I'm in, flexible, but a wednesday or thursday is preferred. Throwing the Times Bar into the watering hole suggestion hat.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 7:15 PM on April 26, 2008

I'm in! We could do the Borough, since there's a parking deck close by ($1 before 7pm, free after, but maybe the Borough validates?). And we could take advantage of the 4-7pm munchies like mediareport said. I'm poor at the moment, can you tell?!)

And I've never been to the Borough either, Orange Swan, so we can lose our virginity together. :D
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 9:39 AM on April 30, 2008

See y'all there!
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:06 AM on May 5, 2008

Dammit, I missed it, too. And Congrats, Marxchivist!
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 11:36 AM on February 11, 2008

this was just annoying and painfully unfunny.

My thoughts exactly.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 10:03 AM on April 3, 2006

Throw us Something, America. Wish I could make it Chef. This is a heartbreaker. The whole situation is.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 4:41 AM on February 10, 2006

civil_disobedient let me bore you a little more: Mine wasn't about MeFi, but it was prompted by that kettlebell thread. Some big fat guy came up to me at a gas pump and was waving kettlebells around while saying, "Hey baby, check *this* out!!" to hit on me.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:15 AM on June 9, 2005

*CLINK*! Toasting the newest MeFi's arrival!
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:03 AM on May 2, 2005

:( I'm bummed. Poopy helped me through my inaugural snarkfest here, and in subsequent email exchanges afterward. What a shame, he was a really nice guy. Warm thoughts to the family.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 7:22 AM on April 18, 2005

weston: shoot us an email and we'll do it again.
posted by moonbird at 5:46 PM PST on April 11 [!]


I'm there, Jay, please keep me in the loop. *sigh* and to think I was pounding beers to an awesome blues band on Beale Street while the festivities raged in Asheville. oh - And I'm bringin' my djembe!!
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 7:38 AM on April 13, 2005

Awwww man! I'll be in Memphis...

damn.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:24 AM on March 25, 2005

*clink*!

Cheers, Matt & Jess, a rocking thank you. & Yeah it is necessary - positive vibe when it's most needed.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 4:34 AM on February 21, 2005

Does not calling it out = acceptance, joking or not?

I genuinely don't understand what you mean here. Can you explain/rephrase?

My dilemma with bringing it to MeTa was, if we tolerate posts like that, does it empower more folks to continue posting them? If I called it out, I'd have people telling me to chill / grow some skin / quit being a feminist, etc. If I didn't call it out, & maybe Jessamyn would have deleted it... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:40 PM on February 12, 2005

I wasn't looking for volunteers, and I didn't want to disclose the budget for the project immediately, but made it clear I would pay for help.

It could be a fine line between an "ad" as the second commenter states, or a request for tapping into a network of qualified people. I'm not a corporation or a resume troller; I'm an individual looking for some help. Since there are several technically knowledgeable folks here, it was a starting place.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 1:07 PM on February 8, 2005

The post is already gone so yeah, everyone, I got the message. It might be helpful if some of the invisible guidelines were more visible. The AskMe wiki didn't really address it. As an aside, the offering of payment private would've fallen under the "volunteers wanted" offense, but I hear you me3dia.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 1:25 PM on February 8, 2005

Thanks, Matt.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 1:38 PM on February 8, 2005

"I need to pay someone for an hour or so's css work. Anyone interested."

This is what I was after. I guess I shot myself in the foot by providing details, and having it sound too ad-like. My search continues elsewhere. Nothing to see here, move along.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 3:31 PM on February 8, 2005

Seanyboy thanks for honing in on the real questions. This place is wonderful for drilling down to clarity. I can't post in AskMe for a week, so feel free! ;)

And Scarabic, that rule of thumb is helpful.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 11:20 PM on February 8, 2005

To be forever known as the yoga clause

Why, I'm honored! [beaming proudly]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 1:25 PM on February 9, 2005

Add me to the I'd-pay-50bucks-a-year line. New features or not. And Thanks, Matt for nixing the SG ads.

I applaud you in your passion for the community and its evolution. At the risk of propelling another 600+ comment thread, Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny, so maybe the site is growing up.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:23 AM on February 3, 2005

$20 sent.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 1:23 PM on February 3, 2005

[Applauds Jessamyn]. Congrats, and good selection, Matt. BTW all the doomsayers, it doesn't have to be the impending Great Comment Guillotine - as grateful points out several comments above. Maybe the snark creep into the green has prompted some much needed refining. That's how I see it.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 8:22 AM on January 27, 2005

we have here a community that trusts and respects eachother. Advice from a fellow MetaFilter user beats random internet advice all to hell. It also promotes discussion. Discussion is good.


late to the party, I am, but so be it. This in a nutshell is the purpose of AskMe IMHO. Previous to AskMe, "trusted" sources for information [not buried under a search engine result pile] for many of us included siblings, friends, parents.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:41 AM on November 27, 2004

All of the above - from the original post, that is.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:09 AM on November 11, 2004

the unemployment rate is fine.

Yeah. As long as you're not looking for a job other than retail or McDonald's. Or anything that pays more than $8/hour.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:36 AM on October 11, 2004

if you want to blame it on one guy, that's your choice.

Who said I was blaming it on one guy? You, I believe. And as for the education / choice of major, it's more the honest work and career building that develops WAY after college that makes marketability, not the degree per se. Plenty of people have successful careers in fields other than their study focus in school.

