tbf i probably shouldve read the early part of this thread before asking
― ≖_≖ (Lamp), Friday, 17 October 2014 01:52 (nine years ago) link
about the amount that i post, i am a compulsive procrastinator in graduate school and i think the amount of time i spend both posting to ilx and talking to people on gchat and facebook chat is dysfunctional.
but i like many of the people here and the discussions are more interesting than most other places i've found on the internet.
― Treeship, Friday, 17 October 2014 01:55 (nine years ago) link
do you like that hozier song?
― dylannn, Friday, 17 October 2014 01:59 (nine years ago) link
what are the next most interesting places you have found on the internet
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 October 2014 02:00 (nine years ago) link
treeship what grad program are you in?
― ≖_≖ (Lamp), Friday, 17 October 2014 02:09 (nine years ago) link
dylannn: yes, very much. a bit self-pitying, but in the way that i can be so i relate. "take me to church" is the one you are talking about right?
nakh: i don't know. lots of things. i like that blog "the charnel house."
― Treeship, Friday, 17 October 2014 02:11 (nine years ago) link
lamp: i'm just doing a one year masters of education program that involves certification as a high school english teacher. i've dabbled in literature grad classes but never officially enrolled in a program and ultimately decided not to pursue a phd... for now
― Treeship, Friday, 17 October 2014 02:12 (nine years ago) link
trís ive never read anything by rawls or rorty or any of those centre ground american humanities mavens, do you think people should read their books?
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
rorty is awesome
― Mordy, Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
contingency, irony + solidarity is worth reading
just in terms of general edification?
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link
do people read these books apart from in universities
trying to remember what the book the person was reading in that excellent scene in the sopranos where he is sitting reading while listening to second viennese school piano music and is told by his wife that the crime he witnessed was mafia related and then they freak out
think it might have been rawls or rorty
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
also trís how would you feel if a very erudite and patrician socially and fiscally conservative yankee sort of poster joined ilx
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
question #1.) only read rorty, and only contingency, irony, and solidarity. the best part of that book is the chapter on nabokov.
question #2.) i think that sounds sweet. there's too much homogeneity of opinion here. guy like that would probably force people to question and refine their perspectives, ultimately strengthening them.
― Treeship, Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
even if that poster were to have some rather difficult views about gender, race and so forth? what if they revealed themselves to have donated $15,000 to pro life campaign groups in the last year?
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
you tell a guy something in confidence
― local eire man (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
idk i'm w/ marcuse we shd be intolerant of intolerance imo
― clouds, Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
yeah, this person presumably would exist whether he posted to ilx or not. if he poses his views in interesting, provocative ways i think that could be useful and who knows maybe he would change his views or soften them
― Treeship, Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
if he was an abusive, obtuse dick then he would just ruin threads and get banned. but you said he was erudite
― Treeship, Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
yes, erudite, and haughty
from new england
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
what's his name
― 龜✊ (wins), Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
lowell
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
he would describe himself as a 'reluctant schopenhauerian pessimist' on ilx, though not on his twitter biography because he would have left twitter after deciding that microblogging was 'inimical to proper reflection'
what's his middle name?
― I can't make my waterface turn into a *fart* (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
How would he react to people playfully abbreviating his name to "lol"
― Treeship, Sunday, 19 October 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
just would not reply to any post that did not substantially engage his own arguments
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Sunday, 19 October 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
he would have a low threshold for caustically insincere nihilistic irony
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Sunday, 19 October 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
a lowell threshold
― I can't make my waterface turn into a *fart* (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link
a 'I got friends in lowell places' dn
― I can't make my waterface turn into a *fart* (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link
a 'lowellin in the deep' dn
― I can't make my waterface turn into a *fart* (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link
tempted to make an "ask lowell" thread to see if he'll materialize
― Treeship, Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link
It will be a Field of Lols
― I can't make my waterface turn into a *fart* (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:58 (nine years ago) link
Treeship,
What did you think if Hatfields & McCoys?
― I can't make my waterface turn into a *fart* (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 19 October 2014 22:59 (nine years ago) link
i think they both had some pretty good points.
― Treeship, Sunday, 19 October 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
would Lowell like pineapple on pizza?
― I can't make my waterface turn into a *fart* (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 19 October 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link
Seems that you took some time off. How was your time away? Were you more productive?
Not Lamp,
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 3 November 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
i'm not supposed to be back. i made a pledge on Facebook to not read the internet (beyond Facebook PMs, emails, and things for school and work) for the rest of the calendar year. today was a relapse.
i was much more productive during the two weeks i was away though.
― Treeship, Monday, 3 November 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
ah, you are still doing pretty well then.
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 3 November 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
thanks sufjan.
going to stop posting on lena dunham now. here is something to enjoy while i am gone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQFmsvPo6BQ
― Treeship, Monday, 3 November 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
Rewatching Roseanne for the umpteenth time and realizing how much the Amy Sherman-penned episodes feel like proto-GG.
― Thereby Creating Humor (Old Lunch), Monday, 3 November 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Lord_Byron_-_Childe_Harold%27s_Pilgimage_-_Dugdale_edition.jpg
trís have you read this
― disconnected externalized and unrecognizable signifying structure (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
trís as a declared fan of autumn, how do you feel about that season giving way to winter
― نكبة (nakhchivan), Saturday, 6 December 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
i hate it. it gets dark early and i feel less productive.
― Treeship, Sunday, 7 December 2014 06:24 (nine years ago) link
triste
― estela, Sunday, 7 December 2014 06:36 (nine years ago) link
estela apreesh thread^^
― gr8080, Sunday, 7 December 2014 08:14 (nine years ago) link
i was productive today, despite the cold and dark
― Treeship, Monday, 8 December 2014 03:56 (nine years ago) link
i don't totally hate winter. very cold days can be beautiful. i go on long walks and bike rides in the cold.
― Treeship, Monday, 8 December 2014 04:07 (nine years ago) link
it's still autumn btw
― I can just, like, YOLO with Uber (bernard snowy), Monday, 8 December 2014 04:32 (nine years ago) link
I've only just now finished memorizing Shelley "To the West Wind", how the fuck am I gonna bring that up in conversation if it's not still autumn
― I can just, like, YOLO with Uber (bernard snowy), Monday, 8 December 2014 04:33 (nine years ago) link