Last 48 hours of MeFi posts are great

December 9, 2005 10:48 AM

I just wanted to say that the FPP's of the past 48 hours or so have been of exceptional quality and entertainment. Thanks, all!
posted by sourwookie to MetaFilter-Related at 10:48 AM (26 comments total)

No, thank you sourwookie. Thank you.
posted by geoff. at 10:53 AM on December 9, 2005

I agree, there have been some good posts lately. But for the love of god how about some Friday Fun!
posted by Mr T at 10:56 AM on December 9, 2005

Metafilter is ovulating. In 14 days watch for lots of crappy newsfilter posts with surly responses.
posted by brownpau at 11:01 AM on December 9, 2005

Which ones? Why don't you highlight the posts you liked? Don't you realize some of us may have missed all the good posts? Where is your humanity? Who will filter the filter?
posted by nixerman at 11:07 AM on December 9, 2005

I think the Are All Cops Criminals post put a nice end to that streak.
posted by spicynuts at 11:08 AM on December 9, 2005

I've got some Friday Fun ready to post, but even though it's been more than 24 hours since my last post, it won't let me. Sigh.
posted by Gator at 11:09 AM on December 9, 2005

I would like to say that as much as I have admired many of the recent FPPs, my recent FPP is, upon sober second thought, not so hot.

Mildly amusing perhaps, "exceptional quality", not so much. I'll give myself a brief timeout before posting next time.
posted by GuyZero at 11:12 AM on December 9, 2005

Ooops, my PC clock was off. Disregard above sigh.
posted by Gator at 11:16 AM on December 9, 2005

Don't look now, but sourwookie is a jinx!
posted by mds35 at 11:17 AM on December 9, 2005

On the contrary, GuyZero. I think that discussion degraded nicely.
posted by JeffK at 11:17 AM on December 9, 2005

Oh hey, navel gazing. My belly button is an 'outie'.
posted by cmonkey at 11:21 AM on December 9, 2005

I spackled, primed, and painted my navel.
posted by cortex at 11:30 AM on December 9, 2005

not to derail but what's going on here? When I click I get 'non-existent thread' but the link is on the top of ask right now. Was the thread deleted? omidius' plight as piqued my curiosity!
posted by delmoi at 11:39 AM on December 9, 2005

Gator, you're killing me man. I'm at work.
posted by Mr T at 11:39 AM on December 9, 2005

delmoi, there is a short lag between the time an askme post gets deleted and when it disappears from the main askme page because of caching of the main page. I didn't see that post (though I do see the short version of it on the askme page) but I assume mathowie deleted it tout de suite.
posted by jessamyn at 11:41 AM on December 9, 2005

Yeah, the post about hilarity that ensued from a headline about Reggie Bush (it could be a joke about the President, get it?) was of exceptional quality and entertainment.
posted by dios at 11:44 AM on December 9, 2005

To be fair, though, there were a great number of posts I enjoyed. In fact, I'd say it more than not. So I agree with the sentiment of your post.
posted by dios at 11:45 AM on December 9, 2005

WHERE'S THE SILLY?
posted by blue_beetle at 12:09 PM on December 9, 2005

WHERE'S THE SILLY?

Paris Hilton lawn decorations. Not exactly the fat woman mooning you or gnomes, but still very silly.
posted by FunkyHelix at 12:42 PM on December 9, 2005

delmoi : omidius' plight as piqued my curiosity!

"Hello, operator? I'd like to report a really weird island. Please send lots of rescue copters to ..."
posted by Godbert at 12:46 PM on December 9, 2005

*ratlles tin cup on bars*

SIL-LY! SIL-LY! SIL-LY!
posted by Mr T at 12:59 PM on December 9, 2005

dios, is there anything else about Metafilter that you don't like? I don't think there has been nearly enough discussion on that topic.
posted by MrMoonPie at 1:52 PM on December 9, 2005

Oh, hush.
posted by cortex at 2:05 PM on December 9, 2005

Gee, I hope everyone piles on dios for saying that he agrees with the sentiment. Because, you know, we don't have nearly enough bullshit flame wars happening in MeTa as it is. We really need them happening in the feel good threads, too.
posted by shmegegge at 5:20 PM on December 9, 2005

shmegegge, did you miss the fact that dios made two comments in this thread? Yes, indeed, he joined in the feel-good tone, but only after reiterating for the who-knows-how-many-goddamned-nth time how lame he felt the Reggie Bush thread was.
posted by MrMoonPie at 8:08 PM on December 9, 2005

At this point, the Reggie Bush thread has generated more discussion than any other FPP I've ever made - and the other ones have been decent, not-so-bad posts. Somehow this is not quite right.
posted by GuyZero at 8:57 AM on December 10, 2005