Who is Mefi's sexiest Mefite? November 1, 2011 3:34 AM Subscribe
Who is Mefi's sexiest Mefite? Make your case here.
I'd like to thank taz for being so amazingly sexy. Please continue with sex, all.
posted by Wolof at 3:41 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by Wolof at 3:41 AM on November 1, 2011
I am.
I'm struggling to see the point of this when the answer is so bloody obvious.
posted by seanyboy at 3:42 AM on November 1, 2011
I'm struggling to see the point of this when the answer is so bloody obvious.
posted by seanyboy at 3:42 AM on November 1, 2011
I think I will submit myself as an "ironic" candidate. Complete with "scare" quotes.
posted by Eideteker at 3:48 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Eideteker at 3:48 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
Will we vote on it? Btw, is there a discount for creating multiple accounts?
posted by Foci for Analysis at 4:03 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by Foci for Analysis at 4:03 AM on November 1, 2011
Foolproof way to lose competition: dress as snowflake.
posted by greenish at 4:04 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by greenish at 4:04 AM on November 1, 2011
* sigh *
posted by Kimberly at 4:06 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Kimberly at 4:06 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
I put on my robe and wizard hat.
posted by CautionToTheWind at 4:14 AM on November 1, 2011 [9 favorites]
posted by CautionToTheWind at 4:14 AM on November 1, 2011 [9 favorites]
When I think of Metafilter, it's usually as a bunch of fork grabbers with fish down their pants and argyle socks. Toaster waffles topped with beans at our elbow on a bunny plate. A peeing elephant out in the garage. Declawed cats eating the leftovers left out over night while we wait for AskMe to okay our eating it.
posted by FunkyHelix at 4:16 AM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
posted by FunkyHelix at 4:16 AM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
Christ, it's not like we haven't been over the whole sexism thing a thousand times, I'm frankly... oh, I see, as you were.
posted by Abiezer at 4:22 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by Abiezer at 4:22 AM on November 1, 2011
I nominate user 23902. Although given his lack of activity he's clearly much too sexy for this site.
posted by TedW at 4:24 AM on November 1, 2011 [9 favorites]
posted by TedW at 4:24 AM on November 1, 2011 [9 favorites]
Ask.metafilter user anonymous is clearly the sexiest and the most deeply troubled. Like Heathcliff, Greta Garbo and Michael Jackson all rolled into one.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 4:37 AM on November 1, 2011 [29 favorites]
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 4:37 AM on November 1, 2011 [29 favorites]
The answer is always Jesus. -- So you mean Cortex, then?
posted by crunchland at 4:47 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by crunchland at 4:47 AM on November 1, 2011
Also, who is the stupidest Mefite?
*preens*
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 4:53 AM on November 1, 2011 [23 favorites]
*preens*
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 4:53 AM on November 1, 2011 [23 favorites]
Foolproof way to lose competition: dress as snowflake.
I'll be wearing a plate of beans...and nothing else, ladies.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 4:53 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
I'll be wearing a plate of beans...and nothing else, ladies.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 4:53 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
Not to be humourless, but this is pretty dumb for metafilter. really
posted by bystander at 4:55 AM on November 1, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by bystander at 4:55 AM on November 1, 2011 [6 favorites]
OK, it's for the magazine. I guess that passes, on the grounds it will presumably have some witty answers.
posted by bystander at 4:57 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by bystander at 4:57 AM on November 1, 2011
Thanks bystander!
posted by CautionToTheWind at 4:58 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by CautionToTheWind at 4:58 AM on November 1, 2011
Well, I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet or anything, but whenever I do my post-shower "sexy cowboy dance" I hear the lady next door moaning, and then her toilet flushes, so I think we all know what that's about.
posted by tumid dahlia at 5:07 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by tumid dahlia at 5:07 AM on November 1, 2011
I'm too busy making sex with lovely models to have time for this.
posted by empath at 5:40 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by empath at 5:40 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
When is MeFi's Sexiest Singles issue coming out?
posted by inturnaround at 5:51 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by inturnaround at 5:51 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Will the winner be made available for dating and/or special favoriting? This would significantly influence my vote.
Also, just want to say that I think this idea is so awful and dumb that it reaches back around as fantastic and hilarious.
Entendre intended.
posted by iamkimiam at 5:57 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
Also, just want to say that I think this idea is so awful and dumb that it reaches back around as fantastic and hilarious.
Entendre intended.
posted by iamkimiam at 5:57 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
There are many reasons that I am proud to accept this title, and I want to thank The MetaFitler continuity for this award. This concert is only open to boys right? If we are going to be thinking of ladies as sexy there are a host of potential issues. And just because I want to help, I am willing to step up and take the hit for the team if nobody else is willing to be objectified in this degrading way eh. I even have quite nice boobies so that must count for something and I write paragraphs too. If there is some sort of voting involved I will suck you off if you vote for me (i.e., oral sex). In conclusion thank you again this is such an honour - you like me! You really like me!
posted by Meatbomb at 6:09 AM on November 1, 2011 [9 favorites]
posted by Meatbomb at 6:09 AM on November 1, 2011 [9 favorites]
No need to enter it in the contest, but the obvious answer for me is Jayed.
She.
Is.
A-MAZE-ing!
posted by The Deej at 6:15 AM on November 1, 2011
She.
Is.
A-MAZE-ing!
posted by The Deej at 6:15 AM on November 1, 2011
Hey, ya'll spelled MeFi Mag as Mefi Mag. Can we tag out that lower case f for the fully erect capital F? Thaaaaaaanks!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:18 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:18 AM on November 1, 2011
This is going to be one of those things where everyone's response is entered into the magazine and made fun of, isn't it? ISN'T IT!?
(Goes to complete form in full.)
posted by griphus at 6:23 AM on November 1, 2011
(Goes to complete form in full.)
posted by griphus at 6:23 AM on November 1, 2011
Ooh, maybe this is where I can bust out my favorite sexy picture of myself! I call this my "come hither" look.
posted by phunniemee at 6:31 AM on November 1, 2011 [29 favorites]
posted by phunniemee at 6:31 AM on November 1, 2011 [29 favorites]
"Come hither into the freezer, at least the parts I'm saving for later" look?
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:34 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:34 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Not to be humourless, but this is pretty dumb for metafilter. really
Is that what we would call an ironic entry?
I call this my "come hither" look.
That is not an OSHA-approved protective apparatus.
posted by Forktine at 6:36 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Is that what we would call an ironic entry?
I call this my "come hither" look.
That is not an OSHA-approved protective apparatus.
posted by Forktine at 6:36 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Clearly it is DaShiv. Ladies Love DaShiv!
posted by DarlingBri at 6:36 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by DarlingBri at 6:36 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
MeFites aren't just on MeFi and MeTa for you to judge like pieces of MeAt.
posted by Riki tiki at 6:37 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Riki tiki at 6:37 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
madamjujujive.
posted by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon at 6:37 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon at 6:37 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
When I think of Metafilter, it's usually as a bunch of fork grabbers with fish down their pants and argyle socks. Toaster waffles topped with beans at our elbow on a bunny plate. A peeing elephant out in the garage. Declawed cats eating the leftovers left out over night while we wait for AskMe to okay our eating it.
Looks like someone got Bad Lip Readinged.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 6:45 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Looks like someone got Bad Lip Readinged.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 6:45 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
So... a month without pants, is what you're saying.
posted by shakespeherian at 6:45 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by shakespeherian at 6:45 AM on November 1, 2011
Hey guys I understand we are all just chatty chatting here and all but maybe don't joke too much about other people possibly winning because we don't want them to feel bad later right?
posted by Meatbomb at 6:50 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by Meatbomb at 6:50 AM on November 1, 2011
I like a lady with a nice "Come, Hitler" look. My vote goes to whoever can do the best one of those.
(P.S., if we're sharing pics, here's my Halloween costume. Source! yaaaay Halloween!)
posted by Eideteker at 7:04 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
(P.S., if we're sharing pics, here's my Halloween costume. Source! yaaaay Halloween!)
posted by Eideteker at 7:04 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
(My actual submitted ASCII pic for the contest will of course feature one of my many fedoræ.)
posted by Eideteker at 7:06 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by Eideteker at 7:06 AM on November 1, 2011
Well, I did buy a fedora last week, so I guess I'm now the sexiest mefite!
posted by rtha at 7:12 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by rtha at 7:12 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
Ladies Love DaShiv!
Man, that page is crying out for some Paula Deen Riding Things.
posted by elizardbits at 7:17 AM on November 1, 2011
Man, that page is crying out for some Paula Deen Riding Things.
posted by elizardbits at 7:17 AM on November 1, 2011
wait wait does yorvit have a tiny fedora as well?
posted by elizardbits at 7:18 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by elizardbits at 7:18 AM on November 1, 2011
jessamyn is not only a librarian, but also administers discipline.
Do the math.
posted by Trurl at 7:23 AM on November 1, 2011 [8 favorites]
Do the math.
posted by Trurl at 7:23 AM on November 1, 2011 [8 favorites]
My vote goes to whoever can do the best one of those.
