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When was the "golden age" of xo?

Imo around 2015 when halford and boom and j shad and johnsme...
frisky chapel
  03/15/26
I agree with this. Add in Julia and that one druggy guy from...
Aphrodisiac regret set
  03/15/26
You also had the luis and Earl rivalry which was hilarious.
Aphrodisiac regret set
  03/15/26
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ultramarine odious dog poop
  03/15/26
I've seen a lot of acclaimed old threads from back then and ...
frisky chapel
  03/15/26
there were far more niggerthreads than today
turquoise cruise ship foreskin
  03/15/26
nah not really. you had people using humor and talking about...
very tactful elastic band party of the first part
  03/15/26
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bat-shit-crazy dun point famous landscape painting
  03/16/26
7PM-3AM on Election Night 2016. If you were there you wil...
Confused trump supporter rehab
  03/15/26
An incredible night
frisky chapel
  03/15/26
Incomparable
Confused trump supporter rehab
  03/15/26
nothing in life was better than seeing the needle go from hi...
carmine gaming laptop
  03/15/26
Only thing remotely close was watching my kids be born and i...
Confused trump supporter rehab
  03/15/26
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Opaque location milk
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frisky chapel
  03/15/26
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angry school cafeteria
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Opaque location milk
  03/15/26
i was on xoxo and watching the needle as i sat in a lib bar ...
razzle-dazzle indirect expression menage
  03/15/26
the colbert show live lmao
Cordovan Glittery Philosopher-king
  03/15/26
hillary getting a refund on the fireworks
carmine gaming laptop
  03/15/26
the whole election cycle, from escalator to hung over hillda...
excitant rigor crotch
  03/15/26
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Bronze Codepig
  03/16/26
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Razzle Pervert
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floppy corner hominid
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2009-2012 or so lots of high value effortpoasting, lots o...
turquoise cruise ship foreskin
  03/15/26
yeah I think all the way up to 2016 though then after that i...
very tactful elastic band party of the first part
  03/15/26
There was a huge surge in xo quality when Halford really too...
Confused trump supporter rehab
  03/15/26
yeah the Halford era was something that can really never be ...
very tactful elastic band party of the first part
  03/15/26
2006-8 when there were actually law students here, including...
emerald razzmatazz church
  03/15/26
why would you want to talk to "law students" at ag...
very tactful elastic band party of the first part
  03/15/26
law students are fags
frisky chapel
  03/15/26
It's a bit staggering how there is zero chatter about prefti...
cerebral yarmulke senate
  03/15/26
yeah because everyone is old as fuck now
very tactful elastic band party of the first part
  03/15/26
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bat-shit-crazy dun point famous landscape painting
  03/16/26
We are literally not even from the same millennium as curren...
Bronze Codepig
  03/16/26
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turquoise cruise ship foreskin
  03/16/26
I get that but if I went to HYS I'd probably go out of my wa...
cerebral yarmulke senate
  03/16/26
NOT if you went to Y, New Haven is a dump, absolutely misera...
Bronze Codepig
  03/16/26
Well even if you don't look back on it all that fondly it's ...
cerebral yarmulke senate
  03/16/26
I liked it for what it was, but my bro who went to NYU has a...
Bronze Codepig
  03/16/26
I started coming here about 2004 or 2005 and got great advic...
Wonderful box office
  03/16/26
law students/lawyers being here has always been a bug, not a...
angry school cafeteria
  03/16/26
The golden age is always now, because it alone is the one yo...
Bronze Codepig
  03/16/26
*poops diaper*
turquoise cruise ship foreskin
  03/16/26
Woah, seems like a hot new meme, friend
Bronze Codepig
  03/16/26
there were several. the original phase from '04 to the laws...
Twinkling jewess market
  03/16/26
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Bronze Codepig
  03/16/26
2014-2020/2021. it's always remained pretty good, but i ...
Trip duck-like mad cow disease
  03/16/26
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adventurous at-the-ready dilemma
  03/22/26


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Date: March 15th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: frisky chapel

Imo around 2015 when halford and boom and j shad and johnsmeyer and evan39 were all alive and poasting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745534)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:49 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac regret set

I agree with this. Add in Julia and that one druggy guy from California (I rememberer, harrison).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745893)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac regret set

You also had the luis and Earl rivalry which was hilarious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745897)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 1:59 PM
Author: ultramarine odious dog poop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745542)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 2:01 PM
Author: frisky chapel

I've seen a lot of acclaimed old threads from back then and they're chungus safe lib humor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745545)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:22 PM
Author: turquoise cruise ship foreskin

there were far more niggerthreads than today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745841)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:45 PM
Author: very tactful elastic band party of the first part

nah not really. you had people using humor and talking about topics without being as politics fixated back then. but also that was before shitlibs ruined America so that was easier to do back then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745886)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:11 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy dun point famous landscape painting



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49748307)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: Confused trump supporter rehab

7PM-3AM on Election Night 2016.

If you were there you will remember it on your deathbed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745824)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: frisky chapel

An incredible night

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745827)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: Confused trump supporter rehab

Incomparable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745830)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: carmine gaming laptop

nothing in life was better than seeing the needle go from hillary to donald

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745828)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: Confused trump supporter rehab

Only thing remotely close was watching my kids be born and it’s still an easy #1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745833)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:22 PM
Author: Opaque location milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745836)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:28 PM
Author: frisky chapel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745853)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:01 PM
Author: angry school cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49748269)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:22 PM
Author: Opaque location milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745834)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:42 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle indirect expression menage

i was on xoxo and watching the needle as i sat in a lib bar in a very lib city. people were getting wrecked and panicky. the bar had MSNBC and CNN on. i was concern trolling everyone in sight.

