Philly Meetup Followup

June 24, 2006 4:52 PM

pictures from the philly metafilter meetup that happened earlier today (and may still be going on).



posted by misanthropicsarah to MetaFilter Gatherings at 4:52 PM (15 comments total)

50% of the attendees were female! Remember when "boyzone" was thrown around daily?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:28 PM on June 24, 2006

misanthropicsarah, can you ID those in your shot? I'm curious. And... you all look so normal! Not a freak in sight!

And, color me ignorant, Matt, but I always thought the boyzone remarks were because of comments like this, not the male:female ratio of members. Though maybe you were kidding.
posted by dobbs at 6:46 PM on June 24, 2006

Thanks misanthropicsarah!

For reference, L to R in the top photo:

misanthropicsarah, monochromaticgirl, desuetude, dmd, miagaille, filmgeek, galimatias.
posted by miagaille at 6:50 PM on June 24, 2006

Well, we put the normalfilter on the camera to avoid scaring off any other Philly MeFites.
posted by desuetude at 6:52 PM on June 24, 2006

You can't post photos on the frontpage!!!!!!
posted by Jaltcoh at 7:26 PM on June 24, 2006

oh cool! I'm sorry I missed it - next one, I promise :)
posted by kalimac at 7:35 PM on June 24, 2006

You can't post photos on the frontpage!!!!!!

Note who the first commenter in this thread is, Jaltcoh. I think if it was a problem #1 might have said so. They're small, tasteful, very on-topic given that they show all (?) of the attendees, and are only about 5K each.
posted by George_Spiggott at 10:53 PM on June 24, 2006

It's not the front page. The Blue is the front. This is the ugly back end of the site, where only members come (and not that many, it would seem) and anything goes.
posted by Eideteker at 3:38 AM on June 25, 2006

PS miagaille & desuetude are the new scody. (not that scody's not still hot)
posted by Eideteker at 3:39 AM on June 25, 2006 [1 favorite]

Note who the first commenter in this thread is, Jaltcoh. I think if it was a problem #1 might have said so.

Um, I'm pretty sure Jaltcoh was joking.

I always thought the boyzone remarks were because of comments like this

Or, for that matter, this.
posted by languagehat at 7:24 AM on June 25, 2006

Um, I'm pretty sure Jaltcoh was joking.

Thank you, languagehat. Yes, I was making fun of the occasional tendency of MeFites to be overly zealous about the MeFi rules.
posted by Jaltcoh at 9:56 AM on June 25, 2006

Um, I'm pretty sure Eideteker was joking, making fun of the occasional tendency of MeFites to be overly zealous about the MeFites.
posted by StickyCarpet at 12:34 PM on June 25, 2006

Indeed. I would never slight some ladies in favor of other ladies. You are all lovely, smiling and happy!
posted by Eideteker at 2:36 PM on June 25, 2006

Very cute, you all are.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 3:16 PM on June 25, 2006 [1 favorite]

You are all lovely, smiling and happy!

Lovely and smiling, maybe, but happy? That's where you come in, Eideteker.
posted by StickyCarpet at 8:07 PM on June 25, 2006