# I've been AWAY... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739 "2010-10-29T04:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/1 "2010-10-29T04:49:41Z")
> [@](#): > > **Welcome, AHunter3.** > You last visited: 10-22-2010 at 08:17 PM Holy shit. That was a week ago. In 13 years I don’t think I’ve ever before gone a week wtihout going to the Dope! It’s nothing personal. My social life in the real world got a lot more real and varied and fun, I started a writing project (autobio, actually) which soaks up a lot of the time I’d otherwise spend on the board, and … and I’m still amazed. Until around June-July of this year it was highly unusual for me to go 10 hours or more without coming in and hitting the New Posts button. What did I miss? Anything blow up or become a meme this week? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/2 "2010-10-29T04:52:24Z")
Sorry. The posts involved were all deleted and we’ve all agreed to never speak of it again. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/3 "2010-10-29T04:56:59Z")
[QUOTE=New Posts] Page 1 of 30 1 2 3 11 \> Last [/quote] Hmm… I may be here for awhile… ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/4 "2010-10-29T07:34:34Z")
Crap, \*\*Ahunter3 \*\*is back. Looks like the poison didn’t take effect. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/5 "2010-10-29T16:40:32Z")
Hey, has anyone seen Superman? We’ve been hanging out all week, but now he’s nowhere to be found. Oh, hi, **Ahunter3**! Say, nice glasses. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/6 "2010-10-30T01:24:39Z")
What surprises me is that I of all people actually noticed you were gone. I never notice anything about specific people without it being shoved in my face. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/7 "2010-10-30T02:05:40Z")
::waves at **The Weird One** and **BigT** :: ::sticks tongue out at **EvilTOJ** and **Little Nemo** :: ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/8 "2010-10-30T18:55:30Z")
Crap guys!! I _told_ not to speak its name!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/9 "2010-10-30T19:25:06Z")
sssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…he’s back. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-away/558739/10 "2010-10-31T04:35:52Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Holy shit. That was a week ago. In 13 years I don’t think I’ve ever before gone a week wtihout going to the Dope! > It’s nothing personal. My social life in the real world got a lot more real and varied and fun, I started a writing project (autobio, actually) which soaks up a lot of the time I’d otherwise spend on the board, and > > … and I’m still amazed. Until around June-July of this year it was highly unusual for me to go 10 hours or more without coming in and hitting the New Posts button. > > What did I miss? Anything blow up or become a meme this week? Hun, I just realized that I’ve been missing for over a month. Sometimes things just get in the way. Sometimes real life invades. Sometimes I’m just too damn depressed to want to be around people, even online…