mangosteen: (Default)
[personal profile] mangosteen
(self-directed rant about not writing enough)

(observation on life)

(recent events in life)

(amusing realization that just occurred after ten minutes of staring at what you wrote)

  • (itemized list of courses of action due to a recent event)

    • (straightforward course of action)
    • (humorous, but obviously dumb course of action)
    • (mindblowingly clever alternative that only works in the movies)
    • (universal quantifier)


(clever turn of phrase you'll look back on in a year and marvel at the cleverness thereof)

(bittersweet self-deprecation over the incredibly non-original idea of a meta-entry)

(witty conclusion)

(non-sequitur)

Date: 2001-12-22 08:23 am (UTC)
cthulhia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cthulhia
(amusing tangent in response to an insignificant turn of phrase synchronizes with replier's own life)

(completely ignores elements of post where writer most emphatically sought input)

Re: (non-sequitur)

Date: 2001-12-22 12:34 pm (UTC)
cos: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cos
(obligatory comment having nothing to do with the original post - commenting on the conveniently provided amusing tangent)

(good line from a song or movie)

Date: 2001-12-22 01:50 pm (UTC)
cthulhia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cthulhia
(further digression from the original post)

(smug oblique reference as to why said comment was obligatory)

(overt reference to popular media)

Date: 2001-12-22 10:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thespian.livejournal.com
(self-centred response with illustration from my life that almost, but not quite applies)

Date: 2001-12-23 01:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thingie.livejournal.com
(resentful reply that my response was "stolen" before I had a chance to use it, but adds own self-absorbed anectode anyways. Also makes effort to have mine sound more intense and sincere.)

Date: 2001-12-23 01:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thingie.livejournal.com
(regretful retraction that is actually a guise for validation from peers.)

Date: 2001-12-26 03:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-dreaminco615.livejournal.com
(affirming validation from a peer)

Date: 2001-12-23 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leora.livejournal.com
(idiotic flame pointing out off-topicness and self-centeredness of above that manages to be even more off-topic and self-centered.)

(smug commentary on how stupid other people are with implication of how much better than them I am for not being so self-centered.)

(cute, but cliche' signature)

Date: 2001-12-23 05:12 pm (UTC)
rosefox: Green books on library shelves. (Default)
From: [personal profile] rosefox
(snide comment that that isn't a real meta-flame, or at least not a very good one)

(pointer to Existential Flame War for hints, tips, and tricks on improving one's existential flamage)

(self-satisfied preening)

(comment in response)

Date: 2001-12-22 01:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hammercock.livejournal.com
(URL that leapt to mind when reading this post)

http://sinfest.net/d/20010616.html

Re: (comment in response)

Date: 2001-12-22 01:52 pm (UTC)
cthulhia: (blonde)
From: [personal profile] cthulhia
At the risk of being non-meta, I was actually listening to the A capella show while reading my friends page, and on came "Title of the Song".

(common euphemism for greatly amused)

Re: (comment in response)

Date: 2001-12-23 05:04 pm (UTC)
rosefox: Green books on library shelves. (Default)
From: [personal profile] rosefox
(rah-rah from another DVN fan)

(hasty explanation that someone else pointed me here and I'm not some weird random stalker or anything)

Re: (comment in response)

Date: 2001-12-24 07:32 am (UTC)
gingicat: woman in a green dress and cloak holding a rose, looking up at snow falling down on her (Default)
From: [personal profile] gingicat
If I may unmeta for a moment -- [livejournal.com profile] mangosteen used to go to the munch that you ([livejournal.com profile] clairaide) later started maintaining the mailing list for. So you're hardly random.

Is anything random in LJ, anyway?

Re: (expression of amusement and astonishment)

Date: 2001-12-25 09:11 pm (UTC)
rosefox: Green books on library shelves. (Default)
From: [personal profile] rosefox
(bemusement)

(query for details on how one might jog one's not-entirely-functional memory to recall the previous meeting)

(obligatory observation on size of planet)

Re: (comment in response)

Date: 2001-12-24 12:20 pm (UTC)
cos: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cos
Einstein's Little Homunculus - "Rough Draft"
A story of character one and character two.

