to the truth of the human condition which is that we are all basically good with some awkward bits stuck on. posted by amanda at 7:47 AM on November 18 [ 2 favorites ] I think that was the first thing I ever read on Metafilter. I was having a very difficult time modding somewhere else and somebody pointed me at that as an example of a community trolling a troll in an innocent way. posted by Mr. Yuck at 12:17 PM on November 18 Also I dug through my favorites to find something to post and now I miss Optimus Chyme. :( posted by flatluigi at 9:45 PM on November 18 Finding that FishBike Scale of Big Mistakes comment reminded me of P.o.B's immediate followup to this comment , which nearly one year on still makes me laugh whenever I think of it. posted by davidjmcgee at 11:41 PM on November 18 This comment by bpm140 helped me turn my life around at a critical time. I cried about two hours when I first read it. I used to keep it unread on my RSS reader as a constant reminder, but now I have it as my homepage so I read it every day. posted by omegar at 5:57 AM on November 19