so not gonna happen

xp: perfect.

Idk why Reply All is getting so much hate. They solved the damn mystery.

i'm a little dubious about Tommy's professed indifference to the whole thing

A lot of people loved the podcast, me included. I think most of the people who didn't weren't actually involved in the initial obsession so just find the whole thing gross, from the ilx beginnings to the podcast ending. Oh, and Whiney, who just has a superiority complex.

xp

I don't really mind that they explored this or whatever but the tone/style of it is just not for me. I just don't like the whole sub-NPR cadences (for ex. stating a thing and then following it up immediately with a pseudo-incredulous leading question, ie, "but wait... what if [thing I just said] was totally wrong?! WHAT IF...") arggh just get me out of here I think that's shitty storytelling, the faux naif narrator leading the listener by the hand. It's not for me. Give me Paul Harvey's bizarre pauses and clipped delivery any day.

Maybe it's just because I'm an "outsider". I didn't know about this until I heard it from reply all. So many layers.

I guess I do agree w whiney that applying that tone to a relatively insignificant catfishing sorta story was off-putting

xp

Hey guys. We knew the whole time.....well at least after the first week. More fun to come. Also....R.I.P. Wayne

http://i.imgur.com/IKgaWgM.png

― WaynesCrew610, Saturday, January 24, 2015 3:26 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wayne never existed, just a legend of Wayne, which being false = that's what "R.I.P. Wayne" meant.

Or ILX got punk'd.

But I listened self-reflectively. As a on-and-off again ilxor, I've embarrassed myself by obsessing over trolls (Wagemannnnn, etc.) and harassment (hi dere bela fleck), so the a lot of my cringe effect was me looking at younger version of myself and "what if a small group of ilxors I've annoyed over the years took aim at my life."

Web 1.0 analysis = self analysis, for me. Anything to become less of a dick, and if Thomas is happy being in the limelight, then :-)

<3 Wayne/Tommy, good to get an update

hope the podcast bringing the mystery to a new audience doesn't cause any problems though; although I spent this thread's original appearance F5ing and Googling (even if not posting) I have felt a bit bad about that over the years

(though I suppose in its current state it's not all that enticing for anyone new to hit the internet detective trail on and there are many podcasts and blog posts and news stories every day with just as much information about people in)

everyone's focused on proving Ken Bone is an edgelord now, I think Tommy will be okay

shakey mo, good day.

id just like to say id contribute to a kickstarter if some web reporter wants to track down and interview luriqua

lol gr8080

Thanks for elaborating gr8080! I think y'all did really well on the podcast. (Good to hear they thoroughly researched it w/ fact checks and follow up interviews too)

It is strange, seeing something so quintessentially ilx outside of the board and in the ~real world~ like this. I would probably have had the same epiphany gr8080 had when he was contacted by the show, or so I'd like to believe. That, mixed with quite some embarrassment. Which is not a bad thing. Rather a mirror being held up that could not possibly have happened within the ilx universe.

Thomas being ok and well is teh raddest.

Just to give everybody a heads up here, we have a Pending Registration from a user with a Display Name of Waynescrew610 with a lowercase C. It should be noted that we already have a user WaynesCrew610 with a capital C. I don't know if they forgot their password or if this is the same user or what. I'm going to go ahead and let them in though.

Waynescrew1 through Waynescrew609 sadly already taken

Welcome, WayneScrew610 !

610 obviously their area code

i would like a podcast about de subjectivisten

^^ consider it done brb

podcast about the history of epic jay-z vs. nas throwdown threads

'Garu G Who He?"

"We all know Leonard Nimoy's Spock. His logical nature and imperturbable calm defined cool to a generation of sci-fi fans. But what if there was a different kind of Spock? And what if that Spock... were Nude? Megyn Kelly has the story."

Is no one frustrated that 10 years were wasted on a hoax?

I mean, we were doing other things too...

xp welcome to ILX!

we were so sure it wasn't gonna happen

The hoax itself is only about two years old isn't it?

Is no one frustrated that 10 years were wasted on a hoax?

― whtkrkid

Not me. The thread wasn't a hoax. The spirit of 'so not gonna happen' wasn't a hoax.

xp Matt DC otm

Um he doesn't really wear his hair long

listening to this podcast, damn, it's an incredible story!

i was always kind of defensive of the guy in the photo. at first i thought people were really projecting onto the photo and being a bit mean, like talking behind someone's back. this podcast really gets across that it's more about the curiosity, piecing together this mystery, and these layers of hoaxes and false stories all intersecting and colliding. fascinating stuff!

i would like a podcast about de subjectivisten

― mookieproof, Friday, October 14, 2016 7:26 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm.

also a brutal satire of suburban australia inspired by early I Love AFL.

did they ever find out who took the photo? that may be one of the most important keys to the mystery of this moment.

there was at least a 4th person present -- girl on the right is looking at them (?) -- who is this?

the luna story would make a good pod. it involves deception, money laundering, death and cheating.

illogical entrapment

Also, Kenan.

a man literally left waiting at an airport iirc

Legend has it.

The Luna story would make a good book/movie etc

these dudes should find out who deeznuts was. they already have grady's phone #

listening to this podcast, damn, it's an incredible story!

i was always kind of defensive of the guy in the photo. at first i thought people were really projecting onto the photo and being a bit mean, like talking behind someone's back. this podcast really gets across that it's more about the curiosity, piecing together this mystery, and these layers of hoaxes and false stories all intersecting and colliding. fascinating stuff!

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, October 14, 2016 3:29 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

Is no one frustrated that 10 years were wasted on a hoax?

― whtkrkid, Friday, October 14, 2016 3:16 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

new ilx description?

^^^

Boom

No no. I agree that this is extremely fascinating and interesting. I was intrigued when I heard the podcast. I was just wondering if anyone was angry about the death hoax, since sometimes that's how people react. It's difficult to gauge an internet community, and I just didn't know how y'all felt about it.

It's not like it was a cancer-blogging-child death hoax

agree w all here that the luna saga (which I was totally unaware of at the time) is a way more dramatic story

i only know the vague outline but it does seem pretty dramatic. that nyer story about the catfishing new orleans phone operator reminded me of it.

Personally I'm not at all angry about the hoax. As people said above, the hoax part is only from, like, last year I think? And although I was sad about the possibility of it being true I don't think anyone was personally affected by it. We've had active members of the board die, so an object of a protomeme is not going to have the same impact. And it's not like this whole messageboard is about the picture and we thought about it every day - this place is huge and we have many other petty things to talk about. If you're new you probably haven't had a chance to participate in polling every single fucking list from every single fucking music magazine yet. (NB even though I think this is ridiculous I generally like the ILM polls and certainly don't begrudge anyone polling anything they want to, unlike some of the hardline grouches here.)

Listening to this podcast made me very nostalgic and emotional about ilx!

also: why do all podcast hosts sound like they have a runny nose??