Having the proposed directory actually named "mess" is probably a much better idea than a semi-respectable sounding name like ".meta". A constant reminder that

Having the proposed directory actually named "mess" is probably a much better idea than a semi-respectable sounding name like ".meta". A constant reminder that most of this stuff is a joke to begin with—that "none of this is necessary; it is merely customary", as Jef Raskin once put it—wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.