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So now Metafilter is the site to go to when in need of full-on beastiality.
No, bestiality.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:00 PM on June 14, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:00 PM on June 14, 2006 [1 favorite]
Also, because many of those images don't have size attributes, the anchor link you used barely works at all. Search of the page for fandango_matt if you want to see the image.
posted by delmoi at 6:01 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by delmoi at 6:01 PM on June 14, 2006
To repeat what I said in the thread below:
At least three or four times in the past week, I've thought to make a MetaTalk post asking for the suspension of photos or gifs in threads. I find that, more and more often, they completely turn a thread to shit.
Then, I decided I'd sound like a twat.
Still, I wouldn't lament the loss of pictures and gifs in ALL MetaFilter threads. Feel free to post a bunch of wacky flashing pictures to prove me wrong.
posted by ColdChef at 6:05 PM on June 14, 2006
At least three or four times in the past week, I've thought to make a MetaTalk post asking for the suspension of photos or gifs in threads. I find that, more and more often, they completely turn a thread to shit.
Then, I decided I'd sound like a twat.
Still, I wouldn't lament the loss of pictures and gifs in ALL MetaFilter threads. Feel free to post a bunch of wacky flashing pictures to prove me wrong.
posted by ColdChef at 6:05 PM on June 14, 2006
Jesus, now you've gone and pissed off ColdChef.
I weep for our lost heritage.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:06 PM on June 14, 2006
I weep for our lost heritage.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:06 PM on June 14, 2006
Nothing full-on about it.
posted by fire&wings at 6:27 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by fire&wings at 6:27 PM on June 14, 2006
I started this recent trend with the chickenfucking link, huh? I removed fandango_matt's image [a Witkin image of a naked woman in a mask holding the enormous cock of a suspended stallion, go Google it] and I'll again suggest to mathowie that maybe something should be done about that thread.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:46 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:46 PM on June 14, 2006
It's a shame, because images are a good thing, sometimes, even at MeFi, but since I got puke&cry's inline chicken-fucking porn pic at work the other day (for which he should have been banned, or at least given a lengthy timeout, I think, and may have been, for all I know) (and yes, I know, I get what I deserve surfing at work yadda yadda)), I'm kind of leaning towards what Coldchef said, twattiness or no.
These things come and go in surges, but it's almost always the same people who abuse the ability to post images and go over the top, ya ever notice?
Sounds like a moderation issue to me, in both senses of the word.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:46 PM on June 14, 2006
These things come and go in surges, but it's almost always the same people who abuse the ability to post images and go over the top, ya ever notice?
Sounds like a moderation issue to me, in both senses of the word.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:46 PM on June 14, 2006
Yes, yes it is. Isn't that what this site is for?
posted by krinklyfig at 6:49 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by krinklyfig at 6:49 PM on June 14, 2006
I won't shake my head at images until every other thread is full of them.
posted by TwelveTwo at 7:01 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by TwelveTwo at 7:01 PM on June 14, 2006
that thread was just silly-ass fun, only way more licentious given the mathowie post of approval.
if it wasn't obvious 10 comments in that it would very quickly become NSFW, i have only one response: caveat spector. let's not leap to any grand conclusions or wail or gnash our teeth or rend our garments about it (did i cover all the angst bases?).
unclench, people.
posted by Hat Maui at 7:03 PM on June 14, 2006
if it wasn't obvious 10 comments in that it would very quickly become NSFW, i have only one response: caveat spector. let's not leap to any grand conclusions or wail or gnash our teeth or rend our garments about it (did i cover all the angst bases?).
unclench, people.
posted by Hat Maui at 7:03 PM on June 14, 2006
You need to the chicken-fucking porn. And stop goofing around at work and ya know, start working.
posted by puke & cry at 7:03 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by puke & cry at 7:03 PM on June 14, 2006
sorry, that should be "you need to embrace the chicken-fucking"
posted by puke & cry at 7:04 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by puke & cry at 7:04 PM on June 14, 2006
And stop goofing around at work and ya know, start working.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
you need to embrace the chicken-fucking
I embrace chicken-fucking with open, er, arms, when I'm the chicken in question. But I still don't want to see pictures of it.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:09 PM on June 14, 2006
Yeah, yeah, I know.
you need to embrace the chicken-fucking
I embrace chicken-fucking with open, er, arms, when I'm the chicken in question. But I still don't want to see pictures of it.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:09 PM on June 14, 2006
You know, common sense tells me I should just walk away from this thread, shaking my head and lamenting the good old days, but this:
unclench, people.
