meta fuel cant melt steely dan threads
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Friday, 19 April 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
Can meta fuel melt steel beams? xp bah
― The Mod Who Banned Liberty Valance (WmC), Friday, 19 April 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
marking time til the Republicans (and everyone else) are extinct
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 April 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
tip cap wmc, tip cap
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
To aid the resistance by communicating orders to the sleeper cells using codes disguised as tweets and conversation
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
R.I.P. debra and the truther pony 20 or so times with periods at the end in various numbers / configurations vs any and all of the 131 extant posts in that thread
― sarahell, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
Don’t blame me, I voted for Debra
― mumsnet blvd (wins), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
Always Vote Debra
― sarahell, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
what is "politics" doing here
Being one of the "things" implied by "everything"?
Are the threads harming you y/n
Can you simply not look at them if you don't like them y/n
Are there like a gazillion other things on the interwebz to look at y/n
― moist owlette (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
(esby watches and smiles as ilx repeatedly hits the little bar that dispenses banana pellets.)
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
Yes, no, no, Debra, send meat
― sarahell, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
i meant in the title of this thread
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
what is "politics" doing hereThink dlh is saying you’d as well ask what is the actual purpose of the convos in the threads ymp
― mumsnet blvd (wins), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
who isn't here for the banana pellets, after all?
they’re specifically to annoy people who don’t post there
― gyac, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
it seems like they do more to annoy the people who do post in those threads, than those of us that don't?
― sarahell, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
for reference:Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1981!! [Started by . (Michael B) in April 2019, last updated twenty-four seconds ago by Le Baton Rose (Turrican) on I Love Music] 2 new answers POLL closes: April 26 (in 6 days)2020 Democratic presidential primary [Started by slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby) in February 2017, last updated forty-eight seconds ago by A is for (Aimless) on I Love Everything] 226 new answers
― sarahell, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
xp you didn’t post this thread though, did you?
― gyac, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
I'm just biding my time and gambling that when Glenn Greenwald's pee tape comes out, it will show up there.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
Glenn Greenwald's pee tape is one of the best albums of 1981?
― sarahell, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
Why hello Agent Sarahell of the FBI that is not what I said.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link
how would you rank the different acts of urination on the tape? Is there a best track, as it were?
― sarahell, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
frederik, im gonna say this againplease shut the fuck up
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Saturday, April 20, 2019 10:19 AM
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 April 2019 14:45 (five years ago) link
the purpose of the politics threads is to serve as a support group for people who are having a hard time getting past the idea that there's no longer any particular point in talking about "politics"
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
what is the actual purpose of the convos in the politics threads?
before answering that, why don't we consider what it would be like if there were no politics threads
('fucking great' is probably the plurality of the answers there, but if there were no politics threads on ilx my reaction would be 'wow, these people don't give a shit about politics, that's fucking lame', and i probably wouldn't be on ilx because that's a bad sign of any community)
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
karl: so would you say that the presence of political discussion signals virtue to you?
i'm not saying that to criticize you, am more interested in criticizing the stereotype that "virtue signaling" is always a bad thing
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Saturday, 20 April 2019 16:57 (five years ago) link
giving a shit abt something and discussing something are different things though
― the late great, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
not so much as that the shunning of political discussion signals doubleplusbad unvirtue. imo if you don't like a thread on a messageboard just don't click on it. there are lots of threads i don't like here, but it's no big deal
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
critical personal background info: i grew up in a town where if you tried to "know about things" and "talk about things" people would fucking HATE you. i know that sounds like an exaggeration but small-town people will get me
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
so i have a predisposition against the whole anti-politics movement. reminds me to much of people who would spit tobacco in my hair in shop class
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
obviously not accusing anyone here of that kind of ignorant thinking, either, i'm just saying it veers toward that territory and i have a natural reaction toward anything that gets within 1000 yards of that zone
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
like i wonder if ppl really “care” abt politics so much why they discuss it in such counterproductive ways
― the late great, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
― the late great, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:15 (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
different again to discussing it in any good useful or fair way
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
xp tlg otm as always
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
the answer is obvious - what they really care abt is not so much producing a political outcome but rather sublimating their personal issues
― the late great, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
sublimating personal issues is the actual purpose of pretty much every human interaction, it's not limited to political threads
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
oh?
― the late great, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
every single person is taking the inherent pain of the human condition and trying to hold it together long enough to have a conversation and convince the other person that they've got it figured out enough to be worth talking to again
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
is that true for everybody or only certain toxic posters
― the late great, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
sounds like you’re in a dark mood, friend
Guess no one here belongs to a besieged minority that isnt "triggered ILXER"
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:37 (five years ago) link
no way, 420 4ever! i'm doing fine. maybe i'm just goth.
anyway, as usual i've said too much. i would do better in life if i would just stfu, because anyone who questions my opinions will quickly find out that i think the lord satan lives inside us all
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:38 (five years ago) link
xp
xp i'm not going to touch that because it's inevitably going to lead to beef
― the late great, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
re: who is or isn't a besieged minority
― the late great, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link
we all belong to a besieged majority
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
I get a ton of news from the politics threads. They’re full of smart people.
