48 MetaTalk posts. Jesus Christ, Mike.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 2:07 PM on April 22, 2008

Insulting people and their interests and ideas can make for some great reading. Unfortunately most of the hatin' here seems to boil down to "I don't like this!"

Take this post, for instance: it would be much improved with some links to particularly lame grousing and some mockery of how dull the haters are. Perhaps with some comparisons of their dullness with the supposed dullness of the post their dissing. And, if you want to be really ambitious, some sort of... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 1:09 PM on April 17, 2008

I want to favorite 23skidoo's comment over and over.

I thought his comment was ironic because it was about how he fearlessly calls out posts that he thinks are boring, and yet the comment itself was basically devoid of content and, well, boring.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 1:25 PM on April 17, 2008

And that precisely places your commentary where by way of this didactic criterion of yours?

It's ensconced in the pantheon of greats.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 1:35 PM on April 17, 2008

Could we ad some kind of "super poke" function as well?
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 7:49 AM on April 16, 2008

Ooh, maybe also we could have the option of paying some sum to order a printout of all of our detritus to be shipped to us printed on fancy Metafilter stationary! Would that be feasible? Also, might it be possible to have a big container of hand lotion included in each order? Preferably the kind with the built-in pump.

(GAG ME WITH A SPOON in re: this horrible idea.)
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 6:40 PM on April 14, 2008

It would be nice to see an answer from the mods on the question the poster is asking here.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:27 PM on April 8, 2008

But it is how ever ridiculous. . . So if ridiculousness is going to be a guideline, I think we might want to start defining our terms here.

You might want to try a dictionary; it's actually pretty straightforward.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 3:50 PM on April 7, 2008

"I am not Steven C. Den Beste, but. . ."
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 12:27 PM on April 3, 2008

Really, 1? I thought people were arguing that you were his alter ego.

Oh, ouch!
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 2:05 PM on April 3, 2008

Wow. Death by Ugabooga defends the institutionalized rape of children and you call out tkchrist for being too rude to him in his response. Amazing.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 10:14 PM on April 2, 2008

Btw, call me overly westernized or something, but I've long considered part of being "civilized" to be not condoning rape.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 10:22 PM on April 2, 2008

Wait ... you're suggesting that it's optimal to play a first person shooter with a keyboard and a mouse instead of a joystick controller? I would have guessed the opposite.

Haha, Dave Faris is a million years old!
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 8:03 AM on April 2, 2008

Boy that's good!
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 8:01 AM on April 2, 2008

Of 35 people, many of them have different jobs. (The clear majority of them being well-paying jobs that require a college degree.) Were you expecting everyone to have the same well-paying, degree-requiring job or something? Oy vey.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 7:00 AM on March 28, 2008

I'm sure that Obama would be really impressed with the quality of this discussion of race in America. :(
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 5:03 AM on March 28, 2008

This post made me laugh out loud at work.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 1:38 PM on March 26, 2008

yay!
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 10:39 PM on March 23, 2008

I don't know what Nomic is, but I just lost The Game.

ah FUCK!!
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:38 AM on March 24, 2008

A wiki could be a problem as there is currently no rule against going back and editing the rules, editing the results of past votes, editing peoples' turns, etc. I guess that's part of the game, though. . .
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 1:51 PM on March 24, 2008

(From the Metafilter half of that page): I'd have to agree with delmoi

I'll take YouTube. IMDB is really the gold-standard for message board in(s)anity, though.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 11:18 AM on March 24, 2008

Metafilter helped my learn why Ayn Rand is dumb.

I think this, by itself, can justify this site's entire existence.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 12:49 PM on March 23, 2008

It's "thunder."
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 7:53 AM on March 19, 2008

Oh shit, nm, my bad. It's plunder. Whatever, I get a free pass because I'm moving there in a couple of months.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 7:55 AM on March 19, 2008

Oh, and, yeah, on topic: Americans are totally America-centric and generally ignorant of the world around them. Surprise surprise. That explains this obnoxious phenomenon, as well as our foreign policy.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 7:59 AM on March 19, 2008

This is wicked retarded. Given that the view of the community seems to be that it's the worst thing ever to reveal the contents of private metamail (even if it came from the hated SCDB!), this seems like it will just lead to lots of obnoxious hate mail about which one can do nothing.

Also, I think we are all forgetting that the point of metatalk (unlike, apparently, AskMe), is to have fun. Please don't make the fun go away.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 4:46 PM on March 18, 2008

I used to hate the whole Obama thing, and now, due to that speech, I really like that guy. Fuck.

(Sorry, this comment isn't very meta.)
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 12:08 PM on March 18, 2008

And THAT is how Kerry needed to respond to the Swiftboating bullshit. Too bad he didn't believe Americans might be smart enough to hear the truth.

i.e. "too bad he was an idiot"
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 12:28 PM on March 18, 2008

Oh for God's sake. If Jessamyn hadn't deleted those comments, those threads would have been more fun to read. The threads still would have been just as helpful to the poster (I'm sure the OP has no trouble following all of the comments in her or his own thread.)

The internet is not particularly serious business and most forum moderation just boils down to rearranging the deck chairs on the. . . fuck, I wish there were some commonly known Carnival cruise ship name I could... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:05 PM on March 17, 2008

Flag and move on, cutie.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:15 PM on March 17, 2008

Haha you don't flag stuff in a cage match dude, you put up or shut up.

Or, sometimes, both.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:19 PM on March 17, 2008

This is all the proof you need of that.

According to that graph, filtration is so 2007.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 10:07 PM on March 17, 2008

Oh, wow, I totally missed who this post was by. That certainly explains that familiar self-important tone. Go back to inventing Livejournal, Mark Kraft!!!!
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:08 PM on March 17, 2008

Oh my god, you [moderator] for seriously deleted my link to a months old blog entry containing the totally public information of where Obama lives? It took about a minute of Googling to find and is probably public record. Good grief.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:32 PM on March 17, 2008

-for
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:32 PM on March 17, 2008

Oh, sorry. I was just making fun of the hyperbolic "I hold in my hands the life of Barack Obama!" tone of this silly-ass post.

Basically I got this from googling "obama rezko lot address." Presumably one can use Google Maps for the high rez pictures, but I didn't check.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:37 PM on March 17, 2008

If you guys don't go to the Hall of Mammals, then you're not doing the best thing in DC.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 10:09 AM on March 10, 2008

MARC is by far the best way to get from BWI to DC. The bus/metro combo is the worst thing of one's life. BE WARNED the MARC doesn't run on weekends.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 12:41 PM on March 17, 2008

Most of the questions on AskMe come down to "I'm too lazy to research somethign myself!" or "help me make a totally subjective decision based on too little information!" Your posting history does not suggest that you are an exception.

Let's please send this little pony to the glue factory.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 7:47 AM on March 17, 2008

I'll never be a genius philosopher who changed the world and gave liberty and voice to millions of people, but at least I'm not a racist.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 7:36 AM on March 17, 2008

I'd really like to believe that MetaFilter is still a self-policing community

We should be allowed to insult the AskMe posters. This I believe.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 8:25 PM on March 15, 2008

The phrase "educated beyond his intelligence" springs to mind here.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 11:21 AM on March 13, 2008

Languagehat is committing the common fallacy of hating the player rather than the game.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 12:12 PM on March 13, 2008

Klang, it's been well established that questions concerning the exotic natures of the darker races are totally kosher here.

Just make sure you don't "other" whitey.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 12:21 PM on March 13, 2008

qq more
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:46 AM on March 13, 2008

Everybody should post their Armory info so that all future Metafilter-drama can be settled via corpse-camping.

SIC SEMPER TORTURE-SUPPORTERS / HILLARY-SUPPORTERS / CAT-CIRCUMCISION-SUPPORTERS
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 12:06 PM on March 11, 2008

(our current guildmaster is somewhat immature; she's constantly promoting her alts to officers, and chastising us for using Guild gold; also, I have a little difficulty taking orders from someone still in high school)

I've written like five responses and deleted them all for being too mean. I will try to keep this friendly and constructive:

1. Throw out all of your gear. Literally all of it. (Except for your fraternity ring.)... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 9:00 PM on March 11, 2008

Wow, what a crappily worded "request." Welcome to MetaFilter.

I've never had this problem with live preview, but in general, whenever I type and look at the screen, I see whatever it is I'm typing. It's a feature.

Wow, what crappily punctuated snark.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 1:21 PM on March 11, 2008

Why would we want the administrators to ban someone who adds to our enjoyment of the site? That is so backwards. If anything they should ban heatherann for trying to chase away our beloved sansgras!
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 7:19 AM on March 10, 2008

Does anyone else make that distinction?

Vis a vis orgasms (verb or noun) it is always spelled "come." The "cum" thing comes (har har) from poorly spelled pornography. Check a dictionary if you don't believe me.
posted to MetaTalk by 1 at 11:56 AM on March 8, 2008