Make fun of yourself!

grumblebee — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:49:46 -0800

Celebrate April Fools Day by writing a parody of yourself. ...Spring always follows Winter. It depends what you mean by "Spring," "always," "follows" and "Winter." For instance, I was TALKING to my BEAUTIFUL wife the other day (after silently giving thanks that she's so beautiful and that she IS my wife, but then wondering what the word "wife" really "means"), and I noted that "always" can have SEVERAL MEANINGS: 1. It can mean "all ways," as in every direction. 2. It can mean "at all times." Then it occurred to me that words don't ACTUALLY have ANY FIXED MEANINGS. If one says that "always" means either of the things I specified above (or something I didn't specify, because I don't want this post to get too lengthy), one is giving credence to a certain ARBITRARY ritual of society, namely assuming that words MEAN something. Why do this? Why not, instead, assume that words are MEANINGLESS and communicate with hand gestures instead (yes, I KNOW that *SOME* deaf people already do this. Rather than derail this thread with accusations that I am generalizing, please MeMail me.) Also, my wife is really beautiful and perceptive. Here's a link to HER photo. Let me put it another way: suppose this: suppose Fred and Alice are having the following conversation (and suppose Alice (not named after anyone here (Is there even anyone NAMED Alice (or Alicia) on MeFi)?) has Aspergers Syndrome): here's the dialogue: Fred: When I say "always," I ALWAYS mean the same thing. Alice: I have the right to interpret always any way I want. Who is to say whether Fred or Alice is right? (If you have an opinion on this, please MeMail me or my lovely wife). Look, I was a TREMENDOUS geek in high school, and I didn't have a girlfriend until way after I was in my 40s and married. Now, as a HAPPILY MARRIED MAN, I realize that my problem was the fact that I'm extremely literal minded, don't understand sarcasm, hate irony and refuse to listen to music that was written before 1922. Nazis are bad people. Okay, with the greatest respect, I have to object to that -- even though I'm Jewish (non-practicing, atheist). SOME Nazis are bad people. SOME non-nazi's are bad people. The thing is, if you REALLY delve into what Nazis are saying, it's simply that some people are superior to others and that INFERIOR people should be put into gas chambers. (Luckily, my wife has blonde hair and nordic features!!!). This is a reasonable point of view from within their frame or reference. I really think that if we're going to get along on Metafilter, without CONSTANT flame wars and snark, we MUST admit that the pro-Nazi folks and the anti-Nazi folks are really saying the SAME THING when you get beyond "words" an what those words "mean." (See above.) Who HASN'T wanted to gas a Jew at one time or another? Okay, I'll stand up and admit I have. If you CLAIM you haven't, then you must have some kind of ALIEN psychology that I simply can't fathom (MeMail me). The thing about me is that I'm a theatre director and an Aspy! (Undiagnosed.) I bet you wish you had a wife like mine! (Or, if you're a straight female, I bet you wish I was your HUSBAND (MeMail me)). Okay, I'm VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY sorry (though I stand by everything I said -- except for the part about Alice) if I OFFENDED anyone. You should probably apologize to me, too, but note that I'm more sorry than you can ever be. Clearly, I'm the only person here who feels the way that I do (except for the dozens of people who have MeMailed me in support, but who are too scared to post here, because of all the snark), so I'm going to bow out. I'm available via MeMail. So is my wife.

Where's that great parody of askme-as-life-helper?

dmd — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:53:41 -0800

A while back someone posted to meta a great little parody of the sort of sequence of questions we're all familiar with where someone uses askme to help them through absolutely every stage of their life. Where is it? I can't seem to find.

Bad parodies make bad posts

TwelveTwo — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:07:38 -0800

This is unacceptable. It should serve as an example to all the community, that one should never attempt to parody another's FPP. Especially if the execution of such a parody is flawed by broken links. SHAME.

Filepile Comedy

johnnydark — Fri, 28 May 2004 10:57:18 -0800

The following was posted at Filepile yesterday.

MetaFilter parody, by SportsFilter

MiguelCardoso — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:02:46 -0800

The latest MetaFilter Parody [Please scroll down a bit], courtesy of SportsFilter, though not up to classic standards [No links from me], is certainly funny enough. But it does seem, well, just a trifle incomplete...

metafilter: the community that parodies itself

will — Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:20:32 -0800

metafilter: the community that parodies itself

MetaTalk posts tagged with parody

Make fun of yourself!

Where's that great parody of askme-as-life-helper?

Bad parodies make bad posts

Filepile Comedy

MetaFilter parody, by SportsFilter

metafilter: the community that parodies itself