As with the television version, some authors of works that have been made in into " MSTings " have been rather negative about the treatment of their works and have requested the " MSTing " to be removed ( which is generally done when requested ), while others appreciate the humor and light criticism the collective result brings.

MSTing is the practice of writing a meta-fic ( a fanfiction about a fanfiction ) in which the author's characters comment on a fic written by another.

In MSTing, the author picks a badly written piece of text — usually a Usenet post, web page, or some other source such as a rant, spam or fan fiction — and inserts mocking comments from fictional readers of the text, essentially writing a script as if the MSTing were a movie.

MSTing began in the early 1990s, as fans of the show, many of whom were involved in Usenet discussions in groups such as popular MST3K newsgroup rec. arts. tv. mst3k. misc, began adding amusing or critical remarks to others ' posts, attributing them to the show's characters ( typically, Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo, Joel Robinson, and later Mike Nelson ).

The " canonical " MSTing style mostly derives from these first three postings, including Usenet-style quoting of the original work and script-style lines for the riffers and characters outside the theater.

The MSTing Mine credits Eric Alfred Burns as the writer of the first MSTings in February 1993, three short lambastings of Internet criticisms of MST3K itself.

* The MSTing Mine-An archive of MSTings originally posted to the MST3K Usenet newsgroups.

Works of some of these latter authors ( notably Stephen Ratliff for his Star Trek: The Next Generation fanfiction, in which teenage character Marissa Picard became an ensign in Starfleet shortly after her 14th birthday ) became works that many " MSTers " seek to use as a basis for a " MSTing ".

Recently, technologies not present when MSTing was started, such as Wikis and YouTube have been used.

MSTie lead to the creation of the verb MSTing ( or misting ) in the fanfiction community.

Though he is also concerned with freeing dance from pedestrian modes of activity, Merce Cunningham has selected a very different method for achieving his aim.

The `` approximate '' is important, because even after the order of the work has been established by the chance method, the result is not inviolable.

Let us not confuse the issue by labeling the objective or the method `` psychoanalytic '', for this is a well established term of art for the specific ideas and procedures initiated by Sigmund Freud and his followers for the study and treatment of disordered personalities.

It is the only method left for a man to escape from a woman's world.

The objective should be to provide a method of getting into print a higher percentage than is now possible of the relevant information in the possession of reporters and editors.

This condition will undoubtedly continue until such time as a state uniform system of evaluation is established, or through mutual agreement of the local assessing officials for a method of standard assessment practice to be adopted.

Another recent achievement was the successful development of a method for the complete combustion in a bomb calorimeter of a metal in fluorine when the product is relatively non-volatile.

Using Edgerton's method, the fast-closing action is obtained from the blackening of a window by exploding a series of parallel lead wires.

Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.

The method used in computing the allotments is specifically set forth in the Act.

The method used for computing the respective Federal and State shares in total program costs is specifically set forth in the Act.

Since the same method of shaping and fitting the dogs and notches is used throughout, we will only describe the construction of one locking bar.

Another method of assuring a clean hole is to first drill a small pilot hole all the way through, then drill half way with the dimensional bit, turn the piece over, and finish from the other side.

It is generally an inaccurate method of rating, for the horsepower is that of the compressor motor, and many other components beside it determine how much cooling you'll get.

The longer I work, the more I am sure that for me, at least, a workmanlike method is important.

One simple method of measuring the expansion of the heart is to tie a thin rubber tube, filled with mercury, around the heart and record the change in resistance as the tube is stretched.

One of the advantages of this method is that the `` pill '' can remain in the patient for several days, permitting observation under natural conditions.

The method used to scan the eye ultrasonically is illustrated in Fig. 6.

More unitized lumber is being shipped on flat cars, and NLRDA studies show that flat cars loaded with the new Type 6-B floating-load method can be unloaded for as little as $.054/mbf.

Although the Af calculation is obvious by analogy with that for gravitational field and osmotic pressure, it is interesting to confirm it by a method which can be generalized to include related effects.

The best way to determine the correct figure ( in captives ) is by direct observation of pairs isolated from birth, a method that produced surprising results: maturing of a male Indian python in less than two years, his mate in less than three ; ;

The Caucus Race as depicted by Carroll is a satire on the political caucus system, mocking its lack of clarity and decisiveness.

In Isaiah 44: 09 – 20 this is developed into a satire on the making and worship of idols, mocking the foolishness of the carpenter who worships the idol that he himself has carved.

In 425 BC, which is about the time that Herodotus is thought by many scholars to have died, the Athenian comic dramatist, Aristophanes, created The Acharnians, in which he blames The Peloponnesian War on the abduction of some prostitutes-a mocking reference to Herodotus, who reported the Persians ' account of their wars with Greece, beginning with the rapes of the mythical heroines Io, Europa, Medea and Helen.

In " Dream Thieves ", it is revealed that Brueghel killed Mahler and sold off his body during a slow night of business, and replaced him with a new man whom he nicknamed " Mahler " as a mocking tribute.

Satire in their work is much wider than in the modern sense of the word, including fantastic and highly coloured humorous writing with little or no real mocking intent.

David, who is faithful of God's power to defeat his enemies, talks to the nearby soldiers mocking the Philistines, but is reprimanded by his brothers for doing so.

In the story one can sense a certain love on Boccaccio's part for the people of Certaldo, even while he is simultaneuosly mocking them.

He is also given an explanation about its symbolism: the tree and its fruit represent the love of God, a " rod of iron " represents the word of God, and a " great and spacious building " represents the pride and mocking attitude of the world.

The emperor is angry about a satire, produced in Alexandria, mocking his claim that he killed Geta in self-defense.

The battle is said by some to be the source for the mnemonic for remembering the traditional colours of the rainbow, Richard of York Gave Battle In Vain, and also the mocking nursery rhyme, The Grand Old Duke of York although this much more likely refers to the eighteenth century duke, son of George III.

All his work is done by moonlight, and his mocking, echoing laugh is " Ho ho ho!

Initially, the imitation is mocking in character, then becomes more of a casual exchange, and ends in a spirit of true cooperation.

In Germany, Till Eulenspiegel is a folkloric hero dating back to medieval times and ruling each year over Fasching or Carnival time, mocking politicians and public figures of power and authority with political satire like a modern day court jester.

" When the roughneck was at last killed by Achilles, for mocking the hero's lament over the death of the Amazon queen Penthesilea, a sacred feud was fought for Thersites ' sake ": Thersites ' cousin Diomedes, enraged at Achilles ' action, harnessed Penthesilea's corpse behind his chariot, dragged it and cast it into the Scamander, whence, however, it was retrieved and given decent burial, whether by Achilles or by the Trojans is not known from our fragmentary sources.

* Some authors believe that Herodotus is mocking the Getae's barbarian beliefs ;

Although most translations of the Popol Vuh would seem to indicate this was done as a gesture of goodwill, it is generally agreed that Zipacna did so in a spirit of arrogance, mocking the boys for their inability to do so.

Spelling objected to a sketch mocking his series Beverly Hills, 90210, another Fox show, and its lead actress Tori Spelling, who is his daughter.

The epitaph on his tomb is by Pope, and is followed by Gay's own mocking couplet:

The " minor agreements "— the word " minor " is not intended to be belittling — are those points where Matthew and Luke agree against Mark ( for example, the mocking question at the beating of Jesus, " Who is it that struck you?

Generally the term is used to denote a whimsical, non confrontational approach rather than aggressive mocking or cutting jokes.