What are your favorite MeFi taglines? August 19, 2005 10:28 AM Subscribe
MetaFilter: Something more than an infantile masturbatory impulse.
wait, maybe Metafilter: No good can come of a thread like this.
perhaps MetaFilter: Flag it and move on...
how about Metafilter: It's a big ball of problems apart from one user with question marks.
I know, Metafilter: This post, it vibrates?
That's it. I give. What are your favorite MeFi taglines?
wait, maybe Metafilter: No good can come of a thread like this.
perhaps MetaFilter: Flag it and move on...
how about Metafilter: It's a big ball of problems apart from one user with question marks.
I know, Metafilter: This post, it vibrates?
That's it. I give. What are your favorite MeFi taglines?
George Eliot was a woman? Wow. Cool.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:49 AM on August 19, 2005
posted by gramschmidt at 10:49 AM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: In hindsight, I should have posted this under a different account.
posted by Rothko at 10:50 AM on August 19, 2005
posted by Rothko at 10:50 AM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: Consider that you are mixing up being smart with being 'geeky'.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:04 AM on August 19, 2005 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:04 AM on August 19, 2005 [1 favorite]
Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: ...
posted by freebird at 11:13 AM on August 19, 2005
posted by freebird at 11:13 AM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: Were my impulse control as strong as my self-regard, it would be a better place.
posted by OmieWise at 11:23 AM on August 19, 2005
posted by OmieWise at 11:23 AM on August 19, 2005
MetaFilter: Like MSN Filter, but with more "eta" and less "SN."
posted by chasing at 11:37 AM on August 19, 2005
posted by chasing at 11:37 AM on August 19, 2005
SuicideNerds: read their collective 'blog, see them whine in MetaTalk...
posted by Termite at 11:38 AM on August 19, 2005
posted by Termite at 11:38 AM on August 19, 2005
With apologies....
MetaFilter: I feel like a bit of a dope now :)
posted by mmahaffie at 11:39 AM on August 19, 2005
MetaFilter: I feel like a bit of a dope now :)
posted by mmahaffie at 11:39 AM on August 19, 2005
And, having spell-checked my last:
MetaFilter: Not even in its own spell-checker
posted by mmahaffie at 11:39 AM on August 19, 2005
MetaFilter: Not even in its own spell-checker
posted by mmahaffie at 11:39 AM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: This is why we can't have nice things
posted by Emperor Yamamoto's Eggs at 11:48 AM on August 19, 2005
posted by Emperor Yamamoto's Eggs at 11:48 AM on August 19, 2005
"Suicidenerds" is funny. but I don't have any tattoos
posted by matteo at 11:49 AM on August 19, 2005
posted by matteo at 11:49 AM on August 19, 2005
The question was: what are you favourites?
I'm just sayin'...
posted by nthdegx at 12:30 PM on August 19, 2005
I'm just sayin'...
posted by nthdegx at 12:30 PM on August 19, 2005
I know there are some great ones in the threads but I have no idea how to actually find them in a search. Anyone have a means of finding them?
But I've enjoyed rereading some really incredibly funny old threads. Like How to Hypnotize a Man and the Hasselhoff Recursion.
posted by fenriq at 12:47 PM on August 19, 2005
But I've enjoyed rereading some really incredibly funny old threads. Like How to Hypnotize a Man and the Hasselhoff Recursion.
posted by fenriq at 12:47 PM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: I'm just sayin'
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 12:51 PM on August 19, 2005
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 12:51 PM on August 19, 2005
MetaFilter: When you MetaFilter, you make a Meta out of Phil and Ter.
posted by ORthey at 1:05 PM on August 19, 2005 [1 favorite]
posted by ORthey at 1:05 PM on August 19, 2005 [1 favorite]
Sadly, the original link in the How to Hypnotize a Man thread is dead.
Happily, I found a replacement.
You're welcome.
posted by yhbc at 1:08 PM on August 19, 2005
Happily, I found a replacement.
You're welcome.
posted by yhbc at 1:08 PM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: Just happened. Could be a gas line - at this point, no one knows.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:10 PM on August 19, 2005
posted by R. Mutt at 1:10 PM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: Just happened. Could be a gas line - at this point, no one knows.
Bwahaha. I came here straight from bemusedly reading that in the blue.
posted by fire&wings at 1:12 PM on August 19, 2005
Bwahaha. I came here straight from bemusedly reading that in the blue.
posted by fire&wings at 1:12 PM on August 19, 2005
Well, for new ones I would have to say R. Mutt is in the lead.