I swear to god I am going as Leni Riefenstahl next year.
posted by griphus at 7:24 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
I swear to god I am going as Leni Riefenstahl next year.
posted by griphus at 7:24 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
wait wait does yorvit have a tiny fedora as well?
Hmm. Not yet, but we were just talking last night about which cat would be most amenable to being dressed up and then photographed for internet famousness, and we agreed it would be Yorvit. Perhaps I can arrange something....
(What we really want is to find or make little cat-size Mexican wrestler masks, because how awesome would that be?)
posted by rtha at 7:31 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
Hmm. Not yet, but we were just talking last night about which cat would be most amenable to being dressed up and then photographed for internet famousness, and we agreed it would be Yorvit. Perhaps I can arrange something....
(What we really want is to find or make little cat-size Mexican wrestler masks, because how awesome would that be?)
posted by rtha at 7:31 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
I have pre-existing cheesecake photos
posted by The Whelk at 7:36 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 7:36 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
jessamyn is not only a librarian, but also administers discipline.
Also I have spurs.
but with that said .... NOT IT
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:59 AM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
Also I have spurs.
but with that said .... NOT IT
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:59 AM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
I have pre-existing cheesecake photos
Huh, wonder why that link shows as previously visited.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:09 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
Huh, wonder why that link shows as previously visited.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:09 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
*wondering whether I have finally found a thread in which to post scanned photos of my colonoscopy*
posted by Danf at 8:40 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Danf at 8:40 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
I don't know if this contest is meant to be ironic, but if it is, the joke fails for me. I'm a bit shocked. My heart fell when I opened MetaTalk to see this post.
I'm having a hard time explaining to myself what it is that so offends me about this post. It may be that it's too beauty-pageanty, and beauty pageants might as well be a roadside sign outside the global village that says: "Welcome to Earth - Winner of Most Sexist Planet in the Universe Contest 5382 years in a row!"
There's also that MetaFilter is an all-text medium. This may be a somewhat crude conception of sexiness, but for me sexiness is 'sexual desirability' and that requires a physical body. The old joke is that MeFites might as well be AI scripts, churning out text, but I like that aspect of MetaFilter. I like that it is a body-less space, that people are appraised on words and ideas, not sexual desirability or other kinds of physical prowess. Yeah, MetaFilter is not so far removed from the real world that it will be fully exempt from all that, but I like the fact that it has less of all that than the real world.
I don't think the people behind this are sexist or anything like that, I wouldn't even say that they were misguided, it's just that this contest goes against what I love about MetaFilter.
posted by Kattullus at 8:58 AM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
I'm having a hard time explaining to myself what it is that so offends me about this post. It may be that it's too beauty-pageanty, and beauty pageants might as well be a roadside sign outside the global village that says: "Welcome to Earth - Winner of Most Sexist Planet in the Universe Contest 5382 years in a row!"
There's also that MetaFilter is an all-text medium. This may be a somewhat crude conception of sexiness, but for me sexiness is 'sexual desirability' and that requires a physical body. The old joke is that MeFites might as well be AI scripts, churning out text, but I like that aspect of MetaFilter. I like that it is a body-less space, that people are appraised on words and ideas, not sexual desirability or other kinds of physical prowess. Yeah, MetaFilter is not so far removed from the real world that it will be fully exempt from all that, but I like the fact that it has less of all that than the real world.
I don't think the people behind this are sexist or anything like that, I wouldn't even say that they were misguided, it's just that this contest goes against what I love about MetaFilter.
posted by Kattullus at 8:58 AM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
Kattullus : Maybe checking out this post will help clear things up... But yeah, for an "unofficial" magazine, it sure does take up a lot of real estate on the grey.
posted by crunchland at 9:01 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by crunchland at 9:01 AM on November 1, 2011
*scratches Kattallus off list...*
posted by empath at 9:02 AM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by empath at 9:02 AM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
like that it is a body-less space, that people are appraised on words and ideas, not sexual desirability or other kinds of physical prowess.
Have you taken into consideration the fact that the closest thing to a physical representation the contest requires is an "ASCII image of yourself that may or may not show up properly formatted"?
posted by griphus at 9:13 AM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
Have you taken into consideration the fact that the closest thing to a physical representation the contest requires is an "ASCII image of yourself that may or may not show up properly formatted"?
posted by griphus at 9:13 AM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
Kattallus: For me, it's both ironic and serious. I don't think this it is meant seriously to find the most sexy mefite. (Because, as I've already stated - that question has been categorically answered.) It's more of a chance for people to write a few lines of text and have other people vote on which of those text fragments gets to go in a magazine. It's all a bit tongue in cheek, and meant harmlessly. You can bet the sexiest comments will do best, but other than that people are having fun with it.
If anything, it's actually a direct analog of the "recent favourites" rss feed. People +1 the comments they like the most, and the top {x} comments get published in one place.
I really hope nobody is upset or feels marginalised by this competition. I'm pretty certain that wasn't the intention.
posted by seanyboy at 9:17 AM on November 1, 2011
If anything, it's actually a direct analog of the "recent favourites" rss feed. People +1 the comments they like the most, and the top {x} comments get published in one place.
I really hope nobody is upset or feels marginalised by this competition. I'm pretty certain that wasn't the intention.
posted by seanyboy at 9:17 AM on November 1, 2011
I hear you, Kattullus. And I felt that way at first. But then I softened. I think this is one of the many ways MeFites play, and don't take themselves too seriously (at least not ALL the time). Also, I think we collectively don't see ourselves as a desirable bunch 'o humans, but damn, I've seen many of you, and y'all are sexy.
Also, there are so many of you whose words are like butter. Rich, velvety butter. I want to put them on toast and shamelessly lick the knife, but alas, they are just words. I never thought I could feel that way about the same 26 letters (and punctuation!) used by the English-typing world. But it's what you all do with them. I may even cast my vote on that alone, seen on site, sight unseen. As it were.
posted by iamkimiam at 9:19 AM on November 1, 2011 [8 favorites]
Also, there are so many of you whose words are like butter. Rich, velvety butter. I want to put them on toast and shamelessly lick the knife, but alas, they are just words. I never thought I could feel that way about the same 26 letters (and punctuation!) used by the English-typing world. But it's what you all do with them. I may even cast my vote on that alone, seen on site, sight unseen. As it were.
posted by iamkimiam at 9:19 AM on November 1, 2011 [8 favorites]
I can confirm from personal observation that the quidnunc kid is one SEXXXAY motherfucker..
Quid, you owe me a tenner.
posted by Capt. Renault at 9:30 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
Quid, you owe me a tenner.
posted by Capt. Renault at 9:30 AM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
If the quidnunc kid is both that funny and a sexy motherfucker then I think I'd like to speak to the management. Of the site or earth or whatever, cause that's just unfair.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 9:38 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by villanelles at dawn at 9:38 AM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
Woo hoo, two contestants already! That means it's officially a contest! I will publish everyone's entries once voting is open. I encourage you all to enter!
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 9:53 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 9:53 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
It will be a fun sexy time for all.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 9:54 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 9:54 AM on November 1, 2011
It's 10am, I have no pants on and I just smoked a half-cigarette I found in my slipper. Where do I rank?
posted by mannequito at 9:54 AM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by mannequito at 9:54 AM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
I could win this thing purely on lack of interest. & That's my favourite kind of winning.
posted by seanyboy at 10:13 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by seanyboy at 10:13 AM on November 1, 2011
I am the most sexist MeFite.
posted by nathancaswell at 10:17 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by nathancaswell at 10:17 AM on November 1, 2011
It's interesting how many people are taking this literally, yet don't seem to have read anything about the linked contest.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:37 AM on November 1, 2011 [8 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:37 AM on November 1, 2011 [8 favorites]
I believe this award was meant for me.
posted by Mister Fabulous at 10:40 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by Mister Fabulous at 10:40 AM on November 1, 2011
I'm about as sexy as a bag of offal but by golly I'll beat you all into the proverbial cocked hat ...err... as it were... when it comes to being the most humourless and dimwitted Mefite!
posted by Decani at 10:41 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by Decani at 10:41 AM on November 1, 2011
I'm not shocked or anything, but a little surprised, because this seems like high school. And I thought Metafilterers hated everything about high school?
posted by sweetkid at 10:45 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by sweetkid at 10:45 AM on November 1, 2011
Kattullus: I also hear what you're saying. And when I saw this thread, and the fact it was still open when I got to it, made me think "there must be some extra-special mefi fun in there". And I was right. Lots of my favorite people doing exactly what makes them my favorites, being witty, erudite with just a touch of the absurd.
All of which is dead sexy to me. Meeeeeeeeee-YOW, Hellllllllooooooooo, MeFite! and Tex Avery eyes and all.
PS: Ambrosia Voyeur gets my vote.
posted by ApathyGirl at 10:46 AM on November 1, 2011
All of which is dead sexy to me. Meeeeeeeeee-YOW, Hellllllllooooooooo, MeFite! and Tex Avery eyes and all.