Makes me think I need to clarify my position. I'm about as unclenched a person as you'll find around here. I'm all for the silliness and then fun that is inherit in the community here.
But when every other (and it IS just about every other thread, don't make me get out the box of links) thread fills up with cliched pictures of cats in ceilings, snakes on planes, dicks in my dinner...well, enough is enough.
And I don't think the solution is to just make everyone link their silly pictures. I think, as a community, we're better than that. We can be comical and wacky and all that shit without the bad photoshops and Hasslehoffs. I remember the days when we had wit.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go check my sack for liver spots.
posted by ColdChef at 7:18 PM on June 14, 2006
unclench, people.
Makes me think I need to clarify my position. I'm about as unclenched a person as you'll find around here. I'm all for the silliness and then fun that is inherit in the community here.
But when every other (and it IS just about every other thread, don't make me get out the box of links) thread fills up with cliched pictures of cats in ceilings, snakes on planes, dicks in my dinner...well, enough is enough.
And I don't think the solution is to just make everyone link their silly pictures. I think, as a community, we're better than that. We can be comical and wacky and all that shit without the bad photoshops and Hasslehoffs. I remember the days when we had wit.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go check my sack for liver spots.
posted by ColdChef at 7:18 PM on June 14, 2006
I'm in full agreement with ColdChef... about checking for liver spots.
posted by wendell at 7:22 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by wendell at 7:22 PM on June 14, 2006
The thread's all in good fun - and we've had threads exactly like it on the front page before back in days of yore.
My only problem is I worry that it'll lead towards more inlining, and that that will lead to the end of the img tag. I don't want to see that, and I think most people don't because there are times when it's really really useful. Matt can set straight a few people who don't understand when it's appropriate, but he can't do anything if everybody does short of banning it entirely. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm more concerned about the options available to Matt than I am about the thread.
posted by Ryvar at 7:34 PM on June 14, 2006
My only problem is I worry that it'll lead towards more inlining, and that that will lead to the end of the img tag. I don't want to see that, and I think most people don't because there are times when it's really really useful. Matt can set straight a few people who don't understand when it's appropriate, but he can't do anything if everybody does short of banning it entirely. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm more concerned about the options available to Matt than I am about the thread.
posted by Ryvar at 7:34 PM on June 14, 2006
Makes me think I need to clarify my position. I'm about as unclenched a person as you'll find around here.
Except perhaps your wife and a few of her friends?
posted by cillit bang at 7:40 PM on June 14, 2006
Except perhaps your wife and a few of her friends?
posted by cillit bang at 7:40 PM on June 14, 2006
maybe something should be done about that thread.
No, good Lord, no. That is just pure fun, fun, fun. Please leave it just as it is (well except for the bestiality, that is almost as bad as posting goatse and should probably be punished).
actually, it's here
Kids, don't ask your local librarian to do that for you.
posted by caddis at 7:52 PM on June 14, 2006
No, good Lord, no. That is just pure fun, fun, fun. Please leave it just as it is (well except for the bestiality, that is almost as bad as posting goatse and should probably be punished).
actually, it's here
Kids, don't ask your local librarian to do that for you.
posted by caddis at 7:52 PM on June 14, 2006
"Hello, can I help you?"
"I hope so. I'm looking for a Witkin image of a naked woman in a mask holding the enormous cock of a suspended stallion."
"..."
"Uhh...it's for an art project."
"..."
posted by graventy at 8:00 PM on June 14, 2006
"I hope so. I'm looking for a Witkin image of a naked woman in a mask holding the enormous cock of a suspended stallion."
"..."
"Uhh...it's for an art project."
"..."
posted by graventy at 8:00 PM on June 14, 2006
"So now Metafilter is the site to go to when in need of full-on beastiality."
Now we can share everything!!
posted by kosem at 8:00 PM on June 14, 2006
Now we can share everything!!
posted by kosem at 8:00 PM on June 14, 2006
I don't think most people here understand the legend of 'Chef. I wish I could point to some of the long haiku/pancake threads of yore that represent the hilarity of ColdChef. Though 9622 probably does a good job of that.
posted by SeizeTheDay at 8:04 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by SeizeTheDay at 8:04 PM on June 14, 2006
i agree with everything that ColdChef says, except I am not going to check his sack for liver spots.
I embrace chicken-fucking with open, er, arms, when I'm the chicken in question. But I still don't want to see pictures of it.
