US posters appear more loyal to ILX than UK ones...why?

what's this LJ exodus you speak of?

can't get into LJ at all - i tend to find him unreadable

US posters also seem to have a thicker skin regarding trolling and zinging, and personal insults, so maybe that's the answer?

i'd wager the US contingent doesn't include many refugees from a Belle & Sebastian mailing list

These threads always amuse me because I keep forgetting that there's an entire other layer of people who dislike each other standing right behind the layer of people who dislike each other that I always notice.

i'd wager the US contingent doesn't include many refugees from a Belle & Sebastian mailing list

way more than i expected tho

I think that part of the UK olde ILX exodus is based around their being the original ILX people, and they do not like that their child has grown legs and turned into a Frankenstein's monster where people mix metaphors a lot.

way more than i expected tho

I always forget that Sinister is responsible for Laurel and rrrobyn, both of whom have told me, after I've brought up Belle & Sebastian, "Oh, I don't really listen to them anymore."

never forget, never forgive

i'd wager the US contingent doesn't include many refugees from a Belle & Sebastian mailing list

HAI, have we met?

hope not

i thougt DG was ex-sinister

ha

I don't actually know who DG is but I would have pegged him for ex-sinister, too -- or at least assumed he was one of the crew incl, roughly, Ptee and Popkins and those Londoners.

i'm not taking any betting tips from you guys

i thought DG was garu G's brother.

Well that's good to know, I was wondering why a friend of Tim's would be so rude.

;_;

DG started ILE right? much to answer for

tell me about it

ITS NOT ONE OF MINE HE NVER EVEN SEEN ME FLANGE

garu g is the pinefox without his ritalin, everyone knows that

WAIT - maybe the american contingent are more loyal because, being more geographically dispersed, they never have to meet each other?

How many of the top posters have you met?

I'm also ex-sinister

little known fact about mandee

wtf is people's problem with spencer? LOOSERS

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Yeah, I'm not sure. I mean, Jon seems to hate me for reasons I'm not really sure about, and it's probably just people going along with him. Or something about me is generally offensive to the more recent kind of posters. I guess I'll just try and ignore the name calling and hostility, but at some point it's just not worth it. I should probably have just played along early on, but I didn't really understand it and wondered why I should anyway.

I could probably think of as many US as UK posters who don't post any more. Perhaps Grandpont Genie is noticing it more because he knows more of the missing British posters personally?

spencer i think you have more friends on the board than you have enemies anyway

Wait, wtf is 'offensive' about Spencer?

Here we go!

The concept of an ILX friend is great. The concept of an ILX enemy is completely fucking laughable.

Max, it used to be friends and people I didn't know. Now there's friends and "enemies" and I'm thinking why deal with it at all?

suzy, OTM. Hate away, folks, I couldn't really care less.

I am more comfortable with people hating now.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u51/EreKosETheEternal_bucket/Haterz.png

hoodieasbomakingsignbehinddavidcameron.jpg

But anyway, to get back to the main theme, I think a number of key American Anglophiles who sort of bridged the cultural gap aren't really posting anymore.

And I feel like Ned is posting less.

But maybe not, let me check the stats...

wonder how many ilxors have been posting regularly for five years or more without some kind of lengthy spell away

Hah, well I've been posting less this month, certainly. But my attention is a little more broadly spread out these days.

spencer is cool and handsome

jw doesn't like him iirc because he is a 'ricer'?

ask me anything re the history of ilx.xls obv

sweet

xpost, haha I think it's more than that.

wonder how many ilxors have been posting regularly for five years or more without some kind of lengthy spell away

hi

(i'm not proud of this)

Spencer, I've noticed a few times you've gotten zinged and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with you at all, it's just people talking shit and trying to be funny. It's probably not worth letting it get to you, unless it's to the point where it outweighs any enjoyment you get from ILX. (I know some people will probably find this rich coming from me, since I have a habit of taking things quite personally, but I think I've learned to let the trivial stuff slide.)

wonder how many ilxors have been posting regularly for five years or more without some kind of lengthy spell away

I just had my 5-year ILXversary a month or two ago.

I also feel that on ILM very few people (like Steve and 3 others maybe) are discussing music that I care about. I wonder where those people have gone.

dude don't even make out like ur .xls is bigger than mine

i should see if Vox is hiring

my question is 'what happened?'

People got bored. Covered this in another thread but I particularly dislike or, in some cases, have grown to dislike the contributions of certain of the more prominent (and in many cases celebrated) posters on ILX. I think I called them humourless but that wasn't what I meant at all, what I meant was joyless as well supercilious and just plain cold. I recommend hanging out with the ILB Crew, they're cool!

I maintain steadfast and unwavering loyalty to the ILX brand. Bloomps be praised.

hopefully all of these emigre uk ilx posters have found a new place to discuss new bbc2 panel shows, today's daily express frontpage, ben goldacre and the hypocrisy of the liberal democrats

A pub would be a good place

Human contact though, wow

it does feel like a rather quick exit on behalf of the Brits.

seen that new cassetteboy conference rap dog latin?

i saw a Cassetteboy thing the other day, but i think it was just Osborne or some other Tory figurehead. Hadn't seen/heard anything else by him since about 2002 though.

how many brits post regularly these days? a baker's monkey?

Don't know but the number of Yanks is yea big.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0eVkrDIgAEGxi-.jpg:large

I recommend hanging out with the ILB Crew, they're cool!

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what it is. in fact we're due an autumn FAP I reckon.

as for me, i'm working too much to contribute regularly, which frankly disgusts me (the work bit, though it'd be good to be contributing more - or at all really - as well.)

Yeah I *did* hang out with the ILB cru after that Pynchon talk recently, was ace

but there's a reticence to post I've noticed, not sure why. The level of discourse is quite good, when it does happen

would hang quietly in background of an ilb cru meet i think

I endorse the observation that ILB's UK contingent is top notch. If I were nearer London, I'd gladly FAP with them and be all the better for it.

not at all, you'd be dancing on the tables in no time (xp)

would you fuck deems, that behaviour would only be an indication that you were in need of strong liquor and a contrarywise kick up the arse.

xp!

aimless, should you ever have the luxury of a UK visit - there's some very good walking as I'm sure you know tho i realise circumstances may not be expedient - you just need to send up the signal.

would you fuck deems

pls dont start sentences like this pls

now you put it like that.

poll?

by all means don't let's

the british left

A thread connection if ever there was one

loool wins

I blame our less extensive cinematic comic universe