well, i really dont like you either, though i appreciate you spending a few minutes writing out each ‘bitch’ for me 
sometimes i wonder if im really the most mature one here…
My thoughts are along Colin’s line’s as well.
This isn’t a place to be taken too seriously, or it will eat you in the end. Yeah we get into fights sometimes, but I mean… once you leave that thread any ill feelings should as well. Despite how often me and Siatd fight, we can still laugh at each other later on. Or at least I can (not a shot at him, I’m just not gonna speak for him)
I know it’s easy for me to just say ‘chill out’ and that it’s not always so easy, but… I’m saying it none the less.
I come here just for the flames!
Nah…you moderators make those flame wars all but common. It’s really a shame. I remember the whitelotus-wars. My, that was fun…
I think that a little disagreement never hurt anyone. We didn’t come here to meet people who believed exactly what we believe. If that were the case, philosophy would be both boring and pointless.
And I know the “awkward teenager stage of life” better than all of you! I’m not even 18 yet. And If ILP is a teenager, I hope it’s not one of those emotional, crying-for-no-reason, cell-phone-gabbing, dieting-obsessed female teens. That would be a tragedy. 
I’d agree. We could all learn a lot about your ability to be pleasantly assertive – which is extremely difficult to do
Most people either wimp away or they bowl people down – sometimes both hitting then hiding, but you don’t.
So heres to our little lady-bird beetle – sometimes a bug; but always a lady =D> =D> =D>
youd think id hate you by now =D> =D> =D>
people come back to post at ilp, they can’t dislike it that much. what in fact they are levying in their criticism is essentially a tough love for flaws in the program and you… things such as you seem to have had your feelings hurt when people criticize ilp… i know this because this isn’t the first such post you or ben has made. and some of them have been directed at me.
you’ll know your mom doesn’t like you when she leaves, for good. that she may from time to time drink a bottle of jim beam and beat you is no great big deal.
I dunno, for the sake of the thing done.
Knowledge as its own pursuit
all that Jazz
Hello F(r)iends,
I love ILP.
Communities have ups, downs.
There is always something to bitch about, but overall, ILP is a great place to do a variety of things. In many ways, ILP is what you make of it…
I love ILP.
-Thirst
i think the reason i dont like it is a combination of nostalgia and my belief that philosophy as a whole isnt being respected or taken seriously enough.
i dont care if the posters are serious but to have a passion for honest truthful discussion seems rare.
i was once able to have a conversation without stepping on anyone one because there was mutual respect and two because there were no egos.
i used to have a place for ranting and this place for serious learning. both had their advantages but i can rant anywhere so i dont find it special anymore.
so basically i dont think i like it (as much as i used to anyway) because the community has grew in size and into something different than i grew up with.
And then, there was this bit of genius:
Truth Uzi, I was just about to complement you (and CBA…) on your posts, then you removed it?
Put it back!!! We need to see ourselves from fresh eyes.
I had similar feelings when I first arrived before I surrendered to the “if you can’t beat them, join them” crowd. Your post brought back memories of young, idealist youth pregnant with promise and flush with hope and…(exaggerating a little, but you get the picture.) Then, I stopped posting stuff similar to what you just posted, because nobody listened. I eventually turned away from the light and sold my soul to the devil (got a good deal) and have remained in mundane babble ever since.
So Truth Uzi, post what you have to say (again) and fuck what the old cynics and crippled dicks think. If you can’t do that, then hand in your name because you can’t demand a philosophy forum live up to its name while you don’t. 
I have never had my feeling hurt by any criticism of ILP. I cannot speak for ben, but I doubt he gets his feeling hurt. I have more of a feeling of anger than anything else.
I hate underdeveloped criticism. If I remember correctly I wanted more detail from you. Detail can make all the difference between criticism and just mere complaining. Complaining is pretty much useless. Criticism is targeted and gives you specific things that you can consider changing or it helps you to develop more sophisticated justifications for the choices you have made.
Anyone who said something like, “It sucks,†would be an example of mere complaining.
i dont know if this is a rebuttal but if it is my response would be that i once found this place to be a satisfying philosophical environment. my dissapointment is brought on by what it has become. it once was a source of enlightenment, you could find answers, the audience wasnt always indifferent and short winded.
it once was sort of idealistic even though there were still many kids (i started here at like 16). i only left because i couldnt keep up with the topics.
OK. Truth Uzi thanks for PM. If the post is gone, it’s gone. It was a good one and will be missed. RIP 