I am deathly afraid of heights. I stay away from railings, balconies, that kind of thing, to a point where people notice. When I was 19, however, I went to Six Flags with someone I wanted to like me and told her I was into roller coasters. The first roller coaster I ever rode was King Da Ka.
This was a case, 100%, of misrepresenting myself to impress someone. I believe it has nothing at all to do with the behavior that startedt this discussion — grabbing people without their consent. In fact I think it’s like the opposite of that because I was looking for approval not wantonly disregarding it.
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
i think this is one of the reasons i can't get my head around dating sites - a list of music and films and TV shows that somebody likes is pretty low on my list of priorities for whether i like them or not
― after "after cease to exist" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
If I had all the same interests as my partner that’d be terrible. I’m sometimes bummed out by the things I like they don’t but it’s far outweighed by the things they like I don’t know anything about and get to learn about.
― .oO (silby), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
3 criteria ime-they're attractive-they're funny-they're smart
that's it, ime
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
When I was 19, however, I went to Six Flags with someone I wanted to like me and told her I was into roller coasters. The first roller coaster I ever rode was King Da Ka.
Ok, finish the story treeship.
― how's life, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
I know a lot about roller derby because of some friends and exes. Maybe too much.
― mh, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
I basically quit ILX ca. 2009 over a nasty name-calling by some board regulars who insinuated that I would be single for life because I didn’t desire to share the same music tastes as my partner, or value it in any sat, and that a shared aesthetic was the key to happiness and a signifier of blah blah blah good riddance gawker.
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
She's on board with microtonality, though, so it's all good.
how does she feel about rush
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
Prefers Kim Mitchell
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
hmmm i wonder why frederick reacted so strongly to a post about a performatively woke young man?
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
Ok garrison ease up there now
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
lake woke? be gone!
― mh, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
Ok garrison
that's legitimately the meanest thing anyone ever said about me damn dude do we have beef i didn't know about?
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
Haha man it was just the leading hmmmm <3 etc
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
"one of the good ones"
what is going on here?!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
??
I love how saying 95% of men are gropers and "I've grabbed a butt or two" is p much yawnsville. But me admitting I might have gone to a Natalie Angier lecture for reasons that may not have been 100% pure is like BREAK OUT THE PITCHFORKS
― didgeridon't (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
People here are idiots
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:27 (six years ago) link
That’s the secret to understanding ilx
clearlythis whole situation is pretty messed up!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
I'm such an idiot I can't even figure who is arguing with who
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:33 (six years ago) link
sharing mutual interests so you can have something to talk about is not always relevant imo, mutual love and respect is. my wife and i share vv different interests but that's what makes things so interesting. we love each other a lot, we're each other's best friend, it goes beyond music and so on. idk.
― omar little, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
what interests we don't share aren't ones that we put up with or tolerate in the other person, it's just part of the rich tapestry.
― omar little, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
I only tell ppl how cool I am to my wife to impress the ladies tbh
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
High Fidelity is a shitty movie
― brimstead, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
not controversial
― after "after cease to exist" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
some old politicians aren't inherently malicious, they just have absolutely no idea how normal people live or what life is like outside politics
― mh, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 19:59 (six years ago) link
― brimstead, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 2:44 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this would not be controverisal on topix.com tbf
― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
Omar otm. My last ex and I were like fire with shared music interests brh we didn't share the same values at all. Didn't work obvs
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
I mean even if the 95% stat is true, who on ILX is going to admit they did
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
Star Wars is a blight upon our culture
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
xp there were a couple really bad incidents a very long time ago when I was out drinking and then went with a group of friends or new acquaintances to a dance club and did some ill-advised attempted making out that was either cringeworthy or quickly declined
tbh I deserved a shove
― mh, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
i am definitely not proud of me from ages 18-25, though more for my manipulative needy behavior
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 2:54 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Controversial only inasmuch as you trained your focus on such a specific source of cultural blight.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
It's a fairly large blight
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
bit strong picking on a bunch of kids' movies
― after "after cease to exist" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
Not a fan, but even I’ll admit “a bunch of kids movies” is a little reductive to describe Star Wars.
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
More like manbaby movies
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
(xp) A bunch of shit movies then?
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:19 (six years ago) link
without Star Warses men would be forced to fixate on Shakespeare or something
― after "after cease to exist" (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
Chewbacca was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me...
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
Exactly
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
yes, if only for creating blockbuster culture along with Jaws― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:24 (thirty seconds ago)Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Read that as, 'yes, if only for creating blockbuster culture along with Jews'
O_O
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
Adults who are super into Harry Potter are weird
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
Also extremely otm
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
Οὖτις, you were still a top poster in the star wars 7 thread that time I counted
― crocus bulbotuber (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
Whiney is a top poster in the pitchfork thread.
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:34 (six years ago) link
well, it is the pitchfork is dumb thread
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
you were still a top poster in the star wars 7 thread that time I counted
it's a never-ending battle
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
yes, if only for creating blockbuster culture along with Jaws― flappy bird, Tuesday, December 5, 2017 4
This is the producer's faults, not Spielberg's. But I assume you don't buy Biskind bullshit.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link