I've joined the lot o' duffers
April 7, 2015 11:56 AM Subscribe
Stand And Be Sorted… By A Sorting Hat Twitter Bot. Q&A with the creator.
Sorting is not instantaneous; you may wait a few days after following to get sorted.
Sorting is not instantaneous; you may wait a few days after following to get sorted.
I don't need some jumped up accessory to tell me I'm hufflepuff 4 lyfe
posted by The Whelk at 12:08 PM on April 7, 2015 [9 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 12:08 PM on April 7, 2015 [9 favorites]
sorted me into slytherin and i immediately DM'd darius with sheer outrage
so i guess it was right. ;(
posted by raihan_ at 12:10 PM on April 7, 2015 [5 favorites]
so i guess it was right. ;(
posted by raihan_ at 12:10 PM on April 7, 2015 [5 favorites]
Pottermore Sorting Hat is all lies, FWIW.
Hssssss.
posted by Artw at 12:11 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
Hssssss.
posted by Artw at 12:11 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
Anyone have any information about the program he used to find the meter? All I get when I google RITA is Beatles lyrics.
posted by Squid Voltaire at 12:16 PM on April 7, 2015
posted by Squid Voltaire at 12:16 PM on April 7, 2015
Aw yeah Hufflepuff
posted by Elementary Penguin at 12:19 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Elementary Penguin at 12:19 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
I always thought that the Hat had an obvious sorting bias and artificially enforced a systemic inequality among the houses.
Sorting Hat: Who the hell are you? Eh, . . . . HUFFLEPUFF!
posted by Think_Long at 12:21 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
Sorting Hat: Who the hell are you? Eh, . . . . HUFFLEPUFF!
posted by Think_Long at 12:21 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
Nonsense. We don't need a Sorting Hat. I'll sort you out right now. Put this sorting *rummages* ...napkin on your head.
OK, what are you're thinking right now?
"Gee whiz, I wonder where it'll sort-"
HUFFLEPUFF!
"Sort me right or I'll fight you, Napkin."
GRYFFINDOR!
"I'm really looking forward to working on Ted Cruz's campa-"
SLYTHERIN!
"This is an absurd way to allocate student housing; a magical hat can't possibly discern the thoughts of a person sufficie-"
RAVENCLAW!
posted by leotrotsky at 12:26 PM on April 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
OK, what are you're thinking right now?
"Gee whiz, I wonder where it'll sort-"
HUFFLEPUFF!
"Sort me right or I'll fight you, Napkin."
GRYFFINDOR!
"I'm really looking forward to working on Ted Cruz's campa-"
SLYTHERIN!
"This is an absurd way to allocate student housing; a magical hat can't possibly discern the thoughts of a person sufficie-"
RAVENCLAW!
posted by leotrotsky at 12:26 PM on April 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
Well yes, clearly the hat treats Hufflepuff as a kind of dumping ground for those who don't really fit anywhere else, but still... there they are and they have to somewhere.
So they go to Hufflepuff.
posted by Naberius at 12:27 PM on April 7, 2015
So they go to Hufflepuff.
posted by Naberius at 12:27 PM on April 7, 2015
We're doing Hufflepuff? Then Welcome to Hufflepuff.
posted by leotrotsky at 12:36 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by leotrotsky at 12:36 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
Pre-emptive for being sorted into Ravenclaw:
A leathery hat is no substitute for a board of admissions!
Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I'm being repressed!
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 12:36 PM on April 7, 2015
A leathery hat is no substitute for a board of admissions!
Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I'm being repressed!
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 12:36 PM on April 7, 2015
We have multiple Harry Potter stores in town, so one of our quiet joys during tourist season is awarding our4 year old son house points. "Ten points for Grifflepuff!" I shout. "No! Fifteen points for Slitherclaw!" my wife shouts back.
Scoring is actually based on the number of heads that turn. Two points for someone who starts to correct us, but stops. And a full snitch point for actually being corrected by a total stranger.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 12:44 PM on April 7, 2015 [7 favorites]
Scoring is actually based on the number of heads that turn. Two points for someone who starts to correct us, but stops. And a full snitch point for actually being corrected by a total stranger.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 12:44 PM on April 7, 2015 [7 favorites]
@MCMikeNamara The wisdom of a porcupine, the bravery of a deer
For Slytherin you cast your lot for you are cavalier
I honestly couldn't argue with that logic.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 12:44 PM on April 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
For Slytherin you cast your lot for you are cavalier
I honestly couldn't argue with that logic.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 12:44 PM on April 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
Ravenclaw. Sadly well on the Hermione side of the spectrum rather than the Luna side.
posted by Tarumba at 12:51 PM on April 7, 2015
posted by Tarumba at 12:51 PM on April 7, 2015
Ravenclawesome.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 12:52 PM on April 7, 2015
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 12:52 PM on April 7, 2015
Help, help, I'm being repressed!
If you were being repressed while you were being oppressed, you'd just stuff the feelings of outrage and anger and helplessness deep down inside of you, until eventually you'd become depressed.
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:53 PM on April 7, 2015
If you were being repressed while you were being oppressed, you'd just stuff the feelings of outrage and anger and helplessness deep down inside of you, until eventually you'd become depressed.
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:53 PM on April 7, 2015
Until this bot, I hadn't realized that the Sorting Hat always sings in common meter. You can get sorted to the tune of the Gilligan's Island theme song!
posted by Metroid Baby at 12:56 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Metroid Baby at 12:56 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
Followed a few days ago. Still waiting with bated breath.
posted by thecjm at 1:02 PM on April 7, 2015
posted by thecjm at 1:02 PM on April 7, 2015
You can get sorted to the tune of the Gilligan's Island theme song!
