MeTa post: Berlin: mich, dich, Sie, euch, und uns. Was denken wir?

I can usually be persuaded to drink a beer on the week-ends, at least if it's in Kreuzberg or Neukölln. Also a Mefite has a bar here.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 11:36 AM on May 8, 2008

You know, when springtime comes to Berlin there's nothing better than grilling in Görlitzer Park. Of course we might have hailstorms in June for all I can tell. The weather here tends to fuck with you, much like From Bklyn's vast hordes of children.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 2:53 AM on May 9, 2008

Have you ever been in Kaisers waiting for the butcher when one of the Turkish women requests a lamb? And they hand this lamb over the counter and she puts it in her suitcase and walks away? And presumably the man of the house or the oldest brother jabs a spit through the animal, and lights up a big pile of coals on the ground in the middle of the park, and the family drags a tent and a samovar and a whole dinette set out there and sets up camp, and they sit there slowly spinning this lamb all... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 11:13 AM on May 9, 2008

MeTa post: We have some cool people at MeFi

I dig the question but I didn't think the results were that diverse. Basically scienists, doctors, editors, writers and ad execs. I was hoping to see answers from an astronaut, a garbage-man, a leg-breaker for the mob, etc.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 8:06 AM on March 28, 2008

"I'm a nun, so reading the Bible is my 'going to the gym'."

"I'm a hired thug, so going to the gym is my 'going to the gym'."

"I'm an 19th century phrenologist, so palpating grapefruit is my 'going to the gym'."

That'd be diversity.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 8:15 AM on March 28, 2008

MeTa post: The Infinity of Defining Chatfilter

There is almost certainly a passage somewhere in one of Hegel's works that will satisfy this guy, but I don't know where it is.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 12:47 PM on March 13, 2008

MeTa post: February Berlin meetup?

Let's make it happen!

But yeah, as far as I'm concerned, we don't have to meet on Potsdamer Platz.

We could just meet in kolophon's bar again, as far as I'm concerned. Rumor has it that Kreuzkölln's blowing up.

(Grudgingly I could also make it out to Potsdamer Platz, if that's what everyone else thinks.)
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 4:34 PM on January 25, 2008

There was arguably trolling in the Swiss meet-up thread just before us. It was deleted but you can see the traces of it still.

Yeah, I was thinking...in terms of centrality, I could imagine that there might be some bars around Kochstrasse, but otherwise Kotti is the most central thing I know. If you look at a map, it is literally the exact center of Berlin. I like Möbel Olfe, but it's crowded and noisy. Never been to Trinkteufel or Franken... can you sit down there and... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 7:07 AM on January 26, 2008

Hey cotterpin, you're also from Boston.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 1:51 PM on January 26, 2008

From Bklyn, the only thing you did is that you said "You are not from Boston!" and then you said "Where do you park your car?" Tediously belabored inquiry is fine with me, risque songs would be nice, tangos and lampshades are certainly acceptable, tangoing with a lampshade while firing questions at everyone in verse form would make this meetup a night for the ages. But I heard that in Charlottenburg they bring the Ordnungsamt when people start to, uh, express themselves in... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 8:22 AM on January 29, 2008

Yeah, are you serious? I've never heard of anything like that. I've seen twenty cops trying to argue a bum into not smoking in the subway station. Outside of confrontations with political demonstrators I've never seen German cops get aggro.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 9:58 AM on January 31, 2008

...and you saying the Ordnungsamt has pepperspray?
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 9:59 AM on January 31, 2008

Wednesday and Sunday are possible for me. The sixth is today. We're celebrating the Chinese New Year over here. If any of you want to come by for a drink and an egg roll, feel free. Dresdner Str. 23, "Arrieta". We'll be burning money to celebrate because...because none of this was my idea, I just live here.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 8:40 AM on February 6, 2008

Although next Wednesday is better than Sunday.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 8:42 AM on February 6, 2008

Thanks, happy new year to you too. We got fake money from the Asian store with what looked to me like Confucius on the bills. Now it's year of the rat...unappealing.

