# Oh, for fuck's sake, Nomadic\_One.. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509 "2003-08-29T21:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/1 "2003-08-29T21:01:33Z")
> [@](#): > > This is a poll to see if you use the Straight Dope Message Board. If you do use it type yes, if you dont use it type no. I will start it out. Not only do you have the gall to start such a moronic thread but… You start it after you’ve threatened to leave? Because you couldn’t convert anyone to Christianity? And because God himself told you to move on? Listen to God’s advice. **Go away.** ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/2 "2003-08-29T21:06:19Z")
Zelda 2: the Adventure of \_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/3 "2003-08-29T21:15:10Z")
When I saw that thread, I just assumed the OP had a typo, and was supposed to say “use the Straight Dope Message Board **to masturbate**.” It seemed the only logical explanation for the thread, especially after I noted that **Nomadic\_One** said yes. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/4 "2003-08-29T21:30:12Z")
Linky McLinkerson . . . you have a call on the white courtesy phone. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/5 "2003-08-29T21:34:47Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207998) > [@](#): > > Linky McLinkerson I really scrolled up to see what **Linky McLinkerson** had to say. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/6 "2003-08-29T21:45:43Z")
Would’nt Linky Mclinkerson have a blue/grey courtesy phone? I’m just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/7 "2003-08-29T22:25:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andros \* > \*\*Linky McLinkerson . . . you have a call on the white courtesy phone. \*\* That has got to be the most original call for a link I’ve seen in my brief history here. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/8 "2003-08-29T22:58:39Z")
Wow. Can’t say much more without my head exploding. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/9 "2003-08-29T22:59:33Z")
I thought it was kinda funny. ---
**Author:** ![Svt4Him](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Svt4Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svt4Him)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/10 "2003-08-30T00:06:02Z")
So it’s better to be an a$$ then to try and be lighthearted? ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/11 "2003-08-30T03:07:32Z")
> [@](#): > > So it’s better to be an a$$ then to try and be lighthearted? IMO, the thread was moronic. But that’s beside the main point - he did this after “leaving” because after he found that he couldn’t convert anyone on the board, God allegedly told him to move on. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/12 "2003-08-30T03:48:42Z")
“I’m leaving!” posts are almost always falsehoods. They’re basically deliberate lies, posted in order to get a reaction. It’s a form of trolling that’s both easy and largely safe to engage in, in a ban avoidance sense at least, which is why it’s so common. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/13 "2003-08-30T03:54:36Z")
I’m leaving. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/14 "2003-08-30T03:58:28Z")
Please don’t go. Please stay. I can change. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/15 "2003-08-30T04:03:39Z")
Well, I can’t. Whaddaya get for a quarter again, three dimes, or four? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/16 "2003-08-30T04:19:42Z")
Four dimes for a quarter? What are you, Canadian? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/17 "2003-08-30T04:41:43Z")
Has the “I’m leaving” gambit ever actually worked out well for anyone? I mean has anybody ever gotten a stream of posts pleading for them to stay or is it always the “don’t let the doorknob hit you in the ass” variety of responses? Just curious. (Of course, there is an occasional poster who is leaving for some genuine, non-whiny reason like they’re going to fight a war or something. I’m not including those people in my question) ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/18 "2003-08-30T04:51:37Z")
In my own limited experience, it seems that hereabouts, nope, don’t work. Every huffy “Well, That’s It Then, I’m Leaving” type thread garners almost entirely “buh bye now” type responses.\* Usually, it seems, from frustrated posters who’ve had enough of the huffy one’s nonsense, be it real or imagined. Elsewhere on teh Intarweb, however… I’ve seen a couple that did spawn “You Can’t Leave, All The Plants Will Die” pity parties for the one leaving, but primarily on fairly small message boards/mailing lists with mostly longterm members. And even then it ain’t all that common. YMMV \*[sub]There are sometimes genuinely compassionate responses from folks willing to give the poster in question a second chance, but the majority of respondants do seem to take a direct 180 from the intended/hoped for response.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/19 "2003-08-30T04:59:35Z")
But he’s violating God’s orders! 😛 And, really, I don’t want him here any more than God does. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/20 "2003-08-30T14:06:51Z")
Euty leaving had a couple of people expressing regret. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509.md?page=2)