MetaChat - Give unto us our daily JRun.

Commence bitching.

Whether you bitch about MeFi being down or Yet Another MetaFilter Is Down Thread is your choice.

posted by loquacious 02 June | 10:13

Hmph.

posted by Wolfdog 02 June | 10:13

yup -- boo

I'll post my comment here in Witty's meTa thread instead:

I'd like to open a discussion on the seemingly growing trend of new users choosing a phrase as a username. My opinion of these username choices is _____. My suggestion to Matt is _____.
posted by Witty to etiquette/policy at 6:54 AM PST [!]

oh! MadLibs!

My opinion of these username choices is rutabaga. My suggestion to Matt is quickly.

: >

posted by amberglow 02 June | 10:14

This is an outrage.

posted by iconomy 02 June | 10:15

LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP! LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP! LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP! LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP! LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP! LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP! LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP! LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP! LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP, LAMP!

posted by trondant 02 June | 10:17

it's getting dark in here?

posted by dhruva 02 June | 10:19

No, this is an outage.

Oh, wait.

posted by loquacious 02 June | 10:23

Has there been a MeFi JRun error every day since MeCha started up? It seems like it, but I wonder if anyone is keeping track.

posted by Doohickie 02 June | 10:27

It was my fault. I spent half an hour crafting a long respone to an AskMe question and then tried to post it. Whenever I do that, the site shuts down. It hates me.

posted by papercake 02 June | 10:28

Sniff. And I had just composed a nice addition to the 14ker thread admiring taz's coat of arms and proposing the following, which I will post here instead:

Nice work, taz!

However, I can only agree to the "Greatest Generation" tag if we can vote to include iconomy (#13786) as an honorary member in the club. After all, "the sixties" didn't start until 1964, and didn't end until around 1973 or so.

How about it? Are there any others similarly worthy of recognition?

posted by yhbc 02 June | 10:28

time for some more damn work, i guess.

posted by handee 02 June | 10:29

*cries*

posted by *kitten farts* 02 June | 10:29

My ass smells like dog food.

posted by stavrosthewonderchicken 02 June | 10:31

What's MetaFilter?

posted by jrun 02 June | 10:35

I hate the whole "I just spent an hour crafting this totally awesome post and then MeFi crashed on me and coredumped my postdata" thing.

Before I switched to firefox I started religiously copying and pasting the current edit to a notepad before each preview or post attempt. Thankfully firefox is well behaved and doesn't just dump me into a default 404 page like that any more, but I'll still copy stuff when I care about it.

On preview: Well, stop letting your dog lick your ass, you filthy pervert.

posted by loquacious 02 June | 10:35

My cat's breath smells like red squirrel. After four months of stalking, he finally caught one under the bird feeder. He was so surprised, he didn't know what to do with it - just ran around the yard with the squirrel in his mouth while the littler cat ran around and around pestering him and essentially saying "Hey, you got one! Lemme see, lemme see, lemme see!!!' until he (the first cat) dropped it (the squirrel).

Yep, big doin's in the yard today.

posted by yhbc 02 June | 10:36

What I don't understand is when is the damn thing UP, and how are people managing to post on it? I pretty much never can get into mefi these days, but then when I do finally get in, there are new posts, made by someone.
*suspects conspiracy, sulks*

posted by mygothlaundry 02 June | 10:36

It's happening again.

posted by bdave 02 June | 10:39

With respect to Witty's MeTa, my major concerns with usernames are that:
1. They are memorable. "yhbc" (to pick on one example) is too generic for me and I take longer to link a name like that with a personality.
2. They are distinct. Kwantsar, quonsar, quontsar, sonofquonsar, or Alex Reynolds, AlexReynolds... I don't know if these are single persons using sock puppets, people who are actually related, people who are emulating, flattering or mocking an original, or what.
3. They are consistent. I hate it when I find that one person uses different names for MeFi, MoFi, MeCha, irc.mefi, etc. If you see someone named Doohickie on a forum, chances are good it's me.

