It's no longer my concern June 8, 2006 7:04 AM Subscribe
"I'm not going to debate this with you or anyone else. In fact, as of today, I'm officially retiring the all-seeing eye dog from MetaFilter, and from the blogosphere more generally, out of protest. As long as I've been a guest here, I've always tried to tell the truth as I see it, and that's all I could ever really hope to do. Beyond that, it's your choice whether to see what's happening for what it really is or not. It's no longer my concern. Goodbye, and thanks for the many great discussions I've been privileged to have with you all."
I'm so outraged at this I am leaving forever.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:08 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:08 AM on June 8, 2006
I'm back!
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:08 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:08 AM on June 8, 2006
I just don't know.
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:20 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:20 AM on June 8, 2006
Are we allowed to say "drama queen" yet? It would be mighty helpful if we could.
posted by purephase at 7:28 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by purephase at 7:28 AM on June 8, 2006
Like I said in the thread: Huh?
What bought this on? Can anyone fill in the gaps?
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:30 AM on June 8, 2006
What bought this on? Can anyone fill in the gaps?
posted by uncanny hengeman at 7:30 AM on June 8, 2006
Man. I just started writing "I'm Leaving And I'm Never Coming Back (Oh And Another Thing)" yesterday afternoon. Clearly, Metafilter is the electronic byproduct of my creative process.
posted by cortex at 7:32 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by cortex at 7:32 AM on June 8, 2006
I saw this purse in Taos, NM, and thought of MetaFilter.
posted by ewagoner at 7:32 AM on June 8, 2006
Do we have to have a Meta thread for everybody who promises to leave, even though the majority of them actually come back? And, OK, if we do, could we limit it to people who've been here more than a year and a half?
posted by soyjoy at 7:37 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by soyjoy at 7:37 AM on June 8, 2006
What bought this on?
It took me a while but it seems he asserted that Zarqawi had secretly been in custody and was killed now to take the political heat off Bush. When someone scoffed mildly, the stalking-off-in-an-amusing-huff ensued.
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:40 AM on June 8, 2006
It took me a while but it seems he asserted that Zarqawi had secretly been in custody and was killed now to take the political heat off Bush. When someone scoffed mildly, the stalking-off-in-an-amusing-huff ensued.
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:40 AM on June 8, 2006
Wow, I clicked through to find out more and found out asd is batshitinsane anyway. "This has crossed the line into treason," indeed!
posted by OmieWise at 7:43 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 7:43 AM on June 8, 2006
I tried clicking the link on ewagoner's purse, but it doesn't do anything. (firefox 1.0.6 on linux)
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:43 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:43 AM on June 8, 2006
I think his stalking off took at least a minute-and-a-huff, Cunning.
posted by jonmc at 7:43 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by jonmc at 7:43 AM on June 8, 2006
One less sock-puppet.
posted by crunchland at 7:44 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by crunchland at 7:44 AM on June 8, 2006
Remember the good old days, when people would stalk off in an amusing huff after spewing invective for dozens of posts in MetaTalk?
Good times, good times.
posted by Floydd at 7:46 AM on June 8, 2006
Good times, good times.
posted by Floydd at 7:46 AM on June 8, 2006
Well, this will give him more time for his blog, which hasn't been updated since March 2005.
posted by languagehat at 7:50 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by languagehat at 7:50 AM on June 8, 2006
Yeah Floydd, I feel somewhat cheated.
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:50 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:50 AM on June 8, 2006
You know, I woke up this morning and I swear the radio was talking about how mathowie had been killed in Iraq. That is all.
posted by stet at 8:00 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by stet at 8:00 AM on June 8, 2006
If I Had An Anus: "I tried clicking the link on ewagoner's purse, but it doesn't do anything. "
It's, uh, just a picture of a purse.
What did you expect it to do? I'm still looking for a good idea for Rails Day.
posted by ewagoner at 8:01 AM on June 8, 2006
It's, uh, just a picture of a purse.
What did you expect it to do? I'm still looking for a good idea for Rails Day.
posted by ewagoner at 8:01 AM on June 8, 2006
allseeingeyedog has been gone from metafilter for over a year now. He was one of the high-value mefites banned and sockpuppeted by matthowie for network security reasons.
