META FYI: There is no ILM rule saying that every new question has to be re-posted with every possible variation

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For example, if someone asks: "What's the best shoegazer band?" you don't automatically have to start a thread asking "What's the worst shoegazer band?" and then "What's the most mediocre shoegazer band?" and then "Which band has the best shoes?"

Some people may think this re-posting thread-multiplication thing is an ILM rule, but to my knowledge it is not.

― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 28 October 2002 20:36 (twenty-three years ago)

It works well as a kind of word-association thing for thinking of new questions you wouldn't have otherwise. It can also work dreadfully as a joke.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 28 October 2002 20:37 (twenty-three years ago)

[i]For example, if someone asks: "What's the best shoegazer band?" you don't automatically have to start a thread asking "What's the worst shoegazer band?" and then "What's the most mediocre shoegazer band?" and then "Which band has the best shoes?" [/i]

It's funny because its true.

― Juan, Monday, 28 October 2002 20:41 (twenty-three years ago)

There is no ILM rule saying that every new re-post can't be a variation on a pervious thread.

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Monday, 28 October 2002 20:43 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd had that prog->pop thread idea in my head for months anyway.

― sundar subramanian, Monday, 28 October 2002 20:47 (twenty-three years ago)

which band has the best shoes would be a great thread for ILE!

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 28 October 2002 20:56 (twenty-three years ago)

(I hope you don't mind if I post it over there!)

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 28 October 2002 20:58 (twenty-three years ago)

''It works well as a kind of word-association thing for thinking of new questions you wouldn't have otherwise. It can also work dreadfully as a joke.''

maybe for oldies like your self tom but for newcomers its a laugh. let them have their fun, sez I.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 28 October 2002 22:49 (twenty-three years ago)

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