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MeTa post:
BragFilter
Popular opinion says that this megapost on mashups is my best thing, but I feel that I could have prepared much more and linked to three times as many artists now.
My favorite posts of mine would be a tie between two interview posts: "George Clooney Meets The Internet" and "Rick Astley Talks About Being Internet Famous." I hate celebrity news usually, but both interviews really showed a great side of the interviewee.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 7:15 PM on May 23, 2008
(Also, someone liked a throwaway comment of mine so much that he made it into an FPP. Sadly, his post grabbed over twice as many favorites than my comment. Ah, well.)
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 7:18 PM on May 23, 2008
MeTa post:
Return of the Return of the MeFi Music Challenge
I'd definitely like a few categories because there were a few suggestions I'd like to see.
I think having "use this word as your theme," "use this phrase in your song," and "create something with this style/sample" would be nice categories.
I'm shooting off something in the vein of the third right now.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 6:15 PM on May 12, 2008
MeTa post:
But it was funny!
Comments should be pointed out as eponysterical if and only if it's not immediately obvious as such.
(if you disagree, it'll be entertaining for all of us if you follow around languagehat for a while and call out any of his eponysterical comments.)
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 8:35 PM on April 19, 2008
epithetic/epathetic?
(epithet+pathetic)
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 7:43 PM on April 20, 2008
MeTa post:
commentiquette
Too much hate. Why can't people just be nice?
Because you get more favorites this way.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 7:19 PM on April 17, 2008
MeTa post:
Not funny.
Like I mentioned in the thread, I think it's a case of people throwing out a comment before reading the post. At least, I hope so.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 8:49 PM on April 16, 2008
Ubu: I was just being ironic & Americans just don't get irony...
So, I guess you're American, then? Irony is dissonance between what is said and what is understood. Your joke wasn't ironic or even 'black humor' -- it was just a tasteless witticism.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 10:29 PM on April 16, 2008
MeTa post:
From the green to the blue!
In my opinion, a good post presents an interesting article, website, or video that will prompt entertaining discussion among the MeFites and/or generate additional entertaining content.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 4:24 PM on April 15, 2008
gyusan: Don't make every word, or worse, every letter, in the post a separate link.
That's a stylistic choice. Some people love them, some people hate them. As an example, the two posts I made in that style are my most and second-most favorited posts respectively, so I'm of the opinion more people like them than dislike them.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 4:43 PM on April 15, 2008
MeTa post:
A couple minor feature requests fulfilled
Awesome. Though, I have to wonder if it has one other thing...
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 5:32 PM on April 10, 2008
No cake. :(
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 5:33 PM on April 10, 2008
Miko: Just remove the year.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 8:38 PM on April 10, 2008
Yeah, I'm kinda wondering whether to keep it in mine or not. I'm one of the younger MeFites, I guess, but having it there in black and white (or white and blue, as the case may be) is a bit off-putting.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 8:46 PM on April 10, 2008
MeTa post:
BIRTHDAY PONY?
I want a little cake icon next to our names on our birthdays. (Optionally, of course.)
(mockup)
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 4:49 PM on April 7, 2008
brundlefly: Nice work, flatluigi!
Thanks. I have to give some credit to this script for a game I used to play frequently, though, as it's what prompted me to suggest the above.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 7:34 PM on April 7, 2008
but wendell, you can tell people you're James Dean reincarnated!
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 8:00 PM on April 7, 2008
MeTa post:
Look, Ma, I'm full of piss and vinegar
I like obitfilter because it's usually the first place I find out about the person's death. I like the threads because they provide a place to share stories and take a moment of silence, like in the Gygax thread.
When the subject of the post is someone who has done things people don't like some people feel like they have to say something to that effect. However, that usually comes off as "hey, don't feel bad, he was actually a jerk." If you said that to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 1:20 PM on April 6, 2008
MeTa post:
Excellent James Brown comment where?
So, how many times did James Brown die? I know there were at least four deleted posts, perhaps five. Unfortunately, the wiki says nothing about this important part of metafilter history.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 6:45 PM on April 4, 2008
MeTa post:
Moderation ate my homework!