Not half as much as we don't want to see pictures of it.
The img tag can be hilarious, poignant, illustrative, fantastic, or plain fucking stupid. It's up to us, really and mathowie has many times been on the point of banning the tag, but held back. One day you idiots who abuse this ability will push him over the edge and that will be that.
posted by dg at 8:09 PM on June 14, 2006
I embrace chicken-fucking with open, er, arms, when I'm the chicken in question. But I still don't want to see pictures of it.
Not half as much as we don't want to see pictures of it.
The img tag can be hilarious, poignant, illustrative, fantastic, or plain fucking stupid. It's up to us, really and mathowie has many times been on the point of banning the tag, but held back. One day you idiots who abuse this ability will push him over the edge and that will be that.
posted by dg at 8:09 PM on June 14, 2006
[To self, upon reading the headline]
"Beastiality, eh? Well, I'll just clicky on that, heh heh heh... Goddammit!!!"
I agree with the old sack checker.
If I wanted pitchers, I'd go read a book.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:20 PM on June 14, 2006
"Beastiality, eh? Well, I'll just clicky on that, heh heh heh... Goddammit!!!"
I agree with the old sack checker.
If I wanted pitchers, I'd go read a book.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:20 PM on June 14, 2006
...well, enough is enough.
Never has been, and never will be.
posted by StickyCarpet at 8:30 PM on June 14, 2006
Never has been, and never will be.
posted by StickyCarpet at 8:30 PM on June 14, 2006
are you missing the essential point that this "oh, fuck, the wrath of mathowie" thread is officially endorsed by mathowie?
posted by Hat Maui at 9:03 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by Hat Maui at 9:03 PM on June 14, 2006
I'll again suggest to mathowie that maybe something should be done about that thread.
yes, it definitely belongs on the sidebar.
posted by quonsar at 9:12 PM on June 14, 2006
yes, it definitely belongs on the sidebar.
posted by quonsar at 9:12 PM on June 14, 2006
I think we need a per-user flag for image posting rights, because some people just can't fucking handle it responsibly.
I don't think there could possibly be a better use for the 37 Kb of database space it would take.
posted by Fidel Cashflow at 9:46 PM on June 14, 2006
I don't think there could possibly be a better use for the 37 Kb of database space it would take.
posted by Fidel Cashflow at 9:46 PM on June 14, 2006
Just disable img tag posting on the front page (which is already the case for AskMe, no?). Without that upfront animated-gif KICK ME HARD sign, the associated thread would have died the usual unremarkable three-"Meh." death.
posted by hangashore at 10:22 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by hangashore at 10:22 PM on June 14, 2006
I would like to say that the problem with that thread is not inline images, it's that there's a blinking image in the fpp itself, and mathowie said it was awesome and could stay. everything else in that thread started motherfucking there. it's not like the inline image brigade ambushed some perfectly reasonable thread. it's that the OP and the site owner basically said "fuck it! everyone go nuts."
posted by shmegegge at 10:47 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by shmegegge at 10:47 PM on June 14, 2006
shmegegge has it. I thought it was a death sentance when an animated gif was used in the post on the front page. I about flipped my lid when mathowie approved of it. Then the chaos ensued. It's ok for that one thread. Just that one though.
posted by puke & cry at 10:54 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by puke & cry at 10:54 PM on June 14, 2006
everyone going nuts, by the way, is totally awesome. I love that thread. I just figure that, if someone posts a horse penis in a thread that so readily declares "do with me what you will!" then wtf did you expect.
posted by shmegegge at 10:55 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by shmegegge at 10:55 PM on June 14, 2006
We should have image posting guidelines that read something like this:
- is it really funny and pertinent?
- have few people seen it?
- its not an image of someone fucking a chicken, holding a horse's cock or spreading their anus is it?
That'd fix it.
posted by meech at 10:56 PM on June 14, 2006
- is it really funny and pertinent?
- have few people seen it?
- its not an image of someone fucking a chicken, holding a horse's cock or spreading their anus is it?
That'd fix it.
posted by meech at 10:56 PM on June 14, 2006
Oh man... like an entire summer without rain to a forest fire, the recent posting of that livejournal animated GIF scraper really caused that thread to take off.
