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MeTa post:
Spam from a MeFi user.
languagehat said: "Ils ne permettent pas le spam étranger au Québec. Ils fabriquent leur propre spam."
C'est pas "étrange"? Aussi, au Québec, la plupart de temps on dit "Ils permettent pas". (On peut omettre le "ne".)
(Mais chui pas une linguiste, ou d'ailleurs une francophone.)
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 2:52 AM on July 19, 2008
Not mine in Quebec! But outside of that, probably yes.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 12:08 AM on July 20, 2008
By which I mean in casual conversation, same as T-V, which I understand is quite a bit broader here than in international French.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 12:12 AM on July 20, 2008
MeTa post:
A SHIT OBIT
The last two days on Mefi have got me thinking that this is maybe not so much a good place for me to hang out. It has begun to feel toxic and angry.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 12:07 AM on July 13, 2008
MeTa post:
"Wow, look at the Boobies!"
I can't believe how vehemently some people are defending that crappy post. And to be honest I'm more offended by this thread than by that. Now not only do we have a conversation where we're ogling titties but we're telling women we're bored by their complaints about it. That's class.
I like your stuff a lot of the time, not_on_display, but you totally shit the bed on this one.
Anyway, I've thrown my flag into the queue, for what it's worth.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 5:13 PM on July 10, 2008
Oh, and PS. maybe the reason women are using the term "boyzone" instead of "sexism" is because it softens the impact. Because that's what women often feel we have to do.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 5:16 PM on July 10, 2008
This MeTa thread has lowered my opinion of this community. I'm sorry about that.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 7:38 PM on July 10, 2008
MeTa post:
Another open letter.
Science! said: "Remember kids, celebrate the greatest country in the world by blowing up a little piece of it."
Well Canada Day was actually Tuesday, but I suppose there's no reason you can't still do the fireworks today.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 10:11 AM on July 4, 2008
Let me tell you about the delicious plate of potatoes fried in butter (with fresh herbs from my balcony) that I just made myself. Seriously, nobody makes home fries/hash browns/fried potatoes better than this.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 9:29 AM on July 8, 2008
BAM! Take that.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 10:27 PM on July 8, 2008
BURN
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 3:30 PM on July 9, 2008
MeTa post:
Bleep bloop
Dude. Did you search for "atari"? Because it's the 6th result.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 10:26 PM on July 8, 2008
MeTa post:
Thread pagination +500 comments
Alvy Ampersand said: "Maybe a thread that's gotten too big to keep reloading is trying to tell you something.
"Hey chowder head, click on Recent Activity!""
When threads move faster than 10 posts per check, Recent Activity doesn't help.
I know these threads don't happen that often, but they are usually threads I want to keep up with (the MeTa sexism threads last... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 8:23 PM on July 1, 2008
I'm definitely not asking for 10 posts per page. I'd be happy with 300 per page, but even 500 would be an improvement.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 10:19 PM on July 1, 2008
So, about the pagination for huge threads... that's a no, huh?
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 9:29 AM on July 8, 2008
Sigh.
It was a reasonable request, no?
I have a personal interest in things like Internet community moderation and wanted to follow the BB thread but can't reload 2MB+ pages. I have a bandwidth cap plus my computer can't handle it.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 12:11 PM on July 8, 2008
MeTa post:
5 minutes of great reading.
I tend to think that if someone gets freaked out easily maybe the break from the site is exactly what they need anyway. It resets the ol' perspective-o-meter.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 4:44 PM on July 3, 2008
MeTa post:
Ugh, all RIGHT, mom, I get it.
I don't mind as much when people keep posting because they have an original contribution to make. But just posting "nthing no" or whatever is beyond pointless.
I am willing to concede that this fact resides in pet-peeveland though.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 5:09 AM on July 1, 2008
Favouriting answers can be a form of agreement. That's what I often do when I agree with a comment and don't have anything new to bring to the thread.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 2:20 PM on July 1, 2008
MeTa post:
They erased his face!
Can I just say that pb, I appreciate you. You do so much cool shit around here that we don't even notice because it just quietly makes using the site pleasant. I hereby award you my favourite person of the day award.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 4:36 PM on June 30, 2008
Thanks for that, Dersins -- we almost let a thread about Twitter pass by without making sure everyone knew we think Twitter is rilly stupid! Awesome save.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 5:02 AM on July 1, 2008
MeTa post:
MeFi Follow-Up: Joe Horn is Cleared of All Charges
unbefuckinglievable.
just unbefuckiunglievable.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 4:39 PM on June 30, 2008
Sys Rq said: "He's an example either way. As it stands, he's an example of a man who killed two men; he did not shoot them in defense of impending harm to himself or his own property, but, he claims, to a neighbor's--although he shot the men in the back, as they were leaving the scene of the non-violent crime they had just finished committing in broad daylight."
Don't forget that it was not a crime committed in the heat of the moment. Horn... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 9:02 PM on June 30, 2008
MeTa post:
More than one category for AskMes?
Since we're all here, I'd like to add that I'd like a pony as well.
Oh, it's not related to the site -- I'd just really like an actual pony. Preferably wearing sneakers.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 3:32 PM on June 29, 2008
MeTa post:
Post editing ability
Can we also ban the word "nth"?