Because there's a lot of political heat on Matt at the moment, he staged a limp flameout (with the help of the treasonous brownpau), brought us into meta, where we're now making a triumphant noise about it.
Wake up, folks.
posted by kosem at 8:06 AM on June 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
Because there's a lot of political heat on Matt at the moment, he staged a limp flameout (with the help of the treasonous brownpau), brought us into meta, where we're now making a triumphant noise about it.
Wake up, folks.
posted by kosem at 8:06 AM on June 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
Yes, he was going to plant asd's dead body in the mefimobile and crash it into Fark.
posted by cortex at 8:07 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by cortex at 8:07 AM on June 8, 2006
Thanks, CunningLinguist. So it was that simple.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 8:08 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by uncanny hengeman at 8:08 AM on June 8, 2006
Wait, so this all-seeing eye, it's on the FRONT of the dog?
No WONDER the one I was staring at never blinked....
posted by Floydd at 8:17 AM on June 8, 2006
No WONDER the one I was staring at never blinked....
posted by Floydd at 8:17 AM on June 8, 2006
he's been shot by the guys in the black helicopters, who thoughtfully left that last message so we wouldn't be suspicious
you'll have to excuse me for awhile now ... my electric toothbrush is once again trying to contact the nsa and i must shove it into the wall socket to be safe
posted by pyramid termite at 8:18 AM on June 8, 2006
you'll have to excuse me for awhile now ... my electric toothbrush is once again trying to contact the nsa and i must shove it into the wall socket to be safe
posted by pyramid termite at 8:18 AM on June 8, 2006
People used to make the same "tinfoil" cracks about:
1) institutionalized torture centers
2) the 2004 election was stolen
3) outright lying and fraud by the president pre-Iraq invasion
4) NSA warrantless spying on citizens within the country
5) secret rendition programs
Coming soon to the formerly-conspiracy-theory-now-fact list:
6) contractors/mi6/white people posing as insurgents and planting bombs
7) oh shit we really shouldn't have let Nixon move us to Bretton Woods II
8) (pre-emptive irony strike) OMG sylphs vs. chemtrails vs. Trilateral greys! l0lz0rs!
posted by sonofsamiam at 8:30 AM on June 8, 2006
1) institutionalized torture centers
2) the 2004 election was stolen
3) outright lying and fraud by the president pre-Iraq invasion
4) NSA warrantless spying on citizens within the country
5) secret rendition programs
Coming soon to the formerly-conspiracy-theory-now-fact list:
6) contractors/mi6/white people posing as insurgents and planting bombs
7) oh shit we really shouldn't have let Nixon move us to Bretton Woods II
8) (pre-emptive irony strike) OMG sylphs vs. chemtrails vs. Trilateral greys! l0lz0rs!
posted by sonofsamiam at 8:30 AM on June 8, 2006
My fourth thought after seeing the headline about the "dead bearded guy" was, "oh I wonder how this will be dealt on Metafilter. Probably a bunch of flaming, some verbose outrage about how we should all be happy, some '.', some conspiracy stuff and definitely a Metatalk post about the whole thing."
All that's missing is an ask.metafilter question, like... "how does one would identify a burnt and destroyed body by its fingerprints?", and then watch the ensuing cyclical mess.
posted by gsb at 8:33 AM on June 8, 2006
All that's missing is an ask.metafilter question, like... "how does one would identify a burnt and destroyed body by its fingerprints?", and then watch the ensuing cyclical mess.
posted by gsb at 8:33 AM on June 8, 2006
Yet another person I had no idea existed prior to his flame-out.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 8:34 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by Saucy Intruder at 8:34 AM on June 8, 2006
promising to quite MeFi is like promising to quit alcohol. Unless you are in a 12 step program it ain't happening. Sooner or later you come back to the nectar
posted by edgeways at 8:45 AM on June 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by edgeways at 8:45 AM on June 8, 2006 [1 favorite]
Call me when ceiling cat starts pleading with the all seeing eye dog to stay.
