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18 July 2005

What's with all the bannings in #metachat?
cut it out kids! don't make me go back there! ; >

(i dunno...what is with it? who's op?)
posted by amberglow 18 July | 23:22
what's with all the dickheads trying to turn #metachat into dickhead central?

small penises make for some serious neuroses.

i'm sure as hell glad i don't have one.
posted by mudpuppie 18 July | 23:26
Agreed. What a bunch of jerks.
posted by AlexReynolds 18 July | 23:28
Jerkfaces
posted by Linnwood 18 July | 23:35
IRC: where nice things go to get broken.
posted by PinkStainlessTail 18 July | 23:35
[this is weak]
posted by 31d1 18 July | 23:40
<RonMexico> hmm
<Farmer_Refuted> Hello RonMexico
<RonMexico> hello
<LeeJay> This was probably 15 years back
* loquacious sets mode: +b Farmer_Refuted!*@*
* Farmer_Refuted was kicked by loquacious (loquacious)
* loquacious sets mode: +b RonMexico!*@*
* mudpuppie is back
<cryptical> This rainbow is out of control.
<sysop> ?
* cryptical has quit IRC (Quit: Bye)
<mudpuppie> we booting now?
* filmgeek has left #metachat
<gaspode> I missed the cal ripken era...
<sysop> why did you just kick them out?
<loquacious> And I've always wanted to do this to my nazi sysop:
* Farmer_Refuted_Again has joined #metachat
* loquacious sets mode: +b sysop!*@*
* sysop was kicked by loquacious (loquacious)
<Farmer_Refuted_Again> LOLZ
* cheesepoof has joined #metachat
<cheesepoof> hi
<Farmer_Refuted_Again> mad op skills there
* mudpuppie sets mode: +b *!~thefarmer@*.drb-bsr1.chi-drb.il.cable.rcn.com
* Farmer_Refuted_Again was kicked by mudpuppie (mudpuppie)
<duckstab> wow this is going crazy here
* loquacious sets mode: +b Farmer_Refuted_Again!*@*
* mudpuppie sets mode: +b *!RonMexico@*.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net
* duckstab has left #metachat
* cheesepoof was kicked by mudpuppie (mudpuppie)
<LeeJay> I watched Ripken's tying and tie breaking games
<LeeJay> I think thats the last time I've watched a baseball game
* foxfire has joined #metachat
<gaspode> i'm getting all nostagic for a game that I only started watching 3.5 years ago.
* gaspode misses cricket
* NickDouglas has joined #metachat
<NickDouglas> Hey.
<foxfire> hola nick
<LeeJay> The only sport I really watchregularly is american football
* loquacious sets mode: -o Ryvar
<gaspode> yeah... it's like rugby for pussies
* wtf_dude has joined #metachat
<gaspode> (sorry)
<wtf_dude> wtf dude?
<Ryvar> loq: what'd I do?
<LeeJay> No no. You're right
<loquacious> You know what you did. :)
<LeeJay> Rugby s hot
* duckstab has joined #metachat
* quonsar sets mode: +b *!*Azhruwi@*.verizon.net
* NickDouglas was kicked by quonsar (jerk)
