Down To Fax
March 30, 2012 6:38 PM   Subscribe

 
Just the fax, ma'am
posted by growabrain at 6:42 PM on March 30, 2012


When will we have Chatroulette for telegraph?
posted by hot_monster at 6:58 PM on March 30, 2012 [1 favorite]


I tried that out, but it's all -.-. --- -.-. -.- ...
posted by MCMikeNamara at 7:39 PM on March 30, 2012 [2 favorites]


When will we have Metafilter for semaphore?
posted by Reverend John at 7:40 PM on March 30, 2012


What a gloriously environmentally irresponsible pastime!
posted by Saxon Kane at 7:45 PM on March 30, 2012


Wait. Am I missing a joke? Is there a thing here?
posted by Saxon Kane at 7:46 PM on March 30, 2012 [1 favorite]


Wait... are you in one of those fancy European timezones? *suspicious frown*
posted by Saxon Kane at 8:17 PM on March 30, 2012 [2 favorites]


This is the perfect way to meet physicians, medical record clerks, financial aid officers, and little old ladies who work at Hillel - these are the only people I know who still use fax machines on a regular basis.
posted by honeybee413 at 8:29 PM on March 30, 2012 [7 favorites]


Not getting the joke either Saxon Kane. However, this reminds me of the time I needed to mail something, and not one employee in an office of a couple of dozen had either an envelope nor any stamps. When I started working from home, I got one of those 3 in 1 scanner/copier/fax thingys, and have never used the scanner or fax functions.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 8:32 PM on March 30, 2012


site looks dead.
posted by yeoz at 8:38 PM on March 30, 2012


(unless it's just a dns issue and i'm not resolving the address properly? I get a "domain has just been registered" placeholder page...)
posted by yeoz at 8:39 PM on March 30, 2012


The only times I've used fax machines in the last decade have been to send contracts around. It boggles my mind that sending Nth-generation low-res digital images of an ink signature around is considered legally relevant.
posted by hattifattener at 9:00 PM on March 30, 2012 [3 favorites]


It's a joke making fun of "we're X for Y" startups. There are a couple Twilio-style fax APIs out there that they probably wanted to mess around with.
posted by michaelh at 9:35 PM on March 30, 2012 [1 favorite]


It'a like if COBOL on Cogs was a real thing.
posted by michaelh at 9:38 PM on March 30, 2012 [2 favorites]


That's great. Now please stop sending me faxes of your dick.
posted by maryr at 9:57 PM on March 30, 2012


....

Is this like an Easter egg?

I feel like ive waled off the map and into the status screen or ...something.
posted by The Whelk at 10:00 PM on March 30, 2012


It's so cold and lonely here
posted by The Whelk at 11:00 PM on March 30, 2012


Come back to us!
posted by Saxon Kane at 11:11 PM on March 30, 2012


So far, can't grasp, oh no

OUT OF TONER
posted by The Whelk at 11:37 PM on March 30, 2012


The domain was registered 10 days ago. Feels suspicious like a harvesting site, but could be just humor, certainly not for real (costs money to dial faxes).
posted by stbalbach at 12:14 AM on March 31, 2012 [1 favorite]


At least I got a random kitteh out of it.
posted by arcticseal at 1:19 AM on March 31, 2012


Hmmm, random profiles.

I lost my father at a young age? Is that how people introduce themselves on dating si— oh. Photo explains everything.

Next random profile: there's a pattern developing
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 6:46 AM on March 31, 2012


meh
posted by OsoMeaty at 7:44 AM on March 31, 2012


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Anyone who knows ChatRoulette, knows that it is filled with, umm, gentlemen pleasuring themselves. Hence, most of these submissions cumming to your fax machine will obviously be :NWS:
posted by JJ86 at 8:17 AM on March 31, 2012


This is the perfect way to meet physicians, medical record clerks, financial aid officers, and little old ladies who work at Hillel - these are the only people I know who still use fax machines on a regular basis.

You forgot Nigerian Princes'.
posted by Fizz at 8:25 AM on March 31, 2012


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Oh, too bad. They were Inigo Montoya and The Man In Black ("I'm in an open relationship").
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 9:01 AM on March 31, 2012


I just keep seeing a side boob in the woods.

I am so confused.
posted by The Whelk at 9:06 AM on March 31, 2012


Clearly someone needs to make a Down ton Fax related random profile. I have never watched the show, so cannot do this myself.
posted by eviemath at 11:12 AM on March 31, 2012


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