Stop the madness

September 11, 2001 9:09 PM

For the love all that is righteous and holy, please stomp all over the hideous and pointless Nostradamus threads on the front page.
posted by NortonDC to MetaFilter-Related at 9:09 PM (12 comments total)

Thanks.
posted by NortonDC at 9:18 PM on September 11, 2001

And the damn self-link. Ugh.
posted by zempf at 9:25 PM on September 11, 2001

done and done. thanks memepusher!
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:26 PM on September 11, 2001

There's still one Nostradamus post still up.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 6:37 AM on September 12, 2001

How many were there? Were they all by the same person?
posted by rodii at 6:45 AM on September 12, 2001

I saw two (and one more that lent itself that way), with additional prophet-y material appearing within several threads.
posted by j.edwards at 7:55 AM on September 12, 2001

i wasn't sure the best place to post this, and i'm hesitant to post at all, but given the timestamp on this, i find it just a little creepy.
posted by modge at 10:57 AM on September 12, 2001

feelingveryashamed. i was tired and in shock last night and mentioned this thing in one of the threads. it's amazing the stupidity you can reap if your not letting that vital gap happen between the your fingers and your brain -- although thankfully i stopped short of the front page. i can't believe my own attitude sometimes. really sorry. as i think i've said elsewhere it's a shame we can't rewrite our own posts.
posted by feelinglistless at 3:28 PM on September 12, 2001

And it's not even a valid prediction to begin with.
posted by samsara at 3:38 PM on September 12, 2001

And it's not even a valid prediction to begin with.

Of course it isn't. The "Nostradamus predicted this" hoax is a very common one.
posted by jpoulos at 5:28 PM on September 12, 2001

I apologize for posting yet another Nostra-link before checking the existing Nostra-thread, which ended with a Nostradebunk using the same link.
posted by brownpau at 2:34 AM on September 13, 2001

Huh? You mean Nostradamus isn't a treatment for post-nasal drip?

I learn something new here almost every day.
posted by anapestic at 7:01 AM on September 13, 2001