I think this needs more USB ports.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 9:31 AM on March 10, 2008

I stopped at '4Barack.'
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 6:49 AM on February 5, 2008

If we've learned anything during the entire existence of the internet during elections or Snakes on a Plane, it is that it is a terrible indicator of turnout.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 6:25 PM on February 5, 2008

While I'm glad to see that the kid from Pete and Pete is alive, he probably needs help.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 9:58 AM on December 26, 2007

"We seek your leadership," Kevin Conrad told the Americans. "But if for some reason you are not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of us. Please get out of the way."

Oh snap! *woofs, arsenio halls*
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 3:04 PM on December 15, 2007

I'm glad the live studio audience from the Cosby Show is keeping busy after it went off the air.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 2:09 PM on November 26, 2007

There are plenty of people with very expensive personal hobbies and art projects out there, unfortunately it's this person's fault that he tried to sell us its awesomeness through presentation which of course incurs snark.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 4:23 PM on November 14, 2007

It occurs to me that when this happens you have two options:

1) You're James Blunt, and you write a song "You're Beautiful."

2) You're register a domain name "http://www.nygirlofmydreams.com/"

Now, option 2 doesn't seem that bad now, does it?
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 9:28 AM on November 5, 2007

I hold global warming responsible for everything from slow elevators to the popularity of Dane Cook.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 6:20 AM on October 23, 2007

Basically, have a nanofiber blanket hundreds of miles square assembled in space.

I like this idea. It'll also put all of the birds to sleep.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 8:49 AM on October 23, 2007

The trail divides here.
You may:

1. float down the Columbia River
2. take the Barlow Toll Road

What is your choice?
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 7:33 AM on October 15, 2007

Achewood sucks.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 9:54 PM on September 27, 2007

Suggestion: next time don't lead off with the two movie links, it makes your post look like a bad marketing post.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 1:57 PM on July 27, 2007

Yeah, seriously, why would left-leaning counterculturalists boycott Fox News? Isn't that like stupidly easy? It's like, Let's all boycott US Weekly while we're at it. Because I know you're all reading US Weekly.

If you're going to boycott something (and I'm saying this from the perspective of a person in the advertising business), boycott CNN or MSNBC. The networks that are pandering to you but are failing. They, more than Fox rely on your data to get... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 10:18 AM on July 27, 2007

I'm confused on how that isn't a boycott. I sort of get the "go after their advertisers" argument, but I think that my original post still applies in that regard.

The advertising buys for O'Reilly, Hannity and Colmes, etcetera are finely tuned to their respective audiences. If I may build an analogy, it's like if the audience for WWE RAW decided to go after the advertisers on Desperate Housewives.

They're completely different... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 11:38 AM on July 27, 2007

If people want to do that, I think more power to them. But it's a tremendous amount of effort before a group can get enough steam to go from 'fringe crazies' to a large enough lobby like PETA. If this movement can get going and accomplish its goals and get some PR, then hey, great! It worked for Nike sweatshops and lots of other things.

My only point is that, I think a far more easier and more effective strategy would be to go after CNN and call them out. Let them know... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 11:56 AM on July 27, 2007

...that's why I said "Pandering to you but are failing".... auuuuugh I'm going for a walk.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 12:20 PM on July 27, 2007

Uhm, folks, last time I was in a casino there was a very prominent Drew Carey slot machine. I think this is upward momentum.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 9:59 AM on July 24, 2007

All I know is, as soon as Drew Carey misses his first putt on camera he is dead to me.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 8:54 PM on July 24, 2007

does anyone read the posts down here?
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 12:44 AM on July 14, 2007

Thank god Metafilter:it's your web, log it didn't last.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 3:14 AM on July 14, 2007

I have to hide my booze from Tom, but where?! I know! I'll take this ordinary box, and write HATS on it! Alice you sly girl, Tom will never question that box holds anything but hats! This calls for a drink!
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 1:03 AM on July 12, 2007

I have to hide my booze from Jane, but where?! I know! I'll take this ordinary box, and write HATS on it! Jim you sly fox, Jane will never question that box holds anything but hats! This calls for a drink!
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 1:13 AM on July 12, 2007

I have to hide my gay porn, but where?! I know! I'll invite Peter Parker, my friendly neighborhood Spiderman over for a game of pool and molest him! Wait, what?
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 1:28 AM on July 12, 2007

AUUUUUUUGHHH!!!!! AUUUUUUUUGGGGH!!!!
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 1:46 AM on July 12, 2007

Favorited for the simple fact that I've always felt compounding degrees of horrible guilt every time I pass 3,000 miles since my last oil change. Now I can delay that ignorant pain until 5,000.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 10:08 PM on July 11, 2007

Yeah I'll give it a shot. Please open up this video in the background to listen to "Ashokan Farewell" as you read in a folksy Ken Burns narration.


Dear Internet of 2007,

It brings me great joy to hear from you during these dark times. The last few months have brought much pain and sorrow to our home and loved ones. In 2101 A.D., war was beginning. Someone had set us up the bomb. We had no chance to survive to make our time.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 12:17 AM on July 11, 2007

Listen, that isn't just black dust, that the essence of a dark matter borne from the thrashing coils of a fear engine tearing asunder an unholy false idol upheaved from the gaping maw of a turtlenecked beast after consuming the tortured souls doomed to a depraved religion based on fruit.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 10:12 PM on July 10, 2007

If I was enslaved to Roman Gladitorial combat, I have to admit that if they announced my next opponent is a man called "Sanjay Gupta" a small part of me would be comforted.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 7:19 PM on July 10, 2007

I hope this follows Deal or No Deal.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 11:25 PM on July 9, 2007

Well, before we base this entire conversation over a very bait-ish description of the show, snippets of what I've seen on DailyMotion makes me think that the show could be another Nip/Tuck (could just be the opening credits) if done correctly. However, this promo on YouTube makes me think otherwise.

In any case, I don't think this will fly on a major network's advertisers. I doubt it will happen, on NBC at least.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 12:20 AM on July 10, 2007

Whoops, meant to say here's a pretty repesentative episode on Dailymotion, where you can basically get the entire gist of the show even if you don't understand the spanish. No, seriously, you really don't need to know what they're saying, even during the scene where the heroine gets tips on prostituting herself on the corner to a prospective drug lord, only to get the girl with the bigger boobs chosen over her.

To anybody who thinks this is a ridiculous show, NBC's... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 12:38 AM on July 10, 2007

This reminds me of a lesson I learned back in the glory days of Acrophobia. They separated the game into two gameplay areas, one that was clean language PG-13 and the other was an adult area where anything goes. As you'd guess, every player in the adult areas would play like...

CFMG

1) CAN'T FUCK MOTHER'S GRANDMA
2) CUNT FARTING MAKES GRAVY

Funny, for about 2 seconds, and then you'd run screaming back to the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 2:57 AM on July 9, 2007

There is so much fascinating subtext in that Alvin and the Chipmunks poster. Namely, that the chipmunks are now black (Yes, I'm associating hip hop with being black, when they could just as easily be the Beastie Boys, but stick with me here). Has Alvin and the Chipmunks always been about a white man in control of a poor black ophaned family's music career? I mean, it's not like the chipmunks ever saw any of the money they made from performing day in and day out for their... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 2:55 PM on July 7, 2007

Ah, funny enough, Newgrounds got to the root of my concern and got sued for it. The Chipmunks Gangsta Rap.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 3:29 PM on July 7, 2007

When they came for Enterprise,
I said nothing, because I am not a Trekkie.

When they came for Star Wars Prequels,
I said nothing, because I was not a Jedi.

When they came for Transformers,
I said nothing, because I was not a Transfan.

