversary post since it was first posted, you should. HINT: it's a font thing.
posted by filthy light thief to MetaFilter-Related at 1:44 PM (47 comments total) 5 users marked this as a favorite

Internet confession: I checked the "this needs community input" box when making this MeTa, and I felt a spark of rebellion and regret.
posted by filthy light thief at 1:53 PM on February 16, 2016 [5 favorites]


Previously: Comic Sans - are there any others? That's the only one I found via the Extended Riffing Sessions MeFi Wiki page.
posted by filthy light thief at 1:57 PM on February 16, 2016 [1 favorite]


Needs a "make it stop" button.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 2:05 PM on February 16, 2016 [4 favorites]


Nah. It's fun.
posted by Too-Ticky at 2:41 PM on February 16, 2016 [1 favorite]


Gorgeous.
posted by Thorzdad at 3:57 PM on February 16, 2016


Let's hope this case of Mono(spacing) isn't contagious. Just to be sure, today is "Don't Kiss Your MeFi Moderator Day".
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:33 PM on February 16, 2016


ain't nothing but a font thing baby
one loc'd out typeface monospacing
inspired by All Your Bases
unkernable so please don't try to kern this
hell yeah
posted by prize bull octorok at 5:06 PM on February 16, 2016 [4 favorites]


As if I would allow my browser to honor site-specified fonts...
posted by paper chromatographologist at 5:35 PM on February 16, 2016 [2 favorites]


Maybe it is because I am old and my brain cannot adapt, but I was truly unable to read that thread. I was getting nauseous and dizzy.
posted by AugustWest at 6:30 PM on February 16, 2016 [1 favorite]


This Meta post is the MeFi equivalent of "Hey, there's cake in the break room!".
posted by benito.strauss at 7:56 PM on February 16, 2016 [20 favorites]


I'm going to be the jerkface and say that I think it made the thread unreadable.
posted by frecklefaerie at 8:12 PM on February 16, 2016


And there are FREE bananas in the kitchen!
posted by Roger Dodger at 8:25 PM on February 16, 2016 [5 favorites]


I was alive and of the appropriate age for these memes, but I feel none of the nostalgia. What does that make me
posted by Existential Dread at 8:28 PM on February 16, 2016


Appropriately named?
posted by radwolf76 at 8:40 PM on February 16, 2016 [11 favorites]


Any food in the fridge not labeled with your name and the date will be thrown away on Friday, no exceptions!
posted by zachlipton at 9:03 PM on February 16, 2016 [2 favorites]


I'm going to be the jerkface and say that I think it made the thread unreadable.



Tͪ̒҉͉̮͙͠H̴̹͇͖̠̼̏ͣ̉̎͋ͨ͝ͅȆ̶͈͉͇̳̬̟̝͉͈͊̔̅ͮ ͒̓͂͗ͫͩ͏̨̗͍Ö̴͉͖͕̻͓̲̩̹̞̌͌ͤ͛͌ͣ͂N̡̖̙̮̪ͫ̽ͮ̒͑͛͆͒̕͞ͅL̶̛͇̩̱̼̥̃ͣ̂͋̇͝Y̱̖̥̲͔̪͕̪̊̇̾̀͜͡ ̷͍̻̟̙̊͐̔ͫͪ̄ͤͪU͚̝͖̙̩̥͓̘͌͗͊͆͟͠Ņ̰̪͇̝̦̺̗͖͋͋̄̈̌R̸̡͔̥̬͑ͬ̆ͨ̈͡Ě̸̩̪̜͇̜A̹̪̣͇͎̯̘ͣͥ́̓͆D͑̄ͫͩͪ̇ͦ͌͠ͅA̫̦͇̜̘͉̪̗͋ͨ̇ͪBͫͫ͗͌̐ͯ̔͠͏͏͇͙͚̠͉̰̞L̡͎̻̠̰͕̩͍͒́ͥͧ̎̍͒̊͜Ĕ̶̥͔͔̮͉͕̟̙͑͐ͭͩͬͤ̋̐̀ ̬̮͇̭͚̻̹ͦ̄ͫ̂ͬ̀̈́͝T͙̻̝̓̀̃͒̄̃̒̄͘͠H͔̼̟̮͇͓̰̅ͫ̽ͣ͑͌͑ͮ͌Ȓ̛̙̟̉̓̚̚E̷͎̩̪ͤͮͭͫ̉̈̊ͅȀ̬̣̟̝͑̉̈́̀ͯ̑̅ͣ̀D̢̛͙͍̪́̾̓ͩ͝ ̖̃ͯ̂͒I̵̤̣͆̆ͪ̎͌͆S̴̨̗̞̠ͮ͗͐͢ ̒̾̄͆̌ͤ͏̟̟͉̻̘̙̺A̢̠̳͉̥͎̮̹̓̅̌ͪ̅̎͞ ̶̶̘̹̤͎̮̭͙̮̎̊̑͐̽ͦ̚͟Z̖̱͋̈́ͥ͗͌ͮ͟͝Aͮ̋ͮ̂ͫ͠͝҉̪͚̱L̴̶̦̭̝̦̠̜̫͚̏ͬ̓̓G̡̖̬̲̖̼̓̀ͫ̿̌̌̑̀Ǫ͖͎͓̭ͦ̿̀ͩ̊ͫ͋̈́ͅͅ ̧̖̫̆ͨ͂ͨͫ́͡T̛̩̤̰̠̤̹͇͉̿̌̌̈́̆̚͜͞H̟̜̆R̛̳͍̙̽ͣ̓͊ͯ̐ͧE̶̗̲̭͌͛̂͊̒͌̓͋A̴͕̻͚͗ͧ̉̈́̚͞D̨̗͔̘͋̓ͦ̔̀͂̐͜͡


