What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.
If MeFi and its components are the best of the web, here are a few random phrases that I believe to be the best of the best of the web. Yes, I know you can look at my favorites, but dammit, I think it's much more important to note the smart things that smart people have said than it is for you to know where I got my nickname.
1. you willfully wrongheaded keyboard-slapping clownhumpers --
loquacious
2. You may be a booger-eating mouth-breather who wouldn't know taste if it bit him in the ass --
dame
3. You know what, Stuart, I LIKE YOU. You’re not like the other people, here, in the trailer park. --
XQUZYPHYR
4. In all fairness, who hasn't taken a bite or two out of an infant when nobody was looking? --
Astro Zombie
5. If you're searching for happiness on AskMe, you're totally fucked. --
[NOT HERMITOSIS-IST]
... And a special addition, an
entire comment that is so brilliant it should be replicated everywhere:
Q: Can non-foamy liquid hand soap work in a foaming dispenser?
As a former procyberathlete, I used to worry about playing matches with equipment that wasn't mine. Anyway, to make a long story short, I've learned the following:
- biofilms adversely eventually affect mouse buttons, balls and pads
- foamy soap works better than regular soap at removing palm salsa
- hand sanitizers, while handy and quick, dry out hands too much resulting in poor mouse control
- hospital-grade non-soap sanitizers, while effective at killing bugs, imparts a terrible flavor to Cheetos and other corn chip snacks
- you can make your own foamy soap from liquid soap as I learned here.
I still compete with other MetaLosers, but stopped washing my hands and started using a trackball. The ball has accreted layers of funk, like a pearl, resulting in ultra-smooth performance. If you're not competing in clan matches, consider not bathing, or at least wearing gloves whilst bathing. Otherwise, give the linked method a try.
Your pal,
HD.
posted by
herrdoktor at 5:55 PM on April 7
