I wonder sometimes if I am the victim of a malicious rumour

is there any reason not to apply a Pascal's wager kind of approach here:

yes, this is an internet message board.

yeah I guess

depressing reasoning imo

^^real talk

the idea that someone who doesn't post here a lot would ask such a question to a bunch of people he doesn't know is hilarious to me--doesn't make saying "fuck yourself" justified, just saying

I am Garu's real gran. My name isn't Meryl and I am very upset to say the least. The real Garu may have his faults, but he is a handsome and well liked young man who never in his life did a poo or a wee in my flange or any other woman's flange that I know of.
― Gran G, Friday, September 30, 2005

like why doesn't this person ask a bunch of his friends instead of a bunch of strangers

none of his friends will talk to him?

Could it be that the only people stressing about omgz is it sockage for pwnage are perhaps guilty of indulging in their own ventriloquism on other occasions? Or a sad substitute for artfulness by the creatively blocked or bereft? My temptation is to say that if you are indulging in ILX overanalysis, CONGRATS for genetically engineering a monkey for your own back.

grant singer has clearly never heard of yahoo! answers

this thread has struck to the heart of ilxs own anxiety about its identity

could it be that we think it's funny to spread malicious rumours in a thread entitled "I wonder sometimes if I am the victim of a malicious rumour."?

Could it be that the only people stressing about omgz is it sockage for pwnage are perhaps guilty of indulging in their own ventriloquism on other occasions? Or a sad substitute for artfulness by the creatively blocked or bereft? My temptation is to say that if you are indulging in ILX overanalysis, CONGRATS for genetically engineering a monkey for your own back.

ummmmm

history mayne: Could it be?

i have never had a sockpuppet.

I was popular at school,

yeah no

http://s3.amazonaws.com/greenwala-attachments/production/attachments/2353/group_large/SOCK_MONKEY_DRESS_BACKPACK.jpg

if he never read ILX why would he ask us such a personal an unanswerable question for his first post? if he lurks ILX, why didn't he know there would be 100 posts before the first attempt at a serious response? isn't it some kind of internet golden rule to read a forum for at least a week before posting to it?

There's something very weird about the phrase 'malicious rumour' that I keep misreading it.
These are my favorite misreadings so far:
Malicious Murmur
Delicious Rumen

Nutritious Ramen

delicious demon--sugarcubes song

the poster is Bjork

Oh, silly me: swap out 'if' for 'when'.

Let's not get into the Paul Frank monkey for the back of the terminally style-challenged.

BRIAN YOU ARE FUCKING SHIT FOR NOT TAKING A PLANE TO FLY OVER TO REYKJAVIK IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR TRIP TO MAKE BEEYOOTIFUL MOOZIK WEET ME!
― Bjork, Monday, January 28, 2002 5:00 PM

the guy who started this thread doesn't write like Bjork

Bjork got Matthew Barney to post for her

I am genuinely at a loss. I was not the nicest dude at school, a bit cocksure to be honest, but so were lots of my friends. I can't see why I am being slighted by my past. I sometimes wonder if my old friend said some unfair or untrue things about me, because I know that he saw a lot of my old friends after I went to University. But how can I find this out? Or is there any point? It just makes me feel a bit low...Help with perspective would be welcome!

http://postdash.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/matthew-barney-c-31.gif

a good determinative factor w/r/t sockspotting is how quickly they show up on another thread--with a thread title that doesn't mention or hint at the topic--on another board in which their sock status is debated.

maybe they're just really bored and use Site New Answers

j0hn d. otm, yall are kinda depressing at times

I have one (1) sockpuppet

I like how a major indictment of this person not being legit is that they didn't post again (or twice more) in the thread, because, you know, being told to fuck off in the first post and then a 180+ message discussion about sockpuppets and the etymology of the word is really conducive to the question posed.

yeah, he's going to be surprised when he makes it back to the thread

if gear showed up with the couch story now, instead of six years ago, everyone - well, sarahel mostly - would be too busy sockspotting for any lols to come of it

Grant S-nger

if gear showed up with the couch story now, instead of six years ago, everyone - well, sarahel mostly - would be too busy sockspotting for any lols to come of it

― eau de humanity (haitch), Tuesday, February 16, 2010 7:15 PM (3 minutes ago)

truth bomb of epic proportions

i wasn't the only one calling "sock" here, why am I getting all the blame here?

I like how a major indictment of this person not being legit is that they didn't post again (or twice more) in the thread, because, you know, being told to fuck off in the first post and then a 180+ message discussion about sockpuppets and the etymology of the word is really conducive to the question posed.

― Department of Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification (S-), Tuesday, February 16, 2010 7:11 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

gawd quit lecturing me/us and just provide the poor guy with his desperately-needed "perspective" if you feel it is so freakin warranted already for sheesh's sake :)

newayz i got a hot chick waiting for me in my bed (meme) so i am seriously peacin on this thread, see yall wouldn't wanna b yall

bullshit, gear was a well established poster

love u haitch but it's not a good comparison

Mordy gave him perspective in one of the earlier posts, the "guy" said thanks. The rest of this thread is just us entertaining ourselves, and other people tut-tutting at our method of entertainment, this really isn't worth all the hand-wringing

i guess we're just glorified yahoo answers + handwringing now

i think it's fine to build a moat around our community, it's the internet, and it's fucking CRAZAY out there

i guess we're just glorified yahoo answers + handwringing now

― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:40 PM (8 minutes ago)

and jjusten's dog

jjusten's dog is awesome

it was at the top of site new answers - nothing personal, in case jjusten thinks i'm baiting or attacking him again

the dog is cocksure

i still want the sock eating its toe drawring

nothing personal, in case jjusten thinks i'm baiting or attacking him again

uh what the hell?

it's sarahel's world we're just living in it

xp - dude you got pretty over the top defensive a few weeks back and made my dumb joke into some dramatic thing, that was totally not my intent. I don't want to start anything up again.

It certainly doesn't seem like you're trying to start anything.