PS: Ambrosia Voyeur gets my vote.
posted by ApathyGirl at 10:46 AM on November 1, 2011
If the quidnunc kid is both that funny and a sexy motherfucker then I think I'd like to speak to the management.
He absolutely is. And not just because he gives me tickets to the gun show.
posted by Capt. Renault at 10:52 AM on November 1, 2011
He absolutely is. And not just because he gives me tickets to the gun show.
posted by Capt. Renault at 10:52 AM on November 1, 2011
HAS ANYBODY ACTUALLY READ THE CONTEST POST? Sheesh, people.
posted by 1000monkeys at 10:57 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by 1000monkeys at 10:57 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
It's interesting how many people are taking this literally, yet don't seem to have read anything about the linked contest.
We all know there's nothing sexier than someone who doesn't follow the rules, Brandon. And the first step to not following the rules, is not reading the instructions. Therefore, the person who complains the loudest about this should be crowned champion.
posted by griphus at 10:58 AM on November 1, 2011 [6 favorites]
We all know there's nothing sexier than someone who doesn't follow the rules, Brandon. And the first step to not following the rules, is not reading the instructions. Therefore, the person who complains the loudest about this should be crowned champion.
posted by griphus at 10:58 AM on November 1, 2011 [6 favorites]
"I'm going to enjoy all the sex."
"You should. I'm very bendy."
posted by jenkinsEar at 11:00 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
"You should. I'm very bendy."
posted by jenkinsEar at 11:00 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
I did read the contest rules. Condescending towards my objections isn't making me any happier about this.
posted by Kattullus at 11:09 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Kattullus at 11:09 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
tl; That is all.
posted by dangerousdan at 11:12 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by dangerousdan at 11:12 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
And I thought Metafilterers hated everything about high school?
posted by sweetkid at 6:45 PM on November 1
Not this Mefite!
posted by Decani at 11:17 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by sweetkid at 6:45 PM on November 1
Not this Mefite!
posted by Decani at 11:17 AM on November 1, 2011
My vote is already given to quidnunc. How could it not be?
posted by tracicle at 11:48 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by tracicle at 11:48 AM on November 1, 2011
I s'pose it would be churlish to just give the award to Kattullus?
posted by ambient2 at 11:48 AM on November 1, 2011
posted by ambient2 at 11:48 AM on November 1, 2011
Kattullus: "I did read the contest rules. Condescending towards my objections isn't making me any happier about this"
It's just kind of hard to understand your objections in terms of the actual contest when you say it's like a beauty pageant and MeFites should be "appraised on words and ideas, not sexual desirability or other kinds of physical prowess".
There's no judging of beauty or physical anything. It's a text form with questions like "How do you like yr taters?". Contestants are being appraised on their words and ideas, and obviously not in a super-serious way. I don't think anyone is going to win by delving deeply into how physically attractive they are. Unless it's really funny.
I can understand people being irked at anything resembling a popularity contest, because that's something people get irked by, but it doesn't strike me as anywhere near objectifying or sexist. It's purely playful.
posted by team lowkey at 11:50 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
It's just kind of hard to understand your objections in terms of the actual contest when you say it's like a beauty pageant and MeFites should be "appraised on words and ideas, not sexual desirability or other kinds of physical prowess".
There's no judging of beauty or physical anything. It's a text form with questions like "How do you like yr taters?". Contestants are being appraised on their words and ideas, and obviously not in a super-serious way. I don't think anyone is going to win by delving deeply into how physically attractive they are. Unless it's really funny.
I can understand people being irked at anything resembling a popularity contest, because that's something people get irked by, but it doesn't strike me as anywhere near objectifying or sexist. It's purely playful.
posted by team lowkey at 11:50 AM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
dude. DUDE. It's in my FREAKIN' NAME. Bring it.
And also:
What we really want is to find or make little cat-size Mexican wrestler masks
I want to thank you for writing my "Number One Most Favoritest Phrase Of The Week" for this week.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:14 PM on November 1, 2011
And also:
What we really want is to find or make little cat-size Mexican wrestler masks
I want to thank you for writing my "Number One Most Favoritest Phrase Of The Week" for this week.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 12:14 PM on November 1, 2011
I plan to just stick a sandwich in my scanner and submit that. Should take care of at least 3 of the 5 questions.
(Also, I already made the "Reverse Cowgirl" 'joke' in response to the "What's your 'position' on Grilled Cheese?" question. Just so you 'know.' In the 'biblical' 'sense.')
posted by Eideteker at 12:24 PM on November 1, 2011
(Also, I already made the "Reverse Cowgirl" 'joke' in response to the "What's your 'position' on Grilled Cheese?" question. Just so you 'know.' In the 'biblical' 'sense.')
posted by Eideteker at 12:24 PM on November 1, 2011
team lowkey: It's just kind of hard to understand your objections
I have two objections.
1) This is a popularity contest.
2) This uses the language of objectification.
Just one of these wouldn't bother me too much, but when added together it really bugs me.
I realize this has something to do with differing ideas about what MetaFilter is, but for me popularity contests are a bug, not a feature of MetaFilter. That it is wrapped up in the language of objectification makes it even starker and more annoying to me. I realize that it's probably meant ironically, but irony doesn't make anything any better unless it's subversive and/or funny.
To simplify, I had a sense-of-humor failure and it got my goat. I've been exhausting myself with work for the last few months so I'm more tetchy than I normally am.
posted by Kattullus at 12:44 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
I have two objections.
1) This is a popularity contest.
2) This uses the language of objectification.
Just one of these wouldn't bother me too much, but when added together it really bugs me.
I realize this has something to do with differing ideas about what MetaFilter is, but for me popularity contests are a bug, not a feature of MetaFilter. That it is wrapped up in the language of objectification makes it even starker and more annoying to me. I realize that it's probably meant ironically, but irony doesn't make anything any better unless it's subversive and/or funny.
To simplify, I had a sense-of-humor failure and it got my goat. I've been exhausting myself with work for the last few months so I'm more tetchy than I normally am.
posted by Kattullus at 12:44 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
I'm having a hard time explaining to myself what it is that so offends me about this post. It may be that it's too beauty-pageanty, and beauty pageants might as well be a roadside sign outside the global village that says: "Welcome to Earth - Winner of Most Sexist Planet in the Universe Contest 5382 years in a row!"
Serious question: Could you expound on why you find this post offensive? Because I honestly don't understand why a person would feel that way. That isn't meant as slight against you, more intellectual curiosity about how you've come to conclusion that the post is offensive. Is it just the post or is the actual contest offensive also?
And if the contest goes against what you love about Metafilter, would you feel comfortable sharing what you love about the site and how this contest goes against that. It's cool if you don't want, I really am just curious about your through process here.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:45 PM on November 1, 2011
Serious question: Could you expound on why you find this post offensive? Because I honestly don't understand why a person would feel that way. That isn't meant as slight against you, more intellectual curiosity about how you've come to conclusion that the post is offensive. Is it just the post or is the actual contest offensive also?
And if the contest goes against what you love about Metafilter, would you feel comfortable sharing what you love about the site and how this contest goes against that. It's cool if you don't want, I really am just curious about your through process here.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:45 PM on November 1, 2011
"It's interesting how many people are taking this literally, yet don't seem to have read anything about the linked contest."
This is Metafilter — No one reads the links.
Anyway, as a brief message to Kattalus, I'll recount an anecdote. This was early on in my relationship, one of the first weeks when heavy petting was first being explored. My girlfriend was on the couch, reclining, and I stretched out all sexily in front of her…
And fell onto the floor with a thump.
We both cracked up and everything was fine.
There was another idea for a quiz floating around, one that I'd still like to see done. It was "What women's magazine are you?" where we were riffing on MeFi injokes and the breathless Seventeen/Cosmo quizes, but the reason that me and my cowriter abandoned it was that it turned too much into making fun of other people, and not making fun of ourselves like we'd meant to when we started. I kind of think that any MeFite who goes into this contest is pretty much consenting to have their dignity skewered a bit, and is able to laugh at that. I'll definitely take a look at the entries and do an edit, just in case there's some dickery going on.
And maybe we can finally get "George Clooney" to write that piece he's been promising in MeMail.
posted by klangklangston at 12:52 PM on November 1, 2011
This is Metafilter — No one reads the links.
Anyway, as a brief message to Kattalus, I'll recount an anecdote. This was early on in my relationship, one of the first weeks when heavy petting was first being explored. My girlfriend was on the couch, reclining, and I stretched out all sexily in front of her…
And fell onto the floor with a thump.
We both cracked up and everything was fine.
There was another idea for a quiz floating around, one that I'd still like to see done. It was "What women's magazine are you?" where we were riffing on MeFi injokes and the breathless Seventeen/Cosmo quizes, but the reason that me and my cowriter abandoned it was that it turned too much into making fun of other people, and not making fun of ourselves like we'd meant to when we started. I kind of think that any MeFite who goes into this contest is pretty much consenting to have their dignity skewered a bit, and is able to laugh at that. I'll definitely take a look at the entries and do an edit, just in case there's some dickery going on.
