MeTa post: work out your personal issues somewhere else, will you?

You know, as someone with nothing invested in any of this, it sure looks to me like what we have here is a guy that takes this kind of thing personally and gets angry, and a group of people that realize this and are repeatedly needling him because they think it's funny to watch him get pissed off. That's really childish and low-class, and I had thought more of the MeFi community than that.
posted to MetaTalk by DecemberBoy at 10:16 PM on July 4, 2008

MeTa post: Mission Accomplished

I would just like to add that the photo in that Encyclopedia Dramatica article on LGF is the bestest thing I've seen all time all my life. There is a word for people who wear jackets with giant patches on the back that aren't Iron Maiden fans in 1985 (at least it was considered cool then): dorks. There is another word for people who wear jackets with giant patches on the back that advertise their affiliation with a website: ultra-mega-colosso-dorks. That is all.
posted to MetaTalk by DecemberBoy at 7:38 PM on May 18, 2008

MeTa post: Look, Ma, I'm full of piss and vinegar

DecemberBoy's original comment stuck out at me as being rather ludicrous

What was so "ludicrous" about it? I asked an honest question that I really wanted an answer to. I was polite and wanted to spark conversation. Instead, I got a bunch of ranting about necrophilia. I didn't even say anything bad about Heston, besides calling him a B-movie actor, which, a few fondly remembered Bible flicks aside, he was. What is it with this guy? I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by DecemberBoy at 4:52 PM on April 6, 2008

Oh, for the love of the fuck. Look, I posted two comments in that thread. Here they are, in full:

OK, I'm just going to say this, so please don't jump all over me, but: why is it when someone I didn't know personally and couldn't stand when they were alive dies I'm all of a sudden expected to say nice things about them? I have never understood this. This same thing happened when Jerry Falwell died, although he was a far, far more horrible human being than... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by DecemberBoy at 6:14 PM on April 6, 2008

but i thought that's what martians did

All except for the death metal bit. We generally prefer Spandau Ballet and 1970s Swedish dansebands such as Gert Jonnys.

No, Martians find some poor slob out in the hils and probe his butt.

Ohfer... listen, I swear, that was just this one guy who was really into asses. He was removed from the Exploration/Abduction Force years ago under the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by DecemberBoy at 7:01 PM on April 6, 2008

We do it because we're (in general) sensitive to people around us who may be hurting.

Are people really "hurting" over the death of Charlton Heston, other than his friends and family? He was a celebrity, not your family. I mean, I understand why you wouldn't make "cold dead hands" cracks to his family members. I can even understand why people would be "hurting" to some degree over the death of someone like Mr. Rogers,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by DecemberBoy at 7:20 PM on April 6, 2008

Tough finding someone to e-mail. Sorry for all the trouble. Had nothing to do with Heston (not that it's not irritating, but I'm not petty). Be back when I can. Right now circumstances a bit beyond my control.

So hey, does that mean I can come down off the cross now? You know, I could say that I was unfairly pilloried. I could say how hurtful, unfair, gross and wrong this whole thing was. I could even say that this really had nothing to do with... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by DecemberBoy at 1:08 PM on April 7, 2008

MeTa post: Boobs + Cured meat /= Best of the Web

You know, this really highlights why so many women have body image problems. Here, you are presented with BOOBS WRAPPED IN FRIGGIN' BACON, and all some of you could do is point out her flaws? Holy cats.
posted to MetaTalk by DecemberBoy at 12:47 AM on April 3, 2008