Don't you think Boing Boing has, at the least, handled this badly? They know how things work on the Web. This is like throwing red meat to hungry dogs.

Since the folks at Boing Boing do know how things work on the Web, I suspect there's something more to this story. Since Patrick Nielsen Hayden posted as he did at Making Light, I suspect whatever "more" there is has nothing to do with either Teresa or Cory Doctorow,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 6:21 PM on June 30, 2008

You know who else was germane?
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 10:57 AM on July 1, 2008

According to cillit bang's research, the cyclops kitty is now gone. How can the cyclops kitty be gone?
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 2:04 AM on July 3, 2008

You're one of my kind, Astro Zombie.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 10:49 AM on June 27, 2008

Their [i]Superbad[/i] review was pretty funny stuff, both of them seeming to take the position that the vulgarity weakened the thing and made it bad, but both of them genuinely appreciating how unvarnished and unsentimental the portrait of youthful sexual appetite was, and how NOT-fake the kids are in it. It's as if they liked the movie in spite of themselves and their awareness that they ought not like it. I like them! Thank you for the post, jbickers. MetaFilter gives us another one!
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 4:36 AM on June 11, 2008

Dammit. BBCode screwed me.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 4:37 AM on June 11, 2008

At Making Light there's a good thread about the photo bondcliff linked.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 10:03 AM on May 28, 2008

They won't rest until they see you in the ground, Dizzy. vronsky's mission is to bury us all.

IN AWESOME.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 3:44 AM on May 17, 2008

The McCain "walkout" was a mockup, a joke. He waves a good-natured goodbye before returning to his seat; Stewart's shouting was also mock outrage; all jokes.

Watch it yourself. (Although it's in Part 2, and I've linked Part 1 so you can see the whole interaction. It's about 10 or 12 minutes total.)
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 1:53 PM on May 8, 2008

(On non-preview: Okay, fine. Everybody else already linked it. Anyway, it's still all jokes.)
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 1:54 PM on May 8, 2008

This whole article reads to me like a weirdly off-topic advertisement for some product I cannot identify, and which I, well, DO NOT WANT.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 7:59 AM on May 8, 2008

Thanks for the obit, dersins!
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 8:00 AM on May 8, 2008

55% Dixie? Weird, man.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 8:55 AM on May 2, 2008

There's probably a word for not being surprised at all that an internet discussion about lesbians has devloved into a series of predictable puns and innuendo.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 7:11 AM on May 1, 2008

When I read about this at Scalzi's weblog Whatever (which is down for the moment, so linking cain't happen) I misunderstood and thought the whole project had been organized initially by a woman. I kept thinking that for the first few comments in this thread—not having clicked through to the link—and when I realized it was a man who put it together, my whole attitude just inverted or something. At first I thought it was bizarre fun; now I think it's inept and will return to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 7:52 AM on April 23, 2008

Scalzi's take.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 8:02 AM on April 23, 2008

Making a Portishead post without linking to this very decent Guardian piece or to this this good piece in the NYT doesn't make any sense to me.

The album—which I've heard twice now—is different, spikier, weirder than their first two, which I loved as much as I've ever loved any record. I suspect, with time and repeated listening, I will love this one as much.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 12:31 PM on April 14, 2008

Hey, no worries, hypersloth. I borked the NYT link, which should go to "After a Decade Away, Portishead Returns", but didn't.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 12:39 PM on April 14, 2008

This, this I love.

I love this.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 3:13 AM on April 13, 2008

Shit.

Thanks, Blazecock Pileon, for this pointer. I would not have seen it otherwise.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 1:20 AM on April 10, 2008

miss lynnster, I hate to do this to you, but, uh, double from the FPP.

Astro Zombie, thanks for this. Widmark was indeed charming in that game-show appearance!
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 7:01 PM on March 26, 2008

. . . my dad liked that scene in particular?

You know what? I'm sorry, miss lynnster. There was no point in remarking on the doubling except a loose attempt at humor, and it wasn't funny, and you were doing no harm.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 11:24 PM on March 26, 2008

It still seems to be working for me, lawrencee. Dunno what may be happening to keep it from you.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 8:31 PM on March 16, 2008

Pollomacho, an appropriate beverage for such a libation would be a two-liter bottle of Mountain Dew.

