Great Day in the Blue January 11, 2007 9:48 AM Subscribe
With all the AskMe talk, we hardly talk about the blue. Yesterday was a outstanding day on there and I just want to say thanks to every poster, even those who got deleted.
What TPS concurred with.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:13 AM on January 11, 2007
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:13 AM on January 11, 2007
Yes, quite.
posted by boo_radley at 10:13 AM on January 11, 2007
posted by boo_radley at 10:13 AM on January 11, 2007
I cannot decide to which should go the greater praise: those comments posted, or those not.
posted by cortex at 10:19 AM on January 11, 2007
posted by cortex at 10:19 AM on January 11, 2007
I wouldn't ever expect less from a group made up almost entirely of TIME's persons-of-the-year...
posted by hermitosis at 10:26 AM on January 11, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by hermitosis at 10:26 AM on January 11, 2007 [3 favorites]
speak for yourself, I don't deserve it, nor will I accept it... Unless there's money involved
posted by edgeways at 10:31 AM on January 11, 2007
posted by edgeways at 10:31 AM on January 11, 2007
Almost entirely?
*Looks around*
Wait, who am I looking for?
posted by Plutor at 10:37 AM on January 11, 2007
*Looks around*
Wait, who am I looking for?
posted by Plutor at 10:37 AM on January 11, 2007
wheelieman: "... even those who got deleted."
Indeed. All of the deleted posts were relatively well-constructed doubles, and therefore still great posts, even if they had to be nixed. All of them, that is, except for this gem, which was what really made my day.
posted by koeselitz at 10:42 AM on January 11, 2007
Indeed. All of the deleted posts were relatively well-constructed doubles, and therefore still great posts, even if they had to be nixed. All of them, that is, except for this gem, which was what really made my day.
posted by koeselitz at 10:42 AM on January 11, 2007
wheelieman: "... even those who got deleted."
Why thank you
posted by Doohickie at 10:44 AM on January 11, 2007
Why thank you
posted by Doohickie at 10:44 AM on January 11, 2007
That's what I like, when people post solid FPPs just for the heck of it.
posted by wheelieman at 10:53 AM on January 11, 2007
posted by wheelieman at 10:53 AM on January 11, 2007
Rhomboid, you misspelled "unbelievably awesome".
posted by cortex at 11:08 AM on January 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex at 11:08 AM on January 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
I thought he was trying to spell "a wicked pisser", which is nearly identical to what he wrote.
posted by Mister_A at 11:15 AM on January 11, 2007
posted by Mister_A at 11:15 AM on January 11, 2007
Wow, Ken Russell was on Big Brother?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:23 AM on January 11, 2007
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:23 AM on January 11, 2007
Yeah, I must make that mistake a lot, the keys are so close to each other.
posted by Rhomboid at 11:34 AM on January 11, 2007
posted by Rhomboid at 11:34 AM on January 11, 2007
Even mine? Cause I thought I did really poor job framing it.
posted by dame at 12:13 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by dame at 12:13 PM on January 11, 2007
Oh stop fishing, ya dame fool.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:41 PM on January 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:41 PM on January 11, 2007 [1 favorite]
I wasn't. I feel really bad about it. But there is no way to correct the record. It kept me up last night.
posted by dame at 12:54 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by dame at 12:54 PM on January 11, 2007
dame: when I was making mine, I sat there for at least half an hour trying to figure out how people made posts where the first word wasn't a link. It vexed me greatly, because MeFi kept telling me to fill in the other blank besides the URL line, the 'link title.' 'I don't want a link title, you wonky thing!' I exclaimed at mathowie's glowing, neutral prose over and over again. Finally, I found an old thread where he mentioned that you could leave both lines blank. Argh.
There should be something in the post page about that.
posted by koeselitz at 1:15 PM on January 11, 2007
There should be something in the post page about that.
posted by koeselitz at 1:15 PM on January 11, 2007
Your post looked fine, though, if you ask me. And was very good, too.
posted by koeselitz at 1:16 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by koeselitz at 1:16 PM on January 11, 2007
Thanks, Mr. koeselitz. I just felt like I didn't do a good job explaining why it was interesting to me and then I wanted to defend it without seeing defensive and explain it without moderating. And then I went out and smoked some heroin and finally passed out.
posted by dame at 1:22 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by dame at 1:22 PM on January 11, 2007
There should be something in the post page about that.
That's a really good point. It's easy to add to the FAQ, I'll see about adding it to the post page one of these days.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:27 PM on January 11, 2007
That's a really good point. It's easy to add to the FAQ, I'll see about adding it to the post page one of these days.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:27 PM on January 11, 2007
What do Reputation Defenders wear?
