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.
I'm an aggressive, confrontational person, with strong beliefs, strong views of right and wrong, and a sarcastic way of expressing it. It's a fine line from using that for good and becoming a troll, so I use my full name to force myself to have to take responsibility if, nay, when, I go too far.
In other words? It's a deliberate check on myself.
Great moments in Metafilter History
September 2000 -
First FPP about Kaycee Nicole, later exposed as a fraud
by MeFi users in May 2001. Continues
here and
here. Further details about the hoax and the many other sites involved can be found
here.
November 2000 - fred
looks for a used car.
September 2001 - ignu
introduces MeFi to oolong the rabbit, unofficial Metafilter mascot for many years hence.
February 2002 - Suicidegirls ads on MeFi
spark a heated discussion.
November 2002 - The "
giant horse cock" thread.
March 2003 -
The Iraq War begins.
June 2003 - son_of_minya offers to
cut off his own hand if quonsar isn't lying.
December 2003 -
Hackworth gets tired of waiting for Ask Metafilter -- and creates it.
June 2004 - ashbury asks
how you would dispose of a body, and scarabic answers... oh wow, does he answer.
February 2005 -
The brief HaugheyCam misadventure.
Fenruary 2005 -
Jim Jones talks to himself. See also
here and
here.
August 2005 -
Hurricane Katrina hits. Coldchef starts by jokingly taunting the hurricane, and ends up liveblogging the disaster. See also: paperpete links to over 80 Katrina-relevant threads
here.
November 2005 - MiHail's
phenomenal Portobello mushroom rant See also: May 2006 - MiHail
eulogy thread.
September 2006 - fr0zen
posts about her boyfriend needing a job. Civil_Disobedient
realizes the boyfriend has made posts before about his crazy expensive hobby (
here and
here, by the way). Hilarity ensues, there, and
in MetaTalk.
October 2006 - basicchannel asks "
What's the appeal of Steve Wozniak?" --
Steve Wozniak responds.
October 2006 - The reklaw Hotmail incident:
Initial confused AskMe question,
Insane MetaTalk continuation.
June 2007 -
Where can I buy dry ice in Chicago? See also:
Metatalk.
June 2007 - MeFi forgets to be cynical and
remembers Fred Rogers. See also:
original obit thread from Feb 2003.
July 2007 - fandango_matt creates a Metafilter Safety Guide. Thread is
here, Guide is
here.
August 2007 - GuyZero: "Let's talk about Comic Sans." Matt: "Let's display this thread IN Comic Sans." Cortex: "
Matt, you son of a bitch."
October 2007 -
The Free Orange Juice self-post.
November 2007 - sexism/boyzone concerns boil over, and tags change as a result.
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Did I miss any? pop me a Mefi mail.
