DESIGN MIAMI 2011
TOKYO DESIGN WEEK 2011
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2011
VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2011I'VE JUST ABOUT HAD IT with trying to find answers to questions I have in internet forums. Something about internet forums turns people into didactic idiots who are dying to share what they know--completely independent of your question.
Here's an example: Let's say I wanted to buy good tomatoes in Chicago. That's it. Here are the responses I would get:
Q: Does anyone know where I can buy good tomatoes in Chicago?
1. Forget about tomatoes, you need to buy zucchinis. Try Chicago's Zucchini Emporium.2. I know this place in Chicago that used to sell awesome tomatoes, but they closed five years ago.
3. Tomatoes in Chicago suck. Philly has the best tomatoes.
4. RE: "Philly has the best tomatoes" No way dude, New York tomatoes are best.
5. Why would you want to buy tomatoes? Tomatoes are for [insert racial/cultural epithet here].
6. I know three places in Chicago that sell terrible tomatoes.
7. If you're going to Chicago you should check out this jazz bar at _____.
8. OMG I'm looking for Chicago tomatoes too, please e-mail me if you find a place.
9. I didn't know you could buy tomatillos in Chicago.
10. This might be off-topic, but does anyone know where I can buy chinchillas in Toledo?
I know those answers might not seem accurate to you; that's because I took pains to spell everything correctly.
Comments
hilarious..
This is exactly why I have been extremely happy with the Stack Overflow model of helping out programmers. Those kinds of answers immediately fall to the bottom and the actual answers rise to the top. I have yet to find a more useful place to get programming answers on the Internet. I wish more forums were like that.
Agree with you hipstomp
You forgot a few memes:
11. Typical... Mr. Hippie can't find his veggies and decides to whine about it on the internet... Maybe if you looked somewhere other than your socialist co-ops, perhaps in A REAL FUCKING STORE, you could find what you're looking for. Eat a steak bitch!
12. First the bailout, and now we can't find tomatoes??? IMPEACH OBAMINATION!
13. Can't someone boot Poster 5 already? He's a [insert ad hominem attack here], and he completely ruined our discussion about [link to unrelated topic where Poster 5 was acting like a douche].
14. [cartoon/image of a tomato doing something disgusting/funny/horrifically inappropriate]
I guess it's rather a question for twitter than for a forum :)
What's the answer? Everybody thinks selfishly about himself, no one ever puts himself into your shoes.
Memememememememememememememe....
You?ck
Have you tried AskMetafilter? It's not always on-topic, but especially with objective questions ("Where can I find X?" and so forth), respondents generally do a great job of answering the question that was asked.
Here here! I agree completely, and have been ranting about this to my friends quite regularly. As a guy with obscure tastes in hobbies I spend too much time on forums hearing useless opinions and suggestions. Thanks for the laugh!
yea, catfish are awesome
:)
Totally agree! I hate forms where the fields aren't big enough, tab order is broken, and don't get me started on phone numbers!
Friggin' hipsters. First it was coffee, then it was microbrews...are fresh veggies the new fad?!
:-)