Why was my comment in this thread deleted? February 16, 2005 4:08 PM Subscribe
Why was my comment in this thread deleted? My comment was "How much do you make?" and I was serious. Is that somehow not appropriate? Does jessamyn or Matt get to decide what might be an appropriate conversation starter?
...and there's this. Although that may get deleted too.
posted by rooftop secrets at 4:26 PM on February 16, 2005
posted by rooftop secrets at 4:26 PM on February 16, 2005
My comment was "How much do you make?" and I was serious.
If asked that by my parents I would walk away in silence. You will be happy to know where I reside the true Dallasites would be perfect company with you.
Worst post if you have to ask why the deletion. Yet I thought e-mails are being sent to the members having a thread deleted about it.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:30 PM on February 16, 2005
If asked that by my parents I would walk away in silence. You will be happy to know where I reside the true Dallasites would be perfect company with you.
Worst post if you have to ask why the deletion. Yet I thought e-mails are being sent to the members having a thread deleted about it.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:30 PM on February 16, 2005
It was right after "how much do you hate america" and both are very bad advice, which seemed equally non-serious.
Asking a date how much they make is a terrible, terrible idea for a conversation starter.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:33 PM on February 16, 2005
Asking a date how much they make is a terrible, terrible idea for a conversation starter.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:33 PM on February 16, 2005
Are you sure you actually posted your comment (as opposed to just previewing it)? If that comment really was deleted, things have really taken a turn.
posted by timeistight at 4:34 PM on February 16, 2005
posted by timeistight at 4:34 PM on February 16, 2005
And mine too. I thought a liberal date would find it an amusing and ironic ice-breaker, and it merely more succinctly re-stated the comment immediately before it, but apparently it was too amusing and ironic to be appropriate to the commissariat.
It was: "So, why do your people hate America?"
Now that Askmefi has shown up on Lifehacker, I guess we have to be on our best behavior.
posted by orthogonality at 4:35 PM on February 16, 2005
It was: "So, why do your people hate America?"
Now that Askmefi has shown up on Lifehacker, I guess we have to be on our best behavior.
posted by orthogonality at 4:35 PM on February 16, 2005
Jesus H. Christ!
posted by timeistight at 4:35 PM on February 16, 2005
posted by timeistight at 4:35 PM on February 16, 2005
Why are people giving terrible/jokey advice in that thread? Is it because it involves someone from a different culture so it's less serious or something?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:36 PM on February 16, 2005
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:36 PM on February 16, 2005
Oh, no, rooftop! Animal sounds is a good one — my husband and I have had many long discussions over how very, very wrong any given animal sound is in the other's native tongue, so definitely a great conversation beguiler. It does, however, lead to sneering, which may not always be a good thing for a first date. (I mean — dogs go "gav-gav"? I don't think so.)
posted by taz at 4:37 PM on February 16, 2005
posted by taz at 4:37 PM on February 16, 2005
Matt not only runs many popular weblogs, but is also the basis for a brand new Will Smith movie.
posted by Doug at 4:38 PM on February 16, 2005
posted by Doug at 4:38 PM on February 16, 2005
If I had seen that, I would have thought it was a joke rather than a helpful answer since that's a more charitable interpretation than to assume that you're really clueless enough to ask that as a conversation starter.
But by all means, feed the hysteria. If either of the moderators delete so much as an extra couple of blank lines from now on, it will mean a MeTa thread with fifty comments and plenty of all caps, accompanied with a large dose of expounding about how Things Have Changed.
posted by anapestic at 4:38 PM on February 16, 2005
But by all means, feed the hysteria. If either of the moderators delete so much as an extra couple of blank lines from now on, it will mean a MeTa thread with fifty comments and plenty of all caps, accompanied with a large dose of expounding about how Things Have Changed.
posted by anapestic at 4:38 PM on February 16, 2005
And just to repeat:
Ask MetaFilter is as useful as you make it. Please limit comments to answers or help in finding an answer. Wisecracks don't help people find answers. Thanks.
The deletions I made fell into the wisecracks realm, which is why I removed them.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:41 PM on February 16, 2005
Ask MetaFilter is as useful as you make it. Please limit comments to answers or help in finding an answer. Wisecracks don't help people find answers. Thanks.
The deletions I made fell into the wisecracks realm, which is why I removed them.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:41 PM on February 16, 2005
This thread is closed to new comments.
Maybe the problem is that it seemed like a jokey-type comment. Perhaps if you wrote your comment, and backed up with a reason why, it wouldn't have been a problem.
posted by Quartermass at 4:24 PM on February 16, 2005