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posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 5:07 PM on October 16, 2017

Constant vigilance means your thread about Aliens or Dune will already have come to my attention and I am probably crafting a reply RIGHT NOW.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 7:57 PM on October 12, 2017

Pretty sure I had some comments deleted, FWIW. It happens.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 9:44 PM on September 9, 2017

(Mainly I was speculating as to the clusterfuck that will occur once Clint Eastwood dies, which, well, I can see why maybe that wouldn't be wanted in thread)
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 9:46 PM on September 9, 2017

She was a very effective, low-key advocate on HIV/AIDS awareness. Super low key. Almost opposite of that key.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 10:48 PM on September 9, 2017

At least with Len Wein we'll mostly be arguing about the good taste of Wolverine and Swamp Thing jokes. Maybe arguing the toss on some of his later feuds with Alan Moore.

Also RIP Len Wein, he will be missed.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 2:55 PM on September 10, 2017

Halloween Jack - doesn't *seem* to have sent thinks south in any particular way, in fact seems like a pretty organic part of the conversation.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 8:53 PM on September 10, 2017

(Obvs that could change quickly as is the nature of the internets)
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 8:53 PM on September 10, 2017

Is Orson Scott Card still alive?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 12:27 PM on September 11, 2017

Sorry, I was mocking some dumb stuff from the time, probably not helpful.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 5:57 PM on September 11, 2017

If you ever watch The Mothman Prophecy enhance the mood by singing the lyrics "ooooo-ooooh, it's the Mothman Prophecy" to the theme, whicg plays frequently throughout.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 7:06 PM on September 9, 2017

I'm a fan of...

@username meat of tweet goes here so you don't really need to click, lorem ipsum etc.

...as a format myself but it;s probably best left to commenter preference. And then there's threads, which don;t really have a great solution.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 4:27 PM on September 8, 2017

Eww.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 10:02 AM on September 9, 2017

My "favorite" thing like that is Facebook letting you turn off its algorithm in favour of chronological ordering then sneaking it back to algorithm the moment you're not watching.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 11:25 AM on September 9, 2017

I should take a break.

On the other hand the insanity isn't going to scream about itself.

/screams some more into the scream-hole.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 7:29 AM on September 2, 2017

Great, now he's going to turn it into a menger sponge, just you watch.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 9:10 AM on July 31, 2017

THE CATS HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE SCANNERS AND WE ALL KNOW WHY!
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 11:13 AM on July 31, 2017

With banjos?
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 7:06 AM on August 4, 2017

Good thing we're having a meta then.

From my point of view we're witnessing a complete collapse of Norns, discussing that in these threads seems appropriate. If we're going to aggressively oust people from the thread for having those discussions then those efforts you mention seem pretty pointless.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 8:30 PM on July 22, 2017

Navigating the dark storm we are in, figuring out how to survive, is hard enough without jumping overboard.

Where do we draw the line on that though? Spitball has it at, in my mind, entirely reasonable things like impeachment not happening and republican inaction in the face of damning evidence.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 9:01 PM on July 22, 2017

Hyperbolic overreactions are absolutely the result you get from letting users try to police conversation like that. It's not a thing that's going to make anyone calmer.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 7:13 AM on July 23, 2017

Please not Outbrain.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 6:07 PM on March 29, 2017

We call him anything we fucking want.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 10:50 AM on February 18, 2017

Ehh, If hating fascists is our problem think our closed community of most of everybody will do just fine.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 4:23 PM on February 18, 2017

Fuck Putin.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 10:36 AM on January 16, 2017

I get that "we" don't like Mr. Trump.

Wee.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 10:44 AM on January 16, 2017

I feel like we can do better in a Metatalk than that?

Nope.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 12:24 PM on January 16, 2017

The whole Voldemort thing makes a lot more sense once you encounter term searching fuckers on Twitter.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 1:02 PM on January 16, 2017

I'm not ruling out sympathy for people who voted to kill their own health insurance, but at a minimum they are behind people who didn't vote for it in the pity queue.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 1:11 PM on January 16, 2017

There may be some selective enforcement there.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 1:30 PM on January 16, 2017

Is he really that abnormal?

Vastly.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 11:38 PM on January 16, 2017

You don't have a president right now. He's a Trump.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 8:54 PM on January 25, 2017

The far right wants to murder all Muslims AND all Jews, with any support for Israel being a fleeting matter of convenience for them. Don't be fooled, do what you can to defend both.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 9:05 AM on January 24, 2017

Nothing with Joe on I/P can be resolved. That's why everyone avoids it.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 10:50 AM on January 24, 2017

People on the left love to say that being anti-Israel isn't automatically anti-semitic, which most people - I would hazard even JiA, agree with

No, he leaps to it every time. More than anyone JiA has gone out of his way to poison the shit out of the subject, and if discussion of antisemitism or I/P is impossible here then a fair chunk of the blame for that can be laid directly at his feet.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 11:02 AM on January 24, 2017

It's a defacto unofficial policy.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 11:07 AM on January 24, 2017

The bomb threats would clearly fall under the election, depressing as that sounds. In more normal times we probably would have spun up a separate thread for the situation in Whitefish as well, but the election threads ate that. It's actually kind of surprising the punching got a separate thread.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 11:16 AM on January 24, 2017

/ship runs aground on a reef of gloopy brown wax.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 8:31 AM on September 30, 2016

Hey, my getting-mentioned-in-the-podcast streak continues. Thanks guys!
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 11:13 AM on September 10, 2016

I would suggest seeking out transcripts and posting them where available if this issue really bugs you - the additional verbiage seems too much like a disincentive to posting.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 8:03 AM on June 23, 2016

nitiate standard contact & communication protocols. If they're alive, we're gonna get them home safe, goddammit.

Quindexter was eaten by a sloth whilst attempting to storm the slack offices.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 8:35 AM on May 28, 2016

Last comment, in the Darwyn Cooke thread:

As above, get checked and do it early. I'm in a rotten state myself due to an entirely unexpected development, but you people can perhaps get ahead of the game with a little forward planning. This is nothing you want.

He will be missed.

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posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 8:12 AM on May 28, 2016

Nicely done!
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 6:22 AM on March 2, 2016

If folks could be a little more careful about this it would be appreciated. Cheers.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 8:12 AM on November 24, 2015

Nerd Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 7:30 PM on October 20, 2015

You guys are okay.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 4:02 PM on September 28, 2015

Especially you.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 4:03 PM on September 28, 2015

But not you.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 4:03 PM on September 28, 2015

That guy there though, I don't know.
posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 4:04 PM on September 28, 2015

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posted to MetaTalk by Artw at 1:58 AM on September 19, 2015