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MeTa post:
Ugh, all RIGHT, mom, I get it.
I know what you mean, phunniemee. I always assume the duplicate answers (the duplicates that don't acknowledge the preceding ones, that is) are coming from people who just start typing after reading the question, without reading the answers that are already there. But, hey, like others have said, it's just a curiosity, it doesn't really hurt anyone or negate the usefulness of the site. The more the merrier, as long as the answers are legitimate. Plus, seeing other people posting the same kinds... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:39 PM on June 30, 2008
MeTa post:
MeFi Follow-Up: Joe Horn is Cleared of All Charges
had enough time to weigh the consequences of his actions before he decided to kill these men
Exactly. In the 911 tape he's actually arguing with the dispatcher, trying to justify his decision.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 9:34 PM on June 30, 2008
MeTa post:
Kenya hack it?
Isn't a "hack" a taxi cab driver? Why do so many people have sexual fantasies about taxi cab drivers?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:07 PM on June 27, 2008
MeTa post:
29: Happy Happy Joy Joy
even though most of the time we're not talking too hollery
I am totally adding "hollery" to my vocabulary! My daughter gets REALLY LOUD on the phone, especially when she's excited about something, and I often have to hold the receiver waaay away from my ear. Usually I just casually drop a "You're getting really loud" into the conversation, but from now on I'm going to say "You're being too hollery!"
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 7:26 PM on June 27, 2008
MeTa post:
Account Closing Protocol
And I'm coming off as aggressive? Well, fuck you!!!
Goodness gracious, why do things always get interesting in the middle of the night! [not non-USian-ist, just stating a chronological fact from my own perspective]. Now I'm going to have to make more coffee!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:53 PM on June 24, 2008
Goodnight, dersins.
Goodnight sluglicker.
Oh geez. Now I have fresh coffee perking for no reason!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:54 PM on June 24, 2008
Ohmygawd, maxwelton, your pony is a thing of beauty. Seriously.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 12:29 AM on June 25, 2008
MeTa post:
Related questions are awesome.
Very cool feature. It has the potential to be very helpful AND to be comedy gold.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 4:15 PM on June 4, 2008
After you get the Related Questions box in AskMe fine-tuned, you should implement the technology in MetaTalk.
For meetups, the box could show "Related Meetups" (grouped by proximity to the current meetup's location).
For the Why was my post/comment/question deleted? crowd, it could be "Related Whining."
For ponies, it could show "Related Requests."
As so on and so forth.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 5:16 PM on June 4, 2008
MeTa post:
Why the gender discrepancy?
As for the elevator/door opening thing, I just open doors for people. Gender is pretty irrelevant.
I do too. In fact, in my experience, I see people opening doors for other people all the time. It's just the polite thing to do.
Just yesterday, I had a rare gender-related door-opening experience. When I was leaving the butcher shop, there was a older gentleman behind me who had a large box... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 6:47 PM on May 30, 2008
MeTa post:
Please, for the love of all that's holy
anyone could "possibly" be named Steve
Okay, I admit it, my real name is stevems.
not really
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 9:11 PM on May 28, 2008
Dee Dee: "Dexter, what if your name was Nancy?"
Dexter: "I refuse to answer any hypothetical questions."
Dee Dee: "Okay, Nancy."
- from Dexter's Lab
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 9:14 PM on May 28, 2008
Nobody ever assumes I'm a president or a doctor, or named Elvis. Or that I'm America.
For what it's worth, I totally assumed you were a president.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 9:19 PM on May 28, 2008
Speaking of missing people, where's amberglow? I don't know him, so maybe it's not my place to ask, but I've always enjoyed his posts and I noticed his absence (according to his profile, he hasn't posted since January).
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 9:39 PM on May 28, 2008
MeTa post:
Clinton Obama Filter redux
Any hoes to row?
Arrrgh, forgive me, I can't let that one go without saying something. It should be "rows to hoe" (that is, unless you've got some hoes to deliver to a farmer up the river, and the only way to get there is by rowboat).
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 9:55 PM on May 26, 2008
When global warming really takes hold, and the American Midwest is practically a desert
What are you talking about? When global warming takes hold, and all the coastal cities are under water (from the ice caps melting) the American Midwest will be beach-front property, baby! *dons sunglasses and inflates floatie toys*
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 10:59 PM on May 26, 2008
MeTa post:
I, Item, would like to be able to view deleted Ask Metafilter threads. I don't see what the harm will be, as long as a minor hoop has to be jumped through to view them ala lofi.mefi.
the vast majority of deleted posts are actually boring and a waste of time to look for
Yeah, but there are some gems that make it totally worth it.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 8:32 PM on May 18, 2008
There, there, item. You can cry if you want to.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 8:44 PM on May 18, 2008
Your efforts are much appreciated, puke & cry.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 10:05 PM on May 18, 2008
MeTa post:
AskMe Broke as a joke
It'll get fixed once those lazy-ass Americans get out of bed.
