MetaChat - I'm sorry, but it must be said.

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11 December 2005

I'm sorry, but it must be said. I'm afraid the quality of posts around here has been falling off lately.→[More:] Ever since we opened signups, those with user numbers higher than, say, 620, have been bringing the quality of posts here down. Something must be done.

post by: Eideteker at: 21:39 | 37 comments

Um, yeah. Fuck those fuckers.

(okay, not really. i just wanted to say that.)

posted by YouCanCallMeAl 11 December | 21:44

Do MeCha users even have user numbers? ::looks around::

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 11 December | 21:48

And the powers that be have concealed the user numbers, making it harder for us to pointpoint and laugh at newbies.

Wait... how do we know that you, Eideteker, aren't an over-620 newbie?

posted by goatdog 11 December | 21:49

I don't know what my number is, but I'm pretty sure I'm personally responsible for the decline of Metachat.

Sorry for all the suck.

posted by jrossi4r 11 December | 21:58

I suggest that before being allowed to post, users must submit a proposal, to be approved by a secret board of senior-member jurors. Then, if the proposal passes that agust body, it must be approved by one of the site admins. If he or she approves, the user is notified and allowed to submit their post. The post will then sit in a queue for a week, where paying members will be allowed to positive or negative rate it, and, if, after this week period, the post has a certian positive score, it will be provisionally posted to the front page, where, if it receives more than 10 comments in the hour after it is posted, it is allowed to stay up.

posted by Capn 11 December | 22:11

Yeah, sorry about that.

posted by rebirtha 11 December | 22:12

I know my user number -- it used to display, but the Powers have switched over to displaying usernames instead. (I'm 333, thank you. I like the symmetry of it.)

posted by mudpuppie 11 December | 22:20

; >

posted by amberglow 11 December | 22:25

I like rice.

posted by danostuporstar 11 December | 22:42

That's half the number of the beast.

posted by jrossi4r 11 December | 22:43

Yeah, jrossi, it has that going for it too.

posted by mudpuppie 11 December | 22:44

Well shoot. I was going to post a formal "Can I hang out with you guys?" request, seeing as how the blue has gone to pot since the UIDs crossed 22K.. but now I'm not so sure. When I was growing up, my neighbors raised bunnies. Does that help?

posted by Triode 11 December | 23:01

Triode, when I utter a one-word declarative sentence -- "penis" -- how do you respond?

posted by mudpuppie 11 December | 23:03

I'm 618. Anyone who joined after Aug. 9th is responsible for the downfall of this place.

posted by Eideteker 11 December | 23:12

I think I'm in the 100s. Dayum, I feel all matoor.

posted by gaspode 11 December | 23:19

You originally typed 420, didn't you?

posted by porpoise 11 December | 23:20

Mudpuppie: In my head, I immediately notice that taken as a sentence, "penis" lacks proper capitalization and punctuation. But I don't say anything, because calling out grammatical errors is uncool, and I make plenty of 'em myself.

Instead, I blush a bit, and then I'd likely try to make a bit of a joke about not having been taken to dinner yet.

Or did you just want a URL?

posted by Triode 11 December | 23:30

Eideteker, you're a great DJ, as long as they don't let you talk.... ;p

triode, the correct answer is: "Mightier than the sword."

Why can't we all just get along?
Why can't we all just get a blog?
Why can't we all just get a room?
Why can't we all just get annoyed?
Why can't we all just get lost?

One more thing: I AM NOT A NUMBER! I AM A FREE MAN!!!

posted by wendell 11 December | 23:37

Triode, as long as you don't bring any cilantro in here with you, you're fine.

posted by bunnyfire 11 December | 23:46

Cilantro! Bleah. Foul kersosene weed. I'll do my best to stem the tide of suck... which is to say I'll try to keep quiet.

posted by Triode 11 December | 23:50

...but it is ok to grate garlic with a credit card?

posted by wendell 11 December | 23:51

180's the greatest generation?

posted by arse_hat 11 December | 23:57

Buck Owens kicks ass.

posted by DeepFriedTwinkies 12 December | 00:06

Phooey on you kids and your three digit usernumbers. (Since we can't see the numbers, I hereby claim the number of my former username. Because I can.)

..allright. Back to the homework.

ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGH.

posted by YouCanCallMeAl 12 December | 00:19

*sniff*

This happens everywhere I go...

posted by SassHat 12 December | 00:43

"Penis." is not a declarative sentence.

posted by kenko 12 December | 00:54

Subject verb object makes a complete sentence, mudpuppie.

An example may be helpful: "penis penis penis."

posted by killdevil 12 December | 01:01

See? You people have just outed yourselves as Metachat fringers by stating that "Penis" is not a declarative sentence.

The rest of us know that it is.

posted by mudpuppie 12 December | 01:10

"Penis" is also a complex sentence.

posted by SassHat 12 December | 01:12

Can I make 'penis' a declaration?

PENIS!!

posted by Frisbee Girl 12 December | 01:22

If you're talking about me faggot, I'd like to introduce you to this bowl of cold poison.

Bette' now huh?

posted by Mr T 12 December | 01:25

Or what about imperative?

Penis, NOW!!

posted by Frisbee Girl 12 December | 01:26

"Penis, NOW!!"
Tom Robinson Band, 1980?

posted by arse_hat 12 December | 01:35

'
"Penis." is not a declarative sentence.
'

"penis" is a suggestive sentence, though. try it with a raised eyebrow.

posted by sam 12 December | 01:45

...penis?

posted by YouCanCallMeAl 12 December | 02:06

Hows about with a unibrow?

posted by Edible Energy 12 December | 02:35

I'm 333, thank you. I like the symmetry of it.

mudpuppie is the semi-christ!

posted by sciurus 12 December | 08:26

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