Just one 9/11 thread? September 11, 2002 12:13 AM Subscribe
ok! we have our first 9/11 post on 9/11. let's *keep* further discussion there?
Which post? This one? Yes, let's keep all further discussion there, at this post. Unless there is a reason to keep that discussion here.
Right. So, it's agreed? No further discussion posted there unless it's here. Right.
posted by Danelope at 12:15 AM on September 11, 2002
Right. So, it's agreed? No further discussion posted there unless it's here. Right.
posted by Danelope at 12:15 AM on September 11, 2002
i was up a little later than normal last night (this morning) and i thought... i'll pop over to mefi and see if the "first post" has been made.
it was a refreshing blank surprise to find no posts for the eleventh. part of me hopes it's just quiet today. the other part hopes it's just quiet today.
posted by folktrash at 12:50 AM on September 11, 2002
it was a refreshing blank surprise to find no posts for the eleventh. part of me hopes it's just quiet today. the other part hopes it's just quiet today.
posted by folktrash at 12:50 AM on September 11, 2002
I've got a link about a certain September 11 in history related the US and a short article about why Americans seem to forget certain stories but memorize others. That one okay?
posted by raaka at 1:38 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by raaka at 1:38 AM on September 11, 2002
A thread consisting of a wordless chain of links was discussed here but I think I should wait too. The absence of "September 11" on the front page is too eloquent to break.
Perhaps a better way to show respect would be to just continue discussing in all the previous days' threads?
posted by MiguelCardoso at 2:23 AM on September 11, 2002
Perhaps a better way to show respect would be to just continue discussing in all the previous days' threads?
posted by MiguelCardoso at 2:23 AM on September 11, 2002
I like that idea, Miguel -- I'm all for remembering Sept. 11th by remembering Sept. 10th instead, which in retrospect was a heck of a nice day. This year, two Sept. 10ths in a row doesn't sound so bad.
posted by contessa at 2:32 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by contessa at 2:32 AM on September 11, 2002
Seeing no Sept. 11th threads is very refreshing. I hope it stays this way for a while.
posted by riffola at 4:06 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by riffola at 4:06 AM on September 11, 2002
I am at a bit of a loss. There are people here advocating that there should be no posts on September 11. Forgive me for being obtuse but should they not have kept it to themselves?. Others suggest only commenting on previous threads, does that not defeat the object? Silence is golden, so long as I can still spout my mouth off, I suppose.
posted by Fat Buddha at 4:22 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by Fat Buddha at 4:22 AM on September 11, 2002
they are intent on 'protecting' some ephemeral quality they perceive in mefi. personally, i think the ultimate goal is the ejection of members > 13k, but then i'm a conspiracy-seeing sorta guy...
posted by quonsar at 4:37 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by quonsar at 4:37 AM on September 11, 2002
*considers forgiving Fat Buddha, but has too much trouble trying to parse out what he's actually saying, so reconsiders*
The moment of silence won't last long, but it is touching. And I'm a hard one to touch. So to speak.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:38 AM on September 11, 2002
The moment of silence won't last long, but it is touching. And I'm a hard one to touch. So to speak.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:38 AM on September 11, 2002
...and there we go. How deeply disappointing, but eminently predictable somehow.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:52 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:52 AM on September 11, 2002
The moment of silence won't last long
After all the debating back and forth for the past week and a half over what to post today - making the page black, posting a link-only thread, closing off the ability to post, embedding a midi file of Mozart's Requiem (c'mon - it'd be respectful) - who'd want to risk being first to broach the blue?
[on preview] Aha.
posted by rory at 4:54 AM on September 11, 2002
After all the debating back and forth for the past week and a half over what to post today - making the page black, posting a link-only thread, closing off the ability to post, embedding a midi file of Mozart's Requiem (c'mon - it'd be respectful) - who'd want to risk being first to broach the blue?
