the ppl with whom you interact outside ilx...

a lot of people will vote 'not like' because they come to ilx to post about music or other cultural products that are not a common interest in any natural demographic, so you get a sort of narc of sd effect even though educated urban americans who like mnml synth and chillwave are probably not intrinsically that different from those who don't know what a chillwave is

confession wtf is a chillwave

Fair point tho

voted 'like', 'good' because ilx was my only healthy socializing outlet as a young adult (kinda fucked up but i wouldn't take it back), and i've learned a lot about the kind of person i like/want to be (and don't want to be) by posting on here. i've gravitated toward more of those people irl and they currently outnumber 'old irl' acquaintances.

bad side is i can feel awkward when trying to make new friends in real space but that's just a technical hurdle i guess you could say.

a lot of people will vote 'not like' because they come to ilx to post about music or other cultural products that are not a common interest in any natural demographic

really?

I guess the main difference I see between ilx ppl and my IRL ppl is that the ilx ppl are more normal in terms of their habits and lifestyles -- e.g. dishwasher ownership, not going out to shows very often. Granted I ended up here because a couple of IRL pals were ilxors, and since then I've had an ilx roommate and a bff who is also an ilxor, and I keep finding out that various IRL friends are lurkers, which is odd

ilm versus rest of ilx there, though -- I think ilm in general goes to a fair number of shows, but probably not as many as your people because they're kind of locked into a scene?

how many lurkers are there here? i would think it was so weird if anyone imrl knew about ilxor, there are like 4000 posters and all of y'all live in ny or london or wherever

Not all my ppl are in the same scene though.

ilm is known about and/or lurked by a fair number of people who are music writers due to history, ilx definitely heard-of or read by people in general. some friends have mentioned having known of it, although it's not nearly as well-known in most circles as larger communities like SA or w/e

i always enjoy the vertigo of going from the most left-wing person in the room to the most right-wing person in the [thread] room

I don't necessarily enjoy this feeling. It's pretty frustrating to me, on either side. I But I share this experience.

I think ILX helps keep me grounded. There are certain areas where I am regarded as something of an authority amongst my group of IRL friends (music, football) but all it takes is a quick trip to ILX to prevent me getting a swollen head. Mainly because on ILF there are numerous posters prepared to burst your bubble when you're getting a bit above yourself, and because I've never yet mustered up the courage to become a regular poster to ILM, bcuz well fuck exposing my own ignorance to that extent really. I think this is probably quite healthy. Regarding broader discussion there are certain posters who I find to be so frequently otm (Noodle Vague) that i have to be very careful and attentive to try and think for myself and avoid actively parroting their views IRL, but who I definitely find to be fairly influential in my attitude to day-to-day concerns and problems

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

are like the ppl i interact with on ilx (this is a bad thing) 0

That's interesting, given the number of votes.

Not so bad, if viewed kindly

xp think it showed ppl took options in spirit meant?

Which is frankly staggering, given no of votes

#sorted

you ran a poll for two days and got 68 votes - seems like some people may have changed their mind in the interim

Weak argument imo you'd need to run a 2 day poll with similar turnout supporting yr assumption in order to get floortime

Count yrself lucky if this random thread revive is hurting u btw the other promising option on the page was the one about summary execution of child molesters

Spoiler, that one was not #sorted

do the opinions vary much between the generic death penalty pro/con thread and the summary execution of child molesters pro/con thread?

No

In fact the worst part of the thread is the confirmed anti death penalty posters coming in to give the uninteresting and unhelpful answer that had already been noted against their names at a higher phase of discovery

"I'm against the death penalty in all circumstances so even in a case wher-" "Fuck off"

Would mix with them irl tho obv top chaps

ah

back when ppl interacted with others on ilx

It's a mix of all four tbh.

yes ive addressed that and many other concerns upthread