Your proposal sounds good.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 2:27 AM on February 7, 2008

Should someone make a sign? I've seen muckster, Time Machine, From and the absent kolophon but I forget what everyone looks like about 5 minutes after seeing them.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 8:06 AM on February 12, 2008

I too can come on Sunday. Time Machine, I'll probably stop by tonight.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 4:42 AM on February 13, 2008

Allright. For cotterpin and any possible lurkers: me and my girlfriend together look like two large land mammals in blond and red. I'm not sure if she's coming, though, and by myself I look indistinguishable from about 99 percent of this country.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 6:08 AM on February 13, 2008

I will be stopping by, I live right around the corner.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 2:23 AM on February 17, 2008

MeTa post: Godwin!

This is the weirdest part of that post:

I've had dark moments since then. Days when I've been afraid to speak, days when I've been afraid to write the truth and instead just talk about something less pressing. And each one of those days is a failure, I think. It's not easy. It's hard. I could lose my job, I could lose my friends. I could even end up beaten. I could be in jail or worse, so it's not easy by any stretch of the imagination, and some days - most... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 8:37 AM on January 29, 2008

Maybe this call-out's unnecessary, and the world has bigger problems, but the reason people are irritated is that the commenter and his favoriters mistake self-congratulatory groupthink for heroic individualism. And it's exactly that sort of lack of discernment and susceptibility to the most transparent rhetoric that put Bush in office in the first place. That's what made koeselitz so angry in that thread. And besides, the discussion afterwards makes it clear that BrianBoyko was talking about... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 9:23 AM on January 29, 2008

Fair enough, but I still found the sentiment irritating, and it does send the message that conservative = Nazi.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 9:45 AM on January 29, 2008

MeTa post: Are Questions Okay When They're Based Around Finction Worlds

"If a deterministic universe is in a totally symmetric state (around some axis or something), will it remain symmetric forever?"

Yes, this is a much better version of the question. The twins are only there to add a human element, but if you posit an entirely deterministic universe, then the human element wouldn't be able to throw a monkeywrench in the symmetry any more than anything else would.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 7:38 AM on December 2, 2007

Grumblebee, the problem with this question is that while the question is, technically, answerable, the answer doesn't really make anyone one bit more knowledgeable about anything.

The question contains two premises.

Premise 1: an absolutely symmetrical, non-random universe.

Premise 2: whatever happens in this universe, happens symmetrically and non-randomly.

Question: could this universe ever... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 7:52 AM on December 2, 2007

MeTa post: Berlin meetup, 27 October

I walked by Kolophon's bar and it looked nice. Also he already offered anyone who says "metafilter" a free shot.

I'm pretty sure I'm available on the 27th. But I'm just as likely to be available on other dates too.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 5:36 AM on October 15, 2007

Well, I might not have responded to "creasy boy" anyway, it's not the name I usually go by. Although I guess I would've been wondering who was making such a strange noise.

And shame on you for patronizing that place!
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 6:13 AM on October 15, 2007

I was on my way to Ä. I would've stopped at your bar for a drink but in a moment of weakness I didn't feel like explaining to the people I was with what Metafilter is. A lot of my German friends here can barely google.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 11:06 PM on October 15, 2007

Kolophon's bar is close to Hermannplatz on the U7. Würgeengel or Gorgonzola Club in the Dresdner Str. are more Mitte-y, around Kottbusser Tor/Moritzplatz, but I don't know if that would be a better connection for you. What's your subway stop?
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 9:59 AM on October 16, 2007

So maybe we should stick to Kolophon's bar? I think the other three of us are in Kreuzkölln...

And where are all the droves of MeFite Berliners?
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 2:31 AM on October 18, 2007

8:30?

As far as I'm concerned we can repeat in November, especially so Your Time... can make it.

Amberglow, if you're a kreativ-hässliche studi-polit-Homo I guarantee you you'll have more fun in Berlin than in Vienna. Though it will be dark here.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 6:58 AM on October 21, 2007

Kolophon, it's a small place, right? Could we just walk in and be recognized by the expectant look on our faces? Or ask at the bar?

There's a map of Berlin here where you can search for addresses.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 11:50 AM on October 21, 2007

Yeah, there are lots of lakes all around Berlin and lots of green spaces. I really like the juxtaposition of its trashy low-income glare with all the trees and water. I've taken what I like to think of as good photos here.

