MeFi meme index?

July 15, 2009 11:39 AM

Is there an index of MeFi memes? I'm pretty new here (so new I'm not sure whether this should go in MeTa or AskMe), but there are a lot of memes I don't quite understand. Has anyone ever created a list of the more popular MeFi memes with explanations and possible origins? I'd love to see one.
posted by spitefulcrow to MetaFilter-Related at 11:39 AM (58 comments total)

Yes.
posted by Jaltcoh at 11:40 AM on July 15, 2009

The official unofficial mefi wiki has a page dedicated to In Jokes, which is probably your best bet.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:41 AM on July 15, 2009 [2 favorites]

Awesome. Thanks!
posted by spitefulcrow at 11:43 AM on July 15, 2009

I nominate all "what's your favorite _____________" questions in AskMeFi.
posted by Carol Anne at 11:44 AM on July 15, 2009

Also, mathowie's comment about why he doesn't like Mefi's in-jokes (linked in the wiki) is worth reading.
posted by Jaltcoh at 11:47 AM on July 15, 2009

The.
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:51 AM on July 15, 2009

Yet the (swell) tee-shits are all about the in-jokes
posted by edgeways at 11:59 AM on July 15, 2009

The tee-shits are swell indeed!
posted by ocherdraco at 12:03 PM on July 15, 2009

This one is clearly the most important.
posted by TomMelee at 12:07 PM on July 15, 2009

9622 is just an empty page.
posted by spitefulcrow at 12:21 PM on July 15, 2009

Joke's on you!
*9622
posted by gman at 12:26 PM on July 15, 2009

In Soviet Russia, YOU ARE ON THE JOKE!
posted by blue_beetle at 12:41 PM on July 15, 2009

There's nothing on the In Jokes wiki page about cat declawing.
posted by Pants! at 12:41 PM on July 15, 2009

There's nothing yet. It's a wiki. Get yer collaboration on.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:56 PM on July 15, 2009 [1 favorite]

Does there exist a mirror or some such thing of the metafilter parody? I'd quite like to see WHAT THE FUCK EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE TIME. Thanks.
posted by Captain Cardanthian! at 12:57 PM on July 15, 2009

MetaFilter: This is just to say, in Soviet Russia, vibrating plum cameras can has u?

-Todd Lokken
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:57 PM on July 15, 2009 [1 favorite]

HERE.

god bless america.
posted by solistrato at 1:09 PM on July 15, 2009

Hey man, I'm just looking for a used car.
posted by yeti at 1:11 PM on July 15, 2009

Palin Palin Palin!
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 1:14 PM on July 15, 2009

You know who else liked parodies?
posted by ocherdraco at 1:30 PM on July 15, 2009

The wiki's explanation of the period in memorial threads is incorrect!

administrator!!! please hope me!
posted by JeffK at 1:37 PM on July 15, 2009

Pony Request: can we have every mefi meme reference automagically link to the correlated wiki explanation? And maybe make them blink. And be all zalgoed out.
posted by jabberjaw at 1:52 PM on July 15, 2009

Well if no one else will, I'll up the noise to signal ratio:

What about....
Elephant pissing, robot maids cannot clean linoleum, taglines, dtmfa, keyboard clacking, campbell's vegetable soup, warholics, next up:, needs more (noun), <>, smalltext, alphabet threads, server fan death, domesticated wheat, Kim Jong-Il is your facebook friend, best of the web, MARQUEE TAG, I expected (noun), cat-scan, [citation needed], gigfilter, error code 508 waldo not found, achewood is not funny, what is this where is my hat i am elderly, there is spumoni in the station, Why no?, and, let's not forget that one that blanketed the site back in 2000, "was this submitted properly someone reply"
posted by TwelveTwo at 2:00 PM on July 15, 2009 [2 favorites]

I think the HURF DURF entry should probably mention that it's a Something Awful import.
posted by empath at 4:06 PM on July 15, 2009

On Something Awful, Hurf Durf (also sometimes Hurf Blurf or Hurfing and Blurfing) is just a wildcard substitute for any amount of pretentious speechifying on a topic.
posted by empath at 4:10 PM on July 15, 2009

this _____, it vibrates?
overthinking a plate of beans
portobello mushrooms
posted by blenderfish at 4:13 PM on July 15, 2009

Metafilter: memes with explanations and possible origins? (ad nauseum)

Taters
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 4:34 PM on July 15, 2009

I think mathowie has softened his attitude toward injokes as time has gone on (that comment linked to on the wiki is from 7 years ago). I mean, he's making t-shirts of them now.

