Happy 21st birthday, Metafilter!
July 14, 2020 1:53 PM Subscribe
Cat-Scan.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their scanners, or why.
Metafilter is now old enough to legally buy cigarettes and alcohol, adopt a child, drive for Uber or Lyft, buy a gun, gamble in Vegas, rent a car, buy cannabis recreationally, apply to be a commercial pilot, be the Mayor of Montana, and get married without parental consent in Mississippi. Go have fun, kid. First drink's on me. 🍻
Metafilter is now old enough to legally buy cigarettes and alcohol, adopt a child, drive for Uber or Lyft, buy a gun, gamble in Vegas, rent a car, buy cannabis recreationally, apply to be a commercial pilot, be the Mayor of Montana, and get married without parental consent in Mississippi. Go have fun, kid. First drink's on me. 🍻
does anyone read the posts down here?
posted by anastasiav at 1:56 PM on July 14, 2020 [26 favorites]
posted by anastasiav at 1:56 PM on July 14, 2020 [26 favorites]
Yeah.
21 years before that it was 1979.
posted by GallonOfAlan at 1:57 PM on July 14, 2020 [16 favorites]
21 years before that it was 1979.
posted by GallonOfAlan at 1:57 PM on July 14, 2020 [16 favorites]
Happy birthday Metafilter! Just halfway to the answer to life, the universe, and everything!
posted by adrianhon at 1:58 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
posted by adrianhon at 1:58 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
I came in a little late: these cats, they vibrate?
posted by bartleby at 2:03 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by bartleby at 2:03 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
1978, actually.
posted by Chrysostom at 2:03 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by Chrysostom at 2:03 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
21 years, same as in town.
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:05 PM on July 14, 2020 [34 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:05 PM on July 14, 2020 [34 favorites]
you know there are so many things on this site we should be thankful for. the sense of community, the stumbling towards justice (however imperfect) the hundreds of thousands of people that have been helped by the thread on emotional labor, the spreading of wisdom, the flickering light in an increasingly dark world metafilter today reminds me that in nineteen ninety eight the undertaker threw mankind off hеll in a cell, and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table
posted by lalochezia at 2:07 PM on July 14, 2020 [47 favorites]
posted by lalochezia at 2:07 PM on July 14, 2020 [47 favorites]
I remember thinking in 2004 when I signed up that I'd missed the good years on the site and was coming in at the end of the party.
posted by octothorpe at 2:09 PM on July 14, 2020 [42 favorites]
posted by octothorpe at 2:09 PM on July 14, 2020 [42 favorites]
I wish I could remember my first username here. This one is only 13 years old and I am feeling like a noob.
posted by Dr. Curare at 2:16 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Dr. Curare at 2:16 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
you know there are so many things on this site we should be thankful for. the sense of community, the stumbling towards justice (however imperfect) the hundreds of thousands of people that have been helped by the thread on emotional labor, the spreading of wisdom, the flickering light in an increasingly dark world, the absence of parisparamus...
posted by Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon at 2:17 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
posted by Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon at 2:17 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
Among other things if it wasn't for Metafilter I would have missed out on dozens of meetups in three different countries. It hasn't all just been about thrashing around online.
posted by ardgedee at 2:19 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by ardgedee at 2:19 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
A friend told me about this post when he saw my comment from 2000 in the original thread. I was MetaFilter's age now when I made that comment! I wonder sometimes how the people I connected with in early internet communities like this are doing today.
posted by pnevares at 2:22 PM on July 14, 2020 [14 favorites]
posted by pnevares at 2:22 PM on July 14, 2020 [14 favorites]
Is "the Mayor of Montana" an inside joke I haven't seen yet, or just a hilarious malapropism?
It's a little weird to think that I've been here over half its life, I always think of myself as a nooblar, especially when I read olden times posts and see usernames that are still active.
posted by rhizome at 2:23 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
It's a little weird to think that I've been here over half its life, I always think of myself as a nooblar, especially when I read olden times posts and see usernames that are still active.
posted by rhizome at 2:23 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Yeah I still feel like an unspeakably noob person and I've been here under one name or another since aught-seven and lurking since well before that. Hell, even this account, which I think of as brand new and literally created the day before yesterday, has been kicking around almost four years now. Holy cats.
They say time flies when you're having fun, but man, even when you aren't...
posted by potrzebie at 2:28 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
They say time flies when you're having fun, but man, even when you aren't...
posted by potrzebie at 2:28 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
rhizome: Oops, I should have said "a mayor in Montana." Oh, well. I'll try again next year.
posted by waxpancake at 2:34 PM on July 14, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by waxpancake at 2:34 PM on July 14, 2020 [4 favorites]
Please don't change it, it's perfect!
posted by rhizome at 2:35 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 2:35 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Metafilter: Please don't change it, it's perfect!
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 2:37 PM on July 14, 2020 [12 favorites]
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 2:37 PM on July 14, 2020 [12 favorites]
Metafilter is now old enough to legally buy cigarettes and alcohol
Metafilter is not confined to the United States. It has been openly buying booze in other jurisdictions for years.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 2:38 PM on July 14, 2020 [28 favorites]
Metafilter is not confined to the United States. It has been openly buying booze in other jurisdictions for years.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 2:38 PM on July 14, 2020 [28 favorites]
And even partaking of legal weed here in Canada.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:42 PM on July 14, 2020 [9 favorites]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:42 PM on July 14, 2020 [9 favorites]
et cetera
posted by infini at 2:50 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by infini at 2:50 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
So what would Metafilter's first or most beloved drink be on this auspicious day? I could see it either being something quite unique or more normal than normal...
posted by rambling wanderlust at 2:54 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by rambling wanderlust at 2:54 PM on July 14, 2020
ZIPPITY BOP!
posted by mazola at 2:55 PM on July 14, 2020 [7 favorites]
posted by mazola at 2:55 PM on July 14, 2020 [7 favorites]
21?