"It's so much easier / to let the listener decide"

Re: (comment in response)

Date: 2004-05-10 05:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] electricwalrus.livejournal.com
(note of the sad fact that real Sinfest cartoons are about that funny, and about that unpredictable)

Date: 2001-12-22 03:53 pm (UTC)
gingicat: woman in a green dress and cloak holding a rose, looking up at snow falling down on her (Default)
From: [personal profile] gingicat
(attempt to comment cleverly, which fails)

(expression of amusement)

Date: 2001-12-22 04:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] radixx.livejournal.com
(me too)

Date: 2001-12-23 07:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-spores.livejournal.com
(pointing out that (insert graphical link to online test) should be an option)

Date: 2004-05-11 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tlluria.livejournal.com
(complaint about posting of results from said test as accompanying picture slow load-process of page and/or cause computer to crash)

(snotty suggestion that you post your results to your own #@! journal)

WTF

Date: 2001-12-25 09:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shucky.livejournal.com
(replacement of genitalia into culturally accepted material lower body covering and expression of shock, bewilderment and finally anger over the previous hyperlink's renege on the promise of a pornographic-style website destination)

Date: 2001-12-25 10:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladymondegreen.livejournal.com
(amusement and astonishment at how much conversation this has generated)

(meta comment)

Date: 2001-12-26 03:25 am (UTC)

(non-witty one-word subject like "so" or "Hey")

Date: 2001-12-29 05:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gconnor.livejournal.com
(query as to what happened in the aftermath of the original author's recent event)

(questionable statement about how respondent has actually done the (humorous, but obviously dumb course of action) discussed above, and that something totally unexpected allegedly happened)

(statement as to how long it took to regain full use of the body part mentioned in previous paragraph)

(non-witty generic closing like "See you later" or "Take it easy")
(name)

Date: 2002-01-02 09:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thingie.livejournal.com
(half-hearted attempt to be clever and pull up old and abandoned thread)

(topical movie quote)

Date: 2002-01-04 12:14 pm (UTC)
cthulhia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cthulhia
(eager reply that utterly fails to be even a little clever)

(friend-of-a-friend)

Date: 2002-01-12 10:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaiya.livejournal.com
(random introduction out of nowhere)

(attempt to compliment author on originality of subject matter and/or viewpoint)

(hollow encouragement in resolving situation)

Date: 2002-03-19 06:21 am (UTC)
gingicat: woman in a green dress and cloak holding a rose, looking up at snow falling down on her (Default)
From: [personal profile] gingicat
(pointer to similar entry)

(amused comment about having similarly silly friends)

Date: 2004-05-10 05:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] electricwalrus.livejournal.com
(obligatory link (http://www.triplette.com/by_david_moser.htm) to the best self-referential story of all time)

(observation of the fact that the comments really make this entry)

Date: 2004-05-10 01:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] knowmebymylaugh.livejournal.com
(Agreement with second observation)

Date: 2004-05-10 08:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geekwad.livejournal.com
(It's been done (http://www.bash.org/?23396).)

(Start of a sentence which...

Date: 2004-05-11 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jmspencer.livejournal.com
... then gets finished in the body of the comment.)

(Link (http://www.livejournal.com/community/som_pos/835607.html?thread=14786327#t14786327) to post which has resulted in new commenting here.)

Re: (Start of a sentence which...

Date: 2004-05-13 01:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maedbh7.livejournal.com
(also this link (http://www.livejournal.com/users/nchanter/359156.html))

Date: 2004-05-10 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maedbh7.livejournal.com
(befuddlement regarding extant post)

(expression of joy for obscure linguistic phrases)

(monosyllabic greeting)

Date: 2004-05-12 01:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] godnoble.livejournal.com
(long ranting post with poor punctuation and and grammar 'N spelling and no capitalisation and ramdom l33t that says the replyer just found your lj and it's really kewl and they just friened you and caon you friend them back?????)

Date: 2007-09-04 04:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterkoninkje.livejournal.com
(Introductory comment by unknown individual years after the original post)

(Witticism about the longevity of the Internet)

(Thinly veiled attempt to resurrect old thread)

(Justification of attempt alluding to previous witticism)

Date: 2007-09-05 04:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterkoninkje.livejournal.com
(brief reference (http://keystricken.livejournal.com/75264.html) to a recent posting related to the 'recent' event)
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