Welcome, mini-[username]! Congrats, MeFi's own [username] for [thing] that further enriched us by having you here! Oh, look, our own [username] did [MeFi-related thing] in [non-MeFi venue]! Guess what - [real name/othernic] is Mefi's Own [username]!
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posted by batmonkey
on Apr 25, 2013 -
398 comments
According to the responses to
this AskMe question, MetaFilter is home to 15+ regular users who score at least three standard deviations away from the mean on IQ tests (in the positive direction). And, moreover, these extraordinary savants monitor AskMe systematically enough to pick out questions relevant to their stratospheric intellects, and they are happy to discuss their lot (some via sock puppets). I think that we, the MeFi userbase, should be proud to share the company of so many outstandingly gifted individuals, and that this is truly one of the things that makes MeFi such an extraordinary online community.
posted by Nomyte
on Mar 19, 2013 -
255 comments
In the cold open of the Don't Trust the B episode "Dating Games," the titular character says, "I'm sorry, my friend wants to apologize for the boringness. To make up for it she'll show you her taters." Was this a coincidence or is there someone working MeFi in-jokes onto the show?
posted by emyd
on Jan 16, 2013 -
64 comments
From time to time, people who are the topic of a thread register and participate in the conversation. I was looking for some kind of list in the Wiki and didn't find anything. So I searched through tags and found these:
newmember,
mefisown,
metafiltersown. Anywhere else?
posted by bru
on Aug 12, 2012 -
13 comments
Welcome MeFi's own
Jeff Vandermeer, who says he's just popping his head in on Scattercat's
post on The Weird, but it would be lovely if we could entice him to stay.
posted by Artw
on Nov 1, 2011 -
47 comments
In a recent AskMe, a mefite called for help naming a character actor. The name found, said actor turned up in the thread.
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posted by likeso
on Jun 27, 2011 -
33 comments
Set your Tivos: Metafilter's Own
TM Chance Ruder, aka
FeistyFerret, will be on Larry King Live tonight with talk-show-wildlife-guy Jack Hanna. Chance's contribution to Metafilter history was cemented when he provided
this best answer over in the green and then successfully fought off
accusations that he didn't actually exist. Having overcome this existential crisis, Chance is now poised to become a Television Personality.
posted by Saucy Intruder
on Jan 1, 2007 -
75 comments
So I have this friend in Lisbon and she was telling me last night that Miguel Cardoso was on TV and she caught it on her videophone and emailed it to me and I uploaded it to YouTube and....well...
Here it is!
posted by vacapinta
on Dec 13, 2006 -
39 comments
It's The Old Problem: You Never Know Who Your MeFi Buddy Is - but MetaFilter's own Mr Skallas has devised
a cunning quiz that just might help you find that difficult-to-locate
alter ego you've secretly been searching and, indeed, yearning for. Or, if this is not the case, which fellow member has unconsciously been influencing your every word. The rat! [
To avoid disappointment, note that this will not tell you, as iconomy's questionnaire did, which MeFi user's posting style you most like - rather it will quite precisely identify which Metafilter user you are most like. Enjoy!]
posted by MiguelCardoso
on May 13, 2002 -
53 comments
