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
Strenuously object to being profiled by YMP above tbrrwu
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
Of things that haven't come up yet, I can only think of least favesI def have to force myself not to write xpost & otm in non-ilx contexts
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
marc loi
― mh, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
so not gonna happen
bantz
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
twp
___________ is the former drummer for Gay Dad
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
thread titles with "please explain"
― mh, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
Of things that haven't come up yet, I can only think of least faves
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:57 AM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I thought "favorite" in the thread title was semi-sarcastic.
― Evan, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
"rolling" threads
― mh, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
I think Gaz Coombes is probably my favourite, Hitler didn't stand a chance against him tbf.
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
"FP'd" or "SB'd you for that"
anything with the number 51
― Centrist Pred (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
Gaz Coombes.....he was a great man
― moyesery loves kompany (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
77!
― mh, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
Wait a fucking minute Ctrl+f conference room
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
& relatedly horribly-formed "joke"
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
most favorite not least favorite
― brimstead, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:15 (six years ago) link
xp
sonned by a wite kid in a aol beef
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
was the hat cat photo an ilxor thing or did that gain traction in the wider world? that guy was the best
― damian green is people (NickB), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:26 (six years ago) link