To my fellow crapflooders, I salute you.
posted by Rhomboid at 10:57 PM on June 14, 2006
To my fellow crapflooders, I salute you.
posted by Rhomboid at 10:57 PM on June 14, 2006
I find the following amusing as well:
21 megabytes of crap and counting...
posted by Rhomboid at 11:04 PM on June 14, 2006
21 megabytes of crap and counting...
posted by Rhomboid at 11:04 PM on June 14, 2006
mathowie said it was awesome and could stay. everything else in that thread started motherfucking there. it's not like the inline image brigade ambushed some perfectly reasonable thread.
Yes, by all means this is entirely my fault.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:13 PM on June 14, 2006
Yes, by all means this is entirely my fault.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:13 PM on June 14, 2006
Oh man... like an entire summer without rain to a forest fire, the recent posting of that livejournal animated GIF scraper really caused that thread to take off.
I haven't looked at the thread in question, but man, Metafilter is really pulling rearguard action in the meme platoon these days.
Yes, by all means this is entirely my fault.
Yup, 'tis. Like it or not, you're metadaddy to the mewling horde (or at least the ones who need a daddy), and your word is The Law. Now, I ask you, Mr Haughey: what are you going to do with this awesome power?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:18 PM on June 14, 2006
I haven't looked at the thread in question, but man, Metafilter is really pulling rearguard action in the meme platoon these days.
Yes, by all means this is entirely my fault.
Yup, 'tis. Like it or not, you're metadaddy to the mewling horde (or at least the ones who need a daddy), and your word is The Law. Now, I ask you, Mr Haughey: what are you going to do with this awesome power?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:18 PM on June 14, 2006
mathowie said it was awesome and could stay
This is funnier if you read this comment with Ricky's voice.
posted by Mr. Six at 11:19 PM on June 14, 2006
This is funnier if you read this comment with Ricky's voice.
posted by Mr. Six at 11:19 PM on June 14, 2006
Now, I ask you, Mr Haughey: what are you going to do with this awesome power?
Fuck a chicken with a horse cock?
AM I RITE OR WHAT?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:21 PM on June 14, 2006
Fuck a chicken with a horse cock?
AM I RITE OR WHAT?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:21 PM on June 14, 2006
AM I RITE OR WHAT?
I'M IN YUR THRED POSTIN YR GIFS!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:27 PM on June 14, 2006
I'M IN YUR THRED POSTIN YR GIFS!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:27 PM on June 14, 2006
Yes, by all means this is entirely my fault.
Yup, 'tis. Like it or not, you're metadaddy to the mewling horde (or at least the ones who need a daddy), and your word is The Law.
So basically everyone who posted an image in there is a brown noser who can't think for themselves and lack even an ounce of self-control.
Shame, mathowie.
You should know better.
Shame.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:27 PM on June 14, 2006
Yup, 'tis. Like it or not, you're metadaddy to the mewling horde (or at least the ones who need a daddy), and your word is The Law.
So basically everyone who posted an image in there is a brown noser who can't think for themselves and lack even an ounce of self-control.
Shame, mathowie.
You should know better.
Shame.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:27 PM on June 14, 2006
Yes, by all means this is entirely my fault.
posted by mathowie at 11:13 PM PST on June 14 [+fave] [!]
Hey, if you hadn't hosted the site, none of this would have happened!
posted by delmoi at 11:31 PM on June 14, 2006
posted by mathowie at 11:13 PM PST on June 14 [+fave] [!]
Hey, if you hadn't hosted the site, none of this would have happened!
posted by delmoi at 11:31 PM on June 14, 2006
Posting and posting in the lengthening thread
The chicken cannot take the chickenneck;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere horsecockery is loosed upon the world,
The photoshop tide is loosed, and everywhere
The propriety of our thread is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some bannings are at hand;
Surely the Thread Closing is at hand.
The Thread Closing! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of the SA Forums
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with chicken body and the cock of a horse,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant moderators.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That a twentieth century of Metafilter
Was vexed to nightmare by a filthy .gif,
And what rough callout, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Metatalk to be born?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:18 AM on June 15, 2006 [13 favorites]
The chicken cannot take the chickenneck;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere horsecockery is loosed upon the world,
The photoshop tide is loosed, and everywhere
The propriety of our thread is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some bannings are at hand;
Surely the Thread Closing is at hand.
The Thread Closing! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of the SA Forums
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with chicken body and the cock of a horse,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant moderators.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That a twentieth century of Metafilter
Was vexed to nightmare by a filthy .gif,
And what rough callout, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Metatalk to be born?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 12:18 AM on June 15, 2006 [13 favorites]
That little red gif thing is an affront to god and all his creation. I say we burn this man at the stake and consider it an act of goodwill to the heavens above.
posted by 517 at 12:26 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by 517 at 12:26 AM on June 15, 2006
... !!
