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Aren't these just the equivalent of cruel caricatures of your fellow community members? And they're "the best thing ever"? I mean, far be it from me not to espouse mocking your fellow community members, I just didn't realize it was officially celebrated. Man, this awesome. I'm gonna totally let loose.
posted by jonson at 1:16 PM on September 27, 2006 [2 favorites]
posted by jonson at 1:16 PM on September 27, 2006 [2 favorites]
This is ... mere words cannot do it proper justice.
posted by ninjew at 1:16 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by ninjew at 1:16 PM on September 27, 2006
Caricatures, by definition, are graphic depictions grossly exaggerated for comedic effect. Certainly nothing to get upset about, and they can hardly be considered cruel.
I love 'em. I keep seeing them randomly interspersed in various threads, and I was never sure if they were original, or if someone just took some existing pictures and added captions to the speech bubble. Awesome stuff.
P.S. Please do dios.
posted by Pontius Pilate at 1:19 PM on September 27, 2006
I love 'em. I keep seeing them randomly interspersed in various threads, and I was never sure if they were original, or if someone just took some existing pictures and added captions to the speech bubble. Awesome stuff.
P.S. Please do dios.
posted by Pontius Pilate at 1:19 PM on September 27, 2006
Once again the internet confirms my sense of inadeqaucy.
It's like those spelling bee sites all over again, huh, omie? ;>
posted by jonmc at 1:21 PM on September 27, 2006
It's like those spelling bee sites all over again, huh, omie? ;>
posted by jonmc at 1:21 PM on September 27, 2006
The pressure to comment is getting bigger and bigger every day. Before I even posted, I spent weeks thinking up a username. Then I scanned every front page post three times to make sure I understood the nuances of the conversation. When I finally posted, I was worried I'd get called out. Then I hoped that someone would respond. Then I prayed to be marked "favorite." Then I wished to have cortex turn my comment into a song. Now I screw my eyes shut and breath into a paper bag in hopes of having my comment illustrated.
My hair is starting to fall out in clumps and my teeth feel soft and fuzzy now.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 1:22 PM on September 27, 2006 [16 favorites]
My hair is starting to fall out in clumps and my teeth feel soft and fuzzy now.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 1:22 PM on September 27, 2006 [16 favorites]
I would be more concerned if John were actually tracking down photos of the quoted members and drawing from those, and incorporating insider knowledge of the particular user to malicious effect.
(And god help you if he decided to. I am certain he could reduce strong men to tears with his pen.)
As it is, these are silly editorial cartoons. We should be so lucky that every bit of inter-user mockery were required to evidence this much thought and effort.
posted by cortex at 1:24 PM on September 27, 2006
(And god help you if he decided to. I am certain he could reduce strong men to tears with his pen.)
As it is, these are silly editorial cartoons. We should be so lucky that every bit of inter-user mockery were required to evidence this much thought and effort.
posted by cortex at 1:24 PM on September 27, 2006
I am certain he could reduce strong men to tears with his pen.
I definitely don't want a picture of that.
posted by chrismear at 1:31 PM on September 27, 2006
I definitely don't want a picture of that.
posted by chrismear at 1:31 PM on September 27, 2006
We should be so lucky that every bit of inter-user mockery were required to evidence this much thought and effort.
I know. I'm half tempted to say something stupid on purpose just to get drawn. I suppose it'll happen soon enough naturally.
posted by jonmc at 1:32 PM on September 27, 2006
I know. I'm half tempted to say something stupid on purpose just to get drawn. I suppose it'll happen soon enough naturally.
posted by jonmc at 1:32 PM on September 27, 2006
A 1940's style radio play would work too. (With Jimmy Stewart as # 1 ?)
posted by R. Mutt at 1:32 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by R. Mutt at 1:32 PM on September 27, 2006
I got a postcard in the mail from interrobang today. He is awesome.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:32 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:32 PM on September 27, 2006
When I saw these, I was hoping they were some new internet fad, where cartoon characters with empty word balloons were available on an internet site that would allow me to enter my own snarky comments and have an image which I could then post to MetaFilter and other sites (akin to the Fark HA HA Guy).
They are cool, but now I'm disappointed and I shall attempt to take my own life with papercuts to my wrists.
posted by Kickstart70 at 1:33 PM on September 27, 2006
They are cool, but now I'm disappointed and I shall attempt to take my own life with papercuts to my wrists.
posted by Kickstart70 at 1:33 PM on September 27, 2006
I was in Interrobang's recent MeFiSwap group and the disc turned up yesterday with gorgeous artwork both front and back that, by the looks of it, was created by his own fair hand.
