I just posted moments ago, freshly. September 25, 2008 9:53 AM Subscribe
Fresh/just posted/moments ago: are these specific spans of time?
Just curious. Already asked here, but without a response.
Just curious. Already asked here, but without a response.
WHA?
I've thought about this a lot, and definitely had the time brackets for each one worked out in my head. I'm stunned.
posted by roll truck roll at 9:58 AM on September 25, 2008
I've thought about this a lot, and definitely had the time brackets for each one worked out in my head. I'm stunned.
posted by roll truck roll at 9:58 AM on September 25, 2008
Not only is this not what MetaTalk is for, this is not what brain cells are for. Surrender to me your brain cells or perish!
/I am humongous
posted by Mister_A at 10:21 AM on September 25, 2008
/I am humongous
posted by Mister_A at 10:21 AM on September 25, 2008
Ever make one of those "not-so-fresh" comments?
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:30 AM on September 25, 2008 [9 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:30 AM on September 25, 2008 [9 favorites]
Great question, and I'm very glad to know the answer so I don't have to waste my precious brain cells and come to fallacious conclusions like poor roll truck roll.
posted by languagehat at 10:57 AM on September 25, 2008
posted by languagehat at 10:57 AM on September 25, 2008
Mister_A, I am gravely disappointed.
posted by adamdschneider at 11:15 AM on September 25, 2008
posted by adamdschneider at 11:15 AM on September 25, 2008
They're assigned randomly when something is less than a minute or so old.
I trusted you.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:15 AM on September 25, 2008
I trusted you.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:15 AM on September 25, 2008
there is, however, a second tier of slightly longer vaguely defined periods of time that metafilter chooses randomly from.
a little bit ago
just before
no after that
just, like, a half a second ago, i swear to god
posted by shmegegge at 11:34 AM on September 25, 2008
a little bit ago
just before
no after that
just, like, a half a second ago, i swear to god
posted by shmegegge at 11:34 AM on September 25, 2008
"Fresh" should never be used on my comments. Frankly, they are usually just warmed-up rehashings of what someone else has said, stale jokes that have been left out in the sun too long, or moldy old internet memes.
posted by never used baby shoes at 11:42 AM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by never used baby shoes at 11:42 AM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
MetaTalk:they are usually just warmed-up rehashings of what someone else has said, stale jokes that have been left out in the sun too long, or moldy old internet memes.
posted by Dumsnill at 11:57 AM on September 25, 2008
posted by Dumsnill at 11:57 AM on September 25, 2008
From a high enough point of view it's all simultaneous.
posted by Meatbomb at 11:57 AM on September 25, 2008
posted by Meatbomb at 11:57 AM on September 25, 2008
I demand a definition of "stale".
posted by Class Goat at 12:04 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by Class Goat at 12:04 PM on September 25, 2008
Not only is this not what MetaTalk is for, this is not what brain cells are for.
Well, it seemed like kind of a slow day, and it wasn't in the FAQ. I could call somebody out for a comment they made "a moment ago!!" and slip the question in somewhere, if that would help.
posted by Shepherd at 12:08 PM on September 25, 2008
Well, it seemed like kind of a slow day, and it wasn't in the FAQ. I could call somebody out for a comment they made "a moment ago!!" and slip the question in somewhere, if that would help.
posted by Shepherd at 12:08 PM on September 25, 2008
This has worried you for over a year? Please remember that Time is just a magazine.
posted by Cranberry at 12:16 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by Cranberry at 12:16 PM on September 25, 2008
My comments are usually just rehashings of what someone else said, stale jokes, or overplayed internet memes.
posted by spiderwire at 12:30 PM on September 25, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by spiderwire at 12:30 PM on September 25, 2008 [4 favorites]
adam, I JUST read your comment, and I think you were being FRESH with me.
Uh oh! Hold on! A MOMENT AGO, a rider came to tell me I am needed in Warshington! I must sally forth to save the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of Yawning! I am rolling up my sleeves! I am going to Warshington to save stuff! Wish me well, friends!
posted by Mister_A at 12:41 PM on September 25, 2008
Uh oh! Hold on! A MOMENT AGO, a rider came to tell me I am needed in Warshington! I must sally forth to save the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of Yawning! I am rolling up my sleeves! I am going to Warshington to save stuff! Wish me well, friends!
posted by Mister_A at 12:41 PM on September 25, 2008
They have actually saved it already but they are going to wait for you so they can do the photo op. The $5000 has already been spent on makeup and FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IS YOUR WATCHWORD SIRRAH.
posted by Shepherd at 12:48 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by Shepherd at 12:48 PM on September 25, 2008
As long as there is an opportunity for me to appear in front of the museum with rolled-up sleeves*, I am fine with that.
