Possible self-post from user with no real comments

December 15, 2006 8:08 AM

I'm not sure if Tasty Like Your 9V Battery has taken IronLizard's advice to self post literally but 2 of their 3 comments ton MeFi before posting to the front page consist of "La." and 2 of their comments to MetaTalk are "I am just posting to this dead thread. La la la." and "La."
posted by Mitheral to Etiquette/Policy at 8:08 AM (53 comments total)

I just wanted to do it with my eponysterical sock. Generally, I am an upstanding citizen. If one of the mods want me to email them about it, I'll be happy to.
posted by Tasty Like Your 9V Battery at 8:12 AM on December 15, 2006

(Also apparently MeTa comments don't count towards your blue posting bar.)
posted by Tasty Like Your 9V Battery at 8:13 AM on December 15, 2006

In lieu of a flameout, let's have a "guess who TLY9VB really is" contest!

I'll put a buck on loquacious, just to start things off.
posted by yhbc at 8:17 AM on December 15, 2006

I'm putting a buck down on me. No, wait, CunningLinguist.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 8:22 AM on December 15, 2006

I guess........... reklaw!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:24 AM on December 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

I guess: ThePinkSuperhero!
posted by dame at 8:26 AM on December 15, 2006

I think it's Ambrosia Voyeur.
posted by nickmark at 8:28 AM on December 15, 2006

Colonel Mustard, in the blue, with the sock puppet.
posted by I Am Not a Lobster at 8:30 AM on December 15, 2006

Surely it's this one..
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 8:33 AM on December 15, 2006

mogabog haunts us from beyond :(
posted by dorisfromregopark at 8:35 AM on December 15, 2006

My guess is matthowie. He should give himself a timeout.
posted by horsewithnoname at 8:36 AM on December 15, 2006

And I was just about to come to meta to.... (HA!!! MULTIPLE PERIODS ENDING A SENTENCE, SUCK IT HATERS. Ok, you don't have to but if you're interested see the SPAM on the front page, we'll hook up.)
posted by IronLizard at 8:37 AM on December 15, 2006

Tasty Like Your 9V Battery writes "I just wanted to do it with my eponysterical sock. "

How is your userID/post combination eponysterical? Is licking 9V batteries some kind of "PUA" technique?
posted by Mitheral at 8:46 AM on December 15, 2006

Heh. If it were me, I would have posted it under this stupid username just in the interests of eponystericism.
posted by CunningLinguist at 8:47 AM on December 15, 2006

It's some kind of "vaginal flavor simulation" technique, according to AskMe. Who knows?
posted by nebulawindphone at 8:48 AM on December 15, 2006

Hmm, good point, CunningLinguist. Is it too late to say me?
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 8:49 AM on December 15, 2006

Yes.

And Mitheral, did you miss this grand moment in mefi history?
posted by CunningLinguist at 8:50 AM on December 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

I don't like the term eponysterical. I think a germanesque word like schadenfreude would be better: I propose "aussagenameverbindung".
posted by delmoi at 9:00 AM on December 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

CunningLinguist writes "did you miss this grand moment in mefi history? "

Yes. And, uh, strange. The check out aisle is never going to be the same.
posted by Mitheral at 9:11 AM on December 15, 2006

Explain to me again why we allow sock puppets when they are clearly just an existing user who is trying to make a gag?
posted by dios at 9:33 AM on December 15, 2006

Five dollars worth of funny?
posted by nickmark at 9:35 AM on December 15, 2006

Not me, btw. Unless it counts if I'm the 9V battery the name's referring to. I can't speak to that, given the anonymity, but it's statistically unlikely.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 9:37 AM on December 15, 2006

In lieu of a flameout, let's have a "guess who TLY9VB really is" contest!

Or just ban both accounts and make some s'mores. Being a dumbass sockpuppet is one thing (That I hate on principle), but that stupid "la" shit fucks with other people's My Comments page.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:37 AM on December 15, 2006

Explain to me again why we allow sock puppets when they are clearly just an existing user who is trying to make a gag?

Because they're funny?

I still miss The Ghost of Ken Lay :(
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:43 AM on December 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

*hands Alvy an valium suppository*
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 9:45 AM on December 15, 2006

In this context, can we not talk about gagging please? Thank you.
posted by CunningLinguist at 9:46 AM on December 15, 2006

A suppository from Uranus?

Thanks, but no thanks.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:51 AM on December 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

No an suppository. I've gone both ways with that typo today. I need a hot toddie.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 9:55 AM on December 15, 2006

I know, but I'm not telling.
posted by languagehat at 9:58 AM on December 15, 2006

I guess I need to reiterate this: I don't do sock puppet accounts, at all. They don't really bother me, but I don't own any second accounts.

