Please start posting about poor missing/dead minority women.

He didn't say he cares about missing/dead poor/non-white women, just that he dislikes people caring about rich white ones.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 9:32 PM on July 18, 2008

I bet greasemonkey can do that.

Why hasn't anyone registered the username greasemonkey yet? Or its variations?
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 5:36 PM on July 19, 2008

If he doesn't know where they are, there's some at my house that need doing.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:51 AM on July 17, 2008

Yea, I object to the Pommy/Seppo-centric nature of this conversation.

When I was growing up 'twat' was pretty much the only swearword my mother would use. It's about as offensive as 'oh my goodness!'. 'Cunt' can be used either like 'fuckhead' (relatively offensive, but not gendered) or as Ubu refers to, a usage more like 'bastard': no offense whatsoever, no gender implication.

(etymology of Pom)
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:59 PM on July 9, 2008

I just thought I'd mention that it only took me one minute to read the post. (I have apparently picked up the habit of reading the introduction and conclusion first, so I saw the 'this took you five minutes' bit and went back to time myself, deliberately reading at least at normal speed if not slower).

Do you guys all really read that slowly? How do you ever get anything done?
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 4:36 AM on July 4, 2008

"that lincoln addressed the confederate troops before the battle"
I'm going to assume that's a joke.

And no, I don't work for the public service, I don't work at all. I just read fast so I can go back to playing flash games. Maybe I'll slow down when I have actual work to do :)
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:57 PM on July 4, 2008

mkultra, not all prescriptivists are Ron Paul/Ayn Rand fans.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 7:40 PM on July 3, 2008

Um, really? I would have said the instantaneous velocity of the conversation is the gradient of its tangent.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 9:21 PM on June 23, 2008

huh...vicious.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 12:16 AM on June 17, 2008

OP's an idiot. Even when my parents were kids 40 years ago, they ate basically the same thing every day - ethnic food was for ethnic people. Dad remembers having tinned spaghetti once, that counted as Italian food.

Also, people assumed he was American because Americans are the ones who normally show complete ignorance about every other culture in the world, especially on the internet.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 8:00 PM on June 12, 2008

My favorite mis-read abbreviation is BFF. It doesn't matter about context, when I see that I think 'best fucking friend'.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 10:27 PM on June 10, 2008

Yea, but that was in AskMe.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 4:50 PM on June 10, 2008

I think this thread will be more interesting if we assume that all the people with doubled flickr accounts are actually sockpuppets for each other.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 9:04 AM on June 10, 2008

I get all my mefimail forwarded straight to my regular account, so I read it there. Then I make an effort not to read it in the mefi inbox so the little envelope is always telling me I have new mail - it's like a constant warm fuzzy feeling.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 10:35 AM on June 5, 2008

Huh, see facebook does that to my friend as well, but somehow I have fixed the universe so that when facebook emails me, it contains the text of the message as well. I tried to figure out if I'd done something to get that behaviour so I could show her how, but I have no idea. This guy wrote about it as well, but some of his respondents also still have to visit facebook to read their messages. Anyone know what's going on there?... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:58 AM on June 6, 2008

sian, why don't you set up your own mail account to auto-forward to your email account? That wouldn't remove the need to alert other people, but at least it would mean you never missed noticing your own mail.

This assumes you check your actual email regularly, ie; you are not a freak. People who don't check their email regularly are freaks.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 11:44 PM on June 9, 2008

You've been here since January, and you've made two MeTa posts in the last week?

LURK MOAR
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 4:41 AM on June 4, 2008

I haven't checked either, but this MeTa comment doesn't fill me with confidence.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 4:55 AM on June 4, 2008

kittyprecious writes '"Yr" is spelled without a period, as it is meant to mimic informal writing much like LOLTXTMSGery.'

Trusting as I do in Jessamyn's general literacy and ability to refrain from msn-speak, I assumed that she was actually using the more archaic version 'yr.' which used to be seen in letter writing. I had trouble googling for examples, but there are several on this page.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 9:36 AM on June 4, 2008

Ah, see, I only responded because you claimed pedant points, and I saw the opportunity for a triple-twist-pedantry-reversal combo to boost my own score :)
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 10:24 AM on June 4, 2008

I had an awesome pizza with lamb and yoghurt on it once. Mmmm.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 2:09 AM on June 3, 2008

Thank god someone meta'd this (even though it's gone now) because now I have somewhere to say: the OP sounded like an immature jerk, and his ex girlfriend should shutup already and let him fight his own battles if she has such trust in his mental faculties. And the tone of the thread is the fault of the post for being all 'need drink to get through class...class is boring...blah blah'. Why the hell would you even bother turning up to class with alcohol? You're deluding yourself if you think it... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:58 AM on May 27, 2008

Wait, what, Deep Dish? There are people who considering wearing shoes inside a house to be an Asian custom?
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 1:10 AM on May 27, 2008

Three percent (3%) want both candidates to drop out

What the hell? To make room for Edwards, or are these the closeted Republicans in the poll?
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 11:45 PM on May 25, 2008

meh...five fresh fish posted something ornate insect really agreed with, gets deleted because it was way editorialising, ornate insect gets upset because five fresh fish doesn't have a blog he can have this conversation on.

and this:" I think it's possible some very vocal persons early on in the thread lambasted the FPP for "editorilizing" when their real problem was with the content of the editorializing--and not with the "meta" issue... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 2:03 AM on May 20, 2008

I guess you're not in the cabal then. I can't think why you would have missed out!
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:02 AM on May 20, 2008

I think Marie Mon Dieu was actually being serious...