As for what Matt should do: Nothing. Let the free market rule. I may not like the names some people choose, but that's really my problem and not theirs, isn't it?

posted by Doohickie 02 June | 10:40

Yes, loqacious, people do stupid things, even when they know better. Then when bad things happen, they're still bothered. The gall, I say, the gall!

posted by dame 02 June | 10:40

Now I feel bad for picking on yhbc....

posted by Doohickie 02 June | 10:42

but...but he's the commish!

posted by Tarrama 02 June | 10:46

The dog is only after the peanut butter.

posted by trondant 02 June | 10:46

/me picks right back

I've lamented the generic-ness and other suckitude of my username often and regularly, so don't worry about it, because I agree. However, I'm stuck with it at this point.

Hell, even I used to get myself mixed up with "vgfb" or whatever that other guy's name was.

On preview, yeah, it is cool being the commish, however.

posted by yhbc 02 June | 10:47

I've been listening to Ramones & Kiss streams all morning. I'll start pogoing around the fucking cube in about a minute.

posted by jonmc 02 June | 10:49

yhbc's nic is very memorable, once you know what it stands for.

posted by taz 02 June | 10:50

Anil Dash's shirt in the Times photo is damn fine, though.

posted by gramschmidt 02 June | 10:51

Good news! Your copies of MeFi are in the mail! Please add your response(s)and then return it in the enclosed envelope.

posted by arse_hat 02 June | 10:52

howcome there are no users with goatse in their name?

MailFi, arse_hat? : >

posted by amberglow 02 June | 10:55

but if you see d00hickie, that's me. :)

posted by exlotuseater 02 June | 10:58

MailFi - Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor JRun errors stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

posted by arse_hat 02 June | 10:59

Dame: Huh? Oh. I didn't mean that as "people do stoopid things and then keep doing them" at all.

Doctor? It hurts when I do this.

Well stop doing that!

posted by loquacious 02 June | 11:03

Hey. This feels pretty good, amber.

posted by goatsetubgirlknifebutt 02 June | 11:03

yhbc's nic is very memorable, once you know what it stands for.
I heard what it stands for, but I forget. See? Not memorable enough.

posted by Doohickie 02 June | 11:05

I read that as you saying you hate it when people complain about losing things. Do you just mean that you hate it when people lose things?

Also, is anyone else extra cranky this morning? Feel that life is less that satisfying even though everything is going fine? Do you think it's those oppresive gray clouds?

posted by dame 02 June | 11:06

tubgir1 ru1ez!

posted by Doohickie 02 June | 11:06

It always breaks when I post a question.

So I suspect today's JRun is my fault.
Sorry.

posted by kellydamnit 02 June | 11:07

I wonder if Fiona gets fed at this time every day --- this is feeling a little bit tooooooo regular.

posted by peacay 02 June | 11:09

yhbc's nic is very memorable, once you know what it stands for.

Young Hot Bisexual Chick?

posted by jonmc 02 June | 11:10

yhbc's nic is very memorable, once you know what it stands for.

You have become churlish?

posted by dodgygeezer 02 June | 11:11

So a phrase as a user name is out then? What about if I pretend that "Life of" is my middle name? And my mom's name was "Everything Else Is" and my dad's name is "Makes Its Own."

posted by Secret Life of Gravy 02 June | 11:12

I think the JRun is what happend to Fiona about a half and hour *after* she eats.

posted by Dagobert 02 June | 11:12

You Have Been Crolled?

posted by gramschmidt 02 June | 11:13

I read that as you saying you hate it when people complain about losing things. Do you just mean that you hate it when people lose things?

Nah, I was just sympathizing with losing things, and complaining about losing things myself. I guess I have a bad habit of offering functional solutions along with my sympathies. My girlfriend hates it, but I never learn. /aspie

Yeoman Humping Butt Cheese?
Yonder Hangs Bligh, Captain?
Your Hips Billow Copiously?
Yellowed Hag, Being Callow?

posted by loquacious 02 June | 11:15

Yarg. Here Be Crullers?

posted by amberglow 02 June | 11:15

Has there been a MeFi JRun error every day since MeCha started up? It seems like it, but I wonder if anyone is keeping track.

