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July 10, 2007 11:16 PM Subscribe
Dear Internet from 2001: How's it going? I miss you. Here's what we're doing with the Internet in 2007.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is just a brief, complainy post on Alison's blog; not really a good post. -- cortex
Nobody could have ever predicted the blinding white brilliance we would experience at the Dawn of the LOLCAT Epoch.
posted by aliasless at 11:24 PM on July 10, 2007 [4 favorites]
posted by aliasless at 11:24 PM on July 10, 2007 [4 favorites]
Maybe all the meaningful things on the internet are happening somewhere else, somewhere I haven't looked.
Yep.
posted by jimmythefish at 11:32 PM on July 10, 2007 [2 favorites]
Yep.
posted by jimmythefish at 11:32 PM on July 10, 2007 [2 favorites]
blah blah blah. sorry. absolute horseshit. (c'mon. really?)
posted by mrgrimm at 11:33 PM on July 10, 2007
posted by mrgrimm at 11:33 PM on July 10, 2007
Dear Metafilter of 2001: How's it going? I miss you. Here's what we're doing with Metafilter in 2007:
posted by furiousthought at 11:37 PM on July 10, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by furiousthought at 11:37 PM on July 10, 2007 [2 favorites]
I apparently didn't have permission to access / on the server back in 2001 either.
posted by ottereroticist at 11:40 PM on July 10, 2007
posted by ottereroticist at 11:40 PM on July 10, 2007
p.s. also, I meant I liked watching other people do that stuff. No so much me.
posted by zerolives at 11:48 PM on July 10, 2007
posted by zerolives at 11:48 PM on July 10, 2007
alternatively: See you after summer break, internet! Best friends forever!
posted by zerolives at 11:49 PM on July 10, 2007
posted by zerolives at 11:49 PM on July 10, 2007
Dear 2001: we've almost finally eliminated net neutrality. Profit!
posted by homunculus at 11:53 PM on July 10, 2007
posted by homunculus at 11:53 PM on July 10, 2007
maybe all the meaningful things on the internet are happening somewhere else, somewhere i haven't looked.
Yes. It is. It's usually going on in obscure phpBB forums or long-forgotten Usenet groups, or on sites that come up in page 17 of your Google search results. Sometimes even on here. Not on twitter.
The author seems to think that now that all the cool people are spending their time aggregating RSS feeds and posting mundane shit to twitter, the rest of the internet ceased to exist. I'm pretty sure she'll find most of the sites she was checking in 2001 are still around...I can't think of many of the ones I liked that have gone away.
posted by Jimbob at 12:03 AM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
Yes. It is. It's usually going on in obscure phpBB forums or long-forgotten Usenet groups, or on sites that come up in page 17 of your Google search results. Sometimes even on here. Not on twitter.
The author seems to think that now that all the cool people are spending their time aggregating RSS feeds and posting mundane shit to twitter, the rest of the internet ceased to exist. I'm pretty sure she'll find most of the sites she was checking in 2001 are still around...I can't think of many of the ones I liked that have gone away.
posted by Jimbob at 12:03 AM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
why write anything substantial when we can just pipe in content from other places?
Notices prominent flickr badge as the sites header.
posted by justgary at 12:06 AM on July 11, 2007
Notices prominent flickr badge as the sites header.
posted by justgary at 12:06 AM on July 11, 2007
Yeah I'll give it a shot. Please open up this video in the background to listen to "Ashokan Farewell" as you read in a folksy Ken Burns narration.
Dear Internet of 2007,
It brings me great joy to hear from you during these dark times. The last few months have brought much pain and sorrow to our home and loved ones. In 2101 A.D., war was beginning. Someone had set us up the bomb. We had no chance to survive to make our time.
Our only hope is from the great inventor, Dean Kamen. He promises a new age of locomotion called "Ginger." We await with great anticipation this brave new world that you now enjoy. The technological journal Wired tells us that in 2007 your cities will be built around this device. It is my wish that I survive long enough to see your wonderful world.
Until then, we spend our days watching our x10 cameras and staring into Zombocom. Truly, anything is possible at Zombocom.
For Great Justice,
Internet from 2001
posted by Stan Chin at 12:17 AM on July 11, 2007 [8 favorites]
Dear Internet of 2007,
It brings me great joy to hear from you during these dark times. The last few months have brought much pain and sorrow to our home and loved ones. In 2101 A.D., war was beginning. Someone had set us up the bomb. We had no chance to survive to make our time.
