Comments on: IS IT CHRISTMAS?

IS IT CHRISTMAS?

boo_radley — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:27:52 -0800

IS IT CHRISTMAS?

By: finite

finite — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:30:50 -0800

Is this a good post?

By: chococat

chococat — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:31:51 -0800

It will be on the 25th.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:32:11 -0800

I don't exactly know how best to use this site (I can't imagine a lot of people typing the URL, wondering if it is actually Christmas), but I enjoyed it.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:32:46 -0800

Goddamn it, chococat, you could have used the spoiler tag.

By: phaedon

phaedon — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:33:33 -0800

Will this wendell?

By: never used baby shoes

never used baby shoes — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:37:38 -0800

Everyday is Christmas at Metafilter!

By: Lentrohamsanin

Lentrohamsanin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:39:33 -0800

WHAT DAY IS IT?

By: turaho

turaho — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:40:01 -0800

http://www.imontheinternet.com

By: everichon

everichon — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:41:36 -0800

I predict that on Christmas it will say something different than it says now.

By: the quidnunc kid

the quidnunc kid — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:42:26 -0800

This is also a good URL for any young children of two lesbian parents who might wish to ask them whether the strange pattern burnt onto their toast is an image of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus of Nazareth. Amen.

By: LogicalDash

LogicalDash — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:42:38 -0800

Well, this is the first Google result for [is it christmas]. So, in case I were ever on a self-imposed hermitage in a cave with internet access and had restricted myself from forums, instant messaging, and any other medium of social interaction, I would be able to tell when it was time to climb down the mountain and join in the festivities. A very happy not-Christmas to youuuu!

By: bitslayer

bitslayer — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:43:43 -0800

Make sure you sign up for the feed. http://www.isitchristmas.com/rss.xml

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:44:18 -0800

I can't wait for it to say "YES." That will be ever so grand!

By: porn in the woods

porn in the woods — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:44:31 -0800

do they even know it's Christmas Time... at all?

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:44:53 -0800

Is It Tuesday? All signs point to HELL YEAH (unless you're 9 or more hours east of Pacific Time).

By: everichon

everichon — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:44:53 -0800

I am curious to know what a site called "Is It The Future Yet" would say. I can see it going either way.

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:48:19 -0800

For those of you, Is It Wednesday Already?

By: ersatz

ersatz — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:50:28 -0800

Best of the web.

By: Bromius

Bromius — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:53:00 -0800

That's all well and good, but is Abe Vigoda still alive?

By: ...possums

...possums — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:53:27 -0800

Christmas marketing before December 1st is an international crime. Christmas carols before December 15th is an offense punishable by death.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:53:42 -0800

Screw all of that. There are more important things to worry about.

By: PareidoliaticBoy

PareidoliaticBoy — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:00:49 -0800

This is all very well, but not really of much practical use. What I really wanna know is if Paris has gotten her skanky butt tossed into the old hoosegow again?

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:03:19 -0800

tl;dr

By: Parasite Unseen

Parasite Unseen — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:05:07 -0800

Tommy doesn't know what day it is He doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is HOW CAN HE BE SAVED?

By: jeffamaphone

jeffamaphone — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:09:26 -0800

In my religion it is Christmas. Flagged offensive.

By: everichon

everichon — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:09:57 -0800

This seems like a total waste of internets. It's not like they're making any more of them, you know.

By: quin

quin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:13:14 -0800

I saw this a while back. It made me grin then, it made me grin now. It's just so... authoritative. There is simply no question, with regard to the whole 'could this be a winter holiday often associated with candy canes and fat home invaders bearing gifts.' It let's you know in a clear and unambiguous way, that [SPOILER ALERT!] no, it is not, in fact, Christmas. Fantastic.

By: never used baby shoes

never used baby shoes — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:16:47 -0800

everichon writes "This seems like a total waste of internets. It's not like they're making any more of them, you know.
But I think there is a wealth of other uses for this site. For 364 days of the year, it can be an authoritative NO on just about any topic you can imagine. For example, orthogonality demonstrates an alternative use in his post above. We just have to be more creative with the internets we have. Reduce, reuse, recycle.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:16:50 -0800

everichon: you're out of the loop: More internets ahoy.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:17:23 -0800

Every day is Christmas at the house of Astro Zombie. Jesus, that would make a good song.

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:18:37 -0800

IS CATURDAY?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:19:05 -0800

I've placed the IP address of this site into my hosts file as canihaveapony.com It's much more effective that way.

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:27:59 -0800

It shoulda said: "OH NOOOS!"

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:31:30 -0800

Perhaps the best site on the internet, even if it is insufficiently web 2.0.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:35:23 -0800

DO I NEED A JACKET

By: rooftop secrets

rooftop secrets — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:37:23 -0800

Is It Tuesday? From the source code: isltmonday,isittuesday,isitwednesday,isitthursday,isitsaturday and isitsunday.net are not affiliated with isitfriday.net. We don't want your stinkin' money!