There is one right now anyway.... Yeah it does seem like there is one every day.

posted by dabitch 02 June | 11:15

I posted on a monday and it didn't go through
jrun, run, run, jrun, run
If I can't post soon, I'm gonna start flingin' poo
jrun, run, run, jrun, run

posted by jonmc 02 June | 11:17

Also, is anyone else extra cranky this morning? Feel that life is less that satisfying even though everything is going fine? Do you think it's those oppresive gray clouds?

That's really a girl thing isn't it....the mood-weather duopoly? I used to avoid a friend I worked with when it wasn't sunny. She wasn't sugar 'n' spice on those days.

posted by peacay 02 June | 11:17

No, dammit.

Yately & Hawley Bridge Club.

posted by yhbc 02 June | 11:18

yhbc = your humble and benevolent commissioner. Which is why we call him DA COMMISH.

yhbc, I'm not sure what you've nominated me for, but I glady accept. You like me, you really, really like me!

posted by iconomy 02 June | 11:20

I guess I have a bad habit of offering functional solutions along with my sympathies. My girlfriend hates it, but I never learn. /aspie

Ah, the traditional socialization difference rears its head. I have the same thing with nearly every man I've ever known. Now, I usually preface things with "I don't want a solution. I just want you to listen." when that's the case. Maybe you should suggest the same to your girl.

posted by dame 02 June | 11:21

don't join them, iconomy, that way leads to the dark side...

posted by dhruva 02 June | 11:21

yhbc

posted by rumple 02 June | 11:23

I have the same thing with nearly every man I've ever known.

Actually, us guys moods only fluctuate after the World Series and The Super Bowl. Other than that we're rocks of reliability. The secret is....beer. Don't talk. Drink.

posted by jonmc 02 June | 11:23

That's really a girl thing isn't it....the mood-weather duopoly? I used to avoid a friend I worked with when it wasn't sunny. She wasn't sugar 'n' spice on those days.

I dunno. For me it's more when they don't match. If I feel all calm and introspective, then gray can be nice and comforting and sun is harsh and cruel. If I'm already cranky, then the gray can exacerbate, while the sun mitigates.

Then again, I'm never sugar 'n' spice. Your choices are tart 'n' feisty or sullen 'n' withdrawn. Yeah, I'm a great friend.

posted by dame 02 June | 11:25

Amberglow wins!

(See? I was gonna say that! But not was well as Amberglow did!)

posted by Doohickie 02 June | 11:26

Did you misread that on purpose, jon?

posted by dame 02 June | 11:26

Did you misread that on purpose, jon?

Everything I do is on purpose, dame.

Oh, wait, I said that by accident.

posted by jonmc 02 June | 11:27

it's baaack.
mmm...tart

posted by peacay 02 June | 11:29

Actually, us guys moods only fluctuate after the World Series and The Super Bowl.

And boy was I bitchy in the early 90s when the Bills lost four in a row!

posted by Doohickie 02 June | 11:29

And boy was I bitchy in the early 90s when the Bills lost four in a row!

Wuss. I'm bitchy for at least an hour each and every day. It takes a discipline and strength you men could never imagine. Bah.

posted by dame 02 June | 11:38

I have, Dame. And with me it's much, much worse than the traditional function/emotion socialization differences.

It's hard to explain, but I've been known to infuriate people beyond the point of spitting - and it confuses the fuck out of me because I'm not at all malicious. I like people, and I just want them to have a good time and to be happy. Those few who know me and understand where I'm coming from love me - but then those people are all meganerds in one way or another.

It's not that I think I know everything - because I know that I don't, and that the more I know the less I know - but that I'm constantly extrapolating and guessing at things I don't know, asking "why?" and offering functional advice. (My first words were apparently not "momma" or "dadda" but "What's that?!") It drives my GF (and others) frickin' nuts, and probably even more than usual because 90%+ of the time my wild-tangent extrapolations are correct, or close enough to find the correct answer.

I just like information. I like sharing it. I like collecting it and learning. I like being useful. I like tools - and good information to me is just a collection of tools in a toolbox. (Except, these tools you can "loan" to people and not worry about getting them back, which is even more awesome.)