Our only hope is from the great inventor, Dean Kamen. He promises a new age of locomotion called "Ginger." We await with great anticipation this brave new world that you now enjoy. The technological journal Wired tells us that in 2007 your cities will be built around this device. It is my wish that I survive long enough to see your wonderful world.
Until then, we spend our days watching our x10 cameras and staring into Zombocom. Truly, anything is possible at Zombocom.
For Great Justice,
Internet from 2001
posted by Stan Chin at 12:17 AM on July 11, 2007 [8 favorites]
Notices prominent flickr badge...
displaying her own photos.
posted by pracowity at 12:20 AM on July 11, 2007
displaying her own photos.
posted by pracowity at 12:20 AM on July 11, 2007
Hmm... I'm not doing any of those "here's what we're doing in 2007" things... I must be out of the loop... sigh.
posted by amyms at 12:20 AM on July 11, 2007
posted by amyms at 12:20 AM on July 11, 2007
I'm pretty sure she'll find most of the sites she was checking in 2001 are still around.
posted by Jimbob
You'd be wrong. Looking at her site back in 2001 more than half of her 20 or so links she listed as favorites are dead or gone. I do agree that although the internet (duh) has changed over the past 7 or so years there's still plenty cool going on. I think this is more of a case of the internet evolving while alison's usage has not.
displaying her own photos.
posted by pracowity
Piping them in.
I've read her site for years. This is far from her best stuff (not to mention she's only the millionth person to bring this topic up) so I'm at a loss why this is link worthy.
posted by justgary at 12:24 AM on July 11, 2007
posted by Jimbob
You'd be wrong. Looking at her site back in 2001 more than half of her 20 or so links she listed as favorites are dead or gone. I do agree that although the internet (duh) has changed over the past 7 or so years there's still plenty cool going on. I think this is more of a case of the internet evolving while alison's usage has not.
displaying her own photos.
posted by pracowity
Piping them in.
I've read her site for years. This is far from her best stuff (not to mention she's only the millionth person to bring this topic up) so I'm at a loss why this is link worthy.
posted by justgary at 12:24 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet from 2011:
Hi! Howzit going? I doubt you remember us. I hope you finally figured out what to do with all those tubes. Did anyone ever get around to buying goatse.cx? Or is it still up for sale for $500K? Take it easy. I would tell you what we were doing, but you probably already know.
posted by ZachsMind at 12:25 AM on July 11, 2007
Hi! Howzit going? I doubt you remember us. I hope you finally figured out what to do with all those tubes. Did anyone ever get around to buying goatse.cx? Or is it still up for sale for $500K? Take it easy. I would tell you what we were doing, but you probably already know.
posted by ZachsMind at 12:25 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet of 2007:
GET OFF MY LAWN
Internet of 2001
posted by mrnutty at 12:28 AM on July 11, 2007
GET OFF MY LAWN
Internet of 2001
posted by mrnutty at 12:28 AM on July 11, 2007
Sounds like:
Hi, circle of friends!
We used to have nothing much to do, so we gorged ourselves on the minutiae of each others lives.
Now that you have real lives, you don't broadcast your minutiae. Now that I have a real life, I no longer have the time or interest to broadcast or keep track of minutiae.
I neither identify with, nor can fit into, the pants the kids are wearing nowadays.
I'm unsettled, but I'm not sure why. Please blogroll me or add me to your rss feed or whatever we're doing nowadays.
posted by freshwater_pr0n at 12:35 AM on July 11, 2007
Hi, circle of friends!
We used to have nothing much to do, so we gorged ourselves on the minutiae of each others lives.
Now that you have real lives, you don't broadcast your minutiae. Now that I have a real life, I no longer have the time or interest to broadcast or keep track of minutiae.
I neither identify with, nor can fit into, the pants the kids are wearing nowadays.
I'm unsettled, but I'm not sure why. Please blogroll me or add me to your rss feed or whatever we're doing nowadays.
posted by freshwater_pr0n at 12:35 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet of 2007:
You still HAVE a lawn?!?
Internet of 2025
posted by wendell at 12:37 AM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
You still HAVE a lawn?!?
Internet of 2025
posted by wendell at 12:37 AM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
Dear Internet of 2007:
We're still mostly using the internet for porn.