I'm a lazy-ass American, and I posted a response to the borked question telling the poster to contact the admins. So far, he hasn't shown any signs of checking back, other than his initial "sorry about the formatting"... But the rest of the page shows up okay for me using IE.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 12:09 AM on May 10, 2008
MeTa post:
USA Only
If you're not FOR the USian FPPs, you're AGAINST them!... er, something.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 12:05 AM on May 6, 2008
MeTa post:
Yeah, I got my answer, but fuck you.
if you can't freely give of your knowledge and expertise without expecting something in return, you're setting yourself up for frustration
Words of wisdom indeed, Jessamyn. But, it's not about "expecting something in return," it's just wishing the original asker would come back and give some feedback (whether positive or negative) about whether the answers (mine or anyone else's) helped them.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:45 PM on May 2, 2008
My understanding is that there are a not insignificant number of people who post to AskMe that don't read the rest of Metafilter; to these people, it's probably like looking up information on google. You don't type "Thanks, google!" into the search box after you're done. It's not a community, it's information.
Ahh, thanks Justinian, that makes sense.
I still think the askers who don't respond are rude, but it makes sense.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:53 PM on May 2, 2008
Ascribing a "fuck you" mentality to that behavior doesn't really raise the overall level of joy on MeFi, is what I am saying and I am in favor of more joy.
Okay, maybe my "fuck you" assumption was wrong. Maybe they're just so happy and satisfied with their answers that they go skipping off into la-la land without thanking, or following up with, anyone. I'll try to have a more Zen approach to it from now on :)... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 12:14 AM on May 3, 2008
lol That was my own answer, dawson, so thanks for acknowledging it, but I wasn't talking about that post in particular. I was talking about a pattern of askers who don't bother to acknowledge (either positively or negatively) the answers they get at all. I've noticed it a lot lately, and not just in posts where I answered (in fact I've noticed it most often in posts where I wasn't even a participant at all) and I wondered how other answerers felt about it.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 12:34 AM on May 3, 2008
Also, what are you hoping to accomplish with this post?
I wasn't trying to "accomplish" anything other than finding out how other people felt about it. I had been noticing a lack of clarification/feedback/response/etc. in various AskMes lately, and I wondered if others noticed it too.
I also noticed that I felt frustrated (whether that's right or wrong, or "self-righteous" or "too invested" or... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:37 AM on May 3, 2008
MeTa post:
Performance art?
Good sleuthing, mudpuppie. I know these kind of shenanigans "lower the quality of the site" but my gawd they're entertaining!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 9:29 PM on May 1, 2008
Your beer spills because you're living upside down!
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 10:20 PM on May 1, 2008
MeTa post:
AskMe != AskToBeJudged
the original question just seemed like another fine entry in what I like to think of as AskMe performance art
I thought the same thing.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:04 AM on April 29, 2008
MeTa post:
I'll race! To feel the wind in my face! And I'll race! To feel like I own this place!
Burhanistan, are you talking about the people-who-like-to-have-sex-as/with-car-crash-victims movie? *shudder* I'll stick with video games, thanks.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 10:57 PM on April 28, 2008
It does, Mr. President, but Mario Kart Wii has been out since Sunday (April 27), aaaand, it has the Wii Wheel. Take THAT, GTA-ers!
I really have no dog in this race (Mario vs. GTA or otherwise), I just follow video game news because my son is an addict.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:14 PM on April 28, 2008
pshaw
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:46 PM on April 28, 2008
MeTa post:
Just a curious question
We also do a lot of prosaic link/post/comment/typo correction and back and forth email/MeMail with users
As someone who has ocassionally had to email the admins to fix linking and typo errors in my FPPs, I just wanted to jump in and say that I am always so impressed with how quickly they respond (especially Jessamyn). And they're always very warm and friendly even in the briefest of interactions.
You guys/gal go above and... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 7:02 PM on April 28, 2008
*would give not_on_display a high-five if she knew what "crescent fresh" meant*
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 10:25 PM on April 28, 2008
I'm glad I'm not the only one, ohwhydididoit. Sheesh, he hasn't been back to explain it to us yet. Doesn't anyone read their "Recent Activity" tab?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:19 PM on April 28, 2008
not_on_display said: "Crescent Fresh" explained. In song. Now how 'bout that high five! WOO!
MOAR BONG HITS amirite?
No high-five for you, young man! Drugs are bad, mmkay?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:43 PM on April 28, 2008
MeTa post:
But it was funny!
ikkyu2 said: how many of my brilliant throwaway AskMe oneliners have been deleted over the years?
Gasp! I can't imagine ikkyu2 giving a throwaway answer on an AskMe...
AskMe: "I have a splitting headache and my eyeball is falling out of its socket, and I have a nosebleed, and my pancreas hurts. Oh, and my left toe is black. What should I do?"
ikkyu2: "lulz, you're doomed!"
*shudder*
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:05 PM on April 18, 2008
it'll be entertaining for all of us if you follow around languagehat for a while and call out any of his eponysterical comments
Technically speaking, what would be an eponysterical languagehat comment? It would have to be something along the lines of "I think every lanugage should have its own hat!"... Not many opportunities for a comment like that.
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 10:22 PM on April 19, 2008
MeTa post:
Server updated
I'll let you know if it's still happening in the morning when I'm sober.
Quakers get drunk!?! Or is it only the dead ones?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 11:00 PM on April 18, 2008
