@MrMark Traditional Fuko days? I must be missing something…I know there are days with a higher probability, like Meh’s birthday, April Fools Day, the anniversary of @Snapster becoming a Kazillionaire thanks to Amazon, but nothing is a given from what I can tell. Of course I can be oblivious.
@DrunkCat usually “told you so” is accompanied by irrefutable empirical evidence that you were correct. I’m only seeing baseless declarations of it not working alongside your personal ideas of what made Fukos ‘work’.
Even allowing that your personal ideas of what make the Fukos ‘work’ are essential and key to the whole concept, you’re not making sense. For the people who show up at midnight, it was a surprise. For the people for whom the 8 AM release is intended, the crowd that would be sleeping or busy during the midnight period, it was a surprise. Admittedly the eight sold to VMPs at 4 PM it probably wasn’t a surprise but really, what’s the point?
@DrunkCat FYI I’d missed your prior response while responding to @f00l. That said, premise A is entirely subjective based on your own personal opinion of what the Fuko is, which was basically my point from the outset. You have no empirical criteria upon which to establish this Fuko as not working, just subjective personal opinion with no basis in demonstrable fact.
@jbartus Man, I’m glad I don’t consider “told you so” to be only used for “irrefutable empirical evidence” and simply as a closure to a previously made hypothesis.
@DrunkCat how was is closed, exactly? As noted, every single aspect of this is that you have an opinion and you, again in your opinion, have apparently validated said opinion because your opinion of Fukos apparently mandates that they be a surprise, with what constitutes a surprise again being subject to your opinion. In effect, your thread amounts entirely to a sum total of ‘I shared my opinion with you guys and now I’m reminding you of my opinion having self-validated that opinion’.
In effect, your thread amounts entirely to a sum total of ‘I shared my opinion with you guys and now I’m reminding you of my opinion having self-validated that opinion’.
Mathematical language, please. If you two are gonna talk dirty like that, please don’t go all “paper in ‘The History of Logic and Philosophy and Their Applicability in the Fraught Modern World’ class”; make it real.
…
You’ll wanna skip this next.
Beware: Various notes. Extra-stupid variety:
1
A Fuko or Fuku is only partially defined by a surprise appearance at midnight in some time zone somewhere. (Please note that superfans have either an exact or a damned good idea when it’s gonna show, fucker.)
Ergo, surprise is a common but not constant factor, and is not strictly necessary to the proper existence of Fuko/Fuku offerings.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
2
The buyer doesn’t know what’s in the shipment and may well be disappointed upon receipt.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
3
8am ET and 4pm ET are, objectively speaking, midnight somewhere.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
4
Limited supply and high demand - and “unfair” gaining of the prize by some mysteriously favored soulless beings and total douches of human ancestry are common to all Fuko/Fuku offerings.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
5
Extreme frustration about not getting one, missing out entirely, not being sufficiently fast on the steps to purchase, speed of processing, speed of shipping or not shipping, contents of shipment, and the total overall Fuko/Fuku insanity experience are common to all Fuko/Fuku offerings, including this one.
A select few criminal types choosing to gloat over successfully bagging one is also common to every Fuko/Fuku experience.
(Other words for extreme emotional states, even that of ennui, are equally applicable, and may be substituted for “frustration” and “gloat”.)
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
6
Having previously unseen/unknown or barely-conscious and barely-known dipshits show up in the forums and bitch and threaten and pout en masse and having said dipshits seemingly expect to be taken seriously is common to all Fuko/Fuku offerings.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
7
An apparent slight surface anomaly, that fails after examination to disallow this Fuko: @f00l usually does not get one of these. @f00l did not get this one. However, @f00l did get one, just one, once. A year or so ago? More? @f00l forgets.
Also @f00l forgets what was in it, but, @f00l does remember, whatever it was, was kinda cool.
However, the Fuko/Fuku phenomenon, has never been strictly defined by @f00l’s success or failure in attaining the Object Of Desire; rather, in @f00l’s and in @everyone’s and in @soulless’s and in @dipshit’s and in @douche’s and in @criminal’s complete emotional immersion. And in PAIN.
Wake the fuck up. Yeah, PAIN.
Mission Obviously Accomplished.
