The tears of a clown?

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Note how frivolous and flirty ILX has become in the past few weeks, and the almost-total absence of threads about politics or other contentious matters.

I wonder if this frivolity conceals a deep sadness buried in the heart of ILX. Or has ILM/Geir sucked all the pugnaciousness out of the ILX regulars? Or were last month's war threads a kind of catharsis? What explains the sudden wealth of camraderie?

amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 24 April 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

This makes me a little bit sad, and not just because I'm one of the prime culprits... I guess sometimes it's easier just to be flirty and frivolous.

luna (luna.c), Thursday, 24 April 2003 00:25 (twenty-two years ago)

*sheds a silent tear*

hstencil, Thursday, 24 April 2003 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Hongro doesn't even impact on me (except obviously as source for enjoyable "which is the missing London posse is he?" speculation). I am having a happy (frivolous) time today because I'm actually getting through work, which puts me in a fine mood.

Near the top of the New Answers we find Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Saddam Hussein. And Sebastian is always starting up serious threads.

And it's nice out:) And people are a bit tired after the war.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 24 April 2003 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)

My flirty look:

http://caoine.org/photos/albums/Action_Shots/Violent_Shirt/andrew.jpg

What am I doing wrong?

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 24 April 2003 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)

You and Darn13373 should have a staring contest.

hstencil, Thursday, 24 April 2003 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

That t-shirt is FANTASTIC.

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 April 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you. The shot obscures the actual link to the weblog that makes them:

http://caoine.org/buy/

From a 21 year old NYU student who lives the sort of life I like to believe I would if I was lucky enough to be those things.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 24 April 2003 00:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Ready... stare!

http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~afarrell/pics/j0hn.jpg

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 24 April 2003 10:24 (twenty-two years ago)


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