# A Pre-Emptive Goodbye **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417 "2010-02-02T18:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/121 "2010-02-03T03:58:58Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Let me play some little violins for your predicament. Here, let [Mr. Krabs do it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdsL4kvp_I). ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/122 "2010-02-03T04:03:34Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > …Mods be repressin your expressin until it get depressin, but it still ain’t impressin… Is that _you_, Peter Wolf? ;);)😉 Sorry, bro’, but I couldn’t resist. You KNOW I follow what you write, and that one just jumped out at me! Q ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/123 "2010-02-03T04:37:38Z")
_ **face palm** _ He’s not leaving guys. He’s just saying goodbye in CASE he ever gets banned. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/124 "2010-02-03T05:01:39Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > It is not a critical distinction. Your only beef with the staff is that we do not carry out your wishes regarding Der Trihs while you display no desire for the staff to take action against other posters engaged in the same behavior. Since you make no complaint abot the staff failing to take action against other posters with the same characterisitics, (especially those with opposing philosophical perspectives), it is clear that the bias resides in you. Not true. I simply point to Der Trihs as the most flagrant example—certainly the most flagrant example I am aware of. If there are other posters who post such content-free, ignorant, hateful, nonsense, and as often, ban them, too. Heck, leave “ignorant” out of it, as that can be a accidental condition that the board can help. I think I probably can’t point to anyone on the other side of the divide because the board does a good job of spitting them out. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/125 "2010-02-03T05:13:23Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Not true. I simply point to Der Trihs as the most flagrant example—certainly the most flagrant example I am aware of. If there are other posters who post such content-free, ignorant, hateful, nonsense, and as often, ban them, too. God, the straight lines just write themselves, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/126 "2010-02-03T05:20:02Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I think I probably can’t point to anyone on the other side of the divide because the board does a good job of spitting them out. For example? ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/127 "2010-02-03T05:21:50Z")
Does this mean you’ll quit trying to tell us that we all have to accept what you deem to be natural, lest we be called weirdos? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/128 "2010-02-03T15:05:42Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Does this mean you’ll quit trying to tell us that we all have to accept what you deem to be natural, lest we be called weirdos? You keep talking about natural like it’s a matter of opinion. It’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/129 "2010-02-03T15:07:08Z")
Moved to MPSIMS from ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/130 "2010-02-03T15:19:42Z")
Is it name-calling to say **mswas** is acting like a girl? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/131 "2010-02-03T15:33:01Z")
No, but it is an insult to girls ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/132 "2010-02-03T15:43:16Z")
In between “LOL’s” and “Whatevers” \*\*mswas \*\*has managed to say ‘goodbye’ about a dozen times or so in this thread, probably more. All I know is that we can’t miss you if you don’t go away. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/133 "2010-02-03T15:57:06Z")
Wow. All these years of reading the pit first and skipping this forum entirely. I missed out on all the drama. Why is this thread still open? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/134 "2010-02-03T16:08:16Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > Why is this thread still open? 'Cause the mods are fucking with him … again. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/135 "2010-02-03T16:27:51Z")
Curious, what was the straw? ETA: can we re-open **Harmonious Discord’s** ATMB thread? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417/136 "2010-02-03T16:31:49Z")
[Jerkishness in all its many varieties.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12071914#post12071914) Since he is, finally, gone, I’m gonna lock this. At least he had a chance to say goodbye, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pre-emptive-goodbye/527417.md?page=6)