Gun control post call-out

April 27, 2005 8:01 PM

This is a gun control debate waiting to happen, and nothing more. Hardly the best of the web.
posted by bh to MetaFilter-Related at 8:01 PM (39 comments total)

A debate?! Oh, shit! Shut it down! Delete! Delete!
posted by squirrel at 8:17 PM on April 27, 2005

If it's on MeFi, you can damn betcha it'll be the best gun control debate to be found anywhere on the web.

Certainteed! ;-P
posted by mischief at 8:23 PM on April 27, 2005

Didn't we already have an argument on this precise thing not two weeks ago? Seriously, the FPP said something about "not picking up a $10 bill off the ground at Disney Land" or something to that effect. Yes, I'm too lazy to search it.
posted by clevershark at 8:27 PM on April 27, 2005

We need to get them arguing about Christianity, too. But how? I think one of us should plant a comment in that thread about shoot first, ask questions later being one of the "lost sermons" delivered by Christ. Then we'll see some smackdown action.
posted by squirrel at 8:32 PM on April 27, 2005

bh's strange framing aside, it's a double-post, and a lame one at that. A teensy Reuters story noting that the governor just signed a previously passed - and previously discussed - bill into law is hardly worthy of another post on the same subject.
posted by mediareport at 8:33 PM on April 27, 2005

squirrel writes "one of us should plant a comment in that thread about shoot first, ask questions later being one of the 'lost sermons' delivered by Christ."

Nah... that couldn't be found in the teachings of Christ, but it could be part of "Church tradition", I can't be bothered to check.
posted by clevershark at 8:33 PM on April 27, 2005

this is a useless meta thread already happening.
posted by quonsar at 8:35 PM on April 27, 2005

The next person who uses the term "best of the web" will be shot. Really, please, it is stupid.It sounds like it means something, but it doesn't.
posted by JohnR at 8:36 PM on April 27, 2005

It refers verbatim to MetaFilter's early mission; in that way, it means something. I agree that it has gone stale and should be avoided now.
posted by squirrel at 8:50 PM on April 27, 2005

Use me! Use me!
posted by [!] at 8:58 PM on April 27, 2005

Hey, [!], I think you got your five buck's worth. Now you can STFU.
posted by squirrel at 9:03 PM on April 27, 2005

(anticipates gunplay)
posted by hackly_fracture at 9:05 PM on April 27, 2005

Best of the Web depends on which bug looks tastier to the spider, assuming said spider actually catches more than one food item in it's web. I once found a big golden orb weaver in my yard between two shrubs. I picked up a grasshopper and a cricket and tossed them into the web. It seemed to hesitate for a second but then it went after the grasshopper. Bigger, meatier? Tastier? I don't know. But I came back ten minutes later and the cricket was wrapped up too. Spiders don't waste food.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 9:06 PM on April 27, 2005

Squirrel, flag it and move on.
posted by [!] at 9:10 PM on April 27, 2005

Taking "best of the web" seriously these days is like using "gay" when one means happy or "queer" when one merely means strange...
posted by clevershark at 9:16 PM on April 27, 2005

Spiders don't waste food.

If you feed them enough, even spiders will start ignoring the extra food.
posted by dhruva at 9:24 PM on April 27, 2005

squirrel:

Hey, [!], I think you got your five buck's worth. Now you can STFU.

what an asshole.
posted by shmegegge at 9:33 PM on April 27, 2005

Is it just me or does the word "asshole" remind you of my unattractive, alcoholic uncle Gary?
posted by yodelingisfun at 9:50 PM on April 27, 2005

You too?
posted by shmegegge at 10:03 PM on April 27, 2005

This is a gun control debate waiting to happen, and nothing more.

Interesting reasoning for requesting a thread to be deleted.

This is a abortion debate waiting to happen, and nothing more.
This is a Iraq debate waiting to happen, and nothing more.
This is a anti-Christianity debate waiting to happen, and nothing more.
This is a SUV debate waiting to happen, and nothing more.
This is a fat people debate waiting to happen, and nothing more.
This is a marijuana laws debate waiting to happen, and nothing more.
This is a spit or swallow debate waiting to happen, and nothing more.

We're doomed.
posted by Witty at 10:07 PM on April 27, 2005

I would like a link to the aforementioned spit v swallow debate, witty.
posted by jonson at 10:19 PM on April 27, 2005

The next person who uses the term "best of the web" will be shot. Really, please, it is stupid.It sounds like it means something, but it doesn't.

MetaFilter: some of the web.
posted by scarabic at 10:50 PM on April 27, 2005

Is it just me or does the "spit or swallow" debate remind you of yodelingisfun's unattractive, alcoholic uncle Gary?

[Not trying to troll, shmegegge, but I looked at [!]'s brief posting history, and none of it is useful. Then again, maybe it's a sock puppet for Matt, who has embarked on a kid-friendly user education campaign. Will he sing?]
posted by squirrel at 10:53 PM on April 27, 2005

Metafilter: best of the web... or not.
posted by dhruva at 11:06 PM on April 27, 2005

I think it's a clever way to make a point, and it's not like he's been going around doing it to every single callout. Hell, there've been how many callouts in the past two days? and he showed up in one. Plus, it is useful, if you think the flags are a better way of doing things than MeTa callouts, which some people definitely do.

So, is it just not useful because you disagree? Well, which offensive acronym should I use to tell you I disagree with you?
posted by shmegegge at 12:13 AM on April 28, 2005

Metafilter: of the web.
posted by shmegegge at 12:14 AM on April 28, 2005

Yeah, I can see your perspective, shmegegge. It's not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing; I just find it irritating. We disagree on this matter. Still, you're right that I was (mundanely) offensive. For that I apologize.
posted by squirrel at 2:51 AM on April 28, 2005

oh, squirrel. I still love you. C'mere ya big lug.
posted by shmegegge at 3:46 AM on April 28, 2005

MetaTalk: This is a MetaFilter debate waiting to happen, and nothing more.
posted by oaf at 3:48 AM on April 28, 2005

metafilter: this is nothing more
posted by quonsar at 5:29 AM on April 28, 2005

Metafilter: spit or swallow debate waiting to happen, and nothing more
posted by Mitheral at 6:31 AM on April 28, 2005

Sha-la-la-laaaaa
posted by squirrel at 6:34 AM on April 28, 2005

Ok i can't resist

Metafilter: spit or swallow
posted by dhruva at 6:51 AM on April 28, 2005

Metafilter: Talk the pain away.
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 7:14 AM on April 28, 2005

Metafilter: Can't flog this horse!
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 7:15 AM on April 28, 2005

JohnR's comment sounds like it means something, but it doesn't.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 7:41 AM on April 28, 2005

"Best of the web" does mean something. However, most of MeFi wouldn't know it if it kicked them in the spit or swallow.
posted by breezeway at 7:46 AM on April 28, 2005

Hardly the best of the web.

We lost this battle a long time ago. There are too many entrenched members churning out crap posts about pet causes, social injustices that you simply must hear all about, and otherwise using the site as their own personal soapboxes. Welcome to the new Metafilter.
posted by GeekAnimator at 9:25 AM on April 28, 2005

Metafilter: Welcome to the new Metafilter
posted by haqspan at 4:48 PM on April 28, 2005