*ponders* Is that more or less disturbing than Blazecock Pileon also being serious?
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:11 AM on May 15, 2008

I checked at uni and at home and they're not available. Maybe they're just specially enabled at your work? GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY!
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 1:44 AM on May 6, 2008

Are dersins and cortex cool with having their IPs up on that?
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 10:27 PM on May 4, 2008

It's not happening for me in Google Reader.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 4:45 PM on April 25, 2008

'the primary tenant tenet of your charity'

It was bugging me.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 9:32 AM on April 23, 2008

Personally I use 'muse' (or leave it blank) for this category. Y plate of beans MV.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 5:07 PM on April 20, 2008

I wouldn't be surprised if traffic does flow better by using all lanes, but it feels like those who know the lane is closing and use it to go further up before entering the slower 'real' lane are queue jumping.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:25 PM on April 17, 2008

bathtub burrito pudding guy
Holy shit, am I glad I didn't click on that godkiller thing!

Also, Grod: today's winner of person I would most like to never hear from again.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 11:28 PM on April 2, 2008

I'm not sure I agree with the idea that a gender-neutral site would simply not make references to gender: I think the issue is more that gender should be able to be noticed/discussed without falling into sexual stereotyping and 'I'd hit that'. We, the female population of metafilter*, are terribly sorry that you're not having fun here, but ... ok, I give up, what the hell does 'the second run to corner market' mean?

*Actually I don't speak... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 9:27 PM on April 3, 2008

and on non-preview, papakwanz is accepting Justinian's apology, yes?
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 1:21 AM on April 3, 2008

I just thought it was my net connection and kept refreshing - in my defense, it's actually April 2 here!
screenshots:
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(it just keeps slowly changing colour)
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 7:59 AM on April 1, 2008

looks again at her screenshots, feels horribly embarrassed realising it shows she is currently working on 'theses', 'procrastination', and three tabs of metafilter.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 8:11 AM on April 1, 2008

googly: do you mean why is TPS' profile pink? It always has been, users used to have the option of modding their profile with custom css. It got taken away after some exploits were discovered or something, but pre-existing css remains until the user edits their profile. TPS (alone?) has held out!
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 8:15 AM on April 1, 2008

*agrees with shakespeherian, adds Nattie's name to the list...ponders odi.et.amo*
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 8:24 AM on April 1, 2008

googly: I don't see it, it stays pink for me - but I've already disabled the April Fools flashing, have you?
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 8:33 AM on April 1, 2008

Someone's got a question in Ask about how to disable it.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 8:46 AM on April 1, 2008

No AmbroseChapel, this was the correct thread to read to find out how to stop it as soon as you wanted to.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 10:55 PM on April 1, 2008

i do.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 11:14 PM on March 31, 2008

Because it's not there any more. Sometimes, apparently, the mods send you an email about it to explain, depending on the self-evidentness of the deletion and your relative noobitude.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 2:00 AM on April 1, 2008

Yea, count me in for wednesday night* - coming from Camberwell but easily able to get anywhere on pt. I emailed those who'd already commented in the thread, locals can get in touch with other users who might be interested :)

*I told you I was disorganised.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 10:23 PM on March 24, 2008

If we're just doing drinks, I'd be in for 8.30pm at Bridie O'Reilly's on Chapel St. Or earlier/later somewhere else, just thought I'd put a suggestion out there :)
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:45 AM on March 25, 2008

crofts it is. Time? I think i'll get there at 7, but i can take a book or something if others will be later.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:45 PM on March 25, 2008

Yea, I'll probably be in a giant brown hoody in this weather, or a black fcuk tshirt. My mobile number is in my profile.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 11:46 PM on March 25, 2008

After all, it was Ubu who sent us there - so either it is what he thinks of as fun, or we have just seen another skirmish in the ongoing battle between Melburnites and their envious northern neighbours...

Of course Melbourne won, braving torrential rain, freezing cold and some freakish late sunlight that still didn't illuminate that alleyway, to make that meetup happen. Also I tried a new cocktail, a Rob Roy, so I consider it a personal victory as well.
posted to MetaTalk by jacalata at 6:20 AM on March 31, 2008