<gaspode> and so are rugby players /shallow
* gaspode used to play rugby
<LeeJay> Heh. yeah
<wtf_dude> whats with the banning man?
<loquacious> What's with acting like 12?
<LeeJay> Keeping some sort of order I suppose
* mudpuppie sets mode: +b *!~_31d1@*.phil.east.verizon.net
* wtf_dude was kicked by mudpuppie (mudpuppie)
* mudpuppie sets mode: +b *!~chamilton@*.iss.net
* foxfire was kicked by mudpuppie (mudpuppie)
* mudpuppie sets mode: +b *!sean@*.31C4654A.A2EE942D.IP
* duckstab was kicked by mudpuppie (mudpuppie)
* MADOPZSKILLZ has joined #metachat
<MADOPZSKILLZ> ZOMG
* quonsar sets mode: +b *!*madskillz@*.rcn.com
* MADOPZSKILLZ was kicked by quonsar (jerk)
* loquacious sets mode: +b MADOPZSKILLZ!*@*
<loquacious> Damnit
* If_I_Had_An_Anus has joined #metachat
<mudpuppie> why is this fun?
<quonsar> is he a regged nick?
<quonsar> have we ever seen him on metachat?
<If_I_Had_An_Anus> him who this fun?
<quonsar> you
<If_I_Had_An_Anus> no. sorta.
* mudpuppie has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer)
* brownpau has joined #metachat
<quonsar> hey beepee
<brownpau> hey q
<If_I_Had_An_Anus> seeking the answer to Schyler issue
* Kwansar has joined #metachat
<brownpau> what's going on?
* quonsar sets mode: +b *!*quonsar_s@*.rcn.com
* Kwansar was kicked by quonsar (jerk)
* mudpuppie has joined #metachat
<quonsar> nada
<LeeJay> wb mudpuppie
* buttes has joined #metachat
<buttes> oh god don't kick me
<buttes> :[[[
* quonsar sets mode: +b *!*moift@*.att.net
* buttes was kicked by quonsar (jerk)
<mudpuppie> firefox, it crashed
* LOL_U_FAGS has joined #metachat
<LOL_U_FAGS> LOLZ
* quonsar sets mode: +b *!*opzplz@*.rcn.com
* LOL_U_FAGS was kicked by quonsar (jerk)
* y2karl has joined #metachat
* loquacious has quit IRC (Ping timeout)
* y2karl waves.
* quonsar sets mode: +b *!*allahakba@*.verizon.net
* y2karl was kicked by quonsar (jerk)
<gaspode> LeeJay have you given up on admin for the evening?
* quonsar sets mode: +o mudpuppie
<LeeJay> Pretty much. I'll probably do some tomorrow since I'm off
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* loquacious has joined #metachat
* ChanServ sets mode: +oa loquacious loquacious
<LeeJay> My poor mother. I wish she could retire
<LeeJay> Shes running herself ragged
<gaspode> I bet.
* AlexReynolds is now known as Guest203784041
* mlis has joined #metachat
* quonsar sets mode: +b *!*reynolda@*.rr.com
* Guest203784041 was kicked by quonsar (jerk)
posted by Peak Oil 18 July | 23:52
this is fantastic I love chatlogs
posted by buttes 18 July | 23:59
i want to put my chatlog in your buttes
posted by Linnwood 19 July | 00:00
This is what it sounds like when bunnies cry.
posted by LeeJay 19 July | 00:27
Wow that looks like a lot of fun.

So does anyone actually ever do anything besides kick and set modes? Not that I know what either of those things are, mind you.
posted by iconomy 19 July | 00:42
it could be fun.

tonight, it wasn't.
posted by mudpuppie 19 July | 00:44
So does anyone actually ever do anything besides kick and set modes? Not that I know what either of those things are, mind you.
posted by iconomy 19 July | 00:42


Normally it's a fun place to hang out. Really.
posted by LeeJay 19 July | 00:46
why kick buttes tho?
posted by amberglow 19 July | 00:50
If any genuine/sincere #metachat or metachat.org or otherwise non-troll users got banned by me, or if you feel you were banned in error, email me. All others can go squat on a cactus. I'm pretty sure I personally didn't ban any genuine/sincere users though.

We're going to have to tighten up the "op everyone" policy. While I like and enjoy the idea of having an organic, social rep system arising where we're just all oped and it works, it doesn't look like that's going to work. If you get ops, don't op everyone. Just op the folks you actually know and trust.

Steve, STFU loser. Get a life, a hobby, a girlfriend, a penis pump, a brain, whatever it is you need and etc and STFU and so forth.
posted by loquacious 19 July | 00:57
to clarify things...

(warning, logs)

1
2
posted by mudpuppie 19 July | 01:06
Steve, STFU loser. Get a life, a hobby, a girlfriend, a penis pump, a brain, whatever it is you need and etc and STFU and so forth.
...and your little dog, too!
posted by quonsar 19 July | 01:07
clarified!....i think
posted by dhruva 19 July | 01:17
loquacious, you have such a nice ass.

I wish you needed a rough boy like me in real life.
posted by Linnwood 19 July | 01:29
Thanks for the logs. Hey, I've got a fan club. Rad. I love those of the tiny brain and penis set assume all kinds of things about me and why I'm banning them.

No, I'm not "ungulate", whoever that is on turlyming.

Note to #mefi: We don't dislike all of you. Those of you who aren't disliked know who we're talking about. Self police if you like. Or don't. Doesn't matter.

Perhaps some day I'll have my own page here, and it'll be the best of them all.
posted by loquacious 19 July | 01:29
I duno loq. You don't really rise to the level of u.n. owen. May I eat your bisquit?
posted by Linnwood 19 July | 01:31
note to the infiltrators (to back loq up):

seriously.

you're idiots.

get over it.

you do not embiggen yourselves by trying to debiggen us.

just enjoy yerselves, *over there,* and be done with it.

that's the best you can hope for.

love,
anti-rape-joke-mudpuppie
posted by mudpuppie 19 July | 01:33
I wish you people could get it through your thick skulls just how serious IRC really is. This is no joke, and #mefi demands IRCeperations.
posted by buttes 19 July | 01:36
God this is all so ridiculous. Can we get back to bunny armies and silliness now?
posted by LeeJay 19 July | 01:37
this is why i don't do irc ... monkeys grunting and pushing each other out of the tree ...
posted by pyramid termite 19 July | 01:37
I HAVE NO GENITALS
posted by Linnwood 19 July | 01:37
"I wish you needed a rough boy like me" - Linnwood.
HeeeHeee heeeee haw haw haw hee.
Ha ha ha ha!
OK seriously he he he he he he he ehe.
*wipes tears*
He he he he HAW!
"rough boy"!!!!!!!!
haw haw hee hee!..........................................................................................................
posted by arse_hat 19 July | 01:50
Wow that is cute... squeezing my nastybits.

I really must feel your ass.

straight fucking is for losers
posted by Linnwood 19 July | 01:54
LOLZ
posted by Linnwood 19 July | 02:00
Gee. Everything happens after I leave, and everything (once again) goes to shit after steve shows up.

Then, steve blames it on everyone else.

Has this happened before?
posted by interrobang 19 July | 02:04
then on the other hand, perhaps you guys had a good reason to ban them ... this is pathetic, linnwood
posted by pyramid termite 19 July | 02:04
/me trusts no one.
posted by mudpuppie 19 July | 02:07
lots of joyce headed this way i hear.
posted by quonsar 19 July | 02:11
I noticed a wiki entry for the takeover. I don't ask myself why I don't bother with irc anymore.
posted by peacay 19 July | 02:59
NOTE TO EVERYONE:

I started the bannings. I stand by them. Don't blame anyone who followed suit.

And if you have questions about why/whether it was appropriate, email me.
posted by mudpuppie 19 July | 03:12
Ooh, thanks for the lead to that wiki. My entry has to have been largely written by beth. Ha! Can that woman whine or what?

You know, if you've seen one irc log, you've seen them all. And that's one too many.
posted by kmellis 19 July | 03:17
WAR!
posted by Quartermass 19 July | 05:07
quonsar once was a beloved member of #mefi. But then he turned his back on us.
a real tearjerker ain't it.
posted by quonsar 19 July | 08:26
I was at the first game of The Streak. May 30, 1982 was my 10th birthday, and I spent it at Memorial Stadium with a dozen friends.

We called him "Little Rip" back then; he was just a chip off the old block. Who'd a thunk it?
posted by Hugh Janus 19 July | 08:58
Seriously though, If a man with a small penis can't find comfort in an IRC channel, where else is he to go?
posted by greasy_skillet 19 July | 09:02
I don't know what's going on with #mefi, but I don't think engaging in a drama will be discouraging.

