It’s a typical attention whore tactic. You know the kind of woman who’s a size 2 who will sit there and say “I’m so faaaat” just to hear everyone go “no you’re not! You’re fine!”?
Same basic concept.
Cite?
All we had was black pepper and we liked it! You whipper-snappers with your curry and cumin … It ain’t natural I tell ya.
I’ll second this. And while they’re at it, someone remind them not to “tone-down” the spices to satisfy the local palate. I never had such bland enchiladas as what I found in and around Jonesboro, Georgia.
IDBB,
I didn’t ever think you fit in here too well either. You were like a annoying little dog - when no one is looking, a few less kind souls give it a little kick, but it doesn’t know the difference and mistakes the kick for positive attention - and only the die hard animal lovers put up a fuss.
When you arrived, people began handing you free tickets on the clue bus. Your response was usually to reply that it was too much bother to wait at the bus stop. Occationally, you’d respond that you didn’t need a ticket, having already arrived at the destination (making more than a few people wonder).
I really think that you have the potential to be a really cool person who would fit in here. But you DO need to take a long ride on the clue bus.
“Mom and Dad” 
Oh, and IDBB, wherever you may wind up, keep an eye out for the brown folk. They’ll getcha when you aint lookin.
I think Dangerosa is right about the Clue Bus.
I never really read that many of IDBB’s threads, so I am blissfully unaware of some of the things that transpired there.
But I do want to say, when I’ve “left” for relatively long periods of time to do other projects (I just got Dreamweaver! I was creating several huge websites!) I never told anyone I was leaving for a while. And you know what? NO ONE MISSED ME. I’m not hurt. I didn’t expect that they’d notice. I often don’t notice when a well-respected Doper is missing for a spell. There are just so many people here, you can’t keep track of them all.
All I’m saying is—these “I’m leaving” threads are usually totally unnecessary. No one will notice that you are gone so they won’t “wonder” where you went. It’s true.
But then where’s the fun in that.
Hey IDBB can I say that I took a break from this board for a bit and it really seemed to help…I realized bad stuff from real life was filtering in to what I wrote and how I reacted to things. Maybe that’s what’s going on with you? Sorry for the presumption if I’m wrong…
A message board is a weird thing as you only get to ‘see’ certain snippets of people and it’s hard to fall back on that defense of, “c’mon y’all know be better than that” which often is good as explanation if you really know the whole person…
Maybe a break would help…I know it did me, but just my HO, YMMV and all of that jazz
Whether you go or not, know this – “ghetto store” appears all of about 100 times on a google search, a third of which references are the lyrics to a single song. There is absolutely no definition of that term which justifies you using it in GQ (except to ask what it means). So you keep that crap out of that forum or we’ll be deciding whether you can continue to post here or not (hint: not).
I must admit curiousity on an IDBB topic. Is it possible to be at ‘goth’ and a Disney fan? Did they install a Bauhaus ride while I wasn’t looking? The two interests seem mutually exclusive.
I would also kill for a link to the LJ.
Noooo!
sob These tearful goodbyes always hurt the most.
Totally. I hate laughing till I cry.
A grown-up fast food worker who boots her self-esteem by calling people lower than her “white trash” makes me laugh.
Does IDBB not know that most of her fellow Americans would consider her “white trash” simply for making minimum wage?
I feel sorry for her. It must suck to think you’re better than people when you aren’t.
fruitbat - there is that store at Disneyland that sell Nightmare Before Christmas stuff, do you think that would count?
Sure-- it’s not too classy to start a thread announcing that you are taking your ball and going home. OTOH, this thread sure has received a lot of views.
Hmmmm, I didn´t read that many posts of her either, but… is it really necessary to kick someone when they´re down?
There, there. You don’t have to kill for a link to her LJ.
She’s always down and refuses to take hold of any of the hands that repeatedly offer her help up. So, yeah.
Sometimes, rarely, yes.
Blargh welcome to the board, you have given me a bookmark I shall treasure forever.
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Goddamn, this brought a tear to my eye, made me stand up and cheer, then I had to smoke a cigarette.
Mia, I hope if we ever meet I can buy you a beverage of your choice. A most excellent post in true Pit fashion. Full of meaning, devoid of profanity. Beautiful.