Does anyone want my account?

December 15, 2004 1:31 PM

I never use this name/account, so I was wondering if anyone was interested in taking it over...
posted by wondergirl to MetaFilter-Related at 1:31 PM (69 comments total)

Sure - I can give it to a friend. Email me.
posted by xammerboy at 1:43 PM on December 15, 2004

Wait! Wait! Let's have a contest!
We can award it to one of the new kids, so they can lord it over the rest of us!

(Well, most of the rest of us.)
posted by Floydd at 1:49 PM on December 15, 2004

LOL. I'm up for whatever.
posted by wondergirl at 1:50 PM on December 15, 2004

Starting a new metatalk thread to cheat Matt out of $5? Priceless.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 1:54 PM on December 15, 2004

wondergirl, Mathowie would like a word with you...
posted by naxosaxur at 1:55 PM on December 15, 2004

Does this mean its over between you and wonderboy?!
posted by vacapinta at 1:56 PM on December 15, 2004

keep it wondergirl. let it be a silent account but don't give it away. it's just wrong.
posted by dabitch at 1:57 PM on December 15, 2004

Dude, gross. They're totally brother and sister.
posted by jpoulos at 1:57 PM on December 15, 2004

I want it!

I've always wanted to be wondergirl, but they never made the Underoos big enough for me, so I had to raid my sister's...

Uh, never mind. Forget I mentioned this, will you?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:58 PM on December 15, 2004

I registered this name before there was a $5 paypal contribution needed...

If that becomes an issue, I'll cover the $5.

And as to wonderboy... I'm keeping quiet on that. ;)
posted by wondergirl at 2:02 PM on December 15, 2004

dabitch, you really think I should keep it?
posted by wondergirl at 2:03 PM on December 15, 2004

I think you should keep it too. Maybe pass it on to your children. It'll be worth a ton of money by then!
posted by fenriq at 2:06 PM on December 15, 2004

Auction it on eBay, and then make an FPP about it!!!

No, actually I have no suggestions. But on a related note...
posted by soyjoy at 2:11 PM on December 15, 2004

I second the 'save it' motion. People who want a login can now PayPal $5 to get one. Also, there's likely to be a lot of confusion from people seeing n00b postings from a #10 000. If you really don't want it at all anymore, just ask #1 to delete it.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 2:22 PM on December 15, 2004

Actually, I would think you don't have the right to transfer it. Why would you think you do?
posted by ParisParamus at 2:25 PM on December 15, 2004

yeah wondergirl, what if you wanna come back in and just kick yourself giving away a low username when the n00bs have 57689!
posted by dabitch at 2:26 PM on December 15, 2004

user# - I meant number!
posted by dabitch at 2:26 PM on December 15, 2004

It's a bad precedent. This should be in Metatalk.
posted by ParisParamus at 2:28 PM on December 15, 2004

Frankly, is "wondergirl" such an incredible username that people are kicking themselves that it's taken?

If so, let me suggest "wonder_girl" and "x_wondergirl_x" to those who are desperate to advertise themselves as wonderful.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:30 PM on December 15, 2004

Or girls.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:30 PM on December 15, 2004

What is this, the winter Silly Season? Will MeTa calm down after New Year's?

Oh, yeah -- terrible idea, wondergirl. Usernames are not supposed to be swapped around like sweaters. If you're not using it... don't use it. What's the problem?
posted by languagehat at 2:30 PM on December 15, 2004

And lower myself to 10k? No way.
posted by eyeballkid at 2:33 PM on December 15, 2004

Keep it. You may want it again later.
posted by me3dia at 2:34 PM on December 15, 2004

On an unrelated note, where would one find one's user number? Because I don't know what mine is.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:34 PM on December 15, 2004

Oh, SNAP! I just figured it out.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:35 PM on December 15, 2004

MeTa
posted by metaculpa at 2:35 PM on December 15, 2004

I apologize.

I honestly didn't mean to stir up trouble.
posted by wondergirl at 2:36 PM on December 15, 2004

*giggles*
posted by dabitch at 2:37 PM on December 15, 2004

Sometimes I wonder about you, girl.
posted by wendell at 2:47 PM on December 15, 2004

Don't worry, people have been a bit cranky lately, what with the cold weather in the northern hemisphere.

