not too invested in grant's identity either way, but idk why:
a) as a total ilx noob you'd ask for the views of a bunch of total strangers, b) as a lurker/person who knows ilx's MO, you'd post this qn without expecting exactly what happened,c) as a sock, you'd bother with this...
― sharter the unstoppable ilx machine (history mayne), Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
"i totally clowned ilx by asking a question about facebook"
or alternately, "I proved what massive assholes these guys are by asking an innocuous question and looking at their responses"
― slapped by a bear (HI DERE), Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
proved to whom? anyone who knows ilx... knows ilx
― sharter the unstoppable ilx machine (history mayne), Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
a) as a total ilx noob you'd ask for the views of a bunch of total strangers,
I don't really think that is all that unusual tbh. I've noticed people relating very personal stories/tmi to people they don't really know in all sorts of contexts on the internet. And before ilx was registration only there used to be people randomly finding this place and posting all sorts of weird questions and information.
― ô_o (Nicole), Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
Grant Singer, this thread might be more helpful and less prone to devolution if you posted more than once a day.
― blow it out your bad-taste hole (WmC), Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
I've noticed people relating very personal stories/tmi to people they don't really know in all sorts of contexts on the internet.
yeah, i guess -- what a crazy world we live in
it will remain crazy unless we make sure to let people know that posting personal ish for the comments of total strangers is not best practice
that is harsh but really though
― sharter the unstoppable ilx machine (history mayne), Thursday, 18 February 2010 18:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 18 February 2010 19:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
― am0n, Thursday, 18 February 2010 19:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
That might be, but we do have the individual choice to not idly follow the mob mentality and ROFLcopter the life out of every instance of guileless sincerity we encounter. Unless that's something you're really proud to contribute to and you want ILX to be like every other cesspool of a message board on the interwebs. There are plenty of lulz to be had 'round these parts which don't entail acting like a total douchenozzle.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 18 February 2010 19:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081205165918AACCtVF
― i know who the sockpuppet master of ilx is (velko), Thursday, 18 February 2010 19:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
"mordy's sage advice" made me cry actual tears of lol, kudos to whoever's sock this is, shit is like that scene in being john malkovich imo
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 18 February 2010 19:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3026537/
― am0n, Thursday, 18 February 2010 19:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Grant Singer" = "Grin Re: Angst"
― iiiijjjj, Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
This pile-on is pretty much the nail in the coffin of the good old ILX logged-out advice thread, which I've been missing since reg-only. Nosiness, schadenfreude and private ill-informed guessing at the real identity of the threadstarter, all good fun, and I got some real life advice out of them too.
(By which I don't just mean the ones I started - fairly sure there was at least one, but I can't even remember what it was about, whereas I've taken some advice on other people's to heart)
(Can relate to the OP's worries maybe a little too much - an imminent round birthday has had me dwelling on lost friendships, times I was an asshole, whether losing touch has been seen as me being standoffish, etc - but everyone OTM about possible other reasons for reluctance to catch up, plus just getting on with life, I guess)
― falling while carrying an owl (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
There's a lot of parallels between primary school and penitentiaries -- you're not there by your own volition, you're thrust into alliances you wouldn't normally make, you can't wait to get out, and your old cellmate contacting you out of the blue sounds like precursor to Bad Things Happening.
Also, Mauritius Roomba.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
The idea of creating a duplicate login for something as innocuous as that initial post seems bizarre and pointless enough to me that I have to assume that such an idea would only occur to those who've done as much themselves. J'accuse!!!
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
my primary school didn't feature rape and shivvings, so I don't think your analogy holds up very well
― slapped by a bear (HI DERE), Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
How about noogies and wedgies?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
those did not feature in my prison
oh I've said too much
― slapped by a bear (HI DERE), Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
on the topic of the opening post, ppl who know you who believe bad shit abt u w/o ever bringing it up w/ u are bad ppl w/ broken souls
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
shivvings?
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
I wonder sometimes if I am the victim of a vermicious knid
― Grant Singer, Messageboard Zinger (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
funny think is the subject is in present tense... like he's still a victim
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
on the other hand, people who believe bad shit about you because their perspectives are skewed and they have no concept of how normal people interact are broken souls of their own sort
― mh, Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
... i was mean to kshighway at first, but that's only because i can be ruthless with younger people who still like Wilco (sorry about that, btw). otherwise, it DOES seem like a lot of new posters are assumed to be socks, which certainly wasn't the case when i first started posting in march of 2006.― begonia perineum (the table is the table), Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:31 PM (Yesterday)
― begonia perineum (the table is the table), Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:31 PM (Yesterday)
No problem, dude! (And, as an aside, I understand why people dislike Wilco. Personally, I still like 'em, primarily for the records they released between 1999 and 2005.)
