Guys, I have to leave ILX

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I was just pulled into my boss's office. They've figured out that I've been using Soulseek, writing music reviews and generally misusing the internet at work. They're suspending me till Friday and then I have to go in for a hearing where they'll decide what to do with me.
As far as I know there's nothing harmful on my hard drive - just music and a few word documents. There is a zipped version of Ghostzilla which I've never used but that I'm pretty worried about, and of course Soulseek.
I'm a fucking idiot obviously to think I wouldn't get caught. I guess I knew it would happen eventually - I'm self destructive that way. To be honest I can't bear the job, but it's better than no job at all. I'm hoping they're merciful - I'm going to be straight up with them in the hearing and then just hope they reconsider sacking me.
So now I'm going to spend the next souple of days firing off CVs to various companies. Right now it feels fruitless because any future employer who finds out I got dropped for misusing the internet is not going to be impressed and the hope of a reference from this company will be at it's minimum.
If anyone has any advice here I'd be very grateful. Till then I'm avoiding ILX and other addictive net things for a while. Hopefully I'll be back soon - oh and if any FAPs are going on, please tell me. My address is below.

Seeya

Charlie.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago)

Oops.

― Dan Perry the enabler (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:18 (twenty years ago)

I'm very sorry to hear that -- best of luck with everything. I hope it works out for you.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:19 (twenty years ago)

me too, sorry to hear it.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:20 (twenty years ago)

what is ghostzilla?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:20 (twenty years ago)

Suckage. Oddly, I *NEVER* post to ILX from offices when I'm called to work in them.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago)

Wow, I'm sure it'll turn out OK - just be careful in future!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago)

I'm sorry to hear this. Best of luck, and I hope you'll be back when things are better.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago)

Uhr, so sorry. This is every ILXor's worst nightmare.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago)

I am surprised they didn't give you some kind of warning first. :-(

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago)

Any company that cares about it enough to fire you should just secure their system and block what they don't want you to use (like GE did when I worked for them). And, if you're getting your work done, they shouldn't care anyway.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago)

that sucks, dude. i've only gotten a warning from a super "concerned that i wasn't using my time effectively".

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:24 (twenty years ago)

anyway my advice is to be not at all defensive or overly apologetic. if you can get away with it, just play dumb. if you were never specifically told NOT to do any of these things, say you thought it was OK.

If your work performance is good otherwise, play that up.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Seriously, I'm sure other people spend the same amount of time on their personal e-mail. You just happen to have a more varied online life to spend your free moments on.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago)

You could try explaining yourself by saying that you've been having some personal problems or something and the ILXors are helping you through it and you just lost track of how long you were spending on it. Tell them it's been sorted now and you'll cut down.

It might work....

(Actually, Fritz's advice is probably much better, but I'll not delete this and instead just leave it as an option)

― the impossible shortest special path! (the impossible shortest specia), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago)

also if you're work involves research in any capacity... well then, you were just doing research.

worked for pete townshend.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:30 (twenty years ago)

what makes people think his boss is not reading this thread?

― // (kephm), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Cos bosses cant read ILX threads. I ~~think~~ hope

― the impossible shortest special path! (the impossible shortest specia), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:38 (twenty years ago)

posting a thread directly after being called into the boss's office over alleged internet misuse does kind of indicate that the boss might just have a point...

mercy deletion, mods?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:40 (twenty years ago)

Eveyone wastes time on the internet at work, my supervisor spends probably half his day looking at ESPN, other folks look at cars and motorcycles, whatever kind of news floats your boat. I'm lucky in that at least most of the sites I visit for my fix are geekish enough to be construed as work-related. There are a couple of coworkers here who will blatantly play videogames on their office machine or such as that but the worst I've ever done I think is try to listen to Ally's radio show. And play around with Visio to make stupid photo-comix and satirical network diagrams. I think that using Soulseek to trade and share copywritten material over the office broadband goes well above and beyond what I would do at work, though. ILX and wasting time on impertinent websites is one thing, and I think everybody has done that to some extent. Filesharing is another thing altogether, I mean I personally wouldn't fire you unless you were already on my shit list but I wouldn't exactly keep my voice down either.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:46 (twenty years ago)

I've been spending the last two weeks on this one job compiling the list of nominated albums for the ILX '90s poll, searching for apartments, and watching my fantasy baseball team sink out of contention thanks to my lack of a decent closer.

― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:47 (twenty years ago)

I agree with Tom that Soulseek is what done ya.

I hope everything gets sorted out okay, dl! Just try not to sweat it too much - all your bosses goof off too, so just show them a good attitude and I bet everything's fine.

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, every time I read a long, detailed online article about the Mary Celeste, the Dept of Labor releases new figures on American worker productivity and it goes down, down, down. I think I am personally responsible for a percentage point or two.

― andy, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Businesses Crippled By ILX

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:55 (twenty years ago)

Also what was said above about them having to stick to their stated disciplinary procedures because of possibility of you taking them to tribunal if that's not the case.

I'm sure the only thing they could really fuck you over with is if you ever looked at porn at work. But you will probably get a written warning. It would be a good idea to have a look at your contract tonight to see what their procedure should be. I suspect they have a butterfly on a wheel.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Like Kingfish, I was only told that I waste time on the internet due to my speed.. basically my boss was saying "You get as much work done as everyone else, but i see you looking at the internet which means you get be getting MORE DONE." This sucks, dude. I hope you get it sorted out.

― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:03 (twenty years ago)

I used to work with a guy in the late 90's who said something insulting to a girl in a chat room. The chat room administrator contacted our corporate server guy and we had a big meeting about it. The perp looked painfully embarrassed and didn't talk to anybody for some time.

― andy, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:05 (twenty years ago)

At my old job, I used to use Kazaa (and before that, Napster) all the time. I never got in trouble for it, but people there were pretty laid-back about that sort of thing. I knew other people there who were doing the same thing. Anyway, sorry to hear the bad news, d.l.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:06 (twenty years ago)

Yeeps, sorry to hear that, Dog Latin. Hope it all works out.

Posting at ILX from work = sanity maintainer.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:09 (twenty years ago)

Poor old dog latin. Filesharing (well, any software) is blocked from installation by end users at my office, so the tempatation hasn't been there. At an old job, without such restrictions, I used Napster and Audiogalaxy for a while. We got a company-wide note from IT about 4 users of Audiogalaxy using up 50% of our monthly bandwidth or something, but I don't think it was me as I didn't use it that much!

Did they make you sign an IT usage policy statement when you joined? That could make a big difference. I think it's a bit harsh to immediately sack someone without a warning, unless it's porn or something.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:11 (twenty years ago)

I was lectured for it at a previous job, god how embarrassing. I feel for you.

― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago)

best of luck, dl.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:22 (twenty years ago)

yeah, good luck old boy, it's shit, but facing it up is the best way most likely.

― Porkpie (porkpie), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:37 (twenty years ago)

Woah, sorry to hear this dude! Totally suxor :(

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:56 (twenty years ago)

i have a feeling if i had stayed at the bookstore job in 2001 ilx usage would have gotten me fired. (there were grumblings.) so i just preempted and quit. (which was a mistake.)

sorry dl. i'm sure it will be fine.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:11 (twenty years ago)

Ooh that sucks, I'm sorry to hear it. Hopefully everyone is right and it'll all be ok in the end.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:14 (twenty years ago)

Make sure you post what happens!

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:22 (twenty years ago)

Too bad dl, hope it works itself out.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:25 (twenty years ago)

I cannot even fathom the idea of having ilx time at my office (even if we weren't stuck in an intranet.) Sometimes I'm glad not to have the temptation though.

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:32 (twenty years ago)

I don't know what I'd do without ILX at work!

You're in our thoughts, DL!! Good luck.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago)

dude hope things turn out ok dl just apologise and say you won't do it again.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago)

You should appoint a proxy to post as Dog Latin while you're gone!

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:58 (twenty years ago)

why would anyone be on ILX if they weren't at work?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:59 (twenty years ago)

boredom. lack of money. lack of viable alternative.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:04 (twenty years ago)

You make it sound like petty crime.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:06 (twenty years ago)

well if chuck's suspended i'd image we'd be seeing more of him. i am guilty as anyone with the ilx at work - and mssnger chatting time aswell. but i wouldn't dream of trying any filesharing stuff here. where i worked before it was expected that i have napster or limewire on my machine (it was an add agency). hell, most the software at that place was pirated from limewire anyhow. we also had server space set aside for mp3's¡ aahhh how i miss the big agency days.

― dysøn (dyson), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:06 (twenty years ago)

best of luck, btw, dude.

― dysøn (dyson), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:08 (twenty years ago)

i feel like in suzy's world people sue each other a lot more often than in my world.

anyway, i would guess it's the file sharing that did it. file sharing has a moral taint to it which the boss could see as implicating him/her as well. i doubt this would have come up if it were just a matter of you visiting web sites a lot.

the place where i work has some kind of filter than blocks "offensive" or "inappropriate" content. but strangely it seems to function not at all. it will block totally innocuous film-critic sites (and robert christgau's site!) while all kinds of semi-pornographic pop ups will appear after visiting geocities or whatever.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:12 (twenty years ago)

i guess the thing w/suzy's posts to this and similar threads is that she always seems to suggest some kind of "the bastards can't do this to do, look into your legal rights" scenario when in fact what you've done is exactly the sort of thing people are rightfully fired for. not that i don't sympathize with you. i'd be upset if this happened to me, to say the least.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:13 (twenty years ago)

Robert Christgau and film critics: offensive and inappropriate as PROVEN BY SCIENCE!