When they come for a live-action Darkwing Duck,
There will be no one left to speak out.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 7:52 PM on July 7, 2007

Note: I spent about ten minutes trying to think of a beloved franchise that hasn't been updated yet, and originally I had The Jetsons. Apparently, the live-action Jetsons has been greenlit for 2009. god-dammit.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 8:05 PM on July 7, 2007

I don't know anything about this trend, nor of the people involved, but my personal opinion is that the use of the word guybrarian must be stopped here and now. Because, seriously.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 11:57 PM on July 6, 2007

This site seems like a compilation of people actively searching for something to be offended by, like an animal lover at a slaughterhouse. Probably because it's just not as interesting to focus all of your effort on Barbie dolls anymore since they've gone down in popularity. Some points:

Women in comics are big boobed softcore porn: Yes, yes they are. Superhero comics are fantasy directed towards hormonal guys (because, they buy a lot of them). You know why? Because men... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 7:58 PM on July 4, 2007

I like how schmegegge says things I mean, but in a much less assholish fashion. Probably because I'm distracted by big boobs.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 9:39 PM on July 4, 2007

I would have read them all, but I was kind of distracted by big boobs again.

Listen, in all honesty I don't think there's going to be much ground given up on either side here. This is going to sound after-the-fact, but I've kept up with this debate since the Mary Jane statue debacle. I'm going to tender a suggestion, and that is more support and attention should be given to comics that get it right. A lot of When Fangirls Attack, Girls Read Comics, etc.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 12:27 AM on July 5, 2007

WTF do you have against The Princess Diaries???
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 2:20 AM on July 5, 2007

I too, like The Princess Diares ("Royal Engagement" not so much though), and I guess I'm tired of being told that I should be ashamed that I'm amused by superhero comics that pander to my hormones at the expense of women.

Well, I think this ended on mostly good terms. Merry Christmas and God Bless Everyone.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 4:20 AM on July 5, 2007

I've spent the day mulling this over, and I think Artw kind of points to the general argument from both sides of this whole deal, and that is:

Why can't shitty comics be better?

Pretty stupid when it's put that way. It's also the same argument about objectification in WWE professional wrestling, and many other boyzone-areas. They're shit. And they exist. Shitty things, exist. Shitty things are usually immensely popular. It's disappointing, but... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 3:56 PM on July 5, 2007

The graphic novel market is so large now, that it's not hard to find a quality work and gift or recommend them to your friends. I don't think there's a need to explicitly boycott the bad ones, but it's important for the image of the comics industry that there exists a much larger world beyond the big boobed spandex. I think that's really the best way to do it, buy what you enjoy, but gift the comics that are really representative of the best to people who have the wrong view of the industry. I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 4:28 PM on July 5, 2007

Mmm. Did somebody say calamari? The closest would be.... AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 2:21 PM on July 5, 2007

I've seen this done at a strip club. It was called the Aristocrats I think.
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 8:16 PM on July 3, 2007

it's become a generic, like band-aid or kleenex. Get over yourself.

Nalgene bottles are ubiquitous? What? In what other universe than preppy college students, as this Yale Herald article hints at? Nalgenes, which I admit are pretty durable due to their laboratory roots (who also make all kinds of polyethylene stuff), make sense for hikers and outdoorsmen. I'm not going to deny that.

Just like Jeeps, SUVs, and North Face gear... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 6:00 PM on July 3, 2007

Or you could just, you know, say "Water Bottle."
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 6:12 PM on July 3, 2007

Regardless of the Nalgene argument and the tap water quality stuff, this is my main point:

You ever hear arguments from audiophiles over ridiculously expensive stereo equipment?

It's the same thing with water taste, as it is for any experience. You, are buying a story. The story about how this amplifier weeds out even the most nonexistant noise. The story about how Olive Garden trains its chefs in Tuscany. The story about how water tastes... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Stan Chin at 6:37 PM on July 3, 2007