malware tip links in sidebar lack context

March 5, 2014 1:01 PM

In the sidebar of the main Metafilter site, there's a Feb 21st entry* reading, in total: brainmouse reminds us: "Check out deezil's and samsara's profiles as really fantastic starting points." Say what now? That blurb would benefit from a few more words, like "Concerned about malware on your computer? brainmouse reminds us ..." (* yes, I'm slow)
posted by intermod to MetaFilter-Related at 1:01 PM (24 comments total)

Oh, and I did search for "malware" here before posting this :)
posted by intermod at 1:01 PM on March 5, 2014

Ack, this is my bad. On the BestOf blog there's a title. Fixed.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:04 PM on March 5, 2014

Oh! I had assumed this whole time that they were just really good examples of user profiles.
posted by mmoncur at 1:27 PM on March 5, 2014 [4 favorites]

They are that also!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:31 PM on March 5, 2014 [2 favorites]

I had assumed they were a floor wax.
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:35 PM on March 5, 2014 [2 favorites]

No, they're a dessert topping!
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:48 PM on March 5, 2014 [2 favorites]

They're all these things and more.
posted by JanetLand at 1:54 PM on March 5, 2014

WHAT I GOT SIDEBARRED (for my skills at linking to someone else's excellent content...). Feeling so special right now.
posted by brainmouse at 2:02 PM on March 5, 2014

Remember that ice cream topping that was supposed to get crunchy when you poured it on, but it never did and your parents just complained about how much it cost when you could have just used regular chocolate syrup ?

Uh, I thought they were that ?
posted by Pogo_Fuzzybutt at 2:18 PM on March 5, 2014

Magic shell!!!!!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:22 PM on March 5, 2014 [2 favorites]

But there's no link to where brainmouse is doing the reminding? Is that weird, or is it just me?

Does it taste great, or is it less filling?
posted by rtha at 2:24 PM on March 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

Works in a drawer!
posted by trip and a half at 3:49 PM on March 5, 2014

I thought the problem with Magic Shell was that it would set up after a while even when it was still in the bottle and then you'd have to like microwave it just to get it to come out and damn it can't you kids just have some carob chips on top instead, everybody loves carob chips.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:20 PM on March 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

You're a monster.
posted by rtha at 4:23 PM on March 5, 2014 [5 favorites]

I AM NOT THE ADULT IN THAT STORY
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:34 PM on March 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 6:41 PM on March 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

I AM NOT THE ADULT IN THAT STORY

THAT'S WHAT ADULTS ALWAYS SAY
posted by rtha at 6:44 PM on March 5, 2014

everybody loves carob chips

That's what adults always say, too...
posted by Namlit at 12:04 AM on March 6, 2014

"Remember that ice cream topping that was supposed to get crunchy when you poured it on, "

"I thought the problem with Magic Shell was that it would set up after a while even when it was still in the bottle and then you'd have to like microwave it just to get it to come out and damn it can't you kids just have some carob chips on top instead, everybody loves carob chips."

Oh my god I had forgotten about this. The simple answer to it drying out was to stand the bottle in a jug of hot water during dinner.

Minstrel anyone? They melt in your mouth, not in your hand.
posted by marienbad at 3:08 AM on March 6, 2014

I really like carob chips.

I like them more than chocolate.

I will go away now.
posted by lollusc at 3:27 AM on March 6, 2014

No, lollusc! Stay! See, if you,like carob chips and a bunch of us like chocolate chips, that's good, because then there's more of what we like for us and more of what you like for you! Works out great!
posted by rtha at 5:35 AM on March 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

So if you use Google to search for "magic shell" to see if they still make it (they do!), you get the delightful images followed by the Wikipedia entry for it. But below it you get the "People also search for" and it has brought me much joy:

• Chocolate syrup
• Sealed crustless sandwich
• Coconut oil
• Crisco
• Frozen banana

I don't know why that particular combination tickles me so much, but it really, really does.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:56 AM on March 6, 2014

...that's good, because then there's more of what we like for us and more of what you like for you!...

rtha, you have just discerned a fundamental principle of economics. First prize, a subscription to The Economist.*

*but you have to pay for it yourself because, hey, economics!
posted by mono blanco at 7:35 PM on March 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

Thanks!
posted by intermod at 7:40 PM on March 6, 2014