Metafilter is now old enough to drink!
...and given all it's seen, it probably really, really needs to.
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 2:56 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
Metafilter is now old enough to drink!
...and given all it's seen, it probably really, really needs to.
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 2:56 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
I’m so thankful for this site and for all of you. HBDMF!
posted by Fritzle at 2:57 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by Fritzle at 2:57 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
This is a very strange time to wander back in here. I understand why they kinda drifted to the online-only things they became (especially this year) but, man, I miss the mail-out mix CD swaps. I have so much bleak/pretty/chill/melancholy/cool/uncool/weird music I want to subject to random folks in lovingly crafted mixes with custom artwork and liner notes. Those were so much fun and I still treasure the mixes I received - needlegrrl, one of yours has been beloved by many folks in multiple households.
Here's hoping the best parts of this site continue to endure and improve while the world burns down.
posted by Lonnrot at 2:58 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Here's hoping the best parts of this site continue to endure and improve while the world burns down.
posted by Lonnrot at 2:58 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Happy birthday, Metafilter. You're the bee's motherfucking knees.
posted by bondcliff at 2:59 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by bondcliff at 2:59 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Hi MetaFilter. I just wanted to let you know, as you are 21-years-old, that I understand that you're learning more and more horrible things about the world every day. I see you, and I am proud of you for handling it as you have. You're doing great! Don't give up, you're growing into a fine Filter.
Now go get yourself a nice drink to celebrate! Happy Birthday!!!
posted by JoeXIII007 at 3:00 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Now go get yourself a nice drink to celebrate! Happy Birthday!!!
posted by JoeXIII007 at 3:00 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Happy Birthday Blue!
posted by chinesefood at 3:00 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by chinesefood at 3:00 PM on July 14, 2020
As usual, I don’t understand what’s going on here
posted by waving at 3:03 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by waving at 3:03 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
Happy Birthday MeFi!
posted by mathowie at 3:04 PM on July 14, 2020 [55 favorites]
posted by mathowie at 3:04 PM on July 14, 2020 [55 favorites]
something, something, pancakes...
posted by photoslob at 3:09 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by photoslob at 3:09 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
i do.
posted by Melismata at 3:11 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Melismata at 3:11 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
Happy birthday MeFi! We'll have an awkward Zoom sing a long with the extended family and some cake.
posted by benzenedream at 3:11 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by benzenedream at 3:11 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
[this is still good]
posted by gwint at 3:13 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by gwint at 3:13 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
🎂🍨🎉
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 3:14 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 3:14 PM on July 14, 2020
Congratulations, chicken fuckers.
posted by GuyZero at 3:15 PM on July 14, 2020 [13 favorites]
posted by GuyZero at 3:15 PM on July 14, 2020 [13 favorites]
Happiest Birthday to this crazy site. Undoubtedly it's helped keep the internet weird for me and countless others. Here's to another 21 years!
posted by salsamander at 3:22 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by salsamander at 3:22 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
I've been a lurker and/or a member here longer than at any other site, and it means so very much to me. Watching its growth, growing along with it, has made a significant difference to how I participate in communities everywhere in my life.
Thank you, Metafilter, and happy birthday!
posted by Caxton1476 at 3:28 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Thank you, Metafilter, and happy birthday!
posted by Caxton1476 at 3:28 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
I remember when I started coming to Mefi because it was an alternative to memepool.
posted by Catblack at 3:31 PM on July 14, 2020 [23 favorites]
posted by Catblack at 3:31 PM on July 14, 2020 [23 favorites]
I have never attempted to scan a cat. I wouldn't even know where to start. In fact, I don't think I agree with it. (Happy Birthday, MeFi!)
posted by merriment at 3:41 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by merriment at 3:41 PM on July 14, 2020
I would like to credit Metafilter with playing a significant part in the ongoing existence of my sanity over the last, oh, four years.
posted by CynicalKnight at 3:47 PM on July 14, 2020 [12 favorites]
posted by CynicalKnight at 3:47 PM on July 14, 2020 [12 favorites]
I sort of love how this week goes EFF's birthday, my birthday, Metafilter's birthday. And the Internet gave us all cake this year!
posted by ntk at 3:52 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by ntk at 3:52 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
maybe the REAL MetaFilter was the friends we made along the way
posted by sainttoad at 3:54 PM on July 14, 2020 [11 favorites]
posted by sainttoad at 3:54 PM on July 14, 2020 [11 favorites]
Happy birthday! Your half my age, but I've only been signed up for a quarter of my life (although my first memory of you is when I spent much of that fateful Tuesday in 2001 reading along desparately). I've grown up so much in the 9 years since I took the plunge to sign up. I still haven't scanned a cat, though.
posted by ambrosen at 3:59 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by ambrosen at 3:59 PM on July 14, 2020
Working on my campuses library I used to sneak and read metafilter when I was supposed to be shelving book on the reference computers. If you had told me then that someday I would be sneaking and reading metafilter on my phone while at work I’d have been so thrilled. Happy birthday to the best website to get me through a boring workday!
posted by lepus at 4:00 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by lepus at 4:00 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
For the life of me I can't remember what moved me to finally chip in $5 in 2009 ... so booya!, MetaFilter, not only am I older than you, I'm old.
posted by chavenet at 4:06 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 4:06 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
Metafilter: the Plastic that still exists.
posted by adamrice at 4:09 PM on July 14, 2020 [19 favorites]
posted by adamrice at 4:09 PM on July 14, 2020 [19 favorites]
Where the hell are the singing cats?
posted by ColdChef at 4:09 PM on July 14, 2020 [14 favorites]
posted by ColdChef at 4:09 PM on July 14, 2020 [14 favorites]
I do find it incredible and often hard to believe that Metafilter, a relic of the old Internet (in so many good and bad ways), is still alive and being used. In 2004, I'd never would have thought that a site that is entirely text would still matter to people in 2020 surfing the web on their PDAs. Maybe after 16 years membership and few years of lurking I should finally make that FPP I keep putting off...
