Comments on: MetaFilter is seven!

MetaFilter is seven!

kyleg — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:42:16 -0800

Cat-Scan.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.

By: Plinko

Plinko — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:44:51 -0800

[this is a repost]

By: swordfishtrombones

swordfishtrombones — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:46:59 -0800

does anyone read the posts down here?

By: johnny7

johnny7 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:47:08 -0800

I'm 7 too!

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:47:37 -0800

how could you not?

By: nightchrome

nightchrome — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:48:11 -0800

happy birthday!

By: Mitrovarr

Mitrovarr — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:49:42 -0800

Link goes to a domain squatter here. Either you didn't check your link, or it's just my local DNS.

By: lundman

lundman — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:50:49 -0800

Happy birthday!

By: team lowkey

team lowkey — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:51:25 -0800

ZIPPITY BOP!

By: Flashman

Flashman — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:52:04 -0800

I want these cats out of the motherfucking scanner.

By: kaytwo

kaytwo — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:56:04 -0800

using punctuation^ to hide explanations* makes the baby jesus# cry.

By: persona non grata

persona non grata — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:56:15 -0800

Feelin' itchy yet, Matt?

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:57:30 -0800

7 years. Wow.

By: moss

moss — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:57:50 -0800

Is it that time already? Happy birthday, MetaFilter!

By: dhammond

dhammond — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:00:33 -0800

I have never attempted to scan a cat. I wouldn't even know where to start. In fact, I don't think I agree with it.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:00:59 -0800

You know you've been around the blue too long when you see this post and instantly say "is it that time again, already?"

By: obvious

obvious — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:04:56 -0800

Wait, what? I've been on this site for over a year? Wow. Happy Birthday!

By: TheDonF

TheDonF — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:05:31 -0800

Cats in a scanner != snakes on a plane

By: DaShiv

DaShiv — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:07:21 -0800

[this is the official "laugh at the n00bs snarking about double posts" thread]

By: Malor

Malor — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:12:49 -0800

[this is the official noob snarking about the double post]

By: maryh

maryh — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:19:41 -0800

Those scanned cats help the mushrooms to grow and the Luck Dragons to fly. Happy B-Day MeFi.

By: joshuaconner

joshuaconner — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:25:36 -0800

I want those motherfucking cats out my motherfucking scanner!

By: Space Kitty

Space Kitty — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:26:15 -0800

We really don't need to see Fluffy's junk up close and personal. Happy Birthday, Metafilter!

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:33:57 -0800

Seven is the 'essence of duality' anaversary.

By: sveskemus

sveskemus — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:53:23 -0800

Again? Already? Really!? HAPPY BIRTHDAY METAFILTER!

By: Homeskillet Freshy Fresh

Homeskillet Freshy Fresh — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:55:04 -0800

MY FATHER WAS KILLED BY A CAT WEDGED IN A SCANNER OR WHY AND YOU JERKS PARADE IT AROUND EVERY YEAR.

By: talitha_kumi

talitha_kumi — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:55:18 -0800

> obligatory happy comment accomanied by excited hand waving <

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:03:12 -0800

Yeah. Still no where near legal. Come back in a while, kiddo.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:18:42 -0800

If man is 5 If man is 5 If man is 5 Then the devil is 6 Then the devil is 6 Then the devil is 6 And if the devil is 6 Metafilter's 7! (this weblog's gone to heaven)

By: randomination

randomination — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:22:26 -0800

Rock me, Stav!

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:27:38 -0800

By the way, I think Richard Pryor's gone.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:28:33 -0800

A History In Scanned Felines: One, two, three, four, five, and six years ago in Metafilter birthday threads. And here it is, 6:30pm on a Friday in Korea. I will raise my first drink to the mighty 'filter.

By: gramschmidt

gramschmidt — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:30:56 -0800

By: gambit

gambit — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:33:50 -0800

Now I guess I'm gonna have to have a birthday drink when I wake up in the morning. Strangely, I'm ok with that. Happy Birthday!

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:40:23 -0800

I like ZIPPITY BOP!sicles.

By: metaxa

metaxa — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:42:12 -0800

WHAT. THE. FUCK. MATT?

By: Hat Maui

Hat Maui — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:47:52 -0800

By: disclaimer

disclaimer — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:02:11 -0800

Aw, they're so cute when they're seven. Still young enough to think Dad is a hero, and not old enough to smoke crack and sell themselves to old fat men. Happy birthday Metafilter, it only gets better from here!

