Random chatfilter of the day May 25, 2006 5:01 PM Subscribe
I love how all the nonsense questions get two posts: one on Ask, and then a callout on Talk.
Just flag it and move on.
posted by hooray at 5:04 PM on May 25, 2006
Just flag it and move on.
posted by hooray at 5:04 PM on May 25, 2006
The thing is, it is so bad, and so clearly out of the current norms that it makes me think zardoz is actively trying to push the envelope.
posted by mzurer at 5:06 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by mzurer at 5:06 PM on May 25, 2006
It's a dumb post, badly structured. But without the 'how many can you count in/poll of the day' stuff, it gets down to 'I want a list of numbers in different languages, can you help?', so I threw him Zompist's list. Hopefully that'll help.
posted by jacquilynne at 5:09 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by jacquilynne at 5:09 PM on May 25, 2006
Yes, and that's what Google or Babelfish are for. Numbers are hardly difficult to find in translation.
posted by occhiblu at 5:11 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by occhiblu at 5:11 PM on May 25, 2006
Random chatfilter of the day
i think there was a much more obvious candidate for that award today.
posted by sgt.serenity at 5:12 PM on May 25, 2006
i think there was a much more obvious candidate for that award today.
posted by sgt.serenity at 5:12 PM on May 25, 2006
Normally I would have flagged and moved on. But this... this is beyond chatfilter: stupid pollfilter.
posted by nathan_teske at 5:13 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by nathan_teske at 5:13 PM on May 25, 2006
Everyone who feels inclined, list their favorite chat filter clues. I'll start:
1.) Vague recruitment of everyone to chime in if they feel like, but no pressure, followed by offer to get the ball rolling with an answer to their own AskMe.
posted by justkevin at 5:15 PM on May 25, 2006
1.) Vague recruitment of everyone to chime in if they feel like, but no pressure, followed by offer to get the ball rolling with an answer to their own AskMe.
posted by justkevin at 5:15 PM on May 25, 2006
Wow. Can anyone top this one? I'll go first:
Hey AskMe, I was looking at my bellybutton fluff today, and it resembled Our Lord Jesus Christ, which deities have you seen in your navel?
posted by jack_mo at 5:18 PM on May 25, 2006
Hey AskMe, I was looking at my bellybutton fluff today, and it resembled Our Lord Jesus Christ, which deities have you seen in your navel?
posted by jack_mo at 5:18 PM on May 25, 2006
Yeah.....sometimes there seem to be two camps about these posts with both sides fighting over whether or not it warranted deletion.
Thankfully, the time of unification seems to have come. Let us put our past differences aside and unite as a people against this common cause.
Wow, holy crap is that a bad use of askme.
posted by Stunt at 5:22 PM on May 25, 2006
Thankfully, the time of unification seems to have come. Let us put our past differences aside and unite as a people against this common cause.
Wow, holy crap is that a bad use of askme.
posted by Stunt at 5:22 PM on May 25, 2006
Normally I would have flagged and moved on.
Why didn't you? "It was really, really bad" isn't much of a reason. We've had about eleventy-eight ChatFilter discussions in MeTa over the past ten days. What, exactly, is this thread supposed to accomplish that wouldn't have been achieved with a flag?
posted by cribcage at 5:26 PM on May 25, 2006
Why didn't you? "It was really, really bad" isn't much of a reason. We've had about eleventy-eight ChatFilter discussions in MeTa over the past ten days. What, exactly, is this thread supposed to accomplish that wouldn't have been achieved with a flag?
posted by cribcage at 5:26 PM on May 25, 2006
Yeah.....sometimes there seem to be two camps about these posts with both sides fighting over whether or not it warranted deletion.
I'll go first.
Oh, come on, if it was simply rephrased as 'Given that basic numeracy is essential to international travel, what are the numbers one to ten in the languages I am likely to encounter on my forthcoming trip around the world?' none of you would be calling for its deletion.
posted by jack_mo at 5:28 PM on May 25, 2006
I'll go first.
Oh, come on, if it was simply rephrased as 'Given that basic numeracy is essential to international travel, what are the numbers one to ten in the languages I am likely to encounter on my forthcoming trip around the world?' none of you would be calling for its deletion.
posted by jack_mo at 5:28 PM on May 25, 2006
Oh, and I'm with cribcage on this. With the exception of this thread allowing me to see the horror that is that use of askme, I don't really think that a meta thread is much needed.
