[META] Dear You All Know Who You Are, STFU, Please
The last couple of days, I have had to reduce my TPMCafe browsing and post-following, because about 60% of all posts and comments are dominated by a really fucking tiresome back-and-forth arguing among a relatively small set of people.
Kindly, stop reading eachothers' comments for a bit. I do not even want to see lame apology posts about it. I will assume you are all winners on the Internet for having gotten the last word so no-one feels bad.
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Unfortunately this is not the case just for technical discussions.
June 14, 2009 8:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
Great cartoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-I7Z7swNMs
June 14, 2009 8:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
Dear Mr. Marxist,
My first inclination was to suggest that you STFU.
But in actuality I feel that the community is going to do what it needs to do to learn what it needs to learn. And your blog is just another example/part of that.
June 14, 2009 12:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Reminds me of a formulation I made some time ago: at the point when something is referred to as a "community", it no longer is.
June 14, 2009 12:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
The word really is not important. In any given moment there are the set of people that are here blogging, reading, and commenting on TPM and it is regardless of title my perception that this group in any given moment will:
Do what it needs to do until it learns what it needs to learn, this includes you and I.
June 14, 2009 1:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Your comment, and the thought behind it, while accurate, seem to exclude (and elude) the self-absorbed pedant and his circular reasoning.
June 14, 2009 1:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Look pal, if I knew who I was, do you think I'd be wasting time on the Internet?
Oh yeah. And is there any chance you could name some names here? I find that always helps.
June 14, 2009 1:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Come on Quinn, we've decided that naming names in blogs is inappropriate. Don't you have any ethical standards?
Of course its my understanding that doesn't mean we can't name names in the comment section. You can go first.
June 14, 2009 1:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL!
June 14, 2009 2:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
All I know is I came here looking for myself, asked for some possible names, and.... nuthin'. ;-)
But I went to a Vietnamese restaurant in town last night, and something about the name struck me.
Nhu Quyhn. Hmmmmm......
June 14, 2009 7:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Vietnamese? Wouldn't that be Nhu quỷnh? Flexible bumpkin?
That can't be right....
June 14, 2009 8:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Smart ass bird. ;-)
Look, I figured I was doin' good, just gettin' the Nhu right!
June 14, 2009 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am he as you are she and we are all together.
WHAT!!
I would not hear of it.
June 14, 2009 7:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are you the Walrus?
KOO KOO KA JOOOOOO!
June 14, 2009 8:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
As a guilty party, I agree wholeheartedly with your post. I am leaving Clearthinker to his own demons; I am as sick of it as you are, Karl!
June 14, 2009 2:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
I view CT largely as playing the role of whetstone for those who might sharpen their wits (or language). If you're not up to having your own rough edges smoothed (to slightly shift metaphors), that style can seem merely abrasive. But mistaking whose demons are being dealt with could be part of the apparent problem.
In the dance metaphor, it takes two to tango. And there are other dance forms in which multiple partners perform. Don Quixote could be said to have tangled with his own demons...
"illegitimi non carborundum" or some such...
June 14, 2009 4:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
blah, blah, blah. blah, blah...
As to sharpening one's wits. I'd say you're half-way there, eds.
June 14, 2009 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Zing! Ouch.
June 14, 2009 5:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Your unwarranted attack noted for its sublime stupidity and lack of eloquence.
June 14, 2009 6:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Got to ya, huh?
June 14, 2009 7:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Amateur!
June 14, 2009 7:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
PS. Your comment was an attack. Mine was a bon mot! As I said above -- amateur!
June 14, 2009 7:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you say so, genius, but why did it take you three sequential pcomments to get there? Maybe because when you imply someone is a half-wit we can point out that "it takes one to know one" applies, and of course you could be wrong too!
The best way to keep it under control is of course to keep it where it belongs, and don't post your ego that way.
Now, if you are done demonstrating one of my points in my first comment, would you like to work on anything else?
June 14, 2009 7:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is that your best shot? I stand by my previous assessments, but I am pleasantly surprised that you got my point about the half-wit diagnosis. There might be hope for you.
June 14, 2009 7:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
More demo!
It's not a shot, best or otherwise, outside of your wishful thinking. Maybe you could use some advice:
"OMG! Karl! I'm falling into the same trap again! It's so hard not to reply when a poster lays his own verbal trap, but I will sincerely try to keep it under control!"
Your sincerity and competence are both seriously in doubt here, whether you intended to set yourself up or not!
June 14, 2009 7:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Your words speak for themselves, no need to add a thing:
What a joke!
June 14, 2009 8:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
"no need to add a thing"
Yes, your comments since then have been gratuitous or worse, and your humor appalling.
June 15, 2009 4:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe it comes from his days as a community organizing, teaching, or having lived in different cultures, etc. but I truly admire the way that president Obama handles himself with people. He sets a great example:)
June 14, 2009 5:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
'community organizer'
June 14, 2009 6:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
OMG! Karl! I'm falling into the same trap again! It's so hard not to reply when a poster lays his own verbal trap, but I will sincerely try to keep it under control!