*It is I who will have rolled-up sleeves–not, as I understand it, the museum.
posted by Mister_A at 1:07 PM on September 25, 2008
*It is I who will have rolled-up sleeves–not, as I understand it, the museum.
posted by Mister_A at 1:07 PM on September 25, 2008
I propose a time increment called "should I eat this?"
posted by adamrice at 1:13 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by adamrice at 1:13 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
1 should-I-eat-this = 2 weeks in a refrigerator or 1 day on the dashboard of a car.
posted by 517 at 1:25 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by 517 at 1:25 PM on September 25, 2008
I think the actual increments would be more like "Fresh," "Still Edible," "Eat at Own Risk," and "Twinkies Only."
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:27 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 1:27 PM on September 25, 2008
Please remember that Time is just a magazine.
"That's tough!"
"What's tough?"
"Life."
"What's life?"
"A magazine."
"Where d'you get it?"
"Drugstore."
"What's it cost?"
"A dime."
"I only got a nickel."
"That's tough."
"What's tough?"
"Life."
"What's life?"
"A magazine."
"Where d'you get it?"
"Drugstore."
"What's it cost?"
"A dime."
"I only got a nickel."
"That's tough."
posted by languagehat at 1:42 PM on September 25, 2008 [3 favorites]
"That's tough!"
"What's tough?"
"Life."
"What's life?"
"A magazine."
"Where d'you get it?"
"Drugstore."
"What's it cost?"
"A dime."
"I only got a nickel."
"That's tough."
"What's tough?"
"Life."
"What's life?"
"A magazine."
"Where d'you get it?"
"Drugstore."
"What's it cost?"
"A dime."
"I only got a nickel."
"That's tough."
posted by languagehat at 1:42 PM on September 25, 2008 [3 favorites]
> They're assigned randomly when something is less than a minute or so old.
There's also a 1/5,000 chance of it saying, "WHOA, THAT WAS A *GOOD* ONE!"
Keep commenting and posting. You might see it too.
posted by ardgedee at 1:42 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
There's also a 1/5,000 chance of it saying, "WHOA, THAT WAS A *GOOD* ONE!"
Keep commenting and posting. You might see it too.
posted by ardgedee at 1:42 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
What spiderwire said.
posted by never used baby shoes at 1:57 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by never used baby shoes at 1:57 PM on September 25, 2008
"You remind me of a man."
"What man?"
"The man with the power."
"What power?"
"The power of voodoo."
"Who do?"
"You do!"
"I do what?"
"You remind me of a man."
"What man?"
"The man with the power."
"What power?"
"The power of voodoo."
"Who do?"
"You do!"
"I do what?"
"You remind me of a man."
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:19 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
"What man?"
"The man with the power."
"What power?"
"The power of voodoo."
"Who do?"
"You do!"
"I do what?"
"You remind me of a man."
"What man?"
"The man with the power."
"What power?"
"The power of voodoo."
"Who do?"
"You do!"
"I do what?"
"You remind me of a man."
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:19 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
Why don't you go ask yo momma how fresh I am?
posted by loquacious at 2:25 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by loquacious at 2:25 PM on September 25, 2008
My comments are usually just rehashings of what someone else said, stale jokes, or overplayed internet memes.
posted by turgid dahlia at 2:40 PM on September 25, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by turgid dahlia at 2:40 PM on September 25, 2008 [2 favorites]
pb, I was looking back through the less modern stuff and was expecting to find comparable catchy phrasing like ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, timeworn, venerable, and old as Methuselah. Instead all we get is 2 weeks ago, 9 months ago, last year, or two years ago. Where's the love for history?
posted by netbros at 2:40 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by netbros at 2:40 PM on September 25, 2008
netbros, look at the the current firestorm around a few synonyms for recent. I think we've done enough damage.
posted by pb (staff) at 2:44 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by pb (staff) at 2:44 PM on September 25, 2008
Would you please at least adopt the term "McCainaanite" for really old posts and stuff? Like if it's from a different century I mean.
posted by Mister_A at 2:58 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by Mister_A at 2:58 PM on September 25, 2008
They're assigned randomly when something is less than a minute or so old.
>I trusted you.
pb, next time say $700 billion. It works.
posted by ersatz at 3:01 PM on September 25, 2008
>I trusted you.
pb, next time say $700 billion. It works.
posted by ersatz at 3:01 PM on September 25, 2008
Wait, is that "less than a minute" as observed from a stationary viewpoint? Or what kind of velocity are we talking about here, because technically "less than a minute" could be any amount of time up to and including the life of the known universe if the relative velocity is high enough.