That would be pretty awesome.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:50 AM on June 8, 2006
That would be pretty awesome.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:50 AM on June 8, 2006
I have been thinking lately of retiring ol' mischief, who first appeared on bbs's and commercial services back in 1984. Hell, the old boy had run his course arguing with christians (both right- and left-wing) before Mosaic emerged on the scene.
Not for any one reason, and not only because debates are cyclical, moreso that after 20 years of analysis shared among so many other viewpoints, world events themselves have become predictable for me with a fair amount of accuracy.
Now I just wanna play poker and chase chicks 15 years younger than me.
Nah, I still need something to do while drinking my coffee...
posted by mischief at 8:51 AM on June 8, 2006
Not for any one reason, and not only because debates are cyclical, moreso that after 20 years of analysis shared among so many other viewpoints, world events themselves have become predictable for me with a fair amount of accuracy.
Now I just wanna play poker and chase chicks 15 years younger than me.
Nah, I still need something to do while drinking my coffee...
posted by mischief at 8:51 AM on June 8, 2006
i suppose i can make one last post here, too, since this isn't MetaFilter proper. I'm not leaving because I'm outraged or in a huff; rest assured, I'm completely calm right now. I just don't have anything more to say, as I explained. and now, i'm gone. thanks again.
posted by all-seeing eye dog at 9:07 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by all-seeing eye dog at 9:07 AM on June 8, 2006
Write if you get work.
posted by Divine_Wino at 9:11 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by Divine_Wino at 9:11 AM on June 8, 2006
Well, with an atitude like that you won't last long around here....
posted by Floydd at 9:12 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by Floydd at 9:12 AM on June 8, 2006
One less bell to answer.
One less egg to fry.
One less man to pick up after. Oh, I should be happy, but all I do is cry! Though I try to forget, it just cant be done. Each time the doorbell rings I still run. I dont know how in the world to stop thinking of him, cuz I still love him so I end each day the way I start out... crying my heart out.
Oh, one less man to pick up after. No more laughter, no more love. Since he went, oh, he went away. Tell me, why did he leave?!
posted by crunchland at 9:19 AM on June 8, 2006
One less egg to fry.
One less man to pick up after. Oh, I should be happy, but all I do is cry! Though I try to forget, it just cant be done. Each time the doorbell rings I still run. I dont know how in the world to stop thinking of him, cuz I still love him so I end each day the way I start out... crying my heart out.
Oh, one less man to pick up after. No more laughter, no more love. Since he went, oh, he went away. Tell me, why did he leave?!
posted by crunchland at 9:19 AM on June 8, 2006
Well, crap. It doesn't work if you come back and comment. That just means you're getting off on the attention, you jackass. Go. Good riddance.
posted by crunchland at 9:21 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by crunchland at 9:21 AM on June 8, 2006
I just don't have anything more to say, as I explained.
What crunchland said.
posted by vacapinta at 9:30 AM on June 8, 2006
What crunchland said.
posted by vacapinta at 9:30 AM on June 8, 2006
hey guys let's pile on him because someone posted a thread and he said he was leaving hooray
ugh close this thread
posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:33 AM on June 8, 2006
ugh close this thread
posted by Optimus Chyme at 9:33 AM on June 8, 2006
Hello, I must be going. I cannot stay, I came to say I must be going. I'm glad I came, but just the same I must be going... I'll stay a week or two. I'll stay the summer through. But I am telling you...
I must be going.
posted by crunchland at 9:40 AM on June 8, 2006
I must be going.
posted by crunchland at 9:40 AM on June 8, 2006
Now that he is retired, I have a feeling that he is going to hang around the house all day driving his wife crazy.... following her to the supermarket, telling her how fold t-shirts more efficiently, explaining the "real" meaning behind everything. God help the poor woman.
posted by R. Mutt at 9:42 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by R. Mutt at 9:42 AM on June 8, 2006
I'm not leaving because I'm outraged or in a huff; rest assured, I'm completely calm right now. I just don't have anything more to say, as I explained.
If that were actually true, you wouldn't have announced it at all; you would have just left without any comment.
And sheesh, barely over 500 comments hardly qualifies you to Leave In A Huff. I have over three times as many and I'm not so vain as to think I'm well-known enough that anyone here would care if I left.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 10:05 AM on June 8, 2006
If that were actually true, you wouldn't have announced it at all; you would have just left without any comment.