I was more interested in people's favorite existing ones, though.
posted by mystyk at 1:17 PM on August 19, 2005
I was more interested in people's favorite existing ones, though.
posted by mystyk at 1:17 PM on August 19, 2005
MetaFilter: August 19, 2005
MetaFilter: Something more than an infantile masturbatory impulse.
wait, maybe Metafilter: No good can come of a thread like this.
perhaps MetaFilter: Flag it and move on...
how about Metafilter: It's a big ball of problems apart from one user with question marks.
I know, Metafilter: This post, it vibrates?
That's it. I give. What are your favorite MeFi taglines?
posted by mystyk to MetaFilter-related at 10:28 AM PST [!]
AskMefi: When I want insults, I'll post to the Blue.
posted by matteo at 10:41 AM PST on August 19 [!]
This thread had a lot of good ones.
posted by brain_drain at 10:44 AM PST on August 19 [!]
George Eliot was a woman? Wow. Cool.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:49 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: In hindsight, I should have posted this under a different account.
posted by Rothko at 10:50 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Consider that you are mixing up being smart with being 'geeky'.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:04 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: I Eat I EAT TAPES
posted by Hat Maui at 11:12 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: ...
posted by freebird at 11:13 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Rothko: Ha!
posted by Termite at 11:22 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Were my impulse control as strong as my self-regard, it would be a better place.
posted by OmieWise at 11:23 AM PST on August 19 [!]
MetaFilter: Like MSN Filter, but with more "eta" and less "SN."
posted by chasing at 11:37 AM PST on August 19 [!]
SuicideNerds: read their collective 'blog, see them whine in MetaTalk...
posted by Termite at 11:38 AM PST on August 19 [!]
With apologies....
MetaFilter: I feel like a bit of a dope now :)
posted by mmahaffie at 11:39 AM PST on August 19 [!]
And, having spell-checked my last:
MetaFilter: Not even in its own spell-checker
posted by mmahaffie at 11:39 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: This is why we can't have nice things
posted by Emperor Yamamoto's Eggs at 11:48 AM PST on August 19 [!]
"Suicidenerds" is funny. but I don't have any tattoos
posted by matteo at 11:49 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Drubk posting is cool.
posted by sebas at 12:12 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Roger Me Insensible [cite]
posted by jessamyn at 12:14 PM PST on August 19 [!]
The question was: what are you favourites?
I'm just sayin'...
posted by nthdegx at 12:30 PM PST on August 19 [!]
I know there are some great ones in the threads but I have no idea how to actually find them in a search. Anyone have a means of finding them?
But I've enjoyed rereading some really incredibly funny old threads. Like How to Hypnotize a Man and the Hasselhoff Recursion.
posted by fenriq at 12:47 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: I'm just sayin'
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 12:51 PM PST on August 19 [!]
MetaFilter: When you MetaFilter, you make a Meta out of Phil and Ter.
posted by ORthey at 1:05 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Sadly, the original link in the How to Hypnotize a Man thread is dead.
Happily, I found a replacement.
You're welcome.
posted by yhbc at 1:08 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Just happened. Could be a gas line - at this point, no one knows.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:10 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Just happened. Could be a gas line - at this point, no one knows.
Bwahaha. I came here straight from bemusedly reading that in the blue.
posted by fire&wings at 1:12 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Well, for new ones I would have to say R. Mutt is in the lead.
I was more interested in people's favorite existing ones, though.
posted by mystyk at 1:17 PM PST on August 19 [!]
MetaFilter: Threads never develop as hoped.
posted by mischief at 1:52 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: [!]
posted by tpl1212 at 2:08 PM PST on August 19 [!]
« Older Sorry if this is a dumb questi... | On my home computer I'm gettin... Newer »
posted by gramschmidt at 2:20 PM on August 19, 2005
MetaFilter: Something more than an infantile masturbatory impulse.
wait, maybe Metafilter: No good can come of a thread like this.
perhaps MetaFilter: Flag it and move on...
how about Metafilter: It's a big ball of problems apart from one user with question marks.
I know, Metafilter: This post, it vibrates?
That's it. I give. What are your favorite MeFi taglines?
posted by mystyk to MetaFilter-related at 10:28 AM PST [!]
AskMefi: When I want insults, I'll post to the Blue.
posted by matteo at 10:41 AM PST on August 19 [!]
This thread had a lot of good ones.
posted by brain_drain at 10:44 AM PST on August 19 [!]