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:16 (twenty years ago)

It would be a good idea to have a look at your contract tonight to see what their procedure should be. I suspect they have a butterfly on a wheel.

-- suzy (theartskooldisk...), September 7th, 2004. (later)

that hardly sounds like "the bastards can't do this" to me. quite the opposite, actually.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:19 (twenty years ago)

A hearing??

That's treating someone like a child. If they have that much of a problem with it, they should block off access to certain things, or give a warning and that's it.

I had one of those 'hearings' at my first job out of college. It was because the u had a repeated sexual harasser in our office, and they wouldn't do anything about it, so we put a fake book in the online catalog - the title was 'Can I massage your feet' or something like that, with Mr. Sexual Harasser as the author. We got caught and had one of these 'hearings' in which they talked down to us the whole time.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago)

it will block totally innocuous film-critic sites (and robert christgau's site!) while all kinds of semi-pornographic pop ups will appear after visiting geocities or whatever.

At least some of these net-nanny programs depend on the site owner voluntarily filling out rating forms. Because they are 1) voluntary and 2) based on self-assessment, all too many nasties will keep cropping up.

In the meantime, DL, I'm sorry to hear that you got called on the carpet.

― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:23 (twenty years ago)

a hearing would be a way to get everyone's opinions, including dog latin's, on the record.

no, i know i overreacted to suzy's v. mild comments. apologies. i was sort of responding, in my head, to numerous comments she's made in the past.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:24 (twenty years ago)

Amateurist, I think you're being unfair - you have to remember that Britain has laws which safeguard people from getting fired without proper procedure and tribunals are common - everyone knows someone who has needed one at some point. So I guess "my world" is Britain, where if you are in a contract job you have plenty of rights and paths to recourse.

Also, I like you but you have really been a whiny mensch lately. What's up with that?

If DL were an otherwise blameless worker - or if the office culture appeared to him neutral about that sort of thing - he's probably within his rights to take action against the employer if sacked, UNLESS it's in his contract that he's not to do specific things on the internet.

That said if they are following a procedure then I expect he'll get a written warning about it. That's all they should be able to do if they've not had so much as a word to him against his work before now.

One thing he should NOT do is make excuses.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:36 (twenty years ago)

He could very well get a warning, which will go in his 'file'.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:43 (twenty years ago)

whiny mensch

Is this an oxymoron?

/yiddish pedant

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:43 (twenty years ago)

I love Charlie to bits (and his siter, obviously), but using SLSK at work is just plain daft. Chin up, mate.

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:47 (twenty years ago)

DL - they must show you the section of the code of conduct/staff handbook that pertains to internet abuse. They must have proof that they TOLD you that these rules exist i.e they gave you a copy to read and/or read and sign.

They must also go by the book in dismissing you - there willbe a procedure and they will have to use it and be seen to be using it. I doubt that you will get fired for this without a warning.

I would say as little as possible in the interview - let them do the talking and see what they know. Take a friend/trusted colleague in with you if you can. If you want to keep the job, probably an apology coupled with pointing out that you have in fact been doing your job as well would help.

All the best, mate.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:54 (twenty years ago)

sorry suzy, i guess i went a little meshuggah.

file-sharing and spending tons of time on the web at work = no-brainer. changing behavior is probably a wiser long-term option than sueing. that said it's always wise to know your rights.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:56 (twenty years ago)

dr c otm - that's what i was trying to say above.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:58 (twenty years ago)

Dr C otm, maybe you could play up the naive 'I didn't think I was abusing the facilities' angle. Might not be pleasant but a bit of humble pie may do the trick.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 20:41 (twenty years ago)

Man DL I am sorry to hear this too, dude :( I agree with others though - Soulseek is the undoer. I work for a multinational telco and running filesharing is a massive no no. Raids have been done on places like Telstra and large universities recently by ARIA (the aust RIAA) so we're theoretically not even meant to have any mp3s on our machines (people do though, from their own cds).

The one other thing I can sort of see why this happened that no one seemeed to mention was you said you were doing reviews at work. IOW, you were working on another job in your work time.

That, more than anything, is unfortunately something I can see one getting a kick in the bum for.

My contract explicitly prohibits IRC and other online chat, of all things. They let us use MSN though the mentalists.

Hope all goes well DL! :(

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 21:54 (twenty years ago)

that sucks mate. hope the hearing goes well.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 22:00 (twenty years ago)

and if all else fails, make your boss a mix cd-r of songs you found out about via ilm and downloaded from soulseek.

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 22:08 (twenty years ago)

you could call it "the penske mix"

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 22:09 (twenty years ago)

(q3/04)

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 22:09 (twenty years ago)

Sorry to hear it :( You did say you were looking into ways to post a bit less, so I guess that's a silver lining, but um, yeah, shit. Hope everything looks up soon, dude.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago)

hey dl
you sound pretty sound to me, let's hope you break the fuckers, all good things to you,
m

― minerva, Wednesday, 8 September 2004 00:47 (twenty years ago)

don't let the bastards grind you down, dude.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 01:27 (twenty years ago)

Good luck, dl. Hopefully all you'll get is a suspension and a warning telling you you shouldn't do that again. Hopefully they will allow you to express remorse about what you have done and committ to not doing it again. I, of course, refer to the file sharing, which has the biggest opportunity for getting your employers in some pretty big legal trouble. Obv everyone goes online at work to do various things, but the file sharing thing... boy, that's a big one. Would be best to try to delete Slsk and the music files on your computer. Once things cool down, hopefully you can return to posting to ILX and doing your music reviews, though obv it will be more difficult to do that without Slsk available (though I think it's still doable).

I go online at work, too, but only for "serious", academic-type reasons. On occasion I will sneak onto ILX, but I'm too fearful of getting caught by someone to actually do any real ILXing there.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 02:19 (twenty years ago)

aww damn i liked talking with you on soulseek :(

― big chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 02:52 (twenty years ago)

Uterus.
-- i'm not supposed to be here (nop...), September 8th, 2004.

hahaha

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 02:54 (twenty years ago)

talk to me on soulseek!

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 03:28 (twenty years ago)

Admittedly, I have ILX and the p2p apps of my choice going at work, but I run it on my own computer - i also throttle the bandwidth down so I'm within the noise of everyone else at the office.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 04:59 (twenty years ago)

DL, you should stress that you were 'sharing' music with friends (copyright-free stuff). As many people mentioned above your employees main worry may be that you're putting THEM in a legally dodgy situation. You could also stress that the dl'ing goes on in the background of what you were working on and doesn't take up much time at all. (Much less than web-surfing. A tech-confused, "I thought it was just like e-mailling people' , bemused innocence might work...good luck.

― winterland, Wednesday, 8 September 2004 07:19 (twenty years ago)

Oh no DL! I hope it all works out ok. *hugs*

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 07:23 (twenty years ago)

I think the problem with Soulseek and filesharing in general is not only bandwidth but the fact that it opens up all sorts of dodgy network security issues as well - thats certainly why its banned in our office.

But yeah, this sucks, but good luck.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 07:25 (twenty years ago)

In my main office all the editorial staff piss around on the Internet all day and listen to MP3s - but it's a magazine.

― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 07:30 (twenty years ago)

Man, that sucks, DL. I'm going to miss you and your mad threads. Damn work people, interfering with your internet life, how dare they? Maybe you can go and work for AOL since you're already in the ads, and then it would be your job to muck about on the internet.

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 07:35 (twenty years ago)

Wow,not good. you b one of my favorite posters (along with my one of Kimberly from Girls Aloud...Kimberly..kimberly) Oh yea sorry. I recon nix the file sharing and you should be ok. If you do keep you job, may i recomend investing in a home pc, then you can leave it on to file share all day while you are at work ILXing.

― lukey (Lukey G), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 07:54 (twenty years ago)

i feel incredibly paranoid but very lucky now - slsk seemingly not a problem where i'm at tho i only use it every other day on average. it's especially appreciated now i don't have internet access at home for a while.

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 08:05 (twenty years ago)

I agree with others though - Soulseek is the undoer

Sure. But possibly also "writing music reviews" -- this sounds like taking their money to work for someone else (even if the reviews are unpaid/a hobby, I don't know of your situation, dl).

Anyway, suxxor. Good luck dude, hope it works out ok.

― OleM (OleM), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 08:20 (twenty years ago)

That's awful news - good luck with the hearing, and I hope they reconsider and decide to keep you.

― cis (cis), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 08:21 (twenty years ago)

Unlucky DL. Hope it works out ok. All the advice above for the hearing seems pretty sound to me - even the conflicting bits.

― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 08:34 (twenty years ago)

sorry for dog latin. hope it works out for you.

i should reconsider my own net addiction.

― splooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 08:37 (twenty years ago)

I bet this thread has made an awful lot of us look over their shoulders. It pays to be friends with the IT people - in my last job I asked the IT boss whether they check people's internet use, and he said that they might do if they had three times the staff. In my current job, the IT guy happens to be quite literally my oldest friend, which is handy - and also it's too small an operation to worry too much about this kind of thing.

If they do want to fire you, I'm sure there is justification in the fact that you were committing a crime (music theft) on their time and using their equipment. If they don't want to fire you, I'm sure they will use their discretion and give you a written warning.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 08:46 (twenty years ago)

Actually my boss sits in the same room as me. He posts on a forum as much as I post to ILX, sorted innit?!!

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 08:51 (twenty years ago)

The trick is always to *be* the IT person. That was the best, when I was the Sys Admin. If people pissed me off, I had total access to their email and their internet records and everything. Heh heh.

That is the best lesson that my father always taught me - always bow down to the Sys Admin and treat them as if they are your god. Because in a way, they are. At least they can wreck vengeful havoc on your life in the same way. ;-)

(sorry for the facetious answer)

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 08:51 (twenty years ago)

My IT Manager invited me to his wedding in Madrid. I think I'm on the right side of things here.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 09:06 (twenty years ago)

i think most IT depts don't care about general internet use, and bandwidth is rarely the issue. what they care about (or at least SHOULD) is policing the transferring of files in and out of the company network, and adherence to copyright. obv HTML files pretty harmless, music won't wreak virus havoc but is a copyright infringement (which all corps have an interest in preserving), and then general runnable software is a security hole.

just saying like

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 09:13 (twenty years ago)

You're in my thoughts, Charlie. Good, good luck and I believe things will work out one way or another.

(I shouldn't even be typing this myself)

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 09:22 (twenty years ago)

It pays to be friends with the IT people

this is why i post here from my main job (IT boy is my ex) and not at my other job (where i have no idea who the IT people are, or even where they live)

good luck, DL!

― colette (a2lette), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 09:50 (twenty years ago)

im starting to look worriedly over my shoulder. and im working from home.

― splooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 09:59 (twenty years ago)

Never does reading ILX unnerve me more than when I am reading it in my parents' dining room.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 10:05 (twenty years ago)

i always worry when i cant get to the PC and i have to get my mum to read posts out aloud to me.

― splooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 10:06 (twenty years ago)

The trick is always to *be* the IT person. That was the best, when I was the Sys Admin. If people pissed me off, I had total access to their email and their internet records and everything. Heh heh.

That didn't work at my last job. What didn't help was that my boss was in the same room, and learned, by listening to the sound of my typing, to tell whether I was doing sysadmin stuff, or posting on ILX/LJ/my blog. I got called aside a couple of times to be told I was spending too much time writing blog entries, or doing personal mail.

Of course, that was also the company that objected to me charging my phone at work ("we think it's a *little bit* cheeky of you to use our electricity like that"). At this new job, on the other hand, when my phone ran down this morning my boss hunted round his office for five minutes to see if he had a charger that my phone would take.

― caitlin (at work), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 10:30 (twenty years ago)

I'm the "I.T. guy" here, never think that keeping the BW down will keep us at bay we routinely portscan for all major file sharing apps and come down heavily on those that use them.

1 way to avoid major problems is to remote desktop to an XP Pro machine at home if you have broadband and do everything through that, that way you are making an outgoing connection across one port and all the nasty illegal stuff is happening at your house, this of course doesn't stop the boss looking over your shoulder, but it does make minimizing it very easy all you have is one remote desktop window which shouldn't raise any warnings.

Even if your company stops 3389 (default RD port) you can setup RD to listen on port 80 (HTTP) and you should be okay.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 10:44 (twenty years ago)

At this new job, on the other hand, when my phone ran down this morning my boss hunted round his office for five minutes to see if he had a charger that my phone would take.

he'll still probably take issues if he knows you're blogging all day though ;)

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 10:53 (twenty years ago)

Well, true. I'm on my lunch break at the moment.

― caitlin (at work), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 10:56 (twenty years ago)

you get lunchbreaks as well!?

(here the PA has just been phoning around for takeaway menus which can only mean one thing...)

― koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 11:23 (twenty years ago)

The PA's a perfectionist?

― Sexual Air Supply (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 11:23 (twenty years ago)

that we shouldn't expect to be eating at home much during the coming month...

― koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 11:26 (twenty years ago)

Holy shit, man, that's terrible (responding to the thread question, here). Perhaps this'll serve as a first warning, and they'll let you stay! I really hope it works out for you. Good luck!!!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 13:58 (twenty years ago)

this has made me uninstall slsk. but i am leavign on friday anyway.

hope it works out ok chris.

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 14:08 (twenty years ago)

it's like that old saying (that I just made up) goes: "always lurk when you're at work. never post or you'll be toast."

― joseph pot (STINKOR™), Thursday, 9 September 2004 03:05 (twenty years ago)

I suggest people to use 2 browsers, one to do whatever reasonable things they are already doing and the other one for ironing: keep it minimized so it's not bothering you but on it leave open webpages about digital rights , privacy at work lawsuits, www.epic.org, www.eff.org.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Thursday, 9 September 2004 04:29 (twenty years ago)

i hope that all works out for you, dog latin. just remember ... no more soulseek (or any other P2P) on work computers.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 9 September 2004 05:00 (twenty years ago)

at one of my old jobs, my then-boss had me tell him about and download kazaa. which just goes to show that some workplaces aren't so jumpy wr2 p2p downloading (and that old job was at a law firm -- which may indicate something).

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 9 September 2004 05:06 (twenty years ago)

Tomorrow I'll be moving into a private office with a friend of mine from my department, and we've plans to covertly run a separate ethernet cable from one of the core switches to our room. That should put an end to anyone snooping on our activities.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 9 September 2004 05:11 (twenty years ago)

it's like that old saying (that I just made up) goes: "always lurk when you're at work. never post or you'll be toast."

That's awesome!

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 9 September 2004 05:12 (twenty years ago)

I agree.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 9 September 2004 09:04 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't it first said by Oscar Wilde?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 9 September 2004 09:04 (twenty years ago)

Of course, that was also the company that objected to me charging my phone at work

Hahahaha!

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 9 September 2004 09:22 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for all the kind words and advice everyone. Only three hours to go before I find out my future. To be honest I'm not too worried if I keep the job or not, it's the reference I'm worried about. I already have two interviews lined up for next week.

I'm a fucking idiot for even trying to do what I did but I guess the way I saw it was I was making use of a 2MB broadband connection they were hardly using. Plus I didn't feel as though they were giving me enough work to do (although if I told them that, they'd probably have words to say on the subject). I felt expendable and bored and that made me fuck about. As soon as the workload picked up I'd sometimes find that it over took me - but only sometimes.

Oh well, I guess I just have to sit there and be surly, admit anything they ask and apologise profusely. I really don't think they're going to keep me, if they do it will be very weird indeed. They're a small local business and this kind of thing hasn't happened to them before so they don't know how to handle it.

Anyone got any tips on references and where to get them if they're refused from your last employer?

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:06 (twenty years ago)

Does agency work need referees?

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:08 (twenty years ago)

Previous employers, uni/college tutors, if any of your friends are 'professionals' that always look good.
Hope you're ok DL!!

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:09 (twenty years ago)

Oops, guess who's just this minute downloaded and burned two CDs worth of Sun Ra right under the nose of their boss? I should be more careful. Best of luck dlatin!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:10 (twenty years ago)

Ask ILX to give you a reference!

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:10 (twenty years ago)

last time i got perm work through the agency they asked for references.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:12 (twenty years ago)

I'd say put your employer down anyway on your resume when you put it in! Put a few other references down along with and just hope. My last interview I gave two recent referees, knowing one would be polite but not that positive and the other would be glowing.

Lo, they called the glowing one, I got the job. You may get lucky and they won't try to contact the people who may be about to fire ya.

― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:14 (twenty years ago)

They can't refuse you a reference or say why you were fired - the very least they can legally do is give a description of the job that you were doing. But use ILX anyway.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:15 (twenty years ago)

i'd be upfront as possible about your mistakes. both at the meeting and at any new interviews. especially regarding filesharing. ilx and review writing is only a big deal if your productivity sucked and you were late for a lot of things. seriously, from a wise management point of view, you need to air your brain out. constant work isn't good for a well-rounded employee. of course, that's assuming the management cares.

but if you're forthcoming with the details of what went wrong, it could help a little. it may put you in a probationary period of work where they see your output for 3 months and then go from there, but that may be what you have to do.

sorry to hear it...
m.

― msp (msp), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:37 (twenty years ago)

Shit, I had about three or four co-workers going onto Kazaa or Napster. But then again, buying CDs was part of our job. Eventually they blocked it, but no one got in trouble. I've seen far worse things, like engaging in sex chat all day!

― Kerry (dymaxia), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:52 (twenty years ago)

See, I am having my non-boss co-worker give me references instead of my actual manager.

― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Friday, 10 September 2004 12:53 (twenty years ago)

when you come into the meeting size up the mood. that's the most important thing. you might be able to see right away that there's not a goddamn thing you can do because they've already made up their minds. short of that, if you have any history of good vibes with them, and they seem like they're still discussing/reprimanding rather than firing, the most important thing is to get back on the same side as them, "one of them" rather than "the freak who must be controlled and/or expunged" . i personally would start things out with a guilty-as-hell hangdog grin.. if at all possible. followed by a no-holds-barred admission of the extent of your stupidity. followed by what you consider to be the real problem here, of which filesharing etc is but the merest consequence: that you had some dead spots in your day. you should have communicated that, and let them know, and you didn't, and THAT'S what you feel really guilty about

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:06 (twenty years ago)

Under no circumstances wear an iPod to the meeting.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:43 (twenty years ago)

or a napster t-shirt.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:43 (twenty years ago)

Mandee has a good point. I know tons of people who've put a co-worker's name on the form instead of their boss's to get a more favourable reference.

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 10 September 2004 13:44 (twenty years ago)

good luck man. don't forget to picture eveyone in the room naked.

― kephm, Friday, 10 September 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago)

hell, at a couple state jobs i worked at, one dude was found with gigs of pr0n on his hard drive. and illegal stuff too. he was warned!!! 12 months later, when something was wrong with his computer and he had IT look at the machine, there were gigs more! finally, after much insanity, he was fired.

of course, some dude nearly assaulted somebody, was escorted out of the building, and then came back to work like nothing happened the next day. insanity!

so you never know what to expect. the sad part is that when your workplace tolerates that much, your ethic tends to slacken off. everybody there didn't give two shits because they knew it would be impossible to fire you and that sucks. especially when it's taxpayer money.

hehe... and nevermind my story about the guy i knew that ran a warez server from a gobmt office...
m.

― msp (msp), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago)

They can't refuse you a reference

Any legal people about? I can't believe this is true, especially if they sack someone.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:43 (twenty years ago)

The current organization I work for has a strict policy of only giving out position titel, salary info, and amount of time worked at the company if anyone calls for a reference. Which gives me absolutely zero incentive to do a good job at anything.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:45 (twenty years ago)

It's common practice that most companies (esp. large ones) only confirm employment. Saying much of anything else makes them liable. Not sure if the situation is the same in the UK, or esp. in dog latin's company's case (sorry about this btw), but given the larger amount of workers' rights there, I'd guess it's probably the case there too.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:46 (twenty years ago)

Employers who know what they're doing rarely give bad references as it leaves them open to being sued.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:46 (twenty years ago)

So I'm back. They made me come in an hour earlier than they'd said. Probably the longest 20 minutes of my life. They'd gone through my entire computer, found a few (non-porn) movies, music, reviews, a draft of jonathan ballsup's diary etc. They weren't impressed.

I basically did what Tracerhand suggested (I only just read what he wrote now). It still doesn't look good as I might have let slip that I'd been bored/disappointed at work.

They've given me all week to worry about it and then they're going to tell me on Monday (although they said it didn't bode well).

Thanks again guys.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:50 (twenty years ago)

wow, that really sucks that they'd let you stew about it all weekend. Perhaps, though, maybe that means that somebody there's on the fence, I dunno. Either way, good luck with things, sorry about all of this.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:54 (twenty years ago)

Eep. Now that is just torture, keeping you on the hot coals like that. Not nice.

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 10 September 2004 14:59 (twenty years ago)

No one fires anybody on a Monday! I bet you're fine dl!!

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:00 (twenty years ago)

I think my boss is trying to get me to quit.

― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:01 (twenty years ago)

There's still hope and it sounds like you did as well as you could have done in there. Don't like their ruin-your-weekend antics though.

― beanz (beanz), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:03 (twenty years ago)

shit now I'm getting all paranoid.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:04 (twenty years ago)

you're a better man than me, i would of told them to f*ck off on the 'wait til monday' bs

― kephm, Friday, 10 September 2004 15:10 (twenty years ago)

sadists all. get a new job anyway on principle.

― sexyDancer, Friday, 10 September 2004 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Letting slip that your bored/disappointed should make THEM reconsider what work you're being given just as much as anything. I mean, who's under any illusion that shitty jobs are fun?

I suspect you might be fired if they want you out. If they want you to stay, they won't. This may be stating the obvious.

Of course, if you do get fired, as soon as they start to say "Mr Latin, I'm afraid we're going to have to le.." you say "Screw you guys, I resign!", then walk out. It's the time honoured way of doing things.

(and if you don't get fired you won't be able to move to London with Nick S and discover your gay side)

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:19 (twenty years ago)

I just got a call from my boss. They've come to the conclusion that there is little hope for future devleopments between them and me, but rather than give me the sack they've given me the opportunity to resign. I asked about references and they said they'd give me one but if questioned would have to give the truth - fair do's I suppose. They also wished me luck in the future - in a nice way of course.

In many ways this is the best of all outcomes. I think if they'd offered me back the job I'd have resigned anyway seeing as the atmosphere would be weird and I wasn't really getting my teeth into the work. From now on I have to tread stealthy as a mothafucha. I've been pretty much glued to the internet and various forums since I got free internet at university and in many ways it's become a big distraction. In other ways it's helped me make a lot of friends, helped me promote my band and start up a small record label and get my writing to a larger audience. It hasn't helped my degree or worklife in any way though. That's the price you pay for being a mouse potato I guess. Hmmm... I wonder if the Daily Mail would like to hear my story of woe and internet addiction huh?

Anyway, I'll be popping my head in from time to time I guess, but really I think it would be best if I let things chill on the web front for a while.

Thanks once again to everyone on here for helping me through those long working days. Keep on ilxing but don't get caught.

Charlie

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:20 (twenty years ago)

remember to check the fap diary dude - maybe meet you soon

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:22 (twenty years ago)

damn Charlie, sorry to hear that. Good luck with everything, let us know how you are.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:23 (twenty years ago)

Charlie, dude, that sucks. But if you really are as dissatisfied with the job, it's probably for the best. Speaking as someone who has a complete internet addiction, there are things that can make it better and worse - and job dissatisfaction removes the incentive *not* to be addicted, if that makes any sense.

Good luck with everything, hope you find a better situation soon!

― Super-Masonic Black Hole (kate), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:25 (twenty years ago)

I LOVE YOU DOG LATIN get a more laid-back job and keep on ILXing

― chrisco (chrisco), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Has anyone really just been fired for only ILXing? My boss has noticed that I am on the internet at times but it only makes her give me more work so that I'm busier.

― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Hang in there bud, it doesn't read to me that your future prospects are too bad in light of all you've said so far, and yeah, one door closes etc. You never know, but this could be the best thing that ever happened, like in the film where one Gwyneth Paltrow goes blonde and ther other doesn't. Oh crap, sidetracked. Anyway, keep your head up. Your recent tales of woe isnpired me not to give up ILE recently, and the support you've been shown (and that to Kate and Martin recently) has convinced me you all do say good things every now and then.

To the future.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Good luck, Charlie. Hope you find a job you enjoy. The whole "potential big turning point!" thing is a cliche, but it *is* true.

― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:33 (twenty years ago)

best of luck. maybe you'll enjoy the next job though!

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's cool, Charlie, and it IS the best way it could have gone. And you can relax over the weekend!

Take some time out to think carefully about where you want to go, literally and metaphorically. At the moment everything is opportunity.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Mark has just read that in the free cookie from his friday night chinese take away.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:53 (twenty years ago)

haven't posted anything on this thread so far, but was following it this whole week. man dog latin, thats stupid that they're leaving you hanging like that. i hope things work out for you

― Vic (Vic), Friday, 10 September 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago)

'Has anyone really just been fired for only ILXing?'

He didn't mention that they found ilx when they went through his computer.

But I think kodanski (or whatever he wz called) got fired bcz of ilx.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 10 September 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago)

I'm sure the fecal porn had a part to play with Kodanshi.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 10 September 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago)

Well, that sucks on the job front, BUT with 2 interviews already sounds like you'll soon be somewhere better. I'd certainly like to have 2 interviews coming up... And, hey, unless you know you'd be horridly tempted at work, you can always post to ILX from HOME. That's what all us unemployed bastards do.

― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Friday, 10 September 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago)

Best of luck, dl. For what it's worth, I still don't think you did anything seriously wrong. "He's really productive at work, but he likes the internet too" ... so what? If you were compromising the security of the network with your filesharing, or taking up valuable disk space, or if they are concerned about professionalism when clients unexpectedly drop by of something, that would be a different thing. Otherwise, who cares? Yeah, I know a lot of people see it at "internet usage at work = bad" but I think that's a shitty attitude.

Hope to see you around in the future.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 10 September 2004 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Dog Latin, I ALWAYS enjoy your threads even though I rarely ever post to them. If you're gone for good that would be a shame.

― mcd (mcd), Friday, 10 September 2004 17:10 (twenty years ago)

Aw, I'm sorry DL. The best of luck with finding another job soon.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 10 September 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago)

mcd OTMFM.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 10 September 2004 17:30 (twenty years ago)

Good luck. In a few months you'll be so happy you're not at that job and doing something you love instead. On a more selfish note - a break from the forums might do you good, but don't stay away too long. Or if you do, you'd better have some really long and unbearably funny shit to post on your return.

