There needs to be a yearly "otm" quota you have to hit to keep your posting privileges. Gotta hit .100 on otm's to keep things going.
― H.P, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 04:25 (five months ago) link
I think I'm batting .00001. Crazy they're still keeping me on the roster
― H.P, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 04:26 (five months ago) link
omg i’m damned, then
― schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 05:17 (five months ago) link
otm
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 06:22 (five months ago) link
I'm slack-post tolerant and frequently off the milk
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 07:20 (five months ago) link
New lyrics for "Search and Destroy"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 07:56 (five months ago) link
Lol
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 09:34 (five months ago) link
I guess I do see ilx as a sort of grand archive in a way?
It happens so often that I learn about something new and instantly do an ILX search to see if it's been discussed. Do that almost as much as following the current forum tbh.
I don't know about the semantics of "confronted with" but I do tend to think of old ILX as being less regressive than it often was and that's useful to me personally, not as an excuse for self flagellation or flagellation of others but as a reminder that it's very easy to take your progressivism for granted.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 10:03 (five months ago) link
Yeah I think it's fascinating to see self-censorship at work. Not that I don't think we have effectively progressed on a number of issues and that some old posts weren't preposterous. But to see it as a social phenomenon is humbling - I would not dare to judge too harshly ILX posts from 20 years ago, knowing that the confrontation is ongoing, and our own era is not short of pre/misconceptions.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 10:39 (five months ago) link
tbc I don't think the change in tone here is due to "self-censorship" so much as people growing and realising that some shit is hurtful and unfunny
no doubt we'll have regrets about our current posts in 20 years too sure
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 10:44 (five months ago) link
NabozoPosted: 30 April 2024 at 11:39:09Yeah I think it's fascinating to see self-censorship at work.Not that I don't think we have effectively progressed on a number of issues and that some old posts weren't preposterous. But to see it as a social phenomenon is humbling - I would not dare to judge too harshly ILX posts from 20 years ago, knowing that the confrontation is ongoing, and our own era is not short of pre/misconceptions.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 10:49 (five months ago) link
"people growing and realising that some shit is hurtful and unfunny"
Average age of people on ilx was probably 25. Probably 35 now?
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 10:58 (five months ago) link
lol I think the recent poll put it more at like 50?
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:00 (five months ago) link
but yeah there were a lot of younger posters then that I don't think are around anymore
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:01 (five months ago) link
I meant it in a more neutral way: what you feel is socially / publicly acceptable to say. I assume most people find a way to say what they mean, but it's interesting to see how - that's where it's telling about society.Of course it's dynamic. "Most of us" is the crux of the matter isn't it, if you speak of shifts.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:02 (five months ago) link
Lol @ 50.
We definitely have not replaced people. This is how ilx finally dies
xp
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:03 (five months ago) link
Average age is definitely not 35!
― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:08 (five months ago) link
How old were you as of April 3, 2024?
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:10 (five months ago) link
Xyzzz makes a good point: I, a solitary younger poster, am the lifeblood and future of this website and as such I demand to be taken seriously!
― H.P, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:27 (five months ago) link
It actually is a little crazy there are only 3 people under 30 who voted in that poll. The elders of this site need to get in contact with the Catholic Church and share ideas on how to draw a younger crowd to their old and dying congregations. I'm crumbling under the weight of responsibility here guys
― H.P, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:34 (five months ago) link
ILX has the same problem Biden does exciting younger voters.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:43 (five months ago) link
"average ilxor 53" factoid actualy (sic) just statistical error. average ilxor well under 30. spiders mark s, who lives in cave & is over 10,000 years old, is an outlier adn (sic) should not have been counted
― mark s, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 11:44 (five months ago) link
i bleve that HP is the future/teach’m well and let’m lead the way/show’m all the beauty he got inside/give’m a sense of pride to make it easier/let HP’s laughter help us forget how we used to be
― schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:10 (five months ago) link
I have been posting on and off here since I was 21, and I will be turning 40 this fall.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:21 (five months ago) link
average ilxor is 53 inches
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:29 (five months ago) link
Round the waist?
― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:40 (five months ago) link
Round the thigh
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:41 (five months ago) link
*gets sprung*
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:41 (five months ago) link
Round the -- well.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:41 (five months ago) link
thilxor.com
― rob, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:42 (five months ago) link
lol Alfred
63 age, 34 waist.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:59 (five months ago) link
39 age, 30 waist
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 15:00 (five months ago) link
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
― sarahell, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 15:20 (five months ago) link
hair is crazy curly, flip like mr. furley
― peace, man, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 15:30 (five months ago) link
49 age, 28 waist.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 15:31 (five months ago) link
43, 36, figure out which one is which
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 15:32 (five months ago) link
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table),
son of a bitch
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 15:45 (five months ago) link
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
I can make you feel better but
― Bitchin Doutai (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 15:50 (five months ago) link
Negroni diet, all!
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 15:51 (five months ago) link
waist is just a number
― z_tbd, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:06 (five months ago) link
An irrational number
― Bitchin Doutai (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:10 (five months ago) link
Thread for ilxors in their 40s
― sarahell, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:17 (five months ago) link
jesus, last time I wore 28 waist jeans, 56k dial up modems were cutting edge tech
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:22 (five months ago) link
I've been a 38 for as long as I can remember tbh, sizes aren't the boss of me
― Bitchin Doutai (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:24 (five months ago) link
inches are imperialist iirc
― rob, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:28 (five months ago) link
I go for relaxed fit 40 waist jeans these days, but it's not really my waist size, honest. I just like to wear oversized clothes!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:29 (five months ago) link
i think i'm 42-36-38. or something like that. i'd love to get my waistline down a little more but ehhh i'm not too fussed
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 16:55 (five months ago) link
I just had to upgrade my normal jeans from 32 to 34 because of stubborn lockdown weight gain. I am less upset about the weight gain now that I have pants that fit me again!
― Drowning in TG, he sent me Discipline (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:24 (five months ago) link