# Thinking About Leaving **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169 "2004-07-27T22:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/141 "2004-07-28T19:42:12Z")
> [@Balduran](#): > > Oh yes, starting a thread mocking another poster who is feeling down is so much classier. No, see, I don’t think you’re getting it. It’s not “{poster} feels bad, I think I will deliberately try to make him feel worse.” It’s “Wow, those fucking ‘I’m leaving’ threads just get older and older…particularly when the ‘I’m leaving’ person **fucking stays**. Therefore, I shall mock it because it’s fucking stupid.” ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/142 "2004-07-28T20:00:38Z")
> [@Hamadryad](#): > > No, see, I don’t think you’re getting it. It’s not “{poster} feels bad, I think I will deliberately try to make him feel worse.” It’s “Wow, those fucking ‘I’m leaving’ threads just get older and older…particularly when the ‘I’m leaving’ person **fucking stays**. Therefore, I shall mock it because it’s fucking stupid.” Thank you **Hama**. How many different ways must this be stated for some of you to finally get it? ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/143 "2004-07-28T20:12:18Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > Holy shit, you go away for 2 or 3 years and the Pit turns into a church picnic. Yep. Buncha ninnies. And I obviously side with Mr. Psycat(Demo), if anyone knows the details of quite a few oldschool pit meltdowns by some former Dopers… Sam ---
**Author:** ![metrochic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@metrochic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metrochic)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/144 "2004-07-28T20:37:58Z")
> [@Aries28](#): > > You just get back in there and get that bush under control chica. You’re scaring the children. If I did that, how would anyone recognize me?!? Well, besides the giant 'stache and eyebrows, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/145 "2004-07-28T20:47:54Z")
> [@Demo](#): > > Thank you **Hama**. > > How many different ways must this be stated for some of you to finally get it? I get it. Does this mean I have to suck your cock? I just brushed my teeth. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Llama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@The\_Llama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Llama)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/146 "2004-07-28T20:48:05Z")
Ethnic slurs, fat jokes, whiny bitches. They’re all fine. Even jokes about “having no friends” and bad spelling. All these are fine and in the scope of good taste. But the fact that all of you just let this little gem go by without a singe word against it sickens me. > [@](#): > > Only by the ridiculously oversensitive. Me thinks the only thing deb finds funny is Family Circus. Totally uncalled for. Accusing someone of liking that comic is the moral equivalent of the holocaust, and if the attitude around here doesn’t change, not only am I leaving, but I’m taking my ball with me! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/147 "2004-07-28T20:59:22Z")
> [@GaWd](#): > > Yep. Buncha ninnies. > > And I obviously side with Mr. Psycat(Demo), if anyone knows the details of quite a few oldschool pit meltdowns by some former Dopers… > > Sam Are you refering to me, please? Because if you’re refering to me, I would like to remind you that my inoffensive philosophy has harmed no one, least of all the anal retentive few who follow me from thread to thread nipping at my heels like yappy little Chihuahuas. My undoings have been the fault of others — rat’s asses who delight in nothing more than posting incindiary or provocative insults for the sole purpose of agitation. It’s not MY fucking fault that a couple of shit heads aim and fire their rhetorical canons, after having spent all fucking day e-mailing their dick face little friends and telling them, “Come on over to the SDMB!! We’ve got Lib on the ropes, and he’s ready to blow!!!” Fucking assholes! Shit ass COWARDS! ☹ TAKE ME ONE ON ONE YOU FUCKING PRICKS! :mad: GOD CURSE YOUR UNHOLY MOTHERS AND THE JACKALS THAT FUCKED THEM!!! :mad: :mad: _I DON’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS SHIT!!!_ **YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME, I WON’T GIVE YOU THE FUCKING SATISFACTON!!! REMOVE MY FUCKING POSTING PRIVILEGES!!! GO AHEAD AND BAN ME!!! THAT’S WHAT YOU WANTED, ISN’T IT!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: THAT WAS THE FUCKING PLAN, WASN’T IT!!! I HATE YOUR FUCKING ASSES!!! SUCK MY ASS-BOIL, YOU FUCKING CUNTS!!! I’M LEAVING THIS MESSAGE BOARD FOREVER!!!** :mad: :mad: ☹ :mad: ☹ :mad: Unless, of course, the gentle person was refering to someone else, in which case, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/148 "2004-07-28T21:06:14Z")
Tell us how you really feel, Lib… Actually, if you notice I said “former” Dopers. You ass boil! Sam ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/149 "2004-07-28T21:08:40Z")
WOW Lib, that pretty much scared the shit outa me! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/150 "2004-07-28T21:15:08Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I’ve been here for a year and a half, have talked to you in #straightdope on dozens of occasions, and are friends with you on livejournal and you _still_ don’t know how to spell my name? