11/05/24
December 28, 2004
Google Sends Its Regards: SportsFilter is attracting newbies seeking speculation over Reggie White's death, coming in high on Google searches for Reggie White steroids and Reggie White sarcoidosis.
posted by rcade to navel gazing at 12:22 PM - 23 comments
Just as that thread is dying out, too. Hope some of the new kids are smart. Ability to parse and punctuate is merely a bonus.
posted by chicobangs at 01:16 PM on December 28, 2004
If you build it they will come...
posted by chris2sy at 01:18 PM on December 28, 2004
Don't we have enough loosers already?
posted by Mr Bismarck at 05:01 PM on December 28, 2004
We still be #3 and #1 on those two searches a day later. We still rule.
posted by billsaysthis at 05:04 PM on December 28, 2004
SportsFilter is attracting newbies... and pushing them out the door as soon as humanly possible.
posted by lilnemo at 05:18 PM on December 28, 2004
Strange, I don't see SpoFi on either of those Google searches, unless I'm missing the point as usual. It's OK anyway, they'll leave when they realise we're all idiots.
posted by squealy at 08:07 PM on December 28, 2004
I think Google results can vary depending on the server that's assigned to handle your request.
posted by rcade at 08:37 PM on December 28, 2004
This is first I have been able to read that thread and I must say, what the hell?!?! Are these people new to the internet? We're they born yesterday? They are acting as if those who commented are spitting on his grave.
posted by jasonspaceman at 08:52 PM on December 28, 2004
hmm, based on this thread i took a peak in the other thread and jeepers, the only thing that the threads missed was a "your all idiots" rather than the "you are all idiots" moment of grammatical clarity amid the hubub. the first thing i thought of when i heard the news was that former NFL players seem to have a shortened life expentancy, for whatever reason, and perhaps a high profile death like this will shed some light on the reasons. but i think i'll steer clear of the thread. the internet scares me.
posted by gspm at 09:12 PM on December 28, 2004
All Your Bases Are Belong To Us!
posted by billsaysthis at 10:41 PM on December 28, 2004
I take comfort in thinking that these newbies are just doing a hit and run. Just as they showed up, they'll soon slip away.
posted by NoMich at 08:04 AM on December 29, 2004
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posted by chicobangs at 01:01 PM on December 29, 2004
*urp* There. I feel better.
posted by chicobangs at 01:01 PM on December 29, 2004
I take comfort in thinking that these newbies are just doing a hit and run. "Newbies be calling me Sugar Ray for the way I be stickin' and movin'." -- Nah, that doesn't work.
posted by yerfatma at 02:33 PM on December 29, 2004
I was about to pile on in the Reggie White thread, but decided that poking them with a stick wouldn't do anyone any good.
posted by grum@work at 02:10 AM on December 30, 2004
Do not feed the animals. The thread has turned into a fine memorial for Reggie. It is about Reggie, right?
posted by Mr Bismarck at 04:26 AM on December 30, 2004
so anyways, I hear the sun is coming up again today.
posted by jasonspaceman at 06:16 AM on December 30, 2004
Oh man, the sun is up again. This brightness is killing my eyes. Who's this Reggie guy again? Tell him to go to sleep. It's wicked bright outside.
posted by Samsonov14 at 07:39 AM on December 30, 2004
We saw a very pretty rainbow this morning while driving my wie to work. Then it started raining again and I came home and Chuckstar had dropped some more guana in that thread.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:27 PM on December 30, 2004
I left for a few weeks and didn't even recognize the main page anymore. The problem is, the people pissing and moaning in the Reggie link will tell 3 friends, and they'll tell 3 friends, and so on and so on. Then we'll have people signing up just to flame. I take comfort in thinking that these newbies are just doing a hit and run. I'm guessing that tomorrow night will be the defining moment of whether they are here to stay. I bet some people get their drink on and start spouting off.
posted by usfbull at 03:55 PM on December 30, 2004
Then we'll have people signing up just to flame. I wouldn't worry too much about that. We may be going through some growing pains, but we'll adjust.
posted by justgary at 09:07 PM on December 30, 2004
We rule, obviously. About time the GoogleLords realized it.