Most dependably terrible type of ILE thread

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gonna have to vote movie.

class/money or race

Movie threads
Politics threads

toss up^^

Movie, only because "Hey, things are different on different sides of the Atlantic" threads isn't an option.

Can't believe you left out meta-threads.

dead celebrity

religious!

Class/money threads: usually very bad
Dead celebrity threads: 9/10 it's just boring/pointless 'RIP' posts or a big dumb fite
Food threads: often useful!
Language/grammar threads: too dull to actually get wound up about
LOL threads: fine (esp. now LJ's gone)
Movie threads: often great!
Politics threads: good tho usually very one-sided
Poll threads: depends on the subject
Regional threads: get a room
Religion threads: see politics
What Do You Look Like?: harmless fun but why would you post one every month?
Some other kind of thread: doesn't exist

comic-book/superhero-related

we haven't actually had any huge or terrible religion threads in a while, at least not that i've noticed. there was the one today but it has been pretty civil and focused so far. seems like this was more of a problem a few years ago.

regional a close second

where is the "all of the above" option

Politics threads: good tho usually very one-sided

Thank fuck they are largely one-sided.

where is the "all of the above" option

-- dan m, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:14 PM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

somewhere that isn't ILX

religious!

Except when saved by Abbott's crazy tales of Mormonology.

I assume you left race threads off because it would be a runaway victor?

why/how were religion threads particularly bad in the past?

Politics threads: good tho usually very one-sided

Thank fuck they are largely one-sided.

-- Matt DC, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:14 PM (29 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

lol jackass

race threads typically end very badly.

or you know, never really end at all.

despite being so one-sided!

Put it this way if ILE were suddenly invaded by Young Conservative types then politics threads would immediately become like 1000 times worse.

why/how were religion threads particularly bad in the past?

-- blueski, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:15 PM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

an overwhelming tone of superiority, total one-sidedness, the idea that anyone with any religious beliefs is complete moron, etc etc.

basically like the political threads are now

race threads were a pretty big oversight, sorry dudes ;_;

lol i'm white

I assume you left race threads off because it would be a runaway victor?

-- Matt DC, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:15 PM (1 minute ago)

Already won this poll, thus invalidated competitor: CLUSTERFUCK THREAD SHOWDOWN

this type of thread is pretty bad too (meta i guess)

so chin up, n/a! xpost

CLUSTERFUCK THREAD SHOWDOWN

only 17 votes, hardly a representative sample

well, thank god you're here to sort it all out.

comic-book/superhero-related

-- Dr Morbius, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:12 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i nominate morbius for new ILC troll!

Voted LOL, not because they aren't sometimes funny, but they're where the worst examples of bullying and cliqueiness occur.

an overwhelming tone of superiority, total one-sidedness, the idea that anyone with any religious beliefs is complete moron, etc etc.

totally

I think "dependably terrible" and "clusterfuck" are two very different things.

Heave Ho html playground threads.

Oh wait no those are the best.

Put it this way if ILE were suddenly invaded by Young Conservative types then politics threads would immediately become like 1000 times worse.

but whose fault would that be?

Threads that have IRL consequences.

how do comic book threads usually go, anyway?

They go AWESOMELY.

And are arranged by panel.

Dead celeb threads, from the list offered. Meta-clusterfuck is 1,000,000 times worse than anything else on the list added, or even multiplied together though.

class/money not even close!!!!

the "what does ilx think of rich people" thread was apocolyptic

If you want to see apocalyptic, hunt out some B3cky Luc/-\s threads or a shout for the moderator thread. Actually don't, because a lot of that shit isn't even funny, it's just DEPRESSING.

Class/money threads - don't bother with these
Dead celebrity threads - two initial "oh fuck no" posts followed by 200 "lol the big zing got him/her eh" posts. never less than entertaining
Food threads - meh
Language/grammar threads - no
LOL threads - easiest audience in the world
Movie threads - 50% not terrible some of the time
Politics threads - eh
Poll threads - ok when fucked with. poll results threads are worse
Regional threads - i don't really pay attention outside of l.a. and sometimes chicago.
Religion threads - christ
What Do You Look Like? -
Some other kind of thread - great!

Regional threads - Basically watercooler threads.

"Hey, how ya doin?"
"Pretty good. Went down to Jimmy's Bar last night."
"Oh, yeah? They still got that Addams Family pinball game?"

SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU C.B. CHATTERS.

