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February 25, 2017 2:06 PM   Subscribe

@ebaygarfield is a twitter account that posts eBay Garfields
posted by cortex (17 comments total) 14 users marked this as a favorite
 
For some reason I misread this as "baby Garfields." Are there baby Garfields on eBay? Say that one six times fast.
posted by limeonaire at 2:12 PM on February 25, 2017


oh great I searched for "baby garfield" on eBay and now I'll have nightmares, it's like uncanny valley garf
posted by jason_steakums at 2:25 PM on February 25, 2017 [1 favorite]


1. I really wish to see the results of an actual person baking that cake.

2. That clock looks exactly like it was made by somebody who had to make a clock for shop class.

3. In conclusion, I thought for a minute that there was one extraordinarily filthy one, but on closer inspection it turns out (I think) that that is a saxophone.
posted by Wolfdog at 2:27 PM on February 25, 2017


O brave new world
posted by potrzebie at 2:36 PM on February 25, 2017


Is Garfield where Trump learned to smile? There is a resemblance between the cat's disturbing leer and the President's smug rictus.
posted by thelonius at 3:53 PM on February 25, 2017 [2 favorites]


Josh did you ever think that maybe this has gotten unhealthy for you
posted by middleclasstool at 4:51 PM on February 25, 2017 [6 favorites]


This is good.

Also see: @shittymario
posted by Condroidulations! at 5:55 PM on February 25, 2017 [2 favorites]


they're good garfs Jon
posted by jason_steakums at 6:07 PM on February 25, 2017 [3 favorites]


Oh dang man, I had completely forgotten the existence of the cat Arlene. And yet I now remember that I had one of the plush Arlenes that somebody is selling, and that when I was five I carried her everywhere.

I am vaguely tempted to buy the coffee mug that says I LIVE FOR WEEKENDS! because I do, in fact, need more mugs, and I am oddly fascinated by it: the banality, the pointlessness, the utter failure of its cheer. It would amuse me to have it. And yet, as Vonnegut says, "we are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." To buy a Garfield mug, as such, could be perilous to the soul.
posted by Countess Elena at 7:52 PM on February 25, 2017 [11 favorites]


I suppose this is as good of a thread as any to bring up the forthcoming comic book limited crossover title between Garfield and Grumpy Cat, due out this summer.
posted by radwolf76 at 9:12 PM on February 25, 2017


I am vaguely tempted to buy the coffee mug that says I LIVE FOR WEEKENDS! because I do, in fact, need more mugs, and I am oddly fascinated by it: the banality, the pointlessness, the utter failure of its cheer. It would amuse me to have it. And yet, as Vonnegut says, "we are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be." To buy a Garfield mug, as such, could be perilous to the soul.

Ha! I read that comment, then looked down at the mug I was holding, and...
posted by jason_steakums at 9:16 PM on February 25, 2017 [3 favorites]


One could learn so much about me with the knowledge that at one point in my life I owned both a Garfield and an Odie plush doll. I believe this was prior to having a driver's license or losing my virginity but am certain it was later than the age at which I should no longer have had stuffed animals. It was also long after Garfield was "edgy" (trust me, the Reagan years really screwed up everyone's idea of what was "edgy") and decades before it was ironically weird. I should probably discuss this with my therapist this week.

There you have it, Metafilter. You now know more about me than my most intimate lovers. Just to round out the description of my all around loserness, I also did a ton or research about LSD before taking it and finished my first trip playing with my Legos in my bedroom at my parents house. While we're at it, I used to ride a moped to my first job flipping burgers -- this went on for 2 years before I'd saved enough for an actual used car, at which point I began my gradual climb to the paragon of coolness you see before you today (i.e. drinking bourbon alone at 9:30 on a Saturday night, thankful the children are asleep).

The point is, I have no idea why I thought Garfield was cool at age 12, and it calls into question everything I've thought was cool in the 34 years since then. Yet, I've achieved some measure of success in life and I have to believe that owning a Garfield plush contributed to that somehow, whether it be positive or negative.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:40 PM on February 25, 2017 [2 favorites]


Not enough meat for an FPP but this is a good place to post Virgil Texas's tweet pointing out that Garfield has no gender and the subsequent Wikipedia edit war.
posted by Space Coyote at 11:09 PM on February 25, 2017 [1 favorite]


Also see: @shittymario

That is fantaaaastic.
posted by cortex at 7:52 AM on February 26, 2017


Once thing I can say for certain is that browsing for weird stuff on ebay in the middle of the night is a great way to feel like you're living in some bizarre alternate dimension. That twitter account encapsulates the feeling just perfectly.
posted by InkDrinker at 10:20 AM on February 26, 2017


I think I'll put this here, even though I don't understand it. (I arrived there via a google search for david mitchell "I smell fear", fwiw.)
posted by Wolfdog at 6:11 PM on February 27, 2017


Good Garf.
posted by GameDesignerBen at 9:18 PM on February 27, 2017


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