Any plans for the 100,000th FPP? January 17, 2011 9:21 AM Subscribe
Any plans for the 100,000th FPP?
You mean number 11000011010100000? Why that one, in particular?
posted by Wolfdog at 9:24 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by Wolfdog at 9:24 AM on January 17, 2011
100,000 always has a plan, son.
posted by clavdivs at 9:31 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by clavdivs at 9:31 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
I was thinking dinner and movie. Might put out, depending on the movie.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:36 AM on January 17, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:36 AM on January 17, 2011 [4 favorites]
Flag it and move on, probably.
posted by Ian A.T. at 9:39 AM on January 17, 2011 [30 favorites]
posted by Ian A.T. at 9:39 AM on January 17, 2011 [30 favorites]
I'm gonna celebrate by refusing to delete it unless it's spam or a crappy post.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:41 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:41 AM on January 17, 2011
Knowing me, I'll probably sleep right through it.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:42 AM on January 17, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:42 AM on January 17, 2011 [3 favorites]
Well after my last post, I know I won't be making it.
posted by Sailormom at 9:43 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by Sailormom at 9:43 AM on January 17, 2011
I'm gonna celebrate by refusing to delete it unless it's spam or a crappy post.
posted by cortex at 12:41 PM on January 17
OK, so anyone who has a post they'd really like to do that would normally probably be deleted but isn't so terrible that it obviously has to be deleted, make sure to wait till right after /99999 to post.
posted by John Cohen at 9:43 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by cortex at 12:41 PM on January 17
OK, so anyone who has a post they'd really like to do that would normally probably be deleted but isn't so terrible that it obviously has to be deleted, make sure to wait till right after /99999 to post.
posted by John Cohen at 9:43 AM on January 17, 2011
RTFA WTF FIAMO, or, as those of use who don't like to waste letters say, RWF.
posted by Wolfdog at 9:44 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by Wolfdog at 9:44 AM on January 17, 2011
I WASTED A LETTER 'E'.
posted by Wolfdog at 9:44 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Wolfdog at 9:44 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
Actually, I plan to collapse the universe by self-linking to a blog post I wrote about MetaFilter hitting its 100,000th FPP.
posted by griphus at 9:47 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by griphus at 9:47 AM on January 17, 2011
actually it would be ever so slightly be amusing if it did get deleted.
posted by edgeways at 9:48 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by edgeways at 9:48 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
It will be a double.
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:52 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:52 AM on January 17, 2011
100000 GET
posted by Tom-B at 9:53 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Tom-B at 9:53 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
It will be a double.
Ideally, of this one.
posted by Wolfdog at 9:56 AM on January 17, 2011 [5 favorites]
Ideally, of this one.
posted by Wolfdog at 9:56 AM on January 17, 2011 [5 favorites]
virgins, chalices, flames, the usual.
posted by The Whelk at 10:00 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 10:00 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
Bonfire.
posted by IvoShandor at 10:05 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by IvoShandor at 10:05 AM on January 17, 2011
We need to offer something to the Internet to ensure another 100,000 posts.
posted by The Whelk at 10:07 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 10:07 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
anyone feeling tightly wound and religiously troubled lately?
posted by The Whelk at 10:07 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 10:07 AM on January 17, 2011
We need to offer something to the Internet to ensure another 100,000 posts.
I'm picturing something like Temple of Doom, but instead mathowie rips the processor out of one of the servers.
After backing everything up, of course
posted by griphus at 10:11 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
I'm picturing something like Temple of Doom, but instead mathowie rips the processor out of one of the servers.
After backing everything up, of course
posted by griphus at 10:11 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
There's a 62.37336% probability that it'll be deleted.
posted by crunchland at 10:12 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by crunchland at 10:12 AM on January 17, 2011
anyone feeling tightly wound and religiously troubled lately?
