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What if you were restricted in the real world to only 140 Characters? The office might be a sticky place.
Sep 23, 2009 10:02 PM
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
I've rarely seen such animosity. Why's everybody hatin'?
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
"...thickest cockney accent" That was funny. Otherwise it wasn't that great. For me it was worth watching, but nothing special. Well, the kiss was good too.
Sometimes a piece will rise or fall inexplicably. It's just a mystery what will hit around here, or anywhere else.
Sometimes a piece will rise or fall inexplicably. It's just a mystery what will hit around here, or anywhere else.
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
Don't take it personally.
As for me, I gave it ***
It's rather puerile, in my opinion.
Hey, at least you haven't asked Jaxon to remove it. I did that once when one of my links got butchered by hordes of folks (vampires, I suspect) you normally never see around these parts (but when they smell blood, boy! then they come in swarms). That was a looong time ago. Oh, the horror ...
As for me, I gave it ***
It's rather puerile, in my opinion.
Hey, at least you haven't asked Jaxon to remove it. I did that once when one of my links got butchered by hordes of folks (vampires, I suspect) you normally never see around these parts (but when they smell blood, boy! then they come in swarms). That was a looong time ago. Oh, the horror ...
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
This is causing me to develop a lemming-theory about votes. This is clearly a better video than many that have made headline and received higher votes. It's also getting a large number of hits, comparatively, especially considering the time frame. Perhaps it's poor Rab who's being boycotted.
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
The worst is when something gets a single low vote, and is then lost into oblivion. I've seen quite a few good bits that end up there. After a few days, they're beyond help. If a page gets lots of views and lots of votes, you can be pretty sure it got a fair shot. It's when it gets ignored with a single low star rating when it's really sad. I try to reverse the damage sometimes, but after a couple of days, it's too late for a comeback.
Personally, I find the favorites count to be more valuable than the star average. Or who submitted something. The star system is hopelessly inaccurate. On YouTube, you know something sucks if it has has five stars or fewer. It's a slightly less useless metric here on M&C.
Personally, I find the favorites count to be more valuable than the star average. Or who submitted something. The star system is hopelessly inaccurate. On YouTube, you know something sucks if it has has five stars or fewer. It's a slightly less useless metric here on M&C.
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
There should be a resurrection feature, perhaps only for moderators. With it you could bring back one link a day, maybe it could count as a submission, but it strips the link of all stats, and posts it in Latest Links like brand new. Only links that have been viewed under a certain number of times, say 200 hits, and with a maximum of votes, say five or ten. Or maybe there could just be a section for
re-hashing any links, again with a limit. Imagine it: Latest Links, Best Of Week, Best Of Month, Best Of Year, Best Of M&C, One Vote, Rehashed Links, etc. I get bored, run out of things to do. I'd comb through old links that people nominate for examination. Just an idea.
re-hashing any links, again with a limit. Imagine it: Latest Links, Best Of Week, Best Of Month, Best Of Year, Best Of M&C, One Vote, Rehashed Links, etc. I get bored, run out of things to do. I'd comb through old links that people nominate for examination. Just an idea.
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
Me thinks you might be a little biased and not looking at this vid objectively. The premise is restricting real world speech to 140 characters. The problem with that is that the lines being delivered are not real world speech. Combine that with the poor delivery of said lines by a guy who subconsciously knows the lines he's delivering do not make sense and that's more likely the reason it was rated so low.
Lets take a look at these real world scenes:
* Guy loudly swearing and arguing with his phone because it's stuck in his pocket. "Real world"? And he actually says "dick" at the end even though he only has a "d"
* "Before I go any further you should probably take off your brass rings"
Brass? Really! Ummm I didn't know this was set in medieval times. Even if you forget the double entendre and remove the word brass, it's still not something anybody would say.
* The only one that was funny (but spoiled by the rest of the vid) was, as loqi already pointed out, this one:
"I finally got to meet my sister's fiancé. A good bloke too. He's a writer from London. A funny guy with the thickest cockney accent."
Why? Because it actually makes sense! It's something you might actually say in the "real world".
As for the gag at the end. Everybody saw it coming a mile away. Well except the Youtube users who seem to have given the video 5 stars. :)
Lets take a look at these real world scenes:
* Guy loudly swearing and arguing with his phone because it's stuck in his pocket. "Real world"? And he actually says "dick" at the end even though he only has a "d"
* "Before I go any further you should probably take off your brass rings"
Brass? Really! Ummm I didn't know this was set in medieval times. Even if you forget the double entendre and remove the word brass, it's still not something anybody would say.