posted by Ashwagandha at 4:13 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by Ashwagandha at 4:13 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
Ok blue wall of text, have the digital equivalent of an adult beverage, go a little wild tonight, maybe turn on gifs for a couple hours. But change, change all the time, some subset will always gripe but don't worry, change. Ok change for the better, they'll still gripe, but just go for it.
posted by sammyo at 4:15 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by sammyo at 4:15 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
Happy birthday indeed. I've been here since 05 and am happy to see that someone posted "same as in town in the first block of posts.
posted by Ber at 4:15 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by Ber at 4:15 PM on July 14, 2020
I salute you, Metafilter, with the right hand I somehow avoided losing in ancient arguments with quonsar.
posted by kaibutsu at 4:25 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by kaibutsu at 4:25 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
It turns out the real Cabal was the friends we made along the way
posted by churl at 4:43 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
posted by churl at 4:43 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
Happy Birthday Us!! Buckle in for another spin around the sun.
posted by Gray Duck at 4:44 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by Gray Duck at 4:44 PM on July 14, 2020
Been here since 2006. My daughter was 10. Now she has graduate degree, a job, and an apartment 1000 miles (ca. 1,609 km) away from us. I'm still here.
posted by COD at 4:45 PM on July 14, 2020 [9 favorites]
posted by COD at 4:45 PM on July 14, 2020 [9 favorites]
POPCORN
posted by clavdivs at 5:11 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by clavdivs at 5:11 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
It's weird, I started reading somewhere around the turn of the millennium but didn't join till 2016. I found metafilter off of slashdot. I remember getting good updates on 9/11 while it was happening and all the other sites were lagging due to traffic. I think this is the only site from back then that I still frequent. I have learned so much from all y'all. Happy birthday!
posted by Billy Rubin at 5:26 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Billy Rubin at 5:26 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
yes yes happy birthday...
posted by goneill at 5:28 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by goneill at 5:28 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
Good grief, I've been here nigh onto 15 years. Metafilter wasn't all that old when I joined (and I don't think the price of entry has gone up! Way to keep inflation down, guys and gals!). But it's still barely more than a third my age.
Metafilter means the world to me. I've been coming here almost every evening since September 2005, and the only place I've been a regular for longer is the Internet Writing Workshop. Happy birthday, MetaFilter! Keep up the good work.
posted by lhauser at 5:34 PM on July 14, 2020
Metafilter means the world to me. I've been coming here almost every evening since September 2005, and the only place I've been a regular for longer is the Internet Writing Workshop. Happy birthday, MetaFilter! Keep up the good work.
posted by lhauser at 5:34 PM on July 14, 2020
I joined in 2000 and have been more or less active over the years but MeFi remains a site which makes me consistently optimistic about the web as a positive part of life.
posted by adamsc at 5:38 PM on July 14, 2020 [7 favorites]
posted by adamsc at 5:38 PM on July 14, 2020 [7 favorites]
Crazy.
My first post was a comment on a deleted post about Our Giant Squid Overlords. Three years after catscan. Then, a comment about the Dead. I'm good with all that.
posted by Windopaene at 5:38 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
My first post was a comment on a deleted post about Our Giant Squid Overlords. Three years after catscan. Then, a comment about the Dead. I'm good with all that.
posted by Windopaene at 5:38 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
Metafilter is 20 years older than my youngest doggo!
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:49 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:49 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
It seems like just yesterday I was walking past the magazine section at Borders and did a double take - hey, that's mathowie on the cover of Brill's Content! Man, I miss all three of those things.
posted by Flannery Culp at 6:06 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by Flannery Culp at 6:06 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
Been bringing me some joy for a very long time. Thanks!
posted by rmmcclay at 6:09 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by rmmcclay at 6:09 PM on July 14, 2020
Lurked for several years, then ponied up the five bucks in 2013. Best fiver I've ever spent!
posted by Agave at 6:20 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by Agave at 6:20 PM on July 14, 2020
Flipping through the old threads and MeTas, I stumbled on the fact that 1142 T-shirts & sundries still exist to buy. The Internet, and Metafilter, are still weird after all these years.
posted by Ashwagandha at 6:21 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Ashwagandha at 6:21 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
I remember childhood involved lots of urinating elephants.
posted by meehawl at 6:22 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by meehawl at 6:22 PM on July 14, 2020
ah, yes... At the risk of outing myself as a whippersnapper, I was too young for 1142, but was an avid lurker in 9622, and its eventual spin-off side-project site.
posted by kaibutsu at 6:31 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by kaibutsu at 6:31 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
Happy birthday! As far as I remember, you've outlasted all the other things I used to read on the computer in my cubicle.
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:44 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:44 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
This is the only place I still visit with any regularity that still bears my teenage username. Weirdly, other things in my life have been raising a nostalgia for the turn of the century too (I own a house now, rather belatedly, and have room to consider re-obtaining a little computer museum's worth of the G3 Macs I learned computer hardware on, or the Pentium IIs I learned Linux on.)
Given how 2020's been going, I'd certainly think long and hard about a time traveler's offer to return to those days!
Happy Birthday, MeFi! I'd go looking for meetups to see how the NYC folks I knew in the 2000s are getting on, but well. The whole ... thing. Maybe next year.
posted by cyrusdogstar at 6:45 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
Given how 2020's been going, I'd certainly think long and hard about a time traveler's offer to return to those days!
Happy Birthday, MeFi! I'd go looking for meetups to see how the NYC folks I knew in the 2000s are getting on, but well. The whole ... thing. Maybe next year.
posted by cyrusdogstar at 6:45 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
Happy Birthday, Metafilter! I got you five bucks for your birthday. I hope you like it.
posted by The Mayor of Montana at 6:57 PM on July 14, 2020 [19 favorites]
posted by The Mayor of Montana at 6:57 PM on July 14, 2020 [19 favorites]
Yeah.
