GYOBFW March 24, 2005 8:17 AM Subscribe
Don't Be Dramatic: Just Flag It.
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:21 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:21 AM on March 24, 2005
agreed
posted by pyramid termite at 8:22 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by pyramid termite at 8:22 AM on March 24, 2005
Don't Be Dramatic: Just Flag It.
Is there a tune that goes with that? It would make a good jingle.
posted by anapestic at 8:22 AM on March 24, 2005
Is there a tune that goes with that? It would make a good jingle.
posted by anapestic at 8:22 AM on March 24, 2005
(I am speaking of the ranting post, not AlexReynolds new tagline, though that is pretty good too.)
posted by dabitch at 8:24 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by dabitch at 8:24 AM on March 24, 2005
Is there a tune that goes with that? It would make a good jingle.
Do it in a jazzy 8:5 with a triplet on the "dramatic".
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:25 AM on March 24, 2005
Do it in a jazzy 8:5 with a triplet on the "dramatic".
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:25 AM on March 24, 2005
dabitch writes "would make a good comment tho."
It is a comment and not an FPP. I mean it should be a comment and not an FPP.
posted by OmieWise at 8:26 AM on March 24, 2005
It is a comment and not an FPP. I mean it should be a comment and not an FPP.
posted by OmieWise at 8:26 AM on March 24, 2005
I'd actually love to see Matt nuke all of the Schiavo posts at this point. It's newsfilter, boring newsfilter, inflammatory newsfilter, repetitive newsfilter, and none of our fucking business newsfilter. This one is the well needed straw.
Off to flag...
posted by togdon at 8:27 AM on March 24, 2005
Off to flag...
posted by togdon at 8:27 AM on March 24, 2005
This is simply a remarkable troll. How else to explain the opening sentence:
"I was listening to a talk radio station last night, and a guy called in and said that he heard on FOX News"
a) talk radio
b) FOX News
c) hearsay supposition
I mean, it's easy to see, it's obvious, it's probably time for the banhammer.
posted by norm at 8:27 AM on March 24, 2005
"I was listening to a talk radio station last night, and a guy called in and said that he heard on FOX News"
a) talk radio
b) FOX News
c) hearsay supposition
I mean, it's easy to see, it's obvious, it's probably time for the banhammer.
posted by norm at 8:27 AM on March 24, 2005
Don't Be Dramatic: Just Flag It.
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:21 AM PST on March 24 [!]
Alex, the more of your comments I read, the better I like you.
posted by orange swan at 8:33 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:21 AM PST on March 24 [!]
Alex, the more of your comments I read, the better I like you.
posted by orange swan at 8:33 AM on March 24, 2005
weblog as conversation... The links in this post show a different angle than any that's been presented here. I checked. The google links show that there are abundant/redundant sources for this side of the story. If this story is something worth discussing, this is an angle worth considering. If this post seemed like a troll, then there is some nuance missing somewhere. The post was meant to seem outrageous, because I think that style nicely frames the "debate", it all just seems out of whack and wrong from the beginning.
That was my point. That's something to consider.
posted by airguitar at 8:34 AM on March 24, 2005
That was my point. That's something to consider.
posted by airguitar at 8:34 AM on March 24, 2005
You could have made that point in one of the other threads, I reckon. Also, I'm not sure that it's news that there's a great deal of misleading and contradictory information out in the blogosphere.
posted by anapestic at 8:36 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by anapestic at 8:36 AM on March 24, 2005
The google links show that there are abundant/redundant sources for this side of the story.
1. One problem may be that Google is a little... vast. You might consider whittling down your position to a few, genuinely interesting, succinct links that we can parse through.
2. As anapestic notes, your post is probably more appropriate in many of the other Schiavo threads that are still boiling over
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:39 AM on March 24, 2005
1. One problem may be that Google is a little... vast. You might consider whittling down your position to a few, genuinely interesting, succinct links that we can parse through.
2. As anapestic notes, your post is probably more appropriate in many of the other Schiavo threads that are still boiling over
posted by AlexReynolds at 8:39 AM on March 24, 2005
Wow. Not being in the U.S., I find all this Terri Schiavo media fascination especially macabre and bizarre... Also bizarre, the recent realization (via MeFi) that the Lacey Peterson (sp? too lazy to look up) case was especially significant because of the fact that she was pregnant, and that the huge public interest was possibly all connected to "right-to-life" anti-abortion stuff somehow. As a mostly American site, MeFi is particularly enlightening in its obssesions and compulsions, however bewildering. (Which is not an argument in favor of the horribly doomed post cited here — just a useless comment from one who has been seeing this subject rise up like a rash covering the entire internet, and who feels she must finally say something along the lines of w. t. f. ?)
posted by taz at 8:45 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by taz at 8:45 AM on March 24, 2005
but, but, quonsar ... it's not brain dead ... whenever i say the word "bush" it starts drooling
posted by pyramid termite at 8:46 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by pyramid termite at 8:46 AM on March 24, 2005
airguitar - your post sucked because. Try finding a link to something other than google.