Yeah, but I'm Catholic, so that's normal.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:12 AM on January 17, 2011 [4 favorites]
Yeah, but I'm Catholic, so that's normal.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:12 AM on January 17, 2011 [4 favorites]
Maybe it'll be another Steve Jobs post. He's still not well, you know.
posted by fixedgear at 10:17 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by fixedgear at 10:17 AM on January 17, 2011
It should be about grandfather clocks.
posted by Meatbomb at 10:20 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Meatbomb at 10:20 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
I think the img tag should be enabled. Just this once.
posted by hellojed at 10:23 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by hellojed at 10:23 AM on January 17, 2011
Someone wake up ColdChef again.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 10:25 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by Potomac Avenue at 10:25 AM on January 17, 2011
Maybe the poster of #100000 should win something. A prize. Like in that nice Shirley Jackson story.
posted by Wolfdog at 10:29 AM on January 17, 2011 [11 favorites]
posted by Wolfdog at 10:29 AM on January 17, 2011 [11 favorites]
Let's make it something really fighty, so it gets 100,000 comments.
posted by Maximian at 10:30 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Maximian at 10:30 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
it'll probably be like CHECK MY QUINTUPLES
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 10:34 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 10:34 AM on January 17, 2011
The 100,000th post really should be about Metafilter. The secret history, the back-room deals, the unsolved murders, the underaged sheep that lie behind the the blue. How cortex's habit of sleeping in on weekends kept Mefi from being the next Facebook. Why jessamyn is worshipped as a God by several South Pacific island tribes. Where, exactly, is Math's owie?
The real story.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:35 AM on January 17, 2011 [14 favorites]
The real story.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:35 AM on January 17, 2011 [14 favorites]
and a photo of the poster's five nipples
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 10:35 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 10:35 AM on January 17, 2011
coded in such a brilliant and elegant way that the mods are powerless to intervene and can only gnash their teeth and rend their garments
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 10:36 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 10:36 AM on January 17, 2011 [2 favorites]
burma-shave
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 10:36 AM on January 17, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 10:36 AM on January 17, 2011 [3 favorites]
and a photo of the poster's five nipples
I keep those in a jar in my closet. They are to be shown to no one other than my children, one of whom will be so emotionally scarred that he or she will grow up to be president in an effort to squelch the pain through tremendous accomplishment.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 10:40 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
I keep those in a jar in my closet. They are to be shown to no one other than my children, one of whom will be so emotionally scarred that he or she will grow up to be president in an effort to squelch the pain through tremendous accomplishment.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 10:40 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
#100000 would be better described as the 100000th attempted post, really. It would be kind of like celebrating baseball at-bats instead of hits.
posted by cardboard at 10:42 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by cardboard at 10:42 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
maybe a post about this?
Is that real? I like that it's the only piece of currency I've seen where, rather than just saying how much it's worth, there's an actual narrative on it.
posted by drjimmy11 at 10:43 AM on January 17, 2011
Is that real? I like that it's the only piece of currency I've seen where, rather than just saying how much it's worth, there's an actual narrative on it.
posted by drjimmy11 at 10:43 AM on January 17, 2011
Let's make it something really fighty, so it gets 100,000 comments.
So, something about Sarah Palin's position on the vaccine/austism connection?
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:45 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
So, something about Sarah Palin's position on the vaccine/austism connection?
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:45 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
I'm crafting it now. It's about why twee doggie clothing should be outlawed.
posted by heyho at 10:51 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by heyho at 10:51 AM on January 17, 2011
If beedogs are wrong, I don't want to be right.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:59 AM on January 17, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 10:59 AM on January 17, 2011 [4 favorites]
The owls are due theirs, man. They ask so very little.
If they don't get the chihuahuas, there's no telling where they'll focus next. Are you willing to risk that? I say give them chihuahuas.
posted by heyho at 11:06 AM on January 17, 2011 [3 favorites]
If they don't get the chihuahuas, there's no telling where they'll focus next. Are you willing to risk that? I say give them chihuahuas.
posted by heyho at 11:06 AM on January 17, 2011 [3 favorites]
It's Never Lurgi: " So, something about Sarah Palin's position on the vaccine/austism connection?"