Might I suggest Robert Byrd's book, Losing... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:39 AM on October 12, 2004

Yes, it's negatively regarded in the way you describe.

Should we do anything (if there is anything) about it?

Manners and common courtesy combined with more thought prior to posting/commenting would be lovely- is it a realistic improvement for MeFi? The critical bent drives whether folks post or not, which doesn't seem a good motivation for sharing.

What would be the end goal of... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 2:38 PM on September 22, 2004

the engine that's driving the Great World Brain?
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:42 AM on September 21, 2004

IMHO it's the community. Here it's more of a "so you're gay, so what" as opposed to another board I frequent where there is enough homophobic commentary to keep it in the closet, even though the majority doesn't care. Here it seems more of a recognition/acceptance that being gay is part of who the person is, as opposed to all of who he/she is. Sort of like moving beyond the novelty & difference and regarding it simply as a community of... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 4:48 AM on September 9, 2004

Does this mean the 200 counter is reset to 0 again?
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:08 AM on September 3, 2004

Gyan!!! :D And stupidsexyflanders ruined my pristinity. Dammit.

It's amazing, isn't it, what can be done with a brick?
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 10:42 AM on August 25, 2004

Such good company I keep. :) I just wanted to know if the poop in the punchbowl was a good thing or a bad thing. Possibly a non-thing, according to the Zen presence. With all the brains here and whatnot. This will suffice.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 12:57 PM on August 25, 2004

The only voices of dissent come from angst-ridden curmudgeons, jackasses

I'll drink to that. The MeFi nutshell. *clink*
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:15 AM on August 26, 2004

$10 for the pony.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:46 AM on August 19, 2004

Worst. Best. Had a couple deleted. due to re-postage. Haven't we all.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 9:50 AM on July 29, 2004

Maybe it's Cheney who should shut the f**k up.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 6:24 AM on June 28, 2004

Raleigh NC: hitting the Rialto's showing Friday if others want to join. Come on, crunchburger! ;D
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:31 AM on June 24, 2004

Gee Wally, tough crowd, as usual. Did I say I'd never used it? Let's move on to the next dissection, shall we? At least I know what to do with $14. BTW, thanks, Stav.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 6:44 AM on May 21, 2004

Ok, so I should've emailed Stav instead of posting to MeTa. Of course, it's possible he wouldn't know the answer (if he wasn't the original poster, as I now know for sure) and would say why didn't I ask MeTa. Yes, I've used 'more inside' a couple of times. It wasn't until it showed up on almost every post that it seemed more like noise. Ah, Metafilter. There's always more inside. The electron microscope is free to use now.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 10:48 AM on May 21, 2004

10 hours/week +/-. Neither an increase nor decrease from last year. I get info primarily from the 'net, less invasion from the evil marketing sector. And there is generally a 2-3 day lag between web content and local paper printed content.

TWC (no reruns! ;)
PBS (antique Road Show, The Office)
Discovery/TLC
Occasional silliness like Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Ellen Degeneres' opening monologue
continuous... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 4:20 AM on May 17, 2004

10 hours/week +/-

TWC (no reruns! ;)
PBS (antique Road Show, The Office)
Discovery/TLC
Occasional silliness like Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Ellen Degeneres' opening monologue
continuous music stations

Never CNN/Headline Glam news channels, reality shows, Oprah/talk show noise bullshit.

Have to add that my favorite TV news station is NWI out of Toronto. I find... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 4:23 AM on May 17, 2004

Apologies for the double post.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 4:24 AM on May 17, 2004

ooooooooo! I'm aiming for Jack of the Wood by happy hour....check email....
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 6:09 AM on May 5, 2004

[applauding y6^3 heartily.] And chuckling @ space cadet. Will anyone ever think good manners are cool?
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:43 AM on April 14, 2004

Noob or no, perhaps it is due to reading countless new orafice administering [by the self appointed MeFi Elite] that an introductory apology seems necessary to ward off such attack. Just a thought.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 12:39 PM on April 6, 2004

Another vote from yours truly for leaving wisecracks and snark factory out of AskMe. That's what #mefi IRC is for, IMHO.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 8:38 AM on March 14, 2004

Grumblebee, I'd like to thank you for your persistence in examination of the asshole/snark/sarcasm/perception phenomenon. Much better expressed than this MeTa thread I now realize I was getting at awhile back.

I'm not sure I have much to add except possibly that feelings are a bigger part of society, whether online or IRL, than goes acknowledged. Why? Are they meaningless or invaluable? Less so than intellect? If they are there, they are there, and one must deal with,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 3:48 AM on January 8, 2004

I'm 4 hours from you and would be happy to join. Walking on water not required.
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 5:05 AM on November 11, 2003

As I said in my second post in this thread, point(s) taken. I can see how my words were antagonistic (maybe too strong a word, but I can't think of another one at the moment). Being human, it's hard [for me] not to take on tones (not necessarily yours) present already. As for the broad brush comment of intellectual masturbation; I don't think I'm the first to make the comment along the lines that people here sometimes just add to the noise with no real content. The comment was directed to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 9:21 AM on September 7, 2003

Thanks, languagehat.

One afterthought I had was related to the sarcasm factor. It seems that the more folks post, they develop their own posting style, which may be tolerated in different ways from a new or less vocal poster.

So if Poster A is known for caustic remark, it's more likely to be written off as their style, rather than a catalyst for a flame war, as might be the case with a less visible Poster B.

And maybe... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by yoga at 6:35 AM on September 9, 2003