I think announcing that you're leaving an on-line forum is kind of silly...

and a bit disingenuous. I left once--- I didn't announce it---I just stopped posting. BUT---- I still lurked quite often. Then--I found something that compelled me to post and I started back up. A lot of us have done that and when we come back, the old timers may give us a bit of gruff, but they understand because they've been there themselves.

Nobody truly leaves this joint---not even the tombstoners. It's a good read and can be hilarious at times.

So don't get all worked up with these grandiose announcements members leaving or resigning from DU--- it's happened hundreds of times here on DU and will happen hundreds of more times.....

It's not just for candidates anymore.

:rofl:

We shrug---we laugh--- cause really... who gives a shit?

verrrryyyyyy nice!!

:rofl:

Nixon aggrieved_poster to kick around anymore.

...

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency my membership, effective at noon tomorrow immediately.

Puppies! Puppies! Who'll think of the puppies!

:cry: :nopity: :cry: :nopity: :cry: :nopity: :cry:
:rofl: Dickie the Drama Kween.

every time she doesn't get her way. Makes me wonder how long the terrible twos last. It does no good to scold or yell at them, just point and laugh.

that there are legitmate reasons why some people might be upset at the tone of the board that touts progressive ideals while sounding not the least progressive.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6113663&mesg_id=6113663

After awhile it starts to weigh on a person. Negativity constantly. Nothing but attacks and belittling. Not progressive: open minded, willing to listen to ideas and beliefs different than your own and to make room for those who are not exactly like you.

How much does it weigh? It's a stupid web site with a bunch of knuckleheads spouting off a bunch of bullshit..., Do you really get that depressed because of it?

That thread was beyond disgusting.

that so many people complained about it was locked and that's your example??? :wow: Geeeesh! :-(

Edit: spelling

one you posted.

Good example, actually.

It was obviously the work of some asshole who just wanted to stir up some shit, any thinking person could see that.

Are you so committed to victimhood that you'd let idiotic crap like THAT "weigh on" you? That's just truly pathetic.

sw

I think this board touts plenty of progressive ideas--- but I aint gonna let a couple of knuckleheads chase me from this place. If you don't like the joint---don't click.

If you get upset, and you don't get a pony, i feel real sorry for you.

But that's about all.

voted for the IWR, Kyl-Lieberman amendment, has Penn running her campaign, takes plays out of Rove's playbook, praises the Republican candidate more than her Dem rival, won't even stick up for a fellow Dem when the muslim smear is being used agaisnt him, doesn't denounce the Wright nonsense as a non-issue, constantly lies to the American people, whines about sexism just because she is losing, tries to paint her opponent as being against counting people's votes, tries to make her new math about suufrage, uses race-baiting, brings up assassination when running against a black man... not very progressive around here at all.

"I'M LEAVING!!!!!!!" forum, right in between GD-P and the Lounge.

They're exercises in ego-stroking and snark. I never even open those threads.

Its the second oldest profession.

;)

Especially if you're hoping they'll still support your favorite candidate in November.

I have never seen a group of Democrats as determined to alienate other Democrats as some of the ruder Obama supporters in this forum.

Is it too much to ask Democrats to support the NOMINEE?

but wouldn't you say that for Hillary supporters to?

is an utter fucking moron and I am glad when they leave.

However, when someone who has been here a long time and who I have grown to respect or admire leaves, I like to know why. I saw two today. One was very dramatic, the other I found to be rather heartbreaking.

But that's just me.

they won't really leave... as a matter of fact, I'm pretty certain they'll lurk in this thread.

:)

than who's leaving voluntarily.

it's that final shout out.

I can understand it.

And, I see what you're saying.

It's been an honor to share a message board with you.

:patriot:

and right back at you...

It's really no hardship for the other players, who really couldn't care less.

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only on one (not a political board) did I make an announcement. I got into a brawl with a moderator and made an announcement that I was leaving. I guess I felt I had been treated unfairly and I got my feelings hurt so I put up a post about leaving. I guess I also wanted to be begged to stay. Ok so another mod PMed me and asked me to stay but by that time I was too embarassed to come back after acting like a spoiled crybaby. I read the board for about 3 months than I slunk back in where a few people said Hi and welcome back. Since then I learned not to make an ass of myself with a vanity good bye post. You should never burn a bridge you might want to cross back over.

But you can never leeeeeave...................

We all have different styles.

I think it's silly as well. But on a broad where 'hillbot' and 'obamatron' are commonly used words, one must expect a certain level of silliness.