...for closeted, Republican, Verizon-loving, Ayn Rand-reading, homophobic college-educated pregnant Chinese nuns who routinely take up five seats on the bus and plan on circumcising their future hipster progeny to keep them in line.
posted by zarq at 11:09 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
...for closeted, Republican, Verizon-loving, Ayn Rand-reading, homophobic college-educated pregnant Chinese nuns who routinely take up five seats on the bus and plan on circumcising their future hipster progeny to keep them in line.
posted by zarq at 11:09 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
I say give them chihuahuas.
.
.
.
...go on.
posted by The Owls at 11:09 AM on January 17, 2011 [12 favorites]
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.
.
...go on.
posted by The Owls at 11:09 AM on January 17, 2011 [12 favorites]
Beedogs aren't wrong, but they are either irritated or embarrassed, depending on the dog's self-awareness level or the observer's anthropomorphic bias.
Perhaps this doesn't count as it is a different species, but my girlfriend's old roommate's Boston Terrier used to drag his chicken costume out of the closet when there was company over because he knew that Boston Terrier + Chicken Costume = ATTENTION.
posted by griphus at 11:10 AM on January 17, 2011 [4 favorites]
Perhaps this doesn't count as it is a different species, but my girlfriend's old roommate's Boston Terrier used to drag his chicken costume out of the closet when there was company over because he knew that Boston Terrier + Chicken Costume = ATTENTION.
posted by griphus at 11:10 AM on January 17, 2011 [4 favorites]
Boston Chicken?
posted by zarq at 11:11 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by zarq at 11:11 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
The post that will get 100,000 comments:
Sarah Palin is elected president. This comes after narrowly avoiding being shot, being caught with a male prostitute, overcoming a controversy where all her Boing Boing guest posts were deleted, and then publishing a particularly long post on her personal blog about her (foiled) attempt to release her children in a hot air balloon.
(insert wailing sirens here)
posted by Askiba at 11:17 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
Sarah Palin is elected president. This comes after narrowly avoiding being shot, being caught with a male prostitute, overcoming a controversy where all her Boing Boing guest posts were deleted, and then publishing a particularly long post on her personal blog about her (foiled) attempt to release her children in a hot air balloon.
(insert wailing sirens here)
posted by Askiba at 11:17 AM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
it'll probably be like CHECK MY QUINTUPLES
Yeah, you can all just keep your damn hands off my tuples.
Perverts.
posted by quin at 11:29 AM on January 17, 2011
Yeah, you can all just keep your damn hands off my tuples.
Perverts.
posted by quin at 11:29 AM on January 17, 2011
I'll buy the noisemakers if you buy the party hats.
posted by .kobayashi. at 11:51 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by .kobayashi. at 11:51 AM on January 17, 2011
Who's bringing the taters?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:54 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:54 AM on January 17, 2011
We ought to offer a pony and decorate it with snowflakes, but I find that cruel.
posted by Namlit at 11:59 AM on January 17, 2011
posted by Namlit at 11:59 AM on January 17, 2011
Insurance wouldn't cover my tatectomy until I lied and said I had developed severe back pain.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 12:02 PM on January 17, 2011
posted by Pater Aletheias at 12:02 PM on January 17, 2011
It should be about the secret evidence of antarctic UFO bases that the CIA misinformation campaign known as Wikileaks was created to supress.
posted by Artw at 12:31 PM on January 17, 2011
posted by Artw at 12:31 PM on January 17, 2011
When my 100,000 fpp gets deleted for being crappy, I'll post it to wikileaks for posterity.
posted by empath at 12:32 PM on January 17, 2011
posted by empath at 12:32 PM on January 17, 2011
Tuxedo, vest, top hat and monocle. Glass of chardonnay in one hand, beautiful lass in the other.
I will read it whilst stroking my moustache and then laugh or cry as befits a gentleman. It will take approximately 20 minutes to craft a perfectly witty comment which will no doubt garner plenty of favourites.
Then! I will make a mad dash to the door and into the limousine to be whisked off to my private jet. Dinner, dancing and attentions of the cordial sort are sure to follow.
