what are the best types of threads to lead a flock of long-winded ilxors into, which will render other threads quieter?
― enbba champions (omar little), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:11 (sixteen years ago)
ha ha ha
― incomprehensible Kool-Aid swallower (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:14 (sixteen years ago)
try ILM threads with "Steely Dan" in the title...
― snoball, Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:14 (sixteen years ago)
what threads are you trying to quiet?
― incomprehensible Kool-Aid swallower (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:16 (sixteen years ago)
this is more of a general question than a pressing need. also, this might be a good place where we can to link to threads that fit this description.
― enbba champions (omar little), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:26 (sixteen years ago)
haha
some things really take off, not sure exactly why. threads where people can complain about vague straw men type people... or about dating... etc
― dr. morb's adventures beyond the ultraworld (s1ocki), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:42 (sixteen years ago)
movies lol
― velko, Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:42 (sixteen years ago)
wtf is going down in that nike pronunciation thread?
― dr. morb's adventures beyond the ultraworld (s1ocki), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:43 (sixteen years ago)
i refuse to read it on principle
― ♥/b ~~~ :O + x_X + :-@ + ;_; + :-/ + (~,~) + (:| = :^) (Lamp), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:43 (sixteen years ago)
i feel like i should have an explanatory follow up to that but i dont.
― ♥/b ~~~ :O + x_X + :-@ + ;_; + :-/ + (~,~) + (:| = :^) (Lamp), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:45 (sixteen years ago)
politics threads
― 3 weeks dallas multipass... (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:45 (sixteen years ago)
watercooler-type threads tend to thin out the short-winded but extremely compulsive posters
― 3 weeks dallas multipass... (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:46 (sixteen years ago)
nike pronunciation thread = lol british, pastry semantics, stories about my dad
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:48 (sixteen years ago)
it was fun to see brits get real passive agressive on that thread
― velko, Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:50 (sixteen years ago)
the nike thread def looks like a contender
― enbba champions (omar little), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:53 (sixteen years ago)
i mean even more than it is already
how can that thread have so many posts imo
― thank you, flipper, for nickelback (country matters), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:54 (sixteen years ago)
they're all pretty short!
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:55 (sixteen years ago)
passive aggressive, british and short
― ♥/b ~~~ :O + x_X + :-@ + ;_; + :-/ + (~,~) + (:| = :^) (Lamp), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:56 (sixteen years ago)
I think I spend more time at hardware stores than a lot of ilxors.
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 21:59 (sixteen years ago)
The Holocaust: Classic or Dud?
― come on let's be meaningful together yeah (bug), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:00 (sixteen years ago)
^^ starring cankles and Shakey Mo
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:01 (sixteen years ago)
ya, that's so controversial on ilx
― dr. morb's adventures beyond the ultraworld (s1ocki), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:02 (sixteen years ago)
everyone will weigh in on how overrated it is
threads where people have very strong opinions
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:03 (sixteen years ago)
― dr. morb's adventures beyond the ultraworld (s1ocki), Thursday, July 9, 2009 5:02 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
the early stuff was so much better
― come on let's be meaningful together yeah (bug), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:04 (sixteen years ago)
strong opinions independent of subject matter? maybe someone should start a thread with a forceful opinion about almond butter vs peanut butter and see if it takes off.
― enbba champions (omar little), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:04 (sixteen years ago)
TS - Dave Eggers vs. David Foster Wallace
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:05 (sixteen years ago)
PEANUT BUTTER is some str8 garbage and if you can't admit it then you are lying to yourself and to god
― velko, Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:06 (sixteen years ago)
I honestly can't believe that pronunciation thread is still going.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:08 (sixteen years ago)
It is a thread of a certain, almost organic beauty.
― Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:11 (sixteen years ago)
we're now discussing leaky faucets. tempted to start posting pictures.
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:11 (sixteen years ago)
If ILX had an ignore feature, who would be on yours?
― come on let's be meaningful together yeah (bug), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:12 (sixteen years ago)
That's a dangerous question son.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:13 (sixteen years ago)
pronunciation threads really do act like mental flypaper
― thank you, flipper, for nickelback (country matters), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:14 (sixteen years ago)
why aren't you on that thread, LJ?
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:15 (sixteen years ago)
what threads do you most enjoy, LJ?
― Bo-rad Crewcial Overdrive (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:15 (sixteen years ago)
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Thursday, July 9, 2009 5:13 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
and we want long messy threads here, right?