To derail slightly: w00t to the Kula Shaker swapset, who all managed to send CDs.
posted by TheDonF at 1:35 PM on September 27, 2006
To derail slightly: w00t to the Kula Shaker swapset, who all managed to send CDs.
posted by TheDonF at 1:35 PM on September 27, 2006
Thanks!
posted by interrobang at 1:36 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by interrobang at 1:36 PM on September 27, 2006
♫ My hair is starting to fall out in clumps ♪
♪ And my teeth feel soft and fuzzy now. ♫
No, no, it doesn't work at all.
posted by Plutor at 1:37 PM on September 27, 2006
♪ And my teeth feel soft and fuzzy now. ♫
No, no, it doesn't work at all.
posted by Plutor at 1:37 PM on September 27, 2006
I've been favoriting these for awhile now. I'm surprised this wasn't posted on Metatalk sooner.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:37 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:37 PM on September 27, 2006
I like the caption "Science on the March", that ghost sees the boundaries of his demon-haunted world fading away... to be replaced by robot replicons.
posted by sonofsamiam at 1:38 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by sonofsamiam at 1:38 PM on September 27, 2006
Aren't these just the equivalent of cruel caricatures of your fellow community members? And they're "the best thing ever"? I mean, far be it from me not to espouse mocking your fellow community members, I just didn't realize it was officially celebrated. Man, this awesome. I'm gonna totally let loose.
Man, jonson's just begging for it.
posted by gigawhat? at 1:40 PM on September 27, 2006
Man, jonson's just begging for it.
posted by gigawhat? at 1:40 PM on September 27, 2006
Aren't these just the equivalent of cruel caricatures of your fellow community members? And they're "the best thing ever"? I mean, far be it from me not to espouse mocking your fellow community members, I just didn't realize it was officially celebrated. Man, this awesome. I'm gonna totally let loose.
I think you mean "I'm gonna totally let lose again."
posted by timeistight at 1:42 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
I think you mean "I'm gonna totally let lose again."
posted by timeistight at 1:42 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
Does this mean we can finally have avatars? ;-p
Yeah -- and interrobang can make some money designing virtual clothes for our avatars -- like over at Second Life.
Now, Virtual Fashion -- "Second Life Designers Make Real Money Creating Clothes For Simulation Game's Players."
posted by ericb at 1:44 PM on September 27, 2006
Yeah -- and interrobang can make some money designing virtual clothes for our avatars -- like over at Second Life.
Now, Virtual Fashion -- "Second Life Designers Make Real Money Creating Clothes For Simulation Game's Players."
posted by ericb at 1:44 PM on September 27, 2006
Golly!
posted by interrobang at 1:54 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by interrobang at 1:54 PM on September 27, 2006
please do a pouting jonson with a pug and a baby in tow, going "but I totally won the best post of the day contest and these caricatures are mocking other members".
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:54 PM on September 27, 2006 [3 favorites]
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:54 PM on September 27, 2006 [3 favorites]
That'd be cheating, Matt. Gotta be a direct quote. (And jonson's heart is in the right place, even if he's overreacting.)
What we ought to do is set up an additional-fees section for the signup page. $5 for an account; another $5 for a sketched caricature by interrobang; another $5 for a custom jingle by cortex; etc. Matt gets a 20% on all third-party sales.
MefiPro!
posted by cortex at 1:59 PM on September 27, 2006
What we ought to do is set up an additional-fees section for the signup page. $5 for an account; another $5 for a sketched caricature by interrobang; another $5 for a custom jingle by cortex; etc. Matt gets a 20% on all third-party sales.
MefiPro!
posted by cortex at 1:59 PM on September 27, 2006
B... b... but I like jonson...
posted by interrobang at 1:59 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by interrobang at 1:59 PM on September 27, 2006
I like him too... caricaturized.
With extreme prejudice.
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:04 PM on September 27, 2006
With extreme prejudice.
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:04 PM on September 27, 2006
B... b... but I like jonson...
So it is cruel!
posted by timeistight at 2:08 PM on September 27, 2006
So it is cruel!
posted by timeistight at 2:08 PM on September 27, 2006
I want my avatar on the front of my mefi baseball shirt.
posted by grateful at 2:09 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by grateful at 2:09 PM on September 27, 2006
These are brilliant, interrobang. Don't let anybody tell you different.
posted by vacapinta at 2:10 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by vacapinta at 2:10 PM on September 27, 2006
This thread needs 20 cc's of caricature, stat!
posted by brain_drain at 2:10 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by brain_drain at 2:10 PM on September 27, 2006
What we ought to do is set up an additional-fees section for the signup page. $5 for an account; another $5 for a sketched caricature by interrobang; another $5 for a custom jingle by cortex; etc.
