This is excellent. posted by tpl1212 at 3:28 AM on April 1, 2005
This is so well done... I love how the sidebar info and ads are carried through as part of the whole parody (this "HOWTO: Get a link posted to Boring Boring" page, for example).
*Dear person who made this site: Please do MeFi next time? Please? Pretty please?* posted by taz at 3:29 AM on April 1, 2005
The amount of work that must've taken is... disturbing. Even the links are awesome. posted by ph00dz at 3:47 AM on April 1, 2005
oops, sorry seanyboy I honestly didn't see that you posted in it the thread there. Here go make an FPP out of this: googlegulp. :) posted by dabitch at 3:52 AM on April 1, 2005
(do'h! even that is linked in the FPP to which you point. dang, more coffee for me.) By the way, the boringboring.org url is a dud now. posted by dabitch at 4:06 AM on April 1, 2005
I was determined to think this was lame, but it's so well executed. It made me laugh repeatedly. posted by Plutor at 4:35 AM on April 1, 2005
seanyboy, chill out dude. you're being obnoxious. posted by mokey at 4:38 AM on April 1, 2005
*giggle* posted by monaco at 4:39 AM on April 1, 2005
mokey: Everything I say is with a completely straight face. When I said Grrrr to dabitch in BIG LETTERS, I was being completely serious. I consider the fact that he posted one of my comments as a FPP one of the most serious Internet transgressions I have ever seen. I'm appalled. I'd phone 911, but for some reason, they're busy dealing with Burger King Managers. posted by seanyboy at 5:03 AM on April 1, 2005
"Grrrr" is just shorthand for "Grrrreat Post!", right?
btw, seanyboy, dabitch is a girly type posted by taz at 5:16 AM on April 1, 2005
seanyboy: As an unbelievably earnest denizen of metafilter, I totally believe you. I have never heard of sarcasm. I don't even have any idea what I just said. posted by rusty at 5:16 AM on April 1, 2005
Even when Boing Boing takes the joke well, I feel like they're really grinding their teeth. Maybe Xeni and Cory just use too many exclamation marks.
seanyboy: I assume you meant that seriously as well and I will blog this and report you to your professor. posted by NickDouglas at 5:17 AM on April 1, 2005
dabitch: sorry!
No, please God no! Not the professor!
/spends futile minutes searching for non-Simpsons related "professor of sarcasm". Fails. posted by seanyboy at 5:30 AM on April 1, 2005
Even when Boing Boing takes the joke well, I feel like they're really grinding their teeth.
I see no evidence of that. posted by nthdegx at 5:36 AM on April 1, 2005
Ahahaha.. The wallmod. Gorgeous. posted by cell at 5:50 AM on April 1, 2005
it's funny because it's true! posted by crunchland at 5:52 AM on April 1, 2005
The Hipster PDA has been well and truly parodied, and I couldn't be happier or more honored by the accuracy and earnestness.
Very funny stuff, although I think the fake ads are even better. posted by merlinmann at 6:17 AM on April 1, 2005
The Hipster PDA has been well and truly parodied, and I couldn't be happier or more honored by the accuracy and earnestness.
It's the earnestness that makes this one a killer, Merlin. ;-) posted by 327.ca at 6:30 AM on April 1, 2005
Very good post, very good parody. I loved the DRM talk into English best. It's funny how easy it is to come up with a typical front page for BB, which may be why I don't really read it much anymore.
I was disappointed there wasn't some (moderately) sexy thing like many of Xeni's posts. posted by OmieWise at 6:51 AM on April 1, 2005
Sitting at work with boingboing on my left screen and boringboring on my right screen - it's uncanny... posted by runkelfinker at 7:04 AM on April 1, 2005
Damn, I hope they keep this up. They could easily keep this clever for another two weeks at least. posted by NickDouglas at 7:20 AM on April 1, 2005
Our first five years' worth of posts in one file — without line breaks.
Yep, the attention to detail is great. posted by pmurray63 at 7:23 AM on April 1, 2005
"TiReD: Lessig On Why Your Whole Life Sucks" Ha! This is awesome. posted by everichon at 7:44 AM on April 1, 2005
The parody missed using rather as an adverb, e.g., I rather think that one who writes sentences quite like this one sounds a bit like a blowhard. posted by tomharpel at 7:47 AM on April 1, 2005
"Bang the DRM slowly" haha. posted by fungible at 8:11 AM on April 1, 2005
I love how the Boing Boing people don't seem to get that this is actually rather vicious and wouldn't be worth doing if the original didn't suck.
(although the real BB is beyond parody, especially if you have an RSS reader that shows deleted posts - they often post incredulous ravings about things that obviously aren't true and then delete them when someone smarter points out how easily their goat is got) posted by cillit bang at 8:24 AM on April 1, 2005
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