21 years before that it was 1979.
posted by GallonOfAlan
And 21 years before that, I was 5.
And I’m still young, in significant ways due to Metafilter.
Can we do limericks now?
posted by skyscraper at 6:57 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
21 years before that it was 1979.
posted by GallonOfAlan
And 21 years before that, I was 5.
And I’m still young, in significant ways due to Metafilter.
Can we do limericks now?
posted by skyscraper at 6:57 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
21, really? About old enough to start wearing a professional white outfit instead of that frivolous blue and green.
posted by bashing rocks together at 7:03 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by bashing rocks together at 7:03 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
I'm just here to admire the shimmering veil. I've always heard about it...but, you know, it's different when you see it in person.
posted by Kikkoman at 7:05 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by Kikkoman at 7:05 PM on July 14, 2020
Can we do limericks now?
There once was a young man from Boston
Who found a website he got lost in.
As the years passed by
other forums caught his eye,
but weren't worth the fiver MeFi cost him.
Happy birthday, Metafilter!
posted by mstokes650 at 7:26 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
There once was a young man from Boston
Who found a website he got lost in.
As the years passed by
other forums caught his eye,
but weren't worth the fiver MeFi cost him.
Happy birthday, Metafilter!
posted by mstokes650 at 7:26 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
1999 was a ridiculously strong year for the internet
(with apologies to hippybear)
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 7:26 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
(with apologies to hippybear)
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 7:26 PM on July 14, 2020 [10 favorites]
I joined when I was 17. I've grown on up on this damn site. I have a friggen BABY now and I'm not a 'young' mum.
Lord.
Coulda been worse.
posted by stray at 7:35 PM on July 14, 2020 [4 favorites]
Lord.
Coulda been worse.
posted by stray at 7:35 PM on July 14, 2020 [4 favorites]
Well, all this is a little different than it was when I joined 20 years ago. (20 years!)
It’s hard to understate how original MeFi was back then. It was in that phase when we all felt the internet could positively change the world and anyone who put up a website could do it... but there was too much good stuff to track in a NetGuide or (many) single author blogs. And I too remember mathowie on the Brill’s Content cover as a big moment - a crossover into the real world. A thrill.
posted by hijinx at 7:41 PM on July 14, 2020 [9 favorites]
It’s hard to understate how original MeFi was back then. It was in that phase when we all felt the internet could positively change the world and anyone who put up a website could do it... but there was too much good stuff to track in a NetGuide or (many) single author blogs. And I too remember mathowie on the Brill’s Content cover as a big moment - a crossover into the real world. A thrill.
posted by hijinx at 7:41 PM on July 14, 2020 [9 favorites]
Blimey I joined in 2008, which seems simultaneously like last month and last century. I’m so happy to have found this little enclave.
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 8:08 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 8:08 PM on July 14, 2020
And so, as Tiny Tim observed: God bless Us, Every One!
posted by dannyboybell at 8:25 PM on July 14, 2020
posted by dannyboybell at 8:25 PM on July 14, 2020
Happy birthday, Metafilter, you old so-and-so.
You’ve helped me more than you know.
Maybe even more than I know.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 8:27 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
You’ve helped me more than you know.
Maybe even more than I know.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 8:27 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
21 years?! That is so crazy. I'm not an active commenter by any means, but this site has been part of my daily internet for most of those years (I certainly wasn't here day 1, but day 1000? somewhere around there I started reading, certainly well before The Mushroom Incident). The work that the folks here have done (both official moderators and unofficial) has continued to make this one of the few places on the internet where one can actually have a good conversation.
In many ways Metafilter feels like the Internet we lost.
Here's to another 21 years MetaFilter.
posted by KirTakat at 8:37 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
In many ways Metafilter feels like the Internet we lost.
Here's to another 21 years MetaFilter.
posted by KirTakat at 8:37 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
Happy birthday, to all us camera-havers.
posted by axiom at 8:38 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by axiom at 8:38 PM on July 14, 2020 [5 favorites]
Happy Birthday, Metafilter!
(It’s time for you to take a bath)
posted by waving at 9:23 PM on July 14, 2020
(It’s time for you to take a bath)
posted by waving at 9:23 PM on July 14, 2020
Metafilter is wonderful, still, after all these years. Even with all the coming-to-grips with our unconscious racism, transphobia, etc. Self-correction and awareness raising is a feature not a bug.
(Not to be congratulatory that we did the work, just that I know I am blind to the ways in which in I am contributing to the silencing of voices and I want to express gratitude to those who had cared enough and had the patience to address these issues when I really had no right to expect that from them. It's an honor being a part of a community where this is even remotely possible and it inspires me to want to raise the rest of the world to this standard.)
I have real friends that I have made here. Some I have met in real life, others not. Metafilter has been witness to the story of my entire adult life in which I have attempted to save the world, have kids, buy a house, deal with loss, and fix my computer and have failed miserably. It has always been a refuge where I can return and find validation, support, advice, a laugh, some honest advice -- all the things one should expect from one's family but seldom finds. I have only recently been aware that not everyone here feels fully the same and it is my sincere hope to make it possible for others to feel similarly at home and loved.
Among other things if it wasn't for Metafilter I would have missed out on dozens of meetups in three different countries. It hasn't all just been about thrashing around online.
Me too! U.S., Canada, and India. I really wish I had gotten it together to do the same when I visited London, Switzerland, Iceland, France, etc. Just recently, I had reached out to a Mefite who has been going through an extremely tough time and sent my phone number and we had a conversation a few days ago that was really meaningful to me, hopefully to them too.