Man, this is making me sad today.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 1:58 PM on March 4, 2008

Scroll up and down. That first deer butt is pretty ordinary.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 2:01 AM on February 27, 2008

This was already posted in an open thread, so I dunno if it flies on its own. It's funny, especially if you thought the original Silverman/Damon clip was funny.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 5:22 AM on February 25, 2008

That's that bean-plate thing, isn't it broodle? Although, to play along, as has been noted by ericb and—in passing—by awesomebrad, both Damon and Affleck are in committed relationships, which would supposedly exempt them from the evolutionarily-imposed demand of procuring mates, right? They're out of that market now. So how does their willingness to make fun of themselves by participating in Kimmel and Silverman's extended skit correlate with any kind of mating behavior? Are Damon and Affleck... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 12:05 PM on February 25, 2008

Dantien, you might want to take a look at Dave and Steve's Gay Vacation.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 4:30 PM on February 25, 2008

Not funny, moonbiter. Not funny at all. If you're going to go meta, you have to bring in culturally-approved reinforcement from published sources, otherwise you're opining on your own merits, which is tantamount to asking us—them—whomever—to take you down. It's like turning yourself into chum and pouring yourself into an ocean thronged with sharks.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 2:17 AM on February 26, 2008

Ah, ColdChef, I see. Perhaps the paper helps to explain why racist questions are allowed on netatalk.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 7:57 AM on February 26, 2008

This stuff turns around fast nowadays, huh?
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 10:58 AM on February 26, 2008

It is perhaps unfortunate that I refuse to click those links, however, I will comfort myself in the hope that I have seen enough sick and/or disgusting stuff for a while, and I will also comfort myself by adding a MetaFilter: joke to the thread, to wit:

MetaFilter: a whole other order of bad.

Thank you, and good night.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 5:12 AM on February 23, 2008

Dude, I really, really wish your username wasn't "Rancid Badger" right now.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 12:43 AM on February 25, 2008

(A bit long at 70,000+ words, i.e., the length of a short novel. A Woolf novel, yes, but tough to manage on-screen, hadjiboy. Looks like a good site, though.)
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 4:56 AM on February 24, 2008

For one reason the War and Peace link wouldn't fly, languagehat, www.online-literature.com has been linked a bunch of times already.

One or more of the links you entered were found in 14 previous threads.

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/65614 (October 16, 2007)
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/62136 (June 16, 2007)
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/59851 (March 29, 2007)
http://www.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 10:07 AM on February 24, 2008

Yeah, that's pretty danged good.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 5:25 PM on February 15, 2008

You missed a prime opportunity for a BIL and TED joke in your title, LoopyG.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 1:08 PM on February 13, 2008

Yeah, pjern, you kinda shot yourself in the foot presentation-wise, with a leeetle too much editorializing. A mystery meat link would have worked better in this case, I think.

As far as the pictures, I guess I don't see the Kincade connection so readily as I see a Norman Rockwell thing happening. So much staged fun, such a provocative sense of vitality, movement, and overall well-being, as if things are really okay where these... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 6:42 AM on February 12, 2008

Wow, that metaphor makes my head hurt, Eekacat. The Photoshop verb maps onto karate, so you're karate chopping the images, which are then . . . tenderized? So we can taste them and the taste is palatable? My mind, she shrieks, she questions, she cannot imagine this!
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 10:11 AM on February 12, 2008

You didn't use Photoshop as a verb, Eekacat; I just interpreted the karate image as a way to refer to using Photoshop, and then I confused things further by using the verb "map," which probably wasn't the wisest writing choice I've ever made. And in fact, the thing is meant as a joke in any case, because I really have no headache and I like the imagery. I like suggestive, vivid prose. No criticism intended.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 11:21 AM on February 12, 2008

Oooh, False Dichotomy! You ain't workin', man! You readin' MeFi and makin' favorite comments again! You gonna be in so much trouble, man!
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 2:15 PM on February 11, 2008

This is a double, mjjj. (Though your link still works, where divabat's doesn't.)
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 10:59 AM on February 11, 2008

All right, fine. I'll favorite this post. Jeez.

[This is crazy good, Dave Faris. Of course, you know that already, but still.]
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 6:22 AM on February 10, 2008

Wow! I bet that is one happy damned pilot, with a lifetime of stories ahead.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 3:50 AM on February 10, 2008

Dammit. Thanks for the spelling correction, KokuRyu.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 12:50 AM on February 10, 2008

I just saw the link to the Economist piece at Danny Yee's weblog and was quite impressed by it, but I'm much more impressed by this thread. It's wonderful, and thanks to fourcheesemac for initiation, and to everybody who made it excellent by their attention and imagination, again, thanks. This is one of the best things I've seen at MeFi.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 4:54 AM on February 9, 2008

It's only the second time we know about, Bookhouse. Matt Damon could have pretended to be dozens or hundreds of different people and recorded songs about every crazed infidelity he's ever perpetrated as a serial pop-song Lothario, for all we know.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 3:16 PM on February 6, 2008

They fall right out of the sky.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 1:08 PM on February 5, 2008

MetaFilter: in even worse taste than a haiku limerick.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 10:23 AM on February 5, 2008

I propose the snark on this post be upgraded to include alternative candidates for "the silliest poll ever taken." I am unfortunately unable to provide any such upgraded snark, myself, due to unfamiliarity with poll-taking techniques and repositories, but I am confident in the Massed Power of MeFi to compensate for my shortcomings.
posted to MetaFilter by cgc373 at 3:11 AM on February 4, 2008