Apple hatebots on metafilter? Seriously? Apple has a hard time on metafilter like Christians have a hard time on Fox News.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 8:18 PM on April 25, 2008

The post was crap, but the link itself isn't the real problem. The problem is all these 'GASP! PEDO!' moonbats. Who might have been smart enough to keep their fucking gobs shut if, as has been suggested, the poster had done his research and made a post with backstory of the video and some derision of the retarded and unjustified controversy over this harmless video.

Some of the posters in that thread... Christ. I mean, talk about xenophobic.

Grow the fuck up.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 8:18 AM on April 24, 2008

Well this is interesting, cultural differences might be the whole thing. I'm not Dutch, but I'm also not American, so there's another level to it again. But allow me to just say that when I watched the video I pretty much saw what it later turned out I thought I saw - a TV host acting weird and making a kid giggle. So all the "CREEPY" was just out of left field as far as I'm concerned. (Weird isn't necessarily creepy. Not funny isn't necessarily creepy.)... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 9:14 AM on April 24, 2008

Actually, I just caught up with the rest of the comments in the thread, and there are some good points providing better context that may reduce or eliminate the squick factor if known before viewing the video.

So would you say that, oh I don't know, perhaps there had been some degree of false panic?
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 9:22 AM on April 24, 2008

No, that's Dame Silvia Cartwright, our previous governor general. The current one is a fat Indian dude.

Incidentally our last two prime ministers have been women. The current one since 1999. (I'm kind of loathe to count the previous one, as she wasn't actually elected - she rolled the previous leader of her party and took the top spot.)

At one point the speaker of the house, the chief justice, the governor general, and the prime minister were... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 7:30 AM on April 14, 2008

Dear Metafilterians,

Metafilter is not a feminist battleground, but if you find a great site that is a feminist battleground, metafilter is the place to post a link to that site.

Cheers,
The Monkey
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 5:43 AM on November 17, 2007

Ok so maybe there are too many deletions, but don't forget how well our Jess meatholed that moonbat with the "dangerous video". That was awesome, right?

So, bygones.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 2:36 AM on July 19, 2007

Maybe instead of editing her comment next time you could just drown her?

I've got a shovel you could borrow when you go to hide the body in the woods.

(It's a good strong shovel, but do wear gloves -- maybe the same ones you wear for the drowning? -- that's a big hole you'll be digging, and the wood will be rough on your paper smoothed skin.)
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 7:01 AM on July 9, 2007

Dear Jessamyn,

A nice quiet out of the way hole 'neath the boughs of the largest tree in the forest sounds nice. Particularly for the tree which has never before eaten so well.

Please commence with the drowing. They'll all take the hint eventually.

Love,
The Monkey
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 4:49 AM on July 11, 2007

One has made it all the way down here to New Zealand. (The blue of the shirt is fairly close to the blue of the page, in my case.)
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 3:35 PM on May 24, 2007

"Grow a skin?!"

Yeah, we're not allowed to talk about circumcision here either.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 6:00 AM on April 4, 2007

Sorry, if it's Saturday I'm out.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 1:54 PM on October 12, 2006

I might go skiing. If not, I guess I'll probably come. Keep posting as you get the details sorted out.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 4:42 PM on October 10, 2006

(Althought strictly speaking we shouldn't be having a BBQ until Labor Weekend or later.)
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 4:44 PM on October 10, 2006

It really is too early for BBQs, but no BBQ means no booze.

How great would it be to stand around in the park, in the blustery wind with an occasional passing squall, trying to eat blackened sausages that are perhaps a little too pink in the middle, in the midst of all the uncomfortable silences, wondering if you have anything in common with all these bloody internet nerds.

But hell, at least the beer would stay cold, right?... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 1:48 PM on October 12, 2006

When big things happen in New York, or anywhere else, maybe we can talk about that. When little things happen in New York, or anywhere else, and they aren't friggin' cool websites, they don't belong here. No matter how shrill you are about it.

You want Keswick to take a time out because he disagrees with you? Diddums you goddamn crybaby. Talk about how scared you were that your kids were only a block away from a really scary car crash on your own... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 2:38 PM on October 11, 2006

I actually really like the idea of allowing no more than 4 questions in a calendar month, as this will slightly reduce the maximum possible number of questions per user, but it would be best to do this in conjunction with the current one per 7 days rule, not instead of it.

