Meh-rathon is meh. And it screws up and clutters the forums

@CaptAmehrican - @f00l is partly cranky for not getting a fuko yet as she went to bed literally right before the first one and apparently missed the second one… Of course there is still at least one more left. Although I agree this mehration isn’t as cool as the previous one. (of course it isn’t done yet…) : )

@Kidsandliz I think it’s pretty much exactly as cool as the last one. The only thing missing is the Switch and they only had ten of those.

@sammydog01 The reason why I said what I said is that there hasn’t been anything I have wanted (well I missed some of them - just finished driving 3 hours) thus from my perspective not as cool. Your mileage may vary depending on what is of interest to you.

@Kidsandliz I guess I just didn’t see anything I really wanted at the last one either.

@sammydog01 I was really watching for a switch too

@therealjrn Not according to the Amazon reviews.

@f00l See @jbartus reply above. Pretty much sums it up.

@f00l

I approve of that gif.

Amount agreeing with @f00l:
/roll 100d1
You rolled a total of 100

Amount of attention given to the mehrathon so far:
/roll 1d100
You rolled a total of 4

@narfcake

/8ball Am I vindicated in being a grump?
Yes

@f00l

@CaptAmehrican, look at me!

I’m a total hypocrite.

/giphy hypocrite

@f00l you’re our favorite hypocrite though.

Plus now I don’t have to ask @Woodhouse and @Thumperchick to secretly reroute dark-careful-panther to you.

@jbartus

That would be generous beyond words. And undeserved but awesome.

And the thing that makes me so grateful for your saying that, is that even tho I wouldn’t want you to do that, I totally believer you are the sort of person who would do that.

And that’s better than a Fuko by a long long way.

/giphy cheers

@f00l have you ever gotten a Fuko before? I’m not sure generous qualifies given the usual contents.

You’re welcome though! Even though you were grumpy today you’re one of my favorite people to interact with here. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

At the very least the insanity that this event wreaks upon the forums will have calmed down somewhat. The sheer number of new threads associated with each product is bad enough but the number of polls they made today is ridiculous.

@f00l Congrats. Let me guess you’re order identifier.

cranky-hypocritical-bitch?

@jbartus

I got the first anniversary one in 2015?

Apart from that one, no. And no BOC ever either, which is meaningless now.

I forget what was in it. Some swag, which I liked, a wall-mount for a flat screen TV or monitor, some plastic kids toys, some other stuff?

Was fun tho.

And a year ago, for the Sept 2016 one, I bribed @Hollboll with some serious chocolate truffles, to get her to send me empty boxes so that I could make a big fuss in the forums about pix of me opening my empty boxes.

Basically, I paid a lot(!!!) of $ for some boxes of Valuable Texas Air. But it was entertaining, and she said the chocolates were great, and she shared them around, and she threw some swag into my boxes. So that one was fun.

I did a long slow-mo reveal here.

https://meh.com/forum/topics/fukobukuro-12-morning-addition-reveal-thread-official#57f08c79b431252c0469148a

It was practically more fun than actually getting one. And way more expensive too. But those truffles are awesome, so that’s cool.

@mfladd

cranky-hypocritical-bitch

Yeah, that’s it.

This is what they save for your Fuko:

/giphy "miserable broken loser"

@f00l now I feel bad as I’ve gotten several in the time I’ve known you. Glad you got one this time though!

@jbartus

Oh, not to worry about me. And bitching about not getting one can be fun!

Some stalwarts souls and dedicated forum participants have never gotten one. I do feel quite bad for them, that bothers them. .

I kinda wish they would keep it semi-random, but weight the odds slightly in favor of the “Nevers” and the “Fews”. I am guessing that the coding and pressure-processing to implement that would be a pain.

The most fun in the process is actually “bagging the buy”. The reception of “whatever” is a secondary pleasure.

And grumping about for a week or two and boycotting the reveal topic also has its charms. Which is my usual gleeful practice.

So please don’t take my whining seriously.

  *`Speak roughly to your little boy,
      And beat him when he sneezes:
    He only does it to annoy,
      Because he knows it teases.'*

@f00l I like the coding idea! Seeing as how I’ve never been able to get one and some people get two or three during the Mehrathon or get yet another one on a regular Fuko/Fuku day. But it keeps me in tune with my pessimistic side that I know I will never get one. Now with these “I’m not a robot” crap, server issues, slow loading screens and the buy bar just sitting there processing but going nowhere only to tell you to F off because it took too long and you’re denied. I agree that this go around was lacking (mostly) with their offers since it was full of things that they recently tried to offload and failed. I’m resigned to staying a “cranky bitch” it suits me I think.

@WTFsunshine

Usually for the Fuko I get the delay and captcha thing and then it’s too late. And for whatever reason I’m almost always going out on a smartphone on a cell network.

This times I was on cell but had 5 bars. And was able to breeze thru the captcha for reasons unknown.

I was kinda dumbfounded. Way to go, @f00l. Get one, after I whined about never getting one.

