POLL: Which component of a thread is the most important?

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Essentialism on ILX

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Insane challop 11
Same point repeated by six people who never read anybody else's posts 10
Clusterfuck 7


Children of Bo-Dom (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:17 (five years ago)

Unfunny tweets by someone you've never heard of.

Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:18 (five years ago)

Voted Random Googler. Oh wait.

Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:18 (five years ago)

The eminently pollable part.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:22 (five years ago)

nobody gonna stan for the ironic quipping

imago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:24 (five years ago)

Same point repeated by six people who never read anybody else's posts

this is the one obviously

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:25 (five years ago)

Write-in for 'fresh Beatles observations'

Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:26 (five years ago)

'Great revive'

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:29 (five years ago)

'ffs'

Children of Bo-Dom (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:32 (five years ago)

dissing Joe Biden

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:33 (five years ago)

Real answer is 'The Beatles' tho.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:34 (five years ago)

this one is sauce

||||||||, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:34 (five years ago)

second thoughts

i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:36 (five years ago)

not reading posts is key: all the classic threads have a fundamental point buried upthread which undermines or otherwise makes pointless the majority of the next 100 posts made by ppl who have spent no time considering it. this is why lurkers are the best ilxors

The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:40 (five years ago)

Turning every film thread into a Pauline Kael thread. (I try to pick my spots, though.)

clemenza, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:45 (five years ago)

Every second spent reading a post is a second diverted from the glue that holds us all together: shitposting. ILX would fall apart if we started reading each other.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:46 (five years ago)

I would say 'failing to read previous posts and subsequently making the same point someone made earlier' is an essential component, frankly surprised that no one itt has mentioned that yet

Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:47 (five years ago)

Insane Clown Posse

pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:49 (five years ago)

voting 'insane challop' obv, god the father of this trinity

imago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:50 (five years ago)

Tbf there are no truly insane challops on ILX when set against a wider internautical backdrop.

pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:51 (five years ago)

^^^a self-disproving statement, classic paradox, worthy of any greek philosopher

imago, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 14:52 (five years ago)

Real heads know the answer is sauce.

I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 15:27 (five years ago)

Cheesy posts vs. saucy posts vs. crusty posts

Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 15:38 (five years ago)

crust

maffew12, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:07 (five years ago)

not reading posts is key: all the classic threads have a fundamental point buried upthread which undermines or otherwise makes pointless the majority of the next 100 posts made by ppl who have spent no time considering it. this is why lurkers are the best ilxors

Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:09 (five years ago)

otm camaraderie! you make a very good point

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:11 (five years ago)

I like "misunderstanding of basic premise of thread which leads to discussion of that instead, with occasional pleading posts from OP to get back on topic"

Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:12 (five years ago)

lmao at any op who believes we can be controlled

mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:13 (five years ago)

a reminder that there are already other threads on the topic that should be used instead, killing the new thread while the old thread(s) remains un-revived

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:14 (five years ago)

I like trolling parody polls which have a brief flurry of interest before being forgotten about

Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:17 (five years ago)

Haven't seen any of those, link pls?

Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:19 (five years ago)

It interests me what determines whether a given message board will frown on people who start duplicate threads without using the goddamn fucking search function 😉 vs ones which will get mad at people who "necro" old threads

++mod hat off++

Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:21 (five years ago)

the challop, for otherwise the echo chamber and the clusterfuck never happen

A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:35 (five years ago)

The only opinions that matter are those which are challenging.

Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:03 (five years ago)

The only emperor is ... oh ffs

Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:04 (five years ago)

one thing I like about ilm is that overall no one stresses about "UsE thE SeArcH FuNcTiOn" thread policing

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:18 (five years ago)

Or go insane about perfectly natural “off topic” conversation drift - this is psycho behaviour that I had only glimpsed briefly while lurking other forums, but am now v familiar with from the mutual aid whatsapp lol

What fash heil is this? (wins), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:26 (five years ago)

wtf has that got to do with this poll? FP

Children of Bo-Dom (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:29 (five years ago)

Can peeps please leave moderating to the mods and keep it civil in this thread, it's a touchy subject but we want this forum to be welcoming for everyone. We don't want to have to start handing out warning points that can lead to bans 😉

++ Mod hat off ++

Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:32 (five years ago)

BG, oh they used to, back when I started here.

Along with "You haven't selected a category for your new Question!"

Mark G, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:34 (five years ago)

Those were the days, although the only category I remember is "Momus Momus Momus."

Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:37 (five years ago)

I don't remember any of them, obviously.

Mark G, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:39 (five years ago)

Searching the archives for "Momus Momus Momus" brings up quite a few amusing posts.

Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:43 (five years ago)

lol i just came across my old list of the categories earlier today, they were good, no one understood most of them except me

mark s, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:45 (five years ago)

Were you the, um, mastermind behind the categories?

Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:50 (five years ago)

yup

(probably not all of them)

mark s, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:59 (five years ago)

dont think i wd have gone with momus momus momus for example

mark s, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:59 (five years ago)

Is that category list in a form that the rest of us would be able to see it?

Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 19:00 (five years ago)

if i can refind it lol, i wasn't actually looking for it

mark s, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 19:02 (five years ago)

I know exactly how that goes

Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 19:03 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Monday, 1 June 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 00:01 (five years ago)


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