I still haven't found a used car, but I did buy my sweetie a banjo, I went PC to Mac and back to PC while being Linux-curious, I made decisions about de-clawing cats and circumcising babies, I got a lawyer, I got a counselor, I talked to my doctor, I never D'ed TMFA, and I did in fact eat it, all of it. I miss things like the eighth anniversary where we did Dance Dance Revolution with Matt, who was wearing flip-flops I believe and shared a ginormous donut with Cortex and gave a giant hug to Jessamyn after figuring out the rebus under the bottle-cap (did we really drink Lucky Lager that night?).
Happy birthday, MeFi. May you always be awkward and weird.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:33 PM on July 14, 2020 [9 favorites]
(Not to be congratulatory that we did the work, just that I know I am blind to the ways in which in I am contributing to the silencing of voices and I want to express gratitude to those who had cared enough and had the patience to address these issues when I really had no right to expect that from them. It's an honor being a part of a community where this is even remotely possible and it inspires me to want to raise the rest of the world to this standard.)
I have real friends that I have made here. Some I have met in real life, others not. Metafilter has been witness to the story of my entire adult life in which I have attempted to save the world, have kids, buy a house, deal with loss, and fix my computer and have failed miserably. It has always been a refuge where I can return and find validation, support, advice, a laugh, some honest advice -- all the things one should expect from one's family but seldom finds. I have only recently been aware that not everyone here feels fully the same and it is my sincere hope to make it possible for others to feel similarly at home and loved.
Among other things if it wasn't for Metafilter I would have missed out on dozens of meetups in three different countries. It hasn't all just been about thrashing around online.
Me too! U.S., Canada, and India. I really wish I had gotten it together to do the same when I visited London, Switzerland, Iceland, France, etc. Just recently, I had reached out to a Mefite who has been going through an extremely tough time and sent my phone number and we had a conversation a few days ago that was really meaningful to me, hopefully to them too.
I still haven't found a used car, but I did buy my sweetie a banjo, I went PC to Mac and back to PC while being Linux-curious, I made decisions about de-clawing cats and circumcising babies, I got a lawyer, I got a counselor, I talked to my doctor, I never D'ed TMFA, and I did in fact eat it, all of it. I miss things like the eighth anniversary where we did Dance Dance Revolution with Matt, who was wearing flip-flops I believe and shared a ginormous donut with Cortex and gave a giant hug to Jessamyn after figuring out the rebus under the bottle-cap (did we really drink Lucky Lager that night?).
Happy birthday, MeFi. May you always be awkward and weird.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:33 PM on July 14, 2020 [9 favorites]
Happy Birthday MeFi!
I've been lurking here since 2002. It's as close to perfect as possible, I think.
So many good things on the Internet got successful, were bought by large companies and destroyed. Or they morphed into strange messed up versions of themselves as they chased the almighty dollar. Every site converted their pages to do that annoying, eternal scrolling thing. Every gimmick web designers can think up got crammed into every page until you couldn't even see the content without closing three or for popups. Comments sections would make almost anyone lose any hope for humanity. Every user is monetized and tracked.
In all this time though, MetaFilter kept being its amazing self without following the trends that ruined almost everywhere else. Go to any page on the site and it's just plain text, people getting together and talking about stuff. Thoughtful moderation keeps the train on the tracks.
Thank you to everyone who keeps the site running, and thank you to everyone who comes here and contributes. I mostly lurk, but MetaFilter is one of my main homes on the Internet.
Here's to wishing MeFi another 21 excellent years! May it grow and flourish and never lose its soul.
posted by DrumsIntheDeep at 9:35 PM on July 14, 2020 [8 favorites]
I've been lurking here since 2002. It's as close to perfect as possible, I think.
So many good things on the Internet got successful, were bought by large companies and destroyed. Or they morphed into strange messed up versions of themselves as they chased the almighty dollar. Every site converted their pages to do that annoying, eternal scrolling thing. Every gimmick web designers can think up got crammed into every page until you couldn't even see the content without closing three or for popups. Comments sections would make almost anyone lose any hope for humanity. Every user is monetized and tracked.
In all this time though, MetaFilter kept being its amazing self without following the trends that ruined almost everywhere else. Go to any page on the site and it's just plain text, people getting together and talking about stuff. Thoughtful moderation keeps the train on the tracks.
Thank you to everyone who keeps the site running, and thank you to everyone who comes here and contributes. I mostly lurk, but MetaFilter is one of my main homes on the Internet.
Here's to wishing MeFi another 21 excellent years! May it grow and flourish and never lose its soul.
posted by DrumsIntheDeep at 9:35 PM on July 14, 2020 [8 favorites]
Brb, looking for my copy of the Treaty of Westphalia.
Happy Birthday Metafilter, may you never lose your way! (The times when it does appear as if might are devastating, but so happy we're still hanging in there and so thankful the site has not been, in that hateful term, "monetized".)
posted by blue shadows at 9:55 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Happy Birthday Metafilter, may you never lose your way! (The times when it does appear as if might are devastating, but so happy we're still hanging in there and so thankful the site has not been, in that hateful term, "monetized".)
posted by blue shadows at 9:55 PM on July 14, 2020 [3 favorites]
Go to any page on the site and it's just plain text, people getting together and talking about stuff. Thoughtful moderation keeps the train on the tracks.
Isn't that the truth about life in general? Whatever "process" you put in place, however you put a shiny interface on things "to make it easier", it all comes down to whether the people are involved and are putting their hearts into it.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 10:15 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
Isn't that the truth about life in general? Whatever "process" you put in place, however you put a shiny interface on things "to make it easier", it all comes down to whether the people are involved and are putting their hearts into it.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 10:15 PM on July 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
I now have to add, I think, on the day I returned here in a shiny new fictionsuit, on the 21st anniversary of the site, that as much as this place has brought me a lot of joy, it's also broken my heart several times and this has been the fastest.
posted by Lonnrot at 10:39 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Lonnrot at 10:39 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
I'm a lurker, mainly. In the bad years when I didn't have the money for internet, this place was the only thing I really missed. Happy Birthday, and thank you!
posted by Gamecat at 10:46 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Gamecat at 10:46 PM on July 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
"... it all comes down to whether the people are involved and are putting their hearts into it."