Remember: it's called MetaFilter. Try filtering a little next time, and lay off the ranting.
posted by bshort at 8:46 AM on March 24, 2005
Remember: it's called MetaFilter. Try filtering a little next time, and lay off the ranting.
posted by bshort at 8:46 AM on March 24, 2005
AR
1. I liked the google-effect, but I see your point
2. I could concede someday, just between you and me, that indeed this was my mistake. I guess I put it on the front page to stand out clearly. I like all y'all, but I had no idea, from reading here, that this is was the Right has ready for anyone who supports her peaceful death. That's some serious political haymaking bullshit. True or not, it's not out place to know. But I wanted yous all to know that this is the big hatebrush people about to be painted with when she dies... Just disturbing all around, this here is...
posted by airguitar at 8:48 AM on March 24, 2005
1. I liked the google-effect, but I see your point
2. I could concede someday, just between you and me, that indeed this was my mistake. I guess I put it on the front page to stand out clearly. I like all y'all, but I had no idea, from reading here, that this is was the Right has ready for anyone who supports her peaceful death. That's some serious political haymaking bullshit. True or not, it's not out place to know. But I wanted yous all to know that this is the big hatebrush people about to be painted with when she dies... Just disturbing all around, this here is...
posted by airguitar at 8:48 AM on March 24, 2005
your post sucked because. Try finding a link to something other than google.
thanks bro
posted by airguitar at 8:48 AM on March 24, 2005
thanks bro
posted by airguitar at 8:48 AM on March 24, 2005
If your post is a rumination on the news du jour, then it doesn't belong on MetaFilter.
...that this sort of shit nevertheless is splattered all across the front page does, however, seem to indicate otherwise.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:49 AM on March 24, 2005
...that this sort of shit nevertheless is splattered all across the front page does, however, seem to indicate otherwise.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:49 AM on March 24, 2005
The google links show that there are abundant/redundant sources for this side of the story.
Jew bankers are an important issue too then.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 8:49 AM on March 24, 2005
Jew bankers are an important issue too then.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 8:49 AM on March 24, 2005
Airguitar, stop while you're behind. Seriously.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 8:50 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by Armitage Shanks at 8:50 AM on March 24, 2005
good points, good points, my mistake, shouldn't happen again. the nice people are right. (not you assholes though) sorry
posted by airguitar at 8:55 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by airguitar at 8:55 AM on March 24, 2005
Great Zombie Christ, please stop using the MeFi frontpage as a pulpit/toilet.
posted by dhoyt at 8:56 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by dhoyt at 8:56 AM on March 24, 2005
*pulls out metafilter's feeding tube*
*lives for another 15 years - flips quonsar the bird*
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 8:57 AM on March 24, 2005
*lives for another 15 years - flips quonsar the bird*
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 8:57 AM on March 24, 2005
I don't like these MeTa callouts. The post was obviously awful and was going to be pulled within a hour or less and forgotten about. Now this thread will be on MetaTalk for at least three or four hours until all the other callouts knock it off the front page.
posted by Arch Stanton at 8:58 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by Arch Stanton at 8:58 AM on March 24, 2005
Arch Stanton writes "I don't like these MeTa callouts. The post was obviously awful and was going to be pulled within a hour or less and forgotten about. Now this thread will be on MetaTalk for at least three or four hours until all the other callouts knock it off the front page."
I agree, that's what the flag button is for. But then I see a MeTa comment about the deletion, and so it goes...
posted by OmieWise at 9:03 AM on March 24, 2005
I agree, that's what the flag button is for. But then I see a MeTa comment about the deletion, and so it goes...
posted by OmieWise at 9:03 AM on March 24, 2005
Any chance we (and by "we," I mean "Matt") can designate a single post for discussion and updates on the Schiavo case? Preferably with a note in the sideblog? I believe it's been done before for topics that were spawning a post or more a day until there was a designated thread for them.