George Eliot was a woman? Wow. Cool.
posted by gramschmidt at 10:49 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: In hindsight, I should have posted this under a different account.
posted by Rothko at 10:50 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Consider that you are mixing up being smart with being 'geeky'.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:04 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: I Eat I EAT TAPES
posted by Hat Maui at 11:12 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: Metafilter: ...
posted by freebird at 11:13 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Rothko: Ha!
posted by Termite at 11:22 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Were my impulse control as strong as my self-regard, it would be a better place.
posted by OmieWise at 11:23 AM PST on August 19 [!]
MetaFilter: Like MSN Filter, but with more "eta" and less "SN."
posted by chasing at 11:37 AM PST on August 19 [!]
SuicideNerds: read their collective 'blog, see them whine in MetaTalk...
posted by Termite at 11:38 AM PST on August 19 [!]
With apologies....
MetaFilter: I feel like a bit of a dope now :)
posted by mmahaffie at 11:39 AM PST on August 19 [!]
And, having spell-checked my last:
MetaFilter: Not even in its own spell-checker
posted by mmahaffie at 11:39 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: This is why we can't have nice things
posted by Emperor Yamamoto's Eggs at 11:48 AM PST on August 19 [!]
"Suicidenerds" is funny. but I don't have any tattoos
posted by matteo at 11:49 AM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Drubk posting is cool.
posted by sebas at 12:12 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Roger Me Insensible [cite]
posted by jessamyn at 12:14 PM PST on August 19 [!]
The question was: what are you favourites?
I'm just sayin'...
posted by nthdegx at 12:30 PM PST on August 19 [!]
I know there are some great ones in the threads but I have no idea how to actually find them in a search. Anyone have a means of finding them?
But I've enjoyed rereading some really incredibly funny old threads. Like How to Hypnotize a Man and the Hasselhoff Recursion.
posted by fenriq at 12:47 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: I'm just sayin'
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 12:51 PM PST on August 19 [!]
MetaFilter: When you MetaFilter, you make a Meta out of Phil and Ter.
posted by ORthey at 1:05 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Sadly, the original link in the How to Hypnotize a Man thread is dead.
Happily, I found a replacement.
You're welcome.
posted by yhbc at 1:08 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Just happened. Could be a gas line - at this point, no one knows.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:10 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: Just happened. Could be a gas line - at this point, no one knows.
Bwahaha. I came here straight from bemusedly reading that in the blue.
posted by fire&wings at 1:12 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Well, for new ones I would have to say R. Mutt is in the lead.
I was more interested in people's favorite existing ones, though.
posted by mystyk at 1:17 PM PST on August 19 [!]
MetaFilter: Threads never develop as hoped.
posted by mischief at 1:52 PM PST on August 19 [!]
Metafilter: [!]
posted by tpl1212 at 2:08 PM PST on August 19 [!]
« Older Sorry if this is a dumb questi... | On my home computer I'm gettin... Newer »
posted by gramschmidt at 2:20 PM on August 19, 2005
yhbc, thanks! I don't know what I'd do without that mesmerizing backside.
Metafilter: Ultra-focused on pixelate(d) titties.
Metafilter: useless without computer-generated polygon-genitalia pics!
Metafilter: Your horny puppy notwithstanding
And the best I can recall or find?
MetaFilter: like fucking a wet Wilford Brimley!
posted by fenriq at 2:42 PM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: Ultra-focused on pixelate(d) titties.
Metafilter: useless without computer-generated polygon-genitalia pics!
Metafilter: Your horny puppy notwithstanding
And the best I can recall or find?
MetaFilter: like fucking a wet Wilford Brimley!
posted by fenriq at 2:42 PM on August 19, 2005
My favorite of all time
Metafilter: Go eat a bucket full of cocks.
posted by Quartermass at 2:57 PM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: Go eat a bucket full of cocks.
posted by Quartermass at 2:57 PM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter : Where is Migs ?
posted by sgt.serenity at 3:10 PM on August 19, 2005
posted by sgt.serenity at 3:10 PM on August 19, 2005
gramschmidt, that was good, but this is the one that made me spit out my soda.
posted by brain_drain at 4:04 PM on August 19, 2005
posted by brain_drain at 4:04 PM on August 19, 2005
MetaFilter: I don't know what I'd do without that mesmerizing backside.
posted by languagehat at 4:09 PM on August 19, 2005
posted by languagehat at 4:09 PM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: I'd be getting my shit packed about now. ; >
posted by amberglow at 4:33 PM on August 19, 2005
posted by amberglow at 4:33 PM on August 19, 2005
Metafilter: self-validation through minutiae.