Reputation Suspenders, silly.
posted by cortex at 1:28 PM on January 11, 2007
Reputation Suspenders, silly.
posted by cortex at 1:28 PM on January 11, 2007
There's no such thing as safe, if I ever come out of retirement.
posted by cortex at 1:44 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by cortex at 1:44 PM on January 11, 2007
jessamyn: "That's a really good point. It's easy to add to the FAQ, I'll see about adding it to the post page one of these days."
Wow. Awesome! Thanks.
See, people? Now that's responsiveness.
posted by koeselitz at 2:19 PM on January 11, 2007
Wow. Awesome! Thanks.
See, people? Now that's responsiveness.
posted by koeselitz at 2:19 PM on January 11, 2007
I sat there for at least half an hour trying to figure out how people made posts where the first word wasn't a link... Finally, I found an old thread where he mentioned that you could leave both lines blank.
Thank you, koeselitz! (and thanks to Jessamyn for the follow-up about adding it the posting page instructions)... I had been wondering about that myself.
posted by amyms at 2:28 PM on January 11, 2007
Thank you, koeselitz! (and thanks to Jessamyn for the follow-up about adding it the posting page instructions)... I had been wondering about that myself.
posted by amyms at 2:28 PM on January 11, 2007
Actually, if you ask me, the "URL" and "Link title" fields are totally extraneous and should be removed. There should just be a big box that you compose your post in, making links whereever and however you see fit. Of course, I don't think this will happen because I'm sure there are enough retards out there that have no idea how to do even the most basic HTML link (in fact I know this from seeing it happen countless times on AskMe) who would find some way to fuck this up and need the hand holding of "put a URL here", "type some words here." Sigh.
posted by Rhomboid at 3:19 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by Rhomboid at 3:19 PM on January 11, 2007
Yeah, I'm totally with Rhomboid. You know what else I hate? Grandmas in crosswalks. Fucking grandmas. Goddamnit if they don't take forever crossing the street. Hell, they can't even hear it when I over rev the custom V8 I had installed in my H2, and I've got straight cans on that! Fuckit, man, let's make crosswalk signals like 15 seconds and if you're not out of the street you're meat. I mean, the only people who don't drive are homeless, poor people and fucking terrorists, right?
posted by loquacious at 3:54 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by loquacious at 3:54 PM on January 11, 2007
I'm an html retard, and when I made my (first) post yesterday the url and title lines confused the hell out of me; I wasnt sure if my links were even going to work til the preview. I think it would be less confusing without them, myself.
posted by supercrayon at 3:59 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by supercrayon at 3:59 PM on January 11, 2007
I love those crosswalk grannies.
Whenever I cross the street I try to make sure I'm walking beside one so that if a car skids or blows through the light and hits me, at least it's somewhat buffered.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 4:07 PM on January 11, 2007
Whenever I cross the street I try to make sure I'm walking beside one so that if a car skids or blows through the light and hits me, at least it's somewhat buffered.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 4:07 PM on January 11, 2007
You know what else I hate? Grandmas in crosswalks
loquacious: Time after time MeFi has proven itself to attract web clientele who have no concept of tropes.
posted by dubious at 4:42 PM on January 11, 2007
loquacious: Time after time MeFi has proven itself to attract web clientele who have no concept of tropes.
posted by dubious at 4:42 PM on January 11, 2007
See, people? Now that's responsiveness.
It's in the FAQ now, in short form. I'll see about the posting page in a bit.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:46 PM on January 11, 2007
It's in the FAQ now, in short form. I'll see about the posting page in a bit.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:46 PM on January 11, 2007
You tell 'em, wheelieman. I'm so sick of these whiny, pedantic assholes shitting in threads...
Wait, we're not complaining here? I don't get it.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 7:14 PM on January 11, 2007
Wait, we're not complaining here? I don't get it.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 7:14 PM on January 11, 2007
IT'S A HAPPY THREAD! GET IT ALL OUT PEOPLE!!
posted by wheelieman at 8:11 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by wheelieman at 8:11 PM on January 11, 2007
wheelieman: you're good metafilter. sorry i haven't caught up with you since the last minneapolis meetup.....
posted by localhuman at 9:02 PM on January 11, 2007
posted by localhuman at 9:02 PM on January 11, 2007
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posted by flabdablet at 5:05 AM on January 12, 2007 [1 favorite]
Oik, suckhole, bludger, whinger, sook, drongo, nuff-nuff, dill, mug, wally, fuckwit, boofhead, goose, galoot, dropkick, hoon, dag, bogan, crusty, feral, arsehole, ratbag, pisshead, shonk, hoon, piker, yobbo, wowser, pissant, mongrel, dickhead, nong!
posted by flabdablet at 5:05 AM on January 12, 2007 [1 favorite]
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posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:59 AM on January 11, 2007 [1 favorite]