I NEED TO KNOW!!!
posted by blue_beetle at 4:00 PM on September 25, 2008
I NEED TO KNOW!!!
posted by blue_beetle at 4:00 PM on September 25, 2008
Hey, Pakistani and US troops are shooting at one another. This promises to be good! Linky.
posted by turgid dahlia at 4:11 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 4:11 PM on September 25, 2008
blue_beetle: On the internet, we all move at the speed of spite.
posted by never used baby shoes at 4:14 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by never used baby shoes at 4:14 PM on September 25, 2008
I print out all of my comments and seal them in a Ziploc bag, which I keep inside a Tupperware container in the vegetable drawer of my refrigerator, which is calibrated daily for optimum temperature and humidity. Using this method, they stay fresh in perpetuity.
posted by amyms at 4:28 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by amyms at 4:28 PM on September 25, 2008
My comments are usually just rehashings of what someone else said, stale jokes, or overplayed internet memes.
posted by sveskemus at 4:29 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by sveskemus at 4:29 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
I print out all of my comments and seal them in a Ziploc bag, which I keep inside a Tupperware container in the vegetable drawer of my refrigerator, which is calibrated daily for optimum temperature and humidity. Using this method, they stay fresh in perpetuity.
posted by amyms Fresh [+]
I rest my case.
posted by amyms at 4:30 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by amyms Fresh [+]
I rest my case.
posted by amyms at 4:30 PM on September 25, 2008
People's comments are usually just rehashings of what I said, jokes they stole from me, or attempts to emulate my memetic stylings.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:55 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:55 PM on September 25, 2008 [1 favorite]
EMULATE MY MEME
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:06 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:06 PM on September 25, 2008
ETALUMEM
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:11 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:11 PM on September 25, 2008
If two comments are moving towards each other on rails from Cleveland and Tampa...
posted by scrump at 7:41 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by scrump at 7:41 PM on September 25, 2008
I have these giant sneakers, you see, which give me the ineluctable power to step on any punchline.
posted by ook at 8:12 PM on September 25, 2008
posted by ook at 8:12 PM on September 25, 2008
cortex invented the internet. 2+2=5. John McCain.
posted by Mister_A at 7:40 AM on September 26, 2008
posted by Mister_A at 7:40 AM on September 26, 2008
My comments are usually tautologies, olde japes or any idea or behavior that can pass from one person to another over the internet by learning or imitation for lulz.
posted by stavrogin at 8:45 AM on September 26, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by stavrogin at 8:45 AM on September 26, 2008 [2 favorites]
EAT MY EMMY, MULE
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:51 AM on September 26, 2008
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:51 AM on September 26, 2008
It was a dark and stormy night,
The brigands were all sitting around the campfire,
When one of them said,
Brother John tell us a story.
And so Brother John said,
"It was a dark and stormy night,
The brigands were all sitting around the campfire,
When one of them said,
Brother John tell us a story.
And so Brother John said,
It was a dark and stormy night,
The brigands were all sitting around the campfire,
When one of them said,
Brother John tell us a story.
And so Brother John said,
"It was a dark and stormy night...
posted by MythMaker at 5:20 PM on September 26, 2008
The brigands were all sitting around the campfire,
When one of them said,
Brother John tell us a story.
And so Brother John said,
"It was a dark and stormy night,
The brigands were all sitting around the campfire,
When one of them said,
Brother John tell us a story.
And so Brother John said,
It was a dark and stormy night,
The brigands were all sitting around the campfire,
When one of them said,
Brother John tell us a story.
And so Brother John said,
"It was a dark and stormy night...
posted by MythMaker at 5:20 PM on September 26, 2008
My comments are completely original, contain new relevant material, and are rehashed by others.
posted by clearly at 12:15 AM on September 27, 2008
posted by clearly at 12:15 AM on September 27, 2008
I had a fresh comment, but it was no longer fresh when I reloaded the page; should I post this to AskMe or to "bugs" in MeTa?
posted by TedW at 2:52 PM on September 27, 2008
posted by TedW at 2:52 PM on September 27, 2008
My comments, which are often rehashed by others, are completely original and contain relevant new material.
posted by dg at 4:09 PM on September 27, 2008
posted by dg at 4:09 PM on September 27, 2008
languagehat
You must be older than you look on the internet; the last time I heard that was in the early 60's.
posted by unrepentanthippie at 8:02 PM on September 27, 2008
You must be older than you look on the internet; the last time I heard that was in the early 60's.
posted by unrepentanthippie at 8:02 PM on September 27, 2008
I was born in 1951; thanks for the kind words about my looks!
posted by languagehat at 7:11 AM on September 28, 2008
posted by languagehat at 7:11 AM on September 28, 2008
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posted by pb (staff) at 9:56 AM on September 25, 2008