T/S: ILE film threads vs. ILE politics threads - which one makes you not want to live more

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But we all know you are Mike Paradinas!

n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm a contributor to some of the uglier film threads: my reaction here is, if you don't like a thread, make it better. why hold your tongue? get stuck in and make a bad thread good. if you don't have the game, you're part of the problem too.

Enrique, naked in an unfamiliar future where corporations run the world... (Enri, Monday, 15 August 2005 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_More_You_Know/images/logo.jpg

jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 15 August 2005 17:56 (eighteen years ago) link

all ilx threads are enough to make me want to die of grief, but only after engendering a worldwide nuclear holocaust

Vichitravirya XI (Vichitravirya XI), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:18 (eighteen years ago) link

even the one i started about burritos?

kingfish completely hatstand (Kingfish), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Threads about ILX.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link

(not "i'm logged out & i have a problem," but "i'm logged out & don't like someone here and i'm too pussy to post under my real fake name")

exactly.

sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link

(not "i'm logged out & i have a problem," but "i'm logged out & don't like someone here and i'm too pussy to post under my real fake name")

Yeah, those are the worst. Even the film and political threads usually have a few posts of interest, but the spineless passive-aggression of the logged out threads are without worth.

Leon C. (Ex Leon), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link

i don't even understand why some ilxors get so bitchy about "i'm logged out and i have a problem" threads -- erm, what's wrong if someone needs advice and doesn't want the entire internet to know their business? ilx didn't exactly invent the concept of the "anonymous agony-aunt letter."

sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:32 (eighteen years ago) link

how to put this: NEWSPAPERS MAKE THEM UP. and, maybe, oftentimes, LOGGED OUT IS MAKING SHIT UP TOO.

Enrique, naked in an unfamiliar future where corporations run the world... (Enri, Monday, 15 August 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link

did i say anything about newspapers? NO I DID NOT

sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link

where do you read 'anonymous agony aunt letters'?

Enrique, naked in an unfamiliar future where corporations run the world... (Enri, Monday, 15 August 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link

it's really called the "anonymous agony-aunt letter"?

wow

kingfish completely hatstand (Kingfish), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I'd just like to say that all of *my* logged-out posts have been "completely true", in the sense that the only stuff I've invented *should* be obviously joking.

"I'm logged out and I have a problem" threads are, to my mind, the *only* reason for retaining the ability to post when logged out. They are a very, very strong reason, though. I really don't like "i'm logged out so that i can bitch about other people here" threads, although to be honest I can't promise that I've never done it. I can't remember whether I have or not.

Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Threads like this.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link

agreed

sittin here la la waitin for my ya ya (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Threads like this cause me to create threads like this:

ILX Slander Thread!

The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link

They all make me marvel at the variety and complexity of human experience. No, really. I love opening a thread with like 728 posts that I haven't read and finding some completely batshit pissing match going on and then tracing it backwards to its origins. I also love threads that start about one thing (hydro-politics in Cambodia or whatever) and turn into picture threads of people with gills and webbed feet. Those are my favorites.

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link

I guess politics threads take longer to scroll to the bottom with. And, therefore they cause me to use up more energy, and maybe shorten my life by nanoseconds. I dunno.

jel -- (jel), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Jel is officially the awesomest guy alive.

The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link

two years pass...

good thread

That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link

What makes you laugh is seen as unfunny mouthbreather/lowest-common-denominator wankery by others, and therefore you're an idiot for liking such piffle.

-- kingfish completely hatstand (Kingfish), Monday, 15 August 2005 16:26 (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

OTM

Dom Passantino, Friday, 16 November 2007 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link

nine months pass...

"ice cream" made it close today, but TV-glued Democrats, no contest.

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link

so you did use glue, huh

gabbneb, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link

ilx film snobs suckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk (FYI It's people like you--not Justin Timberlake--who prevent great films like Alpha Dog from finding their potentially enormous audiences)

Tape Store, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 23:49 (fifteen years ago) link

Oh, keep quiet, you. No one discussing film here has predictable taste or takes himself too seriously.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link

nooooo.

special guest stars mark bronson, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link

gaylords be uppity

DG, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link

Oh, keep quiet, you. No one discussing film here has predictable taste or takes himself too seriously.

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link

Gaylords be pointing out the film and gay threads overlap.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 00:07 (fifteen years ago) link

Is special guest stars mark bronson a new genius, or an old one w/ nu name?

Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link

special guest stars mark bronson is judd apatow

max, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link

*chuckles, heartily*

special guest stars mark bronson, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link

three years pass...

still a Sophie's choice

Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link

We should start a thread about political films for full do not want to live on this planet-tude

Muammar for the road (Michael White), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link

actually, the OWS thread has slightly improved the political landscape, while the mall-movie crowd will probably name Kusturica's Underground the 199th best of the '90s.

Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link

"action movie" poll will be worst ever (Bourneshit over Buster Keaton)

Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link

three months pass...

welp

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link

even morbs would vote for obama when faced w/santorum!~

― omar little, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:18 PM

batshit navelgazing now with deranged mindreading added

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link

this thread does not constitute a loophole

Mordy, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link

have you met my Russian friend, Pissov?

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link

No, but I gave up making friends with vulgarities for Lent

Mordy, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link

it's crazy how bad both these types of threads can be even with morbs' relentless positivism and constructive input. keep trying dude

A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link

the experiment is all about not tryin'

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link

morbs that was just my 'candyman' call for you

omar little, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link

I almost never dip into one of these two types of threads, so I vote movie threads.

dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link

Though by this point the war of the ILX film snobs has long ago been lost.

dead-trius (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link

at least both are better than the whole of ILM.

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link

I'm glad you're finally coming out of your shell and allowing yourself to be a little more openly opinionated these days, Morbs.

One Hundred Years Of Solid Food (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link

it's been a struggle, but I'm good enough and smart enough.

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link

Not the poll threads! They give me life!

Norse Jung (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link

The Boo Radleys followed by Yo La Tengo shudder

sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link

i think nv's suggestion is reasonable and i fully support it

Mordy, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link

The Boo Radleys followed by Yo La Tengo shudder

― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

When will the Dead C save us!

xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link

eight months pass...

if i ever post abt politics again, plz just fucking kill me

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 January 2016 00:25 (eight years ago) link

two months pass...

^^^^^^^

we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 27 March 2016 14:27 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

JUST SHOOT ME

we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 May 2016 00:40 (seven years ago) link

more efficient, less illegal options:

https://freedom.to/
https://getcoldturkey.com/

wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link

scrolling up - thx for reminding me about doing the teen sex comedy poll, I'll get on that

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link

Don't want to jinx it, but this thread has been Morbs-free round here for several days running

― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison)

I don't think you have to worry about jinxing it. It seems I've had quite enough of The Worst Supreme Puppet Auction Yet, not to mention posters X, Y and Z.

we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 01:36 (seven years ago) link

i mean, when i read about Obomber's "progressive foreign policy" i knew i had to get out of there or die.

we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link

two years pass...

now more than ever

dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Friday, 3 August 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link

definitely the politics threads. would be nice if USA could pretend they are not the centre of the world for once - just overly taxing and exhausting - do not know how you residents do it. Appreciate my american posters here but yeah

Ross, Friday, 3 August 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link

eleven months pass...

shoot me in the fucking head

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link

Political threads make me want to kill, but religion threads make me want to die.

― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy)

lol

sleeve, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link

Film threads get me in my funny bone. The politics threads of the last several years get me in my gag reflex.

Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link

the political threads are good, you just gotta skip through the noise and know the good posters

My attitude towards film threads is probably like how ILE-ers feel about ILM

brimstead, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link

Can we ban Dennis Perrin though?

Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 18:41 (four years ago) link

shoot me in the fucking head

But who would keep us apprised of the social media exploits of the world’s least funny comedians?

Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link

it's truly a tribute to the cesspool that are ilx politics threads that morbz is not the most tedious repetitive asinine poster to them

Mordy, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link

thanks sweetums

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link

three months pass...

i'm not taking any more fucking shit, so get those fingers ready

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link

Well done, trying for suicide by FP when theres like 2 bored australians and a daschund on the site. That'll go nicely.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link

I know, the aughts music polls have been rough.

Pauline Male (Eric H.), Thursday, 24 October 2019 12:40 (four years ago) link

(Honestly thought this was actually related to a film thread at first tbh. But then again, detrius only really gets revving up today.)

Pauline Male (Eric H.), Thursday, 24 October 2019 12:55 (four years ago) link

four years pass...

it's been a struggle, but I'm good enough and smart enough.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:26 PM (eleven years ago)

and dog gone it...
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:39 PM (eleven years ago)

ten months pass...


This made me laugh anew just now

active spectator of ecocide and dispossession (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 16:01 (five months ago) link


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