Just curious - How is this a double post?

March 17, 2005 12:27 PM

Just curious - How is this a double post? I know earlier I had flagged a double comment I had made, but when I checked back to see if any new comments had been added the thread was gone.
posted by shawnj to Bugs at 12:27 PM (37 comments total)

No clue. Maybe it's considered a dupe of this:

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/40444
posted by scarabic at 12:32 PM on March 17, 2005

Even if it is a double post, deleting it after 162 comments is a bit harsh.
posted by sebas at 12:41 PM on March 17, 2005

I'm also curious as to how this is a double post. The thread scarabic mentions is about the possibility of oil drilling in ANWR, and the deleted thread is about The United States Senate actually going ahead and voting for oil drilling in ANWR.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 12:41 PM on March 17, 2005

Dust in the wind.

All your comments are, is dust in the wind.
posted by orthogonality at 12:43 PM on March 17, 2005

ROFL
posted by quonsar at 12:45 PM on March 17, 2005

deleting it after 162 comments is a bit harsh.

What difference does it make how many comments are in a thread? This post had 61 delicious truff... er, comments in it by the time it was deleted. But it still deserved it.
posted by casu marzu at 12:51 PM on March 17, 2005

either way, it's not a double.
posted by quonsar at 12:58 PM on March 17, 2005

I thought that updates to newsfilter posts were meant to be posted in the existing newsfilter post. The first ANWR post was just up two days ago.
posted by anapestic at 1:20 PM on March 17, 2005

that's what you get for thinking.
posted by quonsar at 1:21 PM on March 17, 2005

At least we know it's something that will never happen to you.
posted by anapestic at 1:23 PM on March 17, 2005

1.) Make astroturf post using unattributed text lifted directly from John Kerry mailer

2.) Ignore ensuing MeTa post

3.) Follow up own post less than 24 hrs later with CNN link

4.) Profit
posted by dhoyt at 1:31 PM on March 17, 2005

Double post!
posted by dhoyt at 1:31 PM on March 17, 2005

Perhaps tomorrow he'll make a post about how they haven't changed their minds yet.
posted by anapestic at 1:33 PM on March 17, 2005

breezeway, no disrespect, but enough with the images, please?
posted by naxosaxur at 1:33 PM on March 17, 2005

I kinda like the images. Especially the one of Dr. J (that is who it is, right?) choking that chicken in a Celtics uniform.
posted by anapestic at 1:35 PM on March 17, 2005

*inserts thumbs in ears, waggles fingers, sticks out tongue*
posted by quonsar at 1:57 PM on March 17, 2005

breezeway, no disrespect, but enough with the images, please?

How come, naxosaxur?
posted by Specklet at 2:07 PM on March 17, 2005

And quonsar and anapestic, don't make me pull this thread over!
posted by Specklet at 2:09 PM on March 17, 2005

It makes my poor eyes all burny :(
posted by naxosaxur at 2:42 PM on March 17, 2005

I actually just went "awww" aloud! Really.
posted by Specklet at 3:05 PM on March 17, 2005

I enjoy images sometimes, but sparingly, and they've got to be good. They do have a way of popping out of the page and interrupting the flow of conversation, so "few" and "small" are words to live by.

The double mailbox was good, and on-topic, and smallish. The man-slap image was a generic "fight-fight!" image, something you could whip out in just about any thread, not that on-topic or funny, and huge. The best thing I could say about it is that its overall contrast is just right to blend into the Grey if you squint at it.

Visit the work of wendell for inspiration in this field.
posted by scarabic at 3:13 PM on March 17, 2005

I enjoy images sometimes, but sparingly, and they've got to be good. They do have a way of popping out of the page and interrupting the flow of conversation, so "few" and "small" are words to live by.

The double mailbox was good, and on-topic, and smallish. The man-slap image was a generic "fight-fight!" image, something you could whip out in just about any thread, not that on-topic or funny, and huge. The best thing I could say about it is that its overall contrast is just right to blend into the Grey if you squint at it.

For once I completely agree with scarabic.

Visit the work of wendell for inspiration in this field.

Wait, disregard that. Jesus God no.
posted by Ryvar at 3:40 PM on March 17, 2005

Bad deletion. People were talking.
posted by muckster at 4:32 PM on March 17, 2005

Bad deletion. People were talking

I'm hoping you're joking.

As for the link, of course it's a double post. Mean Mr. Bucket posted a link on this topic on the 15 (anything for profit), and then this one on the 16. One day later. He could have easily added it to his previous post. (and he needs a blog)
posted by justgary at 7:36 PM on March 17, 2005

he needs a blog

I hope you're joking.

see how irritating and ineffectual that is as a rhetorical device?
posted by scarabic at 7:54 PM on March 17, 2005

see how irritating and ineffectual that is as a rhetorical device?

You've got to be kidding.
posted by Quartermass at 9:00 PM on March 17, 2005

justgary writes " As for the link, of course it's a double post. Mean Mr. Bucket posted a link on this topic on the 15 (anything for profit), and then this one on the 16. One day later. He could have easily added it to his previous post."

I think that actual passage of the bill opens up a different sort of discussion.
posted by orthogonality at 9:29 PM on March 17, 2005

Yes, you can talk about what is going to happen instead of 101 different things that might happen. And you get to talk about the statements that come along with the decisive passing of a vote. And you get to see the markets react. And - ah... nevermind.
posted by scarabic at 12:02 AM on March 18, 2005

I think that actual passage of the bill opens up a different sort of discussion.

Which could have occurred in the original thread, posted one day earlier.

Come on, you can try all you want to come up with a technical reason why this isn't a double post, but it's the same person on the same topic one day later. To me that's a double post, and if it's not, it's certainly a broken record.
posted by anapestic at 5:02 AM on March 18, 2005

if it's not, it's certainly a broken record.pop
if it's not, it's certainly a broken record.pop
if it's not, it's certainly a broken record.pop
if it's not, it's certainly a broken record.pop
if it's not, it's certainly a broken record.pop
posted by quonsar at 5:17 AM on March 18, 2005

Suck it, Bucket! ;)
posted by sciurus at 5:54 AM on March 18, 2005

That (huge?) "man-slap" you refer to is Dr. J and Larry Bird choking the shit out of each other! I'm just saying.

I'm sure you would have preferred watching quonsar and anapestic piss at each other.

Why should I bother explaining myself to my (and, gee, everybody else's, too) critics? It must be early.

For real, I love you guys. Please don't hate my play.

The real test is whether I post this stupid comment. I'm afraid I can't control myself.

Pause. Think. Stop. Don't post, breezeway. It's not worth it.
posted by breezeway at 6:23 AM on March 18, 2005

Ah, shit.
posted by breezeway at 6:23 AM on March 18, 2005

In the future, could you resize the images to make them a little smaller? Thanks.
posted by exlotuseater at 6:39 AM on March 18, 2005

I'm sure you would have preferred watching quonsar and anapestic piss at each other.

I'm pretty sure there are no pictures of that available.
posted by anapestic at 6:45 AM on March 18, 2005

Check the webcam!
posted by Mid at 6:59 AM on March 18, 2005

I call him Mr. Bucket of Cocks.
posted by graventy at 12:50 PM on March 18, 2005