― beanz (beanz), Friday, 10 September 2004 21:21 (twenty years ago)

Back in the glory days of Napster, I was chided a couple times at one job for being on the internet too much. The second time I sneered and said "I'm on my lunch break" (which I was) and she felt stupid (which she was).

The job after that was a contract job for fed. gov't and while I was doing work on one computer, I had another computer next to it downloading music, war3z, even a little pr0n!!1 from Hotline servers and was burning cds like a madman. Pretty sure the network guys could see all my "transactions" but I was never called out for it. They just let my contract expire naturally and gave me a hell of a letter of recommendation (which I still use today!).

― joseph pot (STINKOR™), Friday, 10 September 2004 23:43 (twenty years ago)

Give us an update you coy fucker!

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 00:31 (twenty years ago)

Hi dere!

Okay, so admittedly I haven't quite yet left the fold, ILX being that kind of creature but I Do have an update - a positive one so yay! I've been offered a job doing sales in some place in Stevenage. The work seems a little crumby (sales? yeuch!) but but but - it pays a shit load more than anywhere else I've ever worked and it WON'T be forever. As soon as the overdraft is paid back and I have a little dollar (£) in me back pocket I have bigger and better plans which involve finding work in either London or pref Brighton.I've already talked with a good recruitment agency about this one and they're scouting around as I type (well maybe not NOW, it being 1.30am, but you know what I mean).
So yeh, good good good. As for right now, I have until October 4th to laze about and do nothing. I still intend to cut down my internet time because it was actually getting fucking silly. Plus new job resolution is to spend more time writing stuff (from home, not work) and less time procrastinating in the evenings and/or getting pissed.

As if.

But yeh, I was rather overwhelmed by all the support on this thread and I can only say thanks so much as I don't think I'd have had the motivation to go out and get another job without the knowledge of so many kind souls backing me up.

Thanks again ILX! :-) :-)

― d0g l4tin (dog latin), Monday, 20 September 2004 23:27 (twenty years ago)

yay!

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:07 (twenty years ago)

Good job, DL! You and I start our new jobs on the same day!

― Towelette Pettatucci (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:10 (twenty years ago)

Rah for the canine Roman!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:40 (twenty years ago)

Yayayayayay

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:45 (twenty years ago)

Wow, what a roller coaster ride of a thread, with all those cliff-hanging 'Will he? Won't he?' moments we crave from the kind of daytime soaps watched by unemployed people.

― Momus (Momus), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:56 (twenty years ago)

I love it when you don't have to learn from your mistakes.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 03:15 (twenty years ago)

Oh that is good news Charlie! Don't forget about us in East Anglia when you move to fancy london!!!

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 07:09 (twenty years ago)

I woudn't hold much hope of getting a job with decent pay in Brigthon - but, you never know! (And it kind-of doesn't matter because of all the advantages).

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 08:05 (twenty years ago)

Woo!

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 08:50 (twenty years ago)

file sharing programs on work computers is always a bad thing.

i've seen three people fired because of that.

been let go from one temp job for checking my email.

the boss used to check the employees internet history when you would leave the room.

but it was a crap job so i was happy to go.

remember folks: delete history, cookies and internet history at the end of each surfing day!

file sharing is harder to hide because it takes up tonnes of usage.

most computer people are just looking for porn site traffic. usually they are so understaffed that they can't monitor surfing habits. however, the smaller the company, the more wary you should be.

― doomie x, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago)

Wow I never even saw this thread. Good luck with the new job Charlie, and of COURSE with moving to Brighton if that happens, which would be ace. Although there are NO decent jobs for graduates here, basically. But if you want me to keep an eye out when and if it comes to it, I will - just let me know what kind of work you'd want.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 09:08 (twenty years ago)

remember folks: delete history, cookies and internet history at the end of each surfing day!

More like once every hour but, yes, this is sound advice.

― robster (robster), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 09:13 (twenty years ago)

I only do that once a week! Time to change the routine...

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 09:28 (twenty years ago)

the 'bosses' were hitting heavy around my girl's work place for 'net usage and they never got her because she deletes all traces everyday on the computer.

but another girl was fired because she was always on ebay.

internet is like a drug.

― doomie x, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 09:46 (twenty years ago)

deleting all traces on your computer doesn't really cover all tracks, you know. if your net access goes through your company's server they can find out what sites you've been visiting if they have to.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 09:51 (twenty years ago)

but that depends on the size of the organisation. alot of people don't have the time and manpower to monitor individual surfing.

― doomie x, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:16 (twenty years ago)

my organisation appears to only monitor the top ten highest users (out of 30-odd thousand employees, that's not many). i've been caught out once. i've been lucky.

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:18 (twenty years ago)

However, a lot of people who look for internet usage are in crappy middle-management positions ans are a: stupid b: desperate to get noticed higher up. Just turn Internet history off (or to 0 days) in preferences and they will think you're never on.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:20 (twenty years ago)

but that depends on the size of the organisation. alot of people don't have the time and manpower to monitor individual surfing.

i think it depends on the organisation afterall. if it's bothered a sysadmin can run a simple query on the transaction logs and woah out pops the top ten sites visited and who's been visiting it. and (xpost) who's been using the internet the most and for what.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:34 (twenty years ago)

but in most large organisations they are so understaffed in the computer department and not particuarly keen to get anyone fired from any job for internet usage as computing staff have to be one of the people who use the internet the most...

agreed on crappy middle-management.

― doomie x, Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:53 (twenty years ago)

the computer department using the internet most is true to some extent. i guess i'm mainly thinking of big organisations such as finance and law firms the "reputation" of whom are valued very highly and they (especially coupled with the often more "proactive" (eegh) HR staff who think they run the show) are more likely to monitor things like internet usage rigidly.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 11:09 (twenty years ago)

Three Cheers for Charlie! (and his new job prospects)

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:20 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

I haven't been here much because:

1. I have a new lady in my life and she's lovely.
2. I have a new job doing telesales (aak!) but it's actually okay cos it's all inbound and not terribly stressful and I'm earning a shitload of money (well, compared to other jobs anyway).

All good, all good. I'll be around - I haven't forgotten you pals!

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 18 October 2004 16:20 (twenty years ago)

1. Enjoy
2. Do good things with the money

We'll talk at you when your money and lust fuelled rampage calms down.

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 18 October 2004 16:33 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Okay, I'm off for the foreseeable future. I'll be back when things like this and this stop happening on a day to day basis.

To those who I have had a good time whiling away the office hours in a respectful way (as opposed to the sad playground tactics that have been escalating over the last six months) then I wish you all the best and hope to see/speak to you soon. Send me your emails/IMs/MySpaces/whatever if you wish and let me know about any decent FAPS in London or Cambridge. It's been mostly a great 6 years but now I've got better things to take up my time than having to read endless bitchiness and trolling.

If you're still at ends as to my leaving, it's all here in this pamphlet: Dog Latin/Wogan Lenin = Troll!

Have a good one.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:36 (eighteen years ago)

Jesus Christ, I'm glad I never read ILM.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

waht? who announces quitting of ILE just because of ILM? tcha

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:50 (eighteen years ago)

1, paying attention to marcello carlin and dom passantino is for noobs unless you're hunting for shit to post in roffles compilation threads on the noyce borat

2, no list november should have been extended to no list forever

3, if you don't understand why the second thread you posted got the response it got then you probably should leave for a while and come back fresh-faced and ready to read the rest of ILM because UH

Andrew Farrell seconded - it's once again not worth the time to determine wheat from chaff - what month was that recently when it was kind of okay? oh right

― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:57 (eighteen years ago)

not just dog latin but I think ILM as a whole has started that "genre of the year" thread about once every fifteen days on average since fucking inception

― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:58 (eighteen years ago)

tombot otm on all 3 counts

― lex pretend (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:59 (eighteen years ago)

I'm just sick of people posting sarky shit after everything I post... look here it comes again...

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)

nice arse

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:01 (eighteen years ago)

haha

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:02 (eighteen years ago)

someone excelsior that plz

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:02 (eighteen years ago)

Tombot OTM on all three counts, seconded.

I'm pretty sure about 95% of ILX finds these Marcello and Dom mutual masturbation-fests hugely annoying but really when they've got an itch you can't blame them for scratching it can you?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:05 (eighteen years ago)

On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again,
And I can't wait to get on the road again.

On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world be turnin' our way
And our way
Is on the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again

On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world be turnin' our way
And our way
Is on the road again

Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
And I can't wait to get on the road again

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:06 (eighteen years ago)

Louis, shut up.

Dog Latin, please listen to Tom.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

I thought ILE was nicer now than it's been for a while, but I'm an absolute ostrich when it comes to these things. ILM seems as scary as ever, full of people who nitpick, but I guess that's why you gotta be damn sure about posting anything before you do. (I almost never post on ILM).

(DL, if you really MUST go, come back soon. This is a good place, and you're one of the people that make it so, despite the haterz)

― Johnney B English (stigoftdump), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:11 (eighteen years ago)

It's suddenly occurred to me that a fascistic cap on the number of posts users can make in a day would probably cut down on the whole "excelsior my hilarious zing!" culture a lot and cause people to actually think about their posts a bit more. Okay it would cause a load more problems in return but hey, omlettes/eggs.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:12 (eighteen years ago)

It would be death to regional threads. ;_;

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

Win-win!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

I think anyone actually leaving should go quietly and pretend to never check back to see if they're on the milk carton thread.