$5,000 for quadog to design your user page.
posted by timeistight at 2:11 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
$5,000 for quadog to design your user page.
posted by timeistight at 2:11 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
First one was funny, then ever the less so. Foolish to deny the value of hand crafted works over the majority of regurgitated barley applicable image gaffes that get posted. interrobang use a different pen, it's begun to look like clip-art.
posted by econous at 2:18 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by econous at 2:18 PM on September 27, 2006
Can I get one of me droning on pedantically about arcane details of SQL correctness unimportant to real-word practical considerations?
posted by orthogonality at 2:25 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by orthogonality at 2:25 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
Okay, okay, so I overreacted. I guess that's just the price I have to pay for always being the one who is concerned about other people's feelings. Besides, ever since I totally won that best post of the day contest I've been trying to sew harmony among my people.
posted by jonson at 2:25 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by jonson at 2:25 PM on September 27, 2006
I'd like to see a caricatures of that.
posted by timeistight at 2:27 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by timeistight at 2:27 PM on September 27, 2006
"Sew harmony?"
posted by orthogonality at 2:28 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by orthogonality at 2:28 PM on September 27, 2006
Yeah, am I spelling it wrong? "Sew", as in I'll be reaping some harmony later cause I sew'd it all damn day.
posted by jonson at 2:34 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by jonson at 2:34 PM on September 27, 2006
Crap. I just looked it up. I guess I'm trying to "sow" harmony. Also, if Harmony develops a tear, I'd totally sew it.
posted by jonson at 2:35 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by jonson at 2:35 PM on September 27, 2006
"How are you feeling today, jonson?"
"Sew-sow."
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:38 PM on September 27, 2006
"Sew-sow."
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:38 PM on September 27, 2006
You are sew in trouble now, cause Mr. Harmony will sioux you if you do.
posted by yhbc at 2:40 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by yhbc at 2:40 PM on September 27, 2006
Alright, m_c_d, commish. You, me, the beverage aisle of Shaws in CT, tonight @ 8:00 PM.
posted by jonson at 2:44 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by jonson at 2:44 PM on September 27, 2006
Another vote for interrobang's incredibleness. I've been thoroughly enjoying those comments, and I hope you don't get tired of doing them. And the idea of "enemies list" jonson, of all people, ragging on someone for being cruel... well, it's just too special!
posted by languagehat at 2:45 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by languagehat at 2:45 PM on September 27, 2006
Lies make baby Harmony cry.
posted by InfidelZombie at 2:46 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by InfidelZombie at 2:46 PM on September 27, 2006
Can I just say that I like johnson too?
owait, jonson.
posted by scrump at 2:51 PM on September 27, 2006
owait, jonson.
posted by scrump at 2:51 PM on September 27, 2006
You know, interrobang paints for hire as well as for fun. I thought those of you in the market for a fetching portrait (with purple nipples or sans) should be aware of this.
hi, interrobang!
posted by melissa may at 2:52 PM on September 27, 2006
hi, interrobang!
posted by melissa may at 2:52 PM on September 27, 2006
idea of "enemies list" jonson, of all people
Ahem. The only people who ever called it an enemies list were people who were jealous cause they weren't on it. And, of course, my enemies.
posted by jonson at 2:57 PM on September 27, 2006
Ahem. The only people who ever called it an enemies list were people who were jealous cause they weren't on it. And, of course, my enemies.
posted by jonson at 2:57 PM on September 27, 2006
oh man - can we have custom user avatars? but only interrobang can post 'em to people's accounts, and only when he sees fit. if you don't like it, yer stuck. the rest of us will think it's awesome even when you object to being drawn as a leather daddy with an acne problem. and a lazy eye. and body odor.
posted by casconed at 2:57 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by casconed at 2:57 PM on September 27, 2006
a leather daddy with an acne problem. and a lazy eye. and body odor.
Ooh, fetching!
posted by ericb at 3:01 PM on September 27, 2006
Ooh, fetching!
posted by ericb at 3:01 PM on September 27, 2006
Yay, jonson! Your ability to make another thread praising a different user's talents into one about you continues, unabated!
posted by crunchland at 3:04 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by crunchland at 3:04 PM on September 27, 2006
Is it a full moon tonight?
posted by Divine_Wino at 3:12 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by Divine_Wino at 3:12 PM on September 27, 2006
No. Please decide on any number of heads and stick with it. I would prefer an even number.
posted by loquacious at 3:24 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by loquacious at 3:24 PM on September 27, 2006
Argh! Suck! This is one of those great ideas that I really wanted to have first. Now, anybody else who attempts something similar will be labeled a copycat and frog marched outta mefi. Damn you, DAMN YOU!