(You should post it in AskMe for more answers.)
posted by of strange foe at 6:14 PM on August 19, 2005
(You should post it in AskMe for more answers.)
posted by of strange foe at 6:14 PM on August 19, 2005
OH FUCK, I'M REPEATING MYSELF, BRAIN_DRAIN ... but I suspect I have been since I was in junior high.
posted by gramschmidt at 7:39 PM on August 19, 2005
posted by gramschmidt at 7:39 PM on August 19, 2005
MetaFilter: Nobody gets laid, and people are dying to get their periods.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:10 PM on August 19, 2005
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:10 PM on August 19, 2005
Mein Gott, we were doing taglines in June of 2000? The vastness of history terrifies me...
posted by languagehat at 6:52 AM on August 20, 2005
posted by languagehat at 6:52 AM on August 20, 2005
MetaFilter: The (half)vastness of history.
MetaFilter: Repeating ourselves since junir high (or at least gramschmidt is).
MetaFilter: The one that made me spit out my soda.
MetaFilter: Nope, never. There are always more.
MetaFilter: it's when something's been closed, and you still have a textarea open to it.
MetaFilter: If you haven't noticed all the other posts actually lead to some content worth reading and talking about, I don't know what to tell you.
MetaFilter: I feel like a bit of a dope now :)
MetaFilter: a. reasonably interesting and b. well supported with lots of links
MetaFilter: Because this is the only thing on MetaTalk Matt hasn't closed.
and from the current FP:
MetaFilter: made from found items.
MetaFilter: hilarious and sometimes tragic results.
MetaFilter: Hilarious, in a morbid sort of way.
MetaFilter: pulls a John Stewart.
MetaFilter: Masters of Deception
MetaFilter: No mere slap on the wrist
MetaFilter: a little like Nebuchadnezzar, a little like Antiochus Epiphanes, a little like Nero or Diocletian, and a little like Victor von Doom.
MetaFilter: you're a frikkin' pansy.
MetaFilter: HELP!
MetaFilter: Can't
MetaFilter: Stop!
MetaFil
posted by wendell at 10:42 AM on August 20, 2005
MetaFilter: Repeating ourselves since junir high (or at least gramschmidt is).
MetaFilter: The one that made me spit out my soda.
MetaFilter: Nope, never. There are always more.
MetaFilter: it's when something's been closed, and you still have a textarea open to it.
MetaFilter: If you haven't noticed all the other posts actually lead to some content worth reading and talking about, I don't know what to tell you.
MetaFilter: I feel like a bit of a dope now :)
MetaFilter: a. reasonably interesting and b. well supported with lots of links
MetaFilter: Because this is the only thing on MetaTalk Matt hasn't closed.
and from the current FP:
MetaFilter: made from found items.
MetaFilter: hilarious and sometimes tragic results.
MetaFilter: Hilarious, in a morbid sort of way.
MetaFilter: pulls a John Stewart.
MetaFilter: Masters of Deception
MetaFilter: No mere slap on the wrist
MetaFilter: a little like Nebuchadnezzar, a little like Antiochus Epiphanes, a little like Nero or Diocletian, and a little like Victor von Doom.
MetaFilter: you're a frikkin' pansy.
MetaFilter: HELP!
MetaFilter: Can't
MetaFilter: Stop!
MetaFil
posted by wendell at 10:42 AM on August 20, 2005
This kind of a post is like waving a red flag in front of wendell. :)
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 1:08 PM on August 20, 2005
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 1:08 PM on August 20, 2005
Yeah, wendell was providing most of the suggestions back in 2000 as well. There's no stopping that boy!
posted by languagehat at 6:35 PM on August 20, 2005
posted by languagehat at 6:35 PM on August 20, 2005
"Metatalk: Pure, unadulterated, pants-shitting asshatery of the drunken-uncle variety"
Okay - I like it because I wrote it (not surprising, as I wrote it because I like it).
But moonbird made it a tagline .
posted by scarabic at 12:56 AM on August 21, 2005
Okay - I like it because I wrote it (not surprising, as I wrote it because I like it).
But moonbird made it a tagline .
posted by scarabic at 12:56 AM on August 21, 2005
Metafilter: Not to derail, but...
I can't believe the WB animators gave that bull chest hair. Man, I wish I hadn't seen every bugs bunny a hundred times so I could appreciate their awesomeness.
posted by Popular Ethics at 10:07 AM on August 21, 2005
I can't believe the WB animators gave that bull chest hair. Man, I wish I hadn't seen every bugs bunny a hundred times so I could appreciate their awesomeness.
posted by Popular Ethics at 10:07 AM on August 21, 2005
Metafilter: The Golden Age ended the day before you joined.
posted by i_cola at 2:27 PM on August 21, 2005
posted by i_cola at 2:27 PM on August 21, 2005
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posted by matteo at 10:41 AM on August 19, 2005