# Bosda's Nietzsche sig-line--gone? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 30, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880 "2005-07-30T13:03:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/1 "2005-07-30T13:03:25Z")
Not just now (of course, anyone can change sig-lines) but in retrospect? I’m teaching a course featuring Nietzsche, but I was unfamiliar with the quote, so I thought I’d see the context. But when I looked for it, he had switched it for an Orwell quote, and I couldn’t find it even when I looked a few weeks back, which is when I remember it from. So when you switch sig-lines, all your past sig-lines change also? Anyway, Bosda, if you see this, could you re-post it? And if you know the context, tell where, please. Thank you. (Anyone other than Bosda is also welcome to give info, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/2 "2005-07-30T14:01:09Z")
> [@pseudotriton ruber ruber](#): > > So when you switch sig-lines, all your past sig-lines change also? Yes – the board’s dynamic, and sigs are stored seperately from threads. When you view a thread, it’ll pull in whatever the currently stored sigs are, regardless of when the thread was first posted. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/3 "2005-07-30T14:06:03Z")
The Nietzsche quote was better in its original Klingon font. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/4 "2005-07-30T15:04:42Z")
Was it : “The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche” ? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/5 "2005-07-30T15:47:06Z")
> [@gum](#): > > Was it : “The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. > Friedrich Nietzsche” ? Thanks, that’s the quote–though when you’re dealing with a translation, as we are here, a word or two may be off somewhat. Or maybe I’m just remembering a loftier tone. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/6 "2005-07-30T21:45:29Z")
**Bosda** hasn’t posted to this thread yet – I, for one, am starting to get worried. Has anyone heard from him? Somebody had to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/7 "2005-07-30T22:36:21Z")
> [@](#): > > The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ~Friedrich Nietzsche Always glad to please a civil request. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/8 "2005-07-30T22:37:51Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > The Nietzsche quote was better in its original Klingon font. \ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/9 "2005-07-30T22:40:02Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > **Bosda** hasn’t posted to this thread yet – I, for one, am starting to get worried. > > Has anyone heard from him? > > Somebody had to do it. Dear **Feydeau** , A letter came for you from school today. It says “_Shut up_”. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosdas-nietzsche-sig-line-gone/314880/10 "2005-07-30T23:53:22Z")
Um, y’all take this outside, okay? your humble TubaDiva