Comments on: Why can't I add this to my wishlist? (Metafilter on Amazon.com) http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom/ Comments on MetaTalk post Why can't I add this to my wishlist? (Metafilter on Amazon.com) Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:43:57 -0800 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:43:57 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Why can't I add this to my wishlist? (Metafilter on Amazon.com) http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006FHFY/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Why can't I add this to my wishlist?</a> post:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:40:10 -0800 dersins By: wryly http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335459 <em>I'm from Ohio, June 1, 2002 <br> Reviewer: A customer <br> <br> And I think MetaFilter is ALRIGHT! Just nod and smile when the oldfart members start making their provincial, inside jokes, though. </em> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335459 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:43:57 -0800 wryly By: wendell http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335463 Even on the Intarweb, some things never change... like Alexa data. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335463 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:50:18 -0800 wendell By: raedyn http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335467 <i>April 29, 2002 <br> Infuriating, chaotic, undisciplined, obnoxious, freeform to a fault, self-policing, elitist, boring, repetitive stew of opinions</i><br> <br> Yup, somethings never change. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335467 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:58:30 -0800 raedyn By: jamjam http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335469 A couple of months ago, I found that page from another MetaTalk post (the one about a big increase for Metafilter in some kind of website ranking index), noticed that there was no recent review, and submitted one as follows:<br> <br> WO(world)RLD<br> <br> A vast, unendable, impossibly brilliant stream of conscious novel written by God!<br> <br> Which is pretty much how I feel about this place.<br> They were not amused. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335469 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:06:47 -0800 jamjam By: jamjam http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335476 Conscious<strong><em>ness</em></strong>, that is. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335476 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:19:33 -0800 jamjam By: hangashore http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335482 <i>provincial, inside jokes</i><br> <br> So an Albertan, a Saskatchewanian, and a Newfoundlander walk into a bar... comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335482 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:56:53 -0800 hangashore By: caddis http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335488 <a href="http://beebo.org/metalog/">Most-linked Blogs in September 2000</a> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335488 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:26:31 -0800 caddis By: Schlimmbesserung http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335492 hangashore: And the Ontarian ducks? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335492 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:39:13 -0800 Schlimmbesserung By: R. Mutt http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335495 Whatever Amazon charges for a Metafilter, I can get you a used one for 50 cents less! comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335495 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:43:24 -0800 R. Mutt By: caddis http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335497 What is up with this kind of page anyway? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335497 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:52:24 -0800 caddis By: Baby_Balrog http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335498 Is that really Matt's number?<br> <br> ...<br> <br> <small>what time is it in California?</small> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335498 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:56:39 -0800 Baby_Balrog By: Otis http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335499 At first look, Metafilter seemed more than a little low-fi for an Internet thing. But the posts do get stuck in your head - see if they don't. These guys are in New York a lot with the Burning Man crowd (they're pretty much a guarenteed presence at any larger Burning man event) and the site admittedly does not do the member's meetups justice.<br> <br> As for all these terrible reviews from May 16th... have you ever seen ANY web site get 5 legitimate reviews, with the exact same rating, all on the same day, from people who've never reviewed anything else? Yeah, me neither.<br> <br> Wild guess: some group has a real problem with Metafilter. They've got a long history of pretty anti-Bush, if their website is any indication - so I'm guessing this more a matter of some group disagreeing with their politics, than disliking (or even having visited) their web site. Doncha just love people who do things like that??? It's not often you see a web site get a rise out of those groups at this stage though, so I'll definetely be interested in seeing what Metafilter does next. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335499 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:56:44 -0800 Otis By: Hat Maui http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335501 nice whine, LarryC.<br> <br> i called the whine-bulance. you're welcome. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335501 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:10:46 -0800 Hat Maui By: Alvy Ampersand http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335510 Kinda a conflict to review an Amazon listing that you have a hand in, LarryC. <br> <br> Sorry, gonna have to flag it.<br> <br> /Smirks, gets hit by a speeding whine-bulance, lays in the street waiting for the smug-bulance. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335510 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:07:15 -0800 Alvy Ampersand By: LarryC http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335514 Hey, I just thought we'd have some fun playing with the Amazon review. Why not post your own? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335514 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:27:58 -0800 LarryC By: nebulawindphone http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335519 Do they actually call them Saskatchewanians? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335519 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:09:34 -0800 nebulawindphone By: Schlimmbesserung http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335520 nebulawindphone: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan">Yup.</a> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335520 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:11:28 -0800 Schlimmbesserung By: painquale http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335521 I think it's funny that, because most of LarryC's Amazon reviews are snarky and negative, everyone flags them as unhelpful. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335521 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:13:13 -0800 painquale By: hangashore http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335527 <i>And the Ontarian ducks?</i><br> <br> Mighty tasty. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335527 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:41:23 -0800 hangashore By: Cranberry http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335532 No Newfie jokes on MetaFilter, please. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335532 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:17:24 -0800 Cranberry By: TwelveTwo http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335535 On MetaTalk, we deal exclusively in Newbie jokes. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335535 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:33:25 -0800 TwelveTwo By: Hat Maui http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335540 yes, LarryC. exactly. WHY NOT? or mebbe...<br> <br> WHY? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335540 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:58:16 -0800 Hat Maui By: delmoi http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335542 Where does the term "provincial" come from? I always assumed it was from the provinces of France, as compared to Versailles or Paris. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335542 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:14:41 -0800 delmoi By: cortex http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335547 It's actually from the provinces of Canada, as compared to the splendor of the you ess of ayyyyyyy. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335547 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:02:56 -0800 cortex By: languagehat http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335560 <em>Where does the term "provincial" come from? </em><br> <br> From French, from Latin <em>provincialis</em>, the adjective for <em>provincia</em> 'province':<blockquote>1904 W. M. RAMSAY in <em>Expositor</em> Oct. 243: A 'Province' to the Roman mind meant literally a 'sphere of duty', and was an administrative, not a geographical fact; the Province of a magistrate might be the stating of law in Rome, or the superintendence of a great road, or the administration of a region or district of the world; but it was not and could not be, except in a loose and derivative way, a tract of country.</blockquote>In English it was used with regard to ecclesiastical provinces (Caxton: "Yf the cause were shewed in the provyncyall counsel of bysshops") for two centuries before it started being used in a civil sense ("I am a poore wretched vnderling, and no prouinciall man, neither warden of my company"). comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335560 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:18:17 -0800 languagehat By: raedyn http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335563 <i>Do they actually call them Saskatchewanians?</i> - nebulawindphone<br> <br> <i>Yup.</i> - Schlimmbesserung<br> <br> Well, maybe somebody does. But not if you're from here. If you want to blend in with the locals you won't say that silly word. But you will talk about the weather everywhere you go. And not matter what the weather is, you'll say the farmers need the opposite.<br> <br> (Prairie girl represent!) comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335563 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:24:24 -0800 raedyn By: languagehat http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335564 Wow, Saskatchewan sounds just like Iowa. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335564 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:26:20 -0800 languagehat By: hangashore http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335586 Dang, I shoulda said Saskatchewegians, or Saskatchegonians or just Flatlanders (as my Albertan acquaintances refer to our eastern neighbo<strong>u</strong>rs).<br> <br> <i>No Newfie jokes on MetaFilter, please.</i><br> <br> I am a <strike>Newfie</strike> Newfoundlander, and some might say a bit of a joke - should I be worried? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335586 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:56:16 -0800 hangashore By: raedyn http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335587 In some ways, yes. Except we have medicare, abortions and gay marriage. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335587 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:56:32 -0800 raedyn By: raedyn http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335588 (replying to languagehat, of course) comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335588 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:57:23 -0800 raedyn By: Kirth Gerson http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335593 Not Saskchewers? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335593 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:05:46 -0800 Kirth Gerson By: Ethereal Bligh http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335614 <i>"Wow, Saskatchewan sounds just like Iowa."