You’re not weaseling out of your threads that easily ** umkay**.
I thought from the username and other things about that post that there was no way that is how someone claiming to be who they were would approach the situation if it were true. But I was still glum and a little sickened by it all day. Either it had to be true however unlikely, or someone breathing the same air as us is actually that deranged and empty. Not a great choice. I’m very glad my faith in humanity has not been restored at all, and that you are back from your absence with good news.
I’m happy to hear you’re alive, umkay. As I said in the “dead” thread, I’m a member of the Umkay Fan Club. And I think an “Umkay Has Risen From The Grave” Memorial Wake/Dopefest is a great idea.
I’ll admit that my BS meter had taken a bit of a hit. For a couple of reasons. First was the timing. What are the odds that you’d succumb to a fatal incident so shortly after arriving here and making such a big splash? Also, I did find the phrasing (“her last days”) a bit odd. Actually (since we’re being all honest here), I also entertained the notion that everything about your appearance here was part of an elaborate hoax. Why? Well, to start with (and please don’t take this the wrong way), you’re kind of too perfect. By which I don’t mean actually perfect. But you’re a young, smart, pretty, and witty woman who suffered a tragic accident during your foolish teen years, yet you’ve chosen to face life with a remarkably positive attitude. You have, by your own admission, flaws (of course). But that only makes the hoax (if there was one) more believable, as it makes you more real. Then, after sweeping in and making such an impression here, you disappear for a week and “die”. If it were fiction… well you must admit that it would look like an attempt to hit all the right buttons.
And before anyone asks “Well, why, if your BS meter went off, did you respond?”, here’s why: First, even though the phrasing sounded odd, I wrote it off as a hastily written note by someone in stressful circumstances. And if it had all been a hoax, so what? Some pathetic loser gets their jollies at one more comment. So I chose to take it all at face value and simply tell the truth on that assumption: Umkay’s appearance here has been remarkable, both in it’s impact and in what I (and others, I assume) have learned. Happily, it appears that the only hoax was the tragic ending.
Oh - and for the record, I don’t believe you’ve been BSing us. Truth is frequently stranger than fiction and your posts have had a ring of truth to them.
And a note to the pathetic loser - If you see a Tricked-Out Flying Death-Chair coming at you, don’t run. It’ll just make it worse.
The “NotOk” username seemed a trifle flippant for someone who’d going through a sudden and tragical bereavement. I hadn’t posted yet because I felt like something was off about the announcement and I wanted to wait for more information. Glad you’re not dead
I’m just so glad right now I’m out of synch with the rest of the board – signed off yesterday (my) evening vaguely* worried about you, got on this afternoon, and I am just glad I didn’t have to go through the stage of actually believing this cruel joke.
And I’ll throw out Zombie Joke #13 just for the hell of it!
OK, who am I kidding – ***extremely ***worried; you hadn’t signed in for over a week! I’m just glad right now that you’re OK and hopefully over this medical emergency!
Personally, I’m glad I missed all the drama and didn’t tune in (or, dope in?) until after umkay had already said WTF?!?! Otherwise, I might’ve been riding along on the emotional roller coaster with you, Enkel.
Because of the chair, I think a baseball cap would work better than a t-shirt for umkay - it’d be easier to read the back.
FRONT = Still Kicking!
BACK = Notokay: Pardon me, but you’ve obviously mistaken me for someone who cares what you say.
To be honest, umkay sounded too good to be true to begin with. So when she ‘died’, I thought it may have been a joke. This whole thing is beyond weird.
I’ve not posted in your thread, but I have been following it. I did see the thread that announced your death, but something didn’t jibe. Good to know my instincts were right. I hope you have many happy years of joining in here at the SDMB.
Note to Self: Keep trusted, longterm Dopers in the loop as to my health, so if I do kick off, the SDMB will get the news from folks we all know and trust.
I briefly entertained that thought as well and then dismissed it. I was REALLY hoping we weren’t in the middle of another WallyM7 type incident. But I think it’d be one of the most elaborate hoaxes in quite some time… and as I thought about it, I dismissed it. THAT would have REALLY pissed me off. Not that what NotOkay did wasn’t absolutely awful.
I’m so glad you never left, umkay. I’d been reading the heart-attack ‘can drop dead without warning’ thread, and hadn’t read much of the other thread, so I didn’t pick up on any falseness…
I dunno, you look pretty lively to me at this point…
HAPPY DANCE! UMKAY IS STILL ALIVE!
We could still have a [del]wake[/del] party. We’ll lay you out all purdy with a lily in your hands and you lie there all still with your eyes closed and when someone leans over you all overwrought you can open your eyes and yell BOO! It’ll be like that old classic Ray Stevens song I Ain’t Sittin’ Up With the Dead No More, except with less sittin’ up.
Of course we want to know what’s up with you, dear. Don’t worry, we’ll get the threads all sorted out, just give the mods a bit of time. Oh, and there’s that little trip we have to take under the bridge, to do a little extermination.
Well, you know… it’s like, I always thought Steve Irwin would die from being chomped on my a big ol’ crocodile and it turned out he was taken out by a sting ray. The universe is perverse, ya know? You survive a broken neck, then get taken out by a papercut. Or something equally innocuous.
Go ahead and be angry. The rest of us are relieved you’re still around to BE angry.
I was getting a little suspicious myself due to a lack of details and failure to post wake/funeral info as promised. I hope the bastard didn’t PM anyone with info to send money or flowers.
:::: mounts steel spikes to front of wheelchair ::: RUN HIM DOWN GIRL! RUN HIM DOWN WITH YOUR TRICKED OUT FLYING ALL TERRAIN DEATH-CHAIR!!! ::: wipes spittle from lips :::
Don’t do that. If you do that he won’t be able to feel the rest of the beat-down he has coming…
And that is one of the cool things about this place – fighting of ignorance. We now have a definitive answer to this earth-shaking question.
Be fair – people were telling her how awesome she is even before the greatly exaggerated rumors of her death.
OOOOO! Let’s DO IT!
And next time someone asks why she’s in a wheelchair she can say “the reanimation process isn’t perfect.”