Anything worth doing is worth putting your heart into, and where you put your heart is where you're vulnerable.
MetaFilter has enriched many lives over the years and it's done so because many, many people have put their hearts into this community. Some people have probed and cut at this heart for years and have managed to — over time and then all at once — inflict some serious wounds.
If we love this place — and I do — I think we need to come together to help heal those wounds, find ways to defend MetaFilter and ourselves from attack, and to adapt and change as required by a world that is always changing around us.
Happy 21st Birthday and thanks, MetaFilter, for being a unique and wonderful site.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:47 PM on July 14, 2020 [15 favorites]
Anything worth doing is worth putting your heart into, and where you put your heart is where you're vulnerable.
MetaFilter has enriched many lives over the years and it's done so because many, many people have put their hearts into this community. Some people have probed and cut at this heart for years and have managed to — over time and then all at once — inflict some serious wounds.
If we love this place — and I do — I think we need to come together to help heal those wounds, find ways to defend MetaFilter and ourselves from attack, and to adapt and change as required by a world that is always changing around us.
Happy 21st Birthday and thanks, MetaFilter, for being a unique and wonderful site.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:47 PM on July 14, 2020 [15 favorites]
Happy birthday MeFi !
I woke up this morning and had a tea in my metafilter mug to celebrate.
Here’s to more years of fine text and links on a background color of your choice.
posted by motdiem2 at 11:05 PM on July 14, 2020
I woke up this morning and had a tea in my metafilter mug to celebrate.
Here’s to more years of fine text and links on a background color of your choice.
posted by motdiem2 at 11:05 PM on July 14, 2020
Happy Birthday MeFi and thanks for the cake.
Never grow up, never surrender.
posted by TrishaU at 12:06 AM on July 15, 2020
Never grow up, never surrender.
posted by TrishaU at 12:06 AM on July 15, 2020
Lurking for years, I only signed up a wet week ago.
In 2006 I was involved in a Summer Science Program for teenagers. A central thread was a crime-scene investigation concerning a "body" found in one of the labs with various clues about its person. The kids isolatedsnot DNA and my job was to coax them towards using the internet to find stuff out about a given DNA sequence: where it came from, what was its function . . . At some point I asked with a rhetorical flourish
“Where would you go to find out about tropical fruit?”
“Bebo”
“Wha’?!?”
“Yes, Bebo is full of people of who know all sorts of things, I’m sure there’d be an expert on tropical fruit”
Bebo, not so much; Metafilter, absolutely! Happy Bday to the collective know-somethings.
posted by BobTheScientist at 12:40 AM on July 15, 2020 [3 favorites]
In 2006 I was involved in a Summer Science Program for teenagers. A central thread was a crime-scene investigation concerning a "body" found in one of the labs with various clues about its person. The kids isolated
“Where would you go to find out about tropical fruit?”
“Bebo”
“Wha’?!?”
“Yes, Bebo is full of people of who know all sorts of things, I’m sure there’d be an expert on tropical fruit”
Bebo, not so much; Metafilter, absolutely! Happy Bday to the collective know-somethings.
posted by BobTheScientist at 12:40 AM on July 15, 2020 [3 favorites]
As both a celebration of this place and possibly a sad indictment of my life, metafilter has been one of my biggest constants over the past 15+ years. I've had my hiatuses but this corner of the internet is intrinsically tied in with my life and who I am as a person.
Solid innings for "that blue website you're always on" as many family, friends and colleagues over the years have pointed out.
Happy birthday to you, yours and everyone who takes part.
posted by slimepuppy at 2:47 AM on July 15, 2020 [4 favorites]
Solid innings for "that blue website you're always on" as many family, friends and colleagues over the years have pointed out.
Happy birthday to you, yours and everyone who takes part.
posted by slimepuppy at 2:47 AM on July 15, 2020 [4 favorites]
Happy birthday, Metafilter. I've been reading and lurking for twenty years and it's you all are still the best of the web.
posted by Foaf at 2:51 AM on July 15, 2020
posted by Foaf at 2:51 AM on July 15, 2020
HURF DURF BIRTHDAY CAKE EATER
(said with love)
posted by shiny blue object at 4:30 AM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
(said with love)
posted by shiny blue object at 4:30 AM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
This is a very strange time to wander back in here. I understand why they kinda drifted to the online-only things they became (especially this year) but, man, I miss the mail-out mix CD swaps. I have so much bleak/pretty/chill/melancholy/cool/uncool/weird music I want to subject to random folks in lovingly crafted mixes with custom artwork and liner notes.
Um I would totally be down for that! And I still buy actual physical CD's and would prefer that over some playlist swaps....just in case any other olds wanna start this up again too?
Anyways...happy birthday Metafilter! I found out about this place from some other site in maybe 2008 or 2009 and was immediately hooked. Lurked for quite a few years until 2013 that I finally joined to make some dumb comment. It's funny that in all the good and insightful comments I've made, the spur to pay the $5 and join was so insignificant and silly. Especially when this site has helped me to become a better person who changed from seeing things in black and white to shades of grey (or blue lol)
Metafilter is the internet to me. It's really the only place I visit anymore and the first place I go to when something big happens. I come here to get real information from real people, without the news focus of "but how many americans died?" or "but what does this mean for XX's reelection chances" or "how will this affect YY's approval ratings" horseshit. When it's been a slow week at work and I've run out of stuff to read on here, I dont know what else to even do. I love this place and I love all y'all.
posted by LizBoBiz at 4:38 AM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
Um I would totally be down for that! And I still buy actual physical CD's and would prefer that over some playlist swaps....just in case any other olds wanna start this up again too?