Also I hardly ever talk to any Berliners here, and whenever I do I'm immediately bored and turned off. I think the key to this city is talking to all the other foreigners. But, honestly, I hardly ever leave the house anymore, so all I really care... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 12:01 PM on October 22, 2007

Yeah that sparrow thing's nice work.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 10:39 PM on October 23, 2007

Yeah I friend of mine moved to Munich, and there don't seem to be neighborhoods there. He has to travel with the subway to get to anyone he knows. Whereas everyone I know in Berlin is within a kilometer of my apartment. Munich has some nice-looking buildings and stuff, and it's clean, but that doesn't help you much if you have to live there.

But Munich might be the best city in Germany after Berlin. Although they say Hamburg is nice, and I haven't been there yet.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 9:28 AM on October 24, 2007

Meet-up is this Saturday, 8:30, at Kolophon's Silver Future, Weser 206? Is this right?
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 11:05 AM on October 25, 2007

Sorry ... I actually have a camera, but I've always hated being photographed, so to avoid hypocrisy I try to leave it at home. But I will bring it with me to the next meet-up.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 5:46 AM on October 29, 2007

I'm sorry to hear that. Do you have insurance? Do you know who they are?
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 6:29 AM on November 11, 2007

MeTa post: Insert Headline/Title Here

Wow. I switched to plain a few months back on a lark and forgot to change back. Now that I just switched back to default as an experiment I realize that it looks like dump. It actually looks like a headache projected onto the screen. Three One cheers for minimalism.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 1:14 PM on October 29, 2007

MeTa post: A prejudicial start to the weekend.

Oaf -- the guy already lamented having posed the question and wanted the thread closed. I really have to wonder whether a second thread is necessary.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 5:14 AM on October 20, 2007

MeTa post: Berlin Meetup

You're talking about Berlin, Germany and not Berlin, New Hampshire?

I don't know if I've earned the name Mefite since I've only been here a month. But a meetup in Berlin sounds OK to me. I live in Kreuzberg, which is home to the best bars in the civilized world. Like Würgeengel, Intertank, Bellman Bar, Kinskis, Möbel Olfe, Misliwska, Bateau Ivre, Cake...
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 5:27 AM on August 23, 2007

But alas, according to my profile: "There are no other MetaFilter members nearby".
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 5:49 AM on August 23, 2007

That's embarassing. Fortunately my ego isn't hitched to my technical skills. There are all kinds of members near me. Möbel Olfe is packed on a Thursday and probably also Friday and Saturday. Bellman Bar (Gloguaer/Reichenberger) and Cafe Kreuzberg (Ohlauer near the Maybach Ufer) are quiet, the latter a little small. We could also meet up in the Markthalle of Herr Lehmann fame and eat Wienerschnitzel.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 6:48 AM on August 23, 2007

Bellman's my favorite bar. Until a few months ago I used to live right on that corner, Reichenberger/Glogauer. Nice ambiance, they generally play good music, and the bartenders all wear ties. Relatively quiet but not at all spiessig.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 7:29 AM on August 23, 2007

Yeh Wednesday works for me. 8 is better.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 7:30 AM on August 23, 2007

Do we have to all wear outlandish hats so we recognise each other? Or how does this work?

Piratebowling, if you send me an email I can explain to you how to get there.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 7:37 AM on August 23, 2007

Piratebowling: great, so once I find you I can latch onto you and be identifiable by proxy.
You can find locations here if you type in the address.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 12:49 AM on August 24, 2007

Well, I don't look like much of anything, I look basically like a German even though I'm not, and I don't have any photos of myself. How about: I will be wearing a dark blue t-shirt, and I am blonde with glasses.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 2:18 AM on August 24, 2007

Hey those are great photos.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 1:21 PM on August 30, 2007

MeTa post: You're ignorant

I need to learn Spanish and I know nothing. My girlfriend's Spanish but I can't practice on her until I know more than nothing. I also need to learn French, and I already have a decent reading knowledge, just my hearing, writing and speaking abilities are nothing. So I'm game for remedial Spanish or mediocre French.
posted to MetaTalk by creasy boy at 7:23 AM on August 25, 2007