M̡̲̖̎̉̕Y̧̻̲̦̻ͥ ̶̵̣̩͛̏̍͞Ḥ̴̫̼͙́̊̾̈͗̂̓͆E̴̮͕̯͇̞͊̚A͊̓̆͂҉̩͔͔Ḏ̪͔̪͆ͯ͛ ̉͂̿͑̉̅͡͏͉͢H̷̨͕͔̩͎̯̼͖̻͕͛ͫ̃͑ͫ͟Uͦ̄̔ͨ̚҉̴̡͇̞Ȓ̢͇̳̜̖͝T̵̼̠͖̜̣̗͔͋ͪ͆Ṡ̡͍͗̎̆̀͠ ̢͕̙̪̱͍̖̣͎ͤͬ̀͛̀͘J̴̢͙͆U̻̯̤͚͊͑͝͞S̫̭͈͙̘ͬ͌ͨͦ̉̊̂̈́́̕T̻͇͔̞̦̼̪͙ͬ͐ͬ͗̀ ͈̭̳̪̱̪̆̽ͦ̔̅̔ͨͅT͔̱͍̅͊H̘̼̰̺̤͕͊̋ͫ͢ͅI͖̹̳̣͕̣̎́͠ͅNͮ̀̔͋̏͌ͧ̑҉̶̺̖K̨̔͆͟҉̦̠̮̲̻̪Ḯ̶̹̺̮̦̝̮̤̺̏̂̂͊ͧ̚Ṉ̴̣̅̅ͮ͂͋ͮͨ̊̚͝͠G̢̘͈͍̻͆́͑ͨ͌͢͞ ̤̜̞̳͉̟͋ͩ͑̓̃̐̾͟O̩̳̻̭͖̻͇ͫ̋̔̾̉̀F̷̪͎̻̫̦̲ͣ̏͐́͑ ̳̣̭̬͙͈͍̎ͭͬI̡̡̖͈͇͎ͥ͊͋̌ͣ͡T̷̮̻͚̣̟̱̰̖ͬ̒̓ͥͤ̋
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 9:59 PM on February 16, 2016 [9 favorites]


call me when the blue-on-blue 40 column thread shows up.
posted by GuyZero at 11:50 PM on February 16, 2016


Aw, between the Comic Sans FPP and an un owen reference in the Madoff FPP I'm all full of fuzzy nostalgia.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:01 AM on February 17, 2016 [1 favorite]


I liked it! More or less unconsciously I often ask "what happen?" instead of "what's happening?" or "what happened?" or "what's going on?". The lack of tense is really freeing.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 5:25 AM on February 17, 2016 [2 favorites]


Existential Dread:
"I was alive and of the appropriate age for these memes, but I feel none of the nostalgia. What does that make me"
Representative of your username.
posted by charred husk at 6:05 AM on February 17, 2016 [5 favorites]


Did someone say there was cake?
posted by briank at 6:40 AM on February 17, 2016 [3 favorites]


I am amused with the people saying it made the thread unreadable. That is what computers looked like for many years, and we managed OK.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:00 AM on February 17, 2016 [5 favorites]


I really truly sincerely love font humor.
posted by maryr at 8:58 AM on February 17, 2016 [3 favorites]


I'm going to be the jerkface and say that I think it made the thread unreadable.

