it was completely useless. Thanks.
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Can't get enough horse_ebooks? Try horse_ebookmarklet.
this post is full of whinny
posted by not_on_display at 2:27 PM on February 9, 2012 [6 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 2:27 PM on February 9, 2012 [6 favorites]
QUIT HORSIN AROUND, AND LET'S CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NEIGH.
posted by deezil at 2:29 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by deezil at 2:29 PM on February 9, 2012
it would behoof you to hit the caps lock key
posted by not_on_display at 2:29 PM on February 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 2:29 PM on February 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
I can't tell if I'm experiencing child-like wonder or existential dread.
posted by lekvar at 2:29 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by lekvar at 2:29 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
This whole _ebooks thing is about to cave in on itself from the sheer weight of its detached irony.
posted by jbickers at 2:31 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by jbickers at 2:31 PM on February 9, 2012
My favorite phrase is now STRESS ME OUT AND DESTROY MY HOME.
I can't tell if I'm experiencing child-like wonder or existential dread.
A wise rabbit once said "why settle for either-or, when you can have a both-and!"
posted by JHarris at 2:32 PM on February 9, 2012
I can't tell if I'm experiencing child-like wonder or existential dread.
A wise rabbit once said "why settle for either-or, when you can have a both-and!"
posted by JHarris at 2:32 PM on February 9, 2012
This makes my facebook feed tolerable.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 2:35 PM on February 9, 2012 [6 favorites]
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 2:35 PM on February 9, 2012 [6 favorites]
Hey functionequalsform, the horse would like to know: What was happening to you in 1992?
posted by obscurator at 2:37 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by obscurator at 2:37 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
You owe it to yourself to run the bookmarklet here on The Blue. It's like putting on the shades form They Live, only with more meaningless marketspeak.
posted by lekvar at 2:37 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by lekvar at 2:37 PM on February 9, 2012
Bizarrely, when used on this thread it horsifies all the link text but leaves the comments alone.
posted by JHarris at 2:38 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by JHarris at 2:38 PM on February 9, 2012
Cut it out. We've saddled this thread with enough jokes.
posted by jonmc at 2:40 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by jonmc at 2:40 PM on February 9, 2012
Okay, fine, but seriously. I really want the truth, please:
There is no way that the horse_ebooks account is choosing these phrases at random, whether from some collection of ebooks or elsewhere, right? Please, I beg of you, anyone with any insight, fill me in. I need to know who is behind this, and why it's happening. Please. Please. I need to know.
Please.
posted by 2or3whiskeysodas at 2:47 PM on February 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
There is no way that the horse_ebooks account is choosing these phrases at random, whether from some collection of ebooks or elsewhere, right? Please, I beg of you, anyone with any insight, fill me in. I need to know who is behind this, and why it's happening. Please. Please. I need to know.
Please.
posted by 2or3whiskeysodas at 2:47 PM on February 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
I'm at work now, so I'm not clicking on anything potentially strange, but is this anything like Cornify?
posted by foonly at 2:47 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by foonly at 2:47 PM on February 9, 2012
Kind of. SPOILERS: It replaces link text (and maybe some other text?) with something from the horse_ebooks twitter feed (but not the link itself), and all images on the page are replaced with the horse_ebooks twitter image (a majestic-ass looking horse).
posted by dismas at 2:52 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by dismas at 2:52 PM on February 9, 2012
Is it free or do I have to pony up some cash?
posted by hal9k at 2:58 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by hal9k at 2:58 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
Trigger alert!
posted by hal9k at 2:58 PM on February 9, 2012 [14 favorites]
posted by hal9k at 2:58 PM on February 9, 2012 [14 favorites]
This is taking the horse_ebooks obsession way too far. What's next, conventions? Y'all are basically post-ironic bronies.
posted by naju at 3:00 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by naju at 3:00 PM on February 9, 2012
I don't care what the actual deal with horse_ebooks is; I just know it makes me laugh hysterically several times a week.
posted by bwil at 3:15 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by bwil at 3:15 PM on February 9, 2012
grouse: Please explain.
As summed up in another post:
posted by filthy light thief at 3:25 PM on February 9, 2012
As summed up in another post:
horse_ebooks is a Russian twitterbot spam account that communicates entirely through snippets of ebooks and is more hilarious, confusing and philosophically poetic than any non-spambot on the internet.(rephrased from the description in the prior post)
posted by filthy light thief at 3:25 PM on February 9, 2012
(Note: it may not be of Russian origins)
posted by filthy light thief at 3:27 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by filthy light thief at 3:27 PM on February 9, 2012
Y'all are basically post-ironic bronies.
Real bronies are not ironic. (For a little while there was a pony_ebooks feed, but it didn't last long.)
posted by JHarris at 3:40 PM on February 9, 2012
Real bronies are not ironic. (For a little while there was a pony_ebooks feed, but it didn't last long.)
posted by JHarris at 3:40 PM on February 9, 2012
My name is BlueHorse, and I do not approve of this link.
However, this link satisfies.
posted by BlueHorse at 3:44 PM on February 9, 2012
However, this link satisfies.
posted by BlueHorse at 3:44 PM on February 9, 2012
Just a minute I'm starting a MeTa telling everyone I'm tired of this horse ebooks stuff.
posted by dumbland at 3:52 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by dumbland at 3:52 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
I'm starting a metatalk about how I'm tired of people being tired.
posted by cmoj at 3:56 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by cmoj at 3:56 PM on February 9, 2012
Will it work on PumpkinJokes.pdf?
posted by Legomancer at 4:21 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Legomancer at 4:21 PM on February 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
OH MY GOD. If you keep pressing the button the page gets filled with more and more horse_ebooks and
posted by minifigs at 4:45 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by minifigs at 4:45 PM on February 9, 2012
On the Continent, ladies never shake hands with gentlemen unless under circumstances of great intimacy.
posted by feloniousmonk at 5:20 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by feloniousmonk at 5:20 PM on February 9, 2012
lets do some 'horse'
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 6:58 PM on February 9, 2012
posted by This, of course, alludes to you at 6:58 PM on February 9, 2012
El Sabor Asiatico: "No horses please, we're American."
That was some shitty writing.
posted by Splunge at 5:41 AM on February 10, 2012
That was some shitty writing.
posted by Splunge at 5:41 AM on February 10, 2012
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