And sheesh, barely over 500 comments hardly qualifies you to Leave In A Huff. I have over three times as many and I'm not so vain as to think I'm well-known enough that anyone here would care if I left.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 10:05 AM on June 8, 2006
Blogosphere legend all-seeing eye dog, who has not been seen in public for nine years, is debating fellow webmasters anonymously on the web, according to a newspaper report.
All-seeing eye dog retreated from public view after a public announcement in June of 2006.
Since then his whereabouts have remained a mystery and he has surfaced only once - in 2009 - to attend a Web 3.0 conference.
A member of the community site MetaFilter, who insisted on anonyminity, claims he was almost certain he had encountered all-seeing eye dog on the web. The MeFite said he was initially sceptical when told by an AJAX developer last year that all-seeing eye dog had been conversing via text-to-voice based VOIP channels on a peer-to-peer server.
Our anonymous source claimes to have suspected a hoax, that a modified ALICE bot algorythm may have been instituted in all-seeing eye dog's name by an adoring fan.
Further investigation into the matter had convinced the MetaFilter member that indeed, all-seeing eye dog is in fact posting online after so many years' absence.
The long-reclusive all-seeing eye dog declined an interview, but sources close to the internet figure discount any inferrence of all-seeing eye dog's return to the digirati.
posted by Smart Dalek at 10:14 AM on June 8, 2006
All-seeing eye dog retreated from public view after a public announcement in June of 2006.
Since then his whereabouts have remained a mystery and he has surfaced only once - in 2009 - to attend a Web 3.0 conference.
A member of the community site MetaFilter, who insisted on anonyminity, claims he was almost certain he had encountered all-seeing eye dog on the web. The MeFite said he was initially sceptical when told by an AJAX developer last year that all-seeing eye dog had been conversing via text-to-voice based VOIP channels on a peer-to-peer server.
Our anonymous source claimes to have suspected a hoax, that a modified ALICE bot algorythm may have been instituted in all-seeing eye dog's name by an adoring fan.
Further investigation into the matter had convinced the MetaFilter member that indeed, all-seeing eye dog is in fact posting online after so many years' absence.
The long-reclusive all-seeing eye dog declined an interview, but sources close to the internet figure discount any inferrence of all-seeing eye dog's return to the digirati.
posted by Smart Dalek at 10:14 AM on June 8, 2006
That's what I wondered.
posted by CunningLinguist at 10:34 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by CunningLinguist at 10:34 AM on June 8, 2006
Wow--I drove someone away from Metafilter?! I think of myself as a pretty mild poster as these things go. But maybe I have powers unknown?
Don't fuck with me boys.
posted by LarryC at 10:38 AM on June 8, 2006
Don't fuck with me boys.
posted by LarryC at 10:38 AM on June 8, 2006
That's it Larry, I'm sick of your shit and I'm leaving!
posted by OmieWise at 10:41 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by OmieWise at 10:41 AM on June 8, 2006
Acute rage fatigue perhaps. But a quixotic gesture at best. Fly and be free ASD and let this accursed administration trouble you no more.
posted by Skygazer at 10:52 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by Skygazer at 10:52 AM on June 8, 2006
Every time an eye dog flames out, another ceiling cat gets its wings.
posted by Marnie at 11:16 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by Marnie at 11:16 AM on June 8, 2006
Oh, wait, no I'm not, that was just gas.
Aha, so that's my special power! Now I need a logo. And a costume. With a cape. And some cool wheels. And...
posted by LarryC at 11:16 AM on June 8, 2006
Aha, so that's my special power! Now I need a logo. And a costume. With a cape. And some cool wheels. And...
posted by LarryC at 11:16 AM on June 8, 2006
What grouse said.
I regret nothing.
I work all day with a shmuck whose homepage is Prison Fucking Planet and who berates me when I scoff at his certainty that the Jews - who control all the money in the world - want a one world currency called the Amereuro.
"But, if they already control all the money, why do they need to... ?"
"Open your eyes!!!"
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean my deep freeze. And again, I regret nothing.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:27 AM on June 8, 2006
I regret nothing.
