MetaChat - De-lurking thread!

And for those who don't know me, hi! I'm gaspode, and I spend way too much time on MeCha. I mainly like frivolity.

posted by gaspode 20 November | 17:02

Hi! I'm Lipstick Thespian! I like pot stickers, gummi bears, and sex and drugs and rock and 'Pode!

posted by Miko 20 November | 17:06

Hi! I'm cmonkey, and everything I say is a lie.

posted by cmonkey 20 November | 17:09

Hi! I'm Specklet! I like sugar gliders, sleeping in, and the super hot guy cashier at Whole Foods.

LT, you're signed in as Miko.

posted by Specklet 20 November | 17:14

'Sup Y'all? Hollah Back! lol.

-Joe 2 da Famous-

posted by Joe Famous 20 November | 17:23

Hi, I am carmina. I am, like, invisible, in so many ways.

posted by carmina 20 November | 17:27

*shuffles out of shadows, blinks at the light, smiles tentatively*

Hi, I'm Lassie, and I'm a pretty regular lurker, here and at Metafilter.

Like many fine people on MeCha, I live in New York, where I lawyer for a living. You may refer to me as Lassie, the Living, Lurking Lawyer.

*shuffles back into the shadows*

posted by Lassie 20 November | 17:28

Hi. I'm "It's Raining Florence Henderson." Based on recent shoutout evidence, I appear to be new here.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 20 November | 17:34

I'm confused. Is this for lurkers to say hello to non-lurkers or for non-lurkers to say hello to the lurkers.

But, ermm, hi.

posted by seanyboy 20 November | 17:34

"Hey, I'm Kate and I am a taurus, I love tomatoes, and black capped chickadees"
No, I'm not Kate, but I am a big B-52s fan...

posted by getoffmylawn 20 November | 17:44

Flo, I just think they think you're new because you're all shiny like a new penny.

Hi seanyboy!

posted by Specklet 20 November | 17:45

Hiya. I'm box. I like food and drink and media objects--all the usual stuff. It's nice to stop lurking and finally introduce myself to the community.

Or, alternately, welcome new members! I'm box, a venerable and much-loved member of the Mecha family. If there's anything this old-timer can do to make you comfortable, just say the word.

posted by box 20 November | 17:46

Now I'm really confused.

posted by seanyboy 20 November | 17:47

Well, I'm kinda new here, I guess. I think it's been a couple of months. Either way: * waves hello *

posted by TheDonF 20 November | 17:50

Hi! I'm jonmc and I'm looking forward to the day they find a way to deep-fry rock-and-roll!

posted by jrossi4r 20 November | 17:50

Actually, I'm jrossi and I just wanted to further confuse seanyboy.

Welcome!

posted by jrossi4r 20 November | 17:52

*head expoldes*

posted by seanyboy 20 November | 17:54

Hi seanyboy!

I'm Daniel Charms and I'm a lurker. Well, I'm mostly a non-lurker here, but I definitely am one one MeFi.

posted by Daniel Charms 20 November | 17:58

*comes up behind seanyboy, taps on right shoulder, quickly sidles to his left side*

posted by Specklet 20 November | 18:04

I am #206 0n MeFi (only jonmc has a lower number, and apparently he's busy right now getting flamed in the Michael Richards thread). I have gone through periods of regression into lurking but today is definitely not one of them.

(And at this point, I'd PAY for a meetup shoutout - as much as a quarter in US$. Is my name so damn hard to remember?!? Y'know, I used to have my own cult at MonkeyFilter.)

/rant

posted by wendell 20 November | 18:07

Well, I did intend it to be for lurkers, not regular posters (obviously I confused that intention by introducing myself... duh)

Anyways, Hi Lassie! You're a new name to me. Yay for more NYC peeps! (we are legion...)

posted by gaspode 20 November | 18:21

Hi. I'm Otherwordlyglow. Yes, I know the other 'l' is missing.

