i am not trying to argue i just really don't get itthe lurker mentality and the current mentality seem at odds in a way i can't understand
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
comes down to once you get involved here it is hard to tear away, whether it is polls-end of year lists
but yeah i should stfu about leaving, should have just posted that i took a break or just not bothered
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
anyways can we sink this thread now with something else
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
i like yr posts too!
― nxd, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
agree that ilx's writers should have laid the groundwork for these Ross posts
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
HE WAS ON A BREAK!
― Yerac, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
Not to sound like a pity party but personally I don't think I'm on anyone's radar enough that anyone would notice if I stopped completely. Therefore imo announcing "leaving" is probably more useful as a way to motivate yourself to officially tear away than it is useful information for others.
― Evan, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
This conversation reminds me of drash, whom I miss here.
https://i.imgur.com/c3AXkoS.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
i can't say that i miss that personi remember them being somewhat inflammatory
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
Evan u are ILX brigade 4 lyfe homie #squad
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
yeah evan, good poster man
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
drash was least inflammatory poster!
and i know i may not be the person to say it tbh but someone else with cred might jump in
also thread got pass-agg imo nagl
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
ok, tone police! lol :)
maybe i am misremembering who that was, apols if i misremembered the persona of a screenname of yore
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
idk its totally possible i have missed something but drash was ... i dont wanna say a sweetheart but ya a sweetheart
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:11 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Yerac, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:14 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
really? he seems high frequency lately. not that im complaining; big Ross fan here
― flopson, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
this is a "how I started posting very frequently" story, not a "why I left for good" story
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
drash was a great poster.
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
― flopson, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:46 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
smh u claim to be a big ross stan and yet do not know about the famous ross and rachel break scene after ross slept with that woman from the copy shop, gtho
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
i was gonna say
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
and here's why
― Mark G, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
last item on Ross' S/D list for RYM: it's not ILX
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:35 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Ross, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:36 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Haha thanks <3 promise I wasn't fishing for this (though much appreciated and likewise to you both!); was attempting to allude to my shyer/lazier posting frequency overall.
― Evan, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
i went back and checked -- poster "drash" was not inflammatory. apologies for misremembering!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
you were probably thinking of "brash"
― pplains, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
nahbut that poster does share something in common with ross in the claiming of long-term lurking before posting
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
"the claiming of long-term lurking"
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
going to steal a page from the Malone family playbook and just say "follow the money" while nodding my head
Did something happen on ilx where your past usernames are no longer in parentheses for some people?
― Yerac, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
I see parentheses
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
I think at some point they got split out into "okay, what's your permanent username" vs "okay, what's your changeable display name"
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
The effect is a bit "the wind changed unexpectedly" in some cases.
(TeleTYpewriter, TTY)
― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
I have seen 2 or 3 past displaynames with my first name in parentheses, but I guess this one is now my permanent one.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
2007 iirc
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
sufjan has serious haterade for me, it is obvious bro.
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
i got the quotes from other threads to confirm it, but you do you man.
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
it's just a board, man, no one gives a shit
― brimstead, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
thanks for your contribution
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
youre probably more classic than dud right.
im out. honestly i wish anvils would drop on some of you spineless jelly fish fuckers
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
meet me behind the brickyard of my choice and ill show you how to shut your fucking mouth. im done
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
ROLLING HARDMAN THREAD 2009
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
haha mookie, you are clueless
you have no idea what ive seen. but i am not gonna have clueless people say shit to me in a thread without thinking i am gonna bite back.
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
anyways im not gonna risk ban, but i can see the derision some people give me here and it sucks.
so why would i not defend myself
sure it is just a message board
but why should it be relegated to passive aggressive second thoughts threads
just say it
you dont know me, you are just an anonymous avator
as irrelevant as dust
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
anyways not going to respond to anything further so keep on calling me names, keep on kicking the shit til its done. i dont care.
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
hey ross...just speaking as someone who i feel like generally we get along fine and i appreciate your postsi think sometimes it's easy to read in too much to just usually wisecracking and stuff, or at least a level of intent that's not there
but anyway wish you the best no matter, take care
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
hey Ross, I was not trying to drink any haterade over here. I've enjoyed your posts, and I'm sorry if I gave a different impression by running with the bad Friends joeks. Many of my posts were meant more as a defense of your posts itt. As in why in the world would someone lie about lurking for 20 years?
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
ross, since you started posting volubly you seem to have veered on a predictable schedule between soliciting pity and validation to bolster your self-confidence, and acting out to provoke hostility that would confirm your self-judgments of worthlessness, then 'storming off' until you feel the need for contact again so that you can test the cycle again and come a little bit closer to deciding whether the eternal drama of acceptance and rejection will come out in your favor or not and whether its outcome will be blamed on others or on you. so far the effect on us is not hugely detrimental or permanent but it's becoming a little tedious. is it really necessary to co-opt us into this private emotional drama that you are in the midst of working through? we would evidently take you without all that.
― j., Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
you should take a breather from this thread for a second. i know you have a history with some posters and have quotes and stuff, but i also think some people are just making jokes to kind of deflate the situation a bit, or just for the sake of making a joke. i'm not saying you're wrong to stand your ground or anything, but i've been there before and it's easy to start saying some things that you might feel regretful about later on
xposts
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:07 (five years ago) link
hardmanning is good, Ross
― flopson, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link