[on preview] Aha.
posted by rory at 4:54 AM on September 11, 2002
I still don't get it, it's ok to post here but not in the blue?
Now everyone is disappointed. Why? What's the difference?
Now the silence has been broken, is it ok to post? Is it ok to call the poster an insensitive fool or should that wait until tomorrow?
posted by Fat Buddha at 5:10 AM on September 11, 2002
Now everyone is disappointed. Why? What's the difference?
Now the silence has been broken, is it ok to post? Is it ok to call the poster an insensitive fool or should that wait until tomorrow?
posted by Fat Buddha at 5:10 AM on September 11, 2002
What an oversensitive lot! I'll bet you all are the type who get pissy over WTC jokes.
posted by mischief at 5:14 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by mischief at 5:14 AM on September 11, 2002
FB: You ain't improving the stereotype of Brummies being a bit thick y'know...
mischief: Post 'em or mail me some. I'll laff me arse off if they're any good.
posted by i_cola at 5:22 AM on September 11, 2002
mischief: Post 'em or mail me some. I'll laff me arse off if they're any good.
posted by i_cola at 5:22 AM on September 11, 2002
FB : A post is a new link on the front page, thus the oft-derided term 'Front Page Post', which some (including our host) find to be redundant. A comment lies within a thread. It would seem that you are confused because you don't understand the distinction. I do sympathize, a bit, since the button on which you are expected to click to save a comment is also labelled 'post'. (This is perhaps the sole element of Matt's design here that I find sub-optimal).
Regardless, it's all pretty academic now, as the floodgates have been opened. I'm going to bed.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:23 AM on September 11, 2002
Regardless, it's all pretty academic now, as the floodgates have been opened. I'm going to bed.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:23 AM on September 11, 2002
quick - Miguel - go to plan B before it's too late...
posted by gravelshoes at 5:30 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by gravelshoes at 5:30 AM on September 11, 2002
Please!
posted by adampsyche at 6:34 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by adampsyche at 6:34 AM on September 11, 2002
Got up this morning, went to Yahoo, saw nice tasteful gray page, went to MeFi, saw... hoopyfrood. Hoped Matt would wake up soon. Went to work in Midtown, feeling a little weird about it but knowing there's no point staying home. Hope you all have a peaceful day.
posted by languagehat at 6:50 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by languagehat at 6:50 AM on September 11, 2002
i_cola, thank you for the stereotype. I can see that people wish for a peaceful blue page with no posts on it. I can see why they might wish it, I can also see that it is (was) a forlorn hope. I just don't see why those impressing upon the rest of us their desire for silence should make so much noise about it.
Hurling lame insults does not make it clearer. It seems to me that some people don't want to just occupy the moral high ground, they wish to be seen to occupy the moral high ground. They should be careful, it can get crowded and uncomfortable up there.
posted by Fat Buddha at 7:07 AM on September 11, 2002
Hurling lame insults does not make it clearer. It seems to me that some people don't want to just occupy the moral high ground, they wish to be seen to occupy the moral high ground. They should be careful, it can get crowded and uncomfortable up there.
posted by Fat Buddha at 7:07 AM on September 11, 2002
languagehat.. I'm with you.
Midtown is a bit weird today.
Would have preferred the Miguel- inspired single post with nothing but links..
but, it *is* just a regular day for anyone who wasn't here. meaning the New York area, not metafilter.
posted by rich at 7:13 AM on September 11, 2002
Midtown is a bit weird today.