(tho I actually did whine just for the fun of whining; I stopped caring about whether I got a Fuko or not long before a year ago when I bribed the awesome @Hollboll to send me boxes of Texas Air [ain’t no such thing as too much of that]).

You know they are just boxes of mostly throwawayable junk right? Tho some people do get good stuff.

And I do like the swag. And the bags. I do wish they would let us buy those standalone.

Next time (will be late Nov or 1st week Dec most likely) I will have my fingers crossed that you will get one.

And there will be offerings almost certainly on April 1 and on Meh’s anniversary launch date in July. Is that the 8th or the 9th? I forget.

4 times a year so far.

Launch date anniversary in July
Within two weeks if Black Friday.
Mid Sept or so
April 1

I think

Oh yeah. For the April 1st one they always provide extra serious evil torment to the would-be purchasers.

People wind up way madder than usual, and still more determined than ever to get one.

To me, that’s part of the fun.

@f00l Iam glad you got one after your attempts to get one. I know that these ones are probably full of the things they tried to sell and couldn’t so I’m not all that mad this time around. But I do get frustrated when people say they have gotten multiple ones and I get stuck on the captchas or the loading bar. Non the less I will keep on trying to get one and will get stunned if I ever get one. I’m glad @Hollboll came through for you- that was very nice thing to do. If I get one I will be very appreciative for being able to have gotten one and will probably post it in all caps that I finally got one.

@KDemo
Did you get one?

I’m feeling quite embarrassed and undeserving now.

@f00l - I don’t understand. Of course you’re deserving!
I can’t complain, I’ve gotten my share of stuff (good, bad, and other) over the meh run.

@KDemo

I don’t understand. Of course you’re deserving!

I might have been deserving but then I whined about it in advance. Then I got one. I really should have held off on the whining.

Pre-emptive whining about “my
inevitable losing” followed by a win is embarrassing.

Not exactly dignified and above it all.

Well, ok, dignity and I cross paths, but not often.

@f00l Don’t worry you’re dignified all the time. I do agree that repeat sales should be marked down a lot more than what they are. Maybe then they could get rid of the crap that they are trying to sell.

@RiotDemon This. Yes. I’m sure I’m mistaken, but I don’t recall as much stuff that had been previously offered during the last 'thon. Most of today’s stuff felt like déjà vu all over again.

I did snag a couple of the new items though, grabbed the VMP fuk, collected a bunch of clickies and lost a bunch of sleep. So for me, at least, this 'thon was a

/giphy success

@ruouttaurmind last time I think I purchased three or four items, and got denied on three (plus the fuk).

This time I only bought one, and got denied the fuk. The lack of sleep trying to stay up for items that were repeats were a bummer for me.

Oh well. My wallet is happy.

@InnocuousFarmer

Tricky Dick!

@f00l Hah!

@ThatsHeadly

@fuzzmanmatt Sorry, I’m not sure what you’re trying to buy. Make sure you’re posting in today’s deal topic.

@matthew Yep. I didn’t spend a single penny here yesterday but I still posted a lot.

Also, just like the first one, this meh-rathon is the worst one ever!

@narfcake

I would have spent another $10, but I don’t think the request was fulfilled.

Oh well.

@thismyusername
I usually don’t get into product threads unless I am particularly interested in the item.

I don’t star remarks in every thread. Just the ones I read or at least glance through.

My wrist is a mess right now. But not because of phones madness or starring madness. I sprained it slightly last week by trying to open something I had closed too tightly. So I have been all “braced” for a few days anyway.

Verdict:. I’ll live.

Thx.

@gertiestn

How else are we supposed to celebrate your birthday?

@gertiestn How about adding for them not to do it on a day before most people have to work and especially not the day before Amazon does their 24 hour sell-a-thon. A nice lazy Saturday with nothing going on the next day would be nice.

@WTFsunshine or Black Friday

@nadroj Agree. Also, not on Cyber Monday.

@gertiestn, @nadroj, @WTFsunshine, YOU UNGRATEFUL {BASILISKS}. So, there is this awesome sale of interesting products and you people don’t like it? What does it take to make you {alicorns} happy?

@therealjrn Not to speak for @gertiestn or @nadroj but since you asked…how about FOR AN {AIGAMUXA} LIKE YOU To . Then maybe us so- called “ungrateful {basilisks}” will then be grateful. All we were doing was having a conversation about when not to have it. I only posted one other conversation with @f00l about Fukos. So why tag us when there are plenty of posts above that didn’t like the products. No need to reply since you never have a nice thing to say to anyone.

@WTFsunshine I’m not the one complaining.

@WTFsunshine @therealjrn
/giphy timeout

@Thumperchick
/giphy fight fight fight

@WTFsunshine @therealjrn

/giphy Well, that escalated quickly.

@Barney
You brought a singing purple dinosaur to a Fuko fight?

I guess if you do that, either you’re dead or you just won.

@therealjrn [there is this awesome sale of interesting products]
when and where?

@Barney D’awe…of course we do. Purple makes everything better.

@nadroj Every day, Jordan, every day.