You draw real pretty though.
posted by Bageena at 3:54 PM on September 27, 2006
You draw real pretty though.
posted by Bageena at 3:54 PM on September 27, 2006
Yay, jonson! Your ability to make another thread praising a different user's talents into one about you continues, unabated!
posted by crunchland at 5:04 PM CST on September 27
This thread is about jonson now? I better make a comment merely stating my viewpoint so that people can jump all over me.... which necessarily would mean I am trying to make it about me instead of trying to just state my viewpoint. Then, I the thread can be about me instead of jonson.
posted by dios at 4:02 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by crunchland at 5:04 PM CST on September 27
This thread is about jonson now? I better make a comment merely stating my viewpoint so that people can jump all over me.... which necessarily would mean I am trying to make it about me instead of trying to just state my viewpoint. Then, I the thread can be about me instead of jonson.
posted by dios at 4:02 PM on September 27, 2006
In just nine sentences, robocop is bleeding perfectly summarises what it means to post a comment or link on Metafilter these days.
He could have made it ten by adding "And god damn, I wish Matt or Jess would just side-bar one of my posts already."
Also;
"please do a pouting jonson with a pug and a baby in tow, going "but I totally won the best post of the day contest and these caricatures are mocking other members"
posted by mathowie at 7:54 AM AEST on September 28
Oh, SNAP!!!
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:02 PM on September 27, 2006
He could have made it ten by adding "And god damn, I wish Matt or Jess would just side-bar one of my posts already."
Also;
"please do a pouting jonson with a pug and a baby in tow, going "but I totally won the best post of the day contest and these caricatures are mocking other members"
posted by mathowie at 7:54 AM AEST on September 28
Oh, SNAP!!!
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:02 PM on September 27, 2006
P.S. Please do dios.
posted by Pontius Pilate at 3:19 PM CST on September 27
If this, in fact, what these cartoons are about, then I agree with jonson's initial assessment. "Insult your favorite enemy" seems to be at cross-purposes with the idea of fostering the community. I'm not stating that interrobang is doing that, and I find his creative activities to be interesting. But if they are intended to lampoon users as opposed to making points, I'm going to side with jonson on this one.
posted by dios at 4:04 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by Pontius Pilate at 3:19 PM CST on September 27
If this, in fact, what these cartoons are about, then I agree with jonson's initial assessment. "Insult your favorite enemy" seems to be at cross-purposes with the idea of fostering the community. I'm not stating that interrobang is doing that, and I find his creative activities to be interesting. But if they are intended to lampoon users as opposed to making points, I'm going to side with jonson on this one.
posted by dios at 4:04 PM on September 27, 2006
I can't believe I've been looking at interrobang's junk for six long years.
I so have dibs on a spot in his entourage, when he hits the big time.
posted by rocketman at 4:05 PM on September 27, 2006
I so have dibs on a spot in his entourage, when he hits the big time.
posted by rocketman at 4:05 PM on September 27, 2006
interrobang, is there a place to view these other than Flickr? I tried to read your comments, but I guess my eye sight isn't that good anymore because the letters seem too small to actually read. If you have another source that blows these up, I'd appreciate it.
posted by dios at 4:09 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by dios at 4:09 PM on September 27, 2006
a leather daddy with an acne problem. and a lazy eye. and body odor.
Ok, so someone got a photo of me?
posted by quin at 4:10 PM on September 27, 2006
Ok, so someone got a photo of me?
posted by quin at 4:10 PM on September 27, 2006
if they are intended to lampoon users as opposed to making points
The caricatures do make points, dios, by lampooning certain comments made by specific users. In that sense, they're no different than any other slightly sarcastic, pointed response to something here any of us might consider a dumb comment.
posted by mediareport at 4:10 PM on September 27, 2006
The caricatures do make points, dios, by lampooning certain comments made by specific users. In that sense, they're no different than any other slightly sarcastic, pointed response to something here any of us might consider a dumb comment.
posted by mediareport at 4:10 PM on September 27, 2006
But if they are intended to lampoon users as opposed to making points
They're intended to do both at the same time. Seen here and here.
posted by rocketman at 4:11 PM on September 27, 2006
They're intended to do both at the same time. Seen here and here.
posted by rocketman at 4:11 PM on September 27, 2006
Having been the target of two of the seven extant, perhaps my opinion on this is already biased. Even so, I don't see how this kind of mockery advances the cause of encouraging courteous and thoughtful discussion of complex and controversial topics.
But Metafilter gave up on that years ago anyway, so what the hell.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 4:12 PM on September 27, 2006
But Metafilter gave up on that years ago anyway, so what the hell.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 4:12 PM on September 27, 2006
And I don't see what campaign finance reform has to do with Senator George Allen's alleged racist past, Steven.
posted by interrobang at 4:17 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by interrobang at 4:17 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
> "Insult your favorite enemy" seems to be at cross-purposes with the idea of fostering the community.
