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For me it's this one:

Boredoms "Vision Creation Newsun" is basically a Phish jam

Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

Don't, it's not worth it.

Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

I've been saving that one up.

I avoided opening the Big Brother thread for six days and unsurprisingly have got into a big, enjoyable, work-annihilating argument already.

Tom (Groke), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

Used to be the "Lost" thread but now I can't help cautiously reading up to wherever I'm up to in NZ (just had the Locke's dad/hatch/Boone gets fucked up episode)

A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

Tom, thanks for coming to this thread. While you're here, can I ask you something: Can you delete ILX now, please?

(You can put it all back later. After say a week or so)

Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

i only open about 20% of threads. the ones that look like they may interest me.

g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

Is Anyone Anticipating The New TV Show LOST? ....

Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

Seems like somebody excelsiored from my Unopened Thread, perhaps to rain on my parade.

Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)

Identify An ILX0r With Whom You Have A Weird Set Of Things In Common
and
Your least favorite ILXor - no circle jerkin' plz

Thread I never should have opened:
Big Brother (UK 2005) - Who are these painful showoffs? : thread 1

Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

"Identify An ILX0r With Whom You Have A Weird Set Of Things In Common" because I know no one will have anything in common with me. Or more likely have never heard of me.

Also,
"Hey! Network Admininstrator Motherfucking Prick! This is the NSFW thread where I fuck your cunt and then taunt you some more. - (a thread about badminton)"

diedre mousedropping and a quarter (Dave225), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

I kept up with Sex, 'with someone you're not attracted to at all, or when you wish you weren't there to start with..' for a good 275 or so posts, but now I just can't deal.

Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)

the Big Brother thread is growing at an alarming rate and I just can't follow it anymore

Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

Aw, I thought everyone would love to jump in and fite!

So far, the thread's been a good discussion, besides myself and others being assholes, which is to be expected. Some genuine music criticism has been offered (and I'm not talking about me, my criticism is totally disingenuous!)

Unfortunate Prankster (Unfortunate Prankster), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

What has happened in the not-attracted-to thread to make it top 300 posts?

Tom (Groke), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:57 (twenty years ago)

hairy nips

RJG (RJG), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

(he's not joking)

Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

Where to begin. Basically, hairy nipples were invoked and the discussion has moved to wider questions of philosophy, stereotyping and self-determination.

Xpost!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Also, it will shortly explode because Tuomas has advocated the abolition of all professional sports.

Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 2 June 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Right. Some places even an administrator fears to tread.

Tom (Groke), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

I think the discussion on that thread (about body image, beauty norms, pressures on women, feminism, etc.) has been pretty interesting. I just wish the ILE women would take a more active part in it.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

you're only adding to their pressures

RJG (RJG), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Big Brother (UK 2005) - Who are these painful showoffs? : thread 1

Because this is the first year that I won't see any BB at all hurrah, and I'm worried the thread will make me start compulsively watching the damn thing after all via the internet. Or at least make me *feel* like I've watched it.

Archel (Archel), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Tuomas has advocated the abolition of all professional sports.

Considering that Tuomas has rarely been seen without a regiment of Scandanavian amazon beauties, I think it's kinda rich, his telling us to 'loosen our beauty standards and all. ;)

M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Let them start an argument next time Tuomas

A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

Actually they did.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

I kind of feel I've read 100 threads on that sort of thing to be honest. Also the BB thread is that except in a non-abstract context!

Tom (Groke), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

Actually they did.

http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/assets/images/argh.GIF

Hmm, I need some tea.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

They did? They didn't seem as committed to it as you, if so.

A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

Huh? I just referring to the fact that it was Di and Gem who started the discussion, I just continued on that.

(x-post)

Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

He's right.

M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

Finally, someone admits it!

Unfortunate Prankster (Unfortunate Prankster), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

Big Brother fourthed, because last year I did do what Archel fears to do.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

This thread. Honest.

caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Identify An ILX0r With Whom You Have A Weird Set Of Things In Common
and
-- Madchen (madchen_in_unifor...), June 2nd, 2005 3:50 PM. (Madchen) (later)
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"Identify An ILX0r With Whom You Have A Weird Set Of Things In Common" because I know no one will have anything in common with me. Or more likely have never heard of me.
-- diedre mousedropping and a quarter (right.knewi...), June 2nd, 2005 3:53 PM. (Dave225) (later)

well, you have a match now!

ken c (ken c), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

I can't open the "Lost" thread, though I do like that the thread title ends with an ambiguous "OM".

I always open the "Which ILXor..." threads out of morbid curiosity about how long it will be before it all kicks off between the meta lovers and haters.

The "sex with someone you're not attracted to" thread is ilx derailment at its best - from "hairy nips, urgh!" through "the tyranny of fashion" to "BAN BASKETBALL NOW" with some classic posts in between.

Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

overworking the trackping i bet.
This is the thread where I say (Pt. 4)
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt. 30: AY! Get your bitch-ass back in the kitchen and bake me some pie!
This is the thread where I say ... Part VIII
This is the thread where I say: pt. 9 (was 8, erroneously)
This is the thread where I say: PART TEN, BITCHES
This Is The Thread Where I Say.......Part Seven!
This Is The Thread Where I Say Pt 24: Baby Making ? Hot Sex or Business Arrangement?
This is the thread where I say:
This is the Thread Where I say Pt 14: Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt 13: Scared Stupid
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt. 15: Sight of You (Makes Me Feel Blue)
This the Thread Where I Say Pt 19: Joey, I'm Not Angry Anymore
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt 20: Stone Age Love and Strange Sounds Too
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt. 12: Tits and Tequila
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt 27: And So We're Told This is the Golden Age
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt. 11: A New Hope
This is the thread where I say - Pt 18: We'll Dress Like Minnie Pearl
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt. 16: And Your Little Dog, Too
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt. 21: You Have to Understand, I'm a Woman of Zest
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt. 22: ...and then you'll hear some blood-chilling feminine screams!
This is the thread where I say (Pt. 2):
This Is the Thread Where I Say part 17: Intelligence Is The Best Revenge
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt 28: My Pimp Hand is Strong
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt 26: And the Reindeer You Rode In On
This is the thread where I say (pt. 3)
This is the Thread Where I Say pt 29: 'Til the handle comes off!
This is the Thread where I say... Part
This is the Thread Where I Say Pt. 23: We Had to Go Home at Nite When the Streetlights Came On
This Is The Thread Where I Say Pt 1: WTF?

ken c (ken c), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

I only open the "which ilxor..." threads long enough to ctrl+f my own name haha.

nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

I have nothing against TITTWIS but I do wish their latest one didn't keep making me think "Oh good, a Gwen Stefani thread!"

Tom (Groke), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Same here, except it's "Oh shit, a Gwen Stefani thread!"

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

(yes, I'm annoyed by threads I don't read. It's my schtick)

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

I'm glad yr back Andrew

A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

The best thing about the "Sex with.." derailment is that it came from an offhand tschh-boom remark from hstencil.

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

That's the only thing about it

A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

So you blame Hstencil?

Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

I don't really blame, it's just boring and at MOST a lot of preaching to converted crap.

A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

On the other hand, I blame hstencil

A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and this one: Having penetrative sex during your/your partner's period: classic or dud

Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

The playful sparring on this classic thread turned ugly a while back so that even with my settings properly adjusted to avoid endless threadloading I still don't wanna go there:
Dave Matthews Band : Name Your Reasons Why They Are So Bad & Hated.

Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

What the hell are those TITTWIS thread about?!

Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

Also, the Dave Matthews thread. Unless theres some crazy subplot in there, I have so little opinion on him/them, I have no need to. (Never heared one track by him/them)

mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 09:20 (twenty years ago)

Glasto 2005 is Go!


*Sob* *envy beam* etc.

Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 10:26 (twenty years ago)

Oh bollocks, I though there were media wheels in motion to get you there?

Threads I wish I hadn't opened: Is Ringo Starr the luckiest man evah? (trust me)

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 10:34 (twenty years ago)

i just clicked through, and a passing glance sez: ABANDON ALL FAITH

N_RQ, Tuesday, 14 June 2005 10:36 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...
I opened this one
http://ilx.p3r.net/newanswers.php?board=2

but only to see if the usual suspects were posting on it and one of them had created it. Indeed they were.

k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

Ha! Actually what I meant to post was this thread
TS: Paul McCartney's "Pipes of Peace" vs "Press to Play"

k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

I can't bring myself to open that first one either.

pr00de, where's my car? (pr00de), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

The thread I am trying not to open is at 28 New Answers.

k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...
Like I said on the other board, teh Mickey Av4lon thread.

Redd Scharlach (Ken L), Monday, 6 March 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

seven months pass...
I can't open the "Lost" thread, though I do like that the thread title ends with an ambiguous "OM".

Haha now I'm hooked and I spend half my time trying not to open it and read spoilers while I'm downloading it.

Anyway, cat threads can fuck right off.
Dare I Steal A Cat?
So.. what's your cat doing?

ONIMO's pet donkey jacket potato (GerryNemo), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:32 (eighteen years ago)

i know how to post pictures now. maria showed me.

i hope marie's next lesson is 'how to resize'.

Koogy Yonderboy (koogs), Monday, 30 October 2006 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

Anything that looks like it will be a backslapping festival of in-jokey nonsense (I know, I know, 'All ILX to thread!' etc).

chap who would dare to welcome our new stingray masters (chap), Monday, 30 October 2006 15:33 (eighteen years ago)

*high five*

teh_kit returns! (g-kit), Monday, 30 October 2006 15:35 (eighteen years ago)

"i hope marie's next lesson is 'how to resize'."

