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When was the "golden age" of xo?

Imo around 2015 when halford and boom and j shad and johnsme...
Dead trust fund friendly grandma
  03/15/26
I agree with this. Add in Julia and that one druggy guy from...
mauve dingle berry cruise ship
  03/15/26
You also had the luis and Earl rivalry which was hilarious.
mauve dingle berry cruise ship
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Exciting Dull Lay Philosopher-king
  03/15/26
I've seen a lot of acclaimed old threads from back then and ...
Dead trust fund friendly grandma
  03/15/26
there were far more niggerthreads than today
Adventurous pit
  03/15/26
nah not really. you had people using humor and talking about...
Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration
  03/15/26
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Boyish parlour
  03/16/26
7PM-3AM on Election Night 2016. If you were there you wil...
awkward psychic
  03/15/26
An incredible night
Dead trust fund friendly grandma
  03/15/26
Incomparable
awkward psychic
  03/15/26
nothing in life was better than seeing the needle go from hi...
heady startling rigor
  03/15/26
Only thing remotely close was watching my kids be born and i...
awkward psychic
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sable persian
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Dead trust fund friendly grandma
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Brindle underhanded plaza
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sable persian
  03/15/26
i was on xoxo and watching the needle as i sat in a lib bar ...
Doobsian hunting ground mental disorder
  03/15/26
the colbert show live lmao
rose racy dilemma son of senegal
  03/15/26
hillary getting a refund on the fireworks
heady startling rigor
  03/15/26
the whole election cycle, from escalator to hung over hillda...
Nofapping transparent library
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multi-colored tan address
  03/16/26
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lime shrine queen of the night
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Mischievous misunderstood hell gaming laptop
  03/16/26
2009-2012 or so lots of high value effortpoasting, lots o...
Adventurous pit
  03/15/26
yeah I think all the way up to 2016 though then after that i...
Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration
  03/15/26
There was a huge surge in xo quality when Halford really too...
awkward psychic
  03/15/26
yeah the Halford era was something that can really never be ...
Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration
  03/15/26
2006-8 when there were actually law students here, including...
drab wonderful locale windowlicker
  03/15/26
why would you want to talk to "law students" at ag...
Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration
  03/15/26
law students are fags
Dead trust fund friendly grandma
  03/15/26
It's a bit staggering how there is zero chatter about prefti...
violet pisswyrm
  03/15/26
yeah because everyone is old as fuck now
Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration
  03/15/26
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Boyish parlour
  03/16/26
We are literally not even from the same millennium as curren...
multi-colored tan address
  03/16/26
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Adventurous pit
  03/16/26
I get that but if I went to HYS I'd probably go out of my wa...
violet pisswyrm
  03/16/26
NOT if you went to Y, New Haven is a dump, absolutely misera...
multi-colored tan address
  03/16/26
Well even if you don't look back on it all that fondly it's ...
violet pisswyrm
  03/16/26
I liked it for what it was, but my bro who went to NYU has a...
multi-colored tan address
  03/16/26
I started coming here about 2004 or 2005 and got great advic...
bossy doctorate
  03/16/26
law students/lawyers being here has always been a bug, not a...
Brindle underhanded plaza
  03/16/26
The golden age is always now, because it alone is the one yo...
multi-colored tan address
  03/16/26
*poops diaper*
Adventurous pit
  03/16/26
Woah, seems like a hot new meme, friend
multi-colored tan address
  03/16/26
there were several. the original phase from '04 to the laws...
dark stead pistol
  03/16/26
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multi-colored tan address
  03/16/26
2014-2020/2021. it's always remained pretty good, but i ...
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Date: March 15th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: Dead trust fund friendly grandma

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: mauve dingle berry cruise ship

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: mauve dingle berry cruise ship

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: Exciting Dull Lay Philosopher-king



(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: Dead trust fund friendly grandma

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: Adventurous pit

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: Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration

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: Boyish parlour



(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: awkward psychic

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: Dead trust fund friendly grandma

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: awkward psychic

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: heady startling rigor

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: awkward psychic

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: sable persian



(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: Dead trust fund friendly grandma



(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: Brindle underhanded plaza



(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: sable persian



(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: Doobsian hunting ground mental disorder

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: rose racy dilemma son of senegal

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: heady startling rigor

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: Nofapping transparent library

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: multi-colored tan address



(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: lime shrine queen of the night



(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: Mischievous misunderstood hell gaming laptop



(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: Adventurous pit

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: Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration

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: awkward psychic

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: Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration

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: drab wonderful locale windowlicker

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: Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration

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: Dead trust fund friendly grandma

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: violet pisswyrm

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: Walnut crawly lodge internal respiration

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: Boyish parlour



(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: multi-colored tan address

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: Adventurous pit



(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: violet pisswyrm

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: multi-colored tan address

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: violet pisswyrm

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: multi-colored tan address

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: bossy doctorate

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: Brindle underhanded plaza

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: multi-colored tan address

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: Adventurous pit

*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: multi-colored tan address

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: dark stead pistol

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: multi-colored tan address



(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: turquoise community account

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: razzmatazz resort



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