Comments on: Mefi inserts itself into daily life http://metatalk.metafilter.com/1436/Mefi-inserts-itself-into-daily-life/ Comments on MetaTalk post Mefi inserts itself into daily life Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:51:28 -0800 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:51:28 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Mefi inserts itself into daily life http://metatalk.metafilter.com/1436/Mefi-inserts-itself-into-daily-life Trip Note #2 - Metafilter has inserted a new "mental discipline" into offline activities. On this trip to Europe, every time I speak with someone, read the foreign press, watch TV, etc, I often ask myself : how relevant would subject be in Metafilter's context, what would commentary thread look like. It certainly sharpens conversations. (I think Max Weber called it "unintended consequences of routinized social action") Weird symptom, or do others experience the same? post:metatalk.metafilter.com,2001:site.1436 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:18:09 -0800 Voyageman By: ColdChef http://metatalk.metafilter.com/1436/Mefi-inserts-itself-into-daily-life#17995 Similar, but completely unrelated incident:<br> <br> I was shopping in Saks at the Houston Gallaria a few weeks ago. The have a whole new electronics department (run by CompUSA flunkies, but I digress). Along the wall, there was a line of G4 Mac Laptops. <br> <br> I started flicking around with them as I often do and casually clicked the Explorer button and-lo and behold-all the laptops were hooked up and capable of browsing. <br> <br> (as a side note of my side note: I always get pissed when I look at computers in the stores. Since most people use their computers for the web, wouldn't it make sense to show off their capabilities right there in the store?)<br> <br> So, back to Saks: as soon as I realize that it is alive and kicking, I do two things: I log onto AIM and steer the browser towards MeFi. <br> <br> Two hours later, I am still standing there. I am still on Metafilter, and I have helped to talk at least two people into buying a Mac. <br> <br> The ladies I was shopping with had finished their shopping and they came back to find me right where they had left me.<br> <br> Dammit, I hate to be a typical man, but there I was...<br> <br> So, to answer your question: Yes. You can take the boy off the Metafilter, but you can't take the Metafilter out of the boy. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2001:site.1436-17995 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:51:28 -0800 ColdChef By: MiguelCardoso http://metatalk.metafilter.com/1436/Mefi-inserts-itself-into-daily-life#18007 Tell me about it, Voyageman and ColdChef! Let's set up a Metafiltaholics Anonymous before we're all stumbling through department stores in our makeshift cardboard overcoats, a-shiverin' an' a-hoping one of the computers is connected so we can check out what happened to that crucial "what's your favourite stapler gun?" thread where Bunnyfire...and then SDB... when, all of a sudden, Zach... comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2001:site.1436-18007 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:25:53 -0800 MiguelCardoso By: y2karl http://metatalk.metafilter.com/1436/Mefi-inserts-itself-into-daily-life#18020 <b>Just stay outa my dumpster!</b><br> <br> Bu I <i>do </i>mutter less unintelligibly and drool less now. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2001:site.1436-18020 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:17:01 -0800 y2karl By: Kafkaesque http://metatalk.metafilter.com/1436/Mefi-inserts-itself-into-daily-life#18021 Just wait for the neural net edition. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2001:site.1436-18021 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:18:14 -0800 Kafkaesque By: y2karl http://metatalk.metafilter.com/1436/Mefi-inserts-itself-into-daily-life#18033 <i>Just don't ask where your original body and mind are, you don't want to know.</i><br> <br> Body: I am C. Montgomery Burns' Lower Intestine.<br> <br> Mind? I don't need no stinkin' mind! comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2001:site.1436-18033 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:05:46 -0800 y2karl By: geoff. http://metatalk.metafilter.com/1436/Mefi-inserts-itself-into-daily-life#18090 <i>we're all stumbling through department stores</i><br> <br> I'm trying to imagine Miguel not on Mefi, and frankly it's too abstract a concept for me to comprehend. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2001:site.1436-18090 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:52:38 -0800 geoff.
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