It will surely be a night to remember.
posted by purephase at 1:31 PM on January 17, 2011
I will read it whilst stroking my moustache and then laugh or cry as befits a gentleman. It will take approximately 20 minutes to craft a perfectly witty comment which will no doubt garner plenty of favourites.
Then! I will make a mad dash to the door and into the limousine to be whisked off to my private jet. Dinner, dancing and attentions of the cordial sort are sure to follow.
It will surely be a night to remember.
posted by purephase at 1:31 PM on January 17, 2011
I should have saved my rotating dog post. Damnation.
We should have some sort of pool going here, because I think the smart money is on Minecraft.
posted by codacorolla at 1:47 PM on January 17, 2011
We should have some sort of pool going here, because I think the smart money is on Minecraft.
posted by codacorolla at 1:47 PM on January 17, 2011
There is a wikipedia entry on the number.
posted by longsleeves at 2:22 PM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by longsleeves at 2:22 PM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
And here it is!
One hundred thousand (100,000) is the natural number following 99999 and preceding 100001.
In South Asia, one hundred thousand is called a lakh. In Thai language, Lao language and Vietnamese there is a separate word for this number, แสน, ແສນ [saen] and ức [uc].
In scientific notation, it is written as 105.
In astronomy, 100,000 metres, 100 kilometres, or 100 km (62 miles) is the altitude at which the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines spaceflight to begin.
In the Irish Language, Ceád Mile Fáilte (pronounced: KAY-ed MEE-luh FOIL-cha) is a popular greeting meaning "A Hundred Thousand Welcomes".
In piphilology, one hundred thousand is the current world record for the number of digits of pi memorized by a human being.
posted by longsleeves at 2:24 PM on January 17, 2011
One hundred thousand (100,000) is the natural number following 99999 and preceding 100001.
In South Asia, one hundred thousand is called a lakh. In Thai language, Lao language and Vietnamese there is a separate word for this number, แสน, ແສນ [saen] and ức [uc].
In scientific notation, it is written as 105.
In astronomy, 100,000 metres, 100 kilometres, or 100 km (62 miles) is the altitude at which the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines spaceflight to begin.
In the Irish Language, Ceád Mile Fáilte (pronounced: KAY-ed MEE-luh FOIL-cha) is a popular greeting meaning "A Hundred Thousand Welcomes".
In piphilology, one hundred thousand is the current world record for the number of digits of pi memorized by a human being.
posted by longsleeves at 2:24 PM on January 17, 2011
I'm gonna party like it's 999,999.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 3:23 PM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 3:23 PM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
The owls are due theirs, man. They ask so very little.
Careful with that. They're not what they seem.
posted by kaibutsu at 6:10 PM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
Careful with that. They're not what they seem.
posted by kaibutsu at 6:10 PM on January 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
I know the December contest is over, but why don't we all make posts of quality, pretending like it has a quasi-significant high, round number?
posted by crunchland at 7:55 AM on January 18, 2011
posted by crunchland at 7:55 AM on January 18, 2011
FPP on this site called Metafilter, which is full of cool links.
posted by Artw at 8:09 AM on January 18, 2011
posted by Artw at 8:09 AM on January 18, 2011
If it was two years ago it would definitely have will been about John Hodgman.
posted by Mister_A at 12:12 PM on January 18, 2011
posted by Mister_A at 12:12 PM on January 18, 2011
You're doing that thing again.
If its not about Lady Gaga or Palin or Wikipeaks I promise I'll never do that thing again.
posted by infini at 8:48 AM on January 19, 2011
If its not about Lady Gaga or Palin or Wikipeaks I promise I'll never do that thing again.
posted by infini at 8:48 AM on January 19, 2011
FPP #100,000 may come sometime today or early tomorrow AM!
[putting on party hat, cranking noisemaker]
posted by not_on_display at 10:23 PM on January 26, 2011
[putting on party hat, cranking noisemaker]
posted by not_on_display at 10:23 PM on January 26, 2011
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