― kshighway (ksh), Thursday, 18 February 2010 22:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
i love how the title of the thread puts the emphasis on the paranoia rather than the specifics, like the thread was gonna evolve into discussion of everyone's paranoid delusions
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 18 February 2010 22:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
I have never had sex.
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Sunday, 21 February 2010 16:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
Suggestions:
1. make a fake Facebook account (they don't check, so it's easy)2. when creating a profile, use a name that is similar to that of one-two other people at your school from a yearbook that you knew but not very well (ie, if there was a Mike Andrews and a Jim Spencer, be Andrew Spence or something). This will make you sound 'familiar'.3. When creating profile, input that you went to the school you went to as a child. Friend request others from the school that you don't really know first, then request one-two friends. At least one will probably friend you because they'll go "wtf is this person? ahh who cares accept".4. If there is a group for your school on facebook, join it. or create one of your own.5. Post there to gain everybody's initial trust, and stay on very neutral topics (ie, "HEY WASN'T OUR SCHOOL SONG RILLY GAY" or "REMEMBER THAT CHICK WHO FLASHED HER TITTIES IN THE YRBOOK").6. After two weeks, post "whatever happened to Grant Singer? I tried to friend him a few weeks ago, but he didn't respond. Were the rumors I heard true?"7. If they reply with a laundry list of rumors, send an email back saying "yea well u fucked half the school and don't hear me talkin bout it" and delete them as a friend.8. If they say "what rumors", play it off as something innocent ('o i mean that he had herpes LOL').9. Delete the account.10. Live your life cuz petty bullshit is better to escape than revisit.
― Ballistic, Sunday, 21 February 2010 17:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
feel real bad about questioning grant singer now. he's proved himself an ilx mvp
― sharter the unstoppable ilx machine (history mayne), Sunday, 21 February 2010 17:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
This thread is like a symphony.
― M.V., Sunday, 21 February 2010 19:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
my favorite part is sarahel calling people out as sockpuppets for being precocious noobs
― MY RUSTIC CHURCHWARDEN PIPE TOBACCOS; WITH RED T-SHIRT OF SURF (Curt1s Stephens), Sunday, 21 February 2010 19:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
WHAT PART OF "SYMPHONY" DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND???
― M.V., Sunday, 21 February 2010 20:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
All I can say is that maybe ILX would be a lot better if it had a few more guys like BJ Swells, and a few less guys like that people that forced him to leave.
Sorry if I'm overstepping my mark there, but still.
― Dom Passantino
― i know who the sockpuppet master of ilx is (velko), Monday, 22 February 2010 05:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Oprah hates Disabled People: Another Malicious Rumor
Oprah is one of most popular celebrities on earth. She is familiar to people all around the world. She is not perfect but some people are eager to carry out malicious rumors with this search in Google, ‘oprah hates disabled people’. This search is now in the number one spot in Google Hot Trends USA. This kind of malicious rumor originated a few weeks ago against Oprah and it died down very soon. However, it has again make a come back. It is clear that some people are not happy with her for whatever reason and trying to attack her name and fame. There is perhaps no way to stop this kind of rumor. The only thing the fans can do is to do some Google search and know about the whole issue. In her own life and career, Oprah had her fair share of controversy just like any other celebrity. However, there has never been any real accusation against her about hating or discriminating disabled people. In her shows, she has always championed the lives of ordinary people. The problems of women were neglected in main stream media in the past. The massive popularity of The Oprah Winfrey Show has perhaps helped to change this and women’s issues are now discussed and presented much more in the media than past.
― buzza, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
grant did u try to put it in his butt or what?
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty)
― buzza, Sunday, 9 October 2011 06:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wonder sometimes
― am0n, Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:45 PM (2 years ago)
― buzza, Saturday, 12 May 2012 03:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
someone make a gif of a sock eating itself for future use
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:07 PM (2 years ago)
― sarahell, Saturday, 12 May 2012 08:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i can't imagine that anyone has ever said anything about me that's worse than the truth
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 12 May 2012 08:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
ilxchatz
― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Saturday, 12 May 2012 12:20 (1 year ago) Permalink