People are suggesting it because
1. It may be beneficial to your sense of well-being
2. It's one less source of oxygen for a played out argument you claim you'd like to see end.
the same could be said for virtually all of the past few posts
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
lookit
suit yourself
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
xp
Except those posters haven't said repeatedly that this argument is ruining their day and they want it to stop asap.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
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― 5th Ward Weeaboo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
Probably should ditch the line next time and just go for a spikestrip.
― Melted Belts, Priced To Move (Old Lunch), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/KQxLdAl3BIt7a/giphy.gif
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/RivHABS.jpg
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
this really isn't helping
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
my answer to this thread question is leaning towards "this thread"
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
lock thread
― marcos, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
its wild how im now ilx's bad apple lmfao
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, August 17, 2018 11:38 AM (fifty-two minutes ago)
"now" - dude, you've been banned quite a bit in the past idk 8 yrs
― sarahell, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
also, I just want to state, for the record, katherine is cool, and too many femme posters have bailed on ilx because of dork-bro posters like ... well, we know who they are
― sarahell, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
agree and co-sign
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
also you are all dork-bro posters ftr
🧔
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
can you all listen to the mitski album and stfu
― imago, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
funny you bring that up
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
(I'm supposed to be writing a review of it but I haven't been able to concentrate on anything all day, and I'm also worried that the review is going to be pulled because all of this)
(so no, I can't just not care about it, because I still have that worry hanging over me, as well as the worry that my boss is going to fire me for being visibly upset at my desk)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
Mmmm Mongolian beef
― faculty w1fe (silby), Thursday, August 16, 2018 9:47 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Wait fuck delete
never forget
― a roomba of one's own (rip van wanko), Friday, 17 August 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
― sarahell, Friday, 17 August 2018 19:36 (two hours ago) Permalink
Lol once?
I argue w ppl a lot but I can’t even think of an occasion where it wasn’t me against the world more than me joining in on bullying another ilxor ... I swear you guys don’t remember what this board was actually like or who was actually doing the bullying
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
time to cite Rashoman, I guess
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
I didn’t post on this board whenever you are mentioning and do not regret this decision
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, August 17, 2018 5:17 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that’s how I feel when the elders of ilx pretend they’ve got credibility as voices of moral responsibility
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
oh the wren oh the wren is the king of all birds
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
the elders dont talk to us directly anymore iirc
― flaneur brayin (darraghmac), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
When I think of patriarchal dork bro reigns of terror I definitely envision ilx’s bisexual ringtone cru
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
lol
if we're talking about ilx history, I don't feel like D-40 has ganged up on other people so much as he's been ganged up on
― Dan S, Friday, 17 August 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
Lol what is the bisexual ringtone cru?
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link
Is that u and a cru?
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 22:41 (five years ago) link
deej, I have just exactly as much credibility as each ilxor thinks I have earned and I have no control over that. I do have a voice here and I use it when where and as I please. as for pretense, I don't see where the fuck it comes in.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 17 August 2018 22:53 (five years ago) link
loving deej's gaslighting victim turn itt
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
confession: there are ~4 posters here ( I can't tell them apart) that I consider to be one monolithic writing team trying to work out a script an Inbetweeners revival. I usually skip over those posts because I feel like I am having a stroke trying to parse out what is going on.
― Yerac, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:06 (five years ago) link
anybody else going to go see Crazy Rich Asians tonight
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 17 August 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
God I hate Inbetweeners so much
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
i don't think there's a lot of inbetweeners dialogue up in here so much
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:12 (five years ago) link
― Dan S, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:17 (five years ago) link
I like the Inbetweeners. I am saying this is sub-Inbetweeners. And I mean ilx, not just this thread.
― Yerac, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:17 (five years ago) link
Are you the guy that shit himself in class
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 August 2018 23:17 (five years ago) link
I would love to see Crazy Rich Asians, but I am exhausted from living this week.
― Yerac, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:18 (five years ago) link
^yes
― Dan S, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:03 (twenty-four minutes ago) Permalink
Gaslighting now? Jesus
While It’s cool to watch ilx co opt the righteous language of abuse victims for arguments about a band on a music message board I have not actually been talking to Katherine for some time
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 17 August 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
??
― Dan S, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
what did I do now
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
nothing.
i feel like we should switch the discussion on this thread.
i left ilx because i was concerned about how much time i spent there and how hard it was to regulate my usage. i returned because i missed the sense of community and i do like some of the people who post here. also the idea of the board—a community of enthusiasts, sure, but also critics—is appealing, because so much online stuff is tribal and seems hostile to the critical mindset. the idea of ilx, to me, was the idea that people could have productive disagreements and also that the internet can be a forum for discussion.
this is seen even in just the layout. it's just text and your name. it's a messageboard for writers.
i don't feel overly proud of my posting history, honestly, because i can be kind of self-indulgent and impulsive. but compared to what the rest of the internet is (or has become) ilx is a kind of beacon of hope. i've had real discussions here that challenged me and that i have benefited from.
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:49 (five years ago) link
if, as a collective project, we could try to make this more about art and culture and criticism and less about personal beefs and zomg trump and other stuff that is rampant everywhere on the internet, i would like to be part of that collective project. i know i am guilty of posting about random news cycle bullshit more than most -- maybe more than anyone -- that's not the point. there are still interesting things posted on this board everyday -- perhaps more on ilm than ilx. (i've always been more an ilx poster bc i find it hard to keep up with the ilm crew and the rate at which they consume new music)
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
great posts Trϵϵship
― Dan S, Friday, 17 August 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
the problem is that days like this make me want to talk about music less, not more, and definitely not here
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 17 August 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
yeah, i agree with you. if there are dynamics in the community that are alienating people with dissenting/alternate views--people who want to express a perspective rather than join a chorus--then that is going to eventually lead to the death of the board.
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 18 August 2018 00:10 (five years ago) link
i'm not trying to call anyone out specifically i just feel like something went awry today and maybe it's worth thinking about if we want to keep ilx going
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 18 August 2018 00:14 (five years ago) link