I like spicy things and sweet things and spicy/sweet things.

posted by otherwordlyglow 20 November | 18:27

Hi Everybody, LOL! My name is divine_wino, I'm called that because I love unicorns, thinking of baby names and peeing behind the water-heater. Don't flame me because I'm new and also because if you do we can meet in the parking lot of Stu Leonard's and I'll beat you up and then kidnap you and lock you in my storage shed, stop screaming no one can hear you. Anyway gotta go, the Bachelor is on LOL!111!1!

posted by Divine_Wino 20 November | 18:29

Hi! I'm Sisterhavana! I live in the Chicago area and I'm organizing the card exchange. Go sign up if you haven't already! : )

posted by sisterhavana 20 November | 18:30

And welcome new and newish people - most of us don't bite, except upon request. : )

posted by sisterhavana 20 November | 18:37

'ello, I'm Arqa and clearly you all need some Feliway

posted by Arqa 20 November | 18:47

Er...phermone spray?

posted by Specklet 20 November | 18:50

It's the only thing to stop you all spraying in the corners and scratching the sofa

posted by Arqa 20 November | 18:53

Hi, I'm chrismear, and I eat secret ice cream.

posted by chrismear 20 November | 18:53

Hi y'all, I'm pieisexactlythree, from the P-town crew! I consider this place my home on the internets, though I've been busy enough with work to become something of a lurker myself the last couple weeks.

Wendell, I'm pretty sure I shouted you out in Seattle last spring.

posted by pieisexactlythree 20 November | 19:00

Hi! I'm eamondaly! My name is Eamon Daly! I am Eamon, daily!

posted by eamondaly 20 November | 19:01

I would like to welcome seanyboy to MetaChat.

posted by Eideteker 20 November | 19:05

Hi, I'm jonmc. You'll start out finding me mildly amusing and then be confused, then either love me or hate me. Or love me then hate me. Or hate me then love me.

Or be utterly indifferent. Your call, but I figured I'd save you some time.

posted by jonmc 20 November | 19:05

newish people

Funny, they don't look newish...

posted by jonmc 20 November | 19:11

we can meet in the parking lot of Stu Leonard's

Stew Leonards! with an 'ew,' appropraitely enough. And there'll be no fighting there, the animatronic dairy products'd kick your ass.

posted by jonmc 20 November | 19:17

Please give a poor Wolfdog a pass, he
Is never too clever nor classy
But oh, how divine
For a fanboy to find
That he's sharing some screen time with Lassie!

posted by Wolfdog 20 November | 19:27

hi I'm lonefrontranger and I'm not new but I do lurk a lot. alotalot, actually. I love to read MeCha but owing to work/time constraints and the timezone dealie, I usually lurk my way into intriguing threads long after anything germane has already been contributed.

that said, I'd like to give an envious nod of appreciation here to wendell: Best. MeTa Thread. EVAR!!

DELURK ALL YE LURKERS!!

posted by lonefrontranger 20 November | 19:32

I am an exact replica of myself. Both he and I post not very often, comment occasionally, and play radio shows sometimes.

posted by Zack_Replica 20 November | 19:35

I'm never going to spell it stew jon, I'm sorry buddy, I'm sorry. I cannae do it brother.

posted by Divine_Wino 20 November | 19:36

Hi! I'm stilicho, aka dhartung. I've been periodically active here but I've been lurking too much lately.

Like jonmc and wendell, I'm a three-digit Metafiltrian. In fact, jonmc was annoying me on the blue even before I signed up.

posted by stilicho 20 November | 19:39

Hi. Am I new? I'm new.

I'm scrump, and I'm dishwasher-safe.

I'm frecklefaerie's fault.

posted by scrump 20 November | 19:46

hi, I'm eekacat. You can call me eek for short since that's what a mouse says when it sees a cat. I am currently all sweaty and stinky from racing home on my bike to try and pixellate tonight's awesome sunset. Alas I was too late...

posted by eekacat 20 November | 19:53

I am Mr fancy pants BBC man. I am retired. I am shy.

I want to subscribe to wendell's newsletter.

posted by Mr fancy pants BBC man 20 November | 20:12

I'm casarkos and I fall asleep in IRC a lot and one day I will move someplace that isn't so far from meetups.

posted by casarkos 20 November | 20:30

I'm defenestration. I'm a fantastic lurker. Even when I'm extremely interested (or bored), I don't post. I feel by abstaining from chit-chatting on here, I've become a better pers

Shit, I just screwed it all up.

posted by defenestration 20 November | 20:33

i am deadcowdan.

posted by deadcowdan 20 November | 20:33

/delurk

/relurk

posted by contessa 20 November | 20:36

I've posted a few comments, but I still feel like a n00b. My name is Greg. I like tuna salad and comic books and beer.

posted by Greg Nog 20 November | 20:48

Hello.

I don't have anything to say, really, except that I just read about this and it's really cool okay thanks.

posted by mudpuppie 20 November | 20:54

update plz mudpuppie

posted by cmonkey 20 November | 21:38

Hi. I'm Ramix. Sometimes i lurk, sometimes i post. Sometimes i just sleep.
I like chicken.
That is all.

posted by ramix 20 November | 21:40

Cmonkey: As far as I know, nothing is living in it yet.

posted by mudpuppie 20 November | 22:18

Funny, I don't feel like a tyro...

posted by Captaintripps 20 November | 22:35

tang here, currently eating a persimmon.

posted by tangerine 20 November | 23:08

My full name is Sass McHatterson, I live in Toronto.

