A post crafted as if by God Himself.
August 31, 2006 6:22 AM Subscribe
Thirty Dollars. YouTube.
This post was deleted for the following reason: this sucks
You're losing me Metafilter. If you're just gonna be a bunch of links to YouTube videos, with no commentary, I'm just gonna change my bookmark to YouTube.
posted by Osmanthus at 6:29 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by Osmanthus at 6:29 AM on August 31, 2006
Don't blame Metafilter, Osmanthus—yeti percieves correctly that this is no mere post, no run-of-the-mill display of a priori quality linkage, but a peek behind the veil, a long and frightening glimpse into the very nexus of fate and the inner minds of the gods of all digital realms.
It's not a Metafilter post, to be judged as representative or indicative—it is The Metafilter Post, the outlier, the Kwisatz Haderach. The sleeper has awakened!
posted by cortex at 6:34 AM on August 31, 2006 [1 favorite]
It's not a Metafilter post, to be judged as representative or indicative—it is The Metafilter Post, the outlier, the Kwisatz Haderach. The sleeper has awakened!
posted by cortex at 6:34 AM on August 31, 2006 [1 favorite]
Shit Sandwich. Jeez, this link is crap. I vote for deletion.
posted by dbiedny at 6:59 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by dbiedny at 6:59 AM on August 31, 2006
Can't watch YouTube at work. Many cannot. Must wait 8 hours before investigating. Would prefer to see some commentary. Definite articles missing again; suspect delmoi.
posted by sidereal at 7:10 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by sidereal at 7:10 AM on August 31, 2006
I must wait ten hours before investigating, and there are some plusses to MeFi being used as YouTube Filter. I get to click on the highlights without having to trudge through the muck that is in there. For every YouTube vid that's Blue-Worthy? There's hundreds that aren't.
posted by ZachsMind at 7:17 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by ZachsMind at 7:17 AM on August 31, 2006
I think a separate YouTube filter would be more appropriate for these posts. Otherwise, noise....
posted by JJ86 at 7:22 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by JJ86 at 7:22 AM on August 31, 2006
Don't blame Metafilter, Osmanthus—yeti percieves correctly that this is no mere post, no run-of-the-mill display of a priori quality linkage, but a peek behind the veil, a long and frightening glimpse into the very nexus of fate and the inner minds of the gods of all digital realms.
Cortex rules, but even witty over-the-top justifications can't save this terrible post...
...OR CAN THEY!!!
posted by Kwine at 7:25 AM on August 31, 2006
Cortex rules, but even witty over-the-top justifications can't save this terrible post...
...OR CAN THEY!!!
posted by Kwine at 7:25 AM on August 31, 2006
Not loading. Vote for deletion/separate youtubefilter or something.
Ascii animation = clever
Video stream = a low quality TV on my computer screen!
It's not that I am unable to appreciate a good video link, it's just such a low effort post. Would have been better on mofi/mecha or elsewhere IMHO.
Still, Sambo (the Russian martial art) was new to me and of some interest.
posted by asok at 7:49 AM on August 31, 2006
Ascii animation = clever
Video stream = a low quality TV on my computer screen!
It's not that I am unable to appreciate a good video link, it's just such a low effort post. Would have been better on mofi/mecha or elsewhere IMHO.
Still, Sambo (the Russian martial art) was new to me and of some interest.
posted by asok at 7:49 AM on August 31, 2006
Conspicuous self-referential tomfoolery is dead.
*weeps*
posted by cortex at 7:52 AM on August 31, 2006
*weeps*
posted by cortex at 7:52 AM on August 31, 2006
Loading. Vote for deletion.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 7:57 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by Armitage Shanks at 7:57 AM on August 31, 2006
See, here's why it's funny:
There's a contest on metafilter where the best post of the day wins $30. Meanwhile, some idiots on youtube make a russian roulette video where the winner wins thirty dollars. So, it's like the same thing.
It's like synchronicity, or irony, or a denouement or one of those other words that people use all the time but don't really know what they mean exactly.
It could be sardonic. Who knows?
posted by Pastabagel at 7:58 AM on August 31, 2006
i don't know about that. As I haven't seen the clip I cannot comment.
Care to expand?
posted by asok at 7:59 AM on August 31, 2006
Care to expand?
posted by asok at 7:59 AM on August 31, 2006
how about video.metafilter.com? appropriate for links to youtube AND MeFite-made content.
posted by casconed at 8:05 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by casconed at 8:05 AM on August 31, 2006
See, here's why it's funny:
See, I got it. I laughed. Cortex spends all day making me laugh. I like laughter. I love lamp.
But as an FPP, this should be taken out behind the barn and put out of its misery.
posted by Kwine at 8:11 AM on August 31, 2006
See, I got it. I laughed. Cortex spends all day making me laugh. I like laughter. I love lamp.