... !@#
... *spews beverage*
Ok. Color me amused and all, but who dosed Matt? He's acting a little... odd.
posted by loquacious at 12:27 AM on June 15, 2006
... !@#
... *spews beverage*
Ok. Color me amused and all, but who dosed Matt? He's acting a little... odd.
posted by loquacious at 12:27 AM on June 15, 2006
Fuck a chicken with a horse cock?
That's the easy way out. Real men fuck horses with chickens.
And then use the fucked horses to firmly roger brontomosauruses. Leading to the delectable brontohorsochickosaurus.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:43 AM on June 15, 2006
That's the easy way out. Real men fuck horses with chickens.
And then use the fucked horses to firmly roger brontomosauruses. Leading to the delectable brontohorsochickosaurus.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:43 AM on June 15, 2006
That is a thing of beauty, f_m. Now, if every image posted here were homemade and as hilarious, we'd all be cavorting together in a happy glittering land of fuzzy hugs (and animal sex).
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:14 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:14 AM on June 15, 2006
SWEET BUTTERY JESUS!!
fandango_matt for the win. That's the best thing I've seen since that 50s style comic someone did about MetaFilter and the betentacled trolls crawling up his bum.
*bows deeply to fandango_matt and applauds sincerely*
posted by loquacious at 3:09 AM on June 15, 2006
fandango_matt for the win. That's the best thing I've seen since that 50s style comic someone did about MetaFilter and the betentacled trolls crawling up his bum.
*bows deeply to fandango_matt and applauds sincerely*
posted by loquacious at 3:09 AM on June 15, 2006
I think we need a per-user flag for image posting rights, because some people just can't fucking handle it responsibly.
I heartily endorse this.
And I think adding a little nuance like allowing x number of images posted per month / year / what-have-you would be good too. This would add incentive for people to post only the really great stuff, not just any stray bullshit image that entered their head.
Of course there would be asshats who would spend $5 for another account just to get around the restriction, but hey, more money helps keep the site going, right?
posted by beth at 3:56 AM on June 15, 2006
I heartily endorse this.
And I think adding a little nuance like allowing x number of images posted per month / year / what-have-you would be good too. This would add incentive for people to post only the really great stuff, not just any stray bullshit image that entered their head.
Of course there would be asshats who would spend $5 for another account just to get around the restriction, but hey, more money helps keep the site going, right?
posted by beth at 3:56 AM on June 15, 2006
Thanks, fandango! :) Made me smile at 6:58am, not an easy thing to do!
Max points for execution AND creativity!
posted by HuronBob at 3:59 AM on June 15, 2006
Max points for execution AND creativity!
posted by HuronBob at 3:59 AM on June 15, 2006
Well, as fandango_matt has proven, there are exceptions to every rule. Take a lesson, kids.
posted by ColdChef at 4:30 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by ColdChef at 4:30 AM on June 15, 2006
Isn't the real problem that some people are funny and some people aren't but we don't have the typical high school-style feedback mechanisms to indicate which are which? The images just make the problem obvious.
posted by yerfatma at 4:45 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by yerfatma at 4:45 AM on June 15, 2006
stavros's poem got me started, but f_m's comic had me spilling coffee everywhere.
posted by empath at 5:27 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by empath at 5:27 AM on June 15, 2006
I didn't do it.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:53 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:53 AM on June 15, 2006
Isn't the real problem that some people are funny and some people aren't but we don't have the typical high school-style feedback mechanisms to indicate which are which?
Erm, behaving like children is the problem.
posted by Mr. Six at 6:05 AM on June 15, 2006
Erm, behaving like children is the problem.
posted by Mr. Six at 6:05 AM on June 15, 2006
Stavros: Beautiful. I now aspire to honor your pastiche with my next (um, first) parody. Inspiring.
posted by kosem at 6:25 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by kosem at 6:25 AM on June 15, 2006
i really can't remember if i posted in or even read that thread at all
posted by naxosaxur at 6:35 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by naxosaxur at 6:35 AM on June 15, 2006
Fandango_matt WINS!
No, fandango_matt's creation is a thing of beauty, but this ineluctably verbal acolyte gives the palm to stavros's Korea-Fried Yeats.