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:17:27 -0800

We found 221 photos about cat and scanner. Happy Birthday!

By: ciderwoman

ciderwoman — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:42:01 -0800

Happy Birthday mefi. I shall use this as an excuse to get wildly drunk tonight.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:45:50 -0800

Happy birthday MeFi!

By: jaduncan

jaduncan — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:50:47 -0800

Cats in a motherfucking scanner, motherfucker!

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:51:19 -0800

Happy birthday, Metafilter!

By: tidecat

tidecat — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:00:51 -0800

7 years, wow. Happy Birthday Metafilter!

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:14:10 -0800

earbucket wins! Happy Birthday, MeFi (and Matt)! I *heart* MetaFilter.

By: filmgeek

filmgeek — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:16:12 -0800

filmgeek wipes a tear from his eye, "Cat-scan" From Archive.org

By: lemonfridge

lemonfridge — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:17:22 -0800

happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear metafilter, from this post in the blue /lame

By: rosemere

rosemere — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:20:31 -0800

MetaFilter: I came for the links, I stayed for the catjunk.

By: Jubey

Jubey — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:26:41 -0800

You mean I get to see Fluffy's balls seven years running? Yay! Happy birthday, MeFi! I came for the links, I stay for the snark. Love, a (mostly) lurker.

By: mania

mania — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:32:38 -0800

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite sites. Thanks Matt.

By: Radio7

Radio7 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:39:46 -0800

*Hands out the kazoos and paper hats* Neat!

By: medium format

medium format — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:43:20 -0800

catscan again? already? damn. that year went by fast. happy birthday, MetaFilter.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:48:01 -0800

Hooray! Happy birthday, MetaFilter! Here's to the next seven years!

By: cavalier

cavalier — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:49:04 -0800

WOOOO!!

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:52:05 -0800

I remember when it was all W.C Fields.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:04:00 -0800

By: tizzie

tizzie — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:07:38 -0800

I really am the last to know. Happy birthday, Metafilter.

By: prentiz

prentiz — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:13:41 -0800

Indeed - many happy returns - 1/3 of the way to being able to drink in the US...

By: Flashman

Flashman — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:18:17 -0800

Metafilter: The Seven Year Bitch

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:18:30 -0800

What happened to the goddam pancakes? Is there some webpage where I can keep up with all this shit or do I just have to read everything all the fucking time??

By: scruss

scruss — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:19:18 -0800

Cat butt: fear it! hb2me(fi)

By: eriko

eriko — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:22:57 -0800

I just want to say nothing. And I'm saying it! Damn.

By: RobertFrost

RobertFrost — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:23:26 -0800

Bastille Day and MeFi turns 7! Woo Hoo! I'll raise my glass to Matt storming ~~La Bastille~~ The Guantanamo and freeing all those unfairly incarcerated political prisoners!

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:36:50 -0800

By: adamvasco

adamvasco — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:46:02 -0800

It must be time to get excited.

By: yoga

yoga — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:51:34 -0800

Appyhay Eventhsay *clink*

By: birdherder

birdherder — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:53:11 -0800

Keep the fucking light out of the cat's eyes. Happy birthday Metafilter.

By: robcorr

robcorr — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:53:35 -0800

:-)

By: tomcosgrave

tomcosgrave — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:05:49 -0800

I've been a member of this site for seven years. Holy shit. I'm old.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:36 -0800

I'm older than you, cosgrave. Also, the site is 7 now. I think it's time we toilet-trained it.

By: tr33hggr

tr33hggr — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:14:59 -0800

By: If I Had An Anus

If I Had An Anus — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:25:07 -0800

*passes out camgirls*

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:28:51 -0800

When god was passing out camgirls, I misunderstood, thought he said 'hampearls', and turned him down... Wait. Where was I again?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:34:49 -0800

stavros, show me on the Metafilter where the man touched you.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:42:46 -0800

I love the scene where the scanners make the cat's head explode.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:47:27 -0800

You know you've been around the blue too long when you see this post and instantly say "is it that time again, already?" Yeah, ain't it the truth. And thankee kindly, EarBucket—that made my day!

By: ?!

?! — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:48:42 -0800

Where cats are scanned in 2006

By: Lizc

Lizc — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:53:53 -0800

awwwww birthday time!!!!! metafilter, you so cool.

By: dmd

dmd — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:55:53 -0800

Happy Birthday JRUN!

By: sciurus

sciurus — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:56:50 -0800

MetaFilter has been the prime mover in my internet existence. Thank you, Matt.

By: MarvinTheCat

MarvinTheCat — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:57:45 -0800

Clogging the tubes for seven years. The internets aren't a damn truck, people. Happy birthday. Thanks, Matt.

By: hayeled

hayeled — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:03:12 -0800

it's a good thing you've done here matthew. speech, not beer. the beer's not bad though. either.

By: tsarfan

tsarfan — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:09:43 -0800

M3T4 F1LT3R RUL3Z!!!~!1

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:17:21 -0800

Happy Birthday, Metafilter! I've officially been here more than half the time you've been alive.

By: Inkoate

Inkoate — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:23:56 -0800

Happy Birthday MeFi! Wooooohooo!

By: jdfan

jdfan — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:25:48 -0800

I take one one one 'cause you left me And two two two for my family And three three three for my heartache And four four four for my headaches And five five five for my lonely And six six six for my sorrow And seven seven seven for metafilter tomorrow And eight eight eight I forget what 8 was for And nine nine nine for a lost god And ten ten ten for everything everything everything everything

By: penguin pie

penguin pie — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:34:46 -0800

ZIPPITY Mushroom Pancakes on a Pepsi Blue Ceiling Pony, it's that time again! Happy birthday, all, everyone back to mine for a Meta^ pile on about septuple posts!

By: smallerdemon

smallerdemon — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:35:20 -0800

Stated: Cats? In scanners? OH THOSE WACKY JAPANESE! Retort: THESE "HOW WACKY THE JAPANESE ARE" POST ARE TIRESOME AND OFFENSIVE! Happy b'day metafilter. You're my favorties blue and green background pages on the net. (And I can call it the net, you whippersnappers! My b'day was yesterday, and I'm... *horrifying gasps* 41 now.)

By: zennie

zennie — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:36:52 -0800

Thanks, Matt. You have done a very good thing here. Thanks also to the MeFites who teach me so much ~~I'd rather not~~ I'm grateful to know. Happy Birthday, MetaFilter.

By: pwb503

pwb503 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:45:55 -0800

1) Scan cat 2) Make website 3) Wait seven years 4) Domain squater makes profit!

By: theora55

theora55 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:48:16 -0800

By: mzurer

mzurer — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:50:22 -0800

Earbucket just bent my mind.

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:53:34 -0800

happy happy joy joy

By: greycap

greycap — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:53:56 -0800

Happy Birthday MeFi and thanks Matt - $5 has never been better spent.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:59:55 -0800

Till there was you, Metafilter... There were cats....on the scanner, but I never heard them yowling No, I never heard them at all, Till there was you. There were flamewars....on the Net, but I never saw them burning, no, I never saw them at all Till there was you. And there was Music, and passionate outrage, they tell me, and sweet web design pages to make me laugh and cry There was news, all around but I never saw it discussed, no, I never saw it at all Till there was you. There was help, all around But I never found a cake taker No, I never found it at all Till there was you Till there was you

By: dan g.

dan g. — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:01:10 -0800

you're wrong. no, you're wrong! happy bday mefi.

By: Stauf

Stauf — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:14:34 -0800

Happy Spirit Formation Journey Anniversary, Metafilter! Deep within the womb of time, a creature thus be born The seed of life is united with the egg of tyranny Gestates forth from within the womb of life for three-quarter and nigh a year The creature thus be born! The creature thus be formed! And ye of years Seven bells Will chime! When the heavens open up and drink from the silver cup The creature thus be born! And blow the magic horn! To alert the spirit deep within the cycle of life. The creature has begun it's journey deep forlorn, upon this day which he be formed In the sea of mucus the spirit rides down from the mountain and unites with the creature in the womb A holy union, dark mortality, until the dark mortality breaks the chain of life The creature thus be born And every year raineth down the celebratory tears A celebration of the years from mere mortal sky!

By: clevershark

clevershark — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:14:49 -0800

I've been here off and on for 5 years and I never once noticed that MeFi shares a birthday with France! Time for me to don a dunce cap or something.

