May 20, 2005

2:24 PM

Where do MeFites live? I've been aware for a while of our denizens living in Chile and So. Korea, but recently have seen postings from Uganda and Japan as well. Is there any listing and/or breakdown of members' self-reported locations similar to the professions list?
posted by matildaben to MetaFilter-related at 2:24 PM (46 comments total)

No list that I'm aware of, but it would be nice to have one.

I'm in Mexico, BTW.
posted by Penks at 2:31 PM on May 20, 2005

Matt was going to put Long/Lat fields on the userpage, but that was pre-baby--i don't know if it's been shoved aside.
posted by amberglow at 2:47 PM on May 20, 2005

Don't worry; he'll have a lot more time this summer.

*Starts growing first tooth.*
posted by mathowie's baby at 3:26 PM on May 20, 2005

I'm in a house.
posted by five fresh fish at 4:21 PM on May 20, 2005

I'm currently living inside a saguaro cactus. It's like two thousand years old or something.

Don't listen to five fresh fish; He lives under a bridge.
posted by loquacious at 4:39 PM on May 20, 2005

Good question. I am going to visit family in Quebec this Summer & there is no way to search for Canadian Mefites by province or anything.
posted by MLIS at 4:43 PM on May 20, 2005

I'm in your house
posted by eyeballkid at 4:58 PM on May 20, 2005

eyeballkid- that actually gave me the creeps. Well done.
posted by BoringPostcards at 5:29 PM on May 20, 2005

Funny, I'm in eyeballkid's house.

He's got some great games.
posted by yhbc at 5:35 PM on May 20, 2005

I'm actually standing naked in a field far away from any of you weirdos.

The sky is pretty here.
posted by cmonkey at 6:02 PM on May 20, 2005

Wait, there's a naked man in the field outside the window . . .
posted by yhbc at 6:09 PM on May 20, 2005

Matt was going to put Long/Lat fields on the userpage, ...
*Groans weakly in support of this long-awaited pony, with little hope of success.*

I live in a world inside my head. The real world was too mean and nasty, so I retreated here and am quite content to stay forever.
posted by dg at 6:20 PM on May 20, 2005

I am in a field west of a white house.
posted by jenovus at 6:47 PM on May 20, 2005

Where do MeFites live?

In a huge habitrail in matt's basement.

*pees in wood shavings*
posted by jonmc at 7:36 PM on May 20, 2005

habitrails!

/feels old
posted by amberglow at 7:49 PM on May 20, 2005

*pokes amberglow with cane*

Stop hackin me a kup, Matlock's on!
posted by jonmc at 8:01 PM on May 20, 2005

I live inside your computer. Jeez, don't you ever get sick of porn?
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen at 11:18 PM on May 20, 2005

I'm on the grassy knoll. Nice. Cool. Grassy.
posted by arse_hat at 11:45 PM on May 20, 2005

I used to live in The Moment, but it got pretty crowded so I moved out.

Now I'm living in a Dream World, which is nice and all, but I'm thinking of re-locating to Sin; most of the people I've talked to who are living in sin seem to be pretty happy with it, for the most part.
posted by taz at 12:55 AM on May 21, 2005

Living? The rest of you are living?
posted by Cranberry at 1:20 AM on May 21, 2005

Kathmandu, at least for the next week when my visa extensions finally peter out. It's hot here today, the sun shining white on the ground. Meant to head north this morning to Betrawati, a small village on the Trishuli river, but today is the second day of a Maoist strike so no buses are leaving the Kathmandu valley.
posted by blueberry at 1:22 AM on May 21, 2005

I'm on the grassy knoll. Nice. Cool. Grassy.

I'm not, but I went there once -- with thomcatspike and ufezjones. unforgettable day.
posted by matteo at 2:05 AM on May 21, 2005

Born and raised in the US, but I live in Greece now.
posted by the_savage_mind at 5:24 AM on May 21, 2005

The self-reported locations part makes any of these pony requests moot. We wouldn't have to always ask where one another is if people would report on where they are. More often than not a user's page is blank.

For the time being I am where my profile says I am. Hopefully I will be somewhere else by the end of the summer.
posted by terrapin at 5:53 AM on May 21, 2005

The self-reported locations part makes any of these pony requests moot.
you can't automate processing of a user-formatted chunk of text. lat/long would allow you to do cool stuff like plot maps of conversations.
posted by andrew cooke at 6:57 AM on May 21, 2005

the_savage_mind, we totally have to have an Athens meetup of two (or, three, if we can get talos in on this); I have to come to Athens in the near future to take care of some business... Wanna meetup?
posted by taz at 7:45 AM on May 21, 2005

"The posts are coming from the upstairs computer! Get out of the house now!"
posted by klangklangston at 7:49 AM on May 21, 2005

I live in Mathowie's "Mefi Home for Wayward Boys & Girls".
posted by Tarrama at 8:15 AM on May 21, 2005

I'm a script that Mathowie set up.
posted by orange swan at 8:25 AM on May 21, 2005

"The posts are coming from the upstairs computer! Get out of the house now!"

"Have you checked the userpage? Go upstairs and check the userpage..."

*shivers*
posted by amberglow at 8:40 AM on May 21, 2005

taz, I'd love to! Just let me know ahead of time, and it's on.
posted by the_savage_mind at 10:45 AM on May 21, 2005

Orea!
posted by taz at 11:08 AM on May 21, 2005

"I am in a field west of a white house."

>TAKE JENOVUS

You cannot take the jenovus.

>READ JENOVUS

The jenovus is covered in what appears to be Aramaic symbols.

>I EAT TAPES

I do not understand.
posted by I EAT TAPES at 1:09 PM on May 21, 2005

i live in denial
posted by joelf at 1:09 PM on May 21, 2005

I suddenly feel as though I am going to be eaten by a tape eater.
posted by loquacious at 2:02 PM on May 21, 2005

I live in the details.
posted by cyphill at 6:22 PM on May 21, 2005

I'm in the Mexico Of The North
posted by furtive at 6:49 PM on May 21, 2005

live? live? i just survive.
posted by dhruva at 1:03 AM on May 22, 2005

Mexico of the far east. Represent!
posted by mexican at 7:37 PM on May 22, 2005

the devil is in the details
posted by warbaby at 9:48 PM on May 22, 2005

I am, I think.
posted by Dagobert at 12:54 AM on May 23, 2005

I am, I said.
posted by amberglow at 5:21 AM on May 23, 2005

No one cares, amber.

Not even the chair.
posted by yhbc at 6:25 AM on May 23, 2005

I am, I cried.
I am, said I.
And I am lost,
and I can't
even say why.
posted by grateful at 6:44 AM on May 23, 2005

oh, now I'm getting sad! and I got an emptiness deep inside.
posted by taz at 7:43 AM on May 23, 2005

I am not used to getting so Existential while in a Meta State of Mind.

Remind me of a joke:

René Descartes walks into a restaurant and orders a meal.

When he is done the waiter walks up to him and asks, "Monsieur Descartes, would you care for coffee?"

Descartes thinks then says "I think not." and promptly disappears.
posted by Dagobert at 11:32 PM on May 23, 2005