# Is anyone else just back after a long hiatus? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 30, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040 "2022-10-30T19:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/1 "2022-10-30T19:34:53Z")
Mostly just a test thread. Feels good to be back ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/2 "2022-10-30T19:43:10Z")
What do you mean by back? Have you been lurking? Really away? Off the grid? May I ask those questions? Why have you decided to come back? Do you think much has changed? Are you OK? Welcome back, I hope you enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/3 "2022-10-30T20:14:20Z")
I hope you brought a note from your mom ! ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/4 "2022-10-30T20:28:04Z")
Its been 5-6 years since I’ve been an active lurker and semi-active poster. My hangouts were GD, CS, and occasionally the pit (that might have been before politics was broken out of GD). Since then I’ve only popped in a few times, maybe asked a few GQs. My SDMB addiction turned into a Twitter addiction. Now, with the bird app in flux, I’m checkin in with the old haunt. Not that anyone ever noticed that i was gone - I had about 1000 posts in a 10 year span (and had lurked for a few years before signing up. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/5 "2022-10-30T21:09:33Z")
Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/6 "2022-10-31T00:12:41Z")
From Epstiens mom.😉 ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/7 "2022-10-31T07:51:42Z")
Welcome back. Will all your posts now be under 280 characters? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/8 "2022-10-31T22:33:52Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > From Epstiens mom.😉 > [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Welcome back! > [@mordecaiB](#): > > Welcome back. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xZzEzDkeHzI/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGHIgSSg0MA8=&rs=AOn4CLCoDpHbLwo7Wsrh6Z3SJaC8cPBMog "Welcome Back Kotter - Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZzEzDkeHzI) ---
**Author:** ![MissMiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missmiss/32/12315_2.png) [@MissMiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMiss)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/9 "2022-11-01T18:14:40Z")
Im back after I dont know, close to 10 years. Unfamiliar with Discourse and miss the old format so much I’ll try to figure this out. Im only on a phone which probably doesn’t help… ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/10 "2022-11-01T21:39:20Z")
Same, re: phone. It’s great to see some old names I recognize, though. I never had much of a presense, despite the SDMB being such a huge part of my ‘formative’ years (30ish-45ish). Here is where i began to live an examined life. Where I could ask (now cringy) GD questions in good faith and have someone knowledgeable and patient explain why equality was worth fighting for. Usually someone else would ask/respond with something i was about to post, so i could stay in the background. The way I liked (still do). In the early Trump era, GD (…err, politics) became less fun. And the streaming era ruined a lot of what I loved about CS (having a week to obsess over a particular episode of television). Anyway, much love to The Dope, the mods, OPs (even THOSE OPs 🙂 ). I guess I’ll see if one can go home again. Y’all probably wont see me much either way, but I’ll be here (maybe) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/11 "2022-11-03T18:31:04Z")
Considering it ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/12 "2022-11-03T18:32:10Z")
This ain’t a democracy, but count me as someone who’d be happy to see you posting again. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/13 "2022-11-03T18:37:19Z")
Our omnibus thread for missing members: [Who’s missing that you really want to see on the Board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-missing-that-you-really-want-to-see-on-the-board/914010/716) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-just-back-after-a-long-hiatus/974040/14 "2022-11-03T19:17:51Z")
Thanks much. We shall see what we shall see.