Confusion about AskMe self-answer June 21, 2004 2:49 PM Subscribe
WTF? Shane-a-go-go answers Shane's question as if it's his own and replaces the comment link with a link to a photobucket image. And mentions a site called linkagogo. Spam? Self-destructive attempt to get banned? WTF?
Umm.
posted by The God Complex at 2:53 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by The God Complex at 2:53 PM on June 21, 2004
You do realize it was A) a joke, and B) a result of him finding an answer to his own question, right?
posted by The God Complex at 3:00 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by The God Complex at 3:00 PM on June 21, 2004
Nope. I clearly didn't, TGC.
Ok, I feel like a dog just shown a card-trick here, and someone just shown that we're all really aliens, and asked, "what you didn't know that?"
A portal? I'm aware of Yahoo, he says, shrinking into his collar, hoping someone will put him out of his ignorance quickly and painlessly and this post will be swallowed as quickly as a mention of retard in a FPP.
posted by Blue Stone at 3:06 PM on June 21, 2004
Ok, I feel like a dog just shown a card-trick here, and someone just shown that we're all really aliens, and asked, "what you didn't know that?"
A portal? I'm aware of Yahoo, he says, shrinking into his collar, hoping someone will put him out of his ignorance quickly and painlessly and this post will be swallowed as quickly as a mention of retard in a FPP.
posted by Blue Stone at 3:06 PM on June 21, 2004
Blue Stone, you sweet, innocent, html-incapable, soul - he wrote the html to look like a reply inside his own reply.
posted by andrew cooke at 3:08 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by andrew cooke at 3:08 PM on June 21, 2004
Oh fucking hell! I get it.
Bollocks. lol.
Yup, yup, andrew. Just a second before you posted.
Ok. Nobody ever mention this. Please.
posted by Blue Stone at 3:09 PM on June 21, 2004
Bollocks. lol.
Yup, yup, andrew. Just a second before you posted.
Ok. Nobody ever mention this. Please.
posted by Blue Stone at 3:09 PM on June 21, 2004
Oh man! : hook, line and sinker.
Really. I checked shane-a-gogo's user page, and I thought, ok soyjoy and Wolfdaddy link to him, so he's got some credibility - and his user name isn't 17-something - so he's not someone who signed up just recently and was waiting for just this moment (like that god fella) - but the jpg instead of the post link - a cunning way to stop people linking to the post and complaining (!) - so he must have hacked the site - and I swear shane-a-go-go's "user page" wasn't Shane's - otherwise I would have got it straight away.
And I've done this sort of thing myself, with the simulated user details - but it was Shane's "follow-up" post that totally had me.
Oh ... ffffuck.
Shane. You absolute cunt.
posted by Blue Stone at 3:47 PM on June 21, 2004
Really. I checked shane-a-gogo's user page, and I thought, ok soyjoy and Wolfdaddy link to him, so he's got some credibility - and his user name isn't 17-something - so he's not someone who signed up just recently and was waiting for just this moment (like that god fella) - but the jpg instead of the post link - a cunning way to stop people linking to the post and complaining (!) - so he must have hacked the site - and I swear shane-a-go-go's "user page" wasn't Shane's - otherwise I would have got it straight away.
And I've done this sort of thing myself, with the simulated user details - but it was Shane's "follow-up" post that totally had me.
Oh ... ffffuck.
Shane. You absolute cunt.
posted by Blue Stone at 3:47 PM on June 21, 2004
I just link to him because he's got a hot ass. He's a go-go boy in another universe, but don't tell him that.
Blue Stone, I was once completely taken in by STEVECASE@A0L.COM -- it happens.
posted by WolfDaddy at 4:16 PM on June 21, 2004
Blue Stone, I was once completely taken in by STEVECASE@A0L.COM -- it happens.
posted by WolfDaddy at 4:16 PM on June 21, 2004
It totally screwed with me too.... until I noticed that the posted by line wasn't displayed in the grayish color. He should still be banned. :P
posted by Witty at 5:02 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by Witty at 5:02 PM on June 21, 2004
And the fake posted by line incorrectly has a period after it.
posted by Prospero at 5:04 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by Prospero at 5:04 PM on June 21, 2004
I'm so happy for this post... We've been needing something like this to lighten things up on the old MeTa-go-go.
posted by taz at 5:10 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by taz at 5:10 PM on June 21, 2004
The fake "posted by" line is also noticeably smaller than a regular one.
posted by kindall at 6:14 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by kindall at 6:14 PM on June 21, 2004
[this is good. this is all so very damn good]
posted by bluedaniel at 7:14 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by bluedaniel at 7:14 PM on June 21, 2004
and just so your clear, the portal reference is from donnie darko, and isnt some techy webspeak.
posted by bob sarabia at 7:14 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by bob sarabia at 7:14 PM on June 21, 2004
I can also see Shane is on the East Coast: shane-a-gogo's line is slated for EST, but everything else is PST. That and each of shane-a-gogo's link's are one hyperlink character too long.
posted by jmd82 at 7:34 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by jmd82 at 7:34 PM on June 21, 2004
The fake "posted by" line is also noticeably larger than a regular one.
