Bush Seeks U.N. Support for his "U.S. Does Whatever It Wants" Plan is one of The Onion's headlines, also out today. posted by MiguelCardoso at 5:32 AM on October 2, 2002
I've seen these cartoons before somewhere... posted by bondcliff at 6:08 AM on October 2, 2002
Anyone see this site? I think it's kind of creepy. posted by machaus at 6:08 AM on October 2, 2002
Couldn't you at least wait until a decent hour, Pacific Time, to make a crappy post so Matt doesn't have to do deletion first thing in the morning? Way to make his day! posted by majick at 6:08 AM on October 2, 2002
This broom, now - it vibrates, you say? posted by yhbc at 6:12 AM on October 2, 2002
Hey! I found THIS about bigfoot!! posted by hama7 at 6:13 AM on October 2, 2002
Good Job, Adamms222!
Why don't you crawl back under your rock. posted by wsfinkel at 6:20 AM on October 2, 2002
the operating system you use sucks. and your political views do too. posted by putzface_dickman at 6:21 AM on October 2, 2002
As darkness falls on the African savannah, the jackals descend on their helpless prey in a scene that seems plucked out of time... posted by gottabefunky at 6:24 AM on October 2, 2002
Oh now, we're being a little harsh. To explain, Adamms222: GYWO was the subject of an infamous period in MeFi history - I saw the whole thing happen when I was still a lurker, but there's (obviously) some folks here now who didn't have direct exposure to it.
In short: late last year, the link was repeatedly posted, and Matt kept deleting it. Then, he went away for a weekend, and didn't tell anyone (the nerve!) At that point, someone - I can't remember who - deliberately posted it again, and essentially taunted everyone who complained with protestations of innocence. All hell broke loose, and many users cowered in fear until Matt finally swooped back in to vent his wrath on everyone involved. It was a bad scene, and ever since, GYWO posts have been verboten. Thus, the snarks that resulted in this thread. posted by yhbc at 6:29 AM on October 2, 2002
I heard there some fantastic rooms! posted by hama7 at 6:36 AM on October 2, 2002
At that point, someone - I can't remember who - deliberately posted it again, and essentially taunted everyone who complained with protestations of innocence
It was my proudest internet moment. I'm still getting hate mail. posted by bondcliff at 6:39 AM on October 2, 2002
Are there many hedgehogs in northern part of Sweden? YES! YES! YES! posted by hama7 at 6:43 AM on October 2, 2002
C'mon people. This can be up there with the classics
yhbc: I wuz lurking them days too. Ah, crazy times when you could sit on the hill & watch the citizens pitchfork each other to death... posted by i_cola at 7:05 AM on October 2, 2002
No. Not really. posted by ColdChef at 7:08 AM on October 2, 2002
Thanks for the memory jog, bondcliff. Anyone who wants to revisit that painful period (or see what all the fuss was about) can now do so, by the way, through the magic of the lofi.mefi wayback machine.
i_cola: it is scary how, after observing for too long, you can become the observed. Sometimes I feel like a researcher who got a little too attached to his monkeys, if you know what I mean. posted by yhbc at 7:09 AM on October 2, 2002
You can never be too attached to your monkeys. posted by anathema at 7:17 AM on October 2, 2002
I don't know, anathema. If a researcher gets excited when "things" get a bit unruly and the poo starts to fly, you really have to wonder whether the attachment is too strong. posted by pardonyou? at 7:20 AM on October 2, 2002
As I was walking home this evening, a little girl was riding her bike in the middle of the street. She still had the training wheels on as she wobbled and struggled to peddle. It reminded me of when I was little and how badly I wanted a bicycle but couldn't get one. My parents wouldn't let me have a bike until I was 12; my mom was too afraid I'd hurt myself. I'd pass the bike section in the store and just look, having given up asking my parents about it long ago. I eventually did get one after much pleading and begging. Amazingly, getting my driver's license at 16 and the subsequent borrowing of the family car passed without incident. posted by Sapphireblue at 7:31 AM on October 2, 2002
"So what's up with this? I think there's something going on here. To prove my theory you only need to read here and here and here. Maybe it's just me." posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:43 AM on October 2, 2002
...so I found this neato little website where you type in something you're looking for in this box, hit enter, and *BOOM* you're given a lot of links with more information on the topic! What will they think of next? posted by thatweirdguy2 at 7:46 AM on October 2, 2002
Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us and regain the blissful seat,
Sing, Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top
Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire
That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed
In the beginning how the heav'ns and earth
Rose out of Chaos; or if Sion hill
Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd
Fast by the oracle of God, I thence
Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song,
That with no middle flight intends to soar
Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues
Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer
Before all temples th' upright heart and pure,
Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first
Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread,
Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss
And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support,
That to the highth of this great argument
I may assert Eternal Providence
And justify the ways of God to men. posted by Slithy_Tove at 8:02 AM on October 2, 2002
Alright, kids, break it up, nothing to see here...
