All the cool kids know.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:44 PM on November 15, 2007

Eric: And [my idea of who I'd like] is a liberal ideal! It's anyone I fucking like! A 5-foot-2, 200-pound Indian woman! It could be anybody.

Wired: Except if she's 40.

Eric: Yes.

What a fantastic arse!
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 9:43 AM on February 9, 2007

Devilishly brilliant.

Perhaps this is the new way to deal with the teaming hoards of idiots on YouTube, hoax the hell out of them?
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 12:59 PM on January 31, 2007

Eh, I actually thought that scene was one of the worst from the entire season and represented everything that was so disappointing about this season.

Whilst last year he managed to accurately strike the balance between a heartfelt drama and big name stars, this year it feels like Gervais overstretched himself, he tried to be too clever. The various celebrities were led into more and more unrealistic situations and the essential heart of the show - the friendly... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 4:21 PM on January 13, 2007

They work in the 'eye tee' department, why on earth would the show be called anything different? LOGIC, people.

I've never heard of the popular people being the 'IT crowd'. I think you are refering to the "IN crowd'.

Ah, YouTube comments.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 5:58 PM on December 18, 2006

Oh, and the reason that boingboing tends to be so fawningly congratulatory about the series is that Cory did some consulting for the show.

As a result of this (and the reason that, despite it's oft weak scripting and stale acting, it's one of the most fantastic shows on television) the office set is covered with EFF stickers and other net geek references. How often do you get to see "MP3 is not a crime" or a poster of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in mainstream... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 6:23 PM on December 18, 2006

"the comments about being afraid to tell them they can't listen to music are ridiculous"

No, they're not.

About a year ago I got thoroughly sick of these types and so began to wage my own daring crusade of public mockery against them. I've found the best offense is to approach them with a friendly-but-baffled manner, as if you can't quite understand why upstanding young chaps such as themselves would want to be... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 9:08 AM on October 31, 2006

I get the feeling that I should be blaming del.icio.us for this but I'm not entirely sure why, can anyone help me out here?
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 8:11 PM on September 26, 2006

It is hard to know what to believe about him, except that he is an exceptionally talented writer.

Just about tells you all you need to know about the journalist conducting the interview.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 4:35 PM on September 17, 2006

I was once forced to "play" through this page at school, in an ethics class.

Time has not improved it.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 4:11 PM on September 17, 2006

"And this happens every day, right, in the Middle East? And you think to yourself about how lucky we are that we've never had this terrible thing before. You can just imagine living [through this every day]..."
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 6:22 AM on September 15, 2006

I can't figure out what would motivate the baiter to publish all the responses with all identifying information.

Mainly because he's trolling.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 9:24 AM on September 8, 2006

Oh administrator, please hope him.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 4:32 AM on September 7, 2006

Man, you guys sure showed them! Giving them your addresses and conning them out of those promotional materials they were freely giving away!

Next up: "stealing" Bibles from hotel rooms.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 9:18 AM on August 29, 2006

Apparently [this might be offensive].
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 9:15 AM on June 24, 2006

I bought my third Dreamcast (the previous two died of overuse, uh) last month after playing the Project Gotham Racing 3 demo on the Xbox360 and becoming horribly nostalgic for Metropolis Street Racer.

Then I realised that Mario Kart (DS) has completely ruined me for proper driving games.

It's not how fast you drive, it's how you drive fast.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 6:23 PM on June 2, 2006

Your Dreamcast died from overuse? I have 1000+ hours logged on Phantasy Star Online and mine is still working fine.

I also used mine as a CD player. Try 8+ hours a day, every day for 3 years. The next one I got was second hand and a little bashed up.

I might try and take more care of the third one, but for £15 a pop it hardly matters now.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 4:10 PM on June 3, 2006

People complaining about how shit individual myspace pages look reminds me of my mother telling me that I need to tidy my bedroom.

A more apt comparison would be a mate who doesn't want to spend much time in your room because the weird lighting makes it hard to distinguish objects from one another, the music is too loud to have a decent conversation with, the decor is painfully juvenile and they keep tripping over piles of mess and crashing into things.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:43 PM on May 3, 2006

We have given you his name and his general whereabouts. Now I'm asking readers to hunt him down and find out where he lives, so that we can publish his address here in the eXile.

Wouldn't this be better off with the SA Goons? Vigilante justice reaches about as far as quiet mumbling on Mefi and anything above that generally succeeds in making everyone involved look like an easily-excitable idiot.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 12:36 PM on April 23, 2006

"Please, please shut up. Internet Detectives are the subject of scorn and bannings on SA in a lot of cases."

