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I just noticed that mark s. mentions Julia Lennon all the time.

Tom's into Bollywood these days.

Arthur loves all things Redd Kross, even side projects.

― fritz, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think I'm enjoying noticing people's touchstones more than their Big Theories these days. (nothing against the Big Theories)

― fritz, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I, for my part, use too many commas, in a sentence.

― Momus, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Just wait for my 102 entry!

What big theories, anyway?

― Tom, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ned *really* likes the winky face ;-)

― Ron, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I say fabulous all the time. And I say fuck a lot.

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Julio thinks everyone listens to critic too much instead of listening to HIM!

― Alex in SF, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Tom - presumably Mark's lizards control the world theory would count?

― Tim, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

my touchstones are my theories: KEEP UP FRITZ!!

― mark s, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"it is expressible in fully outlined theory form = it is already commodifiable = it is wrong" vs "it is a tic = it is a monad = it is a glint"

― DO YOU SEE YET JOSH??, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm trying NOT to keep up, thanks.

― fritz, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ned *really* likes the winky face ;-)

QUITE SO. I'm guessing I was burned one too many times ten years back when comments were misinterpreted, see.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

1) Library music.
2) Overuse of the term "batshit".

― Nate Patrin, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I piss people off. Without trying.

― Nick Southall, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

SHUT UP, NICK.

― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

QED.

― Nick Southall, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not enough of the pabulum-gorged Destiny's Child fans know what it means to honor the fucking fire!

― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have the irritating habit of imitating everyone else's posting style. Oh, and making horribly infantile jokes.

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

mark you mentalist 500 pp metaphysical and epistemological justification for your batshit anti-theory of influence on my desk by MONDAY!

― Josh, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I hardly ever post, because most posting seems to go on during the day and I only ever look at night, so by the time I post at least one person seems to have expressed my view.... Is this a quirk?

― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not enough of the pabulum-gorged Destiny's Child fans know what it means to honor the fucking fire! Alex that was completely classic. I tried emailing you offlist to say so but your email address bounced. Not very fire-honouring of you, I must say.

― John Darnielle, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I come up with genius questions that get 3 replies while watching threads like "What music do you like to pick your ass to" run on for weeks

― dave q, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Plus I'm into self-pity

― dave q, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think maybe I say "fuck" too much. And I'm not hip to the new shite, so I can only point out how much I hate Celine Dion or Whinney Houston. I don't know anyone new.

Correction: "...how much I fucking hate ..."

― Dave225, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Every 27th word I post will be "NIN" or "Reznor."

― bnw, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, I've tried querying my database to find my quirks, but I seem not to have any.

― Martin Skidmore, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i hate andrew wk.

― dyson, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

my style is i aint got no style

― chaki, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Of course none of you notice this, but I constantly find myself exerting serious effort in trying to avoid making too many references to Aphex Twin for fear of looking like a complete wanker.

I even considered not posting this!

― Andrew, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm really, really good at killing threads. I don't mean to be, I just am.

― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm really, really good at killing threads. I don't mean to be, I just am.

Hey! That's my special quirk!

That, and trying to work Frank Zappa into any thread where I can get away with it.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

http://images.google.com/images? q=tbn:KMHd0dwCxgwC:www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/zappa/files/gif/zapstas h.gif

― chaki, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Arthur loves all things Redd Kross, even side projects.

Well, almost. I'm appalled that Steve McDonald is playing with the vile Tenacious D on the Tonight Show. I mean, come on, it's not like they're Flo and Eddie.

― Arthur, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ew, you're right, that does sound...questionable, yes, that's the word.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ron seems to have a thing for Chan Marshall aka Cat Power.

― Alex in SF, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

;-) hee

― Ron, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i'm crabby. because i'm happy in real life.

also i'm THIS CLOSE to completing my unfied field theory of pop crit.

― jess, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I ask for advice on stuff to buy and the responses are always fantastic and then I don't have enough money to buy anything. I save the threads and think "someday", though usually I get one or two of the suggestions right away.

I talk about house/breakbeat/techno singles which I am in love with and noone else (usually) has heard in the hope that someone has heard them. I secretly desire to start an ongoing thread. But a blog would be a better idea it seems.

― Ronan, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I occasionally put in inside references that only Michael Daddino or the Baltimore City Paper writers will get just because I can.

― Colin Meeder, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

would this be a good place to ask for an explanation of some quirks or in-jokes? like the adding-a-g thing i.e. alang, pokemong, etc. also i assume the -ah is just a ref. to a brit accent? i.e. sinistah, shockah, etc.

― Ron, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ronan..............did you get some RAWWK yet?

― michael bourke, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Clearly, a ILx FAQ would explain all the running gags and inside jokes. Except the Meeder/Daddino ones. ("George Clinton? Who's George Clinton? Play some FUNK!")

― Michael Daddino, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The adding a -g thing: I don't know where it comes from, Starry started doing it with man and it's spread.

The -ah thing is Mark S' doing, started with "evah" I think.

