Posts you had second thought about and decided not to post - put them here

you can usually guess who and what 00s ILM is going to be repulsive about and how so it would be nice to have new threads as a general rule in those cases unless someone is actually willing to go through and delete the worst offenders

even if the bad stuff is 20 years old and the current discussion is totally unrelated it's still a drag to see it at the top all the time and I'm sure it discourages many people from engaging more (which was the point at the time ofc)

Always go for a revive but I'm an old timer.

You can see how attitudes have changed (often for the better), while the world has gotten better (oh wait). It's a nice archive to be read by the people who will replace us (aliens).

My money is on cockroaches

Sure, but this is a single site that has, apparently, maintained its essential infrastructure while almost completely replacing its cast of characters.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux)

even the essential infrastructure is a bit of a myth... the first time ilxors were referred to as "time lords" wasn't until seven years into the board's history, for instance.

I've never heard that term until now lol

I dunno, it seems like at one time there were a lot more self-important assholes who expressed "controversial" opinions for the sake of stirring shit. I might be wrong, though.

opinion writers: i know, i know, every opinion i've ever had was a giant piece of shit. but let me continue to be paid more than you will ever earn to grow and reflect on this experience of my abject shittiness

too bad he's a million years old and sounds like shit

What about Biden?

also a million but smart enough not to tour

I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful

I will respect the spirit of the thread, but I am experiencing physical pain restraining myself from pointing out what's bad about some of these improvements. Please, someone, give me a cookie

rest assured, we aren't blind to the bad parts

oh I know! in fact I'd written a whole thing about knowing that but deleted it (I guess it should've gone on the second second thoughts thread). to the extent I even have a point, I guess it is: I struggle to KIP lol

That thread is fine & has some interesting comments. That Viking thread needs to be shot into the sun. It’s so fucking laboured.

Oh here we go

I hope that my posts made your eyes roll so hard you got dizzy

ok, i'll come clean, i have no idea what KIP stands for ..

Knowledge Is Power?
Kissing In Public?

Keep it perverted?

Knee-deep in Poop

(that was my post I had second thoughts about posting, so put it here)

killed in the course of posting

ahh of course its Killer Indie Pop

ooh, i think i have figured it out.
which means i get robs post now.
carry on.

There are lots of places to complain about shit - like, basically, every other thread

Isn't "kip" a word in itself?

Yeah it means either to sleep or a shithole

Like a literal shithole or just a crummy place?

The latter, though tbh I’m not sure about the etymology

In Scotland a 'cowp' is a shithole

"Kip" also means bed - which is Scottish. "Kip" as shithole is Irish.

"Scratcher" also means bed in Scotland.

as does "wanking chariot"

As I get older, I feel more and more that I am in liminal time.

Kip is also the Dutch word for chicken.

Don't forget "funnyman" Kip Addotta.

Kip Winger definitely stands for shithole

They didn't curse me for nothin'

so you used that slur intentionally? I was going to give you the benefit of the doubt

my fave song that mentions kip winger is by harvey danger:

"I went to see Kip Winger!
He said, "In my day we knew how to party; bands today, c'mon, not hardly."
He had a back-up singer (doo doo doo doo)
He said, "The metal scene is a disgrace
But I ain't got no dog in that race!"

Good heavens how do you folks keep track of all the opinion writers out there and instantly know who is bad vs. good vs. okay

Google [writer name] "Irag war"

*Iraq

They’re all bad.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/515XYLLFUkL.jpg

Wasn't he in a band with Steve Sill and Graham "Cracker" Nast?

"odd form of group think morality" is one way to frame it. the other, more accurate way might be "rightfully called out for a shitty post".

i'm gonna exoticize you so hard .... still a gem after all these years ... <3 u roxymuzak

spoken in the voice of Buffalo Bill