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
maybe we should have a thread that is exclusively "policy" instead for ilxors who don't wanna get the stink on them
Mainly to make sense of whats happening. I'm not anti-twitter but I don't really follow political stuff as it is too dense and often obtuse. I find the threads actually pretty good distillations and don't really find anyone's posts annoying even when I disagree - partly because most things I disagree with I can see merit in opposing view, and could potentially be swayed, I just don't currently share it
― anvil, Saturday, 20 April 2019 18:16 (five years ago) link
as usual i've said too much
That's Karl in the korner
― moist owlette (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:29 (five years ago) link
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
yeah, i totally get that ... I had that experience as well ... also the futility of trying to have informed discussions/conversations with people whose opinions are so fixed to the contrary ... probably that memory of futility makes me avoid threads about national politics, as opposed to threads about local or regional politics where I feel more comfortable? Idk why that is ... probably lower stakes, thus less posturing?
― sarahell, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
not so much as that the shunning of political discussion signals doubleplusbad unvirtue.
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone)
same coin, though, right? i've been working really hard lately at not framing things in negative terms
i think i do have an interest in how political discussion is conducted. i mostly stay out of it because i'm not in a position to force other people to act in accordance with my personal beliefs, but since i choose to avoid the political threads sure i'll at least try and work through what my beliefs are.
just like you have your background, i have mine, and that is that political discussion is inseparable from questions of mental health. i had to work hard to make it through 2016 alive. i have friends who didn't. there are different, equally valid ways of understanding our present political moment, and my inclination is to construe the moment as a tremendous mental health crisis.
over time i've come to understand certain key aspects of depression and anxiety. catastrophising, for instance, is a big part of both of them, and given that the entirety of global politics is an ongoing catastrophe it's hard for me to control that and still be engaged in politics. the other really negative thing for me is learned helplessness, which, again, our current political moment lends itself extraordinarily well to.
so i've stayed away from discussing politics because it tends to play out in ways that are, for me, personally highly toxic and destabilizing, and i am, to an extent, concerned that it may play that role in the lives of many other people. i try to be healthy, i try to be kind and compassionate towards other people to the greatest extent that i can, and it's extremely difficult for me to do either of those things while still thinking in overtly political terms.
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Saturday, 20 April 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
Chance to catartically clown on the assholes who run/ruin everything
― alt right? all trite more like (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 20 April 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
Gotta say this thread is much worse than all the politics threads
― person industrial complex (voodoo chili), Saturday, 20 April 2019 20:57 (five years ago) link
― person industrial complex (voodoo chili)
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, 20 April 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
They're a substitute for religious threads.
― FernandoHierro, Saturday, 20 April 2019 22:58 (five years ago) link
what is the purpose of any thread
― brimstead, Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
Sorry, ACTUAL purpose
they're just threads
― lumen (esby), Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:18 (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
― 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