My only advice is to just relax, make your channel invitation-only and ask people to leave a comment in the announcement thread to get an invite (however that works). Not pretty, not sweet, but as you've seen from the scribble site, pretty much anything open ain't gonna work.

Ryvar, Stynxno, Riffola, Brownpau, Salmonberry, Steve, Angry, Beth... anyone? If you want to enlighten me, please email.
posted by taz 19 July | 09:15
sweet monkey jesus... I'm offline from home for three days and this is what happens?

I MISS ALL THE FUN!
(cable company will be back on Saturday to hook me back up, though!)
posted by kellydamnit 19 July | 09:42
Fun?
posted by mr.marx 19 July | 10:02
I'm suddenly glad I left at 8:30 last night.
posted by kenko 19 July | 10:45
Steve@ came to a Chicago meetup and not only did he present evidence of having a girlfriend, he was basically a nice guy.
posted by kenko 19 July | 10:47
Sure, kenko. If he acted like this in RL, he'd probably be in the hospital.
posted by agropyron 19 July | 11:03
Does she know he's a total cockhorse online?
posted by loquacious 19 July | 11:04
I didn't get a chance to ask.
posted by kenko 19 July | 11:12
Let me get this straight:

#mefi members invade #metachat, act like a bunch of assholes and then complain about being kicked and/or banned?

What's the surprise here? Everything you do (or don't do) has a consquence. You make your choice(s) and live with the consequence(s). As (alleged) adults you know this. There's a difference between behaving like kids and having fun and behaving like assholes. #mefi has crossed that line.

For what it's worth, the few times I visited #mefi everyone was nice. This is really disappointing.
posted by deborah 19 July | 11:52
cockhorse sounds like a compliment to me.
posted by danostuporstar 19 July | 12:01
(I met Steve@ and his GF, too. Steve was perfectly polite. She was pretty quiet. Then again, she was the only non-MeFite, so that's not so surprising.)


I came into #metachat after most of this shite went down (although Ryvar and loquacious were still yelling at quonsar for no clear reason). It seemed that things had settled down for the most part, but most people didn't want to talk much. However, being brand new this weekend to IRC, I wasn't sure *what* was going on. And I had a great time goofing around in #metachat on Saturday and Sunday nights.

A big part of the reason I've been active over here instead of in the Blue and Grey is because of the climate of condescention and acrimony. I'm tired of heated discussions about pointless issues. #mefi can keep all that if they like, but please don't bring it over here.
posted by me3dia 19 July | 12:13
As (alleged) adults you know this.

Curious: approximately how old are most of the key players in this melodrama? Really, what are the physical ages of these people? A few people said they met Mr. Linnwood; how old was he? Temporally, not psychologically.
posted by goatsetubgirlknifebutt 19 July | 12:25
He's in his late 20s/early 30s.
posted by me3dia 19 July | 12:35
I should be banned. It is only a matter of time until I am and maybe then I will stop drinking. Seriously. Drinking seriously. I have broken MetaFilter (in a personal sense) and I have pissed off tracicle at a truly bad time. Posting pornography to Monkeyfilter is not cool, apparently, and the definition of pornography is, of course, hard to come by.

Yay!
posted by Cryptical Envelopment 19 July | 12:40
i don't really want to know what's going on but i'm heating potstickers, just woke up and had dealing with a reasonably large penis last night.
and it was a good thing.
if only i liked who it was attached to more.
posted by ethylene 19 July | 12:40
oh, man, really, crypt?
don't mess with the monkey momma
or i have to humiliate you in public.
posted by ethylene 19 July | 12:41
It seemed that things had settled down for the most part, but most people didn't want to talk much

The dingle was delicious however.
posted by LeeJay 19 July | 12:44
The dingle was delicious however.