I work all day with a shmuck whose homepage is Prison Fucking Planet and who berates me when I scoff at his certainty that the Jews - who control all the money in the world - want a one world currency called the Amereuro.
"But, if they already control all the money, why do they need to... ?"
"Open your eyes!!!"
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean my deep freeze. And again, I regret nothing.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:27 AM on June 8, 2006
That's it Omie, I'm sick of your gas and I'm leaving!
posted by arcticwoman at 11:33 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by arcticwoman at 11:33 AM on June 8, 2006
Oh, wait, no I'm not, that was just Larry's super power.
posted by arcticwoman at 11:34 AM on June 8, 2006
posted by arcticwoman at 11:34 AM on June 8, 2006
I just don't have anything more to say, as I explained. and now, i'm gone.
I've never had anything to say, and you don't see me storming off in a tizzy.
posted by jack_mo at 12:12 PM on June 8, 2006
I've never had anything to say, and you don't see me storming off in a tizzy.
posted by jack_mo at 12:12 PM on June 8, 2006
"He soon sailed for Greece to take part in the rebellion against the Turks. In February of 1824, he suffered a small stroke, probably brought on by a combination of drinking and stress. On April 9 he was caught in the rain while out riding and became ill. George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron, died of fever on April 19, 1824 at the age of thirty-six. While he was revered as a hero to the Greeks, his reputation was still tarnished in England, even eight years after he had left. Both St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey refused him funeral services. He was eventually buried in the family tomb at Hucknall Torkard."
That, friends, is how you make an exit.
posted by bardic at 12:42 PM on June 8, 2006
That, friends, is how you make an exit.
posted by bardic at 12:42 PM on June 8, 2006
Who?
posted by thirteenkiller at 1:14 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 1:14 PM on June 8, 2006
all-seeing eye dog has posted 12 links and 520 comments to MetaFilter
and no threads and 5 comments to MetaTalk
and 1 question and 4 answers to Ask MetaFilter
And he's already burned out? Wimp.
posted by scarabic at 1:25 PM on June 8, 2006
and no threads and 5 comments to MetaTalk
and 1 question and 4 answers to Ask MetaFilter
And he's already burned out? Wimp.
posted by scarabic at 1:25 PM on June 8, 2006
1 down, 30,000 to go.
Let's roll.
posted by Ryvar at 1:41 PM CST on June 8
Dude, you'll never get me Ryvar the Destroyer.
posted by dios at 1:39 PM on June 8, 2006
Let's roll.
posted by Ryvar at 1:41 PM CST on June 8
Dude, you'll never get me Ryvar the Destroyer.
posted by dios at 1:39 PM on June 8, 2006
I know man. I wonder if he knows that if you make it to 50 links and 1000 comments you get a free web enabled toaster oven?
posted by loquacious at 1:39 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by loquacious at 1:39 PM on June 8, 2006
Web-enabled, sure, but just try and not to burn your bagel in it.
posted by sonofsamiam at 1:49 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by sonofsamiam at 1:49 PM on June 8, 2006
Web-enabled, sure, but just try and not to burn your bagel in it.
The problem I had was script-kiddies kept DDOS'ing, so it couldn't pop up my English muffin in time. Sometimes it would burn, sometimes the heating elements wouldn't even come on.
On a lighter note, one morning it played a midi of "Godzilla". On a darker note, twice it fired flaming, burnt-black hockey pucks into the side of the refrigerator (in what I suspect was an attempt to infect other devices in the kitchen).
posted by Dunwitty at 2:06 PM on June 8, 2006
The problem I had was script-kiddies kept DDOS'ing, so it couldn't pop up my English muffin in time. Sometimes it would burn, sometimes the heating elements wouldn't even come on.
On a lighter note, one morning it played a midi of "Godzilla". On a darker note, twice it fired flaming, burnt-black hockey pucks into the side of the refrigerator (in what I suspect was an attempt to infect other devices in the kitchen).
posted by Dunwitty at 2:06 PM on June 8, 2006
I know man. I wonder if he knows that if you make it to 50 links and 1000 comments you get a free web enabled toaster oven?