― onimo (onimo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

ILM has nothing much for me anymore, but that's a reflection on me in 2007, not necc on ILM.

Tombot kind of OTM.

Take care, DL.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:15 (eighteen years ago)

Ouch, Matt, how is nanny state-ness a good idea?! No thank you.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:15 (eighteen years ago)

I wasn't seriously advocating it, don't worry.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

it would be good for my work-life. but i think peoples would be prioritizing zings over other stuff. one day it'll be nuttin but zings.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

Why don't you just search and destroy all excelsior threads!

― Allyzay doesnt get into the monkeys or vindications (allyzay), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:17 (eighteen years ago)

move all region-specific threads to another board (I Love Locals?)

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:17 (eighteen years ago)

Just search and destroy Dom Passantino?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:19 (eighteen years ago)

LOL it's funny because it's true.

― Allyzay doesnt get into the monkeys or vindications (allyzay), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

i don't know why people get so fed up with zings/ball-breaking. as long as it's done well it's part and parcel of what makes ilx, i mean what if dj martian had quit in 2001? we'd be so much worse off. i stand by the 'bad answers? bad question' thing, for now.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

really when they've got an itch you can't blame them for scratching it can you?

what? of course you can! WTF is up with this whole 'oh they can't help themselves' business, they're perfectly capable of self-control, they just choose not to exercise it.

― ampersand, spades, semicolon (cis), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

dom_and_marcello_with_placard_saying_'wop'.jpg

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

that's a slightly oblique reference to a newspaper cover.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

as long as it's done well it's part and parcel of what makes ilx

Contrariwise, if it's the only part of a thread, it's not being done well.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

Almost as good an idea as the pay-per-post idea which I suggested several months ago.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

just make IVE LEFT EVERYTHING already.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

if it's the only part of a thread, it's not being done well.

it wasn't the only thing going on on the thread that drove doglatin off. funnily enough i actually gave him some serious suggestions as well as criticising his approach.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:28 (eighteen years ago)

Steve I think people get pissed off about clicking on a thread and nine of the first ten posts are Dom and Marcello posting 'hilarious' jpegs and song lyrics. At least Jess and Ethan had the good sense to be funny.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:30 (eighteen years ago)

xpost - Yes, you weren't a complete dick.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

I always bear in mind what Matt DC once said to me at an FAP: "Everything EVERYONE posts on ILx is a load of shit, isn't it?" Perhaps more people should.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

you're exaggerating a little but yeah i do agree.

but it's not gonna change.

xpost

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

I wouldn't actually mind if we stopped image posts on here - I remember when they were only occasional and you know, funny, rather than oh god this thread takes years to load and URGH. But this is another topic!

Doglatin to post more on LJ pls :)

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

but not about minimal house

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

The option not to view images is available.

Humour is a very individual thing. For instance I have never read anything on any of the Excelsior threads which has made me laugh.

But then wouldn't it be a dull messageboard where everyone agreed with everyone else?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:34 (eighteen years ago)

debatable

― lex pretend (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

"more funny than dom" != "funny"

― lex pretend (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

Louis, shut up.

I was being serious! I thought Steve's response was genuinely funny, and I'm still locked from the current Excelsior thread. I generally signal my sarcasm more emphatically than that.

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

No-one to post about minimal house on anything ever, pls.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

especially you

― lex pretend (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:38 (eighteen years ago)

No one doubted your sincerity.

― Allyzay doesnt get into the monkeys or vindications (allyzay), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:38 (eighteen years ago)

touch lex and feel the warmth of his sincerity!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:39 (eighteen years ago)

I think 'Louis, shut up' was just a general plea. I bet Pash hadn't even read the thread yet. Poor Louis!

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:40 (eighteen years ago)

who really cares...why are people pretending like ILX is a community, or like ILM can be policed or controlled? people are dicks to others when they think "this person is annoying me", it isn't nice but it has been happening on ILM for aeons...many, many posters come back from it just fine...

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:42 (eighteen years ago)

It would have worked pretty well as a snarky piece of excelsior-culture savagery, though, now I look at it again...

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:42 (eighteen years ago)

so wait, did he ever get fired then?

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:43 (eighteen years ago)

No. He was asked to resign.

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)

oy lock this thread already plz, or move to ILM

― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)

only louis can ask for threads to be locked!

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

we turned young ronan into a non-dickish poster entirely by the technology of zings!

to be fair this has never worked on anyone else before or since

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:45 (eighteen years ago)

usually it's the reverse

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:47 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, at the very least you can say that this imposition has distracted ILM from that Klaxons thread.

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:47 (eighteen years ago)

http://otakubooty.bootyproject.org/images/forum/post/113.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:49 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah we don't really need another tedious 500-post meta discussion do we? Or we could let it devolve into one where we post a million pictures of meerkats.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

sloths are better

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

what ever happened to the david hasselhoff/sloth pitcture?

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:50 (eighteen years ago)

I see your sloth and raise you one capybara.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

you mean slugs (xpost)

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

penguins are better

― lex pretend (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.base58.com/ilx/badger1.gif

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_independent/march_of_the_penguins/marchofthepenguins12.jpg

― lex pretend (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.ryanphotographic.com/images/JPEGS/Platypus%204.jpg

ADORABLE

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~icecube/icons/hausdorff.jpg

― TOMBO7 (TOMBOT), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17782/17782-h/images/acillus21.jpg

― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:53 (eighteen years ago)

Okay I'm sure somewhere in the archives there must be a picture of Ned as an anthropomorphised animal and now I want someone to post it.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:54 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.akadventurecrew.com/images/contact_us/baby_cheetah.jpg

― lex pretend (lex pretend), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:54 (eighteen years ago)

someone photoshop his face onto the cowardly lion

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:55 (eighteen years ago)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/Juror8/powerglove103.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

http://metropolis.co.jp/xmg/498/Thunderpants.jpg

― Frogm@n Henry (Frogm@n Henry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

i got the shit zinged out of me a lot when i started, and i am a better person for it.

it's like a reeducation camp only without the cold rice.

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

Ned as an anthropomorphised animal

There was the Neditee and my face on the seagulls, at least.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

http://metropolis.co.jp/xmg/498/Thunderpants.jpg
-- Frogm@n Henry

that cracks me up every time :)

― onimo (onimo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 16:58 (eighteen years ago)

louis asking for the actually intersting and not really very zingy klaxons thread to be closed was weird. seeing as said thread was actually y know quite interesting.

― acrobat (elwisty), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:01 (eighteen years ago)

the list of posters here who are attention starved moral dwarves is long long long. it doesn't necessary make them bad people all around, but it also means you shouldn't get too worked up when you get piled up on.

unless you are actually saying a lot of stupid bullshit in which case yknow STOP

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:04 (eighteen years ago)

i love meta threads so much

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:05 (eighteen years ago)

maybe i was a teensy bit wrong about that one

xpost

― backtrackage (Haberdager), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:05 (eighteen years ago)

RIP REDUX

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:05 (eighteen years ago)

http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Photo/2006/09/12/1158092069_2739.jpg

I think 'Louis, shut up' was just a general plea.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:12 (eighteen years ago)

GOSH! Marcello being useful amongst lots of sniping - you can INDEED turn pictures off! Thank you for MAKING MY DAY.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

noob

― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

also only show 'last 100 posts' on a thread for quicker loading.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

Yes, God Bows To Meth, I certainly haven't been on ILx for a long time and thus seen so many settings change it could get confusing. Show 100 posts is still in my settings.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

wow, I'm going to be the one to complain about images now

― UART variations (ex machina), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

OH I DID NOT REALISE I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE NEW HERE HOW SILLY OF ME

― God Bows to Meth (noodle vague), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:41 (eighteen years ago)

So, so.

― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:45 (eighteen years ago)

there are too many images of doglatin on ilx

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

i got the shit zinged out of me a lot when i started, and i am a better person for it.
it's like a reeducation camp only without the cold rice.

So did I and it turned me back into a lurker. I was asking for it mind, I see that now. I guess some of us are less tough than others.

― Zora (Zora), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:05 (eighteen years ago)

I think it's just about attitude, not toughness (hope that makes sense).
Some people thought the 'bullying' of Louis was a new low for ILX.
I doubt anyone really thinks Wagemann was unfairly lambasted tho heh.
The general feeling seemed to be that they were going about things the wrong way, opening them up for criticism. But people's ideas of valid or fair criticism do differ. Again you could argue that just posting images or song lyrics isn't really criticism but otoh is it really so hard to deal with?

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:13 (eighteen years ago)

this guy

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:19 (eighteen years ago)

Oh well, at least we didn't goad DL into flying across the Atlantic to stalk another poster.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:23 (eighteen years ago)

What?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:23 (eighteen years ago)

that was all a misunderstanding

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:24 (eighteen years ago)

as in, what crazy shit did i miss there?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:24 (eighteen years ago)

(That's a mean Gr4h4m ref re: what he did to M3l1ss4 W.)

