haha
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 30 May 2014 04:56 (ten years ago) link
just unfollowed every identity politics thread on ilx. on the minus side i imagine i'll miss 90% of ilx clusterfucks now. on the plus side maybe i'll stop feeling gross every day about the website i long-ago chose to make my browser home page.
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 October 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
well just wait til it's called the Branwell Board
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 October 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
heaven forfend
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 October 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
mexicanstandoff.jpg
― pecker shrivellage (imago), Thursday, 30 October 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
following threads on ilx boggles my mind tho
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 October 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
U don't use bookmarks?
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 October 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
Perish the thought
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 October 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
... though I have done it by accident and thought, wtf is that link that shitty thread doing at the top of my page?
i too long for the days when ilx was called fields of salmon board
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
mordy, morbius otm
― the late great, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
just wait
*waits*
― keep the meat alive: pampas grass (wins), Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
say what u will about bran at least he has a personality and something to say. the day it becomes zachlyon boards...
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Guys it won't become any of these things
― keep the meat alive: pampas grass (wins), Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
I have no popcorn, Fruitella do?
― pecker shrivellage (imago), Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
don't underestimate me
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
I'm scared to see how lame you can become when you really set yr mind to it tbf
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Fruitopia.jpg
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TBxpZZfCcuo/USw4U3U_n4I/AAAAAAAABo0/rPnJYFu8sMc/s1600/00233.jpg
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link
http://www.cacl.net/new%20pics/Clearly%20Canadian%20Sparkling%20Gallery.jpg
i've been sort of half-assing it lately you're right, thanks for the kick
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
http://www.ilxor.com/s.png
― am0n, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
Next time, the image should be a little fruit.
― how's life, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P2kuCVqzQZs/Tkuc9oOe7cI/AAAAAAAAAaI/15MFET3qbso/s1600/Star+Fruit.jpg
― am0n, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
http://site-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/kick_can-198x300.png
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
horseshoe so chill itt & always, kinda boggled she figured she'd ever make a dmac/mordy hit list tbh
this was a good thread what can we do about reviving it
― local eire man (darraghmac), Saturday, 14 February 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link
I read this thread while up all night in lab and it is A+
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 14 February 2015 05:36 (nine years ago) link
ain't it tho
― local eire man (darraghmac), Saturday, 14 February 2015 12:34 (nine years ago) link
i'm not at all chill; that's why Mordy and you so successfully get under my skin when dismissing identity politics, dmac. irl i get tagged as angry more times than not. that's my secret: i'm always angry.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 14 February 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
i've endeavored not to get involved in "identity politics" argument as of late but in my experience (mostly irl) i have had many chill conversations w/ ppl who are passionate about these particular issues. it's really only on the internet that i find commentators who seem to be -- idk -- like looking for a fight? or maybe looking to yell at someone as a surrogate for all the other shit they've heard + thought about? but i don't think that describes u at all - i always find you sincere and thoughtful. really the ppl who have historically pissed me off the most on ilx are [i'm putting on my most unsympathetic hat here - i'm sure other ppl see them as important allies] white males who seem like they're trying to earn extra credit by attacking someone whose position might not even be in contradiction w/ [identity studies] but just w/ the superficial politically angry subset that they feel will get them the most traction in online communities. i know it's unfair to call someone disingenuous or speculate about their motivations, but like all the talk of "tone policing" has obscured the fact that most of us care a lot about tone in all areas of our lives. we like to be talked to nicely, and we like to have chill conversations. that's a human thing.
― Mordy, Saturday, 14 February 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
but like i said, i mean i'm like 30 years old now i think there are probably more important things in life than having online debates about hot leftist topics w/ ppl w/ whom i agree about 95% of things but that 5% makes us mortal enemies. so i'm working [have been working] on scaling that back considerably.
― Mordy, Saturday, 14 February 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
the left is pretty marginal in the world anyway. the most radical fringe whose opinions i most often disagree w/ are marginal even to the left. it's not important that i fight those ideas. they barely exist.
― Mordy, Saturday, 14 February 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
better response when not 4am pilled but I want to note hulk ref as soon as poss
― local eire man (darraghmac), Sunday, 15 February 2015 04:28 (nine years ago) link
really the ppl who have historically pissed me off the most on ilx are [i'm putting on my most unsympathetic hat here - i'm sure other ppl see them as important allies] white males who seem like they're trying to earn extra credit
― Mordy, Saturday, February 14, 2015 5:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
def a lot of cookie seeking out there
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 February 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
the white male cookie gaze: anatomy of ally cookie wanting in post internet affinity communities
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 February 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
one thing thats kind of odd to me abt the internet social justice scene (tho obvs not unique to it) is a. the total denial that it represents a culture b. the unwillingness to see that some ppl might find that culture obnoxious in a way that doesnt represent siding with its hegemonic enemies
idk how many times ive heard ppl express the sentiment we are just ppl who are fed up and fighting oppression, tho im sure the vast majority of ppl who have ever come close to expressing that opinion wld in safer spaces have a lot to say abt the culture of social justice
the sense of total war, projection, and aggression is pretty sad and goofy overall and often leads to an impression of ppl devoid of self awareness, the saddest part of it of all tho is obvs the enemies of social justice are very real and do need to be fought but this approach of all out internet warfare is a recipe for burnout that is destined to rob the movement of valuable people and any sort of wisdom earned through experience, just feeding more young virtual cannon fodder through the humanities to battlefield pipeline
a lot of this is prob just a symptom of our overly extroverted society in general and the same tendencies can be seen in pretty much any group you want to look at, and to be sure im just musing and wldnt pretend to have any sort of handle on the totality of the situation, also the internet warfare is really good sometimes too imo and rasies all sorts of worthy important questions that i personally at least have learned a lot from
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 February 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
+academic language is the worst
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 February 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
let's unpack that last statement
― gr8080, Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 February 2015 16:30 (nine years ago) link
you will then need a lens through which you can view the unpacked statement
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 15 February 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
then maybe you can view that statement again, but through a different lens
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 15 February 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
srsly we need to tease lagoon out from his cave more often for these longer thoughts imo
― local eire man (darraghmac), Sunday, 15 February 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Pretty sure he lives in an actual lagoon not a cave
― 龜, Sunday, 15 February 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
i only surface for one sentence at a time
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 February 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
lag∞n uncoils himself in the I Love Hoops forum, where he displays his passion and erudition at greater length than one sentence at a time.
― Aimless, Sunday, 15 February 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
some things are important enough to demand my full effort
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 February 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B96RtQPCMAARMPo.png
― lag∞n, Sunday, 15 February 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
theres a web comic for everything now
― ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ (am0n), Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
http://www.ssobrasil.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/suicide.gif
comics r bad ppl shd grow the heck up
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 February 2015 01:36 (nine years ago) link