# So who has quite the board the most times? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 24, 2002, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437 "2002-09-24T10:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/41 "2002-09-24T21:59:24Z")
DJ wrote: > [@](#): > > A giant among men you are, Lib. And so now you find it necessary to tease me about my unfortunate endomorphism. Have you no decency, sir? At long last, have you no decency? ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/42 "2002-09-24T22:09:51Z")
oops yeah I should spell check, I think I have a rant filed somewhere on why I seldom spell-check. Anyhooo, while I don’t see this thread as a pit worthy one, since I’m not asking for rants or having one myself, I just thinks it’s hella’ funny to see people quit the board and then not actually quit the board. Frankly I did this with IRC a numbewr of years ago, but I changed my nick so no one would know I was coming back on my knees. Then I got bored and just departed from it rather than having a huge production number about it. Same with here, I was a really regular user, then I changed jobs and work schedule and I think there is something like a one year gap in my postings. I never announced it I just got temporaritly bored (and unfortunately missed some great flameouts). I can see why this wasn’t really GQ wortly as stated, however. So IMHO people who “announce” they are going to quit, seem to be the least likely to actually do so. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/43 "2002-09-25T06:53:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by **dalovindj** \* > Do you keep a cork board around and move little pieces of paper with people’s names up and down in rank based on how often they side with you? That would probably make it easier to remember who to listen to and who to ignore. Yeah it would. I’m going to start doing this now. **dj** , you get to start at the top because you gave me the idea. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/44 "2002-09-25T12:17:47Z")
Some people in this thread need a time out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/45 "2002-09-25T13:15:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Don’t worry, Jarbaby. We don’t pay any attention to DJ. \*\* Who is “we”? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/47 "2002-09-25T13:58:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lastoneout \* > **I quit! This is my last post on the SDMB. Read my lips.** You are so right. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/48 "2002-09-25T14:11:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lastoneout \* > **That’s just dumb. You wouldn’t dare do such a thing. Dumb, dumb, de dumb.** Somebody lose a sock? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/49 "2002-09-25T14:17:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*I quit every night. \*\* I envy your willpower. ---
**Author:** ![Kegg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kegg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kegg)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/50 "2002-09-25T14:17:48Z")
The “we” that is me ??? ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/52 "2002-09-25T14:28:29Z")
Real question is whether the sock and the original poster behind said sock will get banned? It looked like someone trying to be cute, if that matters at all. Another minor point- if people stopped posting to SDMB because the posts were simple cries for attention- the daily post count would drop 50%. Some people post even the most tragic personal news here as a matter of course. Maybe doing so helps with the pain. Doing so could also be called a cry for attention as well. But is it wrong? Of course, a few people have devolved into simple attention whores, but most of them are either (a) clever, or (b) hard to avoid looking at, like a car wreck (you know you shouldn’t look, but. . . . ). ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/53 "2002-09-25T14:38:16Z")
I took a hiatus, at one point, but I was specific at the time that it was temporary. Some people still concluded I was ‘quiting’. Lesson learned: Net time I need a break, I go out the back door, quietly. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/54 "2002-09-25T14:50:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*Another minor point- if people stopped posting to SDMB because the posts were simple cries for attention- the daily post count would drop 50%. > \*\* Sure, but how to differentiate between the simple cries for attention and the complicated cries for attention? Such a conundrum! Such a quandary! Such a dilemma! ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/55 "2002-09-25T14:59:27Z")
I’m quitting for 24 days starting this Saturday. It will be interesting to see what kinds of withdrawl symptoms arise. How many days do you get before falling back into ignorance? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/56 "2002-09-25T15:01:00Z")
whats the 24 days for? you will be missed ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/57 "2002-09-25T16:22:48Z")
Well, I gotta back up dalovindj on this one, sort of, and I can’t name names either because it last happened so long ago I can’t remember who. But I most definitely remember there being a few occasions where people “quit the boards” with what had to be calculated dramatic flair. Granted, I have to speculate on their motives, but given the wording, the context, and so on, it seemed pretty likely to me that they were fishing for a whole bunch of people to beg them not to leave. I’m not talking about people who notify friends via the boards that they are going to be absent, or are taking a break. There are reasonable ways to do that and there have (blessedly) been many examples. I’m talking about those other Professional Victims. Maybe the reason I also can’t name names is that I stopped reading anything they wrote soon thereafter, and thus they’ve been out of my memory for some time. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/59 "2002-09-26T14:32:51Z")
I’m going with my SO on his gig with the Cirque du Soleil. I’m sure I could find a library or a Kinko’s somewhere but that’s only if the withdrawl symptoms become too much for me to bear :). Thanks **vanilla** I will miss you too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/60 "2002-09-26T14:36:33Z")
we will keep you updated on any conversions…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437/61 "2002-09-26T17:25:22Z")
This thread is becoming a sock magnet. I’m going to close it. Don’t open up a new one like it. Lynn [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-has-quite-the-board-the-most-times/129437.md?page=2)