Has ILE become too pally?

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― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 20 July 2003 16:20 (twenty years ago) link

"Salsa is what I put on my scrambled egg."--Tito (It's-still-Mambo-to-me) Puente

― Al Andalous, Sunday, 20 July 2003 16:22 (twenty years ago) link

the Swan like the Viaduct pub near Ealing Hospital.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 20 July 2003 16:23 (twenty years ago) link

I know many of the people on this board for 5-10 years, that girl, in real life and not on the internet. I was simply de-lurking myself on this board, and responding to the question asked in the thread.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 20 July 2003 17:48 (twenty years ago) link

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― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 20 July 2003 17:49 (twenty years ago) link

Orbit we don't know you from shit. Give us time before you call us "pally". Most of us have been posting here for 2+ years. You've been here like what, 2 weeks? It takes time, honey

What is this? This whole thread was started because I was concerned how the board looks to newcomers. Newcomers are more qualified than anyone to give their thoughts on how pally and inward-looking it comes across as. I'm surprised you should be like this Sam.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 20 July 2003 17:58 (twenty years ago) link

The vast majority of people here were newcomers at some point or other tho right? So to draw from my own experience - I checked out a few threads now and then based on the odd Google search or recommendation by other people but seldom posted or lurked. this went on for about 6 months before i became a full on ILE devotee. the only reason i avoided this board for that long was because I knew it would engulf me, but I eventually gave in when I saw how much pally fun was being had and i thought 'hey gimme a slice' - well thats not entirely true as i became a regular on ILM a good 2 or 3 months before ILE

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 20 July 2003 18:14 (twenty years ago) link

N, my point was people can't get upset that they aren't automatically in on everything right away. (if anyone is/was, I dunno). But it's not hard to get all the BS if you stick around. The group will draw you in if you let it.

Sarah, you are right it's the syrup/pork that binds us all.

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 20 July 2003 18:21 (twenty years ago) link

ILE/ILM's problem from the perspective of every non-regular I've ever talked to is that it's this MASSIVE, INSANELY FAST conversation and it requires far too much time for most people to keep up. The weekends move a bit slower but every day coming home from work (where I can't read, much less post) I have to play catch-up on all the poop that happened between 4am - 5pm EST while London and NYC are up and chattering away.

Palliness is what makes people want to stay and keep up with everything. We're FRIENDS, here, of a sort, some moreso than others, and that's what friends do - make injokes and call each other silly things.

― Millar (Millar), Sunday, 20 July 2003 18:25 (twenty years ago) link

Tom, don't lie. It's all about the pork.

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 20 July 2003 18:27 (twenty years ago) link

good point about how much your view of ILE depends on your circumstances and location. i have a fair bit of free time on my hands and i am in London area which explains why i have been such a frequent poster the last 6 months and enjoy the vibe of this place generally. i'd be a lot more frustrated if i was on 56k dialup, worked 9 to 5 everyday without permission to access this site and i lived somewhere where i couldnt go to a local FAP regularly - but those who come here in that situation and put up with all the cliquey bollocks are real troopers and i salute them (no pun intended Millar, bwahahaha)

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 20 July 2003 18:31 (twenty years ago) link

I don't know, after reading some of the comments on this thread I wonder if anything I write is welcome here.

― Larcole (Nicole), Sunday, 20 July 2003 20:57 (twenty years ago) link

I am probably being paranoid, but when people speak in such generalities it does make you wonder who they are referring to. Maybe next time you find a post you take exception to you should comment on it on that thread.

― Larcole (Nicole), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:03 (twenty years ago) link

Aw.

*hugs Nicole*

― Sommermute (Wintermute), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:09 (twenty years ago) link

(You better get a streptococci vaccination soon, stranger.)

― Sommermute (Wintermute), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:11 (twenty years ago) link

i think its interesting that someone pointed out upthread that a lot of the palliness follows from AIM chatrooms. and i hate to say it, but a lot of ilx AIM chatrooms, though individuals go out of their way to be welcoming and thats a good thing, hardly ever talk about anything with any relevance to me. sometimes ilx is like that too, but frankly you have to take the good with the bad, lifes like that. nicole, trust me, you have nothing to worry about.

When one wanders into an internet community for the first time, as with a party in real life really, more self-conscious types (eg ME)

i find this initial statement interesting, because N you don't come across as particularly self-conscious on the internet at all.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:49 (twenty years ago) link

a lot of ilx AIM chatrooms, though individuals go out of their way to be welcoming and thats a good thing, hardly ever talk about anything with any relevance to me.

that's everybody, I think. Unless you're me in which case the content of the AIM chat convo is whatever I have to say abt what is on my TV at the moment and not much else.

― Millar (Millar), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:51 (twenty years ago) link

I am very self-conscious, lucylurex. I carefully examine all the things I am about to say and decide they are great. Ha ha. Actually I meant more in real life, I guess.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 20 July 2003 22:27 (twenty years ago) link

See, this is a good example of a thread which went into deep psychosis for a while there but managed to crawl back out of the abyss!

Oh it gives me hope.

― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 21 July 2003 01:36 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/memodetails.php?memo_id=1701

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 21 July 2003 03:50 (twenty years ago) link

Good Lord.

― Matt (Matt), Monday, 21 July 2003 03:57 (twenty years ago) link

Sounds fake to me. It decreases company morale? They're going to escort you to a meeting room?

― nickn (nickn), Monday, 21 July 2003 04:48 (twenty years ago) link

"All things in moderation" works pretty well in all works of life, including ILE.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 21 July 2003 12:38 (twenty years ago) link

Mark is a moderate smoker.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 21 July 2003 12:52 (twenty years ago) link

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