"What x are you?" quizzes

February 14, 2005 7:31 PM

Yes, I know that "what x are you?" quizzes are the worst of intarweb clichéry, but when I saw this one (via PreSurfer), I had to waste five minutes and take the quiz. Imagine my shock/delight/spewing-on-laptop when it gave me this result. (And I was trying for this result...) So, what website are we?
posted by wendell to MetaFilter-Related at 7:31 PM (89 comments total)

fuck.
posted by jessamyn at 7:41 PM on February 14, 2005

I seem to remember one of these where the 'metafilter' type actually had a photo of mathowie with it.
posted by bingo at 7:43 PM on February 14, 2005

I think it was the monkeys:


posted by amandaudoff at 7:44 PM on February 14, 2005

posted by Saucy Intruder at 7:44 PM on February 14, 2005

{this thread is not going to be useful}
posted by Saucy Intruder at 7:44 PM on February 14, 2005

i was wikipedia. this quiz is lame.
posted by quonsar at 7:45 PM on February 14, 2005

Is it good to be a 404 error?
posted by DaShiv at 7:50 PM on February 14, 2005

I was Homestarrunnger. Which is too bad, really, considering I'm the only person I know that doesn't think it's all that and a bag of potato chips.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:51 PM on February 14, 2005

{this thread is not going to be useful}

Oh, saucy, you're such a know-it-all!
posted by Doohickie at 7:52 PM on February 14, 2005

I'm amazon. And I don't even know how to post the result thingie here, which is how lame I am.
posted by CunningLinguist at 7:53 PM on February 14, 2005

I'm such a fucking loser.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:54 PM on February 14, 2005

CL: <img src="http://www.website.com/picture.jpg">
posted by Doohickie at 7:55 PM on February 14, 2005

DH: It's more than that. There are too many line breaks in the code provided by the web page. I had to cut and prune for it to work.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:59 PM on February 14, 2005

posted by bingo at 8:00 PM on February 14, 2005

Thanks. I thought I had to paste their code.

(I kind of feel more kinship to the weather.com description actually.)
posted by CunningLinguist at 8:01 PM on February 14, 2005

Apparently I am teh Slashdot.



Just once I want these quizzes to tell me something I don't know.
posted by nelleish at 8:06 PM on February 14, 2005

i'm a loser like ebk. boo.
posted by amberglow at 8:09 PM on February 14, 2005

I am Fark, conclusive proof I have ADD
posted by sadie01221975 at 8:15 PM on February 14, 2005

*hangs head in shame*
posted by boaz at 8:16 PM on February 14, 2005

Yup.
posted by Dean Keaton at 8:17 PM on February 14, 2005

I have no idea how this thread has stayed alive this long.

I'm Something Awful.

posted by Arch Stanton at 8:20 PM on February 14, 2005

worth 1000????? What the hell is that?
posted by arse_hat at 8:20 PM on February 14, 2005

Sweet.
posted by delmoi at 8:27 PM on February 14, 2005

Oh, for Christ's sake.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 8:28 PM on February 14, 2005

I swear to God, I have never heard of this website before.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:31 PM on February 14, 2005

Jesus. On my practice attempt I was MSN. Then on my second practice I was Amazon. But by saying I would do anything for more questions I ended up as MeFI. Which was my real run.
posted by bonaldi at 8:32 PM on February 14, 2005

"think you are better ..." oh puhleeze
posted by squeak at 8:38 PM on February 14, 2005

I was totally not expecting the weather channel. It's generally a well put together site, so I think I can live with it.
posted by mexican at 8:48 PM on February 14, 2005

Given that I have a hair-trigger snopes.com reaction to any forwarded email the fact that I ended up with that was only fitting.
posted by Space Coyote at 8:57 PM on February 14, 2005

It said I was Drudge Report.