June 14, 2009 7:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
I got along great with everybody this weekend. It was actually pretty cool. I think I'll do it again sometime.
;)
June 14, 2009 7:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh. Except for that "birther" dude. But he doesn't count.
June 14, 2009 7:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
He can't quite make it to 10, anyway...
June 14, 2009 9:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
The only thing lamer than Meta is meta complaints about Meta.
Just sayin'
June 14, 2009 7:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, but soon as you COMMENT on it Bwak, then you're another rung down. And if - like me - you comment on THAT... well, the pit just gets deeper. ;-)
Which is why I spent the weekend at the DQ. Ha!
June 14, 2009 7:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wish I had gone with you, and I don't even know what DQ is!
Don Quixote?
Dual Quality?
Diane Quarvaare?
De Quarry?
Enlighten me so I can go there too!
June 14, 2009 8:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dairy Queen?
June 14, 2009 8:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yummy! I just got an egg & cheese biscuit from the local Dairy Queen after I voted in the Primary in Virginia last Tuesaday! Why didn't I think of it?
Quinn -- Are there Dairy Queens in Canada? I don't think this is the DQ to which you are referring, though.
June 14, 2009 8:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, it IS the DQ I was referring to. Old family joke. We've redrawn our heaven. Junked all the streets paved with gold and harps playing and such. Nowadays, our heaven's pretty much built around hot fudge sundaes. ;-)
June 14, 2009 9:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cool! What I used to love about the Dairy Queen is that they would give a free ice cream for any dog you had in your car. That says a lot for them!
Well, it's time for me to go to bed. I have to get up and participate in inseminations and Embryo transfers, so I need to be well-rested .
Night All!
June 14, 2009 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hope you have a great and successful day, Cville! ;-)
June 14, 2009 10:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for pointed that out.
(brat)
=D
June 14, 2009 8:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not Tim Hortons?
June 14, 2009 9:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Would that be meta - physics? On reflection, I gotta agree. After all, the "click" is totally voluntary. You are one smart chick! But I already knew that.
June 14, 2009 7:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm just an average dumb cluck, that tends to point out the obvious.
It can be quite annoying.
June 14, 2009 8:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Folks this is actually all my fault. I can be rather abrasive or as LL so aptly put it pungent.
I find it hard to beat about the bush when the issues are so VERY important and some people are just such ... uhOH... FUCKING "MOERONS"... sorry about that. I do so like to poke that exposed part when the situation calls for it.
And someday I will explain "Moerons" but it has to do with a guy named Stork in a movie called Animal House.
But none the less I accept full responsibility for dragging us to new lows... remember... my avatar was once Sonic the hedgehog and his middle finger and the army poster that said "how about a nice big cup of shut the fuck up?"
June 15, 2009 1:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well that settles that. Thanks "in the crowd" for fessing up to being wholly responsible for the problems here. Not really a surprise though, this is not the first time we've heard that the sole cause of the problems was "the in crowd" (which was obviously a typo when typing your name)
June 15, 2009 1:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
And I've missed all the fun. First, people keep mentioning STFU and I happen to have gone there for two semsters studying communications, so STFU really means something to me. Now, apparently there's been a bruhaha or a hubbub or, God forbid, even a ruckus here. And it has something to do with this CT person going meta on people's asses or getting meta'd or omitting his or her middle name, UN, or something.
And so those always nasty, snarling pitbulls Bwak and LisB were sicced on CT and Jan and Quinn were just helpfully trying to put out the fire with napalm and white phosphorous? Is that it? Face is confessing below but I wonder if he's been waterboarded. Remember now, Quinn asked for names, so I named names. And Joe Mac taught us that it doesn't matter what names are named as long as names are named. Is that meta?
No, I still don't know what happened. I have an idea, would all the participants in this apparent keyboard rumble mind recreating it for those of us who couldn't be here (West Side Story music will do).
Thanks in advance for your dedication to blog re-enactments. Aside: for those interested, we may form a permanent weekend and holiday re-enactment group (must provide own "authentic era" pajamas). But, meta's okay in the re-enactment, tho. I never meta, man, I didn't, like.
June 15, 2009 4:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
When you're a Jet,
You're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin' day.
When you're a Jet,
If the spit hits the fan,
You got brothers around,
You're a family man!
You're never alone,
You're never disconnected!
You're home with your own:
When company's expected,
You're well protected!
Then you are set
With a capital J,
Which you'll never forget
Till they cart you away.
When you're a Jet,
You stay a Jet!
June 15, 2009 6:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
This sounds silly.
Anyone and everyone who wishes to participate is free to do so.
Just because some are more inclined to exercise that opportunity than others can't possibly be criticized.
This is like criticizing regular visitors of a public beach.
Karl, I'm awarding your post a WTF award.
Congratulations!!!
June 15, 2009 6:24 AM | Reply | Permalink