Wow, I can't belive that got a wikipedia entry... posted by delmoi at 2:36 AM on September 13, 2004
people are strange posted by mr.marx at 2:37 AM on September 13, 2004
Not saying it isn't very cool, though. posted by delmoi at 2:39 AM on September 13, 2004
This is good and fun, but please, please, please remember that this is the work of a few, not representative of the many. Japan doesn't fetishize everything with icons of little girls... well not everything.... posted by gen at 2:40 AM on September 13, 2004
Somehow I knew I'd like XP-tan. The whole idea of Doctor Norton cracks me the hell up. posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:30 AM on September 13, 2004
[asside]
Holy crap, I can't belive metafilter is considered the opposite of Little Green Footballs. The amount of hate on that site is simply unbeliveable, the only "opposite" I could think of would be all those arabic pro-jihad sites out there.
Or at least it was, untill I deleted that part of the entry. posted by delmoi at 4:16 AM on September 13, 2004
wow, I would have apeared 100 times less idiotic if I'd spelled "aside" properly. posted by delmoi at 4:21 AM on September 13, 2004
[This is good] posted by effugas at 5:38 AM on September 13, 2004
The image of Mac OS 9 as a pretty little girl prone to massive temper tantrums is perfect. posted by Space Coyote at 6:19 AM on September 13, 2004
This rates as dorky even from my coworker.
[/'s good] posted by of strange foe at 10:12 AM on September 13, 2004
I love the timestamp, very authentic.
This needs a fan-sub, stat! posted by SiW at 11:54 AM on September 13, 2004
That's what "-tan" means? Saccharine to the point of inducing diabetes... posted by sonofsamiam at 12:38 PM on September 13, 2004
[this is incredibly silly, but good] posted by wanderingmind at 12:45 PM on September 13, 2004
Apparently tan is the baby-talk version of -chan, which is a diminutive alternative to -san, as an honorific name ending. posted by adamrice at 2:17 PM on September 13, 2004
[ditto on the good] posted by Lizc at 1:12 AM on September 14, 2004
posted by delmoi at 2:36 AM on September 13, 2004