Ha ha, oh, man, thanks for that!
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 1:05 PM on April 7, 2015
Ha ha, oh, man, thanks for that!
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 1:05 PM on April 7, 2015
It is really embarrassing to realize that I want to sign up for this but I can't because I would be too upset if I didn't get put in Ravenclaw.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 1:16 PM on April 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 1:16 PM on April 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
I figure, if it sorts me into Ravenclaw, it's a good one. If it doesn't, it's bullshit.
posted by Foosnark at 1:49 PM on April 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Foosnark at 1:49 PM on April 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
I've always thought of the houses as
Soldiers, Politicans, Scholars, Artisans.
As such I wanna be in Hufflepuff, because they're the ones that do the actual work.
I'm Hufflepuff and I'm proud!
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 2:21 PM on April 7, 2015
Soldiers, Politicans, Scholars, Artisans.
As such I wanna be in Hufflepuff, because they're the ones that do the actual work.
I'm Hufflepuff and I'm proud!
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 2:21 PM on April 7, 2015
Oh, Darius Kazemi again. This thread needs the DariusKazemi tag (previously)
posted by memebake at 2:22 PM on April 7, 2015
posted by memebake at 2:22 PM on April 7, 2015
Squid Voltaire: Anyone have any information about the program he used to find the meter? All I get when I google RITA is Beatles lyrics.
Looks like he's referring to "RiTa - a software toolkit for generative literature" from dhowe on github.
I know some of Darius' older projects (like Rapbot) used the Wordnik API that can do things like tell you what words rhyme with each other.
I think my favourite Twitter rhyming bot is @favthingsbot by Mark Sample which endlessly tweets surreal versions of the Sound-of-Music song 'a few of my favourite things'.
posted by memebake at 2:43 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
Looks like he's referring to "RiTa - a software toolkit for generative literature" from dhowe on github.
I know some of Darius' older projects (like Rapbot) used the Wordnik API that can do things like tell you what words rhyme with each other.
I think my favourite Twitter rhyming bot is @favthingsbot by Mark Sample which endlessly tweets surreal versions of the Sound-of-Music song 'a few of my favourite things'.
posted by memebake at 2:43 PM on April 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
I think my favourite Twitter rhyming bot is @favthingsbot by Mark Sample which endlessly tweets surreal versions of the Sound-of-Music song 'a few of my favourite things'.
When the peacock staves
When the slugs spreads
When I'm feeling manned
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so &
posted by NMcCoy at 2:59 PM on April 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
When the peacock staves
When the slugs spreads
When I'm feeling manned
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so &
posted by NMcCoy at 2:59 PM on April 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
Ok, I'm going to follow it from two of my twitter accounts and see if it's smart enough to sort me into the same house both times.
Stupid magic hat thinks its so smart.
posted by nubs at 3:29 PM on April 7, 2015
Stupid magic hat thinks its so smart.
posted by nubs at 3:29 PM on April 7, 2015
The hat sorted me into Slytherin, so it's obviously breaking under the stress of having so many followers.
Really tempted to have my workplace Twitter account follow it and see where it gets placed.
posted by theanalogdivide at 8:25 PM on April 7, 2015
Really tempted to have my workplace Twitter account follow it and see where it gets placed.
posted by theanalogdivide at 8:25 PM on April 7, 2015
The anger of an antelope, the body of a hound
Today you join with Gryffindor for you are underground
absolutely no way in heck should i be in gryffindor. not even with this reasoning!
posted by ghostbikes at 10:59 PM on April 7, 2015
Today you join with Gryffindor for you are underground
absolutely no way in heck should i be in gryffindor. not even with this reasoning!
posted by ghostbikes at 10:59 PM on April 7, 2015
The ethic of a kangaroo, the cunning of a rat,
In Hufflepuff is where you'll go for you are rather flat.
posted by Fence at 10:27 AM on April 8, 2015
In Hufflepuff is where you'll go for you are rather flat.
posted by Fence at 10:27 AM on April 8, 2015
@SortingBot: @arthurwyatt I am the narrow Sorting Hat, look upon my cane
Today you join with Slytherin because your pub is sane
Again? WTF?
posted by Artw at 6:40 AM on April 11, 2015
Today you join with Slytherin because your pub is sane
Again? WTF?
posted by Artw at 6:40 AM on April 11, 2015
Account 1
Your tongue is fine, your knee unwashed, yet you are not unclear
From this ecstatic recipe, a Gryffindor is here!
Account 2
The prowess of a buffalo, the cunning of a whale
In Slytherin is where you go for you are very pale
posted by nubs at 6:48 AM on April 11, 2015
Your tongue is fine, your knee unwashed, yet you are not unclear
From this ecstatic recipe, a Gryffindor is here!
Account 2
The prowess of a buffalo, the cunning of a whale
In Slytherin is where you go for you are very pale
posted by nubs at 6:48 AM on April 11, 2015
Finally got around to me!
The Sorting Hat is who I am, I see you when you dine,
I've figured out that Gryffindor's the right place for your spine.
Every other version of this has placed me in Ravenclaw, but this is fine.
posted by Navelgazer at 9:10 AM on April 11, 2015
The Sorting Hat is who I am, I see you when you dine,
I've figured out that Gryffindor's the right place for your spine.
Every other version of this has placed me in Ravenclaw, but this is fine.
posted by Navelgazer at 9:10 AM on April 11, 2015
I used my burner account to get sorted again, and it put me in Slytherin! That seems fair.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:38 PM on April 27, 2015
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 1:38 PM on April 27, 2015
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From this dilutive recipe, a Hufflepuff is here!
What does that even mean? Who the hell knows! I'm too stupid to understand it anyway!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:01 PM on April 7, 2015