There's the fostering, and then there's the festering. I personally love sweet'n'sour.
posted by jfuller at 4:22 PM on September 27, 2006
There's the fostering, and then there's the festering. I personally love sweet'n'sour.
posted by jfuller at 4:22 PM on September 27, 2006
Choosing who to be tortured by counts as thoughtfulness now?
posted by Tuwa at 4:25 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by Tuwa at 4:25 PM on September 27, 2006
"Then, I the thread can be about me instead of jonson."
That I is meant to be subliminal, right?
posted by matthewr at 4:25 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
That I is meant to be subliminal, right?
posted by matthewr at 4:25 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
Aye
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:26 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:26 PM on September 27, 2006
... I don't see how this kind of mockery advances the cause of encouraging courteous and thoughtful discussion of complex and controversial topics.
Bitter much?
posted by dg at 4:26 PM on September 27, 2006
Bitter much?
posted by dg at 4:26 PM on September 27, 2006
I don't see how this kind of mockery advances the cause of encouraging courteous and thoughtful discussion of complex and controversial topics.
Ooh, good one. interrobang?
Sorry, Steven, satire is satire is a perfectly acceptable rhetorical strategy. Written or drawn or both.
posted by mediareport at 4:30 PM on September 27, 2006
Ooh, good one. interrobang?
Sorry, Steven, satire is satire is a perfectly acceptable rhetorical strategy. Written or drawn or both.
posted by mediareport at 4:30 PM on September 27, 2006
I can't stop laughing. (and trying to imagine the "I don't see how this kind of mockery advances the cause of encouraging courteous and thoughtful discussion of complex and controversial topics" panel.)
I've said it before: we all need to chip in and hire interrobang to do this full time.
posted by taz at 4:47 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
I've said it before: we all need to chip in and hire interrobang to do this full time.
posted by taz at 4:47 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
I love interrobang and jonson and dios and all you motherfuckers.
Also, I am drunk. Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything embarassing.
posted by sciurus at 4:51 PM on September 27, 2006
Also, I am drunk. Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything embarassing.
posted by sciurus at 4:51 PM on September 27, 2006
These are awesome. However, I blame interrobang for my new and burning desire to own a "grow a brain, morans!" t-shirt.
posted by biscotti at 4:53 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by biscotti at 4:53 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
sciurus: By "motherfuckers," do you mean only those who fuck their own mothers, or do you also love those of us who fuck other people's mothers?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:54 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:54 PM on September 27, 2006
Being a term of affection, we must assume it is inclusive. They fuck both their own mothers and the mothers of others. At the same time.
SO HOT.
posted by cortex at 4:56 PM on September 27, 2006
SO HOT.
posted by cortex at 4:56 PM on September 27, 2006
I am sobbing with laughter, and I embrace you all.
Well, most of you, anyway.
posted by scody at 5:01 PM on September 27, 2006
Well, most of you, anyway.
posted by scody at 5:01 PM on September 27, 2006
I said I loved it when I saw the drawing the person talking about no kissing on planes. It was a perfectly made-up satire, imagining how someone might say it and wasn't mocking the poster or being used to trivialize disagreeing opinions. It was just a silly new thing that I found amusing.
So I would say "do dios!" is exactly the wrong idea behind it. It's more like find the most farcical comment and create a silly comic out of it.
Personally, I'd do that boyfriend guy calling everyone on mefi a bunch of pussies, but I guess that's too obvious.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:41 PM on September 27, 2006
So I would say "do dios!" is exactly the wrong idea behind it. It's more like find the most farcical comment and create a silly comic out of it.
Personally, I'd do that boyfriend guy calling everyone on mefi a bunch of pussies, but I guess that's too obvious.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:41 PM on September 27, 2006
These are awesome, and interrobang is too.
posted by luckypozzo at 5:54 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by luckypozzo at 5:54 PM on September 27, 2006
I did dios too, and now the bastard won't even answer my phone calls.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:58 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:58 PM on September 27, 2006 [1 favorite]
Crushland, how long are you going to be bitter that I won't go out with you? It wouldn't work, dammit. First of all, I'm married, and have a kid. Second, we live on different sides of the country. Finally, our collective posting skills on the blue are so awesome that if by some miracle my supersperm managed to get you pregnant, our child would basically be a posting supernova, and no one else would dare hit the submit button for fear of being shamed by comparison. Is THIS really what you want, dude?
posted by jonson at 6:06 PM on September 27, 2006 [3 favorites]
posted by jonson at 6:06 PM on September 27, 2006 [3 favorites]
I just realized that the post in the screenshot doesn't have a link in it. That's how awesome our superbaby would be, it would BREAK metafilter.
posted by jonson at 6:07 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by jonson at 6:07 PM on September 27, 2006
I think this is hysterical. Even if this doesn't look anything like me irl (I'm an old female with long hair, and I only wear regular ties, since bow ties are for Republican wanker wonks.).