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:25 (eighteen years ago)

oh, phew.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:25 (eighteen years ago)

Aha.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:26 (eighteen years ago)

I misread "dom_and_marcello_with_placard_saying_'wop'.jpg"

dom_and_marcello_with_picard_saying_'wop'.jpg

That would be amazing!

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:28 (eighteen years ago)

jel otm

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:29 (eighteen years ago)

gff is a good example as a dude who can suck it up & not whine about zings - for a while jess was posting under the full name of some chick he got dumped by!!

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:29 (eighteen years ago)

useful in case she ever googles herself & cant remember talking about photek and cheese fries on some weird msgboard

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:30 (eighteen years ago)

heres to you, mrs hulkington

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:30 (eighteen years ago)

weird an entire message board made up of the dad from the wonder years

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

also calvin's dad in camping trip/"builds character" mode

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

Why'd they have to kill the dad from the wonder years?

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

that was supposed to say "we're an entire message board" but i think it works either way

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.bonusround.com/book4-5/images/lauria-durning.jpg

charles durning w/pizza, dan lauria

― roger goodell (gear), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

does rjg mean me or doglatin?

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

not, sure

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

I'd wondered what "katie quirk" was a reference to.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

yeah make sure you get all this down jay

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

zing!

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

to be fair, i'm pretty sure that was because ethan baited me to do so while drunk one time, but i'm pretty much drunk all the time so i could be making that up

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

of course there was no excuse once i had woken up sober the next day, so hey

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

i'm just a dick

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

ILX: WHO ARE YOU TO REZISTE UH?

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:40 (eighteen years ago)

if anyone else feels like changing their screenname to one of my exes (maybe the one who cheated on me when we worked at the same store, at the store, while i was downstairs in the storeroom in the basement) feel free

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:41 (eighteen years ago)

bitches, man

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:41 (eighteen years ago)

Woah dude!

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:42 (eighteen years ago)

We should have a "post-as-one-of-your-exes" day.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:42 (eighteen years ago)

haha the worst part is that we're still friends

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:42 (eighteen years ago)

xpost haha no it's all right jess! i thought it was kind of funny. i boggled for a second, then was like:

http://flmc.cigogne.org/images/flmc.cigogne.org/Col_Klink.jpg
EEEETHHHAAAAAAAAN

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:43 (eighteen years ago)

word

― madruga von ripperpimp (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:43 (eighteen years ago)

haha i feel really bad about it though in retrospect. this is the kind of shit that makes me such an easy target for karma fucking me in the ass in my real life.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

steve, madruga and i are still not on very good terms. i'd appreciate it if you'd lay off, otherwise i'll leave.

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

"post as some dude's ex on message board"/"get into shitty fight with own gf"

coincidence? read the book

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

aint i a stinker

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

it had less to do with you & more to do with that hilarious name

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

Exes, maaan. Let's see...there the self-loathing one, the not-too-bright one, or...the other self-loathing one. It's like an S-O-S of dating disasters.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:46 (eighteen years ago)

i mean if i ever end up banging a chick named suzy may twee or something feel free to go nuts

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:46 (eighteen years ago)

with me theyre all the self-loathing one - how do you think i hit that to begin with

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

my motto is 'you cant do any better'

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

i'm glad that dog latin's hissyfit has actually brought some of us closer together

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

WELL LET'S SEE, there's the blogger who found out he was HIV+ about months after we had sex...

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

okay daddino "wins"

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

WINS AIDS

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

whoa christ

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

That kinda wasn't even the half of it, but we'll let it stand.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:55 (eighteen years ago)

to be fair one of my exes contracted ebola

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:55 (eighteen years ago)

(I'm HIV-free, sexy guys who may be reading this. LET'S KEEP IN TOUCH.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:55 (eighteen years ago)

but we were estranged at the time and working together in equatorial africa for a cure. when we fell back in love as she deteriorated, our white people's love proved that you can go on in the face of great suffering.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

I Dreamed of Baltimore

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

it's a story as old as the crucifixion

― roger goodell (gear), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:57 (eighteen years ago)

actually she was a chinaman, but whatever

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:58 (eighteen years ago)

congo hulkington

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:58 (eighteen years ago)

(Sorry Ddino.)

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

around the world in 80 lays

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

aidsy quirk

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

Pshaw, no need for sympathy. It was like five-six years ago anyway, and last I checked dude is healthy and in a relationship.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:01 (eighteen years ago)

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:02 (eighteen years ago)

DIFFERENT BLOGGER. Inskeep and I are still tight.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:03 (eighteen years ago)

Haha

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:04 (eighteen years ago)

damn jaymc u r one crepey dude

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

I am in tears over here.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:30 (eighteen years ago)

jess, i will post under the name of your ex, send it on over!

― i've dreamt of rubies! (Mandee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:31 (eighteen years ago)

joei perry

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

have at the ho

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:38 (eighteen years ago)

What were we talking about again?

― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

nice.

― joei perry (Mandee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

WAIT ISNT THAT SOMEONE'S WIFE

― joei perry (Mandee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

― GULLIBLE (Mandee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:44 (eighteen years ago)

congo hulkington

-- and what (an...), January 30th, 2007.

ok now im picturing jess as the talking gorilla from congo

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:44 (eighteen years ago)

i'm going to die from roffles today

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:46 (eighteen years ago)

btw does anyone remember which thread is the origin of "strongo hulkington"? apparently there are about 3,600 google hits for "strongo hulkington."

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:46 (eighteen years ago)

omg that just inspired an actual real life laughing fit.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:47 (eighteen years ago)

SORRY DAN

― GULLIBLE (Mandee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:47 (eighteen years ago)

MANDEEEEEEEE, NNOOOOOOO! Whoops.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:48 (eighteen years ago)

this thread just keeps on giving

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:48 (eighteen years ago)

aids

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

dog latin's a nice guy and i'm sad to see him go. he got me into tons of cool old obscure tunes.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:57 (eighteen years ago)

SCREAMING LAUGHTER

(xpost?)

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:57 (eighteen years ago)

lock thread

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:57 (eighteen years ago)

good day today, y'all!

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:58 (eighteen years ago)

maybe you should go with him, mr. snrub!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:59 (eighteen years ago)

If I left, this thread would be gone! We can't have that!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:12 (eighteen years ago)

costrewardanalysis.html

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:16 (eighteen years ago)

Damn, this thread got good.

― the_pinefox (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:19 (eighteen years ago)

Is the pinefox your ex-girlfriend? I'm so confused now!

― N.i.c.o.l.e (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:20 (eighteen years ago)

It's either keep on posting or play Am I Ready To Be Heartbroken one more time and weep into my gin.

― the_pinefox (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:20 (eighteen years ago)

YOOOHOOO JAY! I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE YOU HERE! :D

― jaymc's hand and anus bib (handmc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:21 (eighteen years ago)

O_O

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:24 (eighteen years ago)

The hell?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:28 (eighteen years ago)

hell is right! you left me along the shores of lake michigan that night in deep winter, and i'll never forget that, but i worked my way up now, and that doesn't mean i still don't think about you

― jaymc's hand and anus bib (handmc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

...

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:32 (eighteen years ago)

ok this thread

― Allyzay doesnt get into the monkeys or vindications (allyzay), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:34 (eighteen years ago)

so now you can't talk! you just couldn't stop talking when we were a thing. those were the days!

― jaymc's hand and anus bib (handmc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:34 (eighteen years ago)

o_O??????

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

everyone realizes dog latin has pretty much his own ilxor board right?

http://ilx.wh3rd.net/newanswers.php?board=96

― acrobat (elwisty), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

this thread is the best in years

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:36 (eighteen years ago)

http://startrekccg.fanhq.com/Resources/CardImages/ST2E-EN02131.jpg

― UART variations (ex machina), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:39 (eighteen years ago)

LOL, I have no idea who JHAAB is.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

your spreadsheet has finally failed you, eh?

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

maybe dog latin will resurrect as posh tiger

― GULLIBLE (Mandee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

don't remember.

typical. hmmph!

― jaymc's hand and anus bib (handmc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:49 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.unmc.edu/library/clues/hamster.jpg

― roger goodell (gear), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:50 (eighteen years ago)

LOL @ LT RIKER

― 69 (plsmith), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

i remember when he used to spread me like a sheet. sigh.

― jaymc's hand and anus bib (handmc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

god bless u hand and anus bib

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:57 (eighteen years ago)

I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:59 (eighteen years ago)

I have no idea who JHAAB is.

But you were once so close!

― I'm a PC. (kenan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:04 (eighteen years ago)

stress the past tense, bub.

but you know i came here for a reason after I searched you out.

we still have a chance to make this the present tense, if you know what i mean.

― jaymc's hand and anus bib (handmc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:04 (eighteen years ago)

xpost I see how you are. Keep track of everyone but NEGLECT THE ONES WHO LOVE YOU THE MOST

― event horizon planner (kenan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:04 (eighteen years ago)

(wtf is an anus bib?)

