Trying not to suck
March 13, 2009 10:39 AM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: It's crappy when you do it, too. Please don't make stunt posts. If you think slugs are awesome and you have some great links about them, make a non-jerky post out of it in a couple weeks. -- cortex
It's not about you, it's about them.
Is it just me, or does the front page really suck lately?
posted by gman at 10:43 AM on March 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
Is it just me, or does the front page really suck lately?
posted by gman at 10:43 AM on March 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
Thanks for giving me something to flag! I was feeling kind of flagless this morning.
posted by mudpuppie at 10:44 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by mudpuppie at 10:44 AM on March 13, 2009
You know, you could have been really clever about this, done some serious research, and thrown together an awesome post about the history of slugs as pests, cool slug photos, etc, to the point where it could have probably stayed.
As it is, this post is kind of weak.
posted by dunkadunc at 10:49 AM on March 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
As it is, this post is kind of weak.
posted by dunkadunc at 10:49 AM on March 13, 2009 [1 favorite]
Well, this post sucks, but when I saw "savor" and "value" I thought it was going to be slug recipes. At least it's not that.
posted by peep at 10:52 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by peep at 10:52 AM on March 13, 2009
Milo Bloom : "Leaving a trail of slime wherever he goes, Senator Bedfellow...".
posted by quin at 10:52 AM on March 13, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by quin at 10:52 AM on March 13, 2009 [2 favorites]
I could have, dunkadunc, but that would spoil the irony.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 10:53 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 10:53 AM on March 13, 2009
I dug this post...being a novice gardener and all in an area with a ton of snails.
posted by PuppyCat at 10:54 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by PuppyCat at 10:54 AM on March 13, 2009
Typing really fast here:
When you make a stupid shitty post like this, what goes through your head? Is it "HAHA people are going to find this hiLARious!" or "Wow, THIS will show sluglicker!" or "Ooh, favorites" or "Hey, I have a good idea!"?
I'm genuinely curious. Unless it's drugs or booze, because that's really the only explanation that makes any sense to me. The rest is just fucktardery, and I can't imagine wanting to appear that way in public, on purpose.
posted by mudpuppie at 10:56 AM on March 13, 2009 [2 favorites]
When you make a stupid shitty post like this, what goes through your head? Is it "HAHA people are going to find this hiLARious!" or "Wow, THIS will show sluglicker!" or "Ooh, favorites" or "Hey, I have a good idea!"?
I'm genuinely curious. Unless it's drugs or booze, because that's really the only explanation that makes any sense to me. The rest is just fucktardery, and I can't imagine wanting to appear that way in public, on purpose.
posted by mudpuppie at 10:56 AM on March 13, 2009 [2 favorites]
Two jumps in a week? I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you, boy?
posted by solipsophistocracy at 10:57 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by solipsophistocracy at 10:57 AM on March 13, 2009
Are we there yet?
posted by YoBananaBoy at 10:58 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by YoBananaBoy at 10:58 AM on March 13, 2009
"I'm genuinely curious."
People love to do things they think are funny without stopping to consider if they are in fact funny. And of course, they very rarely are, especially in the case of willful ignorance schticks like this one.
posted by majick at 11:00 AM on March 13, 2009
People love to do things they think are funny without stopping to consider if they are in fact funny. And of course, they very rarely are, especially in the case of willful ignorance schticks like this one.
posted by majick at 11:00 AM on March 13, 2009
without stopping to consider if they are in fact funny.
I'm not funny. But I have a megaphone, so, you know, I got that going for me.
posted by quin at 11:02 AM on March 13, 2009
I'm not funny. But I have a megaphone, so, you know, I got that going for me.
posted by quin at 11:02 AM on March 13, 2009
I could have, dunkadunc, but that would spoil the irony.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink
As it is, this post is kind of weak.
posted by dunkadunc
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dunkadunc March 13, 2009 1:43 PM
Not that's irony, bud!
posted by gman at 11:02 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by strangeleftydoublethink
As it is, this post is kind of weak.
posted by dunkadunc
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dunkadunc March 13, 2009 1:43 PM
Not that's irony, bud!
posted by gman at 11:02 AM on March 13, 2009
You could make that point about many posts, mudpuppie.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 11:02 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 11:02 AM on March 13, 2009
The rub is, stunt posts are okay when they have good links. This one doesn't.
posted by koeselitz at 11:03 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by koeselitz at 11:03 AM on March 13, 2009
Ah, the old "I'm just as lame as the next guy" defense! A classic -- almost cliched! -- side dish for willful ignorance schticks!
posted by majick at 11:04 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by majick at 11:04 AM on March 13, 2009
sea slug recipe
"Now you will be as stiff as the wedge of your grandfather"
posted by pyramid termite at 11:06 AM on March 13, 2009
"Now you will be as stiff as the wedge of your grandfather"
posted by pyramid termite at 11:06 AM on March 13, 2009
OK. Ya'll win. I suck. But I did enjoy the essence link. Didn't that one have some worth?
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 11:07 AM on March 13, 2009
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 11:07 AM on March 13, 2009
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