I'm in trouuuubullll... posted by arco at 8:05 AM on October 2, 2002
(crap, i messed it up this time...) posted by arco at 8:07 AM on October 2, 2002
Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view
Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause
Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State,
Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall off
From their Creator, and transgress his Will
For one restraint, Lords of the World besides?
Who first seduc'd them to that fowl revolt?
Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd
The Mother of Mankinde, what time his Pride
Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host
Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring
To set himself in Glory above his Peers,
He trusted to have equal'd the most High,
If he oppos'd; and with ambitious aim
Against the Throne and Monarchy of God
Rais'd impious War in Heav'n and Battel proud
With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power
Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie
With hideous ruine and combustion down
To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire,
Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.
Nine times the Space that measures Day and Night
To mortal men, he with his horrid crew
Lay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulfe
Confounded though immortal: But his doom
Reserv'd him to more wrath; for now the thought
Both of lost happiness and lasting pain
Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes
That witness'd huge affliction and dismay
Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:
At once as far as Angels kenn he views
The dismal Situation waste and wilde,
A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round
As one great Furnace flam'd, yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible
Serv'd only to discover sights of woe,
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace
And rest can never dwell, hope never comes
That comes to all; but torture without end
Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed
With ever-burning Sulphur unconsum'd:
Such place Eternal Justice had prepar'd
For those rebellious, here their Prison ordain'd
In utter darkness, and their portion set
As far remov'd from God and light of Heav'n
As from the Center thrice to th' utmost Pole.
O how unlike the place from whence they fell!
There the companions of his fall, o'rewhelm'd
With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire,
He soon discerns, and weltring by his side
One next himself in power, and next in crime,
Long after known in PALESTINE, and nam'd
BEELZEBUB. To whom th' Arch-Enemy,
And thence in Heav'n call'd Satan, with bold words
Breaking the horrid silence thus began posted by johnnyboy at 8:07 AM on October 2, 2002
Ohh neat. Apparently some people seem to like photograph naked women and then post the pictures of it on the internet. How crazy is that!? posted by delmoi at 8:09 AM on October 2, 2002
delmoi--stop trying to corrupt me, you nathty man.
Besides what's more amazing is this sudden proliferation of gavotting rodents. The world just keeps getting wackier, don't it? posted by jonmc at 8:20 AM on October 2, 2002
This guy is a regular guy, but he dresses up like peter pan! posted by jeb at 8:23 AM on October 2, 2002
Do you think there's actually more to the It/Ginger/Segway thing than what we've been told? posted by raysmj at 8:48 AM on October 2, 2002
Hmm... It looks like this guy with a weird name, Ron Jimenesko, has a website which completely rips off MetaFilter... posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:59 AM on October 2, 2002
Did you hear what Britney Spears said/did? Well, did ya?
Cuz I'm sure he'd like to know about it. posted by grum@work at 9:02 AM on October 2, 2002
There's a site similar to this one I thought you all mght like - it's called Fark - ha ha check it out, some funny shit there man. posted by dhacker at 9:07 AM on October 2, 2002
You know what's scarry? Matt's made changes to the front page AND THIS POST IS STILL HERE! posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:24 AM on October 2, 2002
Cool! TV station CNN is now on the web. Are you listening, BBC? Fingers crossed, people - it may be a trend...
Us poor Europeans, of course, keep dreaming of having The New York Times online but methinks they're far too grey and dowdy ever to take the plunge. CNN is great to be going on with, though. I wonder when we'll be seeing our first CNN post here on MeFi! posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:24 AM on October 2, 2002
In any case, this thread's a keeper. posted by sudama at 9:37 AM on October 2, 2002
I've had this song stuck in my head for two days. Please help, humming 'The Girl From Ipanema' isn't working. posted by MJoachim at 9:37 AM on October 2, 2002
what a riot you lot are! apparently this place is FREE (!!!) and just like writing letters only faster posted by gravelshoes at 9:39 AM on October 2, 2002
Sudama: fair enough, though the book has been covered as recently as May. I could swear I swa something about the proceeds going to the mine detection unit as well. posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:44 AM on October 2, 2002
So Apple came out with this new commercial, right? And this girl on it, I think she might be stoned. She's totally hot though. Is that okay for me to say about a teenager? posted by furiousthought at 9:50 AM on October 2, 2002
Oh shit, a double post! Now this thread is certain to be deleted. Sorry, i_cola. I did search, honest! posted by MiguelCardoso at 10:00 AM on October 2, 2002