And maybe we can finally get "George Clooney" to write that piece he's been promising in MeMail.
posted by klangklangston at 12:52 PM on November 1, 2011
I agree with those who are freaked out. Far from being judge and singled out, even as the sexiest, we should strive for complete equality. To this end I suggest we get rid of usernames, favorites, post counts, user numbers or any other characteristics that coiled be used to judge or measure users. Simply issue UUIDs to each user and scrub the database of any other distinguishing information. I would suggest matching jumpsuits, motorcycle helmets and voice distorters for meetups.
posted by Ad hominem at 1:00 PM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Ad hominem at 1:00 PM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
QR codes for all!
posted by crunchland at 1:04 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by crunchland at 1:04 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
If I can figure out an easy way to strip the user names from the post (I'm new to the tumblr thing), we can make it truly not a popularity contest. In reality I figure it's going to be more of a "mefite who writes the funniest answers to these questions" contest than anything else.
A jokey "How Sexy are You?" quiz was going to be my second choice if I couldn't figure out an easy way to pull off the contest.
And for the record, I think the social constructs of "sexy" are uninteresting. Internet searches for "sexy" things yield the same old shit (apart from that wtf "sexy burger" image I managed to find). But as boring as I find those things, I sure do like making fun of them.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 1:05 PM on November 1, 2011
A jokey "How Sexy are You?" quiz was going to be my second choice if I couldn't figure out an easy way to pull off the contest.
And for the record, I think the social constructs of "sexy" are uninteresting. Internet searches for "sexy" things yield the same old shit (apart from that wtf "sexy burger" image I managed to find). But as boring as I find those things, I sure do like making fun of them.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 1:05 PM on November 1, 2011
Simply issue UUIDs to each user...
Boy I sure misread that at first.
posted by griphus at 1:07 PM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
Boy I sure misread that at first.
posted by griphus at 1:07 PM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
Yeah, what the hell is going on in that photo, anyway? Is it like some kind of Rorschach test that I'm failing?
posted by jbickers at 1:08 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by jbickers at 1:08 PM on November 1, 2011
eeeee, I submitted one. It was a reflex action. Like clicking through a EULA, I couldn't help myself! I'm doomed.
posted by zomg at 1:20 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by zomg at 1:20 PM on November 1, 2011
And maybe we can finally get "George Clooney" to write that piece he's been promising in MeMail.
I keep TELLING you I am not George Clooney, and I won't write any pieces for you unless and until you really truly understand this fact. You may not publish my writing under George Clooney's name, nor may you "use" "quotes" to make it seem like I am some sort of "fake" George Clooney. I am brina. Just brina. When are you going to get that through your thick skull, klang???
posted by brina at 1:20 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
I keep TELLING you I am not George Clooney, and I won't write any pieces for you unless and until you really truly understand this fact. You may not publish my writing under George Clooney's name, nor may you "use" "quotes" to make it seem like I am some sort of "fake" George Clooney. I am brina. Just brina. When are you going to get that through your thick skull, klang???
posted by brina at 1:20 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
griphus: " Boy I sure misread that at first."
Uh huh. Right. Now, bend over.
posted by zarq at 1:23 PM on November 1, 2011
Uh huh. Right. Now, bend over.
posted by zarq at 1:23 PM on November 1, 2011
I am just going to go with this picture, ASCII-fied. I'll have to airbrush the fedora in.
I'm doing it for the Justice, you understand.
posted by Eideteker at 1:29 PM on November 1, 2011
I'm doing it for the Justice, you understand.
posted by Eideteker at 1:29 PM on November 1, 2011
"When are you going to get that through your thick skull, klang???"
Heh. Because of the sound of trying to get something through his thick, metal skull. Onomatopoeiasterical?
posted by Eideteker at 1:31 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Heh. Because of the sound of trying to get something through his thick, metal skull. Onomatopoeiasterical?
posted by Eideteker at 1:31 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
I have two objections.
1) This is a popularity contest.
2) This uses the language of objectification.
Congratulations! You are the winner of tonight's "Right-On Mefite Of The Night" award! You cheap slut!
posted by Decani at 1:31 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
1) This is a popularity contest.
2) This uses the language of objectification.
Congratulations! You are the winner of tonight's "Right-On Mefite Of The Night" award! You cheap slut!
posted by Decani at 1:31 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
I don't even have to ASCII-fy a fedora! (Not that I'd have the faintest idea how to do so if I had to. I'd end up with a badly smudged magic marker...thing on my head.) (And thanks to the excellent haberdashery in Portland and its fine salesmen!)
posted by rtha at 1:34 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by rtha at 1:34 PM on November 1, 2011
I've been exhausting myself with work for the last few months so I'm more tetchy than I normally am.
Look on the bright side, at least you don't have to deal with klangklangston or me!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:35 PM on November 1, 2011
Look on the bright side, at least you don't have to deal with klangklangston or me!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:35 PM on November 1, 2011
I'm having a hard time explaining to myself what it is that so offends me about this post. It may be that it's too beauty-pageanty, and beauty pageants might as well be a roadside sign outside the global village that says: "Welcome to Earth - Winner of Most Sexist Planet in the Universe Contest 5382 years in a row!"
I think....I know where the disconnect is.
I think here, we're all sort of in a default state of "these are all friends" here, or at least familiar enough that we have a baseline level of trust. And because we have that baseline level of trust that people in here aren't REALLY seriously intending to hurt any of us, we feel more comfortable with joking around and acting like goons, in such a way that we poke fun at some of those very conventions you're talking about -- because we all sort of take it as a given that none of us REALLY means it.
But just because a lot of us get it, that doesn't mean we ALL get it. We may be having a crappy day or it just hits a sore spot with us. I feel kind of like this is like when I was eight and my father would sometimes tease my best friend when she slept over and he was making her breakfast -- she was a vegetarian, and he'd sometimes tease her by pretending to give her a whole plate of bacon before chuckling and giving her cereal. And I got mad one morning and said that was mean - but they both were all "what? No, your dad's totally kidding, and I get that, it's okay." For whatever reason it just didn't sink in until then for me that this was just a way for them both to be silly.
So on the one hand I can see everyone's kidding around as just that, kidding -- but on the other hand I know how it feels to not really have cottoned to the fact that it IS just kidding, and how distressing that can be. I think everyone who is kidding around about this knows that this is meant to be a spoof of that kind of "beauty pageant meat-market mindset", and everyone is engaging with it on that spoofing level. Because we do all have this baseline of trust for each other. There are those people for whom it still won't be a laugh riot, but I do think most of us trust that no one is endowing this with the serious intent that the rest of the world does -- and certainly not intending to do this to be mean.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:40 PM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
I think....I know where the disconnect is.
I think here, we're all sort of in a default state of "these are all friends" here, or at least familiar enough that we have a baseline level of trust. And because we have that baseline level of trust that people in here aren't REALLY seriously intending to hurt any of us, we feel more comfortable with joking around and acting like goons, in such a way that we poke fun at some of those very conventions you're talking about -- because we all sort of take it as a given that none of us REALLY means it.
But just because a lot of us get it, that doesn't mean we ALL get it. We may be having a crappy day or it just hits a sore spot with us. I feel kind of like this is like when I was eight and my father would sometimes tease my best friend when she slept over and he was making her breakfast -- she was a vegetarian, and he'd sometimes tease her by pretending to give her a whole plate of bacon before chuckling and giving her cereal. And I got mad one morning and said that was mean - but they both were all "what? No, your dad's totally kidding, and I get that, it's okay." For whatever reason it just didn't sink in until then for me that this was just a way for them both to be silly.
So on the one hand I can see everyone's kidding around as just that, kidding -- but on the other hand I know how it feels to not really have cottoned to the fact that it IS just kidding, and how distressing that can be. I think everyone who is kidding around about this knows that this is meant to be a spoof of that kind of "beauty pageant meat-market mindset", and everyone is engaging with it on that spoofing level. Because we do all have this baseline of trust for each other. There are those people for whom it still won't be a laugh riot, but I do think most of us trust that no one is endowing this with the serious intent that the rest of the world does -- and certainly not intending to do this to be mean.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:40 PM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
griphus: " Fresh."
Oh, sorry. Here's some dinner. Would you be so kind as to please bend over now?
posted by zarq at 1:40 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh, sorry. Here's some dinner. Would you be so kind as to please bend over now?
posted by zarq at 1:40 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Well, Katullus has my vote.
yay, lovely rtha! Here's a pic I have handy (though that's not my current fedora). Oh college days, oh webcam days.
(I think everyone wins a sexy contest, by virtue of being wonderful people who have interesting things to say. That is what I find sexiest, anyway. Being 1) Genuine 2) Thoughtful 3) Interesting!)
posted by Eideteker at 1:43 PM on November 1, 2011
yay, lovely rtha! Here's a pic I have handy (though that's not my current fedora). Oh college days, oh webcam days.