(I participate in the Southern thread, but at least I know what folks are talking about in there, breaker one-nine.)

http://bp3.blogger.com/_GlA26bSh-BA/RiWZXf2TjOI/AAAAAAAAALg/XgId4qvstfY/s1600-h/bedazzled2.jpg

Dang.
http://www.cinespia.org/_img_recommend/recommend_bedazzled.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/117/276793073_23678e0ec0.jpg

no meta option?

Actually Brit politics threads at least are usually pretty enjoyable and un-clusterfucky. Mostly because they're similar in tone to football threads only we're all 'lol LibDems you have fucked up again who is this loser?' rather than 'lol Newcastle, Keegan what were you thinking?'

I do usually enjoy the Brit politics threads! The American ones are hard work though. Sometimes they're fun for 50 posts but then there's another 800. But the Brit ones have plenty of accusations of crypto-Toryism and sometimes I wonder if any ILXors bother voting for anyone because every UK political party gets denounced as hapless policy-less flounderers or baby-spiking scum. Though put like that it looks perfectly accurate. Oh well.

I like the threads where Abbott tells childhood tales of the everyday weirdness of Mormon life (hope you don't mind me putting it this way) but the several-hundred-post threads where everyone tries to out-Dawkins each other are almost as depressing as remembering that creationists exist so I will have to vote for religion threads.

It also seems like ILE is slowly turning into the Noise Board and vice versa.

-- Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 24 January 2008 05:12 (6 hours ago) Link

this is actually true.

1P3 is the new Noise is the new ILE

Brit politics threads are just the same 'joke' again and again. Everybody comes with their opinions already fully formulated. A celebrity gets sensationally outed as a Tory, lol LibDems, comparisons to Nazi Germany. I still usually learn something or other tho.

Class/money threads prob. worst. Religion close. Politics OK, unless Israel is involved. Never look at Regional, Food, or What Do You Look Like.

Class/money threads - these are actually the best type of thread at all. It is always interesting to note national and regional differences in attitude to these things, to observe that some people have grudges and chips on their shoulder regarding such issues and some do not, to note the startling naivety shown by some and the depth of insight exhibited by others and so forth. Quite fascinating.

Dead celebrity threads - ok, neither good or bad. Refreshing I suppose, compared with most of what is written about dead celebs on the Web and in other media, in that ilxor's opinions are less likely to be tainted by a misplaced sense of sycophancy and awe.

Food threads - not v good, so rarely insightful. I think I can say I have never learnt anything about food via ilx, not had a recipe or restaurant recommendation that I have taken up.

Language/grammar threads - pretty good most of the time.

LOL threads - good when I'm in a bad mood and need cheering up. bad coz it is the surest way to show my colleagues that I am not working!

Movie threads - usually poor. for some reason usually really inferior to discussions about films in the pub or Pete Baran's film contributions to Freaky Trigger.

Politics threads - quite poor normally. I agree with Stevem that they are one sided, don't agree with Matt DC that this is a good thing, and am curious to hear Matt's explanation as to why he thinks that. is it because he wants the quiet life and does not want to be frustrated and drained by having to argie with those whose views he finds abhorrent?

Poll threads - Almost always great! The only bad polls are actually on ILM when people post the lyrics of a song one line at a time! What's the point of that? IIRC Geir is especially guilty of that.

Regional threads - Brilliant. Would been even better if Robin Carmody still posted.

Religion threads - Nearly always awful but that's not ilxors' fault! If there was a software upgrade that could auto-post Read Hume's Dialogues!!! then lock the thread I'd be all for it.

What Do You Look Like? - Fantastic, always. There are some people who never post who I'd like to, coz I don't know what they look like e.g. Rumpie.

Some other kind of thread - my vote went to this. The kind of thread that goes "BAN [insert name of ilxor] here". I am perplexed by this. All the people who have incurred the wrath of ilxors in this way whom I have met IRL have been lovely people and none of them have annoyed me online. Whether this makes me a good or bad person is something I will probably have to wonder about until my dying day, as I doubt anyone will tell me.

i like 'em all, but don't post regional, food, or wwdyll. i think i'll vote food.

Where are Parody Threads? They're surely the worst? "Most dependably terrible type of ILE bread", that kind of thing.

Rumpie posted a pic one time

I feel sad that I may never know what DJ Martian looks like tho

I hope he looks like a Martian!

xp parodies: I just see them as indicative of the fact that some ppl are very, very bored.