I, for one, welcome our new languagehat overlord. posted by whatnot at 10:04 AM on October 2, 2002
Hey, byort you great big moron - I'd already posted that! Like, duh, in the very first comment! What are you - sleeping or something? It's because of careless people like you MeFi is going to the dogs. Just get your own weblog if you're going to pull dp tricks like that, fuckwit! ;) posted by MiguelCardoso at 10:05 AM on October 2, 2002
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
MIGUEL? posted by Danelope at 10:07 AM on October 2, 2002
By the way, I noticed that the longestthreads of Metafilter are now closed. What does this mean?! Who will take on the torch?! posted by byort at 10:19 AM on October 2, 2002
Byort - you forgot the kittens! Btw, have you noticed that links now appear in a shiny yellow colour? Was this the new feature Matt was talking about? Or is it only me? (IE6, 2K). posted by MiguelCardoso at 10:25 AM on October 2, 2002
you see it's a vibrating kitten talking to voltron in broken english about how special zombo.com is and in the background Mahir is kissing mempool.com while a little girl on a bike. . . oh it's not even worth it. i'm going over to that monkey-luvin place where at least they know a little sumthin-sumthing about the history of this place. (You mean I gotta read the archives before posting! Or at least search 'em! not fair.) posted by rodz at 10:26 AM on October 2, 2002
I'm starting to feel concerned about the people who are posting actual fresh content to this thread. I'd go so far as to say that I'm fed up with the people who are posting obscure links that have, yes, appeared here before, but by no means rise to the level of classic. Internet History Revisionists make me sick. It's not just trolling, but adding them to this thread begs the question of whether they deserve to be included or not. People who post things like Porn Star or My Little Pony are being counter productive. If we don't draw the line somewhere, Matt should shutdown this post for overt Anti-Meme-itism. posted by putzface_dickman at 10:43 AM on October 2, 2002
heh. putzface broke the scri-ipt, putzface broke the scri-ipt posted by yhbc at 10:47 AM on October 2, 2002
But as they say, history is written by the weiners, so post away! bling bling posted by madprops at 11:00 AM on October 2, 2002
yhbc: Just because it hasn't appeared at MetaFilter doesn't mean it hasn't been done to death elsewhere. I think this thread captures the "je ne sais quoi" of the overextended link.
Jeez. I hope this guy made it out okay... posted by Silune at 11:02 AM on October 2, 2002
So I was at this garba-thing last weekend, and they played a remix of Tunak, Tunak, Tun, and the entire dancefloor went crazy!!!
Seriously, though, they did play Tunak. posted by hobbes at 11:12 AM on October 2, 2002
Uh oh. Better not laugh too hard, guys... Something tells me the appearance of this Fucked Company website is a sign the Internet bubble may be about to burst... posted by MiguelCardoso at 11:14 AM on October 2, 2002
This game is sure gonna get people talking. posted by interrobang at 11:18 AM on October 2, 2002
I was reading this thread and clicking on all the links. Man, the internet is a weird place isn't it? As I was clicking around I saw a page I've never seen before - it was the Last page on the Internet. I had to hit the back button a few times to get back here - I'm glad I did. You should check it out. posted by dhacker at 11:19 AM on October 2, 2002
Whoa, what happened to Maruto's web site? I think this Joshua Davis guy like h4x0red the domain or sumthing. posted by hobbes at 11:20 AM on October 2, 2002
I won't link to that. posted by hobbes at 11:38 AM on October 2, 2002
It looks like this is getting popular - now even SMURFS are into it. posted by jazon at 11:38 AM on October 2, 2002
Hey, there's this sick kid named Craig Shergold who needs you to send him get-well cards...ooops, I forgot that this isn't Usenet. posted by MrBaliHai at 11:55 AM on October 2, 2002
What a bunch of crazies! They need a crazie quiz!!!1! posted by tittergrrl at 1:34 PM on October 2, 2002
This company has an exciting OS that just might challenge Apple's domination of the personal computer market. The browser is integrated right into the OS, so your MP3 player can send email! posted by 2sheets at 1:43 PM on October 2, 2002
I hereby claim this thread and all its riches for the honor and glory of myself and my heirs. posted by turaho at 4:39 PM on October 2, 2002
This is like one of those "best of" montages that they show in the last episode of a much loved series, where they bring back all the much loved departed characters and heartwarming moments.
Oh, fuck....they're going to cancel the internet aren't they? Dammit, why didn't you people watch... posted by jonmc at 4:46 PM on October 2, 2002
It just so happens that hamster is wearing the colors of my "national" flag. I am therefore claiming this thread retroactively. If you would like to reproduce this thread in any way that I have not expressly permitted, my lawyers will contact you shortly thereafter. In fact, if you have found yourself enjoying this thread in any way without paying due royalties to me, my lawyers will, again, contact you (they can smell jocularity, it makes them uneasy). Good day! posted by SimStupid at 4:51 PM on October 2, 2002
That is not a hamster. It is a rabbit.
sigh... newbies
Jon, calm down, we're still here. When we leave, there won't be this kind of warning. posted by eyeballkid at 5:04 PM on October 2, 2002
The internet is over 30 days old, and has been closed for archival purposes.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 5:32 AM on October 2, 2002