*bows deeply to stavrosthewonderchicken and applauds sincerely*
dicks in my dinner
"Dicks in my dinner, pain in my heart... Caused by you..."
posted by languagehat at 6:37 AM on June 15, 2006
No, fandango_matt's creation is a thing of beauty, but this ineluctably verbal acolyte gives the palm to stavros's Korea-Fried Yeats.
*bows deeply to stavrosthewonderchicken and applauds sincerely*
dicks in my dinner
"Dicks in my dinner, pain in my heart... Caused by you..."
posted by languagehat at 6:37 AM on June 15, 2006
Yes, by all means this is entirely my fault.
Um, yeah. It was a blatant double post with an animated gif on the front page. And you were like, "Yeah, this seems cool to me." What did you expect to happen?
posted by monju_bosatsu at 6:52 AM on June 15, 2006
Um, yeah. It was a blatant double post with an animated gif on the front page. And you were like, "Yeah, this seems cool to me." What did you expect to happen?
posted by monju_bosatsu at 6:52 AM on June 15, 2006
And by fault, I don't mean to imply that there was anything wrong with the thread. It's probably good to have a thread like that as a safety valve every once in awhile. I just mean that your comment was the but-for cause of the ensuing shenanigans.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 7:12 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by monju_bosatsu at 7:12 AM on June 15, 2006
Yes, by all means this is entirely my fault.
if by "this" you mean, "one of the awesomest threads in recent mefi history," then yes.
unfortunately it's also yes to "the reason why there are two MeTa posts devoted to that thread."
but sure, that thread has NOTHING to do with the fact that you sanctioned an image in an fpp. It's obviously that everyone was so fucking excited by seeing SKETCHZILLA that they couldn't contain the urge to post inline images. That's just how amazing sketchzilla is. Really, it has nothing to do with you, you perfect hunk of perfect infallible admin, you.
posted by shmegegge at 8:25 AM on June 15, 2006
if by "this" you mean, "one of the awesomest threads in recent mefi history," then yes.
unfortunately it's also yes to "the reason why there are two MeTa posts devoted to that thread."
but sure, that thread has NOTHING to do with the fact that you sanctioned an image in an fpp. It's obviously that everyone was so fucking excited by seeing SKETCHZILLA that they couldn't contain the urge to post inline images. That's just how amazing sketchzilla is. Really, it has nothing to do with you, you perfect hunk of perfect infallible admin, you.
posted by shmegegge at 8:25 AM on June 15, 2006
re the horse cock picture, I made a HUGE poster out of it. Not only is it all around fun, but it acts as an anti-fundy magnet.
and for what its worth, the time my mom came to visit, she insisted that its a prosthetic horse cock. My girlfriend (who owned a stallion) agrees.
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 8:31 AM on June 15, 2006
and for what its worth, the time my mom came to visit, she insisted that its a prosthetic horse cock. My girlfriend (who owned a stallion) agrees.
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 8:31 AM on June 15, 2006
or maybe thats a "fundy anti-magnet"
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 8:31 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 8:31 AM on June 15, 2006
also, this is matt's site, and to some degree he's responsible for what goes on here. so yeah, it IS his fault.
However, its his.fucking.site. or as he put it
It's mostly my whims. You knew that, didn't you?
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 8:39 AM on June 15, 2006
However, its his.fucking.site. or as he put it
It's mostly my whims. You knew that, didn't you?
posted by Tryptophan-5ht at 8:39 AM on June 15, 2006
Why do I get the feeling that Matt woke up this morning with a blinding headache and an overwhelming desire to use his admin editing privilege on his own comments?
posted by wendell at 9:01 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by wendell at 9:01 AM on June 15, 2006
We should just ban all images outright. They hurt far more then they help. If people really want to enjoy threads full of stupid images, well that's pretty much the purpose of fark. Mefi's "wordiness" is one of its best features and the increasing image abuse is just lame.
posted by nixerman at 9:53 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by nixerman at 9:53 AM on June 15, 2006
she insisted that its a prosthetic horse cock.
