Shoutout for the Mods

May 7, 2005 3:45 PM

I'd be remiss after publicly joining in the criticism of silent edits by the admins if I didn't publicly thank jessamyn for demonstrating that she does listen to complaints. Thanks jessamyn!
posted by orthogonality to etiquette/policy at 3:45 PM (11 comments total)

I agree.
posted by grouse at 4:08 PM on May 7, 2005

But we invaded Iraq to bring the the gift of democracy!

...oh. Um. Yeah, thanks, jessamyn!
posted by koeselitz at 4:18 PM on May 7, 2005

Yes, thank you kindly.
posted by spaghetti at 4:23 PM on May 7, 2005

"Silent" would indicate no notice that it happened.

Nice try, though, orthogonality. Why don't you just run your tongue right down the back of her trousers?
posted by I EAT TAPES at 4:35 PM on May 7, 2005

I EAT TAPES writes "'Silent' would indicate no notice that it happened."

"Silent" meaning an edit that wasn't noted as an edit, giving the impression that the text is the original text.


"Why don't you just run your tongue right down the back of her trousers?"

You eat TAPES and lint too?
posted by orthogonality at 4:51 PM on May 7, 2005

Get with the program!

MeTa is for snarking, settling scores, and suppressing posts that threaten your ideology, all under the guise of "protecting MetaFilter's traditions".

Its is not for friendly congratulatory accolades. Puh-leese.
posted by orthogonality at 9:49 AM PST on May 7 [!]

I mean -- I know you were joking, but Jesus -- same day?
posted by nthdegx at 5:33 PM on May 7, 2005

Someone is feeling lonely.
posted by justgary at 9:17 PM on May 7, 2005

Orthogonality isn't lonely. They're engaging in long-term meta-counter psychological operations akin to MKULTRA or COINTELPRO.

When you wake up to soundtrucks blaring Celine Dion mixed with scatological GG Allin rants and snippets of "numbers stations" combined with massive projections of rapid-fire images of exploding baby heads, moist and fluffy cake (made of fishmeal) and 50s era Sears undergarment photospreads it'll all be far too late.

But don't say I didn't warn you.

Me? I've got a whole buncha tinfoil, and am training to be an expert hatmaker.
posted by loquacious at 11:52 PM on May 7, 2005

Me? I've got a whole buncha tinfoil, and am training to be an expert hatmaker.

Consider this a pre-order.
posted by schyler523 at 12:17 AM on May 8, 2005

Do you do custom stuff? Because I would totally be into a gold-leaf kind of thing, with diamond-chip initials.

* B L I N G ! *
posted by taz at 3:27 AM on May 8, 2005

I do indeed do custom or contract foil-crinkling. And I've even got a roll of genuine NASA gold SpaceFoil(TM) on order. (Not any of that cheap lead foil stuff the Russian engineers eat, or even worse, Gold colored aluminized mylar.)

But being carbon-based, you don't want to use diamond chip for your spanktacular brain-protection blingage. Crystallized carbon resonates on a four-fold log scale with the carbon in your head, leading to rather messy explosions when the scanning and programming rays sweep over you.

However, I've just recieved shipment of a fine assortment of piezo-activated quartz products ranging from fine powders and dusts to attractively shiny rhinestone-sized bits on up to head-sized points that can be hollowed out and worn just like DEVO's most excellent (and hard to find and very often counterfeited) Energy Domes, but only shinier and more energetic. (Just don't wear them in the presence of The Atomic Cowboy, or he'll feed you live to his pit of specially bred of eyeless, hairless, genetically infantilized but oh-so-ravenous Pinkos.)
posted by loquacious at 3:57 PM on May 8, 2005