Secretly I hope that making those injoke t-shirts is slowly killing him inside, but somehow I doubt it :p.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 4:37 PM on July 15, 2009

Sweet, I finally know what "tl;dr" means!
posted by sunshinesky at 5:11 PM on July 15, 2009

Funny that this should come up today. The CD swap swapsets are all in-jokes:

The Hurf Durfs
The Juice Coupons
The Cabal
The Literal Vikings
The Bean Platers
This Swapset, It Vibrates?
The ZIPPITY-BOPs
The ??? Profits!
The Pancakes
The [NOT-SWAPISTS]
The Taters
The Spouses
The Special Snowflakes
The DTMFAs
The.

Working on it right now! Swapset emails tonite!
posted by carsonb at 6:00 PM on July 15, 2009 [1 favorite]

Ooh, ooh, I can play too!

My favorite is "I actually know far more about this subject than I think you can imagine" from this thread. It doesn't seem to have gotten the traction I really think it deserves.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 6:04 PM on July 15, 2009 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: a lot of memes I don't quite understand.
posted by Tesseractive at 6:04 PM on July 15, 2009

Mrs. Pterodactyl,

Jessamyn knows more about Metafilter than you can possibly imagine.
posted by lukemeister at 6:18 PM on July 15, 2009 [1 favorite]

Aw, nice! I think that's lovely.

Also, while I'm on the subject of "good/pleasant things Jessamyn has done", thanks for not saying "Good God you're irritating" when I ask potentially ridiculous questions about etiquette &c. (also one time I MeFi Mailed -- if that is indeed the correct punctuation, about which I am unsure -- her with a mod questions and I learned later in MetaTalk that she doesn't like that so apologies). Hugs for everyone!
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 6:37 PM on July 15, 2009

I think mathowie has softened his attitude toward injokes as time has gone on (that comment linked to on the wiki is from 7 years ago)

I know it's from 2002, but mathowie was right in 2002. As the wiki says, "Fresh, original wit is probably a better way to contribute."
posted by Jaltcoh at 7:36 PM on July 15, 2009

"Fresh, original wit is probably a better way to contribute."

That's what she said!
posted by turgid dahlia at 9:02 PM on July 15, 2009 [2 favorites]

As the wiki says, "Fresh, original wit is probably a better way to contribute."

And he'll get it as soon as he starts paying me for it.
posted by Eideteker at 9:23 PM on July 15, 2009 [1 favorite]

MetaFilter: Fresh, original wit is probably a better way to contribute.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:23 PM on July 15, 2009

MetaFilter: This is just to say, in Soviet Russia, vibrating plum cameras can has u?

-Todd Lokken

This.
posted by pompomtom at 10:44 PM on July 15, 2009

What's up with gas prices?
posted by qvantamon at 1:05 AM on July 16, 2009

I asked something similar once.
posted by allkindsoftime at 5:46 AM on July 16, 2009

9622? No explanation in the wiki.
posted by exogenous at 6:12 AM on July 16, 2009

Do you like pancakes?
posted by elfgirl at 6:16 AM on July 16, 2009

Longboat.

Interestingly, the thread linked above lacks the "longboat" tag.
posted by Mister_A at 6:52 AM on July 16, 2009

In other words, what exogenous said, but different.
posted by Mister_A at 6:53 AM on July 16, 2009

Ooh! Sexy sex person!

It currently has 333 favorites, please don't fuck that up.
posted by Mister_A at 6:56 AM on July 16, 2009

Also, don't fuck up the link.
posted by Mister_A at 6:57 AM on July 16, 2009

I yield the remainder of my time to the chairman.
posted by Mister_A at 6:57 AM on July 16, 2009

We have memes.

Also, don't be such a drama queen.
posted by TedW at 7:01 AM on July 16, 2009

I miss the references to the pastel suited jackals.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 7:02 AM on July 16, 2009

what car is this
posted by Optimus Chyme at 7:12 AM on July 16, 2009

It is a skittle car!
posted by Mister_A at 7:59 AM on July 16, 2009

Airplane on a treadmill
I know, I know
It's serious!
posted by Mister_A at 8:20 AM on July 16, 2009

IANAL
IANAD

Film at 11 (this one really grates on me, mind.)
posted by mippy at 8:31 AM on July 16, 2009

So when do we get meme.metafilter.com? MemeFi!
posted by owtytrof at 8:47 AM on July 16, 2009

MemeFi? Why not just call it MeFi?
posted by TwelveTwo at 11:39 PM on July 16, 2009

MetaFilter: Comedy Doesn't Scale Well
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 6:42 AM on July 17, 2009

thanks mate cheers

do u know what this car is need to know

cheers
posted by Optimus Chyme at 3:59 PM on July 17, 2009