Within another week or two, there'll be another major update, either "feeding tube reinserted" or "Terry Schiavo dies" which would go just as well in a still-active thread as it would as yet another FPP. There are currently FIVE threads on Schiavo on the front page. Really, people.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 9:08 AM on March 24, 2005
Within another week or two, there'll be another major update, either "feeding tube reinserted" or "Terry Schiavo dies" which would go just as well in a still-active thread as it would as yet another FPP. There are currently FIVE threads on Schiavo on the front page. Really, people.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 9:08 AM on March 24, 2005
There's just no way to tell if a post has been flagged or not. There should be a notation to show how many times a post has been flagged. If it's been flagged 100 times or more then you're pretty sure it's going to be deleted and you don't need to do a callout.
posted by Jim Jones at 9:08 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by Jim Jones at 9:08 AM on March 24, 2005
Meh. I've seen worse. In fact, I've posted worse (although I can't link to them because they were posted to MeTa and AskMe and were deleted because, well, they sucked).
posted by Doohickie at 9:10 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by Doohickie at 9:10 AM on March 24, 2005
Also, I'm not sure that it's news that there's a great deal of misleading and contradictory information out in the blogosphere.
no, but since a majority of Bush supporters believe that WMD's have been found in Iraq and Saddam did 9-11, well, it's always good to point out when the American Right tries to pass off complete bullshit as gospel truth.
with this kind of confused and confusing MSM coverage (and the dishonest talk-radio wingnut-blog coverage) soon enough many Americans will start to believe that Schiavo can actually understand what people say to her and is able to create speech, however slurred.
posted by matteo at 9:12 AM on March 24, 2005
no, but since a majority of Bush supporters believe that WMD's have been found in Iraq and Saddam did 9-11, well, it's always good to point out when the American Right tries to pass off complete bullshit as gospel truth.
with this kind of confused and confusing MSM coverage (and the dishonest talk-radio wingnut-blog coverage) soon enough many Americans will start to believe that Schiavo can actually understand what people say to her and is able to create speech, however slurred.
posted by matteo at 9:12 AM on March 24, 2005
But the flag is insufficent when there are complex issues to discuss!
throws up in mouth
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:13 AM on March 24, 2005
throws up in mouth
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:13 AM on March 24, 2005
can designate a single post for discussion and updates on the Schiavo case? Preferably with a note in the sideblog?
Were that the case I wouldn't have my ass hanging out here... Probably a good idea.
posted by airguitar at 9:14 AM on March 24, 2005
Were that the case I wouldn't have my ass hanging out here... Probably a good idea.
posted by airguitar at 9:14 AM on March 24, 2005
I have a question, why isn't there a flag directly in the FP? It would be easier. (gosh " ...listening to a talk radio...heard on FOX News...", that almost causes physical pain)
posted by nkyad at 9:21 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by nkyad at 9:21 AM on March 24, 2005
For future reference, most issues have many different angles than what is presented at MetaFilter. Sometimes, these are called out in the threads. (Sometimes, these are best called out in the threads on some site called "FreeRepublic," as well.)
Don't feel too bad about it all, however -- MetaFilter tends to show more professional judgement in relation to the validity of angles than the news media does these days -- i.e. The news media reports both sides no matter how outlandish any side's claim might be. MetaFilter's readers, though they often disagree, are ultimately useful at putting things into perspective.
Consider your post, then, a calibration of the filter.
posted by VulcanMike at 9:28 AM on March 24, 2005
Don't feel too bad about it all, however -- MetaFilter tends to show more professional judgement in relation to the validity of angles than the news media does these days -- i.e. The news media reports both sides no matter how outlandish any side's claim might be. MetaFilter's readers, though they often disagree, are ultimately useful at putting things into perspective.
Consider your post, then, a calibration of the filter.
posted by VulcanMike at 9:28 AM on March 24, 2005
And it's gone.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:38 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:38 AM on March 24, 2005
*phew*
posted by AlexReynolds at 9:40 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by AlexReynolds at 9:40 AM on March 24, 2005
I like that Matt uses the word 'Dude' a lot in his explanations for deletion.
posted by jenleigh at 9:42 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by jenleigh at 9:42 AM on March 24, 2005
I bet a bunch of people think this callout is an example of MF not tolerating any views from the 'right'.
posted by belling at 9:52 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by belling at 9:52 AM on March 24, 2005
I still don't get what all the debate is about. I mean - this all started 'cause she's a bulimic, right? No way a bulimic would want to be force fed through a one-way tube. Case closed.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:53 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:53 AM on March 24, 2005
It all happened so fast. Really though, that was fucking stupid. for as meta self-referential as I was trying to be there, it was just wrong. My apologies. On the up side, there are some really nice people here. amberglow, OmieWise, dabitch, anapestic, EB, PST, AS, matteo, VulcanMike, Doohickie. Thank you all. (Point noted and taken.)
posted by airguitar at 9:55 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by airguitar at 9:55 AM on March 24, 2005
"No way a bulimic would want to be force fed through a one-way tube."