A) I'm poor. No, like starving artist poor. As in I actually enjoy getting new socks and underwear for Christmas. And Trader Joes cards! Anyway. I didn't pay for this account and I don't intend to pay for a 2nd account for making jokey comments. That sounds like a perfectly unreasonable waste of drinking money.

2) I don't have any problems saying whatever I'd want to say with this account. While this may be unbelieveable for some to hear me say it, I'm a strong believer in "don't say stuff online that you wouldn't say in person." There are perhaps only a very small handful of snarky oneliners I've typed here that I wouldn't utter in person. Surprisingly my mouth has never gotten my ass kicked.

Regardlesss, I don't do sock puppet accounts - for me there's no point. Sorry if that's boring or undramatic but you folks won't ever have to worry about me being behind a sock puppet.

Now go lick a battery. It's good for you. Especially those extra salty lithium ones.
posted by loquacious at 10:00 AM on December 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

If one of the mods want me to email them about it, I'll be happy to.

We know whose sock puppet it is. Please don't fill up MetaFilter with noise.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:21 AM on December 15, 2006

all your sockpuppets are belong to us
posted by terrapin at 10:54 AM on December 15, 2006

In lieu of a flameout, let's have a "guess who TLY9VB really is" contest!

Obviously Mitheral. duh.
posted by Rumple at 11:36 AM on December 15, 2006

I'm with loquacious. I've never paid for web site access and I sure ain't going to deviate from that for the sake of a lame joke.
posted by Mitheral at 11:49 AM on December 15, 2006

It was only $5 and I was feeling both silly and flush. And you can see from this brouhaha that I rarely use it. But I am sorry that I screwed with people's comments pages. I never use them, so I didn't consider than angle.
posted by Tasty Like Your 9V Battery at 12:04 PM on December 15, 2006

im in ur sock puppetz, tastin your vaginaz
posted by Rhomboid at 12:11 PM on December 15, 2006 [2 favorites]

Oh, I enjoy the sock puppets. I don't mean to say that I'm superior because I didn't use a sock puppet or anything like that at all. It's just not how I roll.
posted by loquacious at 12:42 PM on December 15, 2006

Tasty Like Your 9v Battery = alkaline + tongue = Puke & Cry. QED.
posted by Smart Dalek at 2:17 PM on December 15, 2006

QED... Quaint Educated Dumbass?
posted by edgeways at 2:37 PM on December 15, 2006

Nope. Sam Waterston.
posted by Smart Dalek at 2:45 PM on December 15, 2006

If I had the money, I'd register "Oh for the love of God, won't somebody PLEASE favorite my comments!", but then, I'd like to think that my comment history on MetaFilter (MetaTalk especially) has done the necessary work to associate that phrase with the Eideteker™ brand name in the minds of users with id#s great and small.
posted by Eideteker at 3:01 PM on December 15, 2006

Though if someone wants to gift me a sockpuppet, they could always give me "I'm nothing if not self-effacing".

That's right, I used gift as a verb. Suck it, languagehaters.
posted by Eideteker at 3:04 PM on December 15, 2006

I still miss The Ghost of Ken Lay :(

Here in hell, I've been busy with the upcoming... awww screw it.
posted by the ghost of Ken Lay at 3:20 PM on December 15, 2006

ThePinkSuperhero: I guess........... reklaw!

*sniff* You know, I've not been around much lately, but I'm a little touched at being remembered and stuff. reklaw: truly leaving a mark on the world.

It's kinda sad that when I don't have much time to read Mefi, I come to MetaTalk first.
posted by reklaw at 4:46 PM on December 15, 2006

so it's noise if we question a stupid practice (allowing sock puppets), but it's not a problem for sock puppets to make stupid comments? The mind boggles.....
posted by garypratt at 8:44 PM on December 15, 2006

No, noise is a problem generally and sock puppet noise is slightly more onerous than regular noise. I'm not sure who you may be misunderstanding, but I hope it's not me.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:09 PM on December 15, 2006

Good thing I'm not sock puppet, then.
posted by IronLizard at 9:13 PM on December 15, 2006

I think jessamyn was telling the sockpuppeteer that they know who it is, and warning 'it' not to fill Metafilter with noise. If she'd been referring to the callout as the noise, she would have said MetaTalk, right?
posted by jacalata at 1:54 AM on December 16, 2006

Right.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:33 AM on December 16, 2006

I wish I could remember the password for Chicken Little

Because sometimes the Blue is falling.
posted by Mick at 8:13 AM on December 16, 2006

Have we reached the point of the thread where we can refer to sock monkeys yet? That's always my favorite part.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 11:49 AM on December 16, 2006

Here in hell, I've been busy with the upcoming... awww screw it.

Yay!
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 2:07 PM on December 16, 2006

jessamyn, my apologies, I did misunderstand. I didn't realize your comment was directed to the sockpuppeteer. I thought you meant everybody else. Sorry and thanks for the explanation.
posted by garypratt at 1:46 PM on December 18, 2006