You shoulda had it on Saturday, when it was fresh!
posted by me3dia 19 July | 12:56
OK so am I an evil asshole? 'Cause I was getting banned before I could say two words.
posted by 31d1 19 July | 13:12
no, not at all. in fact you have secret info that people may try to coherce out of you with sweets and easy women. stay strong or get a good price.
posted by ethylene 19 July | 13:18
eth I'm in your corner, verily. The word is mum and obligement is much.
posted by 31d1 19 July | 13:23
I'll weigh in briefly from a different and personal angle. It's been rough week at Chez Frisbee. The company that I work for lost a crucial client that I was slated to become one of the principal staff for and being a contract employee, that means I'm now temporarily screwed. Especially as I spent three months earlier this year laid out with mono and chronic fatigue, exhausting the financial buffer I had. A very good friend in Portland is not expected to survive through the week due to massive brain injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

Add to this that most of my friends here in the city are feverishly preparing for 'the Burn' and not wanting to rain on their parade as well as being functionally broke, means a lot of time at home, on the computer looking for jobs - again - and endless revisions of cover letters. I wouldn't mind this too much, but I'm tired, disappointed and feeling a bit bruised inside. I will barely make rent and if Mark dies I can't return for the funeral. It's hardly the worst I've experienced, but sucky nonetheless.

That said, MeCha and #metacha have wonderful this last week for being a place to hang out and distract, especially during the deeper hours of the night when thoughts tend to focus on troubles that loom large in the dark. Admittedly, I was probably relying a bit too much on the site and channel for entertainment and squishy comfort. And while it has been great for that, my lack of patience with the dynamics is, in my mind, a clear sign that I should step out at this point.

I'll likely poke my head in on occasion until things settle out. My email is in my profile and I respond promptly, should anyone want to drop a line and say, 'How-do'.

Thanks so much, big hugs and ciao for now, bunnyluvs!
posted by Frisbee Girl 19 July | 14:53
{{FrisbeeGirl}} I hope things get better soon. If you ever want to chat you have my email.
posted by LeeJay 19 July | 15:13
speaking as someone who values diversity and tolerance, i'm rather disappointed that muddpuppie, loquacious, et al had chosen to kick and ban tens of different users rather than simply typing:

"/ignore [username]"

practically all of the kickbans were for little or no reason. what an egregious abuse of power. and while i find steve/linnwood's political viewpoints quite troubling, i am more troubled that he is being unfairly singled-out and piled-upon this time. frisbee girl, leejay, kenko, interrobang: thank you all for being civil and friendly during my briefs visits to #metachat.
posted by Wedge 19 July | 15:24
and while i find steve/linnwood's political viewpoints quite troubling, i am more troubled that he is being unfairly singled-out and piled-upon this time.


I believe the pile on has less to do with his politics than it does to do with his taking over our irc channel for shits and giggles last week.
posted by kellydamnit 19 July | 15:30
1. that was "nerudan".
2. it was already discussed in a previous thread.
3. steve's comments here have been edited, so he can't even defend himself. not very sporting imho.
posted by Wedge 19 July | 15:36
edited?
posted by mr.marx 19 July | 15:48
wedge, stop being such a wedge
people who may or maynot be other people who people do not notice to be other people prove themselves in the end
you are you and i'm not begruding you that
so now assumed who i am again
everyone else has
and it's always the people who bitch about it
*cackles like a wonderchicken, eats KFC*
posted by ethylene 19 July | 15:50
I only started banning people after the flood of #mefi users came in to "check out the fun", and even then, I waited until it was pretty obvious people weren't logging in for a social visit, and even after that, I waited until prompted by several trusted users/founders. Then, admittedly, it was a kickban shitstorm.

I don't /ignore. I want to see everything being said in the open channel. I'm really extremely open minded - very little offends me - up to the point of exploitative or asshole-ish behavior. I don't like bullies. I don't like drama. I don't like shitstains of excuses for human beings that find joy in the misery of others. Are you offended by these particular statements? Maybe you - the proverbial "you" - should take a deep look in the mirror, then.

Again, if you feel you've been banned in error and you actually want to come participate in #metachat in kind, and not merely to mark your territory or make it more like #mefi for whatever reason, email me. Or quonsar. Or dodgygeezer. And state your case.