That's kind of like saying that the autotune in "I'm on a Boat" made it unlistenable. That thread is pretty much, "I'm in a Font."
posted by Wolfdog at 9:29 AM on February 17, 2016 [14 favorites]


I liked that thread but I don't like this one because I want cake now. A light sponge cake, ideally.
posted by solarion at 9:46 AM on February 17, 2016 [2 favorites]


Sorry, I checked again and it's carrot cake. You'll probably want to scrape some of the icing off too — there's like an inch of that stuff on there, and it's .... not good. Dammit, people, who picks up a birthday cake from CVS?
posted by benito.strauss at 10:08 AM on February 17, 2016 [2 favorites]


I was expecting amber terminal. The font is lovely, though. A++++ job.
posted by boo_radley at 10:09 AM on February 17, 2016


Dammit, people, who picks up a birthday cake from CVS?

I THOUGHT THE C STOOD FOR CAKE, OKAY?!!!!
posted by Celsius1414 at 10:39 AM on February 17, 2016 [3 favorites]


Yeah, but the V stands for Verisimilitude.
posted by Etrigan at 10:53 AM on February 17, 2016


Amber Terminal is the heroine of my forthcoming retro 80s hacker teen adventure romance novel series.
posted by Wolfdog at 11:29 AM on February 17, 2016 [10 favorites]


Previously: Comic Sans - are there any others?

I don't remember any other font jokes, specifically, but a couple other one-off thread display tweaks are the rebeccapurple thread in honor of Eric Meyer's daughter, and the disemvoweling MetaTalk from April 1, 2009.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:41 AM on February 17, 2016 [4 favorites]


Amber Terminal is the heroine of my forthcoming retro 80s hacker teen adventure romance novel series.

Her little brother can be Vax, her wacky BFF is Dot Matrix and the antagonist can be Colonel Panic.
posted by Rock Steady at 11:41 AM on February 17, 2016 [5 favorites]


Also good christ but it's weird to reread that old 2009 MetaTalk where the joke was that (a) there had been a financial crisis and (b) I was in charge.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:15 PM on February 17, 2016 [13 favorites]


The general theory of irony predicts that every joke, born a creature of weightless whimsy, will eventually harden into an undeniable and frightening fact.

On an unrelated note - vote #1 quidnunc kid.
posted by the quidnunc kid at 12:41 PM on February 17, 2016 [14 favorites]


Also good christ but it's weird to reread that old 2009 MetaTalk where the joke was that (a) there had been a financial crisis and (b) I was in charge.

Haha, what a nightmare scenario that would be!
posted by shakespeherian at 12:56 PM on February 17, 2016 [4 favorites]


On an unrelated note - vote #1 quidnunc kid.

/ctrl-f "qdnnc kd" in disembvowlelling thread NOT FOUND

Dang it!
posted by Celsius1414 at 1:51 PM on February 17, 2016


LOL
posted by zarq at 2:25 PM on February 17, 2016 [5 favorites]


The other Comic Sans.
posted by unliteral at 6:13 PM on February 17, 2016


Wasn't there a pink thread? I remember some thread being hot pink for some reason.
posted by vibratory manner of working at 1:22 AM on February 18, 2016


Wasn't there a thread that looked like (one of the incarnations) of kottke.org? Or is my mind playing tricks on me?
posted by soundofsuburbia at 5:20 AM on February 18, 2016


Wasn't there a pink thread? I remember some thread being hot pink for some reason.

You might be thinking of ThePinkSuperhero's profile page (though it only works in Classic Theme).

I switched to Classic Theme to check to see if it still worked, and OMG I MISS YOU SO MUCH CLASSIC THEME.
posted by Rock Steady at 5:26 AM on February 18, 2016 [1 favorite]


Dammit, people, who picks up a birthday cake from CVS?

CVS makes cakes?! Good lord.
posted by maryr at 8:55 AM on February 18, 2016


I mean, FFS, just go to Dunkie's instead at that point.
posted by maryr at 8:55 AM on February 18, 2016


(There's probably one next door to the CVS anyway.)
posted by maryr at 8:55 AM on February 18, 2016 [2 favorites]


I like how it's always that random thing you spent maybe 30 seconds on (*) that "goes viral", as compared to that thing you spent months collecting links and snippets for.

*) plus another 30 or so to mail the moderation crew asking if they could maybe ungarble the bit that got messed up by a last-second rephrasing.
posted by effbot at 8:42 PM on February 18, 2016 [1 favorite]


Oh man, All Your Base was what brought me originally to MetaFilter. I just got a flashback to being in the computer lab of my secondary school. Meme flashbacks are so much less interesting than acid flashbacks.
posted by Kattullus at 3:54 AM on February 19, 2016 [1 favorite]


That thread is Fun and you should feel Fun.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 4:51 AM on February 19, 2016 [1 favorite]


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