That explains it, Loquacious. When I hadn't seen Jonmc around here for awhile, it's because he was buried under an avalanche of web-enabled toater ovens. Makes perfect sense when you think about it.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 2:08 PM on June 8, 2006
That explains it, Loquacious. When I hadn't seen Jonmc around here for awhile, it's because he was buried under an avalanche of web-enabled toater ovens. Makes perfect sense when you think about it.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 2:08 PM on June 8, 2006
KevinSkomsvold has posted 83 links and 1244 comments to MetaFilter
And speaking of toaster ovens..... Matt?
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 2:09 PM on June 8, 2006
And speaking of toaster ovens..... Matt?
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 2:09 PM on June 8, 2006
Goddam it, suddenly it's PC to make fun of toaster-oven winning? I am out of here-- the everichon MeFi boycott starts NOW.
posted by everichon at 2:29 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by everichon at 2:29 PM on June 8, 2006
Maaaaaatt! everichon let the screendoor hit his ass on the way oooouuutt!
posted by cortex at 2:38 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by cortex at 2:38 PM on June 8, 2006
Bye, whoever you are.
Please, that gets called out? MeFi has had some epic exits; this isn't even near the same league...
posted by mkultra at 3:31 PM on June 8, 2006
Please, that gets called out? MeFi has had some epic exits; this isn't even near the same league...
posted by mkultra at 3:31 PM on June 8, 2006
Perhaps he was calling out the poor effort, as if to say, this? This is the best we can do? This is a flameout? Lo, he did not even think to take his football with him!
posted by cortex at 3:32 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by cortex at 3:32 PM on June 8, 2006
I'd've thought the only possible explanation for the post is that all-seeing whoeverthefuckheis is brownpau's sock-puppet. It's sort of a meta-flameout.
posted by jack_mo at 3:46 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by jack_mo at 3:46 PM on June 8, 2006
I think we should find out where he is going next, and then every last one of us quit here and start posting there in a show of MeFite solidarity.
(this is a joke, seriously)
posted by Kickstart70 at 4:41 PM on June 8, 2006
(this is a joke, seriously)
posted by Kickstart70 at 4:41 PM on June 8, 2006
does anyone else find themselves spending more time reading MeTa than MeFi nowadays? I mean, there's nice stuff on the blue and all, but meta is just the main reason i even come by anymore.
posted by shmegegge at 5:06 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by shmegegge at 5:06 PM on June 8, 2006
(this is a joke, seriously)
Yeah, but it's a better one if we actually do it...
posted by mkultra at 5:11 PM on June 8, 2006
Yeah, but it's a better one if we actually do it...
posted by mkultra at 5:11 PM on June 8, 2006
MeTa has been more fun than MeFi since approximately September 2004.
posted by A dead Quaker at 7:00 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by A dead Quaker at 7:00 PM on June 8, 2006
Actually I was calling out a double-post, but in style, by focusing on the absolute best comment in the thread.
posted by brownpau at 8:46 PM on June 8, 2006
posted by brownpau at 8:46 PM on June 8, 2006
Meh. Guy's had enough, he's had enough. You don't like the movie, you get up and leave.
He's said all he's gonna say.
...alright.
I will say though, rob paxon's cat graphic startled the crap out of me. So I'm spooked outa this thread.
posted by Smedleyman at 10:11 PM on June 8, 2006
He's said all he's gonna say.
...alright.
I will say though, rob paxon's cat graphic startled the crap out of me. So I'm spooked outa this thread.
posted by Smedleyman at 10:11 PM on June 8, 2006
You can play tennis with a gay person.
Really!
posted by uncanny hengeman at 10:57 PM on June 8, 2006
Really!
posted by uncanny hengeman at 10:57 PM on June 8, 2006
"does anyone else find themselves spending more time reading MeTa than MeFi nowadays? I mean, there's nice stuff on the blue and all, but meta is just the main reason i even come by anymore."
As a newbie in the spring and summer of '04, I recall thinking that the portion of MeFites who hang out mostly in MeTa represent a degenerate faction. Finding myself among them today in '06, I still think that might be true.
