"I want to know how to make a cake. And there is [more inside]"

Oh, salvia, thank you so, so, so much for saying this. That has been annoying me for so long. Most annoying AskMe habit to date.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 9:25 PM on October 25, 2006

Ah, yes. This is why I don't read MetaTalk anymore. Thanks!
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 6:54 AM on June 18, 2006

On the topic of Katrina, someone please explain why this post is worth keeping. Honestly...this is a question that requires the help of the MeFi community? Really...the poster isn't even trying to figure it out on his own. I thought we discouraged that kind of thing.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 9:58 AM on August 30, 2005

I agree that expression of conservative ideas or any defense of President Bush should not be tolerated. It makes me uncomfortable to hear the other side of a debate.

And I can't believe we're still not over the whole "drama queen" issue. Bunch of drama queens.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 11:36 AM on February 17, 2005

Off topic: wouldn't people be more likely to search by "vegan" than "veganism"?
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 6:07 PM on February 13, 2005

If the post in question is not acceptable, then this one isn't either.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 7:23 PM on January 20, 2005

trharlan beat me to it. I think the Atlantic has a subscription for a service. And random readers republishing that paid-content on their websites is probably not something they approve of.

I vote for thread deletion on those grounds alone.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 12:31 AM on January 10, 2005

I'm too lazy to find it now, but the revamped AskMe post page that Matt made up actually is designed to display all posts with a one-line question, forcing all detail into the comments/post page.

I prefer the one-line questions. It makes it much easier for me to decide whether to read it or not. But I agree that they need to have sufficient information. As for the post in question, I was able to skip over it since I've never been a big fan (and thus no expert) of comics.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 9:08 AM on January 4, 2005

Touché.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 10:26 AM on January 4, 2005

Not bad, Gyan. I think it's a good idea to keep the basic MeFi design and just improve functionality. I'm actually pretty impressed with some of the changes you are suggesting.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 10:46 PM on January 1, 2005

I like Alt F4's. Very nice.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 3:34 PM on January 3, 2005

I guess Goatse.cx is high treason, but bitter snarks are not. Oh well.

I'm with jpoulos. I was with KS until that. Banination for-evar!
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 2:45 PM on December 29, 2004

I'm with fff. These are weak for anonymous questions. The Best Buy one reminds me of this about the double paycheck.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 7:35 PM on December 28, 2004

wondergirl, sell it for as much as you can. Capitalism is great! If you make enough, you can even give Matt a cut for being such a great guy.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 4:04 PM on December 15, 2004

As opposed to having it here in MetaTalk already?

I think that was the joke.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 5:40 PM on December 15, 2004

What jpoulos said, with about the same amount of snark.

You get paid double (no matter the form of payment), the first thing you do is tell your boss. He'll send you to payroll or handle it himself. Whether it's a check, cash, direct deposit, or gold bricks; the answer is really friggin' obvious.

It Matt wants to allow it, I don't care. It's his site. But it's still a dumb question. And I suspect the asker was secretly hoping someone would say... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 2:58 PM on December 1, 2004

Therefore, the advice to "Don't do anything until you notify the employer and find out whether or not they can/will take the overpayment back automatically" is, I think, quite helpful.

I guess I assumed that would be the obvious thing to do. Apparently, I was wrong.

The absolute last thing I would do would be to write a check for the over-payment.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 3:23 PM on December 1, 2004

The nice thing, though, is that we have the same conversation going in two threads now. It's like...stereo.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 3:23 PM on December 1, 2004

Just that we are debating it at all makes it non-obvious by default, no?

Touché.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 5:47 PM on December 1, 2004

I hope they don't have slashdot and totalfark accounts on there.

Slashdot is pay now? I don't see it.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 5:45 PM on December 1, 2004

That's still 1995 potentially valuable and interesting new folks.

Yeah, n00bs have posted some awesome posts in the last couple days.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 4:06 PM on December 1, 2004

hugeURL.

heh.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 3:26 PM on December 1, 2004

I second that. The guidelines are one thing. But showing deleted posts is helpful. Plus it's amusing.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 8:09 PM on November 30, 2004

I'd rather see someone hook up a nice MeTa post with some examples of deletions.

Stop being so creative.

Can we dump this on y6y6y6 to do?
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 8:29 PM on November 30, 2004

What Vidiot said. You can put anything you want on your user page. It's pretty much free form. Don't waste Matt's time with a feature request when you can already do it.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 12:09 PM on November 30, 2004

Were they trying to make a play for an ebay sale of the 20k user?

I would have, if I had thought of it. Instead of this 19816 number I got instead.

On preview: username links have just changed to hide the user number. Nice.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 7:57 PM on November 29, 2004

On preview: username links have just changed to hide the user number. Nice.

Okay, they did on the preview page, but not anymore. Odd.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 7:58 PM on November 29, 2004

Time Is Tight: At least you didn't register "Mr2000".

Out of curiosity, what name would you have picked if you planned to auction it?
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 8:26 PM on November 29, 2004

You know, if you're going to post in the wrong section, you could at least do it here and save some time.

I think every MeFi and AskMe post should come with a complimentary MeTa post, with a randomly-generated complaint just to get the ball rolling.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 3:02 PM on November 28, 2004

This post is what I call a public service. I hadn't read the comments until Kirk pointed it out here. Definitely an awesome post.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 12:02 PM on November 28, 2004

quite an eye-opener

ba-dum-bump-TSCH!

That amused me.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 1:42 PM on November 28, 2004

I agree with dash-slot-. I don't really care, because I just skip over those questions, but it is pretty ridiculous. AskMe is becoming Google for lazy people.

AskMe: Let other people Google for you!
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 6:49 PM on November 26, 2004

Shouldn't AskMe be a last resort for information? Too many of these questions are "I felt like posting something: here's what came to mind..."

I've personally started many AskMe questions, only to hit "Back" and look elsewhere.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 11:28 PM on November 26, 2004

The quality of your posts will determine your status.

Yeah...the posting history of MrAnonymous isn't all that spectacular. But I think I'm starting to be like my grandparents: I like to hold on to everything.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 10:47 PM on November 25, 2004

How about a dollar PayPal donation to change a username?

Well, I just paid $5. It would probably work.

The reason why I asked if it would set a bad precedent is because of people who might piss all over the threads could just change it to avoid building a reputation.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 10:54 PM on November 25, 2004

fff: MrAnonymous is retired.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 11:13 PM on November 25, 2004

The worst part about this is that I can't even do a FPP with this new account yet. Grr.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 9:50 AM on November 26, 2004

THAT's the name you went with?!?

I've given up on the whole "nickname" thing. I'm a member of the school of thought that you can't give yourself your own "real life" nickname, so I'm applying that to these Intarwebs too. I have bradnelson.com, so I'm just BradNelson from here on out. As lame as it may be.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 9:53 AM on November 26, 2004

I read it as "Bubbles".

I would like to see a MetaFilter where other users could pick your name.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 3:37 PM on November 26, 2004

I like this.
posted to MetaTalk by BradNelson at 10:57 PM on November 25, 2004