They're just informal verbal tics - the -g thing is meaningless, the "EVAH!" "Shockah" etc usually works as kind of a knowingly breathless hyperbolic voice (knowingly not implying that the hyperbole isn't meant)

― Tom, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

POINTING OUT BLATANT MARK S TYPE-ISMS SHOCKAH

― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i had this starry in my head all day today:

maura in CANNIBAL OX rip off shockah! it's a scandal!!

― Ron, Friday, 26 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

lots of responses are one-liners despite (imagined?) breadth of original, leaving me thinking some expansions and questionings of underlying assumptions are too quibble-like

some people apparently feel responses of certain lengths are all that are deserved

― George Gosset, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like saying things losin' the -gs from the ends. An' -ds an' -es (th') an' some vowels (yr). Just contracting stuff. An' I like Foanetic spehlling. Fur some reason.

I start self-indulgent threads; an' never get any replies. I read mark ess' posts an' never understand them.

And I am undeniably rockist but I'm not sure why anymore. And I use double-colon (::) for =. E.g. Mark Ess::mahd! Because I like the way it looks on the screen.

I like albums which are Coherent & Symmetrical. And like using capitals (NOT in an attempt to SHOUT LOUD - e.g. in that last sentence) but as a means of Proper Pronouning stuff.

Oh yeh, I always say I'll do stuff an' never get round to it (see::Love Forever Changes thread, my threats of blogging, and numerous article threats).

That concludes How To Post Like David H (see, see what dun did there?)

― david h, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Please people this is funnier (and nastier) if we concentrate on other peope's quirks as opposed to our own.

I'd follow my example but I'm not funny or nasty enough to pull it off.

― Tim, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My quirk is I'm rather insignificant in the great scheme of things, in both ILM and real life.

― Judd Nelson, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

fuck off you twee bastards

― guess, Saturday, 27 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Skipping 45 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

i will defend blu cantrell to the death.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 13 September 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

You're all going on about things that are irrelevant - and then you'd all tell me to shut up.

Heh. She's got a point.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 September 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

You're all going on about things that are irrelevant - and then you'd all tell me to shut up.

Irrelevance is an amorphous term.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 13 September 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Penguin shit is called guano.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 13 September 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I just mean that you...shit...It's hard to explain.

― Nowell, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

shitting is a natural human function and quite easy to explain

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

poor Nowell

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck off!
Wait, I didn't mean that.

― Nowell, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I believe I use words like "just" and "actually" too much. Actually, I know I do. It's just something I need to work on with my writing.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

What about me?

― Nowell, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Nowell regularly needs/asks for attention.

― frankE (frankE), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

We're talking about me now.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I say the right things
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I watched the TV
Forget what I'm told
I am too young
And they are too old
I'll make it you see
I'm ever so pleased
Pretend to be nice
So I can be mean
I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I just mean that you...shit
It's hard to explain

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I FUCKING KNEW IT! I fucking knew someone was gonna quote that fucking song.
Shortly after I posted that message.
I don't "regularly" seek attention!

Do I?

I'm hardly ever here, goddammit.

― Nowell, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i thought guano was bat shit.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Grrr..

― Nowell, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Nowell you have a sailor's mouth.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that what you don't like about me?

― Nowell, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

IT'S TROOOOOO I AM COMPLETELY CRAAAAAZZZZZEEEEEEEE AYYYYYYY YAAAAAY AYYYYYYYAAAAAAA!!!!!!

― Guano (Oops), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

They're lining up to mad dog your tilt a whirl

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude...

― Nowell, Monday, 13 September 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

...where's my car?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 13 September 2004 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)

sterling clover uses "rilly" instead of "really"...and i've always really (rilly) liked that alot for some reason.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 13 September 2004 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

rilly doe

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 13 September 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I never post just once.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 13 September 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

(I always follow with one or two afterthoughts in parentheses.)

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 13 September 2004 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

lower case. all the time

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Monday, 13 September 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

...and your wounded eyes.

― piers (piers), Monday, 13 September 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

OT: is guano the new goatwank?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 13 September 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 13 September 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

i have no distinguishing marks.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 05:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm too nice.

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

"Quirks"!??!?!?!?!??!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 13:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Cozen says above that he is a rockist.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Ron should return.

Come back, Ron!

― the ronfox, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

HI DERE

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)

hi, barima!

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I've missed seeing that!

Anyway, have I mentioned I'm not funny recently?

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm too....young.

That's what YOU all probably think.

― Nowell, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

We don't think about you when you're not here.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

That's mean.

― Nowell, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuckers!

― Nowell, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Not really, I mean, we don't exist when you're not around. We just disappear until the next time you get online.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

That's mean, too.

FUCKING A, I can NEVER think of a snappy comeback.

― Nowell, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

So we don't think about you because we don't exist.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Ok, now you're just trying to piss me off.

― Nowell, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Whoa, I gotta go.

Later, ya motherfuckers.

― Nowell, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 18:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Are these threads for very serious discussions?

― Nowell, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

only discussions about smashmouth.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha-ha.

― Nowell, Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)

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