Metafilter: This is an in-joke.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 2:20 PM on July 26, 2004

It's like in the cartoons, when the little tornado of battling limbs, teeth, hair and flying stars comes whirling in from the next room to this one.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 4:25 PM on July 20, 2004

How about at least limiting the word count of each question? There could be an automatic "More Inside" feature when you're typing it in for further explanation/background. That would help keep things from sliding past too fast.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 10:34 AM on January 26, 2004

I've wondered about this too - a few people have asked about travel advice for a region I just wrote a guidebook to. I emailed them both, assuming that would be more kosker, but still wondered if it would be OK to say something like "check out my website, it's in my profile" or some such thing...
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 10:06 AM on January 13, 2004

um, "kosher"
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 10:07 AM on January 13, 2004

MetAverageJoe.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 11:08 AM on November 7, 2003

Metafilter: I've looked, and...
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:49 PM on October 22, 2003

WWMP?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:01 PM on October 15, 2003

Jesus, if I ever got Internet-audited here at work, they'd probably crucify me. One nice thing about having your own office and no (I think, knock on wood, genuflect) filters.

*shudders, looks over shoulder*
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 7:55 AM on August 27, 2003

What qualifies as an extreme circumstance?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 9:50 AM on July 28, 2003

What kind of grapes, white or red?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 2:40 PM on July 16, 2003

Doesn't Politiki have that quiz game (quizzo?) on Tuesdays?

(And I think it was Politics & Prose that did the Trent Latte. Brilliant.)

*debates a shift from electronic universe to real one*
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 10:06 AM on July 9, 2003

Hi! My Screen Name Is:
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 9:34 AM on July 10, 2003

I write travel guidebooks.

To pay the bills I sit at a desk all day and read Metafilter edit an ecology journal.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 12:19 PM on June 25, 2003

Friend of mine was someone's "lifeline" a few years ago. She got it wrong (it was about Thomas Jefferson, and we all went to U.Va., and alummi the world over cringed), and he believed her, and got cut.

But Regis did comment on the sexiness of her voice.

Big money, no whammies. Woo!
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 8:20 AM on June 25, 2003

And yes, I hear (through another contestant friend) that the buzzer is the whole key. Many times you know the answer but the infernal device locks you out for buzzing in too early.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 8:21 AM on June 25, 2003

Wow, that is exhaustive rusty. Now if his name had only been Mike...
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 6:58 AM on June 5, 2003

I'm with jpburns. Neither unique nor interesting.

Meaning the link.

*kowtows out of room*
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 12:04 PM on May 7, 2003

Who you calling gloomy?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 9:05 PM on April 30, 2003

And don't nobody touch that tagline.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 9:06 PM on April 30, 2003

Heh. He said "yank".
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:48 PM on April 24, 2003

Saw it on a friend's Links bar early 2002. Thought: Whoa! A treasure trove of random, useless, yet often interesting crap! Then: Wait, they're discussing all of it. I have to be a part of this. And after multiple tries, noon-on-the-dot in a Panama City internet cafe, I was...[sigh]
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 9:01 AM on April 17, 2003

Most of my friends still think I have some sort of special internet voodoo, finding all these stupid/weird/intriguing sites I forward every day. I keep telling them, "Naw, really, it's all from this one site," but they don't listen.

Guess I'll just let em keep thinking I'm cool.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 12:48 PM on April 17, 2003

what's a fiver?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 9:25 AM on April 7, 2003

he's a witch! burn him!
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 11:33 AM on April 2, 2003

It's ok to edit history if it's wrong.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:27 PM on March 31, 2003

Are you equating stopping posting and lurking with truly wanting to raise quality?

And, just out of curiosity, where is it that your comments are better served?

And, what Stan said. Which just applies this once.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 11:28 AM on March 21, 2003

*stands, is counted*

*sits*
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 10:10 AM on February 20, 2003

Could we make this standard for those of us operating without headphones?

Great link, btw.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 8:31 AM on February 7, 2003

I was talking about sound on the linked site. I listen to music on speakers here at work, and I just though it would be nice for some sort of warning (like "reg req'd") to the effect that "as soon as this new window opens, something will come out of your speakers besides your music."

No biggie.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 9:58 AM on February 7, 2003

Yup, what laz said. Doing my part to increase the clutter...
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:03 PM on February 7, 2003

A NYT clip of Ashcroft singing?


An?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:40 PM on February 7, 2003

Wait - am I infected with something now? Do I need to go scrub down?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 8:56 AM on February 3, 2003

how about a version of Metafiler formatted for the cellphone?

Heck, why screw around - why not just exchange cell phone numbers?


*shudder*


i kid because i care
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 6:32 AM on January 30, 2003

Any way to remove identifying info? Probably not...
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 9:59 AM on January 22, 2003

Metafilter: 1n m47h0wi3 w3 7ru57
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 11:46 AM on January 13, 2003

Why aren't these in the FAQ?

'Cause then people would be trying to create their own just to get listed, dimwit.

Oh, thanks.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 11:25 AM on December 18, 2002

The what?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 2:24 PM on December 12, 2002

dammit, q, you beat me to it.

what a mental image.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 7:19 AM on December 12, 2002

Metafilter: A little mass crank-yanking

Metatalk: What's the problem again?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 11:44 AM on December 9, 2002

next question: who spends the most time here (aside from mr. m)? of those who have the site up 24/7, who hits "refresh" the most times in one day? therein lies the true sickness...
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 6:50 AM on December 9, 2002

Reading all the above, it seems like the simplest thing to do by far would be to have deleted posts still show up in the search engine, with some sort of tag that says DELETED.

Searching for "Michael Jackson" and "dangle" (a dangerous combination, granted) now turns up nothing. If the deleted links came up, italicized or somehow marked as "Posted already but zapped, thanks" the problem would (mostly) be nipped in the bud.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 10:00 AM on November 20, 2002

I don't want to create a deleted post graveyard.

So is this the only option what would allow deleted posts to appear in a search? I'm confused.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:36 PM on November 20, 2002

Good work. We'll probably want to define "dead horse topics," and be clear about what "water cooler conversation starters" are, and why exactly they should be avoided.

On that note, how about links from each bullet point to good examples?
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 8:59 AM on November 8, 2002

on preview, what crash and stan said. especially crash.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 9:00 AM on November 8, 2002

I have little to add except to say that I will be very bummed if this site closes. (Am I the only one here that, from time to time, starts thinking about MeFi, say, in the shower, or over dinner, then thinks Man, that's a little weird? Am I talking out loud?) Since I traded desert canyons for 10 hours a day at a computer, it's one of the main things keeping me sane.

That, and there are few better... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:30 PM on November 6, 2002

[Metafilter: Not safe for work]

Stan, you rule.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 8:46 PM on November 4, 2002

A dandelion - pik out the (whiteboy) fro and wear green tights.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:16 PM on October 31, 2002

Or maybe Carrot Top, dragging around a pay phone and screeching, though I think that might lead to beatings...
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 1:17 PM on October 31, 2002

Metafilter: No beautiful virgins.
posted to MetaTalk by gottabefunky at 5:54 PM on October 30, 2002