I'll take this opportunity to apologize for sounding like a jerk for jumping on the post as a self-link with no proof. I got some vibes from the poster having no history other than the ubiquitous 3 comments needed to FPP something, more vibes from the fact that the blog was fairly new and unknown, and even more vibes from his posting of five or six additional comments immediately after I pointed that out. When it was deleted I was in the process of typing up a message to a mod to ask to clean up... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 7:42 PM on April 3, 2008
puke & cry: Yes they did, delmoi. Bunch of dickbags.
You might want to reconsider that.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 3:33 AM on April 4, 2008
MeTa post:
Metafilter self-fashioning
SEO by definition consists of ways to make your website appear high in the search results in the various search engines around. Ideally, the site will be the first one anyone looks at in its general category. These ways never seem to include what (in my opinion) is the best way to get your site popular: having a good website in the first place.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 6:45 PM on April 3, 2008
MeTa post:
Civilized discussion?
papakwanz:
Anyway, why is it that we think that being sodomized is the most absolutely horrible traumatic thing that can happen to a boy? Do we really think that Aristotle needed therapy because Plato fucked him in the ass?
...
Also, I notice that people's dander really gets up when it's homosexual pederasty that is discussed. Not that people ignore, say, the experience of 13-14 yr old females who were married to 40... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 3:58 AM on April 3, 2008
MeTa post:
context is for quitters
That wouldn't have been there without my post! Where's my attribution?! Where's my fame?! I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER! *shakes fist at sky*
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 5:44 AM on April 2, 2008
MeTa post:
nice trick
This is beautiful. I was here this morning trying to figure out what MeFi was doing for the day and I just couldn't get it. Now, after reading through this thread (slowly) it's all too obvious. <3>
My first is Kongregate's, just because I didn't expect it and there actually is a card for sticking all the way through.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 12:09 PM on April 1, 2008
MeTa post:
MeFiNo
If we can get it started, sure. I've always been interested in playing a nomic, but most discussions usually get as far as this -- everyone saying how cool it'd be and nobody wanting to get it together to start it.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 10:07 PM on March 23, 2008
You could use your awesome mod powers and create a permanently-open thread here for the nomic game.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 12:12 PM on March 24, 2008
I was thinking that using a thread for the discussion and linear play of the game that could easily be followed by the RSS feed or other methods while simultaneously using a wiki page for the rules just might work.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 12:20 PM on March 24, 2008
MeTa post:
Ness! Ness! Ness!
Also, for anyone else who can't connect with random people: Apparently that service is down; there's just too many people. The option of playing with friends is still open, though, as it bypasses trying to match people up.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 8:31 PM on March 10, 2008
pitw: There's something going around that it might be solved by waiting untill the disc stops spinning before continuing to the next screen. Try that out.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 8:20 PM on March 11, 2008
Yeah, there's an update on the disc itself.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 1:38 PM on March 13, 2008
Hey: I've lost track of who I've added and who I haven't, so this is the perfect opportunity to send me a message again if I don't show up as a confirmed friend.
KBAN: You haven't confirmed mine and/or I typed it in wrong.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 7:36 PM on March 16, 2008
I'm upset now; I got nothing for beating Subspace 100% and I can't use any of my hammers on what I'd really want to cheat past: the Boss Battle challenges.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 6:58 PM on March 23, 2008
It seems fairly global that all the online games with anyone have an input lag of about half a second. Games with friends don't have this problem, so you'd be better off trying that.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 11:17 AM on March 24, 2008
MeTa post:
Learning to resist the dismiss
I'm all for healthy discussion and debate over somewhat taboo matters, and I'd be lying if I didn't enjoy seeing heated snark fired across the battlefield of the Blue. But this is a single, side comment! It's a single joke! There's nothing else to it!
"Flag it and move on" has never been more apt.
posted to MetaTalk by flatluigi
at 8:04 PM on March 18, 2008