By: everichon

everichon — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:15:54 -0800

Kitties!!! oh. Happy birthday, MeFi! I feel old now. 7 years orbiting the Blue Planet...yikes.

By: katiecat

katiecat — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:17:01 -0800

I think every member should post a comment to this thread.

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:19:51 -0800

Thanks Matt (and Jess). My world would be poorer without Mefi. *hands out buckets of cocks*

By: Skot

Skot — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:19:52 -0800

HURF DURF CAT MASHER

By: indiebass

indiebass — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:23:54 -0800

Well, here's my comment: Bon Anniversaire, Le Meta-Filtaire! La Bastille would be Tres PROUD aussi! Also: I swear i'm not drunk and typing. I must have had some bad yogurt this morning...

By: lemonfridge

lemonfridge — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:24:08 -0800

scat-can?

By: prostyle

prostyle — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:26:18 -0800

Seven bells Will chime!

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:26:47 -0800

Storm the bastille! Joyeux anniversaire, metafilter!

By: Numenorian

Numenorian — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:27:58 -0800

ZIPPIT BOP!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:29:09 -0800

ZIPPIT BOP! Jesus fuck, at least make a goddamn effort, huh?

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:30:49 -0800

*puts on slinky dress* <breathy> Happy Birthday Mister Meta-Filter.. Happy birthday too you</breathy> *flirty tap on Metafilter's nose.

By: daHIFI

daHIFI — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:34:52 -0800

Happy B-Day MeFi. This is without a doubt my favorite website. I was unaware of the Cat-Scan/birthday post. The first thing that came to mind was Bonsai Kitten Alas that is no more as well.

By: Dreama

Dreama — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:36:59 -0800

Thanks, Matt.

By: cookie-k

cookie-k — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:38:48 -0800

Dave's not here, man.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:42:56 -0800

I'm in the coffee shop across from the high school.

By: peep

peep — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:49:19 -0800

There are only two pages of catscan clusters on Flickr? Shocking. And the picture of the cat being CAT-scanned is too funny. Happy Birthday Metafilter!

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:56:08 -0800

Last comment before deletion! (Happy Birthday, Mefi)

By: scrump

scrump — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:56:54 -0800

*puts on slinky dress* Happy Birthday Mister Meta-Filter.. Happy birthday too you *flirty tap on Metafilter's nose.

*goes preemptively blind* *bleaches inside of skull* *lights head on fire*

By: scrump

scrump — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:57:58 -0800

Flagged for deletion, double.

By: macadamiaranch

macadamiaranch — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:04:52 -0800

Happy birthday Metafilter! Thanks mathowie for putting up with seven years of lippy strangers telling you how to run your site. ZIPPITY BOP! has always been my favorite.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:12:19 -0800

FUCK THIS WEBSITE YOU GUYS ARE REALY IMATURE I M LEAVING FOREVER.

By: dontoine

dontoine — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:13:14 -0800

SEVEN! Happy Birthday

By: Fezboy!

Fezboy! — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:15:34 -0800

I was going to hand out drinks but everyone got so damned mad at the cups. I could never figure out why. At any rate, "Happy Birthday, Mefi!" /me scans a couple of pussies and posts them for your enjoyment.

By: silusGROK

silusGROK — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:16:33 -0800

Happy birthday, Meta! : )

By: A189Nut

A189Nut — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:21:18 -0800

So everyone else but me can see this damn catscan page?

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:23:46 -0800

Happy, happy birthday MeFi! : )

By: gigawhat?

gigawhat? — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:30:03 -0800

I was told there would be cake. *pouts*

By: ?!

?! — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:31:47 -0800

A189Nut: You have to be a member for at least a year before you get the catscan page Geasemonkey code. It's in the FAQ.

By: O9scar

O9scar — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:36:12 -0800

This website - it's seven?

By: msali

msali — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:47:54 -0800

Happy Birthday! I wanna get my face painted! Where's the clown? Can I ride the pony? Is there gonna be one of those bouncy castles? Can I have some soda? Please? Please?!

By: papalotl

papalotl — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:05:13 -0800

Feliz cumpleaños MeFi!

By: Minglet

Minglet — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:08:21 -0800

My workplace blocks Cat-Scan.com as "gruesome content".