This 10 days or 2 weeks thing, it's just a bit too miserly, I think. Though from my own posting history, one per year would appear to be adequate.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 2:24 PM on October 1, 2006

Not me, I have an irrational dislike of The Viaduct in general, and The Loaded Hog in particular. I hope you guys have a great time though.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 9:53 PM on September 12, 2006

So how was it?

(I quite like the Cornwall Park idea as well. Dirty smokey crowded cities seem to do a lot of the bar meetups, so maybe we can do the nice [spring/summer]time in the park green meetups. Also, I'd like to get drunk in the park, eat a lot of sausages and chops, and then walk my dog home (I'm in Epsom, pretty close by to the park).)
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 6:13 PM on September 15, 2006

I'm with you, frogan, but suspect that you're actually not.

Women are crazy in such weird ways compared to men. I blame that whole cycle thing. Metafilter being what it is though (political "correctness" coming out of its ass) it's a pretty tough question to phrase to get past the dreadmaster general.

Maybe something like, "[MisogynistFilter] Why won't women do what I say, when I say it, without crying all the time?"
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 11:06 PM on August 30, 2006

4.1% certainly isn't bad... But, here in New Zealand it's 3.6%. So. You know. We're even more awesome.

Also, I realise I made a little mistake in my earlier post, allow me to correct it here.

"Why won't women girls do what I say, when I say it, without crying all the time?"

Ahh yes, that's much more comfortable.

Ladies?
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 2:53 AM on August 31, 2006

I never visit projects, not ever. I think the commenting thing is the reason that I was never turned on to it. On MetaFilter I almost always read the comments in the thread before deciding if I want to look at the links.

The reason I'll probably never visit jobs is because I have a hunch it will settle in to being all (or at least 90%) about friggin' New York and California. Which is pretty useless for people outside those states, let alone for people who are outside... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 11:19 PM on August 30, 2006

The Picture of Everything.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 6:20 PM on July 16, 2006

Oh snap... "even for you." Burn!
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 5:54 PM on July 16, 2006

I can't see it.

Wait, is that it? In amongst all the fishies?
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 3:42 AM on July 16, 2006

Fuck this, I've got food poisoning. I want some cunting goddamn sympathy too. Bitches.

Oh, but on the love train, it occurs to me that in addition to there being plenty more fish in the sea for Jessamyn, it just so happens that there are fish in quonsar's pants. For Jessamyn.

So, there you go.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 5:27 PM on June 18, 2006

I'd like to be able to choose how near is near. I'd also like to be able to turn off a lot of these little features through my user page. (For example, if I didn't ever flag or fave, turning off that stuff would clean the page up a touch.)
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 5:49 PM on June 9, 2006

Some things are all about the twist. The ending of certain movies, some TV shows, and so on. It's rude to post those on the front page when they're 'current'. Especially on a site that isn't even about god damn movies or TV shows, but about the best sites on the web.

If you want to post links to various Lost community websites and so on, you can easily do so without giving away any twists that happen in the season 2 finale.

How is this so fucking difficult?
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 11:16 PM on May 29, 2006

1. I've been to Australia a bunch of times, it's a great place. As a straight male I enjoyed being hit-on by so many hot gay dudes.

2. I've eaten skippy. Really. Well, kangaroo. It tasted like curry. Goat is better.

3. The most ignorant person I've met in my entire life was an Australian guy I met at a pool bar in Vanuatu. He was jaw-droppingly ignorant for someone that was in to travelling.

4. Flight of the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 9:32 PM on May 26, 2006

If you want to talk about the secret twist/results/whatever in the comments, go for it, people don't have to read the comments, but if they want to use Metafilter, they might very well have to read the FPP.

This is a global forum, with all sorts of time zones represented. Sports games might not play at the same time, movies might not be out on the same day, and TV series might not be at the same point in a season - or even in the same season.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 6:37 PM on May 22, 2006

Although it is kind of funny, in a disproportionate and needlessly-vicious kind of way, so there's that.

Good, that was what I was going for. See the "I base this on my my own kneejerk prejudices." bit, for example.