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:37:24 -0800

Judging from the RSS feed, it's two hours late for me. For four solid hours next month, it's going to be WRONG. and that's BAD.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:37:33 -0800

A fine site. Very decisive, with little room for ambiguity.

By: rooftop secrets

rooftop secrets — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:39:27 -0800

Do I Need Therapy? (most likely. all of you.)

By: rooftop secrets

rooftop secrets — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:43:25 -0800

IS IT NORMAL? IS IT WEB 2.0? IS IT A CHEETAH?

By: jeffamaphone

jeffamaphone — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:46:17 -0800

Heh, wow, that Quiz is worthless. None of those questions are all that meaningful without context.

By: everichon

everichon — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:47:00 -0800

Did I say "internets"? I meant to say "Wiis".

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:49:14 -0800

DO I NEED A JACKET Goddamn it, cortex, I was gonna post that. I check that sie semi-regularly before leaving the house. I love it.

By: ghastlyfop

ghastlyfop — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:49:20 -0800

No, no. It's fucking lame. And so are you.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:54:00 -0800

There is no www.isitlupus.com. There is a www.itsnotlupus.com, but no site asking whether or not it is, in fact, lupus.

By: Challahtronix

Challahtronix — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:13:03 -0800

That's all well and good, but is Abe Vigoda still alive? I got seriously worried when my Firefox Abe Vigoda Status plugin stopped working.

By: Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:24:25 -0800

Is it soup yet?

By: patr1ck

patr1ck — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:26:22 -0800

Metafilter: NO

By: JT

JT — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:39:42 -0800

Is it safe?

By: nax

nax — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:41:59 -0800

I'm Greek, so I'm thinking it should still say NO on Dec. 25.

By: darksasami

darksasami — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:43:56 -0800

Fun! Reminds me of my roommate's Giger Counter.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:35:57 -0800

It also answers the "Do they know it's Christmas?" question. Unless if they do in fact know it is Christmas, then it does not.

By: amyms

amyms — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:49:25 -0800

Is it Friday?

By: jefbla

jefbla — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:54:45 -0800

Is isithanukkah.com registered? NO!

By: Samuel Farrow

Samuel Farrow — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:02:22 -0800

Is it a all just commercial hype to convince us to buy things for others they certainly don't need then?

By: empath

empath — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:04:09 -0800

Need Boolean tag.

By: dw

dw — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:39:31 -0800

While you losers were sitting around snarking, Google fought off Microsoft and Yahoo to buy the site for $6.7 billion.

By: hangashore

hangashore — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:45:17 -0800

Need Boolean tag. Tag is already Boolean. It! Not It!

By: ZakDaddy

ZakDaddy — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:20:22 -0800

I was all "awwwww!" until I looked at the source: <><><>_uacct = "UA-252618-5";urchinTracker();<> Boo, hiss.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:23:12 -0800

Still not Christmas.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:20:26 -0800

Boo, hiss. Huh? Getting visitor stats is boo-hissable now?

By: dirtdirt

dirtdirt — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:33:55 -0800

I'm pretty sure there is am "IS IT CHRISTMAS" graffiti'd on the parking garage near my work. A big spraypainted silver "NO!". It's amazingly accurate. I've been passing it by for months and it's always right. I can't wait to see it on Christmas.

By: Artw

Artw — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:56:46 -0800

We should tag this with "yes", "no", "maybe" and "idontknow", like every other post in Slashdot is tagged.

By: ZakDaddy

ZakDaddy — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:41:25 -0800

"Boo hiss" equals "ZakDaddy is ignorant about how website track stuff like this, but he's quickly learning not to trust Google in all its nefarious guises. Despite having three different GMail address and Google Desktop installed at work, heaven help him."

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:51:33 -0800

Still not Christmas.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:47:59 -0800

Still not Christmas.

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:45:32 -0800

And I'm still not chrismear. And Francisco Franco is still dead. And he's still Chevy Chase, and you can still be glad you're not. And you are NOT an ignorant slut. And Saturday Night Live is still on the air???

By: grouse

grouse — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:06:42 -0800

Still not Christmas.

By: Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:56:46 -0800

How about now?

By: grouse

grouse — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:14:02 -0800

Well, according to the site, still no. But you can't always trust what you read on the Internet.

By: Artw

Artw — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:06:08 -0800

Someone should Web2.0 it, so that the wisdom of crowds can decide.

By: grouse

grouse — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:18:43 -0800

OK, here's the Web 2.0 version.

By: PareidoliaticBoy

PareidoliaticBoy — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:27:01 -0800

Cripes. Still not.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:04:56 -0800

Are you sure? You might want to check again. It can sneak up on you, you know.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:17:13 -0800

Can't stop looking. Gotta check. Gotta know. Gotta be sure.