One's browser interpretation of HTML does not a universal reality make.
posted by five fresh fish at 7:40 PM on June 21, 2004
One's browser interpretation of HTML does not a universal reality make.
posted by five fresh fish at 7:40 PM on June 21, 2004
The vibrations coming from my monitor are totally different when I hover my cursor over the fake "posted by" than when it is over the real one. Further, my cat's breath smells slightly more salty while I am viewing the fake one.
posted by bargle at 7:44 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by bargle at 7:44 PM on June 21, 2004
Bravo!
posted by Quartermass at 8:52 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by Quartermass at 8:52 PM on June 21, 2004
The vibrations coming from my monitor are totally different when I hover my cursor over the fake "posted by" than when it is over the real one. Further, my cat's breath smells slightly more salty while I am viewing the fake one
bhahahahah!
posted by bob sarabia at 9:22 PM on June 21, 2004
bhahahahah!
posted by bob sarabia at 9:22 PM on June 21, 2004
MetaFilter: vibrations coming from your monitor.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:39 PM on June 21, 2004
posted by five fresh fish at 9:39 PM on June 21, 2004
Folks. The fake "posted by" line has a period, fer chrissakes. Didn't you notice that?
Yeah, neither did I. Going there directly from Blue Stone's link I was completely taken in. It did sound just nonsensical and promotional enough to be some kind of incredibly clever comment spam. And again, I've also done this fake-post-ending gag myself before.
I was ready to attribute all kinds of sinister, quasi-magical powers to this shane-a-gogo, and I see no reason to change my mind now. So watch out, folks. Next thread, you might find yourself acting as shane-a-gogo's ventriloquist dummy. (*creeeeepy synthesizer music*)
posted by soyjoy at 9:43 PM on June 21, 2004
Yeah, neither did I. Going there directly from Blue Stone's link I was completely taken in. It did sound just nonsensical and promotional enough to be some kind of incredibly clever comment spam. And again, I've also done this fake-post-ending gag myself before.
I was ready to attribute all kinds of sinister, quasi-magical powers to this shane-a-gogo, and I see no reason to change my mind now. So watch out, folks. Next thread, you might find yourself acting as shane-a-gogo's ventriloquist dummy. (*creeeeepy synthesizer music*)
posted by soyjoy at 9:43 PM on June 21, 2004
Wait'll Shane gets to work tomorrow morning and sees this.... Oh boy oh boy....
posted by interrobang at 12:40 AM on June 22, 2004
posted by interrobang at 12:40 AM on June 22, 2004
I say ban the fuck outta this "shane-a-gogo" character.
posted by Shane at 17:00 FYI on July 22
Dammit! I was just fooling around.
*jumps off meta-cliff, never to be seen again*
posted by shane-a-gogo at 40:26° N and 3:42° W. on June 22
Phew! Glad that go-go guy is gone. I hate people with my name.
Thanks, Blue Stone! This made my day!
(I suuuure wish I could take credit for first perpetrating the fake post joke, and I'll give aMighty Marvel No-Prize to anyone who can tell me who did.)
posted by Shane at 6:06 AM on June 22, 2004
posted by Shane at 17:00 FYI on July 22
Dammit! I was just fooling around.
*jumps off meta-cliff, never to be seen again*
posted by shane-a-gogo at 40:26° N and 3:42° W. on June 22
Phew! Glad that go-go guy is gone. I hate people with my name.
Thanks, Blue Stone! This made my day!
(I suuuure wish I could take credit for first perpetrating the fake post joke, and I'll give a
posted by Shane at 6:06 AM on June 22, 2004
See? It really needs the [small] tags on the "posted by" line.
posted by Shane at 6:31 AM on June 22, 2004
posted by Shane at 6:31 AM on June 22, 2004
You're not the real shane-a-gogo. The real shane-a-gogo knows how to do the "posted by" line. Away, you imposter!
posted by soyjoy at 7:07 AM on June 22, 2004
posted by soyjoy at 7:07 AM on June 22, 2004
That's great. For a minute I thought it'd be another one of these, but it was even better.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 7:41 AM on June 22, 2004
posted by DrJohnEvans at 7:41 AM on June 22, 2004
You aren't going to believe this, but there's actually a "shane-a-go go" link on the web, from something or someone that, as far as I can tell, goes by the moniker "Gothic Killingspree". (I'm not linking, because I don't want to be blamed for... anything.)
posted by taz at 7:45 AM on June 22, 2004
posted by taz at 7:45 AM on June 22, 2004
The fake "posted by" line is also noticeably larger than a regular one.
What, no \/!agr4 comments?
posted by theora55 at 9:14 AM on June 22, 2004
What, no \/!agr4 comments?
posted by theora55 at 9:14 AM on June 22, 2004
I like linkagogo!
posted by shane-a-gogo at loose ends on June 22
He's back!!
posted by languagehat at 11:22 AM on June 22, 2004
posted by shane-a-gogo at loose ends on June 22
He's back!!
posted by languagehat at 11:22 AM on June 22, 2004
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posted by Blue Stone at 2:50 PM on June 21, 2004