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FollowUpFilter: A few weeks back, I
mentioned in AskMe that I was diagnosed with a few rather large kidney stones, and many people in the thread gave me some very useful information, and mentioned that the first course of treatment would be
lithotripsy, which it was. From there, the plot thickens. [MI]
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 6:31 PM on October 11, 2005
(61 comments)
Is someone using Mefi as his own private soapbox?
He has his opinions and that's great (even though I strongly disagree with a lot of them), but I don't think providing a platform for the Gospel According To Cleardawn was what matt had in mind.
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 8:05 AM on September 5, 2005
(136 comments)
Somebody's cranky. I tried disciplining him myself, but he's made me take the unprecedented step of dragging him to the principal's office.
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 7:48 PM on January 25, 2005
(63 comments)
Is somebody feeling cranky?. I recently handled a personal attack poorly, so this time I'll do the civilized thing and bring it in here.
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 1:33 PM on June 22, 2004
(77 comments)
This has gone on long enough. I'm going to take a radical step and drag myself into MetaTalk. Once upon a time skallas was a guy, whom while I disagreed with him often, I respected his intelligence and convictions. But somewhere things got weird and no we're at eachother's throats all the time. It's making this unpleasant for me, probably for him and probably for everybody reading too. So, it's gotta stop.
I could have taken it to e-mail, but I'm doing it publicly for a couple of reasons. One, I think if the both of us (two well known public fueders) can cool out and agree to disagree like gentlemen, we can set an example for the rest of the site. And also, because someone once said that I owed skallas an apology as public as the insult I made, so here it is.
So, skallas, I'm willing to bury the hatchet if you are. You with me?
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 5:51 PM on March 25, 2004
(82 comments)
NYC Meetup? I guess we agreed on Aug 6th, but do we have a location yet? I realize that all the ones that meetup.com suggested kinda sucked.
But I do wanna have another get together of the NYC MeFi MoFo Mafia and at this point, I don't care if we meet at
Gray's Papaya, but let's pick someplace.
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 8:57 AM on July 26, 2002
(48 comments)
I seem to be the first one back home and at a PC, so I guess this'll be the NYC mefi meet...please post links to pics and whatnot...Rob the EMT
does exist and he says hello..so fire away with reports from the feild brothers and sisters...
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 12:00 AM on April 26, 2002
(59 comments)
She's to modest to self-link to it, but the iconatrix has a fun mefi-related poll going at her own
weblog(scroll down). So far only 5 people have answered and
you know that ain't enough brothers and sisters...
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 8:30 PM on April 20, 2002
(71 comments)
This is going to sound like a bizarre joke, but did anyone else on the 'Filter get spam about "Shape Shifting Reptilians about to acheive Complete Control over the planet", with a link that leads to
this guy's site. It was sitting in my inbox when I got home today, I can't think of where else on the 'Net I coulda picked this up, and if it's a prank it's a good one, but it's so weird that only a MeFite could've come up with it.
So Anyone else or just me?
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 5:32 PM on April 16, 2002
(16 comments)
I saw
this thread over at
kuro5hin about the recent suicide of an Everquest fanatic and the surrounding issues. This thread was about online games but the poll in the sidebar lists "blogs" as the #2 "online addiction." Rusty and his crew have given the topic a good going-over, but I'm interested in what the MeFiosi have to say on these. Firstly, just how much weight should we attach to the "community" in "online community?" Second, if we are all members of a community, just what responsibilities do we have to our fellow citizens? I'm not taking any position yet, I just found it a thought-provoking set of questions.
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 7:52 PM on April 5, 2002
(17 comments)
I'm having a mid-life crisis and it's all Metafilter's fault! This is especially upsetting as I'm only 31 and this means I'll be dead by 62. Honestly, though, the more I read about what others here are creating and persuing, the more I find myself wondering what the hell I'm doing with my life. Perhaps this is good, in that maybe this will motivate me to get off my ass and contribute something to the world. I'm just wondering, am I the only one who fells like this reading the 'filter? Is this actually a mid-life crisis or am I just going crazy?
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 7:12 PM on March 20, 2002
(154 comments)
The unintentional revelations in
this thread have got me thinking. Like many other people, I've poked fun at "bizarre" sites. In fact several
online venues exist expressly for this purpose.
When the sites are merely stupid or silly, I suppose joking is harmless enough. But rcade's research shows us that some "odd" sites can be related to circumstances like those in today's thread. I've enjoyed sites like the one's above and wouldn't want them muzzled; I suppose what I'm asking is where is the line between harmless mockery and thoughtless cruelty and how much discretion should we exercise before linking to sites like this one?
posted to MetaTalk by jonmc
at 11:07 AM on March 1, 2002
(4 comments)
Last night I was wandering around
DeviantArt
downloading a few Winamp skins, when I realized that noone had ever made
a MeFi themed Winamp skin. With all the programmers and graphic designers
among the MeFaithful, I woulda thought someone would've thrown something
together. I'd do it myself, if my complete lack of artistic talent wasn't
an issue. so who'll rise to the occasion?