Always found WDYLL threads a bit creepy. Esp. when people seem to post there and nowhere else.

parody threads are awesome!

i had a good one for this, but it'd be kind of inflammatory : /

is it because he wants the quiet life and does not want to be frustrated and drained by having to argie with those whose views he finds abhorrent?

Yes. I do enough of that on a near daily basis in my office and have no desire to do so on ILE as well. Also talking about, gossiping about and more serious analysis/insight into the daily rough and tumble of politics are generally more interesting to me than the sort of endless 'Partisan Politics 1.1' level of debate you tend to get when there's an equal balance of lefties and righties on any given message board.

an equal balance of lefties and righties on any given message board.

can't imagine this actually happening anywhere tho

Or worse, 'Have Your Say' level of debate!

Sounds hideous (xp)

anyone who thinks ile politics threads need a 'wider selection of views': look upon have your say/comment is free and despair

xpost!

I don't really know why WDYLL threads seem to annoy some people so much. Although I agree that it's a bit weird when people seem to only post there.

I think religion threads are the worst, especially the I'm-more-atheist-than-you stuff.

Atheists on religion threads are about the worst posters ever

I mean, get outta there

There's hardly anyone who "only posts on WDYLL threads", it's just that ILX is massive and they post maybe infrequently to a totally different type of thread. WDYLL is one of the few 'universal' threads we have here these days.

I think I can say I have never learnt anything about food via ilx, not had a recipe or restaurant recommendation that I have taken up.

!!!!!

er, you're amazed by *that*?

Can't believe you left out meta-threads.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

you guys are proving the point kinda. assuming that more right-wing posters would automatically be more boorish/aggressive/arrogant/reactionary/ignorant etc. - it may well be likely but i was being optimistic.

it's not a 'standard of debate' issue so much. the standard of conversation (rather than debate) might be good here but that's because it's people more or less agreeing with each other most of the time to varying degrees.

they're all meta threads really.

parody threads are awesome!

i had a good one for this, but it'd be kind of inflammatory : /

-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 24 January 2008 11:56 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Most dependably terrible type of ILE poster?

clue: rhymes with 'thread', looks stupid.

lolololololololololol

Cheeky.

you guys are proving the point kinda. assuming that more right-wing posters would automatically be more boorish/aggressive/arrogant/reactionary/ignorant etc. - it may well be likely but i was being optimistic

Nah, I've gone off the idea of wasting my time impotently arguing with people who will only annoy me... believe it or not!

well, we had a good run.

Politics OK, unless Israel is involved

not really just politics at that stage, religion and race impossible to keep out of it. hell, what politics doesn't, eventually.

you guys are proving the point kinda. assuming that more right-wing posters would automatically be more boorish/aggressive/arrogant/reactionary/ignorant etc.

jeez, ya think, quotes renowned ilx racist, fascist sexist darraghmac.

Always found WDYLL threads a bit creepy. Esp. when people seem to post there and nowhere else.

I have a suspicion that some people think that I am one of these when I post on WDYLL threads. But, you know, I've been here for, what, 7 years? I just happen to be pretty quiet most of the time. And I've never noticed anyone who has posted on a WDYLL who hasn't posted elsewhere, once I start remembering the name.

I was going to start a parody thread yesterday called 'roaches caught mid-roach' or something, but then... I didn't.

No, I've noticed your name before many a time!

clue: rhymes with 'thread', looks stupid.

http://myspace-504.vo.llnwd.net/01256/40/54/1256404504_l.jpg

Okay, I'm glad I reminded myself of that parody thread idea, because I've just GISed 'roach', and this came up:

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~pesha/course/roach.jpg

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The worst thing on the dead celeb threads is when people post frown emoticons.

nothings says sincere grief like " : ("

voted movie threads. i don't really mind when people i don't know are dicks about religion or politics etc, but for some reason i feel personally offended when idiots disagree with me about films.

I don't really mind the film threads. At their worst they're usually a string of revives saying "I just saw this and I liked it because (stuff someone else just said in the last revive)," and they tend to feature occasional moments of insight.

i've probably just read too many threads about movies i hated

I would have voted class/money threads. What turned out to be "money discussion week" here earlier in the month left me feeling depressed. Not as a result of the actual revelations as to people's financial statuses or whatever, but more because it seemed to bring out the worst in people posting here in some weird way.

this one was pretty bad and my posting that is pretty bad too. i think i may take an overdose and take the lot of you with me altough the logistics of that may be a problem.

the people have ated