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April 24, 2007 4:18 PM Subscribe
Obviously, you're not a golfer. So let the WiigoBot do all the hard work.
The wii bowling playing robot is cool, but I dinna think it would work with golf...
posted by nomisxid at 4:25 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by nomisxid at 4:25 PM on April 24, 2007
When you're playing golf, don't forget the importance of springs.
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:29 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:29 PM on April 24, 2007
OVER THE LINE!
posted by brundlefly at 4:42 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by brundlefly at 4:42 PM on April 24, 2007
Obviously, you're not a bowler.
I love Lego competitions, but why must they always occur in meatspace? I want to compete virtually!
posted by DU at 4:45 PM on April 24, 2007
I love Lego competitions, but why must they always occur in meatspace? I want to compete virtually!
posted by DU at 4:45 PM on April 24, 2007
And let's not forget--let's not forget, Dude--that keeping wildlife...uh...an amphibious robot... for, uh, domestic, you know, within the city limits... That ain't legal either.
posted by jimmythefish at 4:55 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by jimmythefish at 4:55 PM on April 24, 2007
Also, dude. WiigoBot is not the, uh. Robotic-American, please.
posted by thecaddy at 5:03 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by thecaddy at 5:03 PM on April 24, 2007
I bet the WiigoBot wouldn't take a Pomeranian bowling.
posted by peeedro at 5:22 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by peeedro at 5:22 PM on April 24, 2007
And let's not forget--let's not forget, Dude--that keeping wildlife...uh...an amphibious robot... for, uh, domestic, you know, within the city limits... That ain't legal either.
What are you, fucking Isaac Asimov now?
posted by brundlefly at 5:31 PM on April 24, 2007
What are you, fucking Isaac Asimov now?
posted by brundlefly at 5:31 PM on April 24, 2007
And let's not forget--let's not forget, Dude--that keeping wildlife...uh...an amphibious robot... for, uh, domestic, you know, within the city limits... That ain't legal either.
What are you, fucking Isaac Asimov now?
posted by brundlefly at 5:32 PM on April 24, 2007
What are you, fucking Isaac Asimov now?
posted by brundlefly at 5:32 PM on April 24, 2007
Oops.
posted by brundlefly at 5:33 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by brundlefly at 5:33 PM on April 24, 2007
What if there were a bowling-related post, or a rug-related post, and not one commenter made a reference to "The Big Lebowski"? Would it count?
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 6:03 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 6:03 PM on April 24, 2007
Nope.
posted by brundlefly at 6:31 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by brundlefly at 6:31 PM on April 24, 2007
Okay then. Just checking.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 6:42 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 6:42 PM on April 24, 2007
Kraftmatic:
Look, the way I see it is this: We all know that Metafilter's going through some growing pains, what with the 50000 users and the favorites encouraging pithy one-liners over reasoned discussion and the derails (of which this post is probably going to be a fine example). And yet there's no place for users to just blow off steam in a "flame forum," which becomes sort of a necessity as discussion websites grow. Without one, you start getting more junk comments in regular threads, and nobody's happy.
But a flame forum is also antithetical to what metafilter is about. I don't want one, and I don't think anyone else wants one either.
So there's two ways that have spontaneously popped up to let people blow off steam, to give them a pass to post whatever dumb thing that comes into their heads, to not have to rationally think it through. The first of these is the thread that everyone knows is going to get deleted, which quickly devolves into a series of "last posts" and comments mocking the post, other comments and themselves. The second is rug-and-bowling related threads that let people quote the Big Lebowski.
The third method is to really, really overthink a throwaway comment.
posted by thecaddy at 7:19 PM on April 24, 2007
Look, the way I see it is this: We all know that Metafilter's going through some growing pains, what with the 50000 users and the favorites encouraging pithy one-liners over reasoned discussion and the derails (of which this post is probably going to be a fine example). And yet there's no place for users to just blow off steam in a "flame forum," which becomes sort of a necessity as discussion websites grow. Without one, you start getting more junk comments in regular threads, and nobody's happy.
But a flame forum is also antithetical to what metafilter is about. I don't want one, and I don't think anyone else wants one either.
So there's two ways that have spontaneously popped up to let people blow off steam, to give them a pass to post whatever dumb thing that comes into their heads, to not have to rationally think it through. The first of these is the thread that everyone knows is going to get deleted, which quickly devolves into a series of "last posts" and comments mocking the post, other comments and themselves. The second is rug-and-bowling related threads that let people quote the Big Lebowski.
The third method is to really, really overthink a throwaway comment.
posted by thecaddy at 7:19 PM on April 24, 2007
If a single-link post to a Wii-playing robot with 2 separate Big Lebowski references in the title contained any serious dialogue at all, I'd be disappointed in the MetaFilter community. No slight to the original post, which is fucking cool. What I like about posts like this is that everyone knows that a Wii playing robot is cool, and we don't need to dwell on that fact.
Social context matters.
posted by jimmythefish at 7:54 PM on April 24, 2007
Social context matters.
posted by jimmythefish at 7:54 PM on April 24, 2007
Kraftmatic, you're out of your element.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:07 PM on April 24, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:07 PM on April 24, 2007 [1 favorite]
interface feedback loop! nice.. who wants to become a robot to win?
posted by dnial at 8:30 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by dnial at 8:30 PM on April 24, 2007
Peedro, he didnt take it bowling. He didnt rent it shoes, he didnt buy it a fucking beer, its not taking your fucking turn, dude...
posted by subaruwrx at 12:13 AM on April 26, 2007
posted by subaruwrx at 12:13 AM on April 26, 2007
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