Internet of 2011, 2017, 2025, 2047, 2088, 2150, 2300, and 2752
posted by Justinian at 12:47 AM on July 11, 2007 [4 favorites]
We're still mostly using the internet for porn.
Internet of 2011, 2017, 2025, 2047, 2088, 2150, 2300, and 2752
posted by Justinian at 12:47 AM on July 11, 2007 [4 favorites]
Dear Internet of 2007:
I miss you. You were so much fun when you were young and everyone was talking about you. These days, no one talks about you. No one plays with you, no one says that they're "on the 'Net". Now, the Internet is like electricity. It's boring. Everything you did in 2007, you still do in 2020, except that no one notices anymore. And now, you're everywhere and nowhere.
When I think back to those heady years, I remember believing that you were going to change the world. I remember looking at how much you'd already changed it and then speculating on the amazing future to come. Sadly, here in 2020, I'm not in love with you anymore. I don't even know you. Or maybe, I know you all too well.
So, I'm sorry to say I'm over you, Internet of 2007. You were my first, I'll always remember you, but I have moved on. My new love truly is changing the world. Or should I say "worlds"?
Fondly,
User of 2020
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 12:56 AM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
I miss you. You were so much fun when you were young and everyone was talking about you. These days, no one talks about you. No one plays with you, no one says that they're "on the 'Net". Now, the Internet is like electricity. It's boring. Everything you did in 2007, you still do in 2020, except that no one notices anymore. And now, you're everywhere and nowhere.
When I think back to those heady years, I remember believing that you were going to change the world. I remember looking at how much you'd already changed it and then speculating on the amazing future to come. Sadly, here in 2020, I'm not in love with you anymore. I don't even know you. Or maybe, I know you all too well.
So, I'm sorry to say I'm over you, Internet of 2007. You were my first, I'll always remember you, but I have moved on. My new love truly is changing the world. Or should I say "worlds"?
Fondly,
User of 2020
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 12:56 AM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
If you don't like twitter don't use it. There are a million sites out there and complaining about blogger templates!? Wtf? Why should people have to spend hours doing HTML and photoshoppin' if they want to talk about something?
What a whiner. Did she forget webvan and kosmo.com? There was tons of in inane crap on the web in 2001. Possibly a higher percentage. The internet today is, if anything, more refined, mature, and easier for newbs to use. But here's the thing there's a lot of stuff out there if you find some site inane, don't visit it.
And come on. Did we have wikipedia in 2001? That alone makes up for anything that might have been lost. People don't talk about it much because it's not a "hot company", it's not for profit. But it's one of the most popular sites on the web. The 9th highest in Alexa's rankings. More used then Facebook, Ebay, and Amazon.
Just today I spent a couple hours reading about the history of various elements on the periodic table. It was really interesting, you got the history of the discovery, all sorts of interesting information that simply wasn't easily available at your fingertips before wikipedia came around.
It's really a tremendous resource. It's not the internet's fault that this person spends all her time on twitter and flickr.
posted by delmoi at 1:02 AM on July 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
What a whiner. Did she forget webvan and kosmo.com? There was tons of in inane crap on the web in 2001. Possibly a higher percentage. The internet today is, if anything, more refined, mature, and easier for newbs to use. But here's the thing there's a lot of stuff out there if you find some site inane, don't visit it.
And come on. Did we have wikipedia in 2001? That alone makes up for anything that might have been lost. People don't talk about it much because it's not a "hot company", it's not for profit. But it's one of the most popular sites on the web. The 9th highest in Alexa's rankings. More used then Facebook, Ebay, and Amazon.
Just today I spent a couple hours reading about the history of various elements on the periodic table. It was really interesting, you got the history of the discovery, all sorts of interesting information that simply wasn't easily available at your fingertips before wikipedia came around.
It's really a tremendous resource. It's not the internet's fault that this person spends all her time on twitter and flickr.
posted by delmoi at 1:02 AM on July 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
Did we have wikipedia in 2001
Er, it turns out wikipedia started in January of 2001. But it really started to take off in 2004-2005, according to Alexa.
posted by delmoi at 1:05 AM on July 11, 2007
Er, it turns out wikipedia started in January of 2001. But it really started to take off in 2004-2005, according to Alexa.
posted by delmoi at 1:05 AM on July 11, 2007
Some things don't change. People are allowed to publish content before they learn to use the caps key.
posted by QuietDesperation at 1:06 AM on July 11, 2007
posted by QuietDesperation at 1:06 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Ethereal of 2020:
I share your outlook (and here's an article about it).