― pippin drives a lambo through the gates of isengard (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
so are mass graves mannnnn
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
xp i agree which is why i read those threads even though i don't participate
― the late great, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
discussing politics in "a good way" isn't really possible—politics is in inherently polemical, undignified, not sexy
personally I more enjoyed the wide lens and being above it all, not especially digging my renewed "interest" these past few years
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 20 April 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/pern/images/6/63/Flaming_Thread.jpg
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:22 (five years ago) link
then go the hell back there and stop bothering us, i don't go to the politics threads to talk about how fucking awful they are
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Saturday, April 20, 2019 5:32 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is the type of knee-jerk dickery that everyone is really missing in the politics threads
― person industrial complex (voodoo chili), Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:45 (five years ago) link
lol troll game on point
― the late great, Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:46 (five years ago) link
Idk why any of us engage with sleepingbag’s obvious trolling
― person industrial complex (voodoo chili), Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:52 (five years ago) link
i meant u
― the late great, Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:52 (five years ago) link
you probably figured that i suppose
― the late great, Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:53 (five years ago) link
ilx doesn't have trolls anymore afaict
not since.....brodie maybe
gabbnebb doesnt count hes something different
obv the mitteleuropean cell are something different again
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:55 (five years ago) link
obv also anyone disagreeing with a few of the x thread cru are trolls i mean thats a given but no actual real trolls i dont think
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:56 (five years ago) link
honestly I read them to get confirmation of my own opinions, which helps sometimes
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link
i don't think voodoo chili is a troll but i do think he totally trolled me there, well done voodoo chili
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Sunday, 21 April 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
http://i63.tinypic.com/28ivn7k.jpg
― lumen (esby), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
love murder. what is your favorite murder, esby?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
lies
― lumen (esby), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
do you have a second favorite?do you ever wish that lies could be remastered with the best of contemporary technology to make an even better murder?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
i wish i could half speed master the liar in chief
― lumen (esby), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
chopped and screwed, maybe?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
ghostwrite the tax returns™
― lumen (esby), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
appetite for destruction was an obviously superior murder
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:01 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/TsEq5hr_d.jpg
― the late great, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
hmm try again
https://i.imgur.com/m6eiYyF.gifv
― the late great, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
oh well, it's a gif of hitchcock saying "i think everybody enjoys a nice murder, provided he is not the victim"
― the late great, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
When a man lies, he murders some part of the worldThese are the pale deaths which men miscall their livesAll this I cannot bear to witness any longerCannot the kingdom of salvation take me home?
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
good if you want to hear what the haute bourgeoisie are haüting on these days
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:16 (five years ago) link
Posting in politics threads ime has the effect of releasing the pressure valve just a smidge such that a vessel inside my brain doesn't break loose and start whipping about my cranium like an unmanned firehose.
Maybe that's just me.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
It's sure to happen someday despite my preventative efforts but I'm all about kicking that can down the road.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
dlh ilu
(for the Anne McCaffrey ref)
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
To the extent that they personally are materially unaffected, many people apparently regard details about their elected officials as mere trivia, perhaps something you'd come across in an issue of People Magazine just after the latest in-depth coverage of the current season of The Bachelorette.
― Artisanal Personality Disorder (Old Lunch), Friday, May 10, 2019 1:01 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
'Did you see this, Helen? That goofball Trump was laughing about shooting immigrants! What a goofball! Say, did you see that Big Band Theory finale? What a hoot that was!'
― Artisanal Personality Disorder (Old Lunch), Friday, May 10, 2019 1:02 PM (forty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lumen (esby), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link
can you imagine being a normie, just making blithe observations about trump then going on to discuss pop culture? leaving us ilxors have to fight the war against trump w. hitler on our own, one chapo ep at a time? beyond fucked.
― lumen (esby), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
Feels like there's a distinction you're missing except that instead of missing it you're just intentionally ignoring it in order to make a TrenchObv, but that's cool bro.
― Have you ever had a dream that you um you had your you you could you (Old Lunch), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
capn save a normie
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
xp jokes on you, 'Helen' + her partner actually both queer female poc, they just also happen to not care. mind = blown yet?
― lumen (esby), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
They also both work for a carnival as barkers, know all the words to the second and third verses of God Bless America, and are allergic to tree nuts!
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
― lumen (esby), Friday, May 10, 2019 1:19 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark
this is "estranged uncle's Facebook post" level of humour
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link