I like them all, actually. But, I would cheerfully pay interrobang for a paper copy of his cartoon of my comment.
Please do more.
posted by QIbHom at 6:20 PM on September 27, 2006
I like them all, actually. But, I would cheerfully pay interrobang for a paper copy of his cartoon of my comment.
Please do more.
posted by QIbHom at 6:20 PM on September 27, 2006
QIbHom, e-mail me an address, and I'll send it to you.
posted by interrobang at 6:27 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by interrobang at 6:27 PM on September 27, 2006
That's really classy of you, interrobang. My thanks. Currently manipulating electricity heading your way.
posted by QIbHom at 6:47 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by QIbHom at 6:47 PM on September 27, 2006
This is the bad thing about being a semi-lurker. Interrobang is unlikely to do a cartoon with the caption "".
and all this time i thought saying stupid things here was not encouraged. That's something I'm actually good at!
posted by SteveTheRed at 6:47 PM on September 27, 2006
and all this time i thought saying stupid things here was not encouraged. That's something I'm actually good at!
posted by SteveTheRed at 6:47 PM on September 27, 2006
New sock puppet account in 3... 2... 1... mark!
posted by loquacious at 8:04 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by loquacious at 8:04 PM on September 27, 2006
Who's Crushland?
posted by 3... 2... 1... mark at 8:39 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by 3... 2... 1... mark at 8:39 PM on September 27, 2006
"I can't believe I've been looking at interrobang's junk for six long years."
That's a Guiness Book teabag.
posted by klangklangston at 8:54 PM on September 27, 2006
That's a Guiness Book teabag.
posted by klangklangston at 8:54 PM on September 27, 2006
This is wholly awesome.
The first few of Steven were exactly what he needed in response. It's too bad he's so oblivious to his own inanity.
(it's spelled without an s on purpose, people)
posted by blasdelf at 9:25 PM on September 27, 2006
The first few of Steven were exactly what he needed in response. It's too bad he's so oblivious to his own inanity.
(it's spelled without an s on purpose, people)
posted by blasdelf at 9:25 PM on September 27, 2006
I had better start writing more engaging comments.
posted by exlotuseater at 9:31 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by exlotuseater at 9:31 PM on September 27, 2006
Starting with the one after this one.
posted by exlotuseater at 9:31 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by exlotuseater at 9:31 PM on September 27, 2006
Awesome.
The user should be identified in the cartoon; and the cartoon posted to MetaTalk.
Thus, we might wholly mock and denigrate those who are caricatured or skewered.
I'm sure my own turn will come. My next AskMe: "I need callouses, quick. How can one get a thicker, tougher skin?"
posted by five fresh fish at 9:33 PM on September 27, 2006
The user should be identified in the cartoon; and the cartoon posted to MetaTalk.
Thus, we might wholly mock and denigrate those who are caricatured or skewered.
I'm sure my own turn will come. My next AskMe: "I need callouses, quick. How can one get a thicker, tougher skin?"
posted by five fresh fish at 9:33 PM on September 27, 2006
fff, you'd be too easy.
posted by mediareport at 9:35 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by mediareport at 9:35 PM on September 27, 2006
And you can say that because the only discussion you've encouraged has been courteous and thoughtful.
If you look at my posting history, you'll find that the majority of my posting has been to AskMe, and the majority of my few FPP's have been non-controversial (e.g. about Smoot, anvil shooting, animegao, or a giant marionette).
And I have never once mocked another poster, even though I might have strenuously disagreed with them and even gotten heated about it.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 9:38 PM on September 27, 2006
If you look at my posting history, you'll find that the majority of my posting has been to AskMe, and the majority of my few FPP's have been non-controversial (e.g. about Smoot, anvil shooting, animegao, or a giant marionette).
And I have never once mocked another poster, even though I might have strenuously disagreed with them and even gotten heated about it.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 9:38 PM on September 27, 2006
"I don't see how this kind of mockery advances the cause of encouraging courteous and thoughtful discussion of complex and controversial topics"
That. With that poindextor anti-kissing pimplegeek as the cartoon. On a T-Shirt. MMF.
Back in Citadel days we had a "room" (permanent thread; but with a maximum # messages; old messages got dumped) for pull-quoting bits of user meet-up chatter. Wholly out of context, of course, so as to make the utteree look horny, stoned, vapid, silly, insane, or so on.
The cartoons are basically the same thing, but from text conversation instead of voice conversation.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:43 PM on September 27, 2006
That. With that poindextor anti-kissing pimplegeek as the cartoon. On a T-Shirt. MMF.