Sympathetically,
Nicholas Carr of 2003
posted by Glow Bucket at 1:12 AM on July 11, 2007
I share your outlook (and here's an article about it).
Sympathetically,
Nicholas Carr of 2003
posted by Glow Bucket at 1:12 AM on July 11, 2007
Did you actually read the link delmoi?
It's really a tremendous resource.
She didn't say it wasn't.
It's not the internet's fault that this person spends all her time on twitter and flickr.
She didn't say she did.
posted by justgary at 1:14 AM on July 11, 2007
It's really a tremendous resource.
She didn't say it wasn't.
It's not the internet's fault that this person spends all her time on twitter and flickr.
She didn't say she did.
posted by justgary at 1:14 AM on July 11, 2007
disclaimer: I am not Mr. Carr
posted by Glow Bucket at 1:15 AM on July 11, 2007
posted by Glow Bucket at 1:15 AM on July 11, 2007
It's based on any number of false premises. The quality and availability of written, article-based weblogs has soared since 2001.
The tools complained about have not replaced these but supplemented them. Dear friends, please subscribe to my 48 different RSS feeds from all over the web. Why on earth would I want to gather these, perhaps cherry-picking the best through tag-based RSS feeds, in one place for your convenience?
There were plenty of linklogs in 2001. Del.icio.us and/or blogging/tumblelog software has simply expedited the process. Likewise Flickr et al and photologs.
"i liked reading what strangers had to say... but it doesn't happen that way anymore" - people don't write blogs any more? Hello?
She asserts Twitter is what we do instead of creating things. No it isn't. It's an effective way to communicate with your friends because it removes the reliance of you and them being in a certain location or having access to certain equipment. Overlook the power of direct messaging at your peril. If you subscribe to 800 strangers frankly you deserve everything you get.
This article is wrong on almost every point.
posted by nthdegx at 1:26 AM on July 11, 2007
The tools complained about have not replaced these but supplemented them. Dear friends, please subscribe to my 48 different RSS feeds from all over the web. Why on earth would I want to gather these, perhaps cherry-picking the best through tag-based RSS feeds, in one place for your convenience?
There were plenty of linklogs in 2001. Del.icio.us and/or blogging/tumblelog software has simply expedited the process. Likewise Flickr et al and photologs.
"i liked reading what strangers had to say... but it doesn't happen that way anymore" - people don't write blogs any more? Hello?
She asserts Twitter is what we do instead of creating things. No it isn't. It's an effective way to communicate with your friends because it removes the reliance of you and them being in a certain location or having access to certain equipment. Overlook the power of direct messaging at your peril. If you subscribe to 800 strangers frankly you deserve everything you get.
This article is wrong on almost every point.
posted by nthdegx at 1:26 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet 2001,
I love you so much.
Yours in Christ, LM
posted by louche mustachio at 1:37 AM on July 11, 2007
I love you so much.
Yours in Christ, LM
posted by louche mustachio at 1:37 AM on July 11, 2007
i used to enjoy making my own websites to hold my photos and what not, but now its just easier to wack 'em on flickr.
posted by monkeyJuice at 1:38 AM on July 11, 2007
posted by monkeyJuice at 1:38 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet of 2001,
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
I solicit your utmost confidence in this transaction. It is confidential and Top Secret. I represent officials of the Internet of 2007 who are interested in investments, to buy and manage social network sites with funds, which are presently trapped with Venture Capital companies. In order to commence this business we solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your account the said trapped funds.
The source of this funds is as follows: During past internet boom, officials at media companies set up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over-invoiced. We have identified a lot of inflated share prices, and overhyped websites which are presently floating in the Internet ready to be sold to unsuspecting investors. Unfortunately, as civil servants , we cannot acquire this money in our names. I have been mandated by my colleagues of the panel to look for a foreign partner into whose account we would transfer the sum of the IPO of one such site USD$7000M (Seven Hundred Million United States Dollars). Hence, I write requesting your unreserved assistance.
We plan to share the money with 30% going to the Website Owner, 60% for my partners and myself and the remaining 10% used in settling all expenses.