(I think everyone wins a sexy contest, by virtue of being wonderful people who have interesting things to say. That is what I find sexiest, anyway. Being 1) Genuine 2) Thoughtful 3) Interesting!)
posted by Eideteker at 1:43 PM on November 1, 2011
Here's me two weeks into being 19 in a fedora and a black trenchcoat and a neckbeard.
posted by griphus at 1:46 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 1:46 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Eideteker: those shades are in need of some "deal with it" animation
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 1:47 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 1:47 PM on November 1, 2011
oh god I just realized I have an embarrassing fedora pic from my teen years as well. Worn in a dance recital.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 1:49 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 1:49 PM on November 1, 2011
I am just going to go with this picture, ASCII-fied
Ah yyyyyes, come into my Photoshop laboratory, my pretty!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:53 PM on November 1, 2011
Ah yyyyyes, come into my Photoshop laboratory, my pretty!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:53 PM on November 1, 2011
I think anyone in the thread who has ever been photographed in a fedora is now morally obligated to post that picture.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 1:54 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by villanelles at dawn at 1:54 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh look, gman put the poll up ahead of time!
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 2:21 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 2:21 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh look, gman put the poll up ahead of time!
Man's a bonafide genius. If one could bottle his swear, you'd learn the secrets of the universe and be able polish boots to an incredible degree.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:50 PM on November 1, 2011
Man's a bonafide genius. If one could bottle his swear, you'd learn the secrets of the universe and be able polish boots to an incredible degree.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:50 PM on November 1, 2011
Brandon Blatcher: If one could bottle his swear...
Fuck you! Put that in a bottle.
posted by gman at 2:53 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
Fuck you! Put that in a bottle.
posted by gman at 2:53 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
Yesssss, release your anger, come over to the dark side! Friend me on Yahoo.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:58 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:58 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
I was lamenting to a friend that a woman I dated briefly was now facebook friends with me for other reasons and she can't remember we dated, at all. He had me beat, though: A woman he dated seriously for more than a year a few years ago couldn't remember him, either.
In conclusion, I am the least sexy mefite, but perhaps not the least sexy person out there.
posted by maxwelton at 3:16 PM on November 1, 2011
In conclusion, I am the least sexy mefite, but perhaps not the least sexy person out there.
posted by maxwelton at 3:16 PM on November 1, 2011
If I can figure out an easy way to strip the user names from the post (I'm new to the tumblr thing), we can make it truly not a popularity contest.
Please don't give in to the Humorless Offended Vocal Minority Brigade. Most people here seem into the idea. Go with the flow.
posted by troll at 3:21 PM on November 1, 2011
Please don't give in to the Humorless Offended Vocal Minority Brigade. Most people here seem into the idea. Go with the flow.
posted by troll at 3:21 PM on November 1, 2011
lol Yahoo!
posted by 1000monkeys at 3:23 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by 1000monkeys at 3:23 PM on November 1, 2011
Please don't give in to the Humorless Offended Vocal Minority Brigade. Most people here seem into the idea. Go with the flow.
posted by troll at 6:21 PM on November 1 [+] [!]
I kind of have to agree. I mean, this isn't even an official MF thing. People can easily opt-out by choosing not to participate.
posted by 1000monkeys at 3:28 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by troll at 6:21 PM on November 1 [+] [!]
I kind of have to agree. I mean, this isn't even an official MF thing. People can easily opt-out by choosing not to participate.
posted by 1000monkeys at 3:28 PM on November 1, 2011
I hear the whole 'sexy sexiness' thing in mandymanwasregistered's droll voice and it cracks me up. Maybe knowing the people involved helps, but this doesn't really hit either my popularity contest or objectification buttons.
It's a goofy, volunteer only, tangentially-related to MeFi writing contest with no prize beyond bragging rights. I'm not telling anybody how to feel about it (as if I could) I'm just wishing there was a bit more benefit of the doubt here.
posted by Space Kitty at 4:54 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
It's a goofy, volunteer only, tangentially-related to MeFi writing contest with no prize beyond bragging rights. I'm not telling anybody how to feel about it (as if I could) I'm just wishing there was a bit more benefit of the doubt here.
posted by Space Kitty at 4:54 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
Decani: Congratulations! You are the winner of tonight's "Right-On Mefite Of The Night" award! You cheap slut!
troll: Humorless Offended Vocal Minority Brigade
That'll teach me to bring up my concerns in here.
I'm not gonna lie, this whole thing is making me sad. I've mentioned a couple of times in here recently that MetaFilter seems to me like it's been on a downward slide in terms of civility and thoughtfulness. Or it might be that I'm less equanimous than I used to be. I've been reading this website every day for over a decade now, it's probably time to disengage a little bit for the sake of my own sanity.
posted by Kattullus at 5:07 PM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
troll: Humorless Offended Vocal Minority Brigade
That'll teach me to bring up my concerns in here.
I'm not gonna lie, this whole thing is making me sad. I've mentioned a couple of times in here recently that MetaFilter seems to me like it's been on a downward slide in terms of civility and thoughtfulness. Or it might be that I'm less equanimous than I used to be. I've been reading this website every day for over a decade now, it's probably time to disengage a little bit for the sake of my own sanity.
posted by Kattullus at 5:07 PM on November 1, 2011 [7 favorites]
Huh. I have a fedora, but I have no pictures of me in it. Probably just as well.
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 5:07 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by restless_nomad (staff) at 5:07 PM on November 1, 2011
I have a fedora. Not a trilby an honest to god fedora. I went to the hat store, got measured, got an expert oppinion. Put it on once at home, looked in the mirror and never put it on again. I am going start wearing it when I have more grey.
Here is a pic. Yes I own a $350 hat. Shut up.
posted by Ad hominem at 5:22 PM on November 1, 2011
Here is a pic. Yes I own a $350 hat. Shut up.
posted by Ad hominem at 5:22 PM on November 1, 2011
I've uploaded a new profile pic in a shameless bid to win votes.
posted by humanfont at 5:30 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by humanfont at 5:30 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
I'm with Kattullus, this is A Bad Thing, if that makes me a humorless offended vocal minority, well fine. I'd be harsher, but I shouldn't.
posted by waraw at 5:33 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by waraw at 5:33 PM on November 1, 2011
I don't think it's a bad thing at all but I see no reason to be pissy towards the people who do.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 5:37 PM on November 1, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by villanelles at dawn at 5:37 PM on November 1, 2011 [6 favorites]
Here's a picture of me wearing some kind of fedora thing 6 years ago at burning man. I've since reverse-aged.
posted by mannequito at 5:41 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by mannequito at 5:41 PM on November 1, 2011
I don't think it's a bad thing at all but I see no reason to be pissy towards the people who do.
I like kattullus and all, but we encourage 'fiamo' for a reason.
posted by empath at 5:52 PM on November 1, 2011
I like kattullus and all, but we encourage 'fiamo' for a reason.
posted by empath at 5:52 PM on November 1, 2011
I am going start wearing it when I have more grey.
Yup. I figured I have reached the age where I can wear the hat, and not the other way 'round. You'll know when it feels right.
posted by rtha at 5:56 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
Yup. I figured I have reached the age where I can wear the hat, and not the other way 'round. You'll know when it feels right.
posted by rtha at 5:56 PM on November 1, 2011 [2 favorites]
I haven't worn a hat pretty much since I was a toddler, but here's my brother's Yoda which I've turned into a cold-weather clothing storage system. With a hat.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 6:02 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by villanelles at dawn at 6:02 PM on November 1, 2011
I don't have a fedora, but I have one of those winter hats with the ear flaps and chinstrap. It's a houndstooth print. That's pretty sexy, right?
posted by phunniemee at 6:04 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by phunniemee at 6:04 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Can we nominate others? Then we would be on to something here.
posted by vrakatar at 6:06 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by vrakatar at 6:06 PM on November 1, 2011
I like kattullus and all, but we encourage 'fiamo' for a reason.
I don't see this as a flagging situation, I think this is a perfectly fine place to express one's dissenting opinions to the community at large. And I say this as someone who was thrown out of AP bio because my friends and I thought it would be a good idea to pass around a Hottest Guys bracket to all the girls in class.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 6:12 PM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
I don't see this as a flagging situation, I think this is a perfectly fine place to express one's dissenting opinions to the community at large. And I say this as someone who was thrown out of AP bio because my friends and I thought it would be a good idea to pass around a Hottest Guys bracket to all the girls in class.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 6:12 PM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 6:28 PM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by BitterOldPunk at 6:28 PM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
Does the Whelk not get an automatic win for getting naked in-thread?
posted by villanelles at dawn at 6:38 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by villanelles at dawn at 6:38 PM on November 1, 2011
I have a panda hat I could wear.
posted by gingerbeer at 6:43 PM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by gingerbeer at 6:43 PM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
We all know what happened to Paphnuty after he won the last time.
posted by waraw at 6:52 PM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by waraw at 6:52 PM on November 1, 2011 [4 favorites]
I had an old Austin Healey six-cylinder when I was (what I would now refer to as) a kid--I drove it top down in all weathers. I also had a hat handed down from my father: awful suede leather with abundant fleece lining, big old ear flaps, and a rawhide chin strap. Toasty warm! I'd wear it while driving when it was below freezing.
