that's like saying Trump should be president
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
do we really love politics tho
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
If this means quarantining every motherfucker in the trump/politics threads I’m all for itI also vote yeay for treesh to be part of the gestapo
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
ile is fine we already have enough boards
― marcos, Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
most of which are dead
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
Alfred is right I am a fiery demagogue
― 🦅 (Trϵϵship), Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
Ilx has never needed a firm iron fist as bad as it does nowTreesh go pinochet on us baby
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
i love politics combined with De Subjectivisten, all posts auto-translated.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/T4qXydx.jpg
Did a mock-up just to show how nice all those threads could look if they were all together in one place.
― how's life, Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
yeah a place i would never fucking visit
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
maybe that's a good thing, who can say
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
I mean, that's like half of ILE right now which is kinda my point.
― how's life, Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
that's why it needs to split off. ILE has lost it's character as a place to discuss general topics
― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
i think this would lead to LESS political discussion on the boards
which would be good
― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
I always click on ILE, so subthreads make no sense to me.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
xps It might! And that might not be the worst thing. I had c&p'd that only roxymuzak quote to show that things used to be different and apparently we were once yearning for more political content.
― how's life, Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
The trick is to exclude the new i luv poli board from ILE
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
political content would be good if it was the substantive debate of issues and ideas. when it's just trump content it's worse for you than cigarettes, i'm guessing, and as addictive because there is always a new reminder of terrifying it all is
― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
xp: well, from SNA at least.
― how's life, Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
Put it this wayWe implement this idea and not only will i stop shitposting, i will revive my intellectual socks much of ilx knew and loved
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
Maybe
i also want to moderate an astrology board
― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
you sound like you have too much time on your hands
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 6 September 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
How about if it's called 'I Hate Politics' instead? More accurate.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
I think we should spend six months agreeing on definitions of terms first
― fuck giving a bear beer (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
― fuck giving a bear beer (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
I think we should spend five months agreeing on definitions of terms first
― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
Motion carried on first terms to now only last five months.
― nashwan, Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
why is there an i love film board but lots & lots of threads about movies & teevee on ILE ?
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
i love film is for the cognoscenti and i love everything is for the common man
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 7 September 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
do this and make treesh a mod; excising politics is the only way to save the patient at this pt
― Mordy, Friday, 7 September 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
I think a new board would be good. It probably won't impact me personally, but it really does seem like ILE is overloaded with politics threads, and that it's causing a bad experience for a lot of folks that come here to get away from politics
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 7 September 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
Yes please. A quarantine is long overdue.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 8 September 2018 08:43 (five years ago) link
I can't imagine how an ILX user with a disdain for political threads keeps accidentally clicking on them when they are clearly labelled thus. Or even going one step further and accidentally engaging with them!
― calzino, Saturday, 8 September 2018 08:51 (five years ago) link
Let's just fuse all boards, that'll solve it.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 8 September 2018 09:33 (five years ago) link
well with yr movies & teevee I can't always tell from the titles what it's aboutwould be happy just to be able to hide threads I guessthe level of politics discourse here is generally rather low but as a substitute for having to wade through twitter, usa newspapers, etc., it works well
― droit au butt (Euler), Saturday, 8 September 2018 11:36 (five years ago) link
With any luck the sheer volume of political posting will return to a more tolerable background noise level after the current moment in history passes over and there’s less shit to be appalled by on a daily basis.
― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Saturday, 8 September 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link
I refuse to accept the current political climate in the anglosphere as “the new normal,” basically
― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Saturday, 8 September 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
it's not the "new normal", but only because things are going to get a lot worse from here
i wouldn't bank on any kind of restoration of 2015-era status quo
― milkshake duck george bernard shaw (rushomancy), Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
I Love Pessimism
― nashwan, Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
I think it will get better because of the progressive insurgencies in the democratic party represented by ocasio cortez and others is coinciding with the republican party’s ultimate disgrace, which is just taking longer than people anticipated.
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
That is at least one way to read the tea leaves.
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
delete all ilx boards except happy robots
― crüt, Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
I don't understand how the politics thread or threads could be more clearly labeled?like 95% of the politics discussion happens on 3 threadsI'm generally against sub boards with exception like sports ones makes senseeven I love books I wish wasn't, I feel really too much of a country rube to stumble into that but would be fun to discuss books
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
i read that thing obama said yesterday. he always was good at speeches. he's on a total "life of brian" trip right now. me, i'm down with it. i try to always look on the bright side of life.
― milkshake duck george bernard shaw (rushomancy), Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
whatever the "level" of discussion is honestly the media/social media landscape is so dire, even at it's most contentious the ilx us politics thread is a way I can guarantee I stay on top of any story though a filter of goofiness and/or predictable/adorbs quirks like tombot hulking out and calling everyone fucking idiots or Morbs Perrin stuff etc etc etca subboard will have less discussion and be less usefulmy .02
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
kinda with m@tt here, normally the politics thread is mitigating my distress not enhancing it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
normally
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 8 September 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link