― come on let's be meaningful together yeah (bug), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:15 (sixteen years ago)
am now, within 4 seconds of your post xxp
― thank you, flipper, for nickelback (country matters), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:15 (sixteen years ago)
I lol-ed.
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:16 (sixteen years ago)
my question is for purely scientific reasons of course
― Bo-rad Crewcial Overdrive (jjjusten), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:16 (sixteen years ago)
i enjoy threads where people pour their all into a fairly amusing concept until it becomes an echo-chamber of deepening conceit
― thank you, flipper, for nickelback (country matters), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:18 (sixteen years ago)
the circle shall remain unbroken
― enbba champions (omar little), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:20 (sixteen years ago)
pronunciation is rarely amusing unless it is done by lloyd grossman
― thank you, flipper, for nickelback (country matters), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:20 (sixteen years ago)
making fun of the holocaust only got like 4 posts on ILG iirc and then kind of died out
― ♥/b ~~~ :O + x_X + :-@ + ;_; + :-/ + (~,~) + (:| = :^) (Lamp), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:21 (sixteen years ago)
GOP thread has 211 new answers.
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:26 (sixteen years ago)
any discussion of palin is a must-to-avoid for me
― velko, Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:30 (sixteen years ago)
the palin kid-naming one was okay.
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:31 (sixteen years ago)
i thought that nike thread was started as a stupid joke. people pronounce it like mike?
― harbl, Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:36 (sixteen years ago)
British ppl do, yes.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Thursday, 9 July 2009 22:43 (sixteen years ago)
sounds turdy tbh
― dr. morb's adventures beyond the ultraworld (s1ocki), Friday, 10 July 2009 23:59 (sixteen years ago)
you'd think there'd be more turds or incontinence going on, but there isn't all that much.
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Saturday, 11 July 2009 00:06 (sixteen years ago)
twee indie horseshit movie thread
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:37 (sixteen years ago)
The last bit from today is me being kind of unclear and call all destroyer making sense saying what I wanted to say. And HI DERE making points he can't back up because even he doesn't believe them. :D
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:39 (sixteen years ago)
you've done well today, laurel
― Then, it dawned on me: "I HAVE BEEN PLAYED!" (omar little), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:41 (sixteen years ago)
I tried reading the whole thing because a lot of it looked interesting, but I started skimming after a bunch of posts that were basically variants on:
a. I haven't seen this movie but I think somethingb. you haven't seen the movie
plus, I haven't seen most of the movies they're arguing about.
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:42 (sixteen years ago)
we do that thread every week!
about those exact movies!
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:45 (sixteen years ago)
we need morbius back.
we need the de rigueur spielberg/obama mentions
― Then, it dawned on me: "I HAVE BEEN PLAYED!" (omar little), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:47 (sixteen years ago)
Wait, really? Please don't make fun of me, I'm feeling very earnest right now.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:47 (sixteen years ago)
apatow zings r.i.p.
― J0rd D. (velko), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:48 (sixteen years ago)
i mean you've sheperded the herd nicely ^_^
― Then, it dawned on me: "I HAVE BEEN PLAYED!" (omar little), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:49 (sixteen years ago)
Well I would love to hate on manchild movies all day but people like n/a get sarccy with me.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:50 (sixteen years ago)
^^ I'd be with you in that, except I avoid them, and I'd fall victim to the "but you haven't seen them" posts.
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:52 (sixteen years ago)
this thread reminded me to tell this story, laurel
Someone persistently getting your name wrong
― Then, it dawned on me: "I HAVE BEEN PLAYED!" (omar little), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:53 (sixteen years ago)
hahahah
you know this one guy would always add an "s" to the end of my name. i couldn't tell if he was joking! so one day i had to fabricate this whole story to tell him, in which i had to say my bf and i's names a bunch of times. to like make sure.
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:54 (sixteen years ago)
ohhh
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:55 (sixteen years ago)
i'll post it in there...
I avoid them too, sarahel, which is how my part in that thread got started!
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 13 July 2009 20:58 (sixteen years ago)
The thing for me is, I sometimes like movies with awful people doing awful things, but there has to be a certain charm or charisma to the awful people. If they're just annoying or douchetards, generally in some attempt to make them "realistic" or sympathetic to someone other than me, then I avoid.
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:03 (sixteen years ago)
Yes, and I find manchildren douchetastic, I think is the simple way of putting that. But it offends everyone who sees likeable qualities of themselves in the manchild/Michael Cera/etc characters.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:04 (sixteen years ago)
how would you define a manchild, exactly?
