# Been mostly absent from SD For over a year. What did I miss? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595 "2012-01-15T14:19:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/21 "2012-01-16T02:11:52Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Aren’t you guys going to tell him about the wild orgies we’ve been having, or the checks they’ve been sending us? Are we keeping that all secret? Checks?! Seriously? I’ve only been getting Czechs! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/22 "2012-01-16T02:16:26Z")
Btw, did a search of your posts…looks like you have been posting this past year… ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/23 "2012-01-16T02:42:19Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Btw, did a search of your posts…looks like you have been posting this past year… There’s a big difference between _mostly gone_ and _all gone_. “Mostly gone” means “slightly here”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/24 "2012-01-16T03:17:45Z")
Hey Newcrasher… Check out out ATMB or the BBQ pit…Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/25 "2012-01-16T03:28:12Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Btw, did a search of your posts…looks like you have been posting this past year… Mostly. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/26 "2012-01-16T03:53:04Z")
Also, you’re required to tithe 10% of your monthly salary to me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/27 "2012-01-16T05:37:56Z")
!!! You forgot about the drunken party when we got marrried? And you promised to send me a pet [Honey Badger](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg)? I hates you forever…and I’m going to send the RatKing to visit with you. So there!!! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/28 "2012-01-16T06:08:21Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Still, it was quite the controversy. Manynthought the banning unnecessary and imprudent. If you really care what happened and why, **newcrasher** , the thread announcing **Dio** ’s banning is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624354), and the thread discussing it is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624359). ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/29 "2012-01-16T07:34:25Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > What happened to **Q.E.D.**? He lived close by. ☹ He hasn’t posted in about 2.5 years. I don’t recall him giving much reason for leaving, just faded away. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/30 "2012-01-16T07:39:19Z")
> [@newcrasher](#): > > What happened to **Q.E.D.**? He lived close by. ☹ I’m sorry to say he [died.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=535212) ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/31 "2012-01-16T07:51:49Z")
Oh, somehow I missed that thread. Sad. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/32 "2012-01-21T01:42:10Z")
Yeah, I’m a bit blown away by all the bannings. I’ve been mostly absent (but not completely ;)) for the past 15 months. So many posters…gone. And yet **Der Trihs** remains. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/33 "2012-01-21T20:44:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Yes, and **gonzomax** was banned also, demonstrating the obvious bias against liberals. I believe the real bias is against NFC Central fans.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/34 "2012-01-22T04:08:06Z")
Lessee, what happened in the last year or so? Lots of arguments. Some people got very mad at others and used intemperate language, not always in the Pit and were admonished for it. Libruls, Pubbies, Usual Suspects and the like were bashed and bashed back in return. Racists, science denialists, religious fundamentalists, pedophiles and animal abusers were not treated well. Recreational outrage thrived. One mind was reportedly changed by the ceaseless jibber-jabber. All in all, an unremarkable year. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595/35 "2012-01-22T07:42:19Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > If you really care what happened and why, **newcrasher** , the thread announcing **Dio** ’s banning is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624354), and the thread discussing it is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624359). I’ve been wondering about this forever. Thank you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-mostly-absent-from-sd-for-over-a-year-what-did-i-miss/609595.md?page=1)