One cold winter day I walked into my local and a (new) waitresses there said "you're the guy with the car and the hat!", having seen me in my natural habitat. We did not end up having sex or even exchanging many further words, so I suspect it wasn't a good look. Memorable, maybe, but not in a good way.
(That's OK, one of life's small pleasures is driving a convertible with a good heater and warm clothes around on a sunny but cold day with snow on the ground. Maybe not a completely even trade if sex with an attractive person is the other side of the see-saw, but less complicated.)
posted by maxwelton at 7:49 PM on November 1, 2011
One cold winter day I walked into my local and a (new) waitresses there said "you're the guy with the car and the hat!", having seen me in my natural habitat. We did not end up having sex or even exchanging many further words, so I suspect it wasn't a good look. Memorable, maybe, but not in a good way.
(That's OK, one of life's small pleasures is driving a convertible with a good heater and warm clothes around on a sunny but cold day with snow on the ground. Maybe not a completely even trade if sex with an attractive person is the other side of the see-saw, but less complicated.)
posted by maxwelton at 7:49 PM on November 1, 2011
I have a fedora. I wore it to a meetup a couple days ago. But you can see from my profile that my preferred hat is a hippo.
posted by madcaptenor at 8:43 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by madcaptenor at 8:43 PM on November 1, 2011
If nominated, I will not run;
It's probably OK to just walk.
posted by doctor_negative at 9:08 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
Congratulations! You are the winner of tonight's "Right-On Mefite Of The Night" award! You cheap slut!
I'm not a fan of the sexy popularity contest, but I didn't think it was worth saying anything in this thread, since I'm never going to see the results. Then I read this, directed at someone obviously trying to voice his feelings about this in as reasonable and understandable manner as possible. Not just anyone, but someone who's been making this site better for a long time, being pushed off the site by someone who's been making this site worse for a long time.
Mods, you let people do this? Seriously, "You cheap slut?" What do you think you're doing?
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 9:09 PM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
I'm not a fan of the sexy popularity contest, but I didn't think it was worth saying anything in this thread, since I'm never going to see the results. Then I read this, directed at someone obviously trying to voice his feelings about this in as reasonable and understandable manner as possible. Not just anyone, but someone who's been making this site better for a long time, being pushed off the site by someone who's been making this site worse for a long time.
Mods, you let people do this? Seriously, "You cheap slut?" What do you think you're doing?
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 9:09 PM on November 1, 2011 [3 favorites]
Mods, you let people do this?
MeTa comes from a long and rich tradition of almost no moderation, so yes, we do. I'm not totally stoked about that, but our usual rule of thumb is that we delete what we see as personal attacks [as differentiated from over the top hyperbole play-on-words which is what I think that was] and threats and not much else. That is slowly shifting as the general vibe of the site is shifting, I'm sure we have deleted more MeTa comments in the past few years than in the years previous, but it's not shifting very quickly. Flag early and often if you have a problem with this sort of thing but it's really not the type of comment we'd delete as an "I don't like this" judgment call absent a heavy-flagging mandate from the userbase. At the point at which several people have quoted it, it's basically inextricable from MeTa given the way this part of the site usually runs.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:26 PM on November 1, 2011
MeTa comes from a long and rich tradition of almost no moderation, so yes, we do. I'm not totally stoked about that, but our usual rule of thumb is that we delete what we see as personal attacks [as differentiated from over the top hyperbole play-on-words which is what I think that was] and threats and not much else. That is slowly shifting as the general vibe of the site is shifting, I'm sure we have deleted more MeTa comments in the past few years than in the years previous, but it's not shifting very quickly. Flag early and often if you have a problem with this sort of thing but it's really not the type of comment we'd delete as an "I don't like this" judgment call absent a heavy-flagging mandate from the userbase. At the point at which several people have quoted it, it's basically inextricable from MeTa given the way this part of the site usually runs.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:26 PM on November 1, 2011
Ah, I understand, I guess your hands are tied. It just seems awful when one user chases another off the site by calling them a slut. It certainly seems as if Kattullus took it as a personal attack. It's a shame that you have to allow bullying here.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 9:37 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 9:37 PM on November 1, 2011
I initially read this as "Who is Mefi's sexist Mefite?". I'm really glad I reread the question because I had a whole list ready to go.
posted by katyggls at 10:10 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by katyggls at 10:10 PM on November 1, 2011
And I swear to whatever weird deity that runs mefi that I had no idea about the direction this post had taken when I made the above comment.
posted by katyggls at 10:16 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by katyggls at 10:16 PM on November 1, 2011 [1 favorite]
RIGHT SAID FRED
posted by not_on_display at 10:29 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by not_on_display at 10:29 PM on November 1, 2011
I'm too sexy for this thread, too sexy for this thread, to sexy I said.
posted by Meatbomb at 11:09 PM on November 1, 2011
posted by Meatbomb at 11:09 PM on November 1, 2011
"I think anyone in the thread who has ever been photographed in a fedora is now morally obligated to post that picture."
I'll see if my parents still have the pictures. I used to think they were the coolest thing possible, and not just my bald dad's best option for business sunburn avoidance.
posted by klangklangston at 11:35 PM on November 1, 2011
I'll see if my parents still have the pictures. I used to think they were the coolest thing possible, and not just my bald dad's best option for business sunburn avoidance.
posted by klangklangston at 11:35 PM on November 1, 2011
"Congratulations! You are the winner of tonight's "Right-On Mefite Of The Night" award! You cheap slut!"
Just as a note, it makes it a lot harder for us at the mag to basically say, "Trust us, we're not jerks. This'll be copacetic," if folks who are ostensibly supporting us act like jerks to folks who disagree.
I know Kattullus, and feel like he disagreed in a pretty reasonable way; I can hear his concerns and be more aware of stuff like this when I'm editing, even if we essentially say that we're doing it despite his objections.
But I don't need someone yelling, "Sucks to your ass-mar, Piggy" over my shoulder when I tell him that.
posted by klangklangston at 11:42 PM on November 1, 2011 [13 favorites]
Just as a note, it makes it a lot harder for us at the mag to basically say, "Trust us, we're not jerks. This'll be copacetic," if folks who are ostensibly supporting us act like jerks to folks who disagree.
I know Kattullus, and feel like he disagreed in a pretty reasonable way; I can hear his concerns and be more aware of stuff like this when I'm editing, even if we essentially say that we're doing it despite his objections.
But I don't need someone yelling, "Sucks to your ass-mar, Piggy" over my shoulder when I tell him that.
posted by klangklangston at 11:42 PM on November 1, 2011 [13 favorites]
someone who's been making this site worse for a long time.
I actually like what Decani brings to the site and I don't think he makes it worse at all. Why you heff to be mad?
posted by Hoopo at 11:45 PM on November 1, 2011
I actually like what Decani brings to the site and I don't think he makes it worse at all. Why you heff to be mad?
posted by Hoopo at 11:45 PM on November 1, 2011
Those little teeny fedoras? They fill me with disproportionate, unsexy rage. I don't know why. I just figured that, as long as we were expressing our dissent, I'd throw that out there. (Popularity contests don't do much for me in general, and if this is one it won't do much for me in specific, as I'm high-user-number low-output. But this seems like just another extended MetaFilter in-joke. In-jokes are central to MetaFilter's identity.)
posted by gingerest at 12:13 AM on November 2, 2011
posted by gingerest at 12:13 AM on November 2, 2011
1) This is a popularity contest.
2) This uses the language of objectification.
Yeah, I find the whole thing pretty bad taste too for these reasons. For me the kicker is where you nominate someone else then everyone votes on them. So it's not even people putting themselves forward for fun, but instead everyone sitting around deciding who they like best. Singling out the cool kids for extra adoration squicked me out at high school and it still seems pretty juvenile now. Adding all the objectification language, even as a joke, gives it an extra layer of ug.
As for all the 'it's not official' and 'just ignore it', it's right here on the actual metafilter site and the mods are joining in so there's no way you can say it's not really part of metafilter or whatever. I will be ignoring it from now, but wanted to make it clear there are more of us out here shaking our heads and feeling slightly sad over this. I've seen this popularity rubbish in online communities before, it's not something anyone should be proud of happening here.
I realise I have no sense of humour and I'm totally not cool or whatever. I am happy to live with that.
posted by shelleycat at 2:04 AM on November 2, 2011 [4 favorites]
2) This uses the language of objectification.
Yeah, I find the whole thing pretty bad taste too for these reasons. For me the kicker is where you nominate someone else then everyone votes on them. So it's not even people putting themselves forward for fun, but instead everyone sitting around deciding who they like best. Singling out the cool kids for extra adoration squicked me out at high school and it still seems pretty juvenile now. Adding all the objectification language, even as a joke, gives it an extra layer of ug.
As for all the 'it's not official' and 'just ignore it', it's right here on the actual metafilter site and the mods are joining in so there's no way you can say it's not really part of metafilter or whatever. I will be ignoring it from now, but wanted to make it clear there are more of us out here shaking our heads and feeling slightly sad over this. I've seen this popularity rubbish in online communities before, it's not something anyone should be proud of happening here.