By: carsonb

carsonb — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:10:30 -0800

Happy Birthday Metafilter Thanks Matt! Here's to a big ol' 7 on the sidebar. *clink*

By: Alterscape

Alterscape — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:23:02 -0800

Happy birthday to Metafilter! Haven't been here a whole year yet, but I can already tell my $5 was well-spent. Please continue to rock mightily in the coming years as ye hath rocked in the past, oh awesomeful Metafilter. And yeah, cats on a scanner. Whodathunk?

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:27:18 -0800

Happy Birthday and thanks for everything. I've laughed, I've cried, I've learned, I've snarked, I've been told to fuck off, I've told someone else to fuck off, been shocked, outraged, amazed and delighted. And that's just in one day!

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:27:50 -0800

What this thread needs is more call outs. Congrats to MeFi on another excellent year.

By: fillsthepews

fillsthepews — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:44:07 -0800

happy birthday! yay!

By: A189Nut

A189Nut — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:53:37 -0800

a) and where are the FAQs? b) somebody post one image as a taster for the deprived

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:55:04 -0800

Happy Birthday, MeFi! Now where are the strippers and the beer?

By: nlindstrom

nlindstrom — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:56:54 -0800

Seven!

By: scottymac

scottymac — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:11:42 -0800

Happy Birthday, Meatfilter!

By: keswick

keswick — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:12:21 -0800

By: mkhall

mkhall — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:19:30 -0800

Hey, let's take MeFi out to a chain restaurant and make the servers dance around in a line singing something that isn't Happy Birthday because they're too cheap to pay the licensing fee and then give MeFi a cupcake with a candle in it, and it can be one of those special candles that you can't blow out! Wouldn't that be fun?!

By: Saucy Intruder

Saucy Intruder — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:35:19 -0800

Happy happy birthday! Have a pleasant birthday! Hope you enjoy your birthday Love, the Cheesecake Factory!

By: sharpener

sharpener — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:26:58 -0800

Plo chops for everyone!

By: misanthropicsarah

misanthropicsarah — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:31:03 -0800

i got taken to a female ejaculation site. buh? i want to see scanned cats!

By: SenshiNeko

SenshiNeko — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:35:17 -0800

How coincidental that today of all days, it's Matt himself who makes a double post.

By: Megafly

Megafly — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:42:06 -0800

Let me be the first to welcome our 7 year old Metafilter overlords.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:43:41 -0800

By: scrump

scrump — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:49:00 -0800

<FARK>This thread is useless without ~~pictures~~ mathowie.</FARK>

By: zoinks

zoinks — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:49:53 -0800

Yay! And thank-you!

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:57:45 -0800

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:00:34 -0800

Happy Birthday!

By: bob sarabia

bob sarabia — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:02:08 -0800

For those wondering, catscan was the first real fpp on metafilter, made by matt, number 19. The cat-scan domain went dead long ago and is now domain-squatter territory.

By: halonine

halonine — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:08:31 -0800

Happy birthday Metafilter!

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:49:30 -0800

Oh my. Seven years. Let me be the nearly last to wish Matt a Happy Anniversary (He knows as well as anyone, this site is more like a marriage than a baby - it's the users who are the children), and, thinking back on all that has happened in those seven years... I think I'll need extra antidepressives today. According to the official archives, even though I was #206 to sign on to this thing, my own anniversary of participation won't be until February 9th. And I am shocked - shocked - to realize that nearly all my early contributions were either WeirdNewsFilter (with expired links to Yahoo News), A-List Blog Happenings or MetaTalk Topics Before There Was MetaTalk. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize. I was also personally responsible for the First Annual Anniversary/Cat-Scan Thread, albeit a day early (with the excuse of taking a collection for a gift - which I never made happen). Anyway, it does my heart good to know that something I started has become a tradition somewhere. Just remember, all you damn kids, MetaFilter is a very very special place on the Web, and should not be defiled... more than twice daily. Other birthdays on July 14th... Woody Guthrie, Gerald Ford, Ingmar Berman, William Hanna (of Hanna Barbera), Tom Carvel (of Carvel Ice Cream), Isaac Bashevis singer, George Tobias (he played Abner Kravitz on Bewitched), Cliff "Jiminy Cricket" Edwards Other events (besides the storming of the Bastille in 1789) 1798 - Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the U.S. government. 1881 - Billy the Kid was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico. 1921 - Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of two murders and sentenced to death. 1933 - In Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed. 1946 - Dr. Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care was published. 1958 - A military coup overthrew the monarchy in Iraq, killing King Faisal II, and General Abdul Karim Kassem became Iraq's leader. 1965 - Mariner IV, the 1st Mars probe, passed the red planet at 6,100 miles. 1966 - Eight student nurses were murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory. 1967 - The Who began their first U.S. tour as the opening act for Herman's Hermits. 1976 - Jimmy Carter won the Democratic presidential nomination. 1987 - Steve "The Joker" Miller got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Yep, I'll definately need extra antidepressives today.