I'd do it again.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 10:16 PM on May 7, 2006

I still think that if the asker gets anonymity, the answerer should be able to as well. Only seems fair.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 5:45 PM on April 20, 2006

docpops
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 5:59 PM on April 8, 2006

Oh my God, he was right, it is cool seeing his name in the grey!
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 5:59 PM on April 8, 2006

Afroblanco, for real, plus, anyone notice the joke?

Hint: Konolia, member since: September 9, 2002.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 8:32 PM on April 5, 2006

Yes, in Auckland, New Zealand.

BBSmates doesn't do us justice (area code 09, but there's at least one Finnish BBS with the same number), we had a pretty busy scene. I remember my BBS list being about 300 (local) numbers long, but of course I settled on just 3 or 4.

Good times, bad for my schooling though. And as soon as I got an internet connection I completely lost interest.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 2:34 AM on April 3, 2006

You either get your civil liberties, or you get google video. You can't get both. Deal with it.

I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that we can see google video just fine in New Zealand. I think you know what I'm saying.*

(* My country kicks your country's torturing, warmongering, democracy staining ass.)
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 2:48 AM on March 2, 2006

yerfatma, well, I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. So?

crunchland, I am free, and I love it.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 9:18 PM on March 2, 2006

Mee-fie. Mee-fight. Ask-Mee. Mettuh.

So says this New Zealander, and we like strange vowels, so I'll be disappointed if this proves to be the consensus.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 2:05 AM on March 2, 2006

This is a stupid idea, I'm only here to for the snark. And to subtly drop mentions of New Zealand being way cooler than your piece of shit country everywhere I possibly can.

See?

New Zealand rules!
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 7:57 PM on February 8, 2006

Especially me. See how many commas I used? One.

Need more commas.

And subtlety.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 8:06 PM on February 8, 2006

He is so not a jerk! Can you imagine living with that woman? If she's not having endless nightmares waking him up every night, then she's flying off at the drop of a hat, and abandoning her family for days at a time.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 7:26 PM on February 5, 2006

A few days ago Matt said he gets a lot of lame anonymous questions that he doesn't publish. That tattoo question is so pathetic, it makes me want to see the questions he doesn't let through. What can people possibly be asking that are less private/embarassing than that?
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 7:20 PM on February 5, 2006

I'd post more about New Zealand, but our elected representatives were elected, and represent us, and are mostly pretty smart, even the ones whose politics I don't agree with. Also, haven't been attacked by terrorists since that thing with the fucking French in the eighties.

So it'd be, you know, boring... by comparison.

Suck it, Seppos.

Actually, the reason I don't post at all is I know I'd post skin crawlingly... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 3:36 PM on February 2, 2006

I think that'd make a good FPP.

I'm sure you're right, but instead of dry economics, I went with the much easier to tackle famous-New-Zealander-filmmaker turns cross-dressing-Hollywood-prostitute.

(Ahh, that old story, eh? If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times.)
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 2:35 AM on February 3, 2006

I think this is a fantastic idea.

I nominate myself as chair.

Seconds?

Thanks, all in favour?

Great.

You're all banninated! Now get the fuck out of my site.

(Furiously writes report.)
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 3:55 PM on January 30, 2006

*Furiously hammers gavel on table.*

This meeting is adjourned motherfuckers!

*Takes gavel and walks out.*

*Turns off microphones.*
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 4:12 PM on January 31, 2006

I filled out the survey, now all those US based advertisers after the lucrative New Zealand market will know where to go.

Matt, I'd be interested to know how you would have known who'd filled it out, I mean, if you were going ahead with you Ipod idea.

Which I guess I kind of wish you had. I could have sold it and bought an iriver.

I had no problem with the jobs options, but I did have a problem with the currencies.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 11:48 PM on January 23, 2006

Would have saved a lot of trouble, and got way better answers, if he'd just asked the whole question from the beginning.

Why do people do this 'sort of amibigious outline of kinda what I'm doing and want to know' thing? You can ask as big a question as you want, you even get an automatic 'more inside'.

His qualifiers and clarifications made a huge difference to the tone of the question, even to the moaniing-minnies who'd previously been begging... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 8:57 PM on January 12, 2006

I guess it's the beginning of a new era for Metafilter, I'm most impressed by the new phrase 'piss filled cunt' which cropped up a few days ago, I'm waiting for the first sighting in the wild of...

Suck a piss filled cunt, haters.
posted to MetaTalk by The Monkey at 6:25 PM on January 10, 2006