If "is this funny?" is the benchmark for ILX threads it's game over, man
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 March 2020 19:24 (four years ago) link
The other part of the gag is shakey’s ilx rep as a disrespecter of the recently dead
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Friday, 13 March 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
but that's not funny either
― na (NA), Friday, 13 March 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
Not saying it is, just confirming that there is a joke there
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Friday, 13 March 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
NA are you funny?
― brimstead, Friday, 13 March 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
I recommend we drop all of the uses of "RIP" on the board, as it's played out as both a respectful sentiment and an ironic statement when you really don't wish peace to a jerk
we should simply add ⚰️ to the end of an existing thread title to indicate the subject is no longer alive
― mh, Friday, 13 March 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
It’s sad it was a bit
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Friday, 13 March 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
What's the objection to the fake RIP threads?
Personally I think they are funny. If you want to make a fake RIP thread for me, go for it.
― sarahell, Friday, 13 March 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link
is there even a joke behind "RIP (terrible person who isn't actually dead"? like if it's supposed to be funny, what is funny about it?
― na (NA), Friday, March 13, 2020 12:22 PM (twenty-two minutes ago)
Nice trolling!
― sarahell, Friday, 13 March 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
I think shakey doing RIP Donald Trump etc. is boring and not funny but also who cares?
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Friday, 13 March 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
again, if the bar for donald trump posts/threads is that high then the mods are gonna be here all night
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Friday, 13 March 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
well, considering we aren't supposed to go to actual bars anymore because disease ... maybe this is a great use of mods' and everyone's time
― sarahell, Friday, 13 March 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
When Bob Dylan dies [Started by spazzmatazz in September 2012, last updated three minutes ago by Οὖτις on I Love Music] 8 new answers
― sarahell, Friday, 13 March 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
lol
― mod, Friday, 13 March 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
― nephs and nieces spread diseases (wins), Friday, 13 March 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
maybe we just need to Nult-ify fake RIP thread titles: like Lisa Kudrow will have rested in peace
― sarahell, Friday, 13 March 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
too soon
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 March 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
this thread is much worse than the worst RIP thread
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 13 March 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
ban ban all fake rip threads threads
― shosple colupis (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 13 March 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
xp - maybe just build a wall around this thread if you hate it so much bro
― sarahell, Friday, 13 March 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
ban? fake all RIP threads!
― glumdalclitch, Friday, 13 March 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
oh I quite like it, it's just not as good as either of the RIP Kanye West threads
― Webcam Du Bois (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 13 March 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
fake RIP threads are about as funny as rickrolls at this point, "ha ha gotcha made you think this horrible human being whose entire existence revolves around hurting other people is dead but he's NOT! PSYCH!"
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 13 March 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
Shakey Mo literally no one has ever found this funny please do the right thing and self-isolate from ILX.
― Matt DC, Friday, 13 March 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
it's Allemande left and Allemande rightc'mon ya fuckin' dummy get your right step right
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Friday, 13 March 2020 21:07 (four years ago) link
Hard agreeHard disagree
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Friday, 13 March 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
not really
^ this
― God gave toilets rolls to you, gave toilet rolls to you (Tom D.), Friday, 13 March 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
I like mh’s idea about the ⚰️ emoji
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 14 March 2020 01:41 (four years ago) link
Has anyone with a fake RIP thread died irl yet?
Shakey started the 'RIP Castro' thread back in the golden age/dark ages of ILX. It rambled on for years, but Fidel finally kicked it over and unfunny joke became unfunny reality.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 14 March 2020 05:53 (four years ago) link
Correction: Shakey didn't, in spite of his notoriety in such respects. am0n did.
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 14 March 2020 05:56 (four years ago) link
shakey can do it
no one else can
fin
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 March 2020 06:46 (four years ago) link
sigh
for the record i'm not making any sort of a personal judgement against shakey, shakey is cool, i'm just fucking sick of the fake rip threads, particularly when they drag on for, like, decades. it's demoralizing.
thank you, carry on
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 14 March 2020 08:47 (four years ago) link
they always make me laugh
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 14 March 2020 08:48 (four years ago) link
shakey is cool
You don't need to go that far
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Saturday, 14 March 2020 12:03 (four years ago) link
when u read da fake rip thread
https://media.giphy.com/media/8qNjYi7lrP236/giphy.gif
― lag∞n, Saturday, 14 March 2020 13:51 (four years ago) link
I always hoped Shakey was actually the grim reaper announcing forthcoming deaths and the delay in it actually occurring is afterlife redtape because the afterlife is a partisan bureaucracy
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 March 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
The shit Burt heard in those NY cars were his commercials
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 March 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
These thread titles are the worst. Ban ‘em
― ed.b, Sunday, 15 March 2020 00:50 (four years ago) link
*gavel* motion denied
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 15 March 2020 01:02 (four years ago) link
fake rip threads are a triumph of science
― latin hypercube in shitspace (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 15 March 2020 01:04 (four years ago) link
but if they ever become sentient, they will destroy us all.
― latin hypercube in shitspace (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 15 March 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
its a risk we gotta take
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 March 2020 01:24 (four years ago) link