:P


:loveya:

I couldn't post for weeks after that...LOL

:hi:

....and was glad to see you return from under that rock! :pals:

and it was smack talking at its best.

....smack talkin' and sex threads!! :evilgrin:

for 5 minutes to get something to drink out of the fridge. Either a pabst or an iced tea. Which would you pick?

:evilgrin:

and if you need something to take the edge off, spike it. Pabst, I hope you are in college or something - that always a good excuse for drinking nasty beer like stuff.

drinking it and gave me the leftovers. I'm not gonna turn down free beer.

P.S. Pabst is union made, and I don't know who should be more offended about that.

I might even drink a Pabst or an Iron City (just a small dig at a fellow Steelers fan) if it were free, sitting in my refrigerator, and I knew nobody else would drink it.

I was stone cold sober at the time but it was just nasty.

Which is why I steer clear of nasty beer like substitutes these day.

but I'm more into the swank Belgian imports at Sharp Edge in East Liberty or the local brews like at Church Brew Works.

But certainly a Ondineke or Hofnar can be quite a treat.

Will put them on my "to do" list. ;)

I mean if they're your buddies you just PM them and explain. I've had to leave before for extended times and that's what I've done.

Why bring a bunch of people into it who either don't know you or don't like you or just don't care? I know there's plenty here who fit those categories regarding myself. :shrug:

There's no group PM's, ya know.

It can be a pain in the tush at times. But, such is the price of popularity. :shrug:

That's the DU Way.

Don't forget the carpal tunnel syndrome. x( That takes devotion.

Some people have MUCH bigger egos than most though.

should be interesting. Who do you pick to win?

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I could give a rat's ass if most people stayed or went. The ones that announce like it actually means anything are presuming a LOT.

Most people don't give a shit one way or another.

I just read Lula's Goodbye Cruel World farewell address, and it's gold. Pure comedy gold.

:rofl:

Freedom of speech.

So fucking WHAT? :eyes: Who the FUCK said OTHERWISE?

It's truly sad to the confluence of mentally-challenged with ethically-bankrupt.

but if you're really THAT miserable on any board, you should hightail it for a while. Why make yourself feel worse?

But that's just me. I never understood why people have to announce that they're bailing out. I always chalked it up to attention-seeking.

I say


DOOR

ASS

Bye

So the admin put up a sticky thread titled "Dramatic Exits Go Here" so whoever wanted to leave in a public huff could do so. I think it was a pretty good idea.

They're a bit egocentric IMO.

For months at a time. No announcement - I just left.

I figured there are so many people here, nobody will really give a shit if I post or not.

I don't understand the drama queens who have to fizzle out in a ball of flames.

Those people who are making what they see as grand exits will be back with new sock puppets within three weeks. They can always borrow some from CyberPieHole.

After several years. No announcement and no particular reason, other than I was jammed with unexpected side issues at work, and the topic of that site wasn't gripping me at the moment.

Many months later someone emailed me and said they wandered into a strange thread at that website, discussing why I had left. Dozens of posts with one bizarre theory after another, plus plenty of critiques of my posting style, good and bad. I was astonished. That thread was within two weeks of my last post, when nothing was going on.

I checked the thread and it felt spooky to read the summations, so many of them in past tense. There were ridiculous rumors that I had left a damning final post that had been deleted by the moderators. Unbelievable.

The way it worked out, I had every intention of returning to that site, but the gossip thread left such a weird feeling about the place, specifically regarding many posters I thought I knew pretty well, that I haven't had the slightest desire to go back.

Around here I pay no attention to the trumpeted departures. The more interesting aspect is the posters who silently leave and return on a fairly regular timetable, based on where we are in the political calendar, the sports calendar, or otherwise. Quite often I'll notice someone missing and estimate the return date with decent accuracy, at least that's what I'm happy to claim. :)

Seriously, some people have such an inflated sense of self and get so adorably huffy... and I'm not even talking about whatever drama went on here, as I pretty much forgot to check here all day and just saw this thread, but on other forums where I've posted it happened often enough. It's always a treat, y'know?

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It's just an internet board.

Kudos for all the great work of the administrators, but its still just an internet board. I like it, but its still just an internet board. Additionally, the idea that people particularly care if you're (generic) leaving is a little self-absorbed.

That leaves the option open if I decide later on that things have changed enough, I just start posting again.

This swan song business is just waaaaaaaaaaay toooooooooo much drama for my sense of form.