FWIW, @f00l attributes the single “success” in attainment to several factors:
a) Continuing torture by the staff at Meh
b) Intervention by @Godot, who then failed to show up and take a bow, whatta fuckhead
c) Universal Mindfuck
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
8
PAIN
Just in case no one was paying attention.
SUFFERING. You can call it “PAIN”.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
While it may be @DrunkCat’s opinion that 2+2 = Zebra that does not make it a factual statement. If you were to poll the people of Meh I think you would find that most would agree that 2+2 = 4.
Mathematical enough for you?
From what I can see the only people claiming 2+2 = Zebra are people who either have a prior bias against the circuit breakers or who absurdly feel they were unjustly denied a Fuko because they showed up at 12:03 and were unable to buy a Fuko because the deal was paused.
@Kidsandliz I pulled a timestamp out of my ass… I guess I should have stuck with my original time of 12:17 which I edited out because I figured people would accuse it of being too long after midnight. The point was to refer people who wouldn’t normally get one anyhow.
So are you against fukos on traditional fuko days? Since it is not a surprise.
@MrMark That’s a good question. I’m actually terrible with dates so it’s always a surprise for me.
@MrMark Traditional Fuko days? I must be missing something…I know there are days with a higher probability, like Meh’s birthday, April Fools Day, the anniversary of @Snapster becoming a Kazillionaire thanks to Amazon, but nothing is a given from what I can tell. Of course I can be oblivious.
@Stumpy91 Fuko 12 was on Meh’s 800th day, IIRC.
Taunt taunt taunt! Let’s see what mehmbers would go through to try and buy one!
I think @snapster is a cat.
@narfcake
Octopukitty?
/giphy octopus kitty
@f00l
/image octopussy cat
Not everyone is online all the time. A few mavericks like EMTs, construction workers, horse trainers and women in labor can’t go by a clock.
I think the circuit breaker proved that fukos work perfect with them.
@ELUNO On a technical level sure (which is impressive). But just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
@DrunkCat
Well I vote “Should”.
As in Yes. Keep. Like Much.
/giphy circuit breaker
@f00l I am really, really concerned about that cat…
Worked for me.
@lisaviolet Whoa! Is that really you?
There’s… ummm… explosions behind you
@compunaut Yeah. That’s me. In someone’s dreams. lol
@lisaviolet
/giphy in your dreams
@DrunkCat usually “told you so” is accompanied by irrefutable empirical evidence that you were correct. I’m only seeing baseless declarations of it not working alongside your personal ideas of what made Fukos ‘work’.
Even allowing that your personal ideas of what make the Fukos ‘work’ are essential and key to the whole concept, you’re not making sense. For the people who show up at midnight, it was a surprise. For the people for whom the 8 AM release is intended, the crowd that would be sleeping or busy during the midnight period, it was a surprise. Admittedly the eight sold to VMPs at 4 PM it probably wasn’t a surprise but really, what’s the point?
@jbartus
None of those 8 Fukos sold at 4pm were sold to me
Isn’t that the only point that matters?
@jbartus
A - The core of a Fuko is it’s sudden appearance, i.e. surprise
B - Circuit breakers allow for two “gate open” events which are not sudden, i.e. not a surprise
C - Therefore the fuko is no longer primarily about the 'surpise, ergo it is broken.
QED
@f00l I don’t know, we’d better consult @DrunkCat on that matter, they seem to be the expert in this thread.
@jbartus I would hope to be the expert on my own opinion. It would be really awkward to just barge in and start non-sequitoring with my own reality.
@DrunkCat FYI I’d missed your prior response while responding to @f00l. That said, premise A is entirely subjective based on your own personal opinion of what the Fuko is, which was basically my point from the outset. You have no empirical criteria upon which to establish this Fuko as not working, just subjective personal opinion with no basis in demonstrable fact.
@jbartus Man, I’m glad I don’t consider “told you so” to be only used for “irrefutable empirical evidence” and simply as a closure to a previously made hypothesis.
Otherwise this would be awkward.
@DrunkCat how was is closed, exactly? As noted, every single aspect of this is that you have an opinion and you, again in your opinion, have apparently validated said opinion because your opinion of Fukos apparently mandates that they be a surprise, with what constitutes a surprise again being subject to your opinion. In effect, your thread amounts entirely to a sum total of ‘I shared my opinion with you guys and now I’m reminding you of my opinion having self-validated that opinion’.
