A note to meh staff
17We were hopping 2024 would be a great year for meh, with the return of the $5 irk.
We miss the excitement and entertainment of trying to be one of 250 to get an irk in less than a nano second and bragging about it to our friends. We miss the anticipation of waiting for our irk after it shipped all around the country and finally made it to our house. We miss the joy that filled our hearts as we pick up that box, mentally weighing as we brought it in from outside. We miss the euphoria we got as we tore into that box like a kid on Christmas morning waiting to see what good treasures and treats meh sent us. And lastly we miss the suspense of waiting to check meh at midnight as to see a mehathon and start the process again.
So you see meh, you’re breaking our hearts by having these mehathons where everyone can buy an irk (and by making buy stuff we don’t need). You think you’re being fair but life isn’t fair so why should you be.
Also we’re here for the good stuff, not trackers, phone case/rings, car phone charger, Mac book cases, boxes of paint and hand sanitizer. If you wanna throw that stuff in to take up the Texas air then fine but don’t send us boxes of those. We might as be shopping at woot!
If money is your objective, I’m sure we’d all be willing to pay more per irk knowing there was a 75% chance that decent stuff is in there. We know they can all be winners. Oh and lastly we like the bags, bc the thing we know is in every single irk is the bag. It’s made of 3 components and what’s number one, a bag.
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I have contemplated formally suggesting that the Casery stuff, Incase stuff, TrackRs, wallpops of any kind (which seem to have been decreasing in frequency; are they gone at last?), and hand sanitizer with a stupidly pessimistic “expiration date”, if they aren’t sitting there in pallet lots, should get sent to some carefully selected Mehtizen as a single-category bulk pack that also includes a freeze-fried ham sandwich (or equally weird but potentially useful thing) and an IRK bag, with a fancy Certificate of “These Are The Last, We Promise”. But as I do not want to be the one who gets summoned to Carrollton to put all of the leftover TrackRs in the back of my minivan, and no, you can’t borrow it either, I shall deny having even thought about such a prank. Because it would be hilarious if done properly, and would certainly hark back to the whimsical days of YesterMeh, but we’re all older and wiser and far more boring now, and such hijinks are beneath us.
@werehatrack
I think it would be a great way to be rid of all the last of the stuff we dread getting.
@werehatrack
We are?
@werehatrack Meh ain’t.
@werehatrack Can I borrow your minivan?
/giphy correct
Even though I have a tat and don’t have to try anymore
I disagree. The newer way is far less infuriating.
I think either way is going to make some people unhappy. Maybe have the occasional surprise $5 IRK to change things up.
I vote for give them away for free and have each of them contain $1000 worth of stuff and make sure you have enough for everybody.
I too miss the old way; staying up all night, putting everything else on hold, running to the bathroom after holding it for so long, the endless refreshing of the page, hoping to be one of the first to try for an IRK
Clicking “buy” as fast as you can,
Only to get the Captcha and the disappointment of the realization that you will probably not get one.
Or everything goes smoothly, and you get the green bar;
Your pulse quickens as you count, 1…2…3…
Sold Out!
Now you have to wait till next time
Please bring back the old way.
You may have failed CAPTCHA but on the upside, you’re less of a human.
Honestly, I don’t care. I think I get them at roughly same rate either way… And won’t spend more than $10 on one after money back.
Old way was fun… But if you’re on a slow connection not fair.
My suggestion then… And is now. You have five minutes to try to buy. As long as you complete the sign up in five mins you’re entered to try to buy. So say, 200! People click buy and only 100 for sale… 100 people randomly get picked to say “your order has been completed” and the other 100 get a message saying “sorry, we can’t complete your order”.
Solves two problems. 1) makes Mehrathons more fun again. 2) solves the problem of people on fast connections getting all the irks
Plus it will be a little fun waiting for that email to see if your purchase went though or not
@OnionSoup I disagree that a slow connection is a disadvantage, I’ve been using an iPhone X, with only 1-2 bars of LTE reception, often throttled data, and was still able to get IRKs. Now getting the crap on the other sight has me thinking that I should upgrade my phone to 5G, but 5G isn’t yet available in my area.
@lonocat @OnionSoup It’s a disadvantage, there’s no question. You just happen to be quick enough.
I can buy 30 oz tubs of Temptation treats for $16 each. Or I can get something during a Mehrathon that I don’t want or need, just to get money back on an Irk, which will most likely have a bunch of crap that I end up donating.
So…weighing the pros and cons…
My decision has become just leave the Mehrathon and go watch crafting how-to videos after ordering treats for the cats.
@lisaviolet
Your cats thank you for your generosity I am sure.
(We keep a small box of Temptations near our bedroom door to use as distractions so we can get in without any furballs bum-rushing the door. Sling a fistful down the tile into the kitchen and make a break for the door while the two of them wolf down the bait. Works like a charm!)
@chienfou @lisaviolet
Sounds like … the kitties have managed to get indoors?!
@chienfou @Kyeh @lisaviolet Please post a new pic of your accidentally now we have indoor cats when we didn’t intend to have any at all nor make them indoor cats. Clearly they trained you well.
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @lisaviolet
Done!
@chienfou @Kidsandliz @lisaviolet
They’re so cuuuute!
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @lisaviolet
more here:
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @lisaviolet
now I have to figure out how to get out from underneath them!
@chienfou @Kidsandliz @lisaviolet You can’t; you’re stuck.
@chienfou @Kyeh @lisaviolet You’re doomed. They have trained you well. And it’s one against many to break free.
@chienfou @Kyeh @lisaviolet
PS on your other thread about your two overlords @werehatrack said (last October): “Sooo… indoors some of the time at present? You know where this leads, right?”…
Nothing more needs said…
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @lisaviolet @werehatrack
In my defense they are still outdoors during the day…
@chienfou @Kidsandliz @Kyeh You don’t. And you never will.
Meh.com needs a lot more tabs and categories to move enough product for $5 fukos to ever be feasible.
RIP, meh: the failed experiment.
How about treating the VMP’s like we thought we should have been treated when this started?!?