Say something nice about another ILXor

i wish those things were true! but <3 all the same

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i was going to chip in with praise for karl but then he posted a broken link

sorry dude i expect the best

regulation climbing gear

http://i.imgur.com/ax3vPES.png

solid - i recant my earlier statement and formally offer karl one (1) bro-fist

for real though the above posters are wonderful and their presence on a thread often tips me toward trying to contribute something rather than just observing( for better or worse), and i'm sure that's true for other people too

The Mailman always delivers, 'tis true.

i hate to shatter yr illusions, but KM is a splendid human being

+1. I love the artwork and lolz.

Karl is the dearest, sweetest, Loveless and also my go to guy for sharing a near death experience with and watching him work his magic on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWg_MIAuoF0

LOVELIEST, not loveless. Damn MBV induced AI leaning autocorrect knows too much about me.

<3

an autocorrect with a tendency toward MBV speaks volumes

Karl did the loveliest .gif of Kenny Whippetlurcher in space (I even put the image on a mug).

Morbz has good taste in movies

love Shakey, Tombot, k3vin, Neanderthal on the political threads even when I want to throttle them

thats the left for u

i always 'ppreciate you reeling us back in :)

of bitters rather than bitter iirc

― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Monday, 12 December 2016 16:21 (two months ago) Permalink

pint of bitters would certainly do something for me. and 'allo boys i've been away, i've had a bit of a holiday' so it was gratifying to catch up on this thread. but certainly drinking pints with any of the ilxors i've drank and drunk with has always been a pleasure.

and btw darragh i'm thinking of heading to dublin at some point soon so it's a chance for you to break the duck if you're around when i sort my dates out etc.

and aimless, thanks for this:

cosign on Fizzles. he never gives the impression that he understands his own worth.

― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 26 December 2016 04:57 (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and while some people irl have said the same thing, it's obv impossible and tiresome to actually gauge, and after all quite often you look in the mirror and have cause to slowly repeat after yourself 'u r a lousy bum', so tend to be a bit cautious about assertions. unless i've had a pint of bitters of course.

Be a pleasure. Book well in advance I'm a popular and busy man irl

I don't get it either.

mystery. i'll make sure i send an rsvp.

I love Mordy.

Seconded

thirded

His intellect humbles me.

he's solid. he's thoughtful. he's informed. he's inquisitive. he's a good one.

just like John McCain

(reaches for soap to wash Alfred's mouth out)

mordy is the real maverick

He wasn't far off scapegoat for the ills of the world once upon a time iirc but mordy is ok.

ts: spurs fan vs eagles fan

ILX still a prig club

DON: We read some of Mordy's post. We respected his intellect. We thought that while occasionally he was priggish he was usually on the money in terms of his ability to gauge the political scene.

GHOST OF GLENN: Yeah, well, we knew something about pricks. Oh, wait, you said prigs. Well...

DON: Well, yeah.

Don prickles

don't really know much about stevie but i appreciate him, and his posts, and his cats

stevie d has cats?

other Stevie I'm guessing

sup btw!

hey dude :D

stevie (the one with cats) is indeed a fine fellow -- a great host to me back in 2005, and the best chocolate chip pancake maker outside of the US itself.

difficult listening hour, Noodle Vague, ShariVari & goole are all super-reliable and frequently inspirational 'go-tos' for me on all matters political, in the context of what is obv. a dark time.

SV & goole I value for always being so well-informed on all sort of current events & trends, and also being able to succinctly and pithily summarise e.g near-eastern domestic politics or obscure factions of online crypto-fascist neer-do-wells for the rest of us.

dlh & NV can do this too, but what I really value them for is their ability to place events in a broader analytical framework and convincingly connect them with some kind of positive leftist narrative of change, but without slipping into sentimental pieties and platitudes. NV also a knack of putting forward analyses which prod me out of some of my more complacent, basically bourgeois reflexive assumptions (but without resorting to challops or falling into the trap of being 'provocative' for its own sake).

wow thanks Andy, nice to think that in amongst all my rubbish posts there's the odd one that speaks to somebody

the American politics threads boast my favorite posters.

But only this morning right

so long as Treeship isn't wringing his hands into a fine powder.

the American politics threads boast my favorite posters

smdh

Gotta find something else to do with my hands.

I've got a couple ideas

i don't post here very much anymore but the three regs above me are some of my faves (along with tombot and josh in chicago). go team :)

goole should get a grant to write a Rick Perlstein-style history of the alt-right/batshit online conservatism

I should pre-empt him with a Reagan bio.