Also, I really like winning at Trivial Pursuit and Jeopardy.

posted by loquacious 02 June | 11:40

Yeah? well, we can pee standing up.

posted by jonmc 02 June | 11:40

"It's hard to explain, but I've been known to infuriate people beyond the point of spitting"
Maybe you are just too long winded?

posted by arse_hat 02 June | 11:42

So can I, jon, so can I. I mean it goes all down my legs but I can do it.

posted by dame 02 June | 11:43

Well, I can pee my signature in the snow.

posted by jonmc 02 June | 11:46

Maybe you are just too long winded?

The 2 things that come to mind when I see loquacious's name: that he is the spawn of EB and that he should be retitled: verbosity I keed I keed

posted by peacay 02 June | 11:50

Well, *I* can pee my signature standing up *while* winning at Trivial Pursuit.

*hugs loquacious*

posted by gnfti 02 June | 12:00

My favorite pee-related story:

A visiting 4 year old boy asked me where the bathroom was in my house. His mom asked "Honey, are you going to go make peepee?" He said "Mom, I already made it. Now I have to get rid of it."

posted by iconomy 02 June | 12:00

That's funny, loquacious, because I do all those things, just not when I know someone is bitching because they need to get it out or want to be cheered up because they just want to get past it. (Yeah, that's an ugly sentence.)

Oddly enough, it tends to get me angry at other folks. Because I'm usually right. And then they don't listen and fuck it up and want my help to fix it. And I'm like, "Look, I told you the right way to do it in the first place. And you ignored me. And I'm nearly always right and you still never listen. So fuck you."

It doesn't make me popular, but it does weed out the people who would be upset when they finally figured out I'm just kind of a bitch.

posted by dame 02 June | 12:05

Trust me, I really try to not be long winded. It's not intentional - I'm not pushing myself to be a pontificating windbag or trying or anything. It just flows out of me like so much morning-after-tequila-shooters-and-taco-night diarrhea.

And I'm not nearly so long-winded in person, unless I'm prodded. I like listening and observing in social situations.

The 'loquacious' handle was given to me one night at this coffeehouse I was hanging out at a lot, where we did a lot of that coffeehouse philosophizing and bullshitting. It had come to that point where people where making up insulting and derogatory nicknames for each other. It gets to be my turn and my friend Tony (an amazing writer who I expect to see great things from any day now) turns to me and just gets this confused look on his face and says "You? ... You're just fuckin' loquacious.", and it stuck. Argumentative, and frequently in the wrong, indeed.

Anyways, that's just about enough goddamn therapy and talking about myself.

Oh, and I can pee while skateboarding. I've tried to do it while biking but it just doesn't work out too well.

Dame: Well put. :)

posted by loquacious 02 June | 12:08

Those

box-quotes

, is there some automatic way to generate them, and a back-link to the post being quoted?

Like a Firefox extension, or something?

posted by orthogonality 02 June | 12:31

MetaChat: It just flows out of me like so much morning-after-tequila-shooters-and-taco-night diarrhea.

posted by amberglow 02 June | 12:52

My favorite pee-related story:

So... this is what MeCha has come to?

posted by Doohickie 02 June | 12:59

Loq's axioms #347: Any conversation left to run it's course long enough will eventually devolve into a discussion about poop.

(or pee)

posted by loquacious 02 June | 13:05

some automatic way to generate them, and a back-link to the post being quoted

oh for crust's sake, just lern to werk yer shit man!

posted by quonsar 02 June | 13:14

So... this is what MeCha has come to?

Diarrhea, MeChaCha
Diarrhea, MeChaCha

posted by jonmc 02 June | 13:20

1950s: MeChaChaCha

posted by amberglow 02 June | 18:29

Greedy: MeChaChing

posted by iconomy 02 June | 20:35

Did you see Evander Holyfield and Seinfeld's J. Peterman Cha-Cha-Cha on ABC Wednesday Night? (The only bad thing is they didn't Cha-Cha with each other...)

posted by wendell 03 June | 20:36

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