By: Espoo2

Espoo2 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:11:37 -0800

yay! I'm old.

By: horsewithnoname

horsewithnoname — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:22:07 -0800

Holy crap! That's like 49 in dog years!

By: flashboy

flashboy — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:22:44 -0800

HIPY PAPY BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDY!

By: Benway

Benway — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:30:17 -0800

Damn. I'm wasting my life...... Happy B-Day Metafilter!

By: Skot

Skot — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:49:37 -0800

Still my favorite of all time. And wrapped up so beautifully by Mr. Yeti.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:15:47 -0800

Who's Mr. Yeti? Best thing from that thread: Chain. Yank. Metafilter. posted by rodii at 1:11 PM EST on June 12 So true. So concise. So... poetic.

By: Feisty

Feisty — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:20:19 -0800

Thanks, Matt!

By: Skot

Skot — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:29:15 -0800

Who's Mr. Yeti? Defective Yeti, known here as Shadowkeeper.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:03:58 -0800

So...was there a pussy-scan? ...I’m just sayin’ Hayyp Dirthbay.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:56:48 -0800

Thanks, Skot. I think I actually knew that, back in the day. *shuffles off to Soylent Green factory*

By: BillsR100

BillsR100 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:06:55 -0800

Happy birthday. I feel so dumb, I even downloaded and installed greasemonkey and everything hoping to see scanned cats and all I got was some dumb squatter shopping page thing, but I'll try to not spoil your party, Dont mind me, I'll just sit here in the corner with a dumb pointed cone head birthday hat on and drink till I'm slobbering on myself or tryin to scan someones kitty.

By: fungible

fungible — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:03:14 -0800

;lfgjhflyutflhfgl

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:02:14 -0800

Happy birthday to us happy birthday to us Happy birthday, fellow MeFians Happy birthday to us. and many thanks to Matt for 7 years of fun!

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:02:37 -0800

By: sdrawkcab

sdrawkcab — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:48:01 -0800

Only eleven more years until this place is legal!

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:45:50 -0800

Joey Michaels is a fucker.

By: moonbird

moonbird — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:08:10 -0800

PIKE!

By: homunculus

homunculus — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:32:32 -0800

By: Damienmce

Damienmce — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:00:06 -0800

I KISS YOU!!!

By: tellurian

tellurian — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:55:14 -0800

MetaTalk

By: Hat Maui

Hat Maui — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 05:53:14 -0800

hey! ha ha ha ho ho ho this is a septuple post! hee hee hee. man, i wonder if anyone will realize that this a septuple post and make a joke about it this far down in the comments. i really wonder. yuk yuk yuk.

By: apocalypse miaow

apocalypse miaow — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:48:11 -0800

Mmmmm. More cats please!

By: NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:57:59 -0800

Is this Metafilter something you need a cat-scan.com to have heard of?

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:28:16 -0800

Mmmmm. More cats please! Here you go. Happy birthday!

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:52:45 -0800

Drink up, there's plenty

By: palegirl

palegirl — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 06:12:56 -0800

high five.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:22:55 -0800

I still miss Jenni. =( It's your birthday MeFi, happy birthday to you It's your birthday MeFi, happy birthday to you What you going to do today Are you going out to play Are you going to drink some Jack Get yourself a little bit of crack What day is it MeFi What day is it MeFi It's your birthday MeFi, happy birthday to you It's your birthday MeFi, happy birthday to you Happy Birthday old fellow with apologies to allan james saywell.

By: dg

dg — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:53:44 -0800

You know you've been around the blue too long when you see this post and instantly say "is it that time again, already?" Especially when you realise that you have been around for more than 50% of them. Those figures are more than enough to get someone elected prime Minister in some backward countries like Australia and England.