Otherwise, we're doing just fine without you. We have plenty of nice folks to chat with, and will always welcome more nice and well behaved folks. Sorry. Sorry if any of you were unfairly classified as part of the #mefi bad apples. POLICE YOUR CREW. I know you know what to do. Stop supporting them. If those that are running #mefi are the bad apples - START A NEW CHANNEL ON A DIFFERENT SERVER AND ABANDON THEM. If so, they don't deserve your support or patronage.

This isn't about freedom of speech, censorship, or any number of other noble causes - it's just an IRC channel. If you come to spectate, to chatlog and post, to be a jerk, or to otherwise be offensive or trollish to get your juvenile pre-puberty jollies off, I've got an itchy kickban finger and no one whose reps I trust has complained about it so far.

If this somehow violates your perveted sense of IRC morals or ethics - note that the login info for slashnet prohibits harrassment, malicious bots and scripts, and a whole host of other things that the bad apples of the #mefi clique are undeniably guilty of.
posted by loquacious 19 July | 16:25
Let the door hit 'em where the Lord split 'em.
posted by Hugh Janus 19 July | 17:01
loquacious i came in "to check out the fun" (i actually did) and said "heloooooo" and you banned me. This statement:

I waited until it was pretty obvious people weren't logging in for a social visit, and even after that, I waited until prompted by several trusted users/founders.

is bullshit. And before you say it, lurking on #mefi and judging my behavior there does NOT imply what my behavior on #metachat would have been. It's been clear to me from the get go that #metachat was suposed to be "different" somehow, and you gave me no chance to show that I understood that. Just as someones comments on MeCha may come out different that their comments on MeFi, so might have mine. If you want to say that my actions on #mefi prove without possibility of redemption that I (and everyone else you want to lump in so easily) am a malevolence, then say it straight.

Not without interest do I indeed note that the login info for slashnet prohibits harrassment, malicious bots and scripts, and a whole host of other things that the bad apples of the #metachat clique are undeniably guilty of. Sorry if any of you were unfairly classified as part of the #metachat bad apples. POLICE YOUR CREW.

I congratulate you and your group of "well behaved folks" (sorry if I lumped anyonne into the group but I believe I haven't - hah) on succesfully being even more immature than #mefi. Hard to believe but you pulled it off. Congrats, it is, in it's way, quite an achievement.

At this point, I imagine you'll decide you "can do without me" since I have to disagree with your actions (and frankly at this point don't really like you). But if you don't decide to permaban me from metachat due to non-homogeneity (think "i don't like him but maybe others do and it's not my own private community that I am the king of" - although you could always start your own channel for one of those, as you pointed out) I would appreciate being dealt with on my actual behavior, rather than any perceived a priori threat I imply. There are, I must mention, people on #mefi that hate each other, but others like them or they like something about the place anyway and there they are. Same as on Mefi and Metachat itself.

This statement needs a replay cause coming from you it is just absurd:

I don't /ignore. I want to see everything being said in the open channel. I'm really extremely open minded - very little offends me - up to the point of exploitative or asshole-ish behavior. I don't like bullies. I don't like drama. I don't like shitstains of excuses for human beings that find joy in the misery of others. Are you offended by these particular statements? Maybe you - the proverbial "you" - should take a deep look in the mirror, then.

I'm looking in the mirror, will you? I don't think you're a shitstain even though by your criteria you certainly are, and in fact I would welcome any excuse to decide that I do in fact like you. As it stands this is a delusional mess. People are complex and even soul mates have arguments, and I think you and yours need to chill out with the one dimensional views of actual human beings.

If not, enjoy celebrating the great Seperate But Equal Act you got going here.
posted by 31d1 19 July | 17:19
My entry has to have been largely written by beth. Ha! Can that woman whine or what?

Which is one is that ?

