# I quit. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233 "2000-11-15T00:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/81 "2000-11-15T17:38:18Z")
I’m thinking its a ploy for “The Longest Thread” award. Personally I’m pulling for Guy Stuff anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/82 "2000-11-15T20:46:24Z")
Any news? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/83 "2000-11-15T21:05:04Z")
Well, for Euty’s sake, I hope everything turns out okay… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Thirsty4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Thirsty4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty4)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/84 "2000-11-15T21:05:10Z")
Damn it Euty! Fine I admit it, I like you. Managed to keep it secret for almost a year but then you abandon us. Now how am I supposed to worship you from afar? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=17728](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=17728) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/85 "2000-11-15T22:18:03Z")
Thanks for the word, TubaDiva. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/86 "2000-11-15T23:38:39Z")
I hope he wasn’t really serious. Thanks for keeping us updated, Tuba. Euty, we miss you _in this thread alone!_ We need you on the board. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/87 "2000-11-16T02:16:16Z")
Euty, say it ain’t so! But if it needs to be so, know that you are well-loved and admired, and will be sorely missed. Take good care of yourself. Now, who’s gonna keep us noddy-heads from drifting off when the yahoos start yammering??? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/88 "2000-11-16T02:26:45Z")
Euty, you can’t quit! It’s okay, though. Even if he tries, the microbes I put in his water supply combined with the unrelenting addiction to the boards will force him to return. He’ll come back. They always come back. _prays_ ---
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/89 "2000-11-16T02:32:29Z")
Some thing are easy to take back. I think this is one of them. Lot’s of room for tempers to get in the way, but things always look different tomorrow, and in a week all is forgotten in a sea of new events. Hope you come back soon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/90 "2000-11-16T02:46:53Z")
Eutychus55 do what you need to. Give him his space. Sometimes you need step back, calm down, and assess what is bothering you. I know he’s liked by many people, and this is a good show of support. I personally wouldn’t want to spend all my time moderating the troublemakers. It kind of takes the fun out of being on the board. I would think a job where you get hassled by most people you interact with, tends to bring you down. I’m sure we’ll hear from him again. “You can never go back.” seems like a good quote here. You can try real hard to have things the same as before, but they never are. I’m hoping in the end things, change for the better for him, even if it’s not what we want. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/91 "2000-11-16T02:58:27Z")
-----☹ —////\\ I hope whatever is wrong gets better. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/92 "2000-11-16T03:12:10Z")
Eutychus… I know that I am still a newbie… I know that I may not be most liked and respected… and I know that I am young. but I know a good person when I see one. You are a good person. Many a time I have turned to my Fellow dopers, and many a time they have helped me out with their kind words and their wit and humor. I am hoping that before you do something that is a permanent solution to a temporary problem, you will read this thread with an open mind and heart. I do no know the nature of your problem, and I probably can’t fix it. But we are good at flattering, entertaining, and trying to help you forget about whatever is wrong. Please come back Euty. We miss you. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/93 "2000-11-16T03:22:12Z")
Euty, you do what you need to do. Just know that you are respected, admired, and much loved here. Hope to hear fom you soon, friend. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/94 "2000-11-16T03:26:00Z")
**Phobia** put it well; moderating here is thankless task other than the obsessive, grateful allure of being in the thick of it and _helping_. Selfishly, I hope **Euty** is just (!?) quitting smoking, because isn’t this the day? But I doubt it, because Euty isn’t the kind to dangle people. And it was a selfish wish, because who else could meld good sense, kindness, Gilbert & Sullivan riffs and Doper-oriented perspective? All else is noise and brouhaha…most of all I hope Euty is fine: the person behind the board role. We–_all_ of us–are in debt to his sharing, _giving_, as much as he has. Veb (BTW, this is an educable moment about moderating, “sucking up” and gratuitous idiocy. Jokes aside, real people perform the grunt-work here. In truth, they can’t give or take anything away, just try to keep the peace.) ---
**Author:** ![jovius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jovius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovius)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/95 "2000-11-16T05:33:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \* > \*\*I quit. \*\* What gives? I’ve read your SD columns and they’re quite good. Since I’m still relatively new to SD, I don’t think I can qualify in shedding tears for your departure but nonetheless, I am curious as to why you start a commotion with these two simple yet mysterious words? Try to cheer up, jovius ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/96 "2000-11-16T14:42:04Z")
Well, I qualify for shedding tears if you leave, Euty. Please? Say it isn’t so… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/97 "2000-11-16T15:06:18Z")
**Euty** - you know you’re my hero! You and Spider-Man. I told you so in a thread a while back. [singing] _Have you ever known that you’re my hero You are the wind beneath my wings_ Hey! Stop hitting me, you guys! I’ll stop singing, I promise! Ok, who’s the smart-ass that threw the boot? That’s gonna bruise now, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/98 "2000-11-16T17:41:58Z")
MPSIMS has a new moderator. Say hello to **Coldfire**. [sub]I wish there had been a better way for all of this to happen. No offense _Coldie_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/99 "2000-11-16T18:00:15Z")
In a [thread in ATMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=46623), TubaDiva said that Euty is taking a break from moderating. Best wishes, Euty, and I hope we see your smiling face back here real soon! [sub]I’ll still show you my breasts 'cause I love you that much![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233/100 "2000-11-16T18:12:13Z")
Take a nice deep breath, friend, relax, enjoy the break. Know that you have people here that genuinely care about you - even if most of us will only meet you in the ether. Hope everything gets better for you soon. ((((Euty)))) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/41233.md?page=6)