# Oh, for fuck's sake, Nomadic\_One..

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509>\
**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:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/21 "2003-08-30T15:07:17Z")

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Probably Satan has taken over Nomadic\_one’s functions. He, floating somewhere in his brain, can only sit and watch in horror as the great Lucifer(spl?) controls his hands and make him restart posting after he had informed us that he was leaving.

what?

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**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, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/22 "2003-08-30T15:27:57Z")

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> Probably Satan has taken over Nomadic\_one’s functions. He, floating somewhere in his brain, can only sit and watch in horror as the great Lucifer(spl?) controls his hands and make him restart posting after he had informed us that he was leaving.

Couldn’t Satan do something more constructive than bug the Dopers?

Bad Lucifer. Bad Lucifer!

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**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/23 "2003-08-30T15:46:25Z")

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I recommend taking the stance I’ve seen on another board. Written into the very policies you accept when signing up is the following bit:

“You will never, ever post ‘I’m leaving’ threads unless you really mean it. Why? Because the mods will ban you.”

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/24 "2003-08-31T14:21:49Z")

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Satan didn’t leave; he was banned.

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**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/25 "2003-08-31T15:13:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Skeezix \*  
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> Elsewhere on teh Intarweb, however…
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> 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
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I’ve seen a surprising amount of gushing, nauseating “please stays” in response to the leaving threat on other message boards. Amazing really, it’s like people revert to being 10 when they get on the net - “do it my way or I’m not playing”.

The proper response to threats to leave, IMO, should be total silence

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**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/26 "2003-08-31T17:35:24Z")

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Sure, but the proper response to people COMING BACK after threats to leave should be a pitting.

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**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/27 "2003-08-31T18:30:40Z")

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Is it me or is that one of the most (probably unintentionally) hilarious OPs I’ve seen on these boards in months?

😃

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**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-fucks-sake-nomadic_one/198509/28 "2003-08-31T19:44:34Z")

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Why thank you.

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