I realise I have no sense of humour and I'm totally not cool or whatever. I am happy to live with that.
posted by shelleycat at 2:04 AM on November 2, 2011 [4 favorites]
Yeah, it sucks.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 2:25 AM on November 2, 2011
posted by Joseph Gurl at 2:25 AM on November 2, 2011
For me the kicker is where you nominate someone else then everyone votes on them. So it's not even people putting themselves forward for fun, but instead everyone sitting around deciding who they like best.
It is not as you say. I guess no one is following the link; I'll bring the contest rules here so we can all talk about the same thing:
________________________________________________
CONTEST QUESTIONS (SUBMIT BY NOVEMBER 9, 2011)
[IMG]Sexy Burger[/IMG]
Submit your answers via this link (or click on “Submit” above), identifying yourself by your user name. Log out of tumblr (you hipster!) if you are not on tumblr as your user name and you will be prompted for email and “name” in order to submit.
1. What emoticon best represents how you look naked?
2. How do you like yr taters?
3. What is your position on grilled cheese?
4. How are fedoras and pinstripes relevant to your casual sex shenanigans?
5. I know more about ____ than you can possibly imagine. (fill in the blank)
Optional extra credit:
ASCII image of yourself that may or may not show up properly formatted (no more than ~65 characters wide)
SEXIEST MEFITE CONTEST RULES
[IMG]Bejeweled Tiara[/IMG]
1. User name required
2. Contestants must answer the 5 questions to the best of their ability viaemail sent to sexiest.mefite@gmail.com this link. Submissions must be received by November 9, 2011.
3. Voting is open to anyone and will take place from November 10th-12th (link TBA)
4. Winning answers will appear in the Sexy Sex issue of Mefi Mag. If you do not wish to have your answers+user name in Mefi Mag, then you must forgo this chance at sexy sexy glory.
5. ???
6. Profit!
Questions (but really you shouldn’t have any) can be sent to sexiest.mefite@gmail.com
________________________________________________
So you see, it really is "people putting themselves forward for fun." Yay! Can we all have fun now?
posted by troll at 2:53 AM on November 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
It is not as you say. I guess no one is following the link; I'll bring the contest rules here so we can all talk about the same thing:
[IMG]Sexy Burger[/IMG]
Submit your answers via this link (or click on “Submit” above), identifying yourself by your user name. Log out of tumblr (you hipster!) if you are not on tumblr as your user name and you will be prompted for email and “name” in order to submit.
1. What emoticon best represents how you look naked?
2. How do you like yr taters?
3. What is your position on grilled cheese?
4. How are fedoras and pinstripes relevant to your casual sex shenanigans?
5. I know more about ____ than you can possibly imagine. (fill in the blank)
Optional extra credit:
ASCII image of yourself that may or may not show up properly formatted (no more than ~65 characters wide)
[IMG]Bejeweled Tiara[/IMG]
1. User name required
2. Contestants must answer the 5 questions to the best of their ability via
3. Voting is open to anyone and will take place from November 10th-12th (link TBA)
4. Winning answers will appear in the Sexy Sex issue of Mefi Mag. If you do not wish to have your answers+user name in Mefi Mag, then you must forgo this chance at sexy sexy glory.
5. ???
6. Profit!
Questions (but really you shouldn’t have any) can be sent to sexiest.mefite@gmail.com
So you see, it really is "people putting themselves forward for fun." Yay! Can we all have fun now?
posted by troll at 2:53 AM on November 2, 2011 [1 favorite]
I want to apologise personally to Katullus for any offence taken. You're a great poster, love your work. It's really not a popularity contest — it's more of an Oulipo thing. Mandyman is trying to generate an article here. I wanted to assist her in a small way.
OK?
posted by Wolof at 3:45 AM on November 2, 2011
OK?
posted by Wolof at 3:45 AM on November 2, 2011
Seriously suggestion: Give Kattallus space for a response in the issue.
posted by empath at 5:41 AM on November 2, 2011
posted by empath at 5:41 AM on November 2, 2011
Seriously suggestion: Give Kattallus space for a response in the issue.
Anyone is free to write and submit an article for any and every issue. It's up to the individual as to whether they wish to do that. We would welcome any such response.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:20 AM on November 2, 2011
Anyone is free to write and submit an article for any and every issue. It's up to the individual as to whether they wish to do that. We would welcome any such response.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:20 AM on November 2, 2011
I did read the link very carefully. I also read the post right here asking us who the sexiest mefite is (not if we are the sexiest mefite) and also all the replies in the thread where people nominate other users. It seems like that's the point and if it's not then you should have put more thought into what was written.
But then I think a lot more thought should have been put into this anyway, including thinking about what a good idea it would be to either keep this off the actual metafilter site or just drop the whole thing.
posted by shelleycat at 8:28 AM on November 2, 2011 [4 favorites]
But then I think a lot more thought should have been put into this anyway, including thinking about what a good idea it would be to either keep this off the actual metafilter site or just drop the whole thing.
posted by shelleycat at 8:28 AM on November 2, 2011 [4 favorites]
empath: Seriously suggestion: Give Kattallus space for a response in the issue.
That's okay, I've said pretty much all I wanted to say. Tempting as it is to submit an article using the most over-the-top anti-sex rhetoric possible (genital lice will eat you! and not in the good sense of the word either).
posted by Kattullus at 8:45 AM on November 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
That's okay, I've said pretty much all I wanted to say. Tempting as it is to submit an article using the most over-the-top anti-sex rhetoric possible (genital lice will eat you! and not in the good sense of the word either).
posted by Kattullus at 8:45 AM on November 2, 2011 [3 favorites]
"Halloween thread is down the page a skosh."
Well, now it's up the page!
posted by Eideteker at 10:11 AM on November 2, 2011
Well, now it's up the page!
posted by Eideteker at 10:11 AM on November 2, 2011
I will definitely cop to this being poorly thought out! There is even a record of my thought process in the mefi mag thread from the other day where it went from a joke to the editors saying "make it happen" and me fucking around on tumblr to set something up all in one night. Given the short time frame, it sorta had to happen that way or it wasn't going to happen. I know klang in real life (hi neighbor!). He often bugs us to submit stuff to the magazine and suddenly this seemed like a way to do it.
To be honest, I really hope it's more than the usual suspects submitting something. Part of linking to the in joke references was so that anyone could play. The [grilled cheese] question is from goshling and I was all "what is so sexy about grilled cheese?" until I found that thread. But here's the thing: maybe some of the popular users are popular because they are consistently and frequently funny and who am I to begrudge them their small bit of internet success?
Secretly I want a dark horse to win it because I am a fan of such things. I mean I was never cool in school either.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 10:41 AM on November 2, 2011
To be honest, I really hope it's more than the usual suspects submitting something. Part of linking to the in joke references was so that anyone could play. The [grilled cheese] question is from goshling and I was all "what is so sexy about grilled cheese?" until I found that thread. But here's the thing: maybe some of the popular users are popular because they are consistently and frequently funny and who am I to begrudge them their small bit of internet success?
Secretly I want a dark horse to win it because I am a fan of such things. I mean I was never cool in school either.
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 10:41 AM on November 2, 2011
I think it's really an open question about whether the better way to undo the unpleasantness of being the last kid picked for kickball is to have a situation where you recreate kickball in a nerd-friendly image, or whether you just don't play competitive sports anymore. And ultimately people will make the decision for themselves. I have some of the same gut feelings as Kattullus. I don't enjoy competitive stuff that I also feel is somewhat arbitrary or where I don't totally trust the people putting it together to not have some uncomfortable-to-jessamyn angle to it [my own baggage, not other peoples']. That said, people do all sorts of things under the MeFi banner that I wouldn't want to put my name to and so I don't. No big deal, the place contains multitudes.
I'd appreciate if people were a little more mindful of the fact that when someone tells you that something makes them displeased that the best response to that might not be "okay let's now call that person names in a (maybe) jokey way" but other than changing all the rules of how MeTa works, that's not something I can really demand by fiat.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:53 PM on November 2, 2011 [7 favorites]
I'd appreciate if people were a little more mindful of the fact that when someone tells you that something makes them displeased that the best response to that might not be "okay let's now call that person names in a (maybe) jokey way" but other than changing all the rules of how MeTa works, that's not something I can really demand by fiat.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:53 PM on November 2, 2011 [7 favorites]
Did someone say sexy Oulipo contest? 'Cause Roubaud has my vote; his lipograms are beguiling.
posted by villanelles at dawn at 2:06 PM on November 2, 2011
posted by villanelles at dawn at 2:06 PM on November 2, 2011
What does the sexiest Mefite win?
I don't like popularity contests, either, so I actually prefer the text-based contest to this thread, which does seem to be more "Pick me, pick me!"
I think the voting process is what makes the contest problematic. I'm fine with the favorites system, but I know some aren't, and this is like a big ol' favorites contest in some ways.
When I hold giveaways on my blog, I don't do the "vote for your favorite" thing, because in my experience the cool kids have all the accolades they need, and the rest of us, many of whom are already feeling less-than-appreciated, don't need the added reminder that their peers don't consider them the "best" whatever, you know?