Back in Citadel days we had a "room" (permanent thread; but with a maximum # messages; old messages got dumped) for pull-quoting bits of user meet-up chatter. Wholly out of context, of course, so as to make the utteree look horny, stoned, vapid, silly, insane, or so on.
The cartoons are basically the same thing, but from text conversation instead of voice conversation.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:43 PM on September 27, 2006
Those drawings rule. And a good choice of comments too. I like the ghost best -- make a t-shirt and I will parade around town in it.
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:53 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:53 PM on September 27, 2006
Steven, many of your AskMetafilter comments reflect Male Answer Syndrome. It's pretty common among autodidactic geeky people like yourself (it's just moderately amplified by your blowhardness).
posted by blasdelf at 10:11 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by blasdelf at 10:11 PM on September 27, 2006
LOL, stupid liberals always blame Bush!Oh, wait... he hasn't done it yet. Goddamn trolls and their lack of timeliness.
posted by Krrlson at 10:28 PM PST on September 27 [+] [!]
posted by blasdelf at 10:36 PM on September 27, 2006
Or rather,
im in UR M3T47A1k thred blammin UR bu$hez
posted by Balisong at 10:37 PM on September 27, 2006
im in UR M3T47A1k thred blammin UR bu$hez
posted by Balisong at 10:37 PM on September 27, 2006
I, too, would happily swan about town in a ghost t-shirt. LobsterMitten and I will be Mefi twins!
posted by scody at 11:06 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by scody at 11:06 PM on September 27, 2006
Look out, town ghosts! Here comes science!
posted by LobsterMitten at 11:34 PM on September 27, 2006
posted by LobsterMitten at 11:34 PM on September 27, 2006
These are great. Is this the kind of work we can EVENTUALLY see on the Mefi Compilation CD that is long overdue? ;)
posted by terrapin at 5:59 AM on September 28, 2006
posted by terrapin at 5:59 AM on September 28, 2006
I like SDB's contributions to AskMe. Then again, I'm certainly guilty of MAS sometimes myself so I don't know how much that's worth.
posted by teleskiving at 7:05 AM on September 28, 2006
posted by teleskiving at 7:05 AM on September 28, 2006
I'll be sure to note that veiling your invective in a shoddy 400 px sketch is not only legitimate discourse but highly approved by the moderation. Really poor taste. I mean, the comments are all horribly inept and shouldn't exist to begin with, but come on. Cheesy. It's like sniping at the short bus.
posted by prostyle at 7:19 AM on September 28, 2006
posted by prostyle at 7:19 AM on September 28, 2006
I mean, the comments are all horribly inept and shouldn't exist to begin with
But it's okay to say that but not draw it?
posted by cortex at 7:37 AM on September 28, 2006
But it's okay to say that but not draw it?
posted by cortex at 7:37 AM on September 28, 2006
"...the majority of my few FPP's have been non-controversial (e.g. about Smoot, anvil shooting, animegao, or a giant marionette)"
Am I the only one who read "animegao" as "analingus"?
Yeah, I thought so.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:14 AM on September 28, 2006
Am I the only one who read "animegao" as "analingus"?
Yeah, I thought so.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:14 AM on September 28, 2006
It's like sniping at the short bus.
Perhaps, but if you were in the discussion, this cartoon was genius on so many levels: the yellow of cowardice, with the patriotism of red, white and blue; the leather iconography and bored eyes of banal, fascist S+M. All that visual symbolism really makes the original comment come alive where words failed...
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:26 AM on September 28, 2006
Perhaps, but if you were in the discussion, this cartoon was genius on so many levels: the yellow of cowardice, with the patriotism of red, white and blue; the leather iconography and bored eyes of banal, fascist S+M. All that visual symbolism really makes the original comment come alive where words failed...
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:26 AM on September 28, 2006
prostyle : "It's like sniping at the short bus."
I'll be sure to note that comparing ridiculing comments to shooting bullets at buses carrying the mentally disabled is legitimate discourse. Really poor taste.
posted by Bugbread at 8:39 AM on September 28, 2006
I'll be sure to note that comparing ridiculing comments to shooting bullets at buses carrying the mentally disabled is legitimate discourse. Really poor taste.
posted by Bugbread at 8:39 AM on September 28, 2006
I didn't need to be in the discussion, I read that thread as it occured and I thought the same thing about those charicatures as I do now. In fact, I had been wondering when he was going to incur punishment for his behavior. I didn't expect a positive call out, in other words.
...it's okay to say that but not draw it?
