Goodbye Threads
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I stand by my previous assertion. My ability to believe that someone is totally, irrevocably gone cannot start until my previously stated condition is met.
Or a body. Either way.
--Patrick
Ross
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I stand by my previous assertion. My ability to believe that someone is totally, irrevocably gone cannot start until my previously stated condition is met.
Or a body. Either way.
--Patrick[/QUOTE]
But, if they delete their account, how are they supposed to post?
If someone wanted to do this, they could contact me, and ask me to delete their account and then post about it.
I'd do it for them but I can only imagine the (most likely deserved) mockery that would ensue.
Of course if someone simply wanted their account gone quietly, I would do that too.
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Tiq
Where you around on any of the old pvp forums?
This is probably the best the community has been in a long time... hell on the last pvp forum, it was completely impossible to have a discussion about anything, without most of the trolls turning the thread into a massive flame war, and dragging the argument across every single thread they bothered to post in.
I'm genuinely baffled at anyone sticking up for chaz either, as he was one of the main people fucking things up for everyone else... he wasn't capable of having a mature conversation with 90% of the community, and I honestly can't think of anything he brought to the table that Ill miss, as I can find immature, ignorant posts like his, anywhere on the internet.
Shannow
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Where you around on any of the old pvp forums?
This is probably the best the community has been in a long time... hell on the last pvp forum, it was completely impossible to have a discussion about anything, without most of the trolls turning the thread into a massive flame war, and dragging the argument across every single thread they bothered to post in.
I'm genuinely baffled at anyone sticking up for chaz either, as he was one of the main people fucking things up for everyone else... he wasn't capable of having a mature conversation with 90% of the community, and I honestly can't think of anything he brought to the table that Ill miss, as I can find immature, ignorant posts like his, anywhere on the internet.[/QUOTE]
diagree. i found he made good points a lot of the time.
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Kitty Sinatra
I don't know. Aside from a hockey thread or two, I can't recall seeing Chaz really enjoying his posting here. As much as one can register enjoyment in a post, that is.
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JCM
Nah.... itw as worth missing it to see Ney Matogrosso live.
But another Chaz good bye thread?
*adds Chaz to the long list of former forum flamers with L33t/Computergate, Major Khaos, Janissary, Rightwinger, and the rest.
I'd ad more, but Tiq as usual is pretty much right in his oppinion (even of me)
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You do need medication, fair Zen, because the only Goodbye thread I ever laughed at were Crone's (due to the numerous number of them), and Chaz' for laughing and insulting at goodbye threads, then making one himself.
Maybe you got him and me confused?
No sarcasm in this: I knew when I wrote that someone (maybe you, maybe not) would say their memory was different than mine, because it was a long time ago. But that's my memory of it and if you disagree, that's fine. It really is water under the bridge and I don't hold grudges from back then.
Only from now.
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Only from now.
:tongue:
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JCM
*returns Zen's "back massager"*
Wait when did you start posting again A Troll?!?!?! I have not seen you in awhile.
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JCM
He is still in the halforum wiki 
Wait when did you start posting again A Troll?!?!?! I have not seen you in awhile.[/QUOTE]
I just went into lurk mode for a while. I'm always reading, just not always posting.
Yes, that's exactly my point. Lemme 'splain.
-If he never posts proof, then I have no proof, and I won't believe it.
-If he posts proof, then he hasn't left, and I won't believe it.
-If he has someone else post proof, then he hasn't posted it himself, and I won't believe it.
In short, unless there's a body, I never believe that anyone has ever permanently left.
--Patrick
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Kitty Sinatra
I can't tell if y'all aren't getting PatrThom's joke or if y'all are playing it straight just to smurf with me.
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Iaculus
Everything we do, we do to smurf with you.
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rvdleun
Goodbye threads may be a necessary evil at times. I think I've told this story before, but what the hell...
I used to visit an editing community for a bloody long time, learned all about the Internet and all there. Had some good times posting and chatting there, and getting to know some of the folks there. Then at some point, I got bored with it. Too much anger was thrown around at times, memes becoming some insufferable, people trying their damn hardest to project a fake personality... feh, I just upped and left. Didn't make a goodbye thread or anything, just left. Have to admit that it was a bit difficult not to visit the daily forums and chat room, but I was quite happy that I left.
Then a few years later, I get a call from an unknown number on my mobile. I still don't know how they managed to, but one of the English blokes there had managed to get my number and gave me a call to see wether I was still alive. Apparantly, the lot of them had assumed that I had died somehow. So I visited the site, and to my utter surprise, there was a memorial thread dedicated to me. One of the forum visitors had apparantly found a newsclipping of an accident that had happened near a city I used to visit back then, and they deduced that I had passed away.
The memorial thread was... interesting... humbling... and downright creepy. Kind of like being at your own funeral. Also made me realise why I decided not to get too involved with online communities.
All that, just because I hadn't posted a goodbye thread.
I used to visit an editing community for a bloody long time, learned all about the Internet and all there. Had some good times posting and chatting there, and getting to know some of the folks there. Then at some point, I got bored with it. Too much anger was thrown around at times, memes becoming some insufferable, people trying their damn hardest to project a fake personality... feh, I just upped and left. Didn't make a goodbye thread or anything, just left. Have to admit that it was a bit difficult not to visit the daily forums and chat room, but I was quite happy that I left.
Then a few years later, I get a call from an unknown number on my mobile. I still don't know how they managed to, but one of the English blokes there had managed to get my number and gave me a call to see wether I was still alive. Apparantly, the lot of them had assumed that I had died somehow. So I visited the site, and to my utter surprise, there was a memorial thread dedicated to me. One of the forum visitors had apparantly found a newsclipping of an accident that had happened near a city I used to visit back then, and they deduced that I had passed away.
The memorial thread was... interesting... humbling... and downright creepy. Kind of like being at your own funeral. Also made me realise why I decided not to get too involved with online communities.
All that, just because I hadn't posted a goodbye thread.
...dang.
Yeah, I think we've agreed the drama-free "I'm moving on for now" threads are fine. And I've always been in favor of that compared with your (and your community's) experience.
I didn't want to explain why I left Facebook because it would be TEH DRAMA LLAMA so I simply posted a notice that I was leaving, and gave my contact info. That has worked out well.
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Pojodan
Eeeh.. I dunno. Maybe I'm just having bad luck reading threads that turn sour.
I've been feeling pretty depressed and anti-social lately, too, so that doesn't help my point-of-view of things.
I sure won't be going away, I just don't feel my contribution has been worth anything here lately.
I've been feeling pretty depressed and anti-social lately, too, so that doesn't help my point-of-view of things.
I sure won't be going away, I just don't feel my contribution has been worth anything here lately.
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rvdleun
No, I actually made it myself as a variation of an existing edit.
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JCM
It's awesome.[/QUOTE]Seconded
Srsly? That's awesome.
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Pojodan
Epic derail 
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