Ihe u.n. owen page is really disturbing.
And seeing Dhartung's name in the History there is really disappointing.
posted by y2karl 19 July | 17:23
This one. I didn't read the u.n. owen page, assuming it would be pretty much truthful and what we already know. Is it really vicious? That whole thing with her makes me sad. There's lots of people like her in the world, I imagine that most don't really understand their own behavior. And a lot of us are more like her than we want to admit. And, finally, she could have been completely deserving and innocent but she just solidifies the lack of trust and cynicism so many people have.
posted by kmellis 19 July | 18:48
I sometimes wonder if I'm losing anything by avoiding irc like the black plague


I probably am not
posted by matteo 19 July | 18:49
oh, i think you'll like it
and whoever better apologize to freezay before i have to pull out the bitch stick
bad boys

*back later to kick ass and spit bubble gum*
posted by ethylene 19 July | 18:52
and by the way, how does one "sort of like a dick" in one's mouth? isn't that a very binary question -- I mean, you either like it or you really don't. how can one be ambivalent about it?
posted by matteo 19 July | 18:54
Is it really vicious?

All I have looked at is the index. That alone creeps me out. It's incomprehensible to me that people could go to such lengths. And Dhartung helped compile it.

I sometimes wonder if I'm losing anything by avoiding irc like the black plague

Wonder no more.
posted by y2karl 19 July | 19:11
They say everyone is either gay or bi.

Or was it "buy"?
posted by 31d1 19 July | 19:11
isn't that a very binary question -- I mean, you either like it or you really don't. how can one be ambivalent about it?

I don't see why it should necessarily be so binary.
posted by kenko 19 July | 19:24
/off topic

y2karl-
if you'll notice, the un owen page itself is mostly just a compedium of hyperlinks, with the brief introduction. the purpose of the un owen page is not that of a random witch hunt, but rather to serve as a sort of public service warning to the community at large before they get scammed... i.e., if you send her money, you do so at your own peril, as she has hustled the mefi/mofi community, and other online communities, previously; etc. as well, i think the point of her wiki entry could be elegantly summarized by the following (mis)quote:

1) Fool me once.
2) Shame on.
3) Shame on you.
4) You fool me can't get fooled again!

you may or may not agree with the article itself, but i can assure you the page's creators and editors were not motivated by spite; quite the opposite. dhartung is, and remains, a class act. finally, wikis are a collaborative effort... so, you are free to suggest whatever specific additions or changes that you think would improve the quality of the wiki.

matteo- did you see my awesome eb comic? in it, i try to tackle various challenging abstract issues... such as "'sort of' liking cock". btw i'm currently in talks with Marvel right now to create a special 24 issue kmellis/murder mystery series, tentatively titled, "bored... to death!"
posted by Wedge 19 July | 22:21
Hahahaha! You're so funny. Actually, I sent that comic to friends and family. My best friend wrote back "It's like I'm right there beside you".

I think I sort of liked it because of what Freud claimed was an oral fixation. I dunno. People are weird--why can't people imagine that certain acts may or may not be pleasurable completely on their own terms and independent (for those who are capable of having that worldview) of whether it is homosexual or heterosexual? I moderately enjoyed some aspects of gay male sex, and fellatio for whatever reason was one of them. Otherwise, it didn't do much for me and all three times I tried I wasn't able to have an orgasm. I also have no sense of being able to be in love with another man. In contrast, I'm aware of how I'm sexually attracted to women all the time, and have been in love with a number of women and will again. That's why I say I'm straight--my experience is that I'm strongly heterosexually oriented and my identity is heterosexual and not bisexual or homosexual. All that doesn't mean that I can't have tried gay sex and, especially, that for some reason I'm supposed to be repulsed by gay sex. That's homophobia.

The fact that someone like me can say that they've had gay sex a few times, and mildly enjoyed it, and enjoyed some aspects of it, and that by itself is taken to indicate that the person must be homosexual or at least bisexual, is very revealing about how our society thinks about these things.

I've been tremendously fascinated by how that comment of mine has taken on a life of its own and how people interpret it.