If you accept this proposal, be kind enough to send to
me by fax
1. Your company's name, address, telephone and fax numbers
2. Your bank name, address, as well as your Bank account number.
Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and
utmost urgency.
Best regards
Internet of 2007
posted by patricio at 2:23 AM on July 11, 2007 [5 favorites]
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
I solicit your utmost confidence in this transaction. It is confidential and Top Secret. I represent officials of the Internet of 2007 who are interested in investments, to buy and manage social network sites with funds, which are presently trapped with Venture Capital companies. In order to commence this business we solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your account the said trapped funds.
The source of this funds is as follows: During past internet boom, officials at media companies set up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over-invoiced. We have identified a lot of inflated share prices, and overhyped websites which are presently floating in the Internet ready to be sold to unsuspecting investors. Unfortunately, as civil servants , we cannot acquire this money in our names. I have been mandated by my colleagues of the panel to look for a foreign partner into whose account we would transfer the sum of the IPO of one such site USD$7000M (Seven Hundred Million United States Dollars). Hence, I write requesting your unreserved assistance.
We plan to share the money with 30% going to the Website Owner, 60% for my partners and myself and the remaining 10% used in settling all expenses.
If you accept this proposal, be kind enough to send to
me by fax
1. Your company's name, address, telephone and fax numbers
2. Your bank name, address, as well as your Bank account number.
Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and
utmost urgency.
Best regards
Internet of 2007
posted by patricio at 2:23 AM on July 11, 2007 [5 favorites]
Would it be irony if I said EB just won at the internets?
posted by sourwookie at 2:50 AM on July 11, 2007
posted by sourwookie at 2:50 AM on July 11, 2007
So what's her problem? That someone else designed her site so she didn't have to?
Did HTML die or something? Can she not tile some shit photo of her cat up as wallpaper? I can almost remember how to do that...
posted by pompomtom at 4:16 AM on July 11, 2007
Did HTML die or something? Can she not tile some shit photo of her cat up as wallpaper? I can almost remember how to do that...
posted by pompomtom at 4:16 AM on July 11, 2007
oh, 2001, sorry. I meant 'can she not tile some shit scan of a photo of her cat'.
posted by pompomtom at 4:20 AM on July 11, 2007
posted by pompomtom at 4:20 AM on July 11, 2007
Shit, it has been awhile since I've been to bluishorange. I wonder why she turned comments off.
*Reminisces about the old days*
*misses ratbastard*
posted by sciurus at 4:44 AM on July 11, 2007
*Reminisces about the old days*
*misses ratbastard*
posted by sciurus at 4:44 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet Self of 2001:
1) Sunnisidhe2001 is a dude. Stop wasting your time.
2) Ask Kelly out. She will only admit her crush when she marries Jacob in 2006.
3) There are good bars for meeting people and bad bars for meeting people. McGonnelly's is one of the latter.
4) Work out more.
5) Bet it all on the Sox going all the way in 2004.
In summation, please do all the work and make all the good decisions so me, your future self does not have to. Sorta like how our modern internet doodads like flickr and blogger do today.
Yours,
Me of 2007
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:49 AM on July 11, 2007
1) Sunnisidhe2001 is a dude. Stop wasting your time.
2) Ask Kelly out. She will only admit her crush when she marries Jacob in 2006.
3) There are good bars for meeting people and bad bars for meeting people. McGonnelly's is one of the latter.
4) Work out more.
5) Bet it all on the Sox going all the way in 2004.
In summation, please do all the work and make all the good decisions so me, your future self does not have to. Sorta like how our modern internet doodads like flickr and blogger do today.
Yours,
Me of 2007
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:49 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet of 2001,
Hard to believe it's been almost six years since I last saw you. I got married, as you know, and we just had a daughter, who is wonderful and amazing. Got a new job, too, which I actually like which is a welcome change. Things have really settled down.
I have to admit, though, that I still think about you and wonder what might have been. Sometimes at night I lay in bed and remember you and the things we did together.
I would really like to see you again.
If you feel the same way, meet me at the new Starbucks on 53rd street this Sunday at noon. That's when I usually go for a run. I look the same, but with slightly less hair.
I miss you.
...Internet of 2007
posted by papercake at 4:52 AM on July 11, 2007
Hard to believe it's been almost six years since I last saw you. I got married, as you know, and we just had a daughter, who is wonderful and amazing. Got a new job, too, which I actually like which is a welcome change. Things have really settled down.
