# Goodbye **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249 "2009-02-24T19:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/1 "2009-02-24T19:11:32Z")
I see no reason to continue here for obvious reasons. I’m an infrequent poster, but a constant reader over the last 10 years. I mostly babbled about Lost and played Mafia a few times. I’ve enjoyed the last decade of mostly reading and frequently learning things. Rick was probably the best of you people, frequently giving me awsome advice for my shitty car. The mafia nerds were second. I don’t have a lot to say and I need to get to work soon, so we’ll leave it at that. Also, I should probably apologize to Q.E.D. for pitting him that one time. He deserved it, but he takes way more shit than he deserves. And yes, I know, door, ass, etc. I’ll not bitch in my last pit thread, but just say thanks to those who I kind of liked over the years. Also visit Top Dog. Oh yeah, that one person who said to read “Replay”, thanks for that too. That was one of the best books I ever read. OK then. Bye, fuckers 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/2 "2009-02-24T19:16:40Z")
> [@zuma](#): > > Also visit Top Dog. Before you go, what’s Top Dog. I think I might want to visit. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/3 "2009-02-24T19:17:01Z")
**vote Top Dog**. Somehow, you are not going to be forgotten in a hurry. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/4 "2009-02-24T19:52:58Z")
> [@zuma](#): > > Also, I should probably apologize to Q.E.D. for pitting him that one time. He deserved it, but he takes way more shit than he deserves. Nah, it’s all good. It’s too much effort to get butthurt over every little thing people say about me. Oops, hope that doesn’t start a knife fight! Good journey to you. Depending on how things wotk out with the new FluffyBunnyPit, I might be right behind you. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/5 "2009-02-24T20:05:38Z")
Why is somebody who never posts in the Pit quitting over new Pit rules? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/6 "2009-02-24T20:07:09Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Why is somebody who never posts in the Pit quitting over new Pit rules? Possibly because he _does_ post in ATMB? ---
**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 24, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/7 "2009-02-24T20:10:13Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Why is somebody who never posts in the Pit quitting over new Pit rules? Because they’re fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/8 "2009-02-24T20:15:02Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Possibly because he _does_ post in ATMB? Um… so? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/9 "2009-02-24T20:23:29Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Because they’re fucking stupid. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/10 "2009-02-24T20:26:53Z")
Well, I’m not going to quit, but I doubt I’m going to continue to pay. I was already considering not paying, I must admit, but this seals the deal. I don’t really need them to block ads for me, I mainly paid to support the board. The board is just too broken, both in software and in rules, for me to support it any longer. ---
**Author:** ![arseNal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@arseNal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arseNal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/11 "2009-02-24T20:28:27Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Why is somebody who never posts in the Pit quitting over new Pit rules? Because those of us tho don’t post a lot still read plenty. And the new rules will drastically affect what we get out of that. Oh, and some of us have been paying just to mostly read, too. ---
**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 24, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/12 "2009-02-24T20:36:43Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > +1 I don’t know if you’ll want to subtract your 1, but I was referring to the rules, not the poster. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/13 "2009-02-24T20:38:46Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I don’t know if you’ll want to subtract your 1, but I was referring to the rules, not the poster. I know you were. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/14 "2009-02-24T20:42:37Z")
'bye. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/15 "2009-02-24T20:47:51Z")
I feel you. I’ve been here a while, kept my membership when it went to paid subscriptions, but these new Pit rules might be it for me. I honestly don’t know whose utterly moronic idea this shit was, but I’m fairly certain it’s going to ruin this place completely. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/16 "2009-02-24T21:00:21Z")
I think that’s the intention, no? The new “War on Fun” is designed to run down the board. Anyway, no more subscriptions from me. ETA: Goodbye, **zuma**. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/17 "2009-02-24T21:05:08Z")
Pffft, 2002 posts. I’ve got more than that on Batman alone. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/18 "2009-02-24T21:11:03Z")
Yeah, me too, most likely, **zuma**. Too bad, cause I was just starting to have fun around here again for the first time in a few years. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/19 "2009-02-24T21:20:44Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Well, I’m not going to quit, but I doubt I’m going to continue to pay. I was already considering not paying, I must admit, but this seals the deal. I don’t really need them to block ads for me, I mainly paid to support the board. The board is just too broken, both in software and in rules, for me to support it any longer. This. I’m a veteran lurker and The Pit was one of my favorite places to visit. I’ll stick around a bit to see how things shake out, but The Reader won’t be seeing another dime from me. I know, they care deeply. It shows. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249/20 "2009-02-24T21:28:04Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Before you go, what’s Top Dog. I think I might want to visit. Is it like Top Cat? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye/487249.md?page=2)