It looks like some sort of Louise Bourgeoise piece. Everyone knows that horse cocks look totally different.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:06 AM on June 15, 2006
It looks like some sort of Louise Bourgeoise piece. Everyone knows that horse cocks look totally different.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:06 AM on June 15, 2006
I can't even open that page anymore. I tried to check up on that thread yesterday night and it broke firefox on my powerbook. Just now I tried to open it at work on my pc and it broke. :(
posted by frecklefaerie at 10:11 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by frecklefaerie at 10:11 AM on June 15, 2006
An image was recently (and appropriately) awarded best answer in this AskMe thread.
posted by exogenous at 11:08 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by exogenous at 11:08 AM on June 15, 2006
Extraneous images are also pruned mercilessly from AskMe because it's very clear which ones are trying to answer the question and which are just jokes. There was an ORLY owl in the thread about Paris airports though.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:25 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:25 AM on June 15, 2006
Metafilter: the time my mom came to visit, she insisted that its a prosthetic horse cock
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:43 AM on June 15, 2006
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:43 AM on June 15, 2006
yeah - what happend to MY ORLY owl? my comment in that post now makes zero sense (in an otherwise very sensible post).
posted by casconed at 12:16 PM on June 15, 2006
posted by casconed at 12:16 PM on June 15, 2006
I was very fond of the MY ORLY owl. I feel your pain.
posted by languagehat at 12:59 PM on June 15, 2006
posted by languagehat at 12:59 PM on June 15, 2006
I mean, the ORLY owl. Yours, not mine.
posted by languagehat at 12:59 PM on June 15, 2006
posted by languagehat at 12:59 PM on June 15, 2006
And what rough callout, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Metatalk to be born?
Oh, that's brilliant. Well done, stav.
posted by gd779 at 5:14 PM on June 15, 2006
Slouches towards Metatalk to be born?
Oh, that's brilliant. Well done, stav.
posted by gd779 at 5:14 PM on June 15, 2006
Oh no, I missed one. Now I'm addicted and have to find more.
posted by dgaicun at 6:20 PM on June 15, 2006
posted by dgaicun at 6:20 PM on June 15, 2006
I now worship fandango matt.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:23 PM on June 15, 2006
posted by five fresh fish at 9:23 PM on June 15, 2006
(very late to the thread..)
Uh, why can't inline images be judged on the same merits as text posts?
We flag, moderate and delete text posts that don't contribute to the thread- so how about we act like a community and do the same with inline images? If it's attempt to derail a thread or cause problems, I don't see how it's any different.
And yes, this means a subtle censoring of the content of threads... but damn, last thing I need is to open a fricking browser at work to see giant horse cock and mature-pr0n. It may be art, it may not be, but I don't want to have that discussion with my immediate manager in the first place, thank you very much.
posted by id at 3:12 AM on June 16, 2006
Uh, why can't inline images be judged on the same merits as text posts?
We flag, moderate and delete text posts that don't contribute to the thread- so how about we act like a community and do the same with inline images? If it's attempt to derail a thread or cause problems, I don't see how it's any different.
And yes, this means a subtle censoring of the content of threads... but damn, last thing I need is to open a fricking browser at work to see giant horse cock and mature-pr0n. It may be art, it may not be, but I don't want to have that discussion with my immediate manager in the first place, thank you very much.
posted by id at 3:12 AM on June 16, 2006
I'm not going to try to open that Sketchzilla thread, but I see from the My Comments page that fightorflight swiped fandango_matt's creation and used it without attribution as a comment there, gaining the momentary thrill of:
fightorflight wins!
before his lack of originality was pointed out. Not classy. If somebody finds something cool on the net, sure, it's for everyone to use, but if somebody creates something, give them their props.
posted by languagehat at 7:06 AM on June 16, 2006
fightorflight wins!
before his lack of originality was pointed out. Not classy. If somebody finds something cool on the net, sure, it's for everyone to use, but if somebody creates something, give them their props.
posted by languagehat at 7:06 AM on June 16, 2006
I had no idea there was an entire comics career lurking in the tiny genre of adding your own word balloons to For Better or Worse comics, but clearly it is the single best comic ever made for this purpose, so hats off to fandango_matt and his cunning discovery.
posted by furiousthought at 10:46 AM on June 16, 2006
posted by furiousthought at 10:46 AM on June 16, 2006
Seconded and tabled. I have never laughed so hard at a comic before in my life- and I thought FBoFW was hilarious! (right..)
posted by id at 10:50 AM on June 16, 2006
posted by id at 10:50 AM on June 16, 2006
holy fucking shit, f_m. you really topped yourself with "porno metafilter better or worse."
posted by Hat Maui at 12:39 PM on June 16, 2006
posted by Hat Maui at 12:39 PM on June 16, 2006
Hah, the FBoFW comic is particularly ironic because f_m is the one who posted the horse cock and made the chicken fucking animation. It's like an autobiography as told from the perspective of comic page characters. I'd like to write one about Henry Kissinger using Garfield. Nixon can be jon.
f_m's image page has a lot of good ones, like this. Oddly enough, I find myself thinking about that exact scene a lot at random points throughout the day: "There's gonna be two dead people in here! Hurry!"
posted by dgaicun at 2:48 PM on June 16, 2006
f_m's image page has a lot of good ones, like this. Oddly enough, I find myself thinking about that exact scene a lot at random points throughout the day: "There's gonna be two dead people in here! Hurry!"
posted by dgaicun at 2:48 PM on June 16, 2006
Anyone else think MetaFBOFW totally jumped the shark after getting the new letterer?