Anyways...happy birthday Metafilter! I found out about this place from some other site in maybe 2008 or 2009 and was immediately hooked. Lurked for quite a few years until 2013 that I finally joined to make some dumb comment. It's funny that in all the good and insightful comments I've made, the spur to pay the $5 and join was so insignificant and silly. Especially when this site has helped me to become a better person who changed from seeing things in black and white to shades of grey (or blue lol)
Metafilter is the internet to me. It's really the only place I visit anymore and the first place I go to when something big happens. I come here to get real information from real people, without the news focus of "but how many americans died?" or "but what does this mean for XX's reelection chances" or "how will this affect YY's approval ratings" horseshit. When it's been a slow week at work and I've run out of stuff to read on here, I dont know what else to even do. I love this place and I love all y'all.
posted by LizBoBiz at 4:38 AM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
I was told there would be cake.
posted by briank at 5:03 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by briank at 5:03 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
tanti auguri, mefi - I took the plunge to sleuth a creepy ad well over a decade ago, and have enjoyed unquantifiable amounts of popcorn and gifted wisdom since then, so: thanks, and may this motley grove/thicket prove resilient for many more eras.
posted by progosk at 5:05 AM on July 15, 2020
posted by progosk at 5:05 AM on July 15, 2020
I was told there would be cake.
we are all cake now, don't you know?
posted by infini at 6:09 AM on July 15, 2020 [3 favorites]
we are all cake now, don't you know?
posted by infini at 6:09 AM on July 15, 2020 [3 favorites]
Happy birthday, MetaFilter!
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 6:41 AM on July 15, 2020
posted by Multicellular Exothermic at 6:41 AM on July 15, 2020
This makes me slightly sad, not at the length or amount of time I've spent on the site, but that I can't wedge myself into my MeFi tee any longer.
posted by wierdo at 6:44 AM on July 15, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by wierdo at 6:44 AM on July 15, 2020 [3 favorites]
Metafilter, Happy Birthday!
And a big thank you, too!
posted by Mister Bijou at 6:56 AM on July 15, 2020
And a big thank you, too!
posted by Mister Bijou at 6:56 AM on July 15, 2020
Happy bidet, Blue!
posted by me3dia at 7:10 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by me3dia at 7:10 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
*Wanders in late, quietly throws confetti*
posted by kinnakeet at 8:10 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by kinnakeet at 8:10 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
Happy Bday.
That's not cat-years, right?
21 years ago I was an old fart. 42 years ago I had crossed the line. Over 30. Holy crap. Thanks for reminding me.
posted by mule98J at 8:12 AM on July 15, 2020
That's not cat-years, right?
21 years ago I was an old fart. 42 years ago I had crossed the line. Over 30. Holy crap. Thanks for reminding me.
posted by mule98J at 8:12 AM on July 15, 2020
MetaFilter: Coulda been worse.
posted by nickmark at 9:15 AM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by nickmark at 9:15 AM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
Happy 21st Metafilter! It's always a little scary when I see the Cat-Scan post.....honestly it freaks me out how quickly the years are zipping by. I lurked for a few years before joining in 2007 and I pretty much still read it every day.
Given what's been going on in Metatalk, it sort of feels like a 21st birthday on the same day you find out you have a major medical issue. But I still value this site and the work that goes into maintaining it, moderating it, and contributing to it.
I don't expect it will be here forever but I'm glad it's here now. And I hope the next year can heal some of the wounds in the community.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 9:45 AM on July 15, 2020 [4 favorites]
Given what's been going on in Metatalk, it sort of feels like a 21st birthday on the same day you find out you have a major medical issue. But I still value this site and the work that goes into maintaining it, moderating it, and contributing to it.
I don't expect it will be here forever but I'm glad it's here now. And I hope the next year can heal some of the wounds in the community.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 9:45 AM on July 15, 2020 [4 favorites]
*head nod*
posted by blue_beetle at 9:53 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by blue_beetle at 9:53 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
Happy birthday MF! Here's a singing cat :)
posted by sencha at 10:15 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by sencha at 10:15 AM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]
Happy birthday, Metafilter! I was a total idiot at age 21, but in contrast, I think Metafilter has improved year-over-year, even if day-by-day that progress will seem too slow, too hard won, too bitter.
I started reading here in high school, got my first account about 4 years later in 2007 (I think), and left for a few years and lurked when I realized that there were consequences for how I acted in online communities and I wasn’t ready to avoid going down in flames again. I eventually starting a Brand New Day account when I saw progress being made on social issues and couldn’t sit on the sidelines anymore. I ebb and flow with participation but this is my longest online relationship, so I’m glad we can finally buy each other a drink.
posted by the thorn bushes have roses at 10:37 AM on July 15, 2020 [4 favorites]
I started reading here in high school, got my first account about 4 years later in 2007 (I think), and left for a few years and lurked when I realized that there were consequences for how I acted in online communities and I wasn’t ready to avoid going down in flames again. I eventually starting a Brand New Day account when I saw progress being made on social issues and couldn’t sit on the sidelines anymore. I ebb and flow with participation but this is my longest online relationship, so I’m glad we can finally buy each other a drink.
posted by the thorn bushes have roses at 10:37 AM on July 15, 2020 [4 favorites]
This anniversary has left me with lots of feelings I've been working thru for the past day. I joined after lurking at a time when things were looking bleak and the joining was a step, albeit small to move forward. A flag planted in my future.
My kids were young, I was married and just realizing that my plan to stay in a bad marriage until they were grown was damaging us all. That was the year I became my own advocate and became a better advocate for my children. Children who are now adults and after some shaky times have turned in to people I am incredibly proud of.
Metafilter was a big part of what helped me thru. I learned so much from Ask, questions I hadn't yet thought to ask myself or questions I was mulling over in my head TO ASK and by putting in to words realized my own answer. It's a powerful thing and I thank you all for your input.