Hey I was merely commenting on the reputation your forum has acquired, but I commend you on your attempts to alter that stereotype. However, an antagonistic tone rather detracts from your point, see: (meta).
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 4:45 PM on April 23, 2006

"How To Woo A Girl" is clearly not aimed at jonmc:

For Valentine's Day, don't just buy her a teddy bear or a carnation - be elaborate. Promise to take her to Burning Man!
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 10:52 AM on February 24, 2006

therefore little chance of competing in these "world-wide" competitions

Do you want to get us started on talking about the World Series?
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 9:45 AM on February 18, 2006

I wish I were mahogany.

[this is fantastic]
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 2:33 PM on February 17, 2006

or [via]
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:47 PM on February 9, 2006

"Anthropologists suggest prostitution did not actually seem to exist at all in what were once called primitive societies."

Yes, because at that stage they merely raped the women?
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:47 PM on January 23, 2006

That's more lost clients for the European tourist industry.

Was that supposed to be a threat?
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:49 AM on December 24, 2005

From boostaforum's FAQ:

How are your prices so low?
The first reason is because we are new and made our prices so low to start off and get people interested. Second, we find writers that are willing to post at low costs because they are interested in your forum topic.

I suspect their "frequently asked questions" page needs a rename.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 8:37 AM on December 20, 2005

You could hear the blast all over London, we had our windows shaking and car alarms going off 10 miles away from the area.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:09 PM on December 11, 2005

Many schools and county council facilities will be closed tomorrow ... The decision to close the schools has been taken after seeking expert advice about the plume of smoke above the blaze and the potential risk to health, and the likelihood of severe traffic congestion.

The council has also decided to close day centres, libraries, the household waste site and other county council buildings in the Hemel area.

Intruiging or... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:24 PM on December 11, 2005

"Both from this thread."

But not... from this thread. Either meta it or don't, but lugging around baggage just brings this place down.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:35 PM on November 16, 2005

vagus++ for the excellent Simpsons line...

Are you new?
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 9:56 AM on November 3, 2005

I think it is pretty interesting that that threads were constructed in close to the same way and that the first two links were identical.

Indeed, what is this, best of Penny Arcade now?
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 8:29 AM on October 13, 2005

imagine a white British comedian on tv caricaturing a British Asian rapper and another white comedian at his side also impersonating another Asian person and calling the first "oi paki!"

No, sorry. Ever heard of Ali G?
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:44 PM on September 20, 2005

Yes, I did rather miss this being splashed all over every news source for three straight days. Thank God it came to Mefi two weeks later.

(If we're going to have any NewsFilter I'd prefer DW news over any other but, really? Two weeks later and just some rote links to the BBC?)
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 4:13 PM on August 6, 2005

kalessin: You seem to be quite intent on turning this post into a self fulfilling prophecy on fat bashing. Do you have something new to contribute to the whole debate or is this just going to be another tired rehash?

At the moment you seem to be about on the level of someone taking offense because the title of this post was mean about Americans. Do you really want to be that mefite?
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 8:15 AM on August 3, 2005

WHOOPS, Mike's forgotten Rule Number One.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 11:29 AM on July 23, 2005

From there, it was linked by all kinds of different sites, from Monkeyfilter, to Robotfilter to the Morning News

Metafilter - best of the web when everyone else is done with it!

Getting a screenplay is impressive though, it seems like this "blogging" thing can actually be useful.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 11:31 AM on June 26, 2005

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 12:59 AM on June 22, 2005

Sounds like someone needs a hug.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 9:15 AM on May 21, 2005

[this is bad]
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 2:03 PM on May 20, 2005

[this is going on a shirt]
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 3:09 PM on April 17, 2005

metafilter: thanks for both the hearty approval and mocking scorn
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 4:32 AM on April 8, 2005

This number has only recently been converted to voice mail message. Previously members of the production crew and cast were answering but word got out and the calls increased so they switched to a bland message.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 1:46 PM on November 11, 2004

...
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 8:30 AM on November 3, 2004

metafilter: you appear to have forgotten that stupid in-jokes are "the new wit".
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 10:43 AM on October 23, 2004

Ed remaining logical is fine, but if he could answer multiple people in one comment - instead of replying to each individual person with a new comment one after the other, then I might be more inclined to listen. Actions, not words, people.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 9:40 AM on September 20, 2004

Looks like someone forgot to remove the advert ...
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 6:04 PM on March 6, 2004

*points to userinfo* Heh.

More wankas on mefi, how quaint/kewl/okay! (Delete according to primary message board attendance.)
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 4:22 AM on October 21, 2003

I don't know how they did it, but they shot about 4 different endings for Saruman/Wormtongue to give PJ some freedom and to put others off the trail. (I think one of them involved him being pushed out a window at Orthanc..)

Have been drooling over the trailers since TOR.N put up that Japanese one, it's nice to have a higher quality though.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 12:28 AM on September 30, 2003

Avast! Tis a great, grand logo o'er thar.
posted to MetaFilter by hugsnkisses at 12:08 AM on September 19, 2003