The Aussies and Kiwis have no-one to blame but themselves, though.
posted by Bugbread at 2:54 PM on December 15, 2004

What are you talking about, bugbread? The Aussies and the Kiwis have a long and proud tradition of blaming each other (and of collectively blaming the UK and/or the US).
posted by Sidhedevil at 3:01 PM on December 15, 2004

I'll trade you a hundred and six GMail accounts for it.
posted by dong_resin at 3:11 PM on December 15, 2004

Actually, I would think you don't have the right to transfer it. Why would you think you do?

ok, M'PP'AA...
posted by quonsar at 3:14 PM on December 15, 2004

Paris definately gets a biscuit.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:30 PM on December 15, 2004

PP, I do think she has the right to transfer it. Why would you think she doesn't?
posted by Bugbread at 3:41 PM on December 15, 2004

wondergirl, sell it for as much as you can. Capitalism is great! If you make enough, you can even give Matt a cut for being such a great guy.
posted by BradNelson at 4:04 PM on December 15, 2004

I think I've seen more stupid threads in the last two weeks than I've seen in four years.

And, yes, they're far more annoying than newsfilter. Fuck the golden age: can we just have the days of copper back?
posted by The God Complex at 4:22 PM on December 15, 2004

Why does everyone wanna be a bureaucrat?
posted by SweetJesus at 5:06 PM on December 15, 2004

It's a bad precedent. This should be in Metatalk.
posted by ParisParamus at 2:28 PM PST on December 15

As opposed to having it here in MetaTalk already?

Who's to say wondergirl hasn't already auctioned the name off and this is her replacement already gaming us?

That would be a funny trick, wondergirl.
posted by fenriq at 5:06 PM on December 15, 2004

As opposed to having it here in MetaTalk already?

I think that was the joke.
posted by BradNelson at 5:40 PM on December 15, 2004

Ergo, the biscuit.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 6:52 PM on December 15, 2004

Metafilter: Ergo, the biscuit.

Sorry, I've not done one of these since forever, if ever. But I couldn't resist.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 7:37 PM on December 15, 2004

Metatalk: I couldn't resist.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:50 PM on December 15, 2004

picks scab
posted by dabitch at 7:50 PM on December 15, 2004

*farts meditatively*
posted by adamgreenfield at 8:24 PM on December 15, 2004

*pukes - and cries*
posted by puke & cry at 8:42 PM on December 15, 2004

I think I've seen more stupid threads in the last two weeks than I've seen in four years. - The God Complex: member since: August 3, 2002

Even with his username statement the math doesn't add.

Please, Patrick, stop bitching. Ignore it. Take a break from all things *.metafilter. Work your way through old posts since that is your idea of the good old days.

I'm just sayin'
posted by geekyguy at 8:57 PM on December 15, 2004

Give it to me.
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 9:38 PM on December 15, 2004

Even with his username statement the math doesn't add.


I totally forgot about that rule where you can't read the site unless you're a member. ROFL. Thanks!

Also, I never said there were a good ol' days. I actually said that the copper age would suffice. Plus, it's hardly the "golden age" problem when I'm talking about, what, three fucking weeks ago?

I just don't see how Matt can be such a hardcore moderator of the grey for four years or so (I've had a number of off-topic comments deleted, as I know others have, and lame threads have been axed so many times it's not even funny), then get all hardcore deleting on political threads after Nov 2., but after new members join we have to put up with like, seriously, ten stupid threads in here every day?