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 4:26 AM on June 29, 2008
Y'all really don't need to worry so much. Post editing is possible on the vast majority of Web message boards and the world hasn't stopped turning yet. There will be abuses only on the scale that there have always been abuses of the site, which because our moderators are so fantastic, is apparently little.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 2:22 PM on June 29, 2008
MeTa post:
Account Closing Protocol
Another reason people want their account disabled or deleted is because they are trying to make a "fuck off" statement to other users or to the site's management. I can't think of an example of that sort of flouncing off of Metafilter but on a site I run I've had those kinds of demands. If you won't delete their account some people feel that you've got something on them somehow, or they feel they're not being given freedom from the site, sort of like that Seinfeld joke that in order to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 12:05 AM on June 25, 2008
MeTa post:
Weekly World MeFi
I actually in some way care about this story on the level that I care about any celebrity I've never met -- and I think the subject matter could be a good post. It's mostly that a potentially good post was wrapped around an utter turd of a source that bothered me. I think this is a case where we could've waited for an actual credible source to arise to make a post about it. I mean, the post a couple of weeks ago speculating that Paul Newman had cancer was deleted because it... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 4:51 PM on June 23, 2008
MeTa post:
Montreal Meetup
Oh hello!
I think I can come, though if so I will be leaving at 9:00 to go to a show. But I'm scared. What's the Lodge like? I'm not so much a fan of that part of the Main (I feel I served my time in years of living at de Bullion/Laval and Prince-Arthur).
Zadcat is right about meet-ups -- I think direct messaging needs to be involved for people to come. Last time posting a thread just didn't do the trick. We need to be eased into the idea with a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 10:58 AM on June 20, 2008
UGH. That sucks! My "I have 45 minutes before I should leave" nap turned into six hours... I woke up at 12:30.
I'm sorry this didn't work out -- I'm not familiar with the venue so I can't even imagine why it wouldn't be open.
I do think meetups here in Montreal require strong leadership, lots of lead time, and much massaging, possibly with warm aromatherapy oils.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 10:41 PM on June 22, 2008
MeTa post:
Toronto Pride Meetup!
Y'all, Pride Week in Toronto is h-u-g-e huge, and no one ever calls it "gay pride" anymore. It's just Pride Week or Pride or Toronto Pride or Pride Toronto.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 3:41 PM on June 17, 2008
MeTa post:
Answers, not opinions.
desjardins said: "The answer to "We don't want him to be on medication, what do we do?" isn't CHILDREN SHOULDN'T BE ON MEDICATION ANYWAY!!!111"
The bias in the question is pretty clear, though, so I suspect the OP would welcome that sentiment.
I dunno. Maybe I'm just a devil's-advocating jerk, but I think it's pretty horrid (and a demonstration of bad faith) for anyone (much less the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 2:46 PM on June 10, 2008
This seems as good a place as any to remind that people have ADD/ADHD, rather than that they are ADD/ADHD.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 5:12 PM on June 12, 2008
MeTa post:
Spamspamspamspamspam
I pass-pass-passed, got tired of the questions about Vuitton gift bags and hit command-W, at which point I got a dialog box asking if I REALLY wanted to navigate away, and simultaneously gave me the answer. So, try that.
Incidentally, one minute 29 seconds.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 5:04 PM on June 12, 2008
MeTa post:
Asked for X, got Y (where X equals help and Y equals grief)
My observation in situations like these is that people here get cranky or come here to blow off steam and take any opportunity to act dense and be contrary.
This means that if the poster had asked, "Okay, I paid for an item and received something different. I'm just going to make my own blocks -- how do I do that?" she'd get a truckload of responses telling her that idea is stupid and she needs to stand up to the company and demand a refund on the basis that... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 2:51 PM on June 3, 2008
When my brother and I were kids in the 70s we used rather inexplicably call figurines like these "Jokes". Once my brother got me in trouble because I tried to flush a Joke down the toilet and thereby plugged it.
My point is... okay, well I didn't actually have a point but I felt like telling that story.
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 6:54 PM on June 3, 2008
I own a hacksaw! Actually two, because I forgot I had one and bought a second. They're cheap, like less than $10 CAD.
I also own wrenches and screwdrivers and measuring tapes and a hammer e&, but no clamps, and my sanders are just sandpaper blocks.
I'm 33 and I've lived alone since I was 17. I'm desperately lonely and frequently talk to the cats and the TV but at least I can put on my own bike basket and build my own window screen. It's something...
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 11:45 PM on June 3, 2008
klangklangston said "Dude, clamps were the best thing that I bought in terms of making home projects look substantially less jankity. I was pretty pissed when my old roommate moved out with them, but I kept his toolbox, so things were equal."
Oh, I forgot to add that I store my tools in a real toolbox. It's exciting!
Also, I have heard that wood glue and clamps is the key to making self-assembled furniture look and act... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 2:01 AM on June 4, 2008
MeTa post:
OK to email a mefite?
"Hi, I noticed you live nearby -- I was wondering if you know of any local gaymovers you could recommend?"
posted to MetaTalk by loiseau
at 9:55 PM on May 29, 2008
