so not gonna happen

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??

they all use microphones that make you sound like ira glass

who did Ira Glass start his career trying to sound like

That podcast was a lot more entertaining than I'd expected it to be!

OMG this podcast.

fucking hilarious.

I'm going to have to listen to this podcast to finally understand what went on itt

Literally for the past 10 years, this thread keeps ILX a part of my Internets

"a guy named gr80 told me about it."

^^

Would've had a heart attack had the other host said, "there's a grady now?"

i would like a podcast about pplains and sunny and their children and arbitrary geographical borders and surviving cancer and english dialects and bobby petrino and david berman (but not his dad)

Finished listening a few minutes ago, and now I've been going back over the thread. I was still strictly ILM-only in 2006, so I missed the original frenzy, but I got up to speed later on.

I agree with someone upthread who said you don't have to know anything about the thread or even ILX to think that was a remarkable podcast episode. I applaud the considerable amount of work they put into it.