other: gaz coombes
― how's life, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
The underlying lack of anonymity that so many of you seem to cherish makes this place even more alienating to a newcomer tbh. I already felt this during my first stint as a half-lurker in 2003 or so.
― pomenitul, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
CAD otm. It is most definitely all of those things for me too.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
but actually don't wish to cultivate followers or quantify how much people like your thoughts
i enjoy the challenge of hurling bon mots into the abyss day after day, with only the occasional grudging excelsior to offer a brief, bittersweet endorphin burst
― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:11 (six years ago) link
i hate 'likes' and hate 'upvotes' even more, all of that shit is poisonous
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
'i hate likes and i like everything else'
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:13 (six years ago) link
what is ILX like on a phone? if its in any way not phone-friendly that might be another reason why people stick to their tweets and instacat pictures.
― scott seward, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
it's super phone friendly (except that you can't search out an old thread you want to bump)
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
I don't remember any mean-spiritness. Except maybe for the twoooooo weeeeeks thing.
― Yerac, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:02 (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Roy Keane Saipan?!
XP I ilx phone exclusively it is not a demotivator
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
his underapprecation on this board is a scandal, it's true
― smashong pumpgong (Noodle Vague), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
One person's 'ilx got less mean' is another person's 'jesus this place suck now' I dunno if that could be of value to point out
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
True, some people seem to treat him as some sort of figure of fun. (xp)
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
Lol throughout the years i’ve always thought “do A and B, like, actually know each other irl and hang out at those fappy things or whatever theyre called”?I dont recall ilx being super mean-spirited, but that 07 period was pretty high energy. Xp
― Global Arming's Terrifying Old Math$ (Hunt3r), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
i love j0n W irl but cmon he was mean. cutty was mean. hst3nc1l was mean.
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:25 (six years ago) link
darraghmac that point has been clear to me since people started calling it the golden ageclassic insider/outsider perspectives!
i remember a lot of mean spiritednessjust for one quick example, the threads where people would make fun of other people on the board were at least somewhat openly mean-spirited, at least they were imoi used to follow them just to make sure i didn't show up. honest truth there. :-/
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
I don't remember any of them being mean? But I also always thought gabbneb was fine too. He at least would buy pizza at faps for everyone.
― Yerac, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:28 (six years ago) link
i always felt bad when people got picked on here. even if they were being jerky or obtuse. nobody has ever really picked on me here and if that was common i totally wouldn't still be here. i never understood the people who were gluttons for punishment. why they took/take abuse for so long. maybe some people just like getting yelled at.
― scott seward, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:28 (six years ago) link
Thankfully I've only ever gotten consistent grief from one mysteriously-beloved dickhole who's since vacated the premises. It wasn't enough to make me leave but it was a fuckin' bummer and definitely curbed my posting significantly.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
As long as Mordy and Dr Morbius both post there will be equilibrium.
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
Two wallows do not make a wummer guys let's keep thread posi and constructive!
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
"It wasn't enough to make me leave but it was a fuckin' bummer and definitely curbed my posting significantly."
this happened to me too. where i really thought i was going for good because of one person. i couldn't take it. i did actually leave for awhile because of it.
― scott seward, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
I was terrified of the "what a horribly formed 'joke'" thread because I both like to joke and can be pretty sensitive (more so in the past).
― Evan, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link
Starting to post here again after years of Facebook was really a trip because you have to lay down your thoughts without any knowledge of what the majority thinks of them beyond yr own ability to read the room. It's kinda scary but leads to way more interesting convos, also when someone does go "OTM" the endorphin rush is so much sweeter.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
RONG
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link
yea I stopped posting for a while because of that person too. he'd literally tell other posters to get raped and die over the most innocuous shit and most of ILX would just be like "aww, hope you work past your mental issues *hugs*" meanwhile I'd rack up 5,000,000 SBs because I posted about how shirtless Australian dudes were hot
― frogbs, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
Can we name names here I'm kinda lost
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
I'll turn all mirrors inwards if it helps
You're slipping D.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
Actually I might be thinking of the wrong person.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
deems otm so many mysteriously-beloved dickholes to choose from
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
best-beloved dickhole
(sorry enbb, much love to benson)
― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
We're talking about Dom, right?
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
x-post lol
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
yeah I'm sure frogbs and OL are talking about different ppl but I have no idea who (well with frogbs I do)
― imago, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
beloved is not usu. a word I associate with Dom tbh
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
lmao you might be right
― frogbs, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
Yeah, p sure we're talking about different people. Dom was no treat but never abusive towards me.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
frogbs is talking about a certain hungry princess who was by all accounts a v sweet guy when he wasn't spewing trollish hatred online
OL I can't tell but I have an inkling
― imago, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
LJ, your inkling is most likely correct.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
oh yes princess [percussion instrument frequently used by Mahler] right
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
What
Jesus times I wonder was I ever on this site at all
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
ah yes, princess coconuts
― alien lames (NickB), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:05 (six years ago) link
a few posters quit forever during the Luna thing, m1ss m1s3ry i remember in partic
why did turangalila quit? I can't remember now. And did he come back?
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:06 (six years ago) link
I don't ever like people being dicks about other people unless those other people have really done something to deserve it, think I'm probably not alone in this, but it's difficult to forcibly stand up for wishy washy opinions even if they are obviously right.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
The only thing beneficial about likes and upvotes is knowing someone read your post? ILX is full of little essays followed by responses to other posts or new little essays. Upvotes or likes compensate for the fact that you can't pick up on normal face to face conversation visual or audio cues. You have to see someone respond to a point nested in your essay to find out whether you're even part of the discussion.
xposts
― Evan, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Monday, February 26, 2018 9:06 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
kv_nol bailed during lunagate, but not before attempting to give me the ol "what for" in an email.
― omar little, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:10 (six years ago) link
yea I stopped posting for a while because of that person too. he'd literally tell other posters to get raped and die over the most innocuous shit and most of ILX would just be like "aww, hope you work past your mental issues *hugs*"
― frogbs, Monday, February 26, 2018 11:44 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I had this experience! I did get an apology eventually though. Wonder if it's the same person.
― Evan, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:10 (six years ago) link
it's possible i know who Old Lunch is talking about too but idk.
― omar little, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link
http://revuepostures.com/sites/postures-dev.aegirnt2.uqam.ca/files/thumbnails/image/sans_titre8.png
― pomenitul, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link
I forget, was Lunagate that she wasn't who she was in her posted pics???
― Yerac, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link