At the very least I'll feel very free to ridicule the sheer amount of inanity. You can complain about it every time I do, though, if you really want to, Olen (did that make you more likely to believe me? ;P)
posted by The God Complex at 10:28 PM on December 15, 2004

*dives spectacularly into an oversized red plastic clear tub filled with the remains of 5,325 squozen lemons picked from a tree on a remote pacific island that can only be found using a map from the 12th century supposed to have been among several obscure artifacts found in a collection of Leonardo de Pisa's by Tartaglia revealed only after a duel with Cardan fought with pistols that turned out to fire what may have been some of the first blanks ever recorded used in European history which were speculated to have been imported from China by Arab merchants for the express purpose of being used in a series of plots designed to destabilize Europe and start a new wave of crusades....*
posted by namespan at 11:05 PM on December 15, 2004 [1 favorite]

Umberto?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:06 PM on December 15, 2004

namespan, that was awesome. I totally agree.
posted by metaculpa at 12:17 AM on December 16, 2004

In your username statement you alluded to having read for a year before you joined.

If I tried to point out every time you complained, (seriously, 1215 comments to MetaTalk?), I couldn't possibly keep up, Pat. My point is that you have options. Options like not pissing in every thread you deem unworthy. I don't disagree with most of your points. Carry on. Piss away.

I'm still just sayin'
posted by geekyguy at 12:29 AM on December 16, 2004

Actually it says I was waiting to register for a year. I'd been reading the site before I actually wanted to participate (or I would have, umm, registered, back when that wasn't such a big to-do).

Oh. 1216.
posted by The God Complex at 12:38 AM on December 16, 2004

wondergirl:
i say give it away. you can do whatever you want with the account. have fun with it. donate it to charity. give it to angry modem, for all I care.

and for cake's sake everyone, please stop talking about user numbers. you all know user number has no bearing on maturity or post quality, just as "time spent lurking" on metafilter obviously has no bearing on post quality.
posted by fake at 3:45 AM on December 16, 2004

The days of copper?

Hey God Complex, you hit post #1216 on 12/16! Crazy or what?
posted by spaghetti at 3:52 AM on December 16, 2004

Wondergirl, I think you should do the opposite of what the majority think.
posted by nthdegx at 4:41 AM on December 16, 2004

Yeah, me too. I also think you should do the opposite.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:05 AM on December 16, 2004

so, umm, are you ridding yourself of the wonderbra because you have another identittie that you do use? or are you leaving us altogether?
posted by danOstuporStar at 6:34 AM on December 16, 2004

Yes, I think the majority of us agrees with nthdegx and Civil_Disobedient.

*head doesn't explode, but begins throbbing a bit between the eyes. Sinusitis? Must get checked.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 6:37 AM on December 16, 2004

Just one thing: Posting comments using users' actual names is about as incisive and cutting as "your mother wears army boots."
posted by soyjoy at 8:20 AM on December 16, 2004

I'd advise you to do the opposite of what it is that nthdegx advises. He originally advised you to do the opposite of whatever the majority advise, but then so many people agreed with his advice that now he is the actual majority, and so in order to follow his advice to ignore the majority and do the opposite, you would have to ignore his advice and do the opposite. Basically what I'm saying is:

Wondergirl, I think you should do the opposite of what the majority think.
posted by iconomy at 9:14 AM on December 16, 2004

I think iconomy is completely wrong, and you should do the exact opposite of whatever iconomy instructs you to do.
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:55 AM on December 16, 2004

I think the comments in this thread are becoming the opposite of clever.
posted by xmutex at 9:57 AM on December 16, 2004

I think you should do exactly what iconomy says in all cases except this one.
posted by soyjoy at 10:04 AM on December 16, 2004

Wondergirl: Don't pay attention to soyjoy it will only end in embarrassment. Ask people to email you a number between 1 and 500 closest one wins.
posted by Keyser Soze at 10:25 AM on December 16, 2004

The closest one to 500? That's no contest!

No contest at all!

Now, a clever woman would take the advice of soyjoy, because she would know that only a great fool would take what she was given. You are not a great fool, so you can clearly not follow the advice from Keyser Soze. But he must have known you were not a great fool; he would have counted on it, so you can clearly not choose to take the advice offered by soyjoy....
posted by Floydd at 12:00 PM on December 16, 2004

Is this the part where someone cleverly follows with:

"Hey, What's That?"

If so, may I do the honor?

"Hey, What's That?" *switches usernames
posted by mic stand at 1:43 PM on December 16, 2004

I think you should do the majority of what the opposition think.
posted by nthdegx at 9:16 AM on December 20, 2004