But there's no denying that once you've been around long enough (or paid attention closely enough) to really have a sense of familiarity with the many high-profile personalities around here, MeTa starts to be much more interesting. It's that human attraction to interpersonal conflict and drama. What do the other primates do when two of them get into fights and whatnot?
I was looking at the contrib index yesterday (and I've dropped out of the top-ten; so has y2karl) and while Smedlyman is in the top ten, what's really interesting is that he's posted almost nothing in MetaTalk and thus his number of comments in the blue actually place him on the list of top number of comments there. He's the only person post-2003, as far as I could tell, to appear there. So if participating mostly in MeTa is bad, then props to Smedlyman.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 6:15 AM on June 9, 2006
As a newbie in the spring and summer of '04, I recall thinking that the portion of MeFites who hang out mostly in MeTa represent a degenerate faction. Finding myself among them today in '06, I still think that might be true.
But there's no denying that once you've been around long enough (or paid attention closely enough) to really have a sense of familiarity with the many high-profile personalities around here, MeTa starts to be much more interesting. It's that human attraction to interpersonal conflict and drama. What do the other primates do when two of them get into fights and whatnot?
I was looking at the contrib index yesterday (and I've dropped out of the top-ten; so has y2karl) and while Smedlyman is in the top ten, what's really interesting is that he's posted almost nothing in MetaTalk and thus his number of comments in the blue actually place him on the list of top number of comments there. He's the only person post-2003, as far as I could tell, to appear there. So if participating mostly in MeTa is bad, then props to Smedlyman.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 6:15 AM on June 9, 2006
Man, if participating mostly in MeTa is bad, I don't want to be, uh, not bad.
posted by cortex at 6:17 AM on June 9, 2006
posted by cortex at 6:17 AM on June 9, 2006
It's somewhat natural. First you have the shiny new thing, and that's enough... but then you get more interested in how the shiny thing works, and that's cool. Then maybe you try your hand at modding it, or testing it's limits, or subverting it. Then, soon enough, you find yourself urinating on the shiny new thing, and then you are defecating on it, and screaming, "HAH! Not so shiny any more, are you? ARE YOU?!!!'
That's natural, right?
posted by taz at 7:27 AM on June 9, 2006 [1 favorite]
That's natural, right?
posted by taz at 7:27 AM on June 9, 2006 [1 favorite]
Well, yeah.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:10 AM on June 9, 2006
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 8:10 AM on June 9, 2006
does anyone else find themselves spending more time reading MeTa than MeFi nowadays?
I have a horrible feeling that before I had an account, I lurked on MeTa more than MeFi.
posted by jack_mo at 8:56 AM on June 9, 2006
I have a horrible feeling that before I had an account, I lurked on MeTa more than MeFi.
posted by jack_mo at 8:56 AM on June 9, 2006
I recall thinking that the portion of MeFites who hang out mostly in MeTa represent a degenerate faction.
That is so true. Those of us who read or post this far down in a MeTa thread are bad people.
posted by LarryC at 10:18 AM on June 9, 2006
That is so true. Those of us who read or post this far down in a MeTa thread are bad people.
posted by LarryC at 10:18 AM on June 9, 2006
I only read MeTa threads looking for new and interesting heads poking out of ceilings.
posted by absalom at 10:34 AM on June 9, 2006
posted by absalom at 10:34 AM on June 9, 2006
Surely there's many a photo of Migs out there.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:36 AM on June 9, 2006
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:36 AM on June 9, 2006
Except to be accurate, the animated gif would have to show Migs popping his head out of the ceiling about twenty times a minute for about 45 minutes, then once every five minutes after that. Oh, and sipping a martini.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:38 AM on June 9, 2006
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:38 AM on June 9, 2006
Maybe someone could do a post to the blue (no, I don't have time, its the call-outers that have time) about the history of metafilter exits. I'm not here enough to get the personalities and understand the history of the banned boys and the cry babies... but I'd like to read about the drama... in a condensed form... purely from a scholarly perspective... just the funny bits...
posted by ewkpates at 11:55 AM on June 9, 2006
posted by ewkpates at 11:55 AM on June 9, 2006
If anybody wants to hook me up with some references, I'll do that for refi.
posted by cortex at 12:02 PM on June 9, 2006
posted by cortex at 12:02 PM on June 9, 2006
Oh, all-seeing eye dog, we hardly knew ye.