*sigh*

as far as politics go, i'm not sure i can ever top that night.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745879)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:49 PM
Author: Cordovan Glittery Philosopher-king

the colbert show live lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745894)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:57 PM
Author: carmine gaming laptop

hillary getting a refund on the fireworks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745913)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 6:33 PM
Author: excitant rigor crotch

the whole election cycle, from escalator to hung over hilldawg conceding the day after the election, was the great bort’s golden age

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49746290)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:33 AM
Author: Bronze Codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747376)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:36 AM
Author: Razzle Pervert



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747394)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 11:16 AM
Author: floppy corner hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747926)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:21 PM
Author: turquoise cruise ship foreskin

2009-2012 or so

lots of high value effortpoasting, lots of shitpoasting, place was still somewhat relevant with new people coming in. XO WoW Guild.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745831)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: very tactful elastic band party of the first part

yeah I think all the way up to 2016 though then after that it was trash and quickly just got worse 2017 and 2018 were OK but by the time Covid was over this site, the country, and my life were cooked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745844)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Confused trump supporter rehab

There was a huge surge in xo quality when Halford really took off around 2011 and it continued for ~5-6 years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745845)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: very tactful elastic band party of the first part

yeah the Halford era was something that can really never be duplicated. we are all too old now anyway

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745847)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: emerald razzmatazz church

2006-8 when there were actually law students here, including like half of HYSCCN

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745846)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:28 PM
Author: very tactful elastic band party of the first part

why would you want to talk to "law students" at age 50? also most of those people were still here 2009-2012 they just graduated. half the posts during that era were about BigLaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745854)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 3:29 PM
Author: frisky chapel

law students are fags

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49745857)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 6:13 PM
Author: cerebral yarmulke senate

It's a bit staggering how there is zero chatter about preftitious law schools these days considering that's ALL the bort talked about 20 years ago.

No threads debating the best New Haven pizza joint. No reminiscing on living in the Gropius complex.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49746244)



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Date: March 15th, 2026 6:28 PM
Author: very tactful elastic band party of the first part

yeah because everyone is old as fuck now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49746275)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:12 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy dun point famous landscape painting



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49748310)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:34 AM
Author: Bronze Codepig

We are literally not even from the same millennium as current law students lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747386)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:35 AM
Author: turquoise cruise ship foreskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747389)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:50 AM
Author: cerebral yarmulke senate

I get that but if I went to HYS I'd probably go out of my way to reminisce about it here on the bort.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747436)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:52 AM
Author: Bronze Codepig

NOT if you went to Y, New Haven is a dump, absolutely miserable place to spend three years, I would never do it again.

Feel almost bad for the profs tbh. In theory they're at the absolute peak of their profession, but they have to live and die in New Haven.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747440)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 11:10 AM
Author: cerebral yarmulke senate

Well even if you don't look back on it all that fondly it's still a flex here on the bort. Yeah it might be gauche to bring up elite schooling IRL. But this isn't IRL.

Also I get that New Haven sucks. But, no grades. Beautiful campus buildings. Lots of really smart peers. NYC not too far.

It can't have been that bad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747909)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 2:40 PM
Author: Bronze Codepig

I liked it for what it was, but my bro who went to NYU has a career just as good as I do and got to spend those three years actually in NYC. idk brother, Y obvious has great outcomes but the time itself there is a bit of a poison chalice and you have to spend it during what should be peak party years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49748544)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:39 AM
Author: Wonderful box office

I started coming here about 2004 or 2005 and got great advice about applying to law schools. Looking back, that was a fun and exciting era of my life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747407)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 1:02 PM
Author: angry school cafeteria

law students/lawyers being here has always been a bug, not a feature

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49748275)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:33 AM
Author: Bronze Codepig

The golden age is always now, because it alone is the one you can reshape to your will. Everything else is an abstraction.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747383)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:35 AM
Author: turquoise cruise ship foreskin

*poops diaper*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747391)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 8:36 AM
Author: Bronze Codepig

Woah, seems like a hot new meme, friend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747392)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:00 AM
Author: Twinkling jewess market

there were several. the original phase from '04 to the lawsuit of summer '07 was its own golden epoch. unrefined, but finding its paths. then there was a lull after the suit, but a strong comeback afterwards during ITE. 2008 through obama's re-election seems like its own era. this was brought to a sharp close by the severance of the pre-january 2012 archives.

the rest of 2012 through 2014 was a bit of a rebuilding era. there was a resurgence and bump in interest in 2016 for political reasons. the great moniker randomization was another cyclical close.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747479)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 9:33 AM
Author: Bronze Codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747561)



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Date: March 16th, 2026 11:12 AM
Author: Trip duck-like mad cow disease

2014-2020/2021.

it's always remained pretty good, but i have noticed a bad falloff in the last few months. place might really be dying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49747913)



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Date: March 22nd, 2026 2:35 PM
Author: adventurous at-the-ready dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5845907&forum_id=2),#49761486)