MetaChat - Bored?

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21 September 2005

Bored? Thanks to Mr. Davis's comment I've been reading through some old MetaTalk posts (only a few months before I started lurking). Very entertaining.→[More:]I miss Miguel's FPP, though I don't think his posting style is tolerated on Mefi any more.

post by: muddgirl at: 21:36 | 14 comments

Heh. Every so often I go through old MeTa threads. I started doing it a few years back before I was able to sign up in order to get a feel for the place and got hooked. I go through the blue archives every so often too.

posted by LeeJay 21 September | 21:40

*Sigh* Oh, the age of endless threads, when longboats never set sail.

posted by danostuporstar 21 September | 22:05

Why is there no comment by cardosa in that thread? It was posted a year later so it was deleted or what? And what's with Miguels posting style that wouldn't be tolerated? They look normal to me.

posted by puke & cry 21 September | 22:10

what's with Miguels posting style that wouldn't be tolerated? They look normal to me.

nothing, really. mefi just likes to kill its own young.

posted by quonsar 21 September | 22:18

puke & cry, it was more a matter of quantity than style.

I miss Miguel and he would have been right at home here.

posted by dg 21 September | 22:20

Someone that speaks Portuguese should write and let him know.

posted by yhbc 21 September | 22:25

Wow, I need to do some catching up. I stay away from MeCha/MeFi/MeTa for a couple of weeks and, when I come back, everything ~~has turned upside down~~ ~~has changed~~ ~~is almost the same~~ is identical.

Never mind.

I don't speak Portuguese, but I sent Miguel an invitation anyway. Unfortunately, the address in his MeFi profile is busted and I can't decipher anything on his bloggy type thing.

posted by dg 21 September | 23:06

*cue stavros' MiguelSignal*

posted by dhruva 21 September | 23:24

I've been enjoying these on slow posting days.

posted by dreamsign 22 September | 00:03

Wow. My memory must be slipping. I don't remember danosuperstar from THIS MESS!

HELP.

posted by grapefruitmoon 22 September | 08:39

danostuporstar, even. Sheesh.

posted by grapefruitmoon 22 September | 08:41

I'm under deep cover.

posted by danostuporstar 22 September | 10:41

p.s. Didn't I read the other day (maybe in the blue?) you saying something about coming back?

posted by danostuporstar 22 September | 10:49

Has anyone been emailed by Miguel recently? I got an email from him earlier this year, but I lost it when I lost a few months because of hard drive problems¹. But surely someone has a working recent address?

It's really fucking weird how many of us who didn't get along with Miguel miss him. It's...diabolical.

1. By the way, my solution to this problem seems pretty cool and efficient to me. I certainly don't want to use Google as my main email, but I am able to alias my main email address to other addresses. So I created a gmail account that acts as an archive for every email that I get. I just need to visit occasionally to clean out spam that made it through. I hate losing email--other than what I've lost accidently, I have everything back to 1992. So I feel much more comfy these days.

posted by kmellis 22 September | 17:49

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