I tend to come and go from here but I've been around damn near a year. I have some vices like boys, beer and candy. But I just quit smoking and punching the elderly, so you have to give me some credit.

Seriously. Credit. NOW.

*whuffles*

*scampers away*

posted by SassHat 20 November | 23:17

Disclaimer: I am.

Also, an overheating PS3. With music. Ok, talk to you later.

*runs off*

posted by disclaimer 20 November | 23:56

Hey.

posted by netbros 20 November | 23:59

I'm typewriter. Pretty new here. Less new over at MeFi. Very much a lurker here. Head not so low 'over there.' I like the radio thing you got going.

posted by typewriter 21 November | 00:29

ufez.

Dallas.

Dogs.

Vodka.

I still want .mp3 Mondays.

Peace.

posted by ufez 21 November | 00:38

Hi I'm dhruva. I'm trying to delurk, but all this interweb stuff is getting harder all the time.

posted by dhruva 21 November | 00:46

Hi, I'm the ghost of Veterans Day Past.

*re-lurks*

posted by milquetoast 21 November | 01:00

Sasshat, hang in there! It's difficult to stop punching the elderly.

I'm relatively newish and also tend to fall asleep in IRC.

posted by lilywing13 21 November | 01:28

Hi, I'm croctommy. I lurk, therefore I think I am...

posted by croctommy 21 November | 01:49

I am mayfly wake. I am pretty lurky most of the time. I am in college in California. It's fun.

posted by mayfly wake 21 November | 03:00

*Sigh*

I am Absit Invidia. I am a salaryman.

(If this delurking thing becomes a habit, can someone start a relurking thread for me? I'm all stressed out aleady.)

*Slumps off*

posted by Absit Invidia 21 November | 03:05

(Or, I guess, already . . .)

*Slumps off some more*

posted by Absit Invidia 21 November | 03:08

I'm drezdn and I live in the palatial paradise that is Wisconsin. I'm a leo and like long walks on the beach.

posted by drezdn 21 November | 04:12

What a nice idea.

I'm felix betachat. I'm an occasional poster at MeFi, near complete lurker here.

I love this MetaChat for the music links and general tone of friendliness. And, um, also for the cute animal pictures.

posted by felix betachat 21 November | 04:32

Hi, I'm altolinguistic, and I mostly lurk but sometimes post comments that everyone ignores, and songs about Finland that a few people like :)

I'm not very good at the kind of sharing I see (and admire) here. Not even with my real life friends.

I'm British, if you couldn't guess that from the above...

posted by altolinguistic 21 November | 04:59

Hi. I'm joshuaconner, or if you'd like Joshua Conner. Been on mefi a year and a half, here about a month (?).

I love rollcalls.

posted by joshuaconner 21 November | 05:34

helloooo....
yeah, i'm "newish" around here...enjoy the digs & so far, laugh at jonmc daily. thanks for that...dumbco updates have made me feel normal in my hatred for cubical life.

posted by karim satasha 21 November | 08:18

Hi Metachat, I'm dano, online asshat currently trying to master Lurking for Dummies.

posted by danostuporstar 21 November | 09:05

Uh...hi. Houston, TX. Musician.

posted by 2or3whiskeysodas 21 November | 09:30

Hi. I am bDiddy. I am going to be dressed up like a baked good on Thursday. I will be sharing pictures. That's about all there is about me for now. I live near New York. Any questions?

posted by bDiddy 21 November | 10:17

Have I really been lurking? If I have, forgive. I'm Thomas (grabbingsand).

posted by grabbingsand 21 November | 11:23

"Hi, my name is Pelle, and I'm a Pisces. I love computers and hot tamales." (for getoffmylawn)

The name's Atom Eyes, and I love MetaChat, though I rarely post here. I used to be gigawhat? but I got bored with it. But I'll never get bored with you guys, no sirree!

posted by Atom Eyes 21 November | 11:29

I'm mike. You people crack my shit up. Will you be my friends?

posted by mike9322 21 November | 11:35

Ooh ooh ooh I only just noticed that this was in the yellow circle. Yellow-circlified! woot!