(Who was he, again? W--was he the one who was sleeping with your sister? Was that the connection? I'm a little hazy; help me out here.)
posted by antifreez_ at 12:47 PM on June 9, 2006
(Who was he, again? W--was he the one who was sleeping with your sister? Was that the connection? I'm a little hazy; help me out here.)
posted by antifreez_ at 12:47 PM on June 9, 2006
and I've dropped out of the top-ten...
Well, um,
10 6.74 Smedleyman
11 6.56 Ethereal Bligh
Just barely.
On the other hand, at
17 5.60 y2karl
I have been off the top ten since sometime in 2005.
member since: April 2, 2004
Ethereal Bligh has posted 7 links and 2119 comments to MetaFilter and 12 threads and 2569 comments to MetaTalk
EB has 450 more comments in the gray than in the blue.
Now, if there were a MetaTalk Top Ten Contributors list...
On the other hand, With 4200 odd comments more in the blue than in the gray, .if participating mostly in MeTa is bad, then props to y2karl, too.
posted by y2karl at 2:05 PM on June 9, 2006
Well, um,
10 6.74 Smedleyman
11 6.56 Ethereal Bligh
Just barely.
On the other hand, at
17 5.60 y2karl
I have been off the top ten since sometime in 2005.
member since: April 2, 2004
Ethereal Bligh has posted 7 links and 2119 comments to MetaFilter and 12 threads and 2569 comments to MetaTalk
EB has 450 more comments in the gray than in the blue.
Now, if there were a MetaTalk Top Ten Contributors list...
On the other hand, With 4200 odd comments more in the blue than in the gray, .if participating mostly in MeTa is bad, then props to y2karl, too.
posted by y2karl at 2:05 PM on June 9, 2006
Well, for some reason I thought that Smedlyman's 120:1 ratio of mefi:meta posts was more notable than your 3:1 ratio. But, hey, here's a gold star.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 5:29 PM on June 9, 2006
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 5:29 PM on June 9, 2006
Oh, I cut back years ago, so I'd bet Smedleyman and I have had about the same ratio of Metatalk to MetaFilter comments since he's been around.
But you, on the other hand--MetaTalk is your domain. I have been here since September 19th, 2001 and you since April 2, 2004 and you have me beat by around 150 comments in MetaTalk. Think about it--by the time you have been here as long as me, you will have over six thousand MetaTalk comments.
If there were a MetaTalk Top Ten, you would appear to be the hands down favorite for Numero Uno Constant Commenter.
And think of the variations--number 1 for making more than 50 comments in a given thread, say, or Number 1 for more comments in more Meta threads than anyon else ever or Number 1 for making more than twenty comments in more threads than anyone else--oh, the possibilities are endless.
Think of the piecharts !
Mom, EB's got the biggest slice again !
In Meta you are the absolute King of Komments. Oh, it is quite an accomplishment. You should make a post about it.
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
posted by y2karl at 6:42 AM on June 10, 2006
But you, on the other hand--MetaTalk is your domain. I have been here since September 19th, 2001 and you since April 2, 2004 and you have me beat by around 150 comments in MetaTalk. Think about it--by the time you have been here as long as me, you will have over six thousand MetaTalk comments.
If there were a MetaTalk Top Ten, you would appear to be the hands down favorite for Numero Uno Constant Commenter.
And think of the variations--number 1 for making more than 50 comments in a given thread, say, or Number 1 for more comments in more Meta threads than anyon else ever or Number 1 for making more than twenty comments in more threads than anyone else--oh, the possibilities are endless.
Think of the piecharts !
Mom, EB's got the biggest slice again !
In Meta you are the absolute King of Komments. Oh, it is quite an accomplishment. You should make a post about it.
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
You're #1 !
posted by y2karl at 6:42 AM on June 10, 2006
I think you've regressed from being a 16-year old insecure boy to an insecure 12-year old boy. We can only hope you'll continue to regress to pre-literacy.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 7:07 AM on June 10, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 7:07 AM on June 10, 2006 [1 favorite]
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posted by brownpau at 7:05 AM on June 8, 2006