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April 28, 2015 5:01 AM Subscribe
The Words the Media Industry Prefers MeFi's own Paul Ford ( previously, a few times )writes another article about the internet and media and data and meaning.
I love Paul Ford so much. He was one of the first hilarious people I discovered on the Internet and his jovial hyperbole always makes me grin. "I'm so glad we did this together."
His Longform interview is similarly hilarious. I don't think the host knew quite what to make of the old-school nerd culture running through that conversation, but I loved it.
posted by heatherann at 5:46 AM on April 28, 2015 [5 favorites]
His Longform interview is similarly hilarious. I don't think the host knew quite what to make of the old-school nerd culture running through that conversation, but I loved it.
posted by heatherann at 5:46 AM on April 28, 2015 [5 favorites]
So we should be asking more questions about dogs' penises to get ask.metafilter higher in the charts?
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 5:50 AM on April 28, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 5:50 AM on April 28, 2015 [3 favorites]
Metafilter: 42% penis, 58% vagina
posted by adrianhon at 6:10 AM on April 28, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by adrianhon at 6:10 AM on April 28, 2015 [5 favorites]
Also, Metafilter: 52% dog, 48% cat; and 69% man, 31% woman
posted by adrianhon at 6:12 AM on April 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by adrianhon at 6:12 AM on April 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
I love how Paul Ford appears to both seriously love Perl and simultaneously be referencing it for comedy purposes.
posted by phooky at 6:33 AM on April 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by phooky at 6:33 AM on April 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
Does he do anything on the word "harrowing"? Because seriously, news people, you need to get a thesaurus or something.
posted by Hoopo at 6:52 AM on April 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Hoopo at 6:52 AM on April 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
AskMe! #1 in the unreadable black and white boxes chart!
posted by biffa at 7:10 AM on April 28, 2015
posted by biffa at 7:10 AM on April 28, 2015
Perl can be both loved and mocked. It was *made* to be both loved and mocked.
posted by DigDoug at 7:21 AM on April 28, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by DigDoug at 7:21 AM on April 28, 2015 [7 favorites]
Heads up: if you click the link you will be presented with the words penis and vagina in large type. Rather NSFW.
posted by Monochrome at 7:23 AM on April 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Monochrome at 7:23 AM on April 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
Yeah, the new headline is "The Media Industry Prefers Penis."
posted by Pronoiac at 10:11 AM on April 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Pronoiac at 10:11 AM on April 28, 2015 [2 favorites]
If you scramble the letters of penis and media, no where do you find ART. How could this be real?
posted by Oyéah at 11:31 AM on April 28, 2015
posted by Oyéah at 11:31 AM on April 28, 2015
But I want to know the relative frequency of Coke Vs. Pepsi, Walmart Vs. Target, Heart Vs. Brain, Comedy Vs. Tragedy, Game of Thrones Vs. Lord of the Rings, and of course, Google Vs. Bing.
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:24 PM on April 28, 2015
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:24 PM on April 28, 2015
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