</i><br> <br> Just like, except eight-bazillion degrees colder. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335614 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:54:17 -0800 Ethereal Bligh By: smorange http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335619 <i>Well, maybe somebody does. But not if you're from here. If you want to blend in with the locals you won't say that silly word.</i><br> <br> Really? I'm in Saskatchewan, and I've heard the term used every so often by locals. I hear it used occasionally on the radio too, mostly CKOM. It is unwiedly, though, so I usually avoid it. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335619 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:15:30 -0800 smorange By: smorange http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335621 *checks raedyn's profile*<br> <br> Oh, you're from <i>Regina</i>. Well, that explains it. ;) comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335621 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:21:13 -0800 smorange By: languagehat http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335622 Oh, great&mdash;inter-Saskatchewan tribal warfare breaks out as a result of a MeTa thread.<br> <br> *ducks, covers* comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335622 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:34:43 -0800 languagehat By: raedyn http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335629 Hey, I think that's cool. Not enough of us flatlanders on here, imo. I can't muster up any Saskatoon hate, because plenty of my family lives up there and because it's a pretty nice City. All SK folk (there only a million of us) can band together in our hate for TO, right? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335629 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:59:53 -0800 raedyn By: Alvy Ampersand http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335630 *Bemusedly watches the gappers squabble* ;D comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335630 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:14:24 -0800 Alvy Ampersand By: dersins http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335635 <em>Oh, great—inter-Saskatchewan tribal warfare breaks out as a result of a MeTa thread.</em><br> <br> Shouldn't that be intr<strong>a</strong>-Sasketchewan?<br> <br> <small>not snarking-- genuinely curious-- I've always been a little hazy on inter- vs. intra...</small> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335635 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:30:18 -0800 dersins By: Fidel Cashflow http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335643 The reviews are in! - <br> <br> <i>"The perfect forum for pretentious, godless hipsters. The place to go for turgid political correctness! Has an unmatched variety of smug pseudo-intellectuals, from evangelical atheists and religion-bigots, to paranoid feminazis, to hysterical skeptics of the paranormal and alternative remedies, and much much more! The highlight of the site is the question-and-answer section, where the pathetetic [sic] go to get their subjective opinions validated by a majority, and the ignorant get hilariously wrong answers to their health questions. "</i><br> <br> Awesome! comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335643 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:26:44 -0800 Fidel Cashflow By: It's Raining Florence Henderson http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335646 Yeah - I loved that review, Fidel. What I loved even more is that the reviewer's other reviews are all on new-age, mystical, magical, voodoo... Ow! Where did that sudden sharp pain in my back come from? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335646 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:38:25 -0800 It's Raining Florence Henderson By: cortex http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335653 Funny, she didn't look Sasketchewish. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335653 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:18:01 -0800 cortex By: languagehat http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335664 <em>Shouldn't that be intra-Sasketchewan?<br> not snarking-- genuinely curious-- I've always been a little hazy on inter- vs. intra...</em><br> <br> And no wonder, since so is the dictionary. M-W on <a href="http://www.m-w.org/dictionary/inter-">inter-</a>:<br> 1 : between : among : in the midst [intercrop, interpenetrate, interstellar]<br> 2 : reciprocal [interrelation] : reciprocally [intermarry]<br> 3 : located between [interstation]<br> 4 : carried on between [international]<br> 5 : occurring between [interborough] : intervening [interglacial]<br> 6 : shared by, involving, or derived from two or more [interfaith]<br> 7 : between the limits of : within [intertropical]<br> 8 : existing between [intercommunal, intercompany]<br> <br> M-W on <a href="http://www.m-w.org/dictionary/intra-">intra-</a>:<br> 1 a : within [intragalactic] b : during [intraday] c : between layers of [intradermal]<br> 2 : INTRO- [an intramuscular injection] <br> <br> I personally don't like <em>intra-</em> because it reminds me of corporatespeak, but as you can see, there's no firm differentiation. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335664 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:09:18 -0800 languagehat By: dg http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335738 <i>Infuriating, chaotic, undisciplined, obnoxious, freeform to a fault, self-policing, elitist, boring, repetitive stew of opinions</i><br> Just the way I like it. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335738 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:32:54 -0800 dg By: feelinglistless http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12515/Why-cant-I-add-this-to-my-wishlist-Metafilter-on-Amazoncom#335962 It's pulling the data from Alexa. <a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/1407">Here's when I highlighted it on November 24, 2001.</a> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12515-335962 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:43:52 -0800 feelinglistless
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