Threat of the artist
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 01:50 (six years ago) link
OTM is still part of my brain
― The Spilling of a Sacred Beer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
"people that YELP are scumbags" pops into my head at least once a week
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 02:25 (six years ago) link
how i break it down to certain extent.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 02:27 (six years ago) link
"blood diamonds"/"8080"
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 02:34 (six years ago) link
i enjoy seeing current/former ilxors use the terminology in a professional context -- 'why is _______ so bad and hated' is one i remember for sure
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 03:04 (six years ago) link
Gaz Coombes
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 03:08 (six years ago) link
why because she look intersting
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 03:08 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I have a real hard time making myself spell 'intersting' the way the rest of the world spells it.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 03:53 (six years ago) link
For the love of all things holy, how has 'I can't turn my face into a heart' not shown up here yet?!?
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 03:57 (six years ago) link
you waste. you little man.
― estela, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 04:02 (six years ago) link
Him sad in his room?
― new noise, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 04:09 (six years ago) link
this planit is fucked up and its like god is a crul ringmaster
― estela, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 05:54 (six years ago) link
Have definitely uttered "so not gonna happen" IRL
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 06:12 (six years ago) link
joeks, beuv
grebt
― nickn, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 06:26 (six years ago) link
wait, OTM is strictly an ilx thing? I'm having trouble wrapping my head around that.Man troll gas beany jim jam.
― how's life, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 11:43 (six years ago) link
hot metal chick
- Bob Marley
― Neil S, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 11:46 (six years ago) link
i still say 'grebt' out loud.
thinking we need a 'rest of the internet' tropes thread for things like 'Let that sink in'. It would be very annoying.
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
I have said grebt out loud too.
Also, once while scolding my son for something, I told him that whatever he was doing was 'not a good look'.
― how's life, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
NAGL is one of my least favorite ILX tropes, tbrrwu
― how's life, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 13:35 (six years ago) link
When I'm having a conversation with someone and refer back to something they said two minutes ago, I always preface myself with "xpost."
Not really.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 13:37 (six years ago) link
Sadly, NAGL is not confined to this board
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
There’s a guy at work who always waits until everybody’s had their say before dropping a five-minute, calmly reasoned argument that seems to synthesize everything that’s been said, and then when he’s done there’s like a ten second stretch of silence while everyone processes what they just heard and at the end of which I think to myself: “nabisco otm”
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
Oh man WHILE reading that and progressing thru “5 minute calmly reasoned” my brain chimed in “like nabisco,” i shit u not
― correlated noise of conformity (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 14:34 (six years ago) link
lmbrrwurntbh
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 14:34 (six years ago) link
Ha! Xp
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
my least favorite trope would be "brexit negging". i don't know what it is but it sounds terrible.
also i think i have had nightmares about the "innocent smoothies aesthetic". i don't know what that is either but it sounds like something out of a horror movie.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
still trying to work out what tbrr stands for
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:08 (six years ago) link
temp ban: rick-roll
― Centrist Pred (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
Always laugh whenever I see a Nike SB logo
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
remember when "grocery groin" was briefly a thing
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
Also: TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
to be really real! even i know that one.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
"detrius" being in the year-end movie thread title as a tradition
― mh, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
*Outside Chicken Not House Chicken* is still going to the be the title of my autobiography.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
resulting paste
― mh, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
Grim Reapah burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
jaymc.xls long after jaymc stopped posting regularly, when it was no longer true (if it ever was) and was symbolic of a person who knew everyone's personal deets that is probably my favorite because it's so untranslatable to other contexts and yet serves/served its purpose
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
haha I was reading some old posts with "File -> New Dococument" jokes in them yesterday thanks to a nostalgia dive inspired by this thread
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
"grim reapah!" burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb is the one that still makes me smile
― ogmor, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
having a cof
― mh, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
borad
how do I shot
get one ______
p much
I will say that it took me a while to get the hang of ILXese, and I still don't get the in-jokes a lot of the time. It is a distinct style, that was ahead of its time in some ways. Some of the abbreviations are internet-wide (like IMO); others are ILX-specific (like otm). Much of it predates text-speak. So in some ways the larger culture has caught up to where you folks already were.
To me, the archetypal ilx post is aggressively uncapitalized and unpunctuated; it is often zingy or eye-rollingly dismissive in nature, and includes at least one ILX-specific abbreviation. Often a non-obvious nickname base on a previous user name. My normal mode is full sentences with capitalization and punctuation (even in a text to my wife about picking up cat food). So a laconic ILXy post like
not an original idea tbh
is outside my normal idiom (compared to the rest of the web), and it can still often seem fresh and fun.
― here come the warm jorts (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
oh its fresh and fun alright.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
*rolls eyes*
― scott seward, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
culture
hax0rz mang
― j., Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
I still don't get the in-jokes a lot of the time.
That's half the fun. Even when you know the origin, it still doesn't necessarily make any sense.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
you guys have to come up with a book title for the history of ILX. extra points if you can fit "pile on deej" into the title. but it isn't a deal breaker. okay, go!
― scott seward, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
Hemiola
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
Borad
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
YES
― brimstead, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link