Hi, more quiet peeps!

posted by gaspode 21 November | 11:55

I've become a bit lurky of late, but I reckon it's temporary. Big ups!

posted by Hugh Janus 21 November | 12:19

i posted a bit when i first signed up, but then went into my natural lurkdom. hard habit to break. hi there.

posted by wens 21 November | 13:20

I've been lurky, too. Damn busy-ness!

posted by me3dia 21 November | 13:25

I am Pax Digita. I have recently delurked, but until recently I lurked. I love the verb "to lurk." Lurk, lurk, lurk.

posted by PaxDigita 21 November | 13:40

≡ Click to see image ≡
I visit here when the plaintext dystopian nightmare of MeFi starts inducing radiation sickness. It's the antidote to wading in the noxious gray pool day in and day out. MeCha FTW

posted by appidydafoo 21 November | 14:49

All this lurking is making me paranoid....

posted by mudpuppie 21 November | 15:02

I have good intentions about de-lurking, but the lurky loos always get me back. I mean well, though.

posted by green herring 21 November | 15:13

Hi I'm Mitheral and I've been told I have an inferiority complex because I don't live in the Centre of the Universe and that makes me a joiner.

wendell: And at this point, I'd PAY for a meetup shoutout

Geez man, it's only been a couple lunars since your cow-town shoutout.

posted by Mitheral 21 November | 16:13

hello my name is slackshot and i am a lurker.

i like libraries, heroin, and long walks on the beach.

posted by slackshot 21 November | 19:44

I'm goatdog. I used to not lurk, but now I lurk. I've also been known to creep, crawl, go furtively, prowl, pussyfoot, skulk, snake, slink, slip, look words up on thesaurus.com, and stay hidden. But mostly lurk.

posted by goatdog 21 November | 23:39

OMG Goatdog!

posted by mudpuppie 21 November | 23:56

Hi, I'm Trisha Lynn. I lurk mostly I got wrapped up in a project at DumbCo that I'm not getting paid extra for, but that and other things somewhat paid off for me today in an odd way. I live in NYC and I'm looking for a good financial planner.

posted by TrishaLynn 22 November | 15:12

"Hey, I'm Kate and I am a taurus, I love tomatoes, and black capped chickadees"
Hah, if I wasn't here so late, I would have used the exact same line.

So:
Hey, my name is Keith and I'm a Scorpio from Athens, G-A and I like to find the essence from within.

Doesn't have the same ring, does it?

posted by dg 22 November | 22:24

I'm yhbc. I used to not lurk as well, but now sometimes I do.

Or, maybe I don't.

posted by yhbc 22 November | 22:58

I am Batman.

No, really.

Stop laughing at me, or I'll sick Alfred on you. As soon as he comes downstairs from banging Aunt Harriet.

Oh dear God, what a mental image that is.

posted by it must be bunnies 23 November | 15:33

Hi people. I'm aburd. I've been watching you all for a while but only in that voyeuristic sexual way. So don't get creeped out.

posted by aburd 25 November | 15:10

If you want to de-lurk, de-lurk!
And if you want to be free, be free
Cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are!

posted by pieisexactlythree 26 November | 17:40

Hey is for horses, netbros.

posted by iconomy 26 November | 23:49

*taps mic*
Hi MeChachos! I forgot I had an account here. Guess it's been a while. Anyhoo, consider me de-lurked.

posted by rocket88 27 November | 16:17

Hi, I'm Theora55 and I'm addicted to all things meta. My sister entombed my Thanksgiving apple pies in carbonite. But the pumpkin came out better than expected, so it wasn't a total disaster. Mecha is one of my Happl Places.

posted by theora55 29 November | 12:33

And by Happl, I meant Happy, of course.

If only there was some sort of Preview, where I could check my typing, and spelling, and have 2nd thoughts before hitting Post.....

posted by theora55 29 November | 12:36

Hi, I'm doublewhiskeycokenoice. Pleasure to make y'alls meta-acquaintance.

posted by Doublewhiskeycokenoice 29 November | 19:39

Hi. I'm phoenixc and I'm Toronto-born and bred. Y'all are crazy but ya make me laugh. Thanks. That is all.

posted by phoenixc 29 November | 23:15

woowoo! So cool to be seeing all the new faces. I'm taz, and this is one of my Hoppi Places.

posted by taz 30 November | 00:06

Hello MeCha lurkers and non-lurkers,

My name is Rembrandt Q. Einstein, and I'm a lurker. Mainly 'cos my two states of being are tired/grumpy or smashed, my username is too long to type when logging in smashed, and you people are much too nice to be tired and grumpy at.

I am a jaded geek by trade, and an alcoholic stoner wastrel by inclination. On my next birthday I will be as old as Jesus.