@jbartus
/giphy yes
@DrunkCat My opinion also validates your opinion therefore it is valid.
@DrunkCat
@jbartus
Mathematical language, please. If you two are gonna talk dirty like that, please don’t go all “paper in ‘The History of Logic and Philosophy and Their Applicability in the Fraught Modern World’ class”; make it real.
…
You’ll wanna skip this next.
Beware: Various notes. Extra-stupid variety:
1
A Fuko or Fuku is only partially defined by a surprise appearance at midnight in some time zone somewhere. (Please note that superfans have either an exact or a damned good idea when it’s gonna show, fucker.)
Ergo, surprise is a common but not constant factor, and is not strictly necessary to the proper existence of Fuko/Fuku offerings.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
2
The buyer doesn’t know what’s in the shipment and may well be disappointed upon receipt.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
3
8am ET and 4pm ET are, objectively speaking, midnight somewhere.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
4
Limited supply and high demand - and “unfair” gaining of the prize by some mysteriously favored soulless beings and total douches of human ancestry are common to all Fuko/Fuku offerings.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
5
Extreme frustration about not getting one, missing out entirely, not being sufficiently fast on the steps to purchase, speed of processing, speed of shipping or not shipping, contents of shipment, and the total overall Fuko/Fuku insanity experience are common to all Fuko/Fuku offerings, including this one.
A select few criminal types choosing to gloat over successfully bagging one is also common to every Fuko/Fuku experience.
(Other words for extreme emotional states, even that of ennui, are equally applicable, and may be substituted for “frustration” and “gloat”.)
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
6
Having previously unseen/unknown or barely-conscious and barely-known dipshits show up in the forums and bitch and threaten and pout en masse and having said dipshits seemingly expect to be taken seriously is common to all Fuko/Fuku offerings.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
7
An apparent slight surface anomaly, that fails after examination to disallow this Fuko:
@f00l usually does not get one of these. @f00l did not get this one. However, @f00l did get one, just one, once. A year or so ago? More? @f00l forgets.
Also @f00l forgets what was in it, but, @f00l does remember, whatever it was, was kinda cool.
However, the Fuko/Fuku phenomenon, has never been strictly defined by @f00l’s success or failure in attaining the Object Of Desire; rather, in @f00l’s and in @everyone’s and in @soulless’s and in @dipshit’s and in @douche’s and in @criminal’s complete emotional immersion. And in PAIN.
Wake the fuck up. Yeah, PAIN.
Mission Obviously Accomplished.
FWIW, @f00l attributes the single “success” in attainment to several factors:
a) Continuing torture by the staff at Meh
b) Intervention by @Godot, who then failed to show up and take a bow, whatta fuckhead
c) Universal Mindfuck
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
8
PAIN
Just in case no one was paying attention.
SUFFERING. You can call it “PAIN”.
This Fuko and other Fuko/Fuku offerings satisfy the criteria.
…
Deal With It, Beatch
/giphy bitch bitch bitch
@f00l mathematical language… okay.
While it may be @DrunkCat’s opinion that 2+2 = Zebra that does not make it a factual statement. If you were to poll the people of Meh I think you would find that most would agree that 2+2 = 4.
Mathematical enough for you?
From what I can see the only people claiming 2+2 = Zebra are people who either have a prior bias against the circuit breakers or who absurdly feel they were unjustly denied a Fuko because they showed up at 12:03 and were unable to buy a Fuko because the deal was paused.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@jbartus
U gud.
/giphy 2+2 = Zebra
@jbartus It was paused prior to 12:03 because I was there earlier and didn’t get one. I posted in the thread at 12:02…
@Kidsandliz I pulled a timestamp out of my ass… I guess I should have stuck with my original time of 12:17 which I edited out because I figured people would accuse it of being too long after midnight. The point was to refer people who wouldn’t normally get one anyhow.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@Pavlov nice GIF!
@jbartus Sweet, I don’t fit in either of those two categories.
@f00l Or, alas, was on sold to me and that’s a huge point!
Only in this forum can I find a rousing debate about told ta so’s!
You guys are giving me a headache.
/giphy You Guys
/giphy headache
@Mehrocco_Mole
You’re onto us then. Crap.
tl;dr
@sligett
Too lazy
Couldn’t decide
@f00l I’ve forgotten what the question is…