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I sometimes feel that i should do the same thing. I feel that the same topics are being recycled over and over and over with the only new content being an analysis over some sort of current event. While this is all well and good for new members to ilp, the oldies are left with little to do. It is rare that i find a post from one of the older members anymore.
The thing that I don’t like is the lack of honest argument.
However, it is still the best board that I have encountered as of yet.
It seems we are in something of a lull. Recently in my boredom I went and read an old thread from the heavy-mod philosophy forum called ‘reality, truth and pragmatism’ (or something like that). The old stuff like that is of a much better quality, not necessarily because the posters here now are less intelligent - well at least not entirely - but rather because no one really seems to bother writing big posts or taking the time to think through their responses.
One of the biggest problems seems to be that the old posters have already argued all the big topics on more than one occasion, and now feel a little disheartened with making position statements for every new occasion of the same old disagreements.
Regards,
James
Not really, the chance to get clever and noughty is always present and explains quite a few old posters’ fascination for this site… trust me, nobody’s here to write essays.
Though I’ve only really been here a few months, it seems like longer - but in a good way. Don’t know what you wrote Dr K., okay - perhaps you banged it out in a fit of rage, but deleting it was equally dubious, you could have always just replied to yourself, or edited a qualifying statement beneath.
ILP ebbs and flows, sometimes there’s a spate of interesting topics, sometimes it chugs along in procrastination mode for a while. The same topics do get recycled, but as long as there are some new people around there’s (an abiet small 
) chance of a new facet of an arguement being exposed, even if it’s only by accident.
Stick around, we may surprise you yet, and you us.
Surely. I can’t say that I am an excellent poster, or a good and lovely friend to people here, but everytime I want to post something in ILP I think a lot not to post some bullshit. (From my first topic to the second it took two months!!). I agree with you, good web boards are hard to find, and Ben’s idea was fine, I can’t think of another forum as good as ILP.
Sorry if my posts make someone feel like going away from here, I try to be honest and to open my mind, I would feel sorry if my posts were included in some form of “thrash-topic-list”.
Ah! My thoughts, exactly. Perfectly executed.
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Sorry man, but that says a lot more about you than us. Take care of yourself out there, and give the 3D people more of a chance than you gave the 2D’ers…
Dr. Krankenkopf, I had a feeling about your leaving right about the moment you came. You posted bitter one-liners and demanded they were but to be agreed and praised. When I argued with you on the matter of wisdom, I ended up being called by you as “lack of wisdom”; recently you started to quote around to put yourself in seemingly invincibe positions; when I disagreed about Octavian and Drusilla, you hanged me high up in the air; and when I was about to reply to your essay on politicians, you made it disappear it in to thin air… now I can only conclude that ILP is proven to be too tough and rough a place for you… hang on, ILP is nothing in comparison with the trashy world out there! What’s your secret man, what is your gentle art of hiding away from bloody reality?
I’m hittin’ the road, folks.
I wish you all the best.
Cya
I give you 3 weeks. See you around the 23rd.
krankenkopf… thats like mr crankyhead.
anyway, the point is, if you get paid 100 bucks an hour to work, and one dollar a word to write, there is very little chance you will put the time and effort into writing long, well researched articles for a free website. on the other hand, if you are anywhere near able competent and willing to write such long well researched articles, chances are you can do it for more pay than free.
therefore, the chances of serious stuff making it’s way here are really slim. let’s enjoy it for what it is (the internet) and not for what it really is not.
Take care Swashbuckler.
i like the title and the penetrating stalwart vision behind it. (the last part is sarcastic because it seems pretty obvious to me everything here is a great waste of time). to me, this is my refuge when the scourge of boredom overwhelms me. and its a waste of time for everyone in different ways. even people who think they can come here and exchange ideas with other thoughtful individuals… well, you can’t. for instance, in Pinnacle’s case this is actually a destructive waste of time because he’s in a position to ignore (or something to that effect) everyone else and not feel any sort of repurcussions for it… in grades, or bar fights, or whatever penalties in any other arena of communication. if everyone was like James No.2 then it’d be worthwhile reading for the Pinnacles, but they don’t know how to take anything from it… and its still a waste of time for concordants compared to what other people they could be talking to.
Here’s what’s funny, the fact that before this thread, I didn’t know who this “dr. cracker” was, and in fact, I don’t even recall ever seeing him before until now. Okay, here’s the punchline… give another couple days and I will probably not even acknowledge such a person ever existed on this site… I’ll go back to how it was before this thread was concieved, and life will go on.
Which brings me to this ruling our good janitor installed…
ilovephilosophy.com/phpbb/vi … p?t=144613
Yeah… this thread should be eliminated…heh.
how many are actually saying bye here? count me in. my one year aniversary in ilp is coming and i have a feeling that’s gona be it
No! You are no hyperborean, Uniqor. Where will you go…beyond the north and icy shores?
Have you come too soon?
Are you not growing younger?
Must you leave me in such dark times?
Please, stay Uniqor, and help me find my brothers.