Maybe they should try calling Dave Sim, he's got plenty of free time now...
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 6:57 PM on June 16, 2006
Maybe they should try calling Dave Sim, he's got plenty of free time now...
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 6:57 PM on June 16, 2006
Anyone else think MetaFBOFW totally jumped the shark after getting the new letterer?
Oh, totally. But hey, you try working 8pt Comic Sans into those text bubbles in MS Paint. Just be glad I didn't use Arial or System. And I'm still not sure how I mis-spelled "flaky".
posted by loquacious at 7:19 PM on June 16, 2006
Oh, totally. But hey, you try working 8pt Comic Sans into those text bubbles in MS Paint. Just be glad I didn't use Arial or System. And I'm still not sure how I mis-spelled "flaky".
posted by loquacious at 7:19 PM on June 16, 2006
Digital Strip is a pretty decent font for comics, IMO. Smaller than 10pts and you have to go bold, but it's still really clear and readable.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:35 PM on June 16, 2006
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:35 PM on June 16, 2006
Ahahaha. Beautiful!
posted by loquacious at 7:52 PM on June 16, 2006
posted by loquacious at 7:52 PM on June 16, 2006
I am fucking amazed.
Three.
I thought recaptioning The Family Circus with lines from HP Lovecraft works was brillant, but now I now better.
posted by eriko at 8:34 PM on June 16, 2006
Three.
I thought recaptioning The Family Circus with lines from HP Lovecraft works was brillant, but now I now better.
posted by eriko at 8:34 PM on June 16, 2006
stavros, as a tucsonan, i feel it is my solemn duty to report you to max cannon himself if the quality of your "tributes" does not go up exponentially. tout de suite.
posted by Hat Maui at 5:04 AM on June 18, 2006
posted by Hat Maui at 5:04 AM on June 18, 2006
which is to say, i know max well-enough to know he'd probably get a kick out of that, but would get even more of a kick out of it if it were, uh, you know, better.
posted by Hat Maui at 5:09 AM on June 18, 2006
posted by Hat Maui at 5:09 AM on June 18, 2006
more like fandango_matt's -- he's got the cadence (so to speak), the rhthym, the essence of pornographic metafiltrian comic-strip writing -- he's got that shit down.
posted by Hat Maui at 5:14 AM on June 18, 2006
posted by Hat Maui at 5:14 AM on June 18, 2006
Well, Hat Maui
1) I wasn't trying to be funny, I was trying to get f_m to quit while he was ahead, because I thought his second two attempts were flogging the ol' deceased pony.
2) You don't seem to understand that that strip was made with a generator, right?
So, see, it's not my speech balloon font, it's not my design, no photochoppery was involved, it was just me typing some words into boxes. Handy, that. You can do it too, if you want.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:38 AM on June 18, 2006
1) I wasn't trying to be funny, I was trying to get f_m to quit while he was ahead, because I thought his second two attempts were flogging the ol' deceased pony.
2) You don't seem to understand that that strip was made with a generator, right?
So, see, it's not my speech balloon font, it's not my design, no photochoppery was involved, it was just me typing some words into boxes. Handy, that. You can do it too, if you want.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:38 AM on June 18, 2006
well, cut my legs off and call me shorty!
previous commments? withdrawn.
posted by Hat Maui at 1:02 PM on June 18, 2006
previous commments? withdrawn.
posted by Hat Maui at 1:02 PM on June 18, 2006
There ya go.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:58 PM on June 18, 2006
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:58 PM on June 18, 2006
Metafilter: Yes, by all means this is entirely my fault. (mathowie)
posted by three blind mice at 3:43 PM on June 21, 2006
posted by three blind mice at 3:43 PM on June 21, 2006
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I had no idea that thread decended into image macro hell.
posted by delmoi at 5:57 PM on June 14, 2006