* The only one that was funny (but spoiled by the rest of the vid) was, as loqi already pointed out, this one:
"I finally got to meet my sister's fiancé. A good bloke too. He's a writer from London. A funny guy with the thickest cockney accent."
Why? Because it actually makes sense! It's something you might actually say in the "real world".
As for the gag at the end. Everybody saw it coming a mile away. Well except the Youtube users who seem to have given the video 5 stars. :)
By: gerrywastaken
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
Personally, I was not a fan of this video.
However, I was thinking about something along the lines of what you mentioned, and also for links that have zero votes. Just some way to "reintroduce" a link could benefit, although it's pretty hard on days where Latest Links gets flooded.
Maybe an Admin would pick this idea up.
However, I was thinking about something along the lines of what you mentioned, and also for links that have zero votes. Just some way to "reintroduce" a link could benefit, although it's pretty hard on days where Latest Links gets flooded.
Maybe an Admin would pick this idea up.
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
Have you all suggested/voted on this?
http://feedback.milkandcookies.com/pages/5061-general
http://feedback.milkandcookies.com/pages/5061-general
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
Here are some that have already been suggested:
http://feedback.milkandcookies.com/pages/5061-general/suggestions/283951-allow-ways-to-reintroduce-links?ref=title
http://feedback.milkandcookies.com/pages/5061-general/suggestions/295825-allow-us-to-suggest-old-favorite-headlines?ref=title
http://feedback.milkandcookies.com/pages/5061-general/suggestions/283951-allow-ways-to-reintroduce-links?ref=title
http://feedback.milkandcookies.com/pages/5061-general/suggestions/295825-allow-us-to-suggest-old-favorite-headlines?ref=title
Re: Twatif?: 140 Character Limit Not Always Safe for Work
Hey Everyone!
I've actually been coming to Milk and Cookies as my # 1 viral site for years now!
And...(drum roll--perhaps to my shame apparently?) I am the actor in the video. It was produced by my friend's film group for an outside job. Happy Little Guillotine Films produced a show called Break a leg (www.breakaleg.tv) which ran for several years. (on the internet)
So anyway---Glad someone liked it.
Thanks for the feedback too---I'm actually quite shocked its gotten so much response from you guys even if its negative.
I actually pronounce the letter "D" As you would if you were only saying the letter---with a bit of a vowel intonation of "IH" so that's why it sounds like Dick---which its supposed to.
I'm not sure if its something a person would say or not in the real world. I wasn't subconsciously aware of it being unnatural---maybe only that I don't have a very good british accent:)
I like the cockney joke too.
The brass rings joke is a little wierd, I agree---it was suppose to be the brass rings on the binder and we couldn't find some- at the moment---and obviously its for a jokey-joke. So yeah---okay...fair point.
What else---I realize I'm replying to the last post and should just be threading(I'm new to commenting here)
So yeah----thanks for watching---and caring enough to comment on something you didn't like. May our democracy thrive on your indignation!
Cheers
Hugo
I've actually been coming to Milk and Cookies as my # 1 viral site for years now!
And...(drum roll--perhaps to my shame apparently?) I am the actor in the video. It was produced by my friend's film group for an outside job. Happy Little Guillotine Films produced a show called Break a leg (www.breakaleg.tv) which ran for several years. (on the internet)
So anyway---Glad someone liked it.
Thanks for the feedback too---I'm actually quite shocked its gotten so much response from you guys even if its negative.
I actually pronounce the letter "D" As you would if you were only saying the letter---with a bit of a vowel intonation of "IH" so that's why it sounds like Dick---which its supposed to.
I'm not sure if its something a person would say or not in the real world. I wasn't subconsciously aware of it being unnatural---maybe only that I don't have a very good british accent:)
I like the cockney joke too.
The brass rings joke is a little wierd, I agree---it was suppose to be the brass rings on the binder and we couldn't find some- at the moment---and obviously its for a jokey-joke. So yeah---okay...fair point.
What else---I realize I'm replying to the last post and should just be threading(I'm new to commenting here)
So yeah----thanks for watching---and caring enough to comment on something you didn't like. May our democracy thrive on your indignation!
Cheers
Hugo