I have to admit, though, that I still think about you and wonder what might have been. Sometimes at night I lay in bed and remember you and the things we did together.
I would really like to see you again.
If you feel the same way, meet me at the new Starbucks on 53rd street this Sunday at noon. That's when I usually go for a run. I look the same, but with slightly less hair.
I miss you.
...Internet of 2007
posted by papercake at 4:52 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet of 1994,
Guess what? We no longer have to print porn off of you and Penthouse.com actually charges money now! And guess what, you're gonna see this movie called "Hackers" in three years, but ten years after that it's just gonna be bullshit. Don't even get excited about that 24.4 bps modem. Seriously.
Cheers,
The Internet of 2007
posted by Captaintripps at 4:56 AM on July 11, 2007
Guess what? We no longer have to print porn off of you and Penthouse.com actually charges money now! And guess what, you're gonna see this movie called "Hackers" in three years, but ten years after that it's just gonna be bullshit. Don't even get excited about that 24.4 bps modem. Seriously.
Cheers,
The Internet of 2007
posted by Captaintripps at 4:56 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear internet of 2000,
You know that vote of conscience you're thinking about...the one for Ralph Nader? Yeah, well. Think again. Think HARD, asshole.
Thank you --
The internet of 2007
posted by kittens for breakfast at 5:26 AM on July 11, 2007
You know that vote of conscience you're thinking about...the one for Ralph Nader? Yeah, well. Think again. Think HARD, asshole.
Thank you --
The internet of 2007
posted by kittens for breakfast at 5:26 AM on July 11, 2007
Gee, I miss frames, and Compuserve, too.
posted by beelzbubba at 5:27 AM on July 11, 2007
posted by beelzbubba at 5:27 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet of 2007:
Me, I'm part of your old circle of friends
and we don't want you round here anymore
Me, I think it all depends
on the content you provide for us.
But, I quit. I give up.
Twitter's good enough for anybody else
it seems.
And I quit. I give up.
Flick'r's good enough for anybody else
it seems.
Signed, Internet of 2001
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:37 AM on July 11, 2007
Me, I'm part of your old circle of friends
and we don't want you round here anymore
Me, I think it all depends
on the content you provide for us.
But, I quit. I give up.
Twitter's good enough for anybody else
it seems.
And I quit. I give up.
Flick'r's good enough for anybody else
it seems.
Signed, Internet of 2001
posted by Astro Zombie at 5:37 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet 2007,
Just thought you might like to see a photo of what I just ate (see attachment). It was yummy. YMMV.
TTYL
Internet 2013
posted by effwerd at 5:37 AM on July 11, 2007
Just thought you might like to see a photo of what I just ate (see attachment). It was yummy. YMMV.
TTYL
Internet 2013
posted by effwerd at 5:37 AM on July 11, 2007
Dear Internet 2007,
We have traced the spacetime anomaly to an internet posting from 2007. We demand that you cease and desist all intertemporal communication at once. Fines and the destruction of the universe may apply.
Hugs and Kisses,
Internet 3007
posted by effwerd at 5:50 AM on July 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
We have traced the spacetime anomaly to an internet posting from 2007. We demand that you cease and desist all intertemporal communication at once. Fines and the destruction of the universe may apply.
Hugs and Kisses,
Internet 3007
posted by effwerd at 5:50 AM on July 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
Dear Metafilter of 2001: How's it going? I miss you.
*rolls eyes*
Seriously, all the "Mefi was so much better back then" folks really need to spend some time in the archive to remind themselves what it was really like. As far as post quality goes, over time Mefi's been pretty consistently the same, or probably consistently getting slightly better.
posted by mediareport at 6:01 AM on July 11, 2007
*rolls eyes*
Seriously, all the "Mefi was so much better back then" folks really need to spend some time in the archive to remind themselves what it was really like. As far as post quality goes, over time Mefi's been pretty consistently the same, or probably consistently getting slightly better.
posted by mediareport at 6:01 AM on July 11, 2007
Shit, having Urban Fetch around to go fetch me some Chubby Hubby at 3 in the morning for no charge was almost like owning slaves.
posted by The Straightener at 6:06 AM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by The Straightener at 6:06 AM on July 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
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