# I'm leaving here **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 12, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301 "2002-04-12T19:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/1 "2002-04-12T19:46:55Z")
I’ve given this a great deal of thought. There are various pressures at work that I must address. There is the home life. Though it’s been fun, it’s extremely difficult to maintain the level of commitment here. Recent issues with various moderators, administrators, posters and farm animals have also forced me to take a moral stand, and I can see no other alternative than to summon all the cheap drama that is available to me, and go down in a self-immolating blaze of glory as an admonition to all. Once I’m gone that will somehow prove that I was right and that I was important, and you will feel chastened and confused by my aloof moral superiority and noble silence. Therefore I have resolved that this is my final post. I bear no ill will to anyone here, but I hope you understand my position. Circumstances have left no alternative to a man of my moral stature and firm commitment. So, I must regretfully inform you that I will no longer be posting in this thread. Goodbye. -Scylla ---
**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:** [April 12, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/2 "2002-04-12T19:52:16Z")
He’ll be back. Nobody dumps the Dope… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/3 "2002-04-12T19:56:17Z")
Well, don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. And don’t let it hit you in the face on your way back in. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/4 "2002-04-12T19:57:30Z")
I’m predicting a high woosh count on this one. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/5 "2002-04-12T19:58:47Z")
I think a lot of folks can figure out the satire here. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/6 "2002-04-12T20:01:27Z")
I had never pegged you for a melodramatic drama queen, so I’m going to assume that either this is just a cheerful FYI so that we needn’t wonder where you have gone, or a parody of someone else’s teary-eyed goodbye. Hopefully the latter. ---
**Author:** ![blanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@blanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blanx)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/7 "2002-04-12T20:04:03Z")
I predict **Scylla** ’s gonna pull a Michael Corleone aaaaany minute now… “Just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/8 "2002-04-12T20:05:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > **Once I’m gone that will somehow prove that I was right and that I was important, and you will feel chastened and confused by my aloof moral superiority and noble silence.** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/9 "2002-04-12T20:10:00Z")
If we stop posting at the SDMB, it only means the gophers have won. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/10 "2002-04-12T20:10:42Z")
Oh, come on. You expect anyone to believe that that’s _all_ the cheap drama you have available? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/11 "2002-04-12T20:12:52Z")
See you later Kay Kay, um Scylla. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/12 "2002-04-12T20:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*So, I must regretfully inform you that I will no longer be posting in this thread. > > Goodbye. > > -Scylla \*\* I don’t think he quit the board. just this thread… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/13 "2002-04-12T20:16:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waverly \* > \*\* > a parody of someone else’s teary-eyed goodbye. Hopefully the latter. \*\* Ding ding ding!!! We have a winner folks!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pbrtallboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f475e1/32.png) [@pbrtallboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbrtallboy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/14 "2002-04-12T20:17:23Z")
what, exactly is a “whoosh count?” ---
**Author:** ![lenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lenin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/15 "2002-04-12T20:20:05Z")
A count of how many people are whooshed, which is when they do not understand a post is sarcastic and respond as such. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/16 "2002-04-12T20:20:50Z")
> [@](#): > > I will no longer be posting **in this thread**. I think you’re being a little harsh, **Drastic**. The ratio of cheap drama to post length was quite strong, and since we can only evaluate the cheap drama saturation for _this thread_, I give it high marks. If Scylla ever leaves the _Boards_, we’ll have to evaluate the cheap drama factor with different methods, perhaps cheap drama in recent posts vs. drama in overall posting career. It’ll be tough to beat **Stork** in that respect. ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/17 "2002-04-12T20:22:56Z")
Quickly folks…it looks like one of Scylla’s groundhogs has taken over his home and is now logging in and posing as Scylla. Further evidence of this fact can be found by the recent postings of someone who calls themself “Whistlepig.” God save the rest of us from these varmints of terror… ::Arghh!::: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/18 "2002-04-12T20:25:42Z")
No, don’t go!! This thread just won’t be the same without you!!! \ ---
**Author:** ![Newton\_meter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@Newton\_meter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newton_meter)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/19 "2002-04-12T20:26:42Z")
I was beginning to despair of the entire “Fat” “Insulting” “Is not” “Rude” “Shove it up your ass” “You first” “Fuck me” “Fat” cycle. Now this. You’ve absolutely _ruined_ my day, **Scylla** and I shall certainly miss you here on the IMDB. kg m²/s² [sub]What the hell, you _made_ my day![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301/20 "2002-04-12T20:31:14Z")
I don’t think I’m being harsh. After all… > [@](#): > > …I can see no other alternative than to summon **all** the cheap drama **that is available to me…** Now, it’s all well and good and supportive and bolstering of self-esteem and warm fuzzy breeding and such to point out that the cheap drama for post length is acceptable. Indeed it is. But our dear departed did not say he could see no alternative but to summon just enough cheap drama to make an acceptable OP/CD ratio–he said _all_. I will grant that it’s possible he did summon all the cheap drama available to him, but didn’t use all of it in his immolation. Actually, that does make sense–a fellow with a wood-burning stove can gather together all the firewood he has, but isn’t going to throw all of it into the furnace at once. I withdraw my objection, and will now accept being chastened and confused. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-leaving-here/103301.md?page=2)