But would anyone else still enter if the winning entry was chosen by, say, random integer generator?
posted by misha at 5:35 PM on November 2, 2011
I don't like popularity contests, either, so I actually prefer the text-based contest to this thread, which does seem to be more "Pick me, pick me!"
I think the voting process is what makes the contest problematic. I'm fine with the favorites system, but I know some aren't, and this is like a big ol' favorites contest in some ways.
When I hold giveaways on my blog, I don't do the "vote for your favorite" thing, because in my experience the cool kids have all the accolades they need, and the rest of us, many of whom are already feeling less-than-appreciated, don't need the added reminder that their peers don't consider them the "best" whatever, you know?
But would anyone else still enter if the winning entry was chosen by, say, random integer generator?
posted by misha at 5:35 PM on November 2, 2011
I would've, yeah. I entered because I thought of five jokes that I hope will make people laugh, but I don't give a toss about winning; I'm just hoping people will laugh at my answers and am looking forward to laughing at other people's answers. Mefites are clever, I like it when they make jokes in a structured environment.
In that sense, I think the place where I'm coming from on this is the same place I'm coming from whenever a thread turns into a sort of impromptu string of riffs on one thing or another. It's fun to goof around together like that. And if that was the exact form this took—a thread where everybody answered the silly questions in the form of a comment in the thread, and everybody was reading other people's answers and laughing about it, I think no one would have blinked.
I get that the actual framing of this doesn't present that idea clearly, and I'd press that magical do-over button if I had it to help make this go more smoothly. I totally get that folks don't like how it was framed and why; without the context of the other thread where the idea came together, it reads really kind of odd for a Mefi-related thing. I get even that some folks just don't like any sort of framing of it as a competition with a popular-selection aspect regardless even of the superficial "who's sexy?" framing.
But at the same time I think that the actual spirit of the thing, that core "let's make jokes together and laugh" activity that it's really about, is a very Metafilter sort of thing and am hoping that despite the bumpy presentation the actual results will be just that: a bunch of funny writing for folks to enjoy.
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:44 PM on November 2, 2011 [8 favorites]
In that sense, I think the place where I'm coming from on this is the same place I'm coming from whenever a thread turns into a sort of impromptu string of riffs on one thing or another. It's fun to goof around together like that. And if that was the exact form this took—a thread where everybody answered the silly questions in the form of a comment in the thread, and everybody was reading other people's answers and laughing about it, I think no one would have blinked.
I get that the actual framing of this doesn't present that idea clearly, and I'd press that magical do-over button if I had it to help make this go more smoothly. I totally get that folks don't like how it was framed and why; without the context of the other thread where the idea came together, it reads really kind of odd for a Mefi-related thing. I get even that some folks just don't like any sort of framing of it as a competition with a popular-selection aspect regardless even of the superficial "who's sexy?" framing.
But at the same time I think that the actual spirit of the thing, that core "let's make jokes together and laugh" activity that it's really about, is a very Metafilter sort of thing and am hoping that despite the bumpy presentation the actual results will be just that: a bunch of funny writing for folks to enjoy.
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:44 PM on November 2, 2011 [8 favorites]
Just as a note, it makes it a lot harder for us at the mag to basically say, "Trust us, we're not jerks. This'll be copacetic," if folks who are ostensibly supporting us act like jerks to folks who disagree.
posted by klangklangston at 7:42 AM on November 2
Damn. You know I really, really try very hard these days to make my tongue extremely prominent when it's in my cheek. Was it really so hard to to see that my "Right-on award / cheap slut" comment was just a jokey nod to Katullus's "Popularity contest / language of objectification" comment?
Really? I have to try even harder and not actually use smilies? Because I fear a sprain of the tongue or a rupture of the cheek.
posted by Decani at 8:49 AM on November 3, 2011
posted by klangklangston at 7:42 AM on November 2
Damn. You know I really, really try very hard these days to make my tongue extremely prominent when it's in my cheek. Was it really so hard to to see that my "Right-on award / cheap slut" comment was just a jokey nod to Katullus's "Popularity contest / language of objectification" comment?
Really? I have to try even harder and not actually use smilies? Because I fear a sprain of the tongue or a rupture of the cheek.
posted by Decani at 8:49 AM on November 3, 2011
being pushed off the site by someone who's been making this site worse for a long time.
Mods, you let people do this? Seriously, "You cheap slut?" What do you think you're doing?
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 5:09 AM on November 2
Jesus Christ, that's depressing.
Maybe I should just stop trying to indulge in humour that doesn't come with a big flashing disclaimer upfront. Maybe something along the lines of "Warning: non-serious comment alert. May include puns, word-play, irony, hyperbole, wry cross-references to a quoted comment, and nuts. If you are allergic to any of these things please consider averting your eyes or at least necking a double espresso before long-jumping to the conclusion that this is just another example of what a bastardly human being Decani is."
Smilies are a bit more succinct though, aren't they? You have to give them that.
posted by Decani at 9:03 AM on November 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
Mods, you let people do this? Seriously, "You cheap slut?" What do you think you're doing?
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 5:09 AM on November 2
Jesus Christ, that's depressing.
Maybe I should just stop trying to indulge in humour that doesn't come with a big flashing disclaimer upfront. Maybe something along the lines of "Warning: non-serious comment alert. May include puns, word-play, irony, hyperbole, wry cross-references to a quoted comment, and nuts. If you are allergic to any of these things please consider averting your eyes or at least necking a double espresso before long-jumping to the conclusion that this is just another example of what a bastardly human being Decani is."
Smilies are a bit more succinct though, aren't they? You have to give them that.
posted by Decani at 9:03 AM on November 3, 2011 [2 favorites]
Really? I have to try even harder and not actually use smilies?
I got it. It was very clear that other people didn't. So yeah you might want to couch what you say and avoid really loaded words like slut even if you're making a joke that you think people will get. Because when they don't get it, then you're just the guy calling the other guy, the one who said he was already having a problem with something, a cheap slut and that's sort of not what you were going for, I think.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:24 AM on November 3, 2011
I got it. It was very clear that other people didn't. So yeah you might want to couch what you say and avoid really loaded words like slut even if you're making a joke that you think people will get. Because when they don't get it, then you're just the guy calling the other guy, the one who said he was already having a problem with something, a cheap slut and that's sort of not what you were going for, I think.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:24 AM on November 3, 2011
Maybe I should just stop trying to indulge in humour that doesn't come with a big flashing disclaimer upfront.
There's a big stretch of road between "No, No, I was just funnin' around when I called you a slut because you were bothered about objectification" and Big Flashing Disclaimerville, is the thing. Putting it on everyone else to either find your jokes funny or be considered humorless gits is kind of a crappy way to proceed.
I don't think your only choice is to switch over to condescending reels about how lousy other people are at finding you funny, seems like there's a lot of degrees between and tweaking your personal hilarity meter a few notches to the right would make a happier compromise.
But, yeah, if you're having trouble finding a place between flooring it and slamming on the brakes, it might be worth it for you to consider just hitting the brakes a little more often.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:33 AM on November 3, 2011
There's a big stretch of road between "No, No, I was just funnin' around when I called you a slut because you were bothered about objectification" and Big Flashing Disclaimerville, is the thing. Putting it on everyone else to either find your jokes funny or be considered humorless gits is kind of a crappy way to proceed.
I don't think your only choice is to switch over to condescending reels about how lousy other people are at finding you funny, seems like there's a lot of degrees between and tweaking your personal hilarity meter a few notches to the right would make a happier compromise.
But, yeah, if you're having trouble finding a place between flooring it and slamming on the brakes, it might be worth it for you to consider just hitting the brakes a little more often.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:33 AM on November 3, 2011
I want to publicly say what I said to Decani via memail just now, which is that I indeed missed his humorous intent, and that I regret my unnecessary swipe at his site participation. I'm not humorless, but I did post while angry, for which I apologize. I feel I should also apologize to the mods for framing my complaint with such outrage. "What do you think you're doing" isn't really an okay way to ask a question of people as patient and helpful as the mods here, and I've felt bad about that since I hit post. I'm sorry.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 9:56 AM on November 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 9:56 AM on November 3, 2011 [1 favorite]
I'm too sexy for my pseudonym.
posted by mccarty.tim at 4:23 PM on November 3, 2011
posted by mccarty.tim at 4:23 PM on November 3, 2011
I think it's really an open question about whether the better way to undo the unpleasantness of being the last kid picked for kickball is to have a situation where you recreate kickball in a nerd-friendly image, or whether you just don't play competitive sports anymore.
In hockey, we usually just take a picture of the kid sitting there as last pick, post it on the internet, then give him a car to make up for the humiliation.
posted by mannequito at 4:48 PM on November 3, 2011
In hockey, we usually just take a picture of the kid sitting there as last pick, post it on the internet, then give him a car to make up for the humiliation.
posted by mannequito at 4:48 PM on November 3, 2011
You will have to buy the issue to find out.
Or, you know, download it for free.
posted by klangklangston at 10:44 PM on November 22, 2011
Or, you know, download it for free.
posted by klangklangston at 10:44 PM on November 22, 2011
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