It seems to so blatantly call for a deletion that a flag would probably get the job done pretty well. We seem to have enough chatfilter threads clogging up meta lately.
posted by Stunt at 5:28 PM on May 25, 2006
It seems to so blatantly call for a deletion that a flag would probably get the job done pretty well. We seem to have enough chatfilter threads clogging up meta lately.
posted by Stunt at 5:28 PM on May 25, 2006
It's illuminating to see all the doofi who actually posted in the thread.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:29 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:29 PM on May 25, 2006
jack_mo: no I probably wouldn't be calling for it's deletion then because it wouldn't have stood out as such a crappy use of askme. Currently though? ugh. I suppose it could be partially redeemed by being rephrased, but even then seems to be a little weak.
Besides, that's NOT what done. Your way does seem a hell of a lot less chatty I have to admit, but the current question seems to raise almost every chatfilter flag.
Seems I was wrong about the time of glorious unity. I shall go back and await the coming of our metafilter saviour.
posted by Stunt at 5:30 PM on May 25, 2006
Besides, that's NOT what done. Your way does seem a hell of a lot less chatty I have to admit, but the current question seems to raise almost every chatfilter flag.
Seems I was wrong about the time of glorious unity. I shall go back and await the coming of our metafilter saviour.
posted by Stunt at 5:30 PM on May 25, 2006
Spanish! And Basque!
Oh, shit. . . Wrong thread. What I meant to say was I laughed my ass off at how shamelessly chatty this was. At least take two seconds to construct a defensible question!
posted by veggieboy at 5:35 PM on May 25, 2006
Oh, shit. . . Wrong thread. What I meant to say was I laughed my ass off at how shamelessly chatty this was. At least take two seconds to construct a defensible question!
posted by veggieboy at 5:35 PM on May 25, 2006
Had it been rephrased, the difference would be legion: Instead of flagging I would have found a photo of Samuel L. Jackson and put "Google, Motherfucker! DO YOU SPEAK GOOGLE?!?" in a word bubble, and then posted that instead of the above.
posted by mzurer at 5:43 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by mzurer at 5:43 PM on May 25, 2006
Stunt - I was just pulling your leg. (There have been a lot of people quibbling over possible question-phrasing in recent threads on this topic.)
posted by jack_mo at 5:46 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by jack_mo at 5:46 PM on May 25, 2006
It's funny how chatfilter is always popular.
I suppose we are being denied it for our own good.
posted by fire&wings at 5:58 PM on May 25, 2006
I suppose we are being denied it for our own good.
posted by fire&wings at 5:58 PM on May 25, 2006
What are your favorite languages to count to ten. Here are mine.
That would have worked.
posted by justgary at 5:58 PM on May 25, 2006
That would have worked.
posted by justgary at 5:58 PM on May 25, 2006
Well, this is obviously chatfilter, and framed that way too, but on the other hand there is a 'legitimate' question in there as well.
It's like a chatfilter/problem-to-solve rolled into one. I guess we'll see if it gets deleted.
posted by delmoi at 6:10 PM on May 25, 2006
It's like a chatfilter/problem-to-solve rolled into one. I guess we'll see if it gets deleted.
posted by delmoi at 6:10 PM on May 25, 2006
Careful, justgary. Someone might think you meant that seriously.
posted by jack_mo at 6:21 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by jack_mo at 6:21 PM on May 25, 2006
Where is there a legitimate question?
If it's "I want to learn to count to ten in different languagues," then that's like "I want to learn Spanish. Start typing in Spanish below." It's silly.
(Has anyone linked this thread in that one?)
posted by occhiblu at 6:38 PM on May 25, 2006
If it's "I want to learn to count to ten in different languagues," then that's like "I want to learn Spanish. Start typing in Spanish below." It's silly.
(Has anyone linked this thread in that one?)
posted by occhiblu at 6:38 PM on May 25, 2006
"AskMe is for random polls about beer, not about languages."
posted by Wolfdog at 6:58 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by Wolfdog at 6:58 PM on May 25, 2006
I like to think of ChatFilter as the necessary evil that sustains the glory and wonder that is MetaTalk.
Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire MetaTalk.
posted by kcm at 7:16 PM on May 25, 2006
Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire MetaTalk.
posted by kcm at 7:16 PM on May 25, 2006
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posted by mzurer at 5:04 PM on May 25, 2006