It's so obivous! Why didn't I think of that?
posted by mischief at 9:58 AM on March 24, 2005
It's so obivous! Why didn't I think of that?
posted by mischief at 9:58 AM on March 24, 2005
This post is worse than the original FPP. People should be banned for making vanity posts to MetaTalk about flaggable threads that require no discussion.
posted by fire&wings at 10:23 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by fire&wings at 10:23 AM on March 24, 2005
MetaFilter: A Bulimic Force Fed through a One-Way Tube
posted by felix betachat at 10:30 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by felix betachat at 10:30 AM on March 24, 2005
metafilter: uses the word "dude" a lot
posted by pyramid termite at 10:52 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by pyramid termite at 10:52 AM on March 24, 2005
MetaFilter: People should be banned.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:04 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:04 AM on March 24, 2005
You could've just said, "Happy 40th Birthday, Breezeway." Now I really feel it. Thanks, Mid.
posted by breezeway at 11:34 AM on March 24, 2005
posted by breezeway at 11:34 AM on March 24, 2005
On the up side, there are some really nice people here... Doohickie.
Hey, just because I admit to making shitty posts doesn't mean I'm a nice guy; it just means that I know I'm an idiot. That doesn't make me nice. So there.
posted by Doohickie at 1:05 PM on March 24, 2005
Hey, just because I admit to making shitty posts doesn't mean I'm a nice guy; it just means that I know I'm an idiot. That doesn't make me nice. So there.
posted by Doohickie at 1:05 PM on March 24, 2005
nkyad said: I have a question, why isn't there a flag directly in the FP? It would be easier.
You can flag the Front-Page Post from inside the thread, just not from the front page itself, which is probably as it should be.
posted by obloquy at 1:55 PM on March 24, 2005
You can flag the Front-Page Post from inside the thread, just not from the front page itself, which is probably as it should be.
posted by obloquy at 1:55 PM on March 24, 2005
I'd like to reiterate my plea for a dedicated Schiavo thread.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 2:30 PM on March 24, 2005
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 2:30 PM on March 24, 2005
GYOBF - what does this mean? I searched Google and looked at Wiki but could find no definition or explanation. I'm sure the answer is in some obvious place that will be brutally pointed out to me but I have to ask.
posted by Carbolic at 3:20 PM on March 24, 2005
posted by Carbolic at 3:20 PM on March 24, 2005
Get You Own Fucking Blog
posted by Quartermass at 3:39 PM on March 24, 2005
posted by Quartermass at 3:39 PM on March 24, 2005
r
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:41 PM on March 24, 2005
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:41 PM on March 24, 2005
q: *pulls out metafilter's feeding tube*
Ah, but the drooling parade of chuckleheaded inanity that Metafilter has largely become lately, friend quonsar, I lay at least partly at your feet as a tribute, you see.
The snark, the one-liner, and the unfunny joke and the annoying gimmick poster (breezeway, anyone?) reign supreme. You've won the Eternal Battle, captain.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:53 PM on March 24, 2005
Ah, but the drooling parade of chuckleheaded inanity that Metafilter has largely become lately, friend quonsar, I lay at least partly at your feet as a tribute, you see.
The snark, the one-liner, and the unfunny joke and the annoying gimmick poster (breezeway, anyone?) reign supreme. You've won the Eternal Battle, captain.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:53 PM on March 24, 2005
Actually, it's "Get Your Own Blog Fuckwit." (to answer Carbolic's question)
posted by eyeballkid at 3:57 PM on March 24, 2005
posted by eyeballkid at 3:57 PM on March 24, 2005
...and it's properly, and traditionally, 'Get Your Own Weblog, Fuckwit'.
The simple-ass wallpaper I made a couple years back, which I haul out every time it comes up:
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:05 PM on March 24, 2005
The simple-ass wallpaper I made a couple years back, which I haul out every time it comes up:
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:05 PM on March 24, 2005
You've won the Eternal Battle, captain.
then my work here is almost done.
posted by quonsar at 8:48 PM on March 24, 2005
then my work here is almost done.
posted by quonsar at 8:48 PM on March 24, 2005
quonsar, what's next? ... maybe you should run for congress so you can turn that into a drooling parade of chucklehead inanity ... hmm, wait ... never mind
posted by pyramid termite at 9:42 PM on March 24, 2005
posted by pyramid termite at 9:42 PM on March 24, 2005
Terri'sFilter: none of our fucking business newsfilter.
posted by schyler523 at 11:38 PM on March 24, 2005
posted by schyler523 at 11:38 PM on March 24, 2005
No need to apologize to me, breezeway. It may only be me who's being cranky, as usual.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:32 PM on March 25, 2005
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:32 PM on March 25, 2005
Nope. The pictures, say, more than 1 a day, are annoying. It's not you.
posted by Mid at 8:22 AM on March 26, 2005
posted by Mid at 8:22 AM on March 26, 2005
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posted by bshort at 8:19 AM on March 24, 2005