Happy Birthday to us.
posted by readery at 12:59 PM on July 15, 2020 [8 favorites]
My kids were young, I was married and just realizing that my plan to stay in a bad marriage until they were grown was damaging us all. That was the year I became my own advocate and became a better advocate for my children. Children who are now adults and after some shaky times have turned in to people I am incredibly proud of.
Metafilter was a big part of what helped me thru. I learned so much from Ask, questions I hadn't yet thought to ask myself or questions I was mulling over in my head TO ASK and by putting in to words realized my own answer. It's a powerful thing and I thank you all for your input.
Happy Birthday to us.
posted by readery at 12:59 PM on July 15, 2020 [8 favorites]
Happy birthday MetaFilter! This is the place on the internet I spend the most time at by far and to me this is still the best of the web. But I think we owe it to our members to make it a better place. MetaFilter needs to spend time this year figuring itself out and deciding what kind of place it wants to be going forward.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 1:43 PM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 1:43 PM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
happy birthday you camera-having body-hiding tooth-truth-exposing magnificent bastards.
posted by Justinian at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2020 [7 favorites]
posted by Justinian at 1:57 PM on July 15, 2020 [7 favorites]
Congratulations!
Still, the site has gone downhill since Ceiling Cat was banned.
posted by bouvin at 2:37 PM on July 15, 2020 [5 favorites]
Still, the site has gone downhill since Ceiling Cat was banned.
posted by bouvin at 2:37 PM on July 15, 2020 [5 favorites]
Damn. How did I get this old? Can't entirely blame MeFi, didn't find it for the first few years.
Tell you what though: if any of my former acquaintances from Ancient Greece drop in ... wherefore art thou, Parmenides? Diogenes? .. I'll advise them to start here.
Metafilter: what the cats are dragging in.
posted by Twang at 2:45 PM on July 15, 2020
Tell you what though: if any of my former acquaintances from Ancient Greece drop in ... wherefore art thou, Parmenides? Diogenes? .. I'll advise them to start here.
Metafilter: what the cats are dragging in.
posted by Twang at 2:45 PM on July 15, 2020
Happy birthday!
Here's your place of beans that's was left sitting out on the counter overnight.
posted by cynical pinnacle at 5:50 PM on July 15, 2020
Here's your place of beans that's was left sitting out on the counter overnight.
posted by cynical pinnacle at 5:50 PM on July 15, 2020
Happy friggin' birthday, buds!
posted by brundlefly at 9:23 PM on July 15, 2020
posted by brundlefly at 9:23 PM on July 15, 2020
Sorry so late to party, took a long time to work out what to wear. Happy belated Birthday beloved MeFi.
posted by valetta at 9:25 PM on July 15, 2020
posted by valetta at 9:25 PM on July 15, 2020
Nah... here are some cats singing, in a non-judgmental ethically correct manner. No cats were harmed (apparently) in the making of this video. But we need more cake.
posted by TrishaU at 9:54 PM on July 15, 2020
posted by TrishaU at 9:54 PM on July 15, 2020
Happy birthday MeFi, let's have a socially distanced lunch and eat some cake.
posted by PHINC at 11:10 PM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by PHINC at 11:10 PM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]
I celebrated my 20th Metaversary a few days ago. I'm so glad I ended up here, rather than reddit, slashdot, etc.
It's been a good couple of decades, and I hope we're both around for a good couple more, at least.
posted by syzygy at 4:56 PM on July 16, 2020 [2 favorites]
It's been a good couple of decades, and I hope we're both around for a good couple more, at least.
posted by syzygy at 4:56 PM on July 16, 2020 [2 favorites]
Congrats. Now I'll just be over here feeling old, like everyone else.
Been registered since 2006, and I think this is probably the oldest community I still keep an eye on. Occasional forays into the sub-forums of SomethingAwful, but nowhere near as regular.
posted by MattWPBS at 5:01 AM on July 17, 2020
Been registered since 2006, and I think this is probably the oldest community I still keep an eye on. Occasional forays into the sub-forums of SomethingAwful, but nowhere near as regular.
posted by MattWPBS at 5:01 AM on July 17, 2020
Happy belated birthday. Metafilter, you are trustworthy.
posted by apartment dweller at 6:13 PM on July 17, 2020
posted by apartment dweller at 6:13 PM on July 17, 2020
I left Slashdot, Kuro5hin, Reddit, Plastic, and even Metafilter, but it is to Metafilter that I returned, and it is here that I will remain, and I will continue to read the comments before I read the link, because it is the people I came back for.
Happy Birthday to us all!
posted by inpHilltr8r at 1:09 PM on July 18, 2020 [4 favorites]
Happy Birthday to us all!
posted by inpHilltr8r at 1:09 PM on July 18, 2020 [4 favorites]
(the tasteful colour scheme, and complete lack of pointless widgetry helped)
posted by inpHilltr8r at 7:58 PM on July 20, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by inpHilltr8r at 7:58 PM on July 20, 2020 [1 favorite]
Metafilter: I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox, and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me; they were delicious—so sweet and so cold.
Signed,
Your Roommate
posted by not_on_display at 11:04 PM on July 21, 2020
Signed,
Your Roommate
posted by not_on_display at 11:04 PM on July 21, 2020
last post! oh wait, this thread is supposed to be closed. ;)
posted by Tehhund at 2:22 PM on August 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Tehhund at 2:22 PM on August 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
THREADKILL
posted by not_on_display at 5:58 PM on August 13, 2020
posted by not_on_display at 5:58 PM on August 13, 2020
oh hey
posted by cortex at 10:08 AM on August 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex at 10:08 AM on August 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
sh!
happy 21.0848752th birthday mefi
posted by not_on_display at 12:13 PM on August 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
happy 21.0848752th birthday mefi
posted by not_on_display at 12:13 PM on August 14, 2020 [2 favorites]
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Ah who cares, c'est la vie. Happy Birthday, Big Blue.
posted by lazaruslong at 1:56 PM on July 14, 2020 [8 favorites]