Ok, that's just wrong. I am not a snotty closeted gay Republican in a fedora. I don't care what anyone says.
posted by jonmc at 9:01 PM on February 14, 2005

I am Metafilter. I have been assimilated. Resistance was futile.
posted by Tarrama at 9:03 PM on February 14, 2005

MetaFilter: You're into omphaloskepsis.
posted by Doohickie at 9:10 PM on February 14, 2005

I live with Dean Keaton and Space Coyote at Snopes, which is just about right — except for the not being perfect part.
posted by taz at 9:19 PM on February 14, 2005

posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 9:28 PM on February 14, 2005

Bummer... AMAZON.
posted by Quartermass at 9:28 PM on February 14, 2005

wow, I didn't even get my own site:


posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:31 PM on February 14, 2005

I am the Weather Channel? THE WEATHER CHANNEL?!?
posted by scody at 9:36 PM on February 14, 2005

It said I was Wikipedia. Well, it said I resembled the website Wikipedia. Well, no, actually, it said I was Wikipedia. Which is rather apropos.
posted by dhartung at 9:39 PM on February 14, 2005

posted by Civil_Disobedient at 9:41 PM on February 14, 2005

I'm CNN?

CNN?....
posted by c13 at 9:51 PM on February 14, 2005

All results here.
posted by euphorb at 9:51 PM on February 14, 2005

K, I took this three times, not picking the same answer. All three times it said I was amazon.com

It knows. . .
posted by Quartermass at 9:54 PM on February 14, 2005

I want my money back.
posted by filmgoerjuan at 10:03 PM on February 14, 2005

omphaloskepsis is my favorite word ever.
posted by casarkos at 10:26 PM on February 14, 2005

I too am SomethingAwful. But then the what OS are you said I was Windows, and that is a dirty lie. I wouldn't touch something that was poorly designed and came in ugly boxes. I hate them and all their quizzes. My box is pretty.
posted by dame at 10:32 PM on February 14, 2005

No MeFite has turned up as catfancy.com yet? This thing is broke.
posted by taz at 11:36 PM on February 14, 2005

woo. hoo.


posted by Guy Smiley at 11:52 PM on February 14, 2005

First run, I ended up as Wikipedia, not too bad.

Went back and changed answers for those that were 50/50 and pow: Catfancy, baby. Oh yeah!
posted by MikeKD at 11:58 PM on February 14, 2005

c'mon wendell. show a little restraint next time.
posted by crunchland at 12:10 AM on February 15, 2005

Not very glamorous, but at least I'm successful and powerful.
posted by Vulpyne at 1:27 AM on February 15, 2005

I was Metafilter first time out. Perhaps it's how I answered the question about the ants? And bring your monkey to work day?
posted by jokeefe at 1:49 AM on February 15, 2005

Apparently I am they.


posted by fixedgear at 2:55 AM on February 15, 2005

Damn. Damn. Damn.
I am Fark.
posted by seanyboy at 3:48 AM on February 15, 2005

fuck, I'm Slashdot
posted by matteo at 4:23 AM on February 15, 2005

Fuck, I'm.. worth1000.com?

What in the name of Jehova is that?
posted by The God Complex at 4:26 AM on February 15, 2005

It said I was Wikipedia (posted by dhartung).
Aha! I've always suspected that dhartung was the sentient expression of some vast information database. (I mean that in the most complimentary way, by the way).

I was Fark...
posted by chrispy at 4:33 AM on February 15, 2005

I feel so cheap...


posted by Slack-a-gogo at 4:53 AM on February 15, 2005

Hey hey!


posted by 31d1 at 6:23 AM on February 15, 2005

omfg


posted by Plutor at 6:30 AM on February 15, 2005

posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:35 AM on February 15, 2005

I was The Onion. Meh.
posted by ChrisTN at 6:50 AM on February 15, 2005

Look what I did. I'm proud of me.
posted by recurve at 7:09 AM on February 15, 2005

Vulpyne, I was depressed about being eBay (and not knowing how to get the thing up here), but I'm gonna adopt your perspective -- I'm successful and powerful too.
posted by thinkpiece at 7:21 AM on February 15, 2005

Homestarrunner. And I've never heard of it.

