# I am leaving SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856 "2003-07-30T06:01:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/21 "2003-07-30T12:35:49Z")
I have given it some thought and I have came to the conclusion that I am leaving this thread. I have only been here for a few minutes and I have gained some knowledge from it. But I feel that it is holding me back from doing mine own will in my life. I have tried to say something useful but to no avail. If this is not so well then šŸ™‚ aweosme stick with it. But I hear that still, small, voice inside saying to move on. (jokes ā€¦yea) I am a European. I am not sure what Berlusconi has for my life and I hope I figure it out soon because it is a hard place to be in when you do not know. I love each and every member of this board and I will pray for you all. šŸ™‚ Thank you for your time. pan ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/22 "2003-07-30T12:38:24Z")
Wow, this one truly is a **Nomadic One**. Iā€™m impressed. People rarely live up to their usernames as well as this. Onto the next messageboard, I guess! ---
**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, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/23 "2003-07-30T12:44:05Z")
Who is he? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/24 "2003-07-30T12:58:07Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Nomadic\_One_ > **I am not sure what God has for my life and I hope I figure it out soon because it is a hard place to be in when you do not know.** I donā€™t know what Iā€™m meant to do in my life either. However, since I donā€™t believe in a deity, and donā€™t think I am actually ā€œmeantā€ to do anything, I donā€™t find this in the least bit problematic. Good luck in your wanderings. Read ā€œThe Alchemistā€ by Paolo Coelho (I never have, but several people I know who have read it have suddenly found out what they want to do with themselves). ---
**Author:** ![summerbreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@summerbreeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerbreeze)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/25 "2003-07-30T12:58:15Z")
Oooooh, Iā€™m _so_ glad **NO** is getting off his cross; I really need the wood. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/26 "2003-07-30T13:15:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nomadic\_One \* > Hey im not catholic but i agree that homosexuality is wrong. šŸ™‚ Iā€™d like to welcome you to the SDMB, but I donā€™t think Iā€™ll bother. So, buh-bye! ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/27 "2003-07-30T13:19:03Z")
Fishing for converts never works when there are so many reasons not to be converted. IDBB ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/28 "2003-07-30T13:34:09Z")
Goodbye and good riddance, I hardly knew ye! [sub]What? I didnā€™tā€¦ who is this guy, again?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/29 "2003-07-30T13:45:19Z")
Nomadic One said, ā€œEsprix: Listen with a small voice.ā€ Heh. A flaming christian telling the flaming gay guy to tone it down. The irony! The hilarity! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/30 "2003-07-30T13:52:23Z")
Perhaps, Nomadic One, the responses this thread tell you why you werenā€™t successful in converting people. Once a mind has been opened, itā€™s kinda hard to shut it down again. Which is my guess at the meaning of your cryptic remark to Polycarp ā€“ apparently a thinking Christian isnā€™t Christian enough for you, he should close his mind down the way you have, too. Fat chance, I believe is the appropriate phrase ā€“ why do you think Polycarp is so respected here? Because he understands that other people have beliefs that differs from them but still treats them as intelligent human beings. You might think about that one. In the meantime, good luck elsewhere. Methinks youā€™re gonna need it. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/31 "2003-07-30T14:08:31Z")
ā€¦and he wandered for 40 years in the Great Desert that was the Newsgroupsā€¦and was heard from never againā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/32 "2003-07-30T14:31:59Z")
Maybe we were corrupting him. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/33 "2003-07-30T14:43:51Z")
Uh huh, thatā€™s nice, sweetieā€¦ Buh bye now. Have fun in your isolation booth. \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/34 "2003-07-30T15:21:30Z")
May the force be with you! ---
**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:** [July 30, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/35 "2003-07-30T15:38:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JerseyDiamond \* > \*\*Mangetout, thatā€™s between him, Polycarp, and God. \*\* No, it isnā€™t, because he posted it on a message board to which more people than himself, Polycarp and God have access; of course I canā€™t _compel_ him to answer me, but Iā€™d really like to know what he thinks **Poly** is missing out on; I actually think it is important, because I might be missing out on it too. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/36 "2003-07-30T15:40:26Z")
_does the Snoopy dance_ ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/37 "2003-07-30T15:48:50Z")
Ya know, some of these parting comments are kinda cheap shots made at the back of this guy as heā€™s leaving the room. I find some of them a little disappointing. And for anybody who thinks they have outstanding issues with him, his e-mail address is right up there. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/38 "2003-07-30T15:52:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > \*\*I am not sure what Berlusconi has for my life and I hope I figure it out soon because it is a hard place to be in when you do not know. \*\* Maybe heā€™ll send you to invade Germany šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/39 "2003-07-30T15:56:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke of Rat \* > \*\*ā€¦and he wandered for 40 years in the Great Desert that was the Newsgroupsā€¦and was heard from never againā€¦ \*\* _ā€¦because he wouldnā€™t stop and ask for directionsā€¦_ ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856/40 "2003-07-30T17:54:53Z")
**UB** , thing is (to me, at least), he left of his own accord, he can come back of his own accord. And he said that he was leaving because he wasnā€™t being successful converting people to his religion. Ifā€™ heā€™s going to go somewhere specifically to do that, then it should not come as a surprise to him when A) this is unsuccessful, B) itā€™s unwelcome, and C) itā€™s unkind. Alternately, he could stick around, open a GD ā€œWhy am I unsuccessful in witnessing to you, doper?ā€ thread and get some constructive criticism (probably along with some less than constructive, but anyone who comes here solely to witness is not going to get a warm reception) instead of packing it in after not a whole lot of posts. Hell, Iā€™d barely started recognizing his SN and heā€™s already gone. **Nomadic\_One** , assuming youā€™re still here you might read **dreamer** ā€™s GD thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132292). [sub]JFTR, **UB** , Iā€™ve emailed him this as well. Thereā€™s the chance that heā€™s plumb left, and he might do well to see **dreamer** ā€™s thread.[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-leaving-sdmb/191856.md?page=3)