Favorite ILM or ILX tropes

having a cof

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.

oh its fresh and fun alright.

*rolls eyes*

culture

hax0rz mang

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.

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!

Hemiola

Borad

YES

Strenuously object to being profiled by YMP above tbrrwu

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

Of things that haven't come up yet, I can only think of least faves

I def have to force myself not to write xpost & otm in non-ilx contexts

marc loi

so not gonna happen

bantz

twp

___________ is the former drummer for Gay Dad

thread titles with "please explain"

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.

"rolling" threads

I think Gaz Coombes is probably my favourite, Hitler didn't stand a chance against him tbf.

"FP'd" or "SB'd you for that"

anything with the number 51

Gaz Coombes.....he was a great man

77!

Wait a fucking minute

Ctrl+f conference room

& relatedly horribly-formed "joke"

most favorite not least favorite

xp

sonned by a wite kid in a aol beef

was the hat cat photo an ilxor thing or did that gain traction in the wider world? that guy was the best

thunderpants.jpg was really really dumb but always made me to lol

see also bosko whatever his name was

one that i think about often is "why do americans on ilm get all yessed out at night" and then the first reply "what is 'yessed out'"

Sawyer was the horse

corny indie fuxor

bands that are a mix between the stone roses and primal scream with the swagger of oasis

2017 end of year lists

seeing these all over the internet this year, possible sign that ILX is beginning to infiltrate the mainstream, even if the mainstream claims not to notice

the idea of a New Jersey is familiar now for my friends & family

the idea of a New Jersey is familiar now for my friends & family

― flappy bird, Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:09 AM (nineteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i unfortunately explained this concept to my coworkers and then had to correct them on basically every suggestion

lmao just like the thread!

Still thinking about Willennium and how it absolutely is a New Jersey

All tropes are bad here.

i unfortunately explained this concept to my coworkers and then had to correct them on basically every suggestion

― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 18:10 (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

couple friends of mine started to say challops some years ago but just to mean stupid statements or whatever. I let it slide

I say 'Maracas!' to myself a lot when something good happens.

thank you lion in winter for this post just over a year ago, i've incorporated "Gun, meet mouth" into my daily life:

‏@grynbaum
Thomas Friedman asks, “What do you think is America’s role in the world?” Trump laughs: “That’s such a big question!"

Gun, meet mouth.

― soma's little yelpers (lion in winter), Tuesday, November 22, 2016 2:59 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

kind of lol but mostly sad gets frequent irl application from me.

^^^ cosign

thirded

what happened? i am confused.