I was justcurio.us

July 19, 2005 9:22 AM

justcurio.us AskMeFi for the curious masses. Not nearly as helpful, but can be amusing.
posted by o2b (19 comments total)

My eyes are bleeding, make it stop!
posted by prostyle at 9:38 AM on July 19, 2005

Too much noise in both the questions and the answers.
posted by OmieWise at 9:43 AM on July 19, 2005

I was waiting for a chance to post this excellent Achewood cartoon that may have been inspired by AskMe. This is exactly that chance.
posted by soyjoy at 9:53 AM on July 19, 2005

Ah, the beauty of a moderator shines through. Reminds me of this gem I found and posted a while back. These sites are good for laughs.
posted by caddis at 10:01 AM on July 19, 2005

My first question was "Favorite color of underwear."

Neither a question, nor very informative. Bleck. I'll stick to AskMeFi.
posted by agregoli at 10:18 AM on July 19, 2005

Ah, the beauty of a moderator shines through.

Don't be too quick to judge. The Wikipedia Reference Desk is perhaps not quite up to the level of AskMe, but is a heck of a lot closer to AskMe than it is to justcurio.us.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 11:22 AM on July 19, 2005

Wow. This is the vaguechattyfilter that so many people have been looking for.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:33 AM on July 19, 2005

i wonder if i am russian, i have blonde/brown/black hair (the top is blonde then it gets darker as it gets down) my eyes are hazel. i'm white, with freckles(i live in florida) i'm short for my age as well. please let me know if i am, no canadians alowed to answer please.

"No Canadians"?
posted by Johnny Assay at 11:59 AM on July 19, 2005

No Canadians! That's the funniest thing I've heard all day. And yeah, nice try trying to regulate your responses. Scary!

THE INTERNET: NO CANADIANS PLEASE.
posted by agregoli at 12:04 PM on July 19, 2005

Only Canadians double-post.
posted by InfidelZombie at 12:23 PM on July 19, 2005

Mod note: removed double post, sorry IZ
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:43 PM on July 19, 2005

They pay attention to the rules even less than we do. What does "Newark again :(?" mean?
posted by jessamyn at 12:45 PM on July 19, 2005

Just saw this linked at POKEY THE PENGUIN -- looks vaugely interesting in this sort of vein; I guess it's a little app that sits on your desktop and you can open it and ask a question to other users -- sort of like Ask, only with, um, added software, I guess. Although, apparently, with Asko, you can ask POKEY a question, where I don't think he's got a MeFi account. I suppose there's always a tradeoff. I haven't checked it out yet, though, but it does seem like an interesting enough idea.

(Anyway, I was bummed that I-Got-Problems.com didn't exist. Because I can totally relate to the guy who needed to know if his dirty-look-giving neighbor had a gun.)
posted by Rev. Syung Myung Me at 2:29 PM on July 19, 2005

Rev., if you really want to know whether the guy has a gun... try what I did. Only $10K up front.
posted by soyjoy at 2:43 PM on July 19, 2005

jessamyn writes "[removed double post, sorry IZ]"

Why?
posted by benzo8 at 3:42 PM on July 19, 2005

I was waiting for a chance to post this excellent Achewood cartoon that may have been inspired by AskMe.

Why is it that whenever I click on a link to what purports to be "an excellent Achewood cartoon", I'm greated by something that is about as far away from excellence as a cartoon can get. Without fail. Yet I keep clicking. I should turn that into a justcurious question.
posted by euphorb at 3:48 PM on July 19, 2005

Done and done.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 3:58 PM on July 19, 2005

rome or florence?
posted by brandz at 7:21 PM on July 19, 2005

euphorb - dunno, maybe you're clicking it the wrong way or something. Good luck with that.
posted by soyjoy at 9:05 AM on July 20, 2005