By: chococat

chococat — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:27:25 -0800

Yes! YES! It's Christmas! It finally came! It came without boxes! It came without bows! It came witho--shit. It's Hanukkah.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:35:18 -0800

I hope a bunch of people vote yes when it is Christmas, otherwise, it might never be accurate.

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:45:05 -0800

Wikipedia weighs in

By: Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:05:28 -0800

C3PO understands perfectly. The odds against Christmas being Christmas are 365 to 1.

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:52:01 -0800

Still not Christmas.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:25:12 -0800

Yes it is. Yay!

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:28:00 -0800

Oh, wait. I guess I'm wrong. Dammit! I'm always so bad at this calendar stuff. How do you read those things, again? They're so complex with all of those numbers and boxes and lines and stuff...

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:28:33 -0800

FAIL

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:56:32 -0800

Wait, so you read calendars from right to left, right? So is tomorrow Christmas? Oh. No. Wait... I think that's next week. Or... yeah. Next week. Nevermind. Dang. It's so complex.

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:26:52 -0800

So is tomorrow Christmas? Lemme check. No. Sorry.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:13:51 -0800

FYI: no.

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:17:45 -0800

I'm going to be traveling tomorrow, could someone please check for me? kthxbye

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:36:13 -0800

What if you're Orthodox?

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:44:56 -0800

Then ortho should probably get a second opinion.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:52:59 -0800

Oh cortex. P-U (nny)

By: ubiquity

ubiquity — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:10:16 -0800

Today is already tomorrow somewhere, grouse. Still not Christmas! This is getting to be quite an Adventure!

By: grouse

grouse — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:31:16 -0800

IS IT FESTIVUS?

By: ubiquity

ubiquity — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:59:49 -0800

Not anymore. :-( And still not Christmas.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:04:54 -0800

Did someone say something about Christmas? Because I heard about Christmas on the radio today and I was curious about it and when it was.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:12:04 -0800

I think it's that thing where it stops being 2007 and starts being 2008.

By: wendell

wendell — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:31:36 -0800

There are rumors flying that it is already Christmas somewhere. Please remember that it is not Official until it happens on the U.S.A. Left Coast, home of MetaFilter, so PLEASE, NO SPOILERS.

By: nax

nax — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:21:34 -0800

You're going to need to orient me properly so I can figure out which coast is left. Right now I'm facing the lake, so to the left seems to be the North Pole. Hey! Wait!

By: chococat

chococat — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:48:35 -0800

This is some kind of covert bullshit coverup. According to the Norad site, Santa is in Baghdad, Iraq right now.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:10:57 -0800

Man, the people of Iraq always get first dibs on all of the fun. *Pout.*

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:09:15 -0800

Still not Christmas.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:03:15 -0800

almost.... almost...

By: dw

dw — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:59:00 -0800

It's Christmas in Europe, but not in America? No wonder Santa wears red. Stupid Bolshevik. America First!

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:30:15 -0800

The Hannukah Tree in Chelm is lovely this year.

By: wendell

wendell — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:33:47 -0800

The Hannukah Tree in Chelm is dead, that was 11 days ago...

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:42:15 -0800

Chelm isn't so hot with the calendars, is the thing.

By: chococat

chococat — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:31:04 -0800

Yes!!! And now I can go to bed after sneakily eating part of the cookie and drinking half of the glass of milk. Merry Christmas everyone.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:46:58 -0800

But... but... Wikipedia disagrees! I'm oh, so confused...

By: empath

empath — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:16:38 -0800

Huh, so it is.

By: empath

empath — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:17:04 -0800

We need to update the tags.

By: Artw

Artw — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:51:42 -0800

It is now one third Christmas and rising.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:15:10 -0800

HOLY SHIT DUDES IT IS SO EXTREMELY FUCKING CHRISTMAS RIGHT NOW *flips the heck out*

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:18:15 -0800

(Miss Lynnster, wikipedia is an organization which has decided that "trivia" and "notes" are not up to their standards and should be expunged from all of their articles. I would not trust them to determine whether the thing they're touching is their ass or their elbow (in the case of our male pup, when he sits on my feet I swear his ass is made of elbows, so maybe it's a moot point?))

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:58:24 -0800

Still not Christmas. What? Well, what do I know from Christmas, I'm Jewish.

By: ersatz

ersatz — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:43:00 -0800

YES

By: ersatz

ersatz — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:43:40 -0800

hey, that's strangely satisfying.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:06:23 -0800

Did I miss anything?

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:41:45 -0800

YES

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:10:20 -0800

Getting less Christmas now...

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:07:58 -0800

HAPPY BOXING DAY!

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:11:15 -0800

IS IT BOXING DAY? Not in Texas.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:32:05 -0800

Not in Texas. Well it is here!

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:10:05 -0800

Hey now, wait a damn minute. I swear it was Christmas.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:52:45 -0800

Apparently not.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:07:12 -0800

Well, that was fast. :(

By: PareidoliaticBoy

PareidoliaticBoy — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:07:09 -0800

Cripes. I missed it.