But as an FPP, this should be taken out behind the barn and put out of its misery.
posted by Kwine at 8:11 AM on August 31, 2006
I like peanut butter and jelly sammiches! With honey!
posted by ZachsMind at 8:21 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by ZachsMind at 8:21 AM on August 31, 2006
I'm looking forward to the Reason for Deletion already.
posted by languagehat at 8:22 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by languagehat at 8:22 AM on August 31, 2006
I've been a "lurker" for 6 years, and I have to say that I really miss the "old" MetaFilter...
posted by Wizzle at 8:43 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by Wizzle at 8:43 AM on August 31, 2006
I've been a "lurker" for 6 years, and I have to say that I really miss the "old" MetaFilter...
posted by Wizzle at 11:43 AM EST on August 31 [+] [!]
You mean posts about Theodor Adorno, art theory, Paul Tillich, number theory, postmodern critiques of Philip Glass, feminist architecture, and who really wrote Bach's Toccatta and Fuge in D Minor. Yeah, I miss those too. Seriously. What?
But have no fear. It's just the silly season. Things will pick up around here when the grad students return to school from their roadtrips following Radiohead around the country or whatever.
posted by Pastabagel at 8:50 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by Wizzle at 11:43 AM EST on August 31 [+] [!]
You mean posts about Theodor Adorno, art theory, Paul Tillich, number theory, postmodern critiques of Philip Glass, feminist architecture, and who really wrote Bach's Toccatta and Fuge in D Minor. Yeah, I miss those too. Seriously. What?
But have no fear. It's just the silly season. Things will pick up around here when the grad students return to school from their roadtrips following Radiohead around the country or whatever.
posted by Pastabagel at 8:50 AM on August 31, 2006
*spins chamber*
posted by InfidelZombie at 8:57 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by InfidelZombie at 8:57 AM on August 31, 2006
"You're losing me Metafilter. If you're just gonna be a bunch of links to YouTube videos, with no commentary, I'm just gonna change my bookmark to YouTube."
"I don't want ass-prints on my new door."
Wow, cortex. What a brilliant fucking commentary on the contest for August. What I want to know is who's going to clean off the wall after all the shit people have thrown up against it to see what sticks.
posted by Eideteker at 9:52 AM on August 31, 2006
"I don't want ass-prints on my new door."
Wow, cortex. What a brilliant fucking commentary on the contest for August. What I want to know is who's going to clean off the wall after all the shit people have thrown up against it to see what sticks.
posted by Eideteker at 9:52 AM on August 31, 2006
(I could've also done a pirate joke (or Popeye) about losing me metafilter. Where'd I put it? I had me Metafiltarrrr when I left the captain's quarters this morning.)
posted by Eideteker at 9:55 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by Eideteker at 9:55 AM on August 31, 2006
A fitting summary of the blizzard of shit posts we've been struck with this month. I think it should take the final prize, of all people, cortex deserves it most.
posted by blasdelf at 10:27 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by blasdelf at 10:27 AM on August 31, 2006
A fitting summary of the blizzard of shit posts we've been struck with this month.
Well, I hate to be a moderate voice in my own questionable commentary, but I've kind of enjoyed the whole August spectacle as a gestalt. Some of the stuff has been pretty meh, and there's been a lot of Trying Hard, but there's been a lot of posts that were either great or stupid-fun or both. So I'm not really trying to be scathing so much as a little wry.
And, to be clear, I laughed out loud at the linked video. I don't plan on posting YouTube links on a regular basis, but I don't plan on ever just mercilessly crapping on the front page.
posted by cortex at 10:37 AM on August 31, 2006
Well, I hate to be a moderate voice in my own questionable commentary, but I've kind of enjoyed the whole August spectacle as a gestalt. Some of the stuff has been pretty meh, and there's been a lot of Trying Hard, but there's been a lot of posts that were either great or stupid-fun or both. So I'm not really trying to be scathing so much as a little wry.
And, to be clear, I laughed out loud at the linked video. I don't plan on posting YouTube links on a regular basis, but I don't plan on ever just mercilessly crapping on the front page.
posted by cortex at 10:37 AM on August 31, 2006
huh?
posted by cell divide at 10:38 AM on August 31, 2006
posted by cell divide at 10:38 AM on August 31, 2006
grody
posted by owhydididoit at 12:57 PM on August 31, 2006
posted by owhydididoit at 12:57 PM on August 31, 2006
That was fucking crap, c-rock. Can I get thirty dollars worth of pepperoni, instead?
posted by loquacious at 2:25 PM on August 31, 2006
posted by loquacious at 2:25 PM on August 31, 2006
Besides grody, I think the video is also marginally eponysterical. I mean, what is that stuff leaking all over the table? Eew.
posted by owhydididoit at 2:43 PM on August 31, 2006
posted by owhydididoit at 2:43 PM on August 31, 2006
I like you, cortex, but contest or no, this is a poo post.
Poo.
posted by armoured-ant at 3:38 PM on August 31, 2006
Poo.
posted by armoured-ant at 3:38 PM on August 31, 2006
Minimal posts should link to excellent material. With this in mind, this post should have had at least as many words as War & Peace.
posted by mistersquid at 4:17 PM on August 31, 2006
posted by mistersquid at 4:17 PM on August 31, 2006
I'm glad fecal matter gets posted here, it makes me feel a little better about the crap I didn't post myself. Ta-ta.
posted by econous at 6:45 PM on August 31, 2006
posted by econous at 6:45 PM on August 31, 2006
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