I might be funny on my good days, but I'm not flashy.
posted by orange swan at 7:44 AM on February 15, 2005

Yep. That's me.
posted by SisterHavana at 8:00 AM on February 15, 2005

Snopes. That explains all the popups I keep generating.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 8:05 AM on February 15, 2005

I am MetaFilter! I am MetaFilter! FUCK YEAH! Uh-huh.

*does the MeFi dance*
posted by widdershins at 8:24 AM on February 15, 2005

You are amazon.com
You are the first person people go to when they need something. People have confidence in you. You like free shipping.
posted by safetyfork at 8:28 AM on February 15, 2005

posted by Lush at 8:41 AM on February 15, 2005

It never ceases to surprise me how... er pervasive these things are/get.

Futher evidence we need a BlaFi, (blather Filter)
posted by edgeways at 9:06 AM on February 15, 2005

I'm wilwheaton.net. I'm ALWAYS wilwheaton.net whenever I take any of these silly quizzes. Gah.
posted by mygothlaundry at 11:08 AM on February 15, 2005

posted by dodgygeezer at 11:47 AM on February 15, 2005

I'm impressed by how many possibile outcomes there are. (worth1000)
posted by smackfu at 4:39 PM on February 15, 2005

My box is pretty.

ITYM "My mathowie is pretty".
posted by kenko at 4:41 PM on February 15, 2005

I seem to remember one of these where the 'metafilter' type actually had a photo of mathowie with it.

This may be what you're looking for, bingo.
posted by Ufez Jones at 5:36 PM on February 15, 2005

Homestar Runner.

I guess that makes sense, since people try to sell me acid in suburban fast food joints. I guess I'm really annoying, too. But people laugh, and I'm never sure if they really like me, or if it is just my weird lisp.

:(
posted by Kleptophoria! at 7:36 PM on February 15, 2005

To anyone who cares, and anyone who has read this far: courtesy of this thread, my virgin eyes were finally (and after all these years of successful avoidance!) exposed to goatse. It's like a late valentine, of sorts.
posted by mireille at 9:28 PM on February 15, 2005

"exposed to goatse"

How'd that happen?

I guess just me and goodnewsfortheinsane are "miniclip", which I've never heard of. If I had to be a gaming site, why couldn't I have been Blue's News or something cool? Back in the day, I read all the gaming sites. Before they were commercial. Back when I gamed.

So I'm playing WoW now, that makes me a hardcore gamer again?
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:27 PM on February 15, 2005

EB- check out the post in this thread made at 6:30 AM PST (today). I could link, but... I don't really want to go back there.
posted by mireille at 10:50 PM on February 15, 2005

But it's not linked to there? Are you considering the representation of goatse to be "seeing goatse"? Those look like danishes to me.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:52 PM on February 15, 2005

EB- check out the post in this thread made at 6:30 AM PST (today). I could link, but... I don't really want to go back there.
posted by mireille at 10:50 PM PST on February 15

But it's not linked to there? Are you considering the representation of goatse to be "seeing goatse"? Those look like danishes to me.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 11:52 PM PST on February 15



I have never laughed so hard in my life.
posted by Quartermass at 12:08 AM on February 16, 2005

...and I'm hungry for a danish. Life's a mystery, ain't it?
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 12:42 AM on February 16, 2005

EB, I have a nice eclair I'd like to sell you.
posted by taz at 1:10 AM on February 16, 2005

I was Snopes too.
posted by nthdegx at 5:12 AM on February 16, 2005

Dammit. Something Awful and then Fark the second time.
posted by catachresoid at 6:22 AM on February 16, 2005

EB- I thought it all looked rather glazed shiny.
posted by mireille at 7:16 AM on February 16, 2005

Wrong!

Except for the part about joc... I mean, uh, beer drinking.

scratch, scratch
posted by syzygy at 9:27 AM on February 16, 2005

posted by mcgraw at 12:07 PM on February 16, 2005

CNN. I wanna know how they know I have a deep voice.

*sings*

You're the first, the last, my everything...
posted by deborah at 12:54 PM on February 16, 2005