MeFi comment:
"Well, I've had one boinger tell me to suck it, another tell me to quit being a sourpuss, and ThisPerson read my comment to youtube. I feel as though I could've accomplished more, but we'll always have the longboing...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by delmoi
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Let me try to sum up:
VB's stuff is all gone from BB! Why do I care about this again? Hey, this is a little weird. Hmm, no mention of this on BB. Hey, BB is deleting any comments referencing VB. VB says she has no clue. I know the boingers..." [
more]
favorited 9 times, recently by Riki tiki, Jofus, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, roofus, cavalier, Ambrosia Voyeur, drezdn, stinkycheese, languagehat
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The trouble may have begun at the semi-controversial Survival Research Laboratories presentation at the end of the 5.07 Maker Faire where, if you read the comments below the pictures, Mark Pauline admits that one person got a small 2nd degree burn...." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious, waraw, WCityMike
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm not afraid. Just disheartened. Never did I snark at you, Cory. But you let us down.
." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by felix
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The specific problems I have with the NYT piece:
1. Ignores the days it took for BB to formulate any type of response at all.
2. Ignores TNH's moderation making the situation for BB significantly worse. While we're at it, ignores that they're..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by waraw
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The tinfoil was making me see things.
VB had two posts on the OMGSECURECOMPUTINGRUNBYDIAPERFETISHIST matter (NSFW obvs). Wired did a roundup of the kerfluffle.
But you can still find anti-SmartFilter stuff in BB as recently as 2/08. If..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by waraw
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The Smartfilter Adult Baby theory: They're sick of being blocked, and were trying to silently cave; the "personal differences between Xeni and Violet" are a smokescreen.
This tinfoil is itchy...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by waraw
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"and we still don't even know why all the Violet Blue posts were deleted yet
The reasons behind [the deletions] are indeed rooted in personal dynamics between Xeni Jardin and Violet Blue...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by waraw
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The following shows where I lose all respect for TNH and won't read BB anymore, including the thread I'm copying this from. In reply to a question of how VB has "demonstrably" lied:
1. As mentioned earlier, by pretending that there's..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by waraw, twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Gah, the NYT piece suh-UCKS.
Was Boing Boing deceiving its loyal audience by silently deleting the material, even if no one noticed the absences until a year later? What does it even mean to deceive an audience when it comes to a catalog of..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Mick
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"It sounds like the whole point of ["Thinking And Drinking"] is to talk about things while drunk.
It is possible to drink without getting drunk. So I'm told...." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Imagine yourself having mindblowing sex with the animalistic ferocity you crave. Now think: what's different about it from what you're doing now? If the answer is only the mood, then work on changing the mood within yourself. Fake it until you..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by iamkimiam, chicainthecity
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Too good not to repost from the Making Light fustercluck:
"Boing Boing is hypocritical for sure, and a website I don't like that much. But metafilter? What a joke. Yeah, your links are nice, and askmefi is useful, but the discussion and core..." [
more]
favorited 13 times, recently by merelyglib, olya, 10sball, turgid dahlia, roystgnr, anildash, Artw, Skorgu, Locative, spiderwire, Scoo, Jimbob, elphTeq
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ASSHOLE CALLED US A SMUG ECHO CHAMBER OF OUTRAGE AMIRITE" [
more]
favorited 13 times, recently by bitter-girl.com, ao4047, olya, whir, turgid dahlia, bunnytricks, Greg Nog, Locative, spiderwire, NolanRyanHatesMatches, Scoo, Kid Charlemagne, Flunkie
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I think instead of 'unpersonned' or 'depersonned' I am going to begin using 'ThisPersonned' since that seems to be the term XJ wants to use forevermore to refer to her once-good friend. So sad...." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by JHarris, delmoi, orthogonality
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Ok since Malor hasn't appeared yet and the suspense is killing me I will stand in and provide Malor's response.
OH YEAH???" [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by imperium, Reverend John
3 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"That is FUCKING BULLSHIT, you STUPID MORON" [
more]
favorited 9 times, recently by jenkinsEar, roofus, Pollomacho, Blazecock Pileon, Manjusri, hjo3, milarepa, TheJoven, lee
Last month
MeFi comment:
"July 5, 7:01 am
Dear Pinks,
Okay, sometimes I liked your TV. I won't apologize for that.
But still, when I saw the saucers finally appear and realized that this year must actually be 1998, I was saddened only for a moment. Flaming death..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by ZachsMind, Ambrosia Voyeur
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Tanks roll into Charleston, West Virginia. From gun turrets American soldiers fire indiscriminantly into the crowd. A mefite fpp's a youtube entry of the event, and another cries "outragefilter...." [
more]
favorited 3 times, recently by jtron, Blazecock Pileon, loquacious
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Thanks for this post, ArtW. John Tynes (one of the principal creators of DG) is a hero of mine. His Puppetland was a radical departure from the typical RPG style in many ways, and had a very engaging story to tell. But Tynes was always writing for..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"The usual result was me looking like an ass and a bunch of members disagreeing with me and a little while later I'd realize I messed up and apologize.
Link?..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by davejay
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm starting to think that the timer reset is deliberate. Those lies about there being no cabal are insidious." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by jessamyn
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Don't try to fill out a lame post with wikipedia links.
Someone somewhere will likely think your post sucks. Deal." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by owhydididoit
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I heard a quick way to bannination was to have a username containing a sex act. Some people are real jerks, y'know?" [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Arturus
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"Difficult to answer properly because we do not know your age, nor whether you feel you've ever been in love.
bell hooks' all about love might be a good read for you or anyone contemplating the subject of love and what it is. Perhaps determining..." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by numinous
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Don't look up? What kind of commie nonsense is that? No offense to your wonderful grandmother, who I assume gave exquisite.... uh, nevermind." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Yeah, but there's nothing in my tags about my laterally curved penis? Oh.
Kidding!" [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by HotPatatta
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"How do I get to the center of a booby trapped pyramid maze?
I'm at the base of a pyramid, and there is something earth-destroying in the pyramid, like an ancient God-like evil. I have to work my way through the booby trapped maze of the pyramid to..." [
more]
favorited 17 times, recently by quin, M Edward, Krrrlson, jokeefe, deborah, nasreddin, junkbox, The Toad, onlyconnect, scrump, flatluigi, schyler523, matteo, mygothlaundry, brain_drain, bonobo, jtron
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I've tried the "C'mon, do it for the KATRINA VICTIMS!" line. Doesn't work." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is a HIGHLY simplistic, biased interpretation of Collapse. In fact, I am almost positive that the OP hasn't actually read the book, which deserves much better than this crap post...." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by modernnomad, Kadin2048
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"All I get is a blank page. Trying not to take it personally. Difficult." [
more]
favorited 1 time, recently by keej
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Hey, 17 year old self! I know you can't hear because the thread got closed, but I thought it was important to tell you that next year you'll try to set yourself on fire while drunk. Don't. K?..." [
more]
favorited 2 times, recently by kuujjuarapik, chrismear
4 months ago
