139: The Joke Show

Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast

• Episode: 139: The Joke Show
• Website: Best of the Web: the MetaFilter Podcast
• Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MeFiPodcast
• Published: 2018-04-03 20:57

Happy Basically-Nobody's-Life-Got-Ruined-This-Year-By-April-Fools, everybody! It's the latest podcast ep, with me and jessamyn talking about MeFi as usual and also telling each other some jokes, along with a nice crop of call-in/mail-in/write-in jokes from your fellow MetaFilter members! This'n was recorded Monday April 2 and all told runs about an hour and a half.

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Misc
- the number so fine they named it 139
- the man who was not John F. Williamson
- cortex really enjoyed underwater exploration/survival game Subnautica
- jessamyn was tweeting about historical submarine photography
- also old-ass elevators
- this year's April Fools goof: lofi MetaFilter Reader interface

Projects
- Sprinkles: a javascript repeating pattern creator by smasuch
- This Is A Boring Shark Attack: 8 Rules for Fascinating Storytelling by chinese_fashion (MeFi Post)
- I Will Dance Among The Stars by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey

Jobs
- Seeking a couple or two, to marry in Massachusetts by cocoagirl
- Preservation and Digital Archivist, Villanova University, Villanova PA by mfoight
- Cat sitting in Jackson Heights, Queens by holborne

MetaFilter
- "I think I'm just hitting my prime." by Punkey
- "Fortnite is eating PUBG's lunch," by Fizz
- "List of elevators that have not been filmed..." by jessamyn
- "It's just numbers on a piece of paper." by the man of twists and turns
- Classic Mario music but... cHAngED by JHarris
- You sunk my by maggieb

Ask MeFi
- Meeting new people - why do they not ask questions about me? by TrinsicWS
- I have a domain name. Where can I host a PLAIN WEBSITE by AFABulous
- Have to find a forever home for erotica. by Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead (and Merinda's comment)
- The most important question I've ever asked by shapes that haunt the dusk
- If you give a professional singer an amateur choir.... by MonkeyToes
- Looking for old comedy routine about how the moa bird went extinct by CopRock
- Help us think of a name for our club by twilightlost
- Did you skip a grade in elementary school? Did it ruin/save your life? by missrachael

MetaTalk
- Bringing back gopher was just the start. by cortex
- It's Madness, I tell you by joycehealy
- a.k.a. Egg, Inc. by phunniemee
- Love Nikki? ME TOO! by Eyebrows McGee
- Taking Care of a Fruit Tree: Moderation on Metafilter by katta
- Mefi Card Club! by Fig
- Fig is awesome by lazuli

Music
I got busy and forgot this month, so just go over to Music and listen to some dang stuff! Theme music this month was the Tetris goofiness I made for the April Fools thing.

FanFare
Is also a thing! Go read/talk about some stuff!

DateFilter
Will never exist, stop asking for it, god what a nightmare that would be.