just looking at the first paragraph, the title of the journal, and the masthead reminded me how long I've been out of academia because I don't know what the title of the magazine means (I probably did at one point, or maybe it's newer trendy term that I'm too old to know), I did recognize the name of a former professor whose class I rarely showed up for, and I confess at first it made me think of the bird vomit eating thing ... reverse peristalsis.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 04:11 (one week ago) link
but it has an @
― schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 04:20 (one week ago) link
lol maybe it doesnt and i’m guessin wrong if so sorry
haha well no, it’s an “&.” and i know the derivation is etc, but i’m too proud to look up the symbol name
― schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 04:27 (one week ago) link
*reading ilx feedback* thanks all, here is to more abstract bitching about capitalism while doing nothing whatsoever on the ground to abolish it.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 08:34 (one week ago) link
I will never vote for anything again, ever.
don't think abolish capitalism is o the ballot anyway, alas
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 09:18 (one week ago) link
film poll results should improve marginally if nothing else
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 09:28 (one week ago) link
Good stuff, deems.
― Not waving but droning (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 09:34 (one week ago) link
... oops, that was meant for the football thread but...
― Not waving but droning (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 09:35 (one week ago) link
lol im tweaking noses today is all
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 09:46 (one week ago) link
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 bookmarkflaglink
That's right
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 10:12 (one week ago) link
Just checking because I haven’t read that thread much, but are people pissed about the abstract vs literal thing and being weird about that now, or am I just reading this thread incorrectly
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 14:18 (one week ago) link
you lib!
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 14:34 (one week ago) link
I’ve said so many things in the past, in general, I assume that at least one of them was completely unforgivable
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 14:54 (one week ago) link
I GOT THE BLUES!
what kinda blues you got, austin?
MY AMP'S BROKE! IT WON'T MAKE NO SOUNDS!
okay, what shade of blue is that?
I GOT THE JOHN CAGE 4'33 BLUES!!!
that's right. you are infinite.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 15:23 (one week ago) link
film poll results should improve marginally if nothing elseI pledge that as long as I’m running the year-of poll that RCV will be retained
― bae (sic), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 22:44 (one week ago) link
Is that actually what a pregnant horse looks like?!!
― sarahell, Saturday, 27 April 2024 13:02 (one week ago) link
Currently on the Site New Answers page there are 16 threads on baseball... this seems a tad excessive.
― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.), Monday, 29 April 2024 12:16 (one week ago) link
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 29 April 2024 12:26 (one week ago) link
We've got great obp round these parts
― H.P, Monday, 29 April 2024 12:35 (one week ago) link
Not many homers though, and there's a lot of pickoffs
― H.P, Monday, 29 April 2024 12:36 (one week ago) link
you can hide particular boards from displaying in sna in preferences - I had to do this to iltmi years ago because it was spoiling my day every time I saw that 'names for different farts' thread
― Platinum Penguin Pavilion (soref), Monday, 29 April 2024 12:42 (one week ago) link
Yeah that’s a good shout, zing can’t do that but you can at least mute threads for the same reason & strongly recommend it.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 29 April 2024 12:49 (one week ago) link
I'm not that bothered tbh, it's just that I said in another thread that there seemed to be a lot of baseball threads all of a sudden ... and there is!
― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.), Monday, 29 April 2024 12:52 (one week ago) link
Also, people seem allergic to making new threads on ILE/ILM, probably not great for sna activity if they’re camping out in decades old threads. It’s not like they charge you money to start a new one. I haven’t seen Civil War but like why not just start a new thread for it rather than posting in one for a six year old film? There’s so many discussions that are interesting that get buried in ancient threads. Anyway.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 29 April 2024 12:53 (one week ago) link
xp you’re always welcome in my ilb thread Tom, if you can’t beat us… ❤️
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 29 April 2024 12:54 (one week ago) link
I agree with gyac, let reasonably new threads prosper
― schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Monday, 29 April 2024 15:14 (one week ago) link
i think necrothreads are of the fascinating quirks of ilx but it is, like... a layer of complexity that takes probably years to get used to. no other message board does it this way because it doesn't make sense lol
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 29 April 2024 15:38 (one week ago) link
I like old threads because I like to see what people thought 24 years ago.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 29 April 2024 15:45 (one week ago) link
TS: creating a new thread because the appropriate existing thread has 'problematic' posts and getting dragged for not using the existing thread vs bumping the thread w/ problematic posts and getting dragged for unearthing these old problematic posts
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Monday, 29 April 2024 15:47 (one week ago) link
banned if you do, banned if you don't
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Monday, 29 April 2024 16:04 (one week ago) link
Always look to revive decades old threads if it's covering what I am looking for. It's tidy, and shows the history of what people were thinking (not least myself).
It's actually interesting to see toxic posts in a different light, today.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 29 April 2024 17:59 (one week ago) link
it's good that people have to confront their views from 20 years ago, but for those of us who weren't there it can be a but of an unpleasant shock when we're just looking to chat about a band we like or w/e
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 29 April 2024 18:06 (one week ago) link
If there's already a thread that covers the exact topic you want to talk about, post in that thread. Example: [band name] C/D threads.
If there's a thread on a topic that organically expands to include related topics, either post to that thread or start a new one. Example: University Challenge thread, which became the general UK quiz show thread over time but could easily have been split off into multiple threads.
If there's a thread about a specific topic and you want to talk about something loosely related to it but not really, start a new thread! Example: that Annihilation thread - if it was an Alex Garland thread then that'd be fine, but honestly, why NOT start a new thread for a completely different film?
― emil.y, Monday, 29 April 2024 18:13 (one week ago) link
(NB: this is entirely personal opinion and not a mod edict or anything)
― emil.y, Monday, 29 April 2024 18:14 (one week ago) link
i agree on the Annihilation thing, which is one of the reasons why i started it today, because people might not have realized we were talking about it, but also anybody looking for a thread on Annihilation years from now is going to be confused at the lengthy discussion of a completely different movie in the middle of the thread.
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Monday, 29 April 2024 18:18 (one week ago) link
Two completely different movies! The chatter about men didn’t really have legs tho, which is maybe the argument for not always starting a new thread for every release (but I agree re civil war)
― subpost master (wins), Monday, 29 April 2024 18:24 (one week ago) link
― sarahell, Monday, 29 April 2024 18:30 (one week ago) link
idk for me there's a temptation to be nostalgic for the "good old days", i think it's nice to have occasional reminders of what it was actually like. i definitely can see how it wouldn't be for everyone, though.
― Kate (rushomancy), Monday, 29 April 2024 18:44 (one week ago) link
It should be easier to change the title of an old thread if the discussion contained within takes an especially sharp swerve.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Monday, 29 April 2024 18:53 (one week ago) link
But then the posts at the beginning of the thread become decontextualised (and sometimes nonsensical). I'm fine with adding on to a title where appropriate and will try to do so in a way that indicates it's a later change, but I don't like swapping out thread titles in general. I must maintain the purity of the archives!
― emil.y, Monday, 29 April 2024 19:02 (one week ago) link
otm!
― Ippei's on a bummer now (WmC), Monday, 29 April 2024 19:08 (one week ago) link
otm
― z_tbd, Monday, 29 April 2024 19:11 (one week ago) link
This is my favorite thread title change from my modding days: Which animal would you use to crush Scrappy Doo?
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Monday, 29 April 2024 19:19 (one week ago) link
NOTE: there is a bunch of regressive humor on that thread (shocking I know)
My fave: amanda palmer's open poem to jonathan chait (and other crimes)
(The second name originally being Robert Smith, and IIRC I added the paranthetical.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 April 2024 19:22 (one week ago) link
Modding for the lols is a different beast entirely - I heartily approve but would be much too scared to do it myself.
― emil.y, Monday, 29 April 2024 19:24 (one week ago) link
#onethread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5kL_PaqaPQ
― scott seward, Monday, 29 April 2024 20:20 (one week ago) link
If there's already a thread that covers the exact topic you want to talk about, post in that thread. Example: [band name] C/D threads.If there's a thread on a topic that organically expands to include related topics, either post to that thread or start a new one. Example: University Challenge thread, which became the general UK quiz show thread over time but could easily have been split off into multiple threads.If there's a thread about a specific topic and you want to talk about something loosely related to it but not really, start a new thread! Example: that Annihilation thread - if it was an Alex Garland thread then that'd be fine, but honestly, why NOT start a new thread for a completely different film?
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 29 April 2024 21:29 (one week ago) link