Hey, I don't make the rules. If it were up to me sophistry of any angle would be mitigated, rather than the hypocritical standard that remains; axe grinders, I heard daily kos is 2 doors down lol omfg ceiling pancakes
I find it odd that one would take such a stand on moderation while quietly take pleasure in these crude renderings, as if that's some sort of means to an end. Enh.
...shooting bullets at buses carrying the mentally disabled...
You're the one who interpreted it in that fashion. Do you really think I was referring to it in the capacity of firearm discharge at the physically handicapped? Have you never heard sniping used in the terms of demeaning conversational shots taken at another party? Continue with your clever mockery, you little devil. You saw right through me!
posted by prostyle at 8:43 AM on September 28, 2006
...it's okay to say that but not draw it?
Hey, I don't make the rules. If it were up to me sophistry of any angle would be mitigated, rather than the hypocritical standard that remains; axe grinders, I heard daily kos is 2 doors down lol omfg ceiling pancakes
I find it odd that one would take such a stand on moderation while quietly take pleasure in these crude renderings, as if that's some sort of means to an end. Enh.
...shooting bullets at buses carrying the mentally disabled...
You're the one who interpreted it in that fashion. Do you really think I was referring to it in the capacity of firearm discharge at the physically handicapped? Have you never heard sniping used in the terms of demeaning conversational shots taken at another party? Continue with your clever mockery, you little devil. You saw right through me!
posted by prostyle at 8:43 AM on September 28, 2006
"I don't see how this kind of mockery advances the cause of encouraging courteous and thoughtful discussion of complex and controversial topics"
"can i have my cat ears back now, please?"
posted by pyramid termite at 8:43 AM on September 28, 2006
I stand corrected.
I'll be sure to note that calling the mentally disabled "the short bus" is legitimate discourse. Really poor taste.
posted by Bugbread at 8:53 AM on September 28, 2006
I'll be sure to note that calling the mentally disabled "the short bus" is legitimate discourse. Really poor taste.
posted by Bugbread at 8:53 AM on September 28, 2006
Why don't you just email me and tell me you think I'm a dumbass and you don't like what I said? Really. It's listed for a reason.
posted by prostyle at 8:57 AM on September 28, 2006
posted by prostyle at 8:57 AM on September 28, 2006
Because then we couldn't watch. And bugbread is nothing if not community minded.
posted by dame at 9:06 AM on September 28, 2006
posted by dame at 9:06 AM on September 28, 2006
No really... the images are clip-art worthy... the text is not his own.. there really is very little to appreciate.
posted by econous at 9:48 AM on September 28, 2006
posted by econous at 9:48 AM on September 28, 2006
I don't see how this kind of mockery advances the cause of encouraging courteous and thoughtful discussion of complex and controversial topics.
Well, y'know, if you want courteous and thoughtful, give it a try yourself sometime.
I've always thought of you as a cardboard cutout, cartoon character or ragged puppet, so I think the pics dovetail nicely with that mental image.
I would also support a life-sized SCDB standee or a folk-crafted plush toy ready for a weathered conservative arm to be shoved up its ass.
posted by solid-one-love at 10:10 AM on September 28, 2006
Well, y'know, if you want courteous and thoughtful, give it a try yourself sometime.
I've always thought of you as a cardboard cutout, cartoon character or ragged puppet, so I think the pics dovetail nicely with that mental image.
I would also support a life-sized SCDB standee or a folk-crafted plush toy ready for a weathered conservative arm to be shoved up its ass.
posted by solid-one-love at 10:10 AM on September 28, 2006
Cat maidens? Is this about cat maidens?
posted by orthogonality at 10:41 AM on September 28, 2006
posted by orthogonality at 10:41 AM on September 28, 2006
Cat maidens? Is this about cat maidens?
Well, Den Beste is involved, so if it's NOT about cat maidens by now, it will be shortly.
posted by dersins at 12:52 PM on September 28, 2006
Well, Den Beste is involved, so if it's NOT about cat maidens by now, it will be shortly.
posted by dersins at 12:52 PM on September 28, 2006
prostyle writes "Why don't you just email me and tell me you think I'm a dumbass and you don't like what I said? Really. It's listed for a reason."
I'm starting to see a pattern here. "Really poor taste" says the guy calling the mentally disabled "the short bus". "Why don't you just email me" says the guy on the public forum instead of in an email.
posted by Bugbread at 7:19 PM on September 29, 2006 [1 favorite]
I'm starting to see a pattern here. "Really poor taste" says the guy calling the mentally disabled "the short bus". "Why don't you just email me" says the guy on the public forum instead of in an email.
posted by Bugbread at 7:19 PM on September 29, 2006 [1 favorite]
Whoa, how did I miss this!? Great!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:48 AM on October 27, 2006
posted by If I Had An Anus at 5:48 AM on October 27, 2006
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