Would have preferred the Miguel- inspired single post with nothing but links..
but, it *is* just a regular day for anyone who wasn't here. meaning the New York area, not metafilter.
posted by rich at 7:13 AM on September 11, 2002
... do tell, rich.
posted by Sapphireblue at 7:46 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by Sapphireblue at 7:46 AM on September 11, 2002
It's kind of funny that people kept checking the front page to see if there was going to be a first post or not. Maybe this is obvious, and a twist on an old cliche, but... perhaps those who don't want to see the usual crass noisy debates on MetaFilter today just shouldn't go there?
posted by Tin Man at 7:51 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by Tin Man at 7:51 AM on September 11, 2002
Isn't this "finger in the dyke" attitude a little defeatist for a community weblong like MeFi? It's like we're policing content.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in mindless 9/11 babble or a rehash of imagery and chat from the last year (my TV is off today!). But to suggest by one's disdain for any 9/11 post that there is nothing interesting, new, nor insightful being said today about a subject so major is simply, well, simplistic in my book.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 8:41 AM on September 11, 2002
Don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in mindless 9/11 babble or a rehash of imagery and chat from the last year (my TV is off today!). But to suggest by one's disdain for any 9/11 post that there is nothing interesting, new, nor insightful being said today about a subject so major is simply, well, simplistic in my book.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 8:41 AM on September 11, 2002
finger in the dyke
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.[/inigo_montoya]
posted by kirkaracha at 9:41 AM on September 11, 2002
Actually, kirkaracha, that's the first time I've ever used that phrase. From the dictionary:
noun: dyke or dikes: earthbank or dam
If you want to be clever in smirking at the other definitions of dyke, be my guest. But if you do, you might miss the point.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 10:40 AM on September 11, 2002
noun: dyke or dikes: earthbank or dam
If you want to be clever in smirking at the other definitions of dyke, be my guest. But if you do, you might miss the point.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 10:40 AM on September 11, 2002
but your username...
posted by andrew cooke at 11:48 AM on September 11, 2002
posted by andrew cooke at 11:48 AM on September 11, 2002
Fat Buddha:
I can see that people wish for a peaceful blue page with no posts on it. I can see why they might wish it, I can also see that it is (was) a forlorn hope. I just don't see why those impressing upon the rest of us their desire for silence should make so much noise about it.
Kudos to Matt for not giving in to the political correctness police. I'm glad Metafilter isn't like the endlessly disgusting and self congratulating TV news networks today, not to mention the Verizon ad I just saw, where they shamelessly pat themselves on the back for being good corporate drones on 9/11, er, I mean citizens.
Thank God I'm already a bit drunk or I might have taken an axe to my idiot box.
posted by mark13 at 3:55 PM on September 11, 2002
I can see that people wish for a peaceful blue page with no posts on it. I can see why they might wish it, I can also see that it is (was) a forlorn hope. I just don't see why those impressing upon the rest of us their desire for silence should make so much noise about it.
Kudos to Matt for not giving in to the political correctness police. I'm glad Metafilter isn't like the endlessly disgusting and self congratulating TV news networks today, not to mention the Verizon ad I just saw, where they shamelessly pat themselves on the back for being good corporate drones on 9/11, er, I mean citizens.
Thank God I'm already a bit drunk or I might have taken an axe to my idiot box.
posted by mark13 at 3:55 PM on September 11, 2002
the political correctness police
...They live inside of your head / They come to you in your bed...
There's a massive difference between what you are so willing to simplemindedly label as demonstrative political correctness and the massively more sophisticated and civilized desire and hope to see a spontaneous, non-televised un-hollywoodified paying of respects to the dead.
How corrupt and sad it is to equate the two.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:15 PM on September 11, 2002
...They live inside of your head / They come to you in your bed...
There's a massive difference between what you are so willing to simplemindedly label as demonstrative political correctness and the massively more sophisticated and civilized desire and hope to see a spontaneous, non-televised un-hollywoodified paying of respects to the dead.
How corrupt and sad it is to equate the two.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:15 PM on September 11, 2002
Just wanted to clarify that when i meant "no Sept. 11th threads" I meant no threads started on Sept. 11th. It was very interesting to wake up and find no links made on this day (server time). I was expecting to find tons of posts.
posted by riffola at 6:35 PM on September 11, 2002
posted by riffola at 6:35 PM on September 11, 2002
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posted by jcterminal at 12:14 AM on September 11, 2002