It may very well just be me. June 6, 2012 1:26 AM   Subscribe

This AskMe thread is making my flesh crawl. Am I just paranoid?

I don't want to derail that thread any more than it already has been. But since the OP is demanding to know why others find his proposed actions "creepy," I will give my opinion here:

To me, that thread is reading increasingly like the sort of exchange the media would dig up after the person responsible for it had done Something Very Bad Indeed.

Is anyone else getting that kind of vibe, or have I just been reading too much true crime?

(I didn't go to the mods about this, because, well, I'm not sure what they could do, really.)
posted by Perodicticus potto to MetaFilter-Related at 1:26 AM (6 comments total)

Actually, I was in the middle of communicating with the OP when this was posted, and the thread is closed now. I wish this had been sent to us via the contact form, really. I'm not seeing how this is going to help at all, except for people weighing in on "creepy or not creepy?" which... ugh.
posted by taz (staff) at 1:34 AM on June 6, 2012 [3 favorites]


To me, that thread is reading increasingly like the sort of exchange the media would dig up after the person responsible for it had done Something Very Bad Indeed.

It is a weird thread, but predicting some hot button style event that hasn't happened is just as creepy.

The thread will wilt away and whatever the OP does is beyond the control of this site.
posted by lampshade at 1:35 AM on June 6, 2012 [4 favorites]


or after now seeing Taz's comment from the previous minute....will be closed.
posted by lampshade at 1:36 AM on June 6, 2012


My apologies, Taz - please close this thread as well if needed.
posted by Perodicticus potto at 1:37 AM on June 6, 2012 [1 favorite]


This should probably just be closed too. The "true crime" angle is over the top and the Ask is already done.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 1:39 AM on June 6, 2012


Yes, good; agreed. Closing...
posted by taz (staff) at 1:39 AM on June 6, 2012


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