MeTa post: Please kill my thread

Ah. good to know.



Note to JohnMC if you read this:

I was polite, civil and reasonable and you turned it into a "you need to be rehabilitated because you are retarded" personal attack.

You were way out of line, especially within the context of what I tried to keep a very civil and polite discussion.
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 11:45 AM on May 12, 2008

MeTa post: When the cat's away the mice will SPAM.

But I was promised a free album! And I read the post ALL DAY!

For shame, mods.. For shame..

Seriously though, it Didn't seem like a big enough deal to get riled up about.
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 6:09 AM on April 28, 2008

MeTa post: nice trick

I thought my eyes were fucked up.

Then I thought my monitor was broken.

Then i figured it out.

Stupid April Fools.
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 10:43 AM on April 1, 2008

MeTa post: Big love for community heroism

I think it's some of the highest quality intellectual, humorous and poltical content available.

It's not pandery or overly simplified. It's intelligent, funny, emotional, honest , and most importantly, fulfilling.

Not just a as a member, but the simple act of sharing a front page article with other readers of similiar interests brings importance.

It's not like digg where it's a popularity contest. it's not slashdot... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 1:08 PM on March 21, 2008

MeTa post: To what end?

You're full of shit reklaw.

You didn't post it because it's funny. You posted it because you get some perverse fucking enjoyment out of seeing something ruined for other people.

It doesn't matter that it's a goddamned kids book or that it "always" happens. You view it in the same fucking way as all of the other spoilering shitheads view it.

As a chance to kick down someone elses sandcastle, to ruin an event,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 6:49 AM on July 19, 2007

Also, if the above rant is inappropriate, flag and nuke it please.

Just had to get it out of my system.
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 6:49 AM on July 19, 2007

Chunking - A 2 word post linking to a ytmnd post. The 2 words were purportedly major spoilers for the new harry potter book.
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 6:51 AM on July 19, 2007

It's not meant as an insult. I don't particularly give a shit what you think.

Nothing I type, nothing I write will change your attitude, it was more of a cathartic venting for my personal use, as well as for community enjoyment.

I know people like you. Hell, I've built products specifically FOR people like you. It's a common behavior. You're a specific personality type It's not unique, witty or anything positive. It doesn't make you popular,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 7:07 AM on July 19, 2007

It doesn't matter if it's minor.

This would be an example of the statement "it's the principle".

Be it Harry Potter, or other popular media, or even something minor, it's just a shitty thing to do.
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 7:13 AM on July 19, 2007

Yeah but this time he's an honest to god witch.
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 7:15 AM on July 19, 2007

Even fake spoilers fuck up the entertainment medium as you experience it consistently wondering "will I hit that spoiler I read?"..
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 7:16 AM on July 19, 2007

MeTa post: Does the self linking ban apply if you move a clip...

What do you recommend for photo hostings? Similiar thing, someone is sending me a few high res scans of old material that's applicable to the original post.

Flickr? Call it out as a self link on that one? These are more of supporting pictures/scans of real world things. I'd link to someone else's versions of this, but there simply aren't any.

Btw, the post in question is an aggregate post, linking to all manner of videos, pictures, text and so on.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 7:37 AM on September 28, 2006

Upon further review, don't worry about the photo question. Not needed anymore.
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 7:38 AM on September 28, 2006

So that raises a question.

Is the purpose to self aggrandize and promote a blog?

Or to share information, experiences and links we find on the internet with the Metafilter community, and discuss thoughts and emotions related to the original post?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what I've been seeing here for so many years, but it seems like the most interesting moments in Mefi for me have been reading the shared perspectives... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 8:03 AM on September 28, 2006

Seems a little semantic though.

If I like to someone's site who's hosting a video, vs a mirror of that video on youtube ( to avoid getting the original hoster a c+d letter), I don't see much of a functional difference.

And on the photograph side, which is irrelevant because I'm dumping anything that's not already on the web, at what point does a collection of individual links or informational conglomeration BECOME best of the web?... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 8:11 AM on September 28, 2006

Oh yeah, The immature reponse should be:

I'll Show YOU!. I'll go Post to my OWN BLOG and metafilter will LINK TO ME! Then I'll be best of the web!

And there'll be hookers and blackjack.

On second hand, forget the blog.

:)

To everyone, thanks for the feedback. It's actually very helpful .
posted to MetaTalk by Lord_Pall at 8:29 AM on September 28, 2006