Why do people leave ILX for good?

i am not trying to argue i just really don't get it
the lurker mentality and the current mentality seem at odds in a way i can't understand

comes down to once you get involved here it is hard to tear away, whether it is polls-end of year lists

but yeah i should stfu about leaving, should have just posted that i took a break or just not bothered

anyways can we sink this thread now with something else

i like yr posts too!

agree that ilx's writers should have laid the groundwork for these Ross posts

HE WAS ON A BREAK!

Not to sound like a pity party but personally I don't think I'm on anyone's radar enough that anyone would notice if I stopped completely.
Therefore imo announcing "leaving" is probably more useful as a way to motivate yourself to officially tear away than it is useful information for others.

This conversation reminds me of drash, whom I miss here.

https://i.imgur.com/c3AXkoS.jpg

i can't say that i miss that person
i remember them being somewhat inflammatory

Evan u are ILX brigade 4 lyfe homie #squad

yeah evan, good poster man

drash was least inflammatory poster!

and i know i may not be the person to say it tbh but someone else with cred might jump in

also thread got pass-agg imo nagl

ok, tone police!
lol :)

maybe i am misremembering who that was, apols if i misremembered the persona of a screenname of yore

idk its totally possible i have missed something but drash was ... i dont wanna say a sweetheart but ya a sweetheart

agree that ilx's writers should have laid the groundwork for these Ross posts

― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:11 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

HE WAS ON A BREAK!

― Yerac, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:14 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

really? he seems high frequency lately. not that im complaining; big Ross fan here

this is a "how I started posting very frequently" story, not a "why I left for good" story

drash was a great poster.

agree that ilx's writers should have laid the groundwork for these Ross posts

― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:11 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

HE WAS ON A BREAK!

― Yerac, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:14 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

really? he seems high frequency lately. not that im complaining; big Ross fan here

― flopson, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:46 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

smh u claim to be a big ross stan and yet do not know about the famous ross and rachel break scene after ross slept with that woman from the copy shop, gtho

i was gonna say

and here's why

last item on Ross' S/D list for RYM: it's not ILX

Evan u are ILX brigade 4 lyfe homie #squad

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:35 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah evan, good poster man

― Ross, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:36 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haha thanks <3 promise I wasn't fishing for this (though much appreciated and likewise to you both!); was attempting to allude to my shyer/lazier posting frequency overall.

i went back and checked -- poster "drash" was not inflammatory. apologies for misremembering!

you were probably thinking of "brash"

nah
but that poster does share something in common with ross in the claiming of long-term lurking before posting

"the claiming of long-term lurking"

going to steal a page from the Malone family playbook and just say "follow the money" while nodding my head

Did something happen on ilx where your past usernames are no longer in parentheses for some people?

I see parentheses

I think at some point they got split out into "okay, what's your permanent username" vs "okay, what's your changeable display name"

The effect is a bit "the wind changed unexpectedly" in some cases.

(TeleTYpewriter, TTY)

I have seen 2 or 3 past displaynames with my first name in parentheses, but I guess this one is now my permanent one.

I think at some point they got split out into "okay, what's your permanent username" vs "okay, what's your changeable display name"

2007 iirc

sufjan has serious haterade for me, it is obvious bro.

i got the quotes from other threads to confirm it, but you do you man.

it's just a board, man, no one gives a shit

thanks for your contribution

youre probably more classic than dud right.

im out. honestly i wish anvils would drop on some of you spineless jelly fish fuckers

meet me behind the brickyard of my choice and ill show you how to shut your fucking mouth. im done

ROLLING HARDMAN THREAD 2009

haha mookie, you are clueless

you have no idea what ive seen. but i am not gonna have clueless people say shit to me in a thread without thinking i am gonna bite back.

anyways im not gonna risk ban, but i can see the derision some people give me here and it sucks.

so why would i not defend myself

sure it is just a message board

but why should it be relegated to passive aggressive second thoughts threads

just say it

you dont know me, you are just an anonymous avator

as irrelevant as dust

anyways not going to respond to anything further so keep on calling me names, keep on kicking the shit til its done. i dont care.

hey ross...just speaking as someone who i feel like generally we get along fine and i appreciate your posts
i think sometimes it's easy to read in too much to just usually wisecracking and stuff, or at least a level of intent that's not there

but anyway wish you the best no matter, take care

hey Ross, I was not trying to drink any haterade over here. I've enjoyed your posts, and I'm sorry if I gave a different impression by running with the bad Friends joeks. Many of my posts were meant more as a defense of your posts itt. As in why in the world would someone lie about lurking for 20 years?

ross, since you started posting volubly you seem to have veered on a predictable schedule between soliciting pity and validation to bolster your self-confidence, and acting out to provoke hostility that would confirm your self-judgments of worthlessness, then 'storming off' until you feel the need for contact again so that you can test the cycle again and come a little bit closer to deciding whether the eternal drama of acceptance and rejection will come out in your favor or not and whether its outcome will be blamed on others or on you. so far the effect on us is not hugely detrimental or permanent but it's becoming a little tedious. is it really necessary to co-opt us into this private emotional drama that you are in the midst of working through? we would evidently take you without all that.

you should take a breather from this thread for a second. i know you have a history with some posters and have quotes and stuff, but i also think some people are just making jokes to kind of deflate the situation a bit, or just for the sake of making a joke. i'm not saying you're wrong to stand your ground or anything, but i've been there before and it's easy to start saying some things that you might feel regretful about later on

xposts

hardmanning is good, Ross