OTM!

scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 30 October 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...
i highly recommend hen fap thread.

and pres. address thread if just for dan's post towards the bottom.

jambalaya backgammon (grady), Thursday, 11 January 2007 05:58 (eighteen years ago)

i take back the hen fap rec.

jambalaya backgammon (grady), Thursday, 11 January 2007 06:45 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Mercury Music Prize 2008 tittle-tattle aggregator - I don't even know what this means.
Batman carries on beginning in ... The Dark Knight - Haven't seen it yet.
People who get a university degree and then go on to spend the rest of their lives working as office temps or video store employees or whatever - Love ya, Dom, but way too British.
theo parrish s/d - Who?
MUMICATION IS A YEARNING BY WHICH I MEANS PERRYPOPS IS THE NEW CHILD SCARRING TEATS THAT MAY CONTAIN BACONATED DIGESTIVE AIDS BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE VATERLAND WHJH - Can't bring myself to open any of these all-capped 750-lettered titled threads.
your favorite films of the decade (so far) redux - I've seen maybe six movies this decade in the theater.
Lion, Scarecrow, Tin-Man: A very ILX Summer with the ILX Gays. - Been meaning to stop by, but I haven't.
Chicago: How can I be removed and go home? I really need to. - BLAHBLAHBLAH XIV
David Fincher -- c/d? - He's done something else besides Fight Club?
ARTHUR - the magazine - Never heard of it.

Pleasant Plains, Saturday, 26 July 2008 02:26 (seventeen years ago)

Mercury Music Prize 2008 tittle-tattle aggregator - Fuck You, Britishes
People who get a university degree and then go on to spend the rest of their lives working as office temps or video store employees or whatever - Fuck You, Britishes
your favorite films of the decade (so far) redux - Fuck You, Britishes
ARTHUR - the magazine - Fuck You, Britishes
Batman carries on beginning in ... The Dark Knight - Fuck You, Batishes
theo parrish s/d - Fuck You, Britishes
MUMICATION IS A YEARNING BY WHICH I MEANS PERRYPOPS IS THE NEW CHILD SCARRING TEATS THAT MAY CONTAIN BACONATED DIGESTIVE AIDS BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE VATERLAND WHJH - Fuck You, Wannabe Britishes
Lion, Scarecrow, Tin-Man: A very ILX Summer with the ILX Gays. - Fuck You, Britishes
Chicago: How can I be removed and go home? I really need to. - Fuck You, Britishes
David Fincher -- c/d? - Fuck You, Nudey Mud Wrestling Dude

Noodle Vague, Saturday, 26 July 2008 03:13 (seventeen years ago)

Superhero Filmmakers: Where's Our Watchmen? Why couldn't this have been on some comics board where I could ignore it?
Lion, Scarecrow, Tin-Man: A very ILX Summer with the ILX Gays. Sorry gays, but chat threads suck.
anticiapte "There Will Be Blood" by paul thomas anderson Let's anticipate STFU and just watching the fuckin' movie.
the thread where we anticipate X-FILES 2! Let's anticipate STFU and just not watching the fuckin' movie.
Pills, Thrills and Cabernet: It's le Tour de France 2008 F- title for C- sport.
Doctor Who SPOILERS, Rumours and Speculation Thread (Contains REAL ACTUAL Ep13 Spoilers) Dorky TV is illegal in my state.
My Friends, Your 2008 United States Presidential (General) Election Thread There aren't enough atoms in the universe to provide the writing material on which to explain why I'm not touching any political clusterthread started by gabbnob.
Joey Barton accepts arrest as an occupational hazard and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner: 2008 football off-season thread Actually, kind of surprised that people actually say English words about this stuff instead of just having riots about it. Not surprised enough to try to find out by reading the thread, however.
wtf does "judeo-christian" mean? Come on, ethan. Any ILXor could spot that troll a mile away.
Baby names How 'bouts a never having a baby names thread?
Chicago: How can I be removed and go home? I really need to. Cf. gays thread.
People who earn loads of money but still live with their parents Shouldn't this have been a Dom thread?
Project Runway Season 5 : ... Kind of annoyed that this show gets play @ my home, so not wishing further punishment on my head by reading about it.
UK Watercooler Thirty-Three (and a third) : Revolutions Per Minute This is like the godfather of all do-not-open threads.

libcrypt, Saturday, 26 July 2008 04:17 (seventeen years ago)

Actually, kind of surprised that people actually say English words about this stuff instead of just having riots about it. Not surprised enough to try to find out by reading the thread, however.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Abbott, Saturday, 26 July 2008 05:00 (seventeen years ago)

Transfer Speculation Thread

For a long time I thought these threads were about people speculating about their possible work transferrals ("I have to move to Chicago!"), and then a couple of days ago I finally clicked on one and found out it was about FOOTBALL! Well, that didn't make it any more interesting to me.
****

This has made my day.

Abbott, Saturday, 26 July 2008 05:02 (seventeen years ago)

Pills, Thrills and Cabernet: It's le Tour de France 2008 F- title for C- sport.

F- is not a mark. Must try harder.

(F)

King Boy Pato, Saturday, 26 July 2008 05:06 (seventeen years ago)

It is in America!

Abbott, Saturday, 26 July 2008 05:06 (seventeen years ago)

theo parrish s/d - Who?

Having not gone into this thread in the last two weeks, consider yourself to be a very lucky person.

mehlt, Saturday, 26 July 2008 05:41 (seventeen years ago)

best noodle post ever

fuck all

dell, Saturday, 26 July 2008 07:48 (seventeen years ago)

It is in America!

Go back to *university*, yank.

King Boy Pato, Saturday, 26 July 2008 07:50 (seventeen years ago)

five years pass...

Names for different types of farts by their physical sensation. [Started by ljagljana (kkvgz) in May 2010, last updated Yesterday by Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain)] 3 new answers

imago, Friday, 16 August 2013 09:27 (twelve years ago)

Ain't that the truth

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 16 August 2013 09:34 (twelve years ago)

absolutely, there he goes again being otm in this thread.

estela, Friday, 16 August 2013 09:40 (twelve years ago)

*farts*

"fear of putting out" in one's early thirties (darraghmac), Friday, 16 August 2013 10:07 (twelve years ago)

*inhales*

slamming on the dubstep brakes (snoball), Friday, 16 August 2013 10:30 (twelve years ago)

six months pass...

YOUR VERY OWN ACADEMY AWARDS: pick five nominees for each year 1927–present, then pick a winner [Started by espring (amateurist) in March 2014, last updated 1 minute ago by Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)] 41 new answers

You cannot interrupt his tea stirring because it is his holy trick (imago), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:49 (eleven years ago)

seven years pass...

guys

imago, Sunday, 21 March 2021 18:14 (four years ago)

guys stop. whatever you're doing, stop

imago, Sunday, 21 March 2021 18:15 (four years ago)

My stance on stupid threads is that people should be contributing more to ones they like to keep bad threads down, but I also don’t blame anyone for seeing bad threads and thinking “fuck this”.

Scamp Granada (gyac), Sunday, 21 March 2021 18:19 (four years ago)

forget it gyac, it's cheesertown

imago, Sunday, 21 March 2021 18:30 (four years ago)

it’s called shitposting for a reason

Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 21 March 2021 19:28 (four years ago)

make me a mod, i will bring back righteous comedy modding

imago, Monday, 22 March 2021 14:29 (four years ago)

So you've now taken to two threads to whine about one thread. Cool

"Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 March 2021 14:45 (four years ago)

So you've now taken to two threads to whine about one thread. Cool


Not sure you’re the person to comment on repetition being annoying tbf

Scamp Granada (gyac), Monday, 22 March 2021 15:17 (four years ago)

Whatever. I'm done with this board. My friends know where to find me.

"Salvation Army FUCK!" (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 March 2021 15:47 (four years ago)

I don't think all those songs are actually about farting ... but ... hey, have fun there ... not gonna open it.

sarahell, Monday, 22 March 2021 16:38 (four years ago)

three years pass...

anagrams for Avril Lavigne [Started by ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal) in April 2024, last updated eight minutes ago by Valentijn on I Love Music] 35 new answers

what's the over/under on ctrl-f + 'vagina'

imago, Monday, 22 April 2024 08:41 (one year ago)

i reckon a generously low 4

imago, Monday, 22 April 2024 08:42 (one year ago)

it will always be that innocent smoothies thread for me. just seeing the title makes me shiver for some reason. its possible i did take the leap once? but if so i blocked it from my memory. i just know that its not about milk shakes.

scott seward, Monday, 22 April 2024 12:28 (one year ago)

rolling "Trump is gonna win" thread

Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 22 April 2024 14:39 (one year ago)

it will always be that innocent smoothies thread for me. just seeing the title makes me shiver for some reason. its possible i did take the leap once? but if so i blocked it from my memory. i just know that its not about milk shakes.


It’s juice drinks and it’s actually a really good thread about annoying promotional language!!

sarahell, Monday, 22 April 2024 15:35 (one year ago)

the promo language of that title has scared me off for years! it sounded like some dark web thing i didn't want to know about.

scott seward, Monday, 22 April 2024 15:40 (one year ago)

ten months pass...

MUSIC LEAGUE - a way to gamify your music taste

budo jeru, Wednesday, 19 March 2025 19:03 (six months ago)


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