It's the inverse of the "Chasing Amy" thing where some people claimed that it made no sense that the character claimed to be a lesbian when she had sex with, and even fell in love with, a man. But lots of gay men have had a heterosexual relationship where they claim they were in love (but that it didn't work out in the long run), and lots of straight women have had a love affair with another woman.

My experience with people I've known is that their orientations are pretty definite although their experiences have been more varied.
posted by kmellis 19 July | 22:37
I am your friend, kmellis.
posted by interrobang 19 July | 22:46
ebb, i don't think anyone hates you as much as you think
and if they do, it's really their problem
it's just we dont'always have time to read you.
i've defended you many a time
please don't lead me to regret it
posted by ethylene 19 July | 22:52
that is not of context or text but the didactism that is not so necessary here unless asked
and that is just my opinion
posted by ethylene 19 July | 22:55
some guy named snake kills eb in the new harry potter book. i read it on the interweb.
you may or may not agree with the article itself, but i can assure you the page's creators and editors were not motivated by spite

Oh, yeah, right. "I'm going over to the courthouse..." People didn't compile that to protect people. There's a lot of spite in that list. People dug up everything they could find they could find. It's sleazy.

A real bunch of class acts.
posted by y2karl 19 July | 23:43
Quonsar has turned his back on us!!! Dhartung is such a disappointment!!! My entire world is crumbling because of something that happened on a website or an IRC channel!!!

Watch out real world, here you come!
posted by Peak Oil 20 July | 00:44
OK, jeez, I work so hard to become just a lurker, I don't even hit #mefi for a couple of weeks, and now I'm disappointing y2karl. And Peak Oil might just commit petrocide.

For the record, my involvement in that wiki page was merely formatting -- I was complaining in the channel about how impossible it was to find anything, and since I'm a big Wikipedian now, I was teaching by showing. Frankly, I couldn't possibly have contributed, because I didn't care that much, and I've never have gone out and found any of that stuff, even if I'd had the time.

As for u.n., I've seen online charlatans come and go over the last 20 years, and u.n. pretty much dug her own grave. No pity here. The information is all public; the wiki just put it all in one place.
posted by dhartung 20 July | 01:28
that doesn't mean that I can't have tried gay sex and, especially, that for some reason I'm supposed to be repulsed by gay sex. That's homophobia.
No, it's not.
posted by dg 20 July | 01:36
y2karl- There might be a little spite there, but that's largely because u.n. owen behaved like a goddamn grifter, and took mefi for a ride. She's also clearly a liar and a poseur, and she deserves all the acrimony she gets.

While you may like to take the high road, some people don't deserve it. I'm generally a nice person, but Owen is an asshole of the first order.
Also: way to judge a person on one criterion [compiling a list of links outing a liar and a cheat]; dhartung is an absolute gentleman and a pleasure to chat with.

In other news, I like the folks over at #mefi, and I also have enjoyed my visits at #meta-chat.

omgcan'tweallgetalong?!?!!?



posted by exlotuseater 20 July | 07:39
Thanks for writing that, kmellis.
posted by Hugh Janus 20 July | 08:54
Collecting and posting selections of everything someone has said online in any forum on any topic, even when the information is about personal topics not germane to any possible grifting is full of malice. Did you see what she said about her boyfriends over here ? What a lying bitch! Heheheheh. It really seems like an attempt at Total Humiliation. If the fine should fit the crime, that's way over the line. Public information or not, it's a really creepy thing to see much effort put into something so incredibly spiteful. Just because it can be done is no excuse for doing it.
posted by y2karl 20 July | 10:19
Meh. I've seen worse.

Much, much worse.
posted by stilicho 20 July | 18:59
If the fine fit the crime, she would be tarred and feathered and run out of town. But this is teh intarnet, and we can't do that.

ok, ok, I'm petty and spiteful and sleazy and you are a much better man than I.

ps do you have any money I can borrow? my electric is out and stuff. tia.

posted by exlotuseater 20 July | 19:55
Schyler, come back. || save me from jerson's lawyers

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