I have an account here so that when I'm stuck on a deafening, freezing data center floor at 4am reinstalling some abrasive dumbass's hacked server, I can log in and pretend that I have a world wide network of pleasant, creative and interesting friends.

I have a 4 digit slashdot user ID and accounts on MoFi and MeFi. I don't post much on those sites either.

I live in 'straya and I am also known as Sam because that's what my name is.

**relurks furiously**

posted by Rembrandt Q. Einstein 05 December | 06:11

Hey, um, I am viachicago. I do not lurk, but I do post rather infrequently. Wait, maybe that is lurking? Oh. Uh oh. Okay. Well, hi to all you people who may have seen me around but don't know me yet. I'm friendly! Let's be friends! Alright!

Also, could we please get in on this 'secret ice cream' stuff? I love ice cream, but putting 'secret' in front of it must make it like, 5 times better.

posted by viachicago 07 December | 01:46

I figured I should register my MeFi name here.
(Now, my sock-puppet alter-ego registered here when MetaChat was new, but rarely posts.)

posted by D.C. 07 December | 09:54

Howdy there. I've been lurking at Metafilter for years now (under another moniker), occasionally sticking my head in to make a paltry, waggish, and/or generally unhelpful comment. Someday I hope to post Very Funny and Interesting Things here at MeCha. Until then, I shall remain leery and cloaked in shadow, like our earliest mammalian ancestors.

I, too, would like to get in on the secret ice cream.

posted by mac774 08 December | 08:40

mac774, don't be leery - jump in and get cheery. We can always use some more paltry, waggish and generally unhelpful comments - but if you insist, Funny and Interesting will be tolerated as well.

posted by taz 08 December | 09:08

hi.

long time no see.

does it count as lurking if you used to spend all your time here, then disappeared?

posted by Schyler523 10 December | 10:14

Hi, Schyler! Where've you been? Did you bring us presents?

posted by taz 10 December | 11:00

Dear Metachat,

Hi. How are you? I am fine. I haven't been lurking at all. Really. Just caught up in all this craziness called 'life'.

It's nice to see my bunny brethren again; it's warm and cozy here by the fire.

Snuzzles and whuffles for everyone!

All my Frisbee affection,
FG

posted by Frisbee Girl 10 December | 11:35

Hi. I was busy and missed this thread when it was freshy fresh.

Woo! I wasn't really lurking. No, really, I just only have free time every couple of weekends. In fact, according to that Meyers-Briggs stuff I'm ZXM3K or something. Which means I started posting arrant opinuculations soon after I registered.

posted by simplicissimus 10 December | 23:44

What Frisbee Girl said. Hi!

posted by tr33hggr 11 December | 15:37

Sorry Taz...I'm way too poor for presents, except a myspace link to my chaos jazz band the Total Amateurs(i'm Ho Ratio Hornblower)...

I'm in Mid-MO, preparing for the culmination of the "great cycle" which will happen on the winter solstice in 2012! Also, i drink copious amounts of alcohol and work a lot while making the coolest weirdest chaos music ever!

I am very infrequently online, but i miss everyone here quite a bit...

posted by Schyler523 11 December | 16:15

Hi ... eh ... i s'pose this delurkification is somewhat eponysterical.

posted by AwkwardPause 12 December | 22:28

^^ Oh I laughed, alright .... HELLO PEOPLES!

posted by iconomy 13 December | 18:28

*unlurks*
*waves to everyone*

I'm found dog one eye. I lurked for a long time anonymously on Mefi and then drank more red wine than usual and sent in my $5; now I lurk with a username. If I post something, it's usually about food.

*lurks again but maybe not for long*

posted by found dog one eye 14 December | 13:24

found dog one eye, your name is too good for just lurking. You should totally bark and run and pee on hydrants here.

Maybe you could hang out with AwkwardPaws. ;)

posted by taz 14 December | 13:30

**unlurks**

I signed up to MeCha in the first few days and read the site fairly often but don't post much. I'm not very good at chatting in real life and not much better here.

posted by octothorpe 14 December | 13:55

*runs straight for taz's fire hydrant to pee on it*
*bonks head*
*runs off to bark at AwkwardPaws' tree*

posted by found dog one eye 14 December | 16:36

Heh.

See there? It's fun!

Also, octothorpe! Where the hell have you been?

posted by taz 15 December | 08:14

/unlurk - Probably ar too old of a thread to politely comment, but SassHat said to unlurk, in caps, no less. So here I am anyway.

posted by sysinfo 18 February | 04:39

nice, sysinfo ;)

posted by gaspode 18 February | 10:00

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