― event horizon planner (kenan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:05 (eighteen years ago)

Haha, this is hilarious. Wanna give me a hint, "bub"?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:06 (eighteen years ago)

(xp) art of pretend forgetfulness

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:06 (eighteen years ago)

sometimes you just have to pretend you know who the person is

― roger goodell (gear), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:09 (eighteen years ago)

(For the record, I'm still on good terms with everyone I've had sex with, so I can't speak to this "spread me like a sheet" business.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:10 (eighteen years ago)

well you're just so damn likeable

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

xpost You know, like, "Oh yeah! It's that guy I used to go out with, then one day beat and left for dead in the lake!"

― event horizon planner (kenan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:11 (eighteen years ago)

sigh why do you try to make it easy for all of us to laugh at you

― Allyzay doesnt get into the monkeys or vindications (allyzay), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

courtesy of i pwn everything:

Decaffed246(4:43:02): dude whattup?
NedRaggett(4:43:14): Wait, which personage is this?
Decaffed246(4:43:25): really?
NedRaggett(4:43:53): I forgot to add you to my buddy list!
NedRaggett(4:43:57): And therefore I'm ignorant
Decaffed246(4:44:07): aww dont leave me
NedRaggett(4:44:21): I'm not leaving! Seriously, who is this again?
Decaffed246(4:44:37): stacey 35/female/california
NedRaggett(4:45:16): Goddamn I'm completely blanking! Okay, you have
the eternal right to make fun of me forever now. :-)
Decaffed246(4:45:25): but i'm just getting to know u better
NedRaggett(4:46:14): Okay, wait, are you a friend of Vic's?
Decaffed246(4:46:24): maybe; -)
NedRaggett(4:46:41): My brain is starting to function better now
Decaffed246(4:46:50): i am watching fear factor, man this show is crazy
NedRaggett(4:47:13): C'mon man bugs and snails
Decaffed246(4:47:22): lol
NedRaggett(4:47:34): Crawling all over your FLESH -- um anyway.
Decaffed246(4:47:42): man, I am tired
NedRaggett(4:48:07): Hey, get some sleep. :-) But okay, this is
starting to connect with my feeble brain now
Decaffed246(4:48:12): haha, FunnyMuffin.com has really funny pictures.
have you ever been theer?
NedRaggett(4:48:41): So you know Vic, he invited you into a chat where
we all were...I think. It's been a few weeks. This shows you how up
on things I am!
NedRaggett(4:48:47): FunnyMuffin? I know it not
Decaffed246(4:48:49): it can't be me
NedRaggett(4:48:51): I will investigate
Decaffed246(4:49:03): lol
NedRaggett(4:49:50): Okay, if it ISN'T you, then tell me how I know
you, I'll go nuts otherwise! (I am good at that.)
Decaffed246(4:50:01): yea
NedRaggett(4:51:00): Okay, my brain is less taxed now. :-) Well
hello -- and where in California are you at again? Around here?
Decaffed246(4:51:07): where did u go? lol
NedRaggett(4:51:16): Sorry I'm in about six different windows!
Decaffed246(4:51:28): that's ok
NedRaggett(4:51:29): I just signed on and got messaged and chatted and more
NedRaggett(4:51:33): And I'm all "ack!"
Decaffed246(4:51:41): uh huh... sure lol
NedRaggett(4:52:09): It's true! (I mean, I'm an egomaniac beyond
description but it's still true!)
Decaffed246(4:52:22): ok
NedRaggett(4:52:38): But you were kind enough to remember me and
that's why I feel bad I didn't remember you right away
Decaffed246(4:52:47): im not that interesting, lol
Decaffed246: You have been talking to a computer! One of your friends
is reading the whole conversation and laughing it up right now! GET
EVEN! Have the bot talk to all your friends by visiting
chattingaimbot.com

― roger goodell (gear), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

Hahahah. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:13 (eighteen years ago)

sigh why do you try to make it easy for all of us to laugh at you

Me or John? (Or does it matter?)

― event horizon planner (kenan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

I wouldn't be surprised if JHAAB was a fake, but I still want to know who it is.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

If?

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

wait...a FAKE hand and anus bib??

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

I mean, I assume it is, Dan.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:16 (eighteen years ago)

Jaymc(12:58:10): u doin ok over there?
jaymc's hand and anus bib (12:58:25): I am ok over here. are you ok over there?
Jaymc(12:58:39): sometimes I ask mysel fthe same question
jaymc's hand and anus bib (12:58:56): we all should occasionally
Jaymc(12:59:10): oh man i am craving m&m's right now...
jaymc's hand and anus bib (12:59:55): melts in your butt, but not in your hands?
Jaymc(1:00:09): what about ure butt?
jaymc's hand and anus bib (1:00:52): its fine also, thanks for asking

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

jaymc, you hurt me. but what hurts me the most is that you hurt me by hurting yourself even more.

i want to be polite and not offend the community here at the i.l.x. but you know what, jaymc? you're just FULL OF IT. FULL. OF. IT.

every day you used to spread me out and i would cry in ecstasy enjoying your cheeks' caresses, but then i became just like any other inaminate object one night. just like that. after every battle we went through together. i helped you out of many accidents. and you took care of me using only the kindest ways to cleanse me.

i'm happy doing clerical work at Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Illinois. i have many friends who are REAL friends and support me now. i can stay afloat. i'm happy to be the independent bib i am. it wasn't easy. can you comprehend how many prejudices i had to overcome working my way to make it? you wouldn't believe it. i want you to feel my pain, but even i can't tell you the horrible experiences i endured after you left me in the icy waters of the lake that night. it's as if you just dicovered a new bib!

now that the tables have turned, and here you are. keeping tabs on other people on an internet message board. i really hope you are proud of yourself. but just in case you still have some soul left in you, i want to leave you one more thing you could have kept a tab on.

me!

i'm now officially THROUGH with you, jaymc. i don't know if you moved on to just more trampy bibs, or you have a pretend bib. but THIS bib has a hold on life, and i know where i want to head. and frankly, i don't really care about you anymore, jaymc.

goodbye, jaymc. hello, WORLD!

― jaymc's EX hand and anus bib (handmc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

ROFFFFFFL

― event horizon planner (kenan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:18 (eighteen years ago)

my head is kind of spinning after today

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:19 (eighteen years ago)

Losing it over here.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:19 (eighteen years ago)

ANUS BIB : google result
http://www.asstr.org/files/Collections/LEXtext/StarWars/ldstar8.txt

― event horizon planner (kenan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:21 (eighteen years ago)

I'm not clicking on Alt.Sex Stories Text Repository at work.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)

time for thread of the year noms yet?

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:23 (eighteen years ago)

we need to take bets for when dog latin comes back

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

I'm not clicking on Alt.Sex Stories Text Repository at work.

but-but It's LEIA RAPE

― event horizon planner (kenan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

honestly, I haven't read it either.

― event horizon planner (kenan), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:34 (eighteen years ago)

well the funny part of this thread has now past

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU" was pretty fucking funny!

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

okay, okay

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

(Also I have no idea what jaymc was trying to intimate upthread but I am not and never have been his anus bib, ew.)

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

I was talking to Dan Martin. Note the comma.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

don martin??

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

I thought you were channelling RJG or something.

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

One time in junior hockey I got introduced over the PA as "Don" during the starting line-ups.

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:51 (eighteen years ago)

...and now it turns into the chicago thread

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 22:12 (eighteen years ago)

http://images.cafepress.com/product/20606964_240x240_Front.jpg

― clotpoll (Clotpoll), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 22:20 (eighteen years ago)

I meant wogan lenin

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 23:17 (eighteen years ago)

this guy!

― vita susicivus (blueski), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 11:22 (eighteen years ago)

The first half of this thread reads like a bunch of crackheads justifying their crack breaks at work.

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 14:11 (eighteen years ago)

haven't read it. is it any more edifying than the second?

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 14:25 (eighteen years ago)

Let's say it's illuminating.

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 14:51 (eighteen years ago)

i shall illuminate myself later.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 15:52 (eighteen years ago)

This is partic funny

"You could try explaining yourself by saying that you've been having some personal problems or something and the ILXors are helping you through it and you just lost track of how long you were spending on it. Tell them it's been sorted now and you'll cut down."

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:08 (eighteen years ago)

"once you pop, you can't stop"

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:38 (eighteen years ago)

four years pass...

have at the ho
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:38 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― HOOBASTANK is my co-pilot (DJP), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago)

hahahahahaaaaaa

― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago)

I totally forgot about "jaymc's hand and anus bib."

― jaymc, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 23:25 (thirteen years ago)

hahaha i have no idea why now but i happened on this thread the other night too.

― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago)

Poor Mandee. Lol.

― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 23:59 (thirteen years ago)

here at the i.l.x.

― Ste, Thursday, 14 July 2011 10:49 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

i was totally looking for something else but

jess, i will post under the name of your ex, send it on over!
― i've dreamt of rubies! (Mandee), Tuesday, January 30, 2007
joei perry
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, January 30, 2007
have at the ho
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, January 30, 2007
nice.
― joei perry (Mandee), Tuesday, January 30, 2007
WAIT ISNT THAT SOMEONE'S WIFE
― joei perry (Mandee), Tuesday, January 30, 2007

tears.

― THAT IS ONE BIG PIZZA (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 26 November 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago)

oh my

― nuts spats (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago)

Real world lols. I must have missed that when it was first posted.

― this will surprise many (Nicole), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago)

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