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:06 (sixteen years ago)
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/its-a-trap.jpg
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:07 (sixteen years ago)
no honestly! i don't use the term so i'm curious. are there like age brackets, certain specific qualities, or is it just an adult guy who acts like a kid
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:08 (sixteen years ago)
like, is michael cera really a man?
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:12 (sixteen years ago)
It's a trap in this thread, because it would become what it most hates.
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Monday, 13 July 2009 21:20 (sixteen years ago)
what else is there to say about Michael Jackson?
― faucet that ass (sarahel), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 10:32 (sixteen years ago)
Housekeeper thread is going to get herdy.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 11:27 (sixteen years ago)
This thread is going to be about class AND the differences between Brits and Americans. I can't wait.
― the kid is crying because did sharks died? (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 03:21 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
And for that reason, I'm out.
― Sub-Custosian by Design (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 11:29 (sixteen years ago)
yup
― ENBB, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 11:30 (sixteen years ago)
did hurting do that on purpose? terrible thread
― harbl, Tuesday, 14 July 2009 11:56 (sixteen years ago)
Herding 2
― J0rd D. (velko), Tuesday, 14 July 2009 16:39 (sixteen years ago)
doesn't seem to be much discussion there ...
― well I'm married to a limping, crescent-shaped abortion (sarahel), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 03:13 (sixteen years ago)
where is this famed nike thread
― gucci gone bonkers (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 09:05 (sixteen years ago)
on ILE
― well I'm married to a limping, crescent-shaped abortion (sarahel), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 09:11 (sixteen years ago)
it is here
― well I'm married to a limping, crescent-shaped abortion (sarahel), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 09:12 (sixteen years ago)
are ppl idiots
― gucci gone bonkers (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 09:14 (sixteen years ago)
no but a significant number of them are british
― well I'm married to a limping, crescent-shaped abortion (sarahel), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 09:15 (sixteen years ago)
how *dare* u
― thank you, flipper, for nickelback (country matters), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 10:56 (sixteen years ago)
I was just trying to explain why there was disagreement on the nike thread. sheesh.
― well I'm married to a limping, crescent-shaped abortion (sarahel), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:02 (sixteen years ago)
i can never keep track of which threads have become inscrutable torrents of boredom...can someone briefly summarise them, maybe in another thread?
― thank you, flipper, for nickelback (country matters), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:10 (sixteen years ago)
starting with the Michael Jackson threads ... I think I only got as far as the arguments over whether its inappropriate to be calling him out as a child molester and making twenty six year olds jokes.
― well I'm married to a limping, crescent-shaped abortion (sarahel), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:12 (sixteen years ago)
lol i was expressing it badly, but my (jocular) implication was that this thread is becoming all hoary and labyrinthine, and that an infinite succession of summarisation threads will be required anew, until each itself spirals out of control
never disregard a prophecy made in jest, though...
― thank you, flipper, for nickelback (country matters), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:24 (sixteen years ago)
i'm reading too much cormac mccarthy, when i hear echoes of him in an LJ post.
― 51 logins to SB Jol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:30 (sixteen years ago)
I just want someone to summarize the Michael Jackson threads so I don't have to read them.
― well I'm married to a limping, crescent-shaped abortion (sarahel), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:40 (sixteen years ago)
1. where is jacksons brain2. was nose fake
― go cram on 'em (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:44 (sixteen years ago)
there comes a time when all is waste, and the American character is thrown to the winds like no dandelion clock ever was, filtering into oblivion with a grace seldom displayed in its brusque appropriation of mortal heroism
― thank you, flipper, for nickelback (country matters), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:46 (sixteen years ago)
there was a man, the old quesadilla[i] said, and the man had a son. blowing into nothingness, the sparks of the fire coruscated into the plains below, and the old [i]quesadilla knew, as all who follow that road know, that they would see death, and wonders, and how many other knew it too.
― 51 logins to SB Jol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:48 (sixteen years ago)
anyway, MJ threads are generally - He was pretty good, he wasn't that good, no- the stuff everyone knows and loves wasn't that good but his obscure stuff from 1993 is pretty great, here's a joke about him oh that's bad taste, his nose wasn't real but when can we get a boxset kthanx.
― 51 logins to SB Jol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 11:52 (sixteen years ago)
star wars
(geeks)
― in tranny mariah (Matt P), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 20:59 (sixteen years ago)