I believe it’s called a field, technically Xp
― El Tomboto, Monday, 30 October 2017 12:09 (six years ago) link
appreciate the explanation
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 30 October 2017 12:14 (six years ago) link
appreciate the rewording of my joke
― mark s, Monday, 30 October 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
Something like FP has to scale, I think. After all, with a million posters 51 would be achieved too often to be useful, and with 50 posters it wouldn't be reached. If we have fewer posters now maybe it should be scaled down; I don't really care either way. I've only ever clicked the FP button by mistake on my phone, as far as I recall.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Monday, 30 October 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
who says humanity ever scaled
― j., Monday, 30 October 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
greyscale punishment for 51 seems just
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 30 October 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
Fewer posters since when? When was FP introduced?
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Monday, 30 October 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
i thought pissing off each other was our raison d'etre
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 October 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
oh off? whew
― nashwan, Monday, 30 October 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
I seriously doubt we have fewer posters due to FP/SB or anything like that. It is more likely its because we aged out, and also a lot of women left ILX for reasons I'm sure no one needs to go over for the enth time.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Going over things for the enth time ... on ILX ... where there are currently 200+ new posts arguing about the merits of Tusk vs. The White Album?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 04:49 (six years ago) link
yeah but this time someone is totally wrong about the white album
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 04:54 (six years ago) link
i never thought a late night bump about the white album being scary would cause so much tsuris
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 05:03 (six years ago) link
scary is not a word I associate with anything about the Beatles, except for maybe the thought of contracting diseases from their rotting corpses
― sarahell, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 05:05 (six years ago) link
LBI
in lieu of lowering the cap, how about this: tell us who you want to banned, and i will FP them. sure many others would be happy to oblige
― flopson, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 05:08 (six years ago) link
flappy w/ the surprise yiddish drop
― Mordy, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
killfile/ block poster on zing takes the edge off ilx’s worst (tusk white album thread is Swiss cheese chez moi) but maybe The System could auto fp the fools we’ve blocked since as it is I have to actually look at the trash to fp it o/w I’m not doing my part to purify ilx
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
The System could auto fp the fools we’ve blocked
Seems like there would be plenty of reasons to block someone you didn't particularly care for that don't rise to bannable offenses. The point of blocking/killfiling is precisely that it is personal to oneself and tailors ILX to your own predilections. Banning is universal and affects all ILX.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
Yeah to FP and ban people is pretty serious & really only extends to personal attacks, thread stalking, and obviously if they're being openly racist/homophobic/misogynistic/etc etc etc.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
I was going to say that people who post without actually engaging with others is the worst, but maybe the worst people just have every other poster killfiled
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
do you mean ignoring people or not engaging with people in good faith conversation?
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:37 (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
100% wrong
Modban for that
Read the histories son
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
xp both seem fair?
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link
imo some posts can only be engaged with in bad faith
ban turrican
― marcos, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
there it is
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
Everyone wants the perfect society but nobody wants to be a citizen
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
i am going to go back on an fping spree so watch out
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:51 (six years ago) link
fingp's surely
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
― marcos, Tuesday, October 31, 2017 2:47 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't know why I didn't block Turrican after he called me "the Roger Waters of 9/11"
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
oh i just read the white album v tusk thread hahahaha. an fp was handed out i can tell you that much
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
"the Roger Waters of 9/11"
Not really sure what this means?
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
surely roger waters is the roger waters of 9/11
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
I now remember why I mostly avoid ILMcan we get quotes around the word "love" in the board name plz
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
Quotes around "music" also a fair request imo
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
at least I got a new screen name out of this
― the David Gilmour of 9/11 (DJP), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
this is the story: I accidentally posted something in the "unusual details in wikipedia articles" thread that was meant for the twin peaks thread. it was a detail about the building in the opening scene of the first episode not existing, and that someone had figured out the made up building was in the same spot as a church that was destroyed on 9/11, along with a very old Sycamore tree. just something to think about within the twin peaks thread. then Turrican said "Flappy bird is to 9/11 as Roger Waters is to WWII," because i guess he's read enough of my posts to figure out that I lived next to the Twin Towers when 9/11 happened and felt it was necessary to insult me apropos of nothing. Fuck him.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
DJP with all due respect it's really not funny
do you think he has a little counter on his screen where he gives himself points for being rude
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
xp. it's at least a little bit funny
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
knowing you actually lived there, what the ever-loving hell was T doing
i'm not sure T thinks he's engaging with real people.
i mean i hope not.
― Pope Urban the Legend (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
"Flappy bird is to 9/11 as Roger Waters is to WWII,"
Right, I see, so you father died in 9/11.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
being an annoying pedantic asshole is one thing but the 9/11 comment is so over the line & I really don't want that to become a joke because it's not funny and I'd really like to not have to read it in display names and shit, sorry if i'm being a downer
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
Is this better?
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
none of my family died. i'd rather not get into it for obvious reasons.
jim & DJP- i really don't like that line or any reference to it because it was by far the most hurtful thing anyone has ever said to me on ILX. separate from 9/11 references, which obviously I have to deal with every day, it's a fact of life. i mean i'm not gonna FP you but i'd appreciate not having to read a display name that references a really fucking mean line directed at me
xp lol, yes. sorry for being a stick in the mud
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
tbh flappy i thought the way you changed your o.g. login name without making a fuss about it when some of us were having a go at you was v classy so
― Pope Urban the Legend (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
fair's fair i meant to add
― Pope Urban the Legend (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
apologies for being flippant
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:24 (six years ago) link
#neverforget
― sarahell, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link