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Ha ha, a funny idea, poorly executed. Nobody even said that it should have been posted on MeTa.
Shouldn't this have been posted on MeTa?
posted by ibmcginty at 5:46 AM on December 9, 2005
Shouldn't this have been posted on MeTa?
posted by ibmcginty at 5:46 AM on December 9, 2005
Heh - wonder if he managed to use any real user names?
Also, did you notice that the "FPP" was on April 14 2009 (a Tuesday), yet the next newest post starts off with "Friday Flash Fun"... oops! ;-)
The most sad thing is, though, that it's probably quite true - I can easily envisage this kind of thing happening in those circumstances...
posted by Chunder at 5:48 AM on December 9, 2005
Also, did you notice that the "FPP" was on April 14 2009 (a Tuesday), yet the next newest post starts off with "Friday Flash Fun"... oops! ;-)
The most sad thing is, though, that it's probably quite true - I can easily envisage this kind of thing happening in those circumstances...
posted by Chunder at 5:48 AM on December 9, 2005
It wasn't really funny, but I was wierdly moved by it.
posted by OmieWise at 5:48 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by OmieWise at 5:48 AM on December 9, 2005
Not a bad idea, but it somehow fails to capture the posting cadence of a Mefi thread. Just... didn't feel like Mefi.
posted by selfnoise at 5:49 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by selfnoise at 5:49 AM on December 9, 2005
was that a deliberate triple post? Am I missing out on the joke here?
posted by ClanvidHorse at 5:53 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by ClanvidHorse at 5:53 AM on December 9, 2005
Published 4 March 2003
It kind of captures what Metafilter was like a bit before back then. Things have changed.
posted by brownpau at 5:56 AM on December 9, 2005
It kind of captures what Metafilter was like a bit before back then. Things have changed.
posted by brownpau at 5:56 AM on December 9, 2005
so this apocolypse, it vibrates?
posted by pyramid termite at 6:03 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by pyramid termite at 6:03 AM on December 9, 2005
Look, if you can’t take two seconds on preview to see if someone else has posted the same story… For Chrissakes, how long have we been doing this?
posted by eas98 at 10:26 AM EST on March 4, 2003
posted by languagehat at 6:06 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by eas98 at 10:26 AM EST on March 4, 2003
posted by languagehat at 6:06 AM on December 9, 2005
brownpau: except the responses to it in the MeTa thread didn't seem to really think that...
Did people actually say "X-post to blah" back in the day?
posted by antifuse at 6:06 AM on December 9, 2005
Did people actually say "X-post to blah" back in the day?
posted by antifuse at 6:06 AM on December 9, 2005
I don't think I've ever seen anybody use the phrase "X-post" around here. But yeah, I thought it was more poignant than funny.
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:06 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:06 AM on December 9, 2005
i've never seen it either.
definitely more poignant than funny, but it also shows how we barely notice the style and amount of snarks and procedural comments anymore--in reading that, we went right for the content and what was actually happening in the world.
posted by amberglow at 6:09 AM on December 9, 2005
definitely more poignant than funny, but it also shows how we barely notice the style and amount of snarks and procedural comments anymore--in reading that, we went right for the content and what was actually happening in the world.
posted by amberglow at 6:09 AM on December 9, 2005
He forgot the taglines, bastard.
Metafilter: We're all going to die.
posted by IronLizard at 6:16 AM on December 9, 2005
Metafilter: We're all going to die.
posted by IronLizard at 6:16 AM on December 9, 2005
Did people actually say "X-post to blah" back in the day?
I think it's meant to be just a random incomprehensible phrase that outsiders would have no idea about. The fact taht we are left scratching our heads is the point, that's probably how a newcomer feels the first time he or she sees "FPP" or somesuch.
posted by Space Coyote at 6:17 AM on December 9, 2005
I think it's meant to be just a random incomprehensible phrase that outsiders would have no idea about. The fact taht we are left scratching our heads is the point, that's probably how a newcomer feels the first time he or she sees "FPP" or somesuch.
posted by Space Coyote at 6:17 AM on December 9, 2005
I for one would be surprised to see jrun still running through an apocalypse.
posted by clevershark at 6:18 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by clevershark at 6:18 AM on December 9, 2005
MetaFilter: I would link to the article but my hair is beginning to fall out in clumps.
(Did it occur to anyone else that there wouldn't be much posting going on if EMP clobbered hardware?)
posted by alumshubby at 6:24 AM on December 9, 2005
(Did it occur to anyone else that there wouldn't be much posting going on if EMP clobbered hardware?)
posted by alumshubby at 6:24 AM on December 9, 2005
Another piece of language that seemed off was the use of "self-post" rather than "self-link."
posted by Miko at 6:38 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by Miko at 6:38 AM on December 9, 2005
Triple boast.
That's enough I am going out for a walk.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 6:51 AM on December 9, 2005
That's enough I am going out for a walk.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 6:51 AM on December 9, 2005
Things have changed.
I, for one, find it difficult to distinguish this thread's off-topic pendantry with that in the linked mockery of MeFi.
posted by scottreynen at 6:52 AM on December 9, 2005
I, for one, find it difficult to distinguish this thread's off-topic pendantry with that in the linked mockery of MeFi.
posted by scottreynen at 6:52 AM on December 9, 2005
so, who registered those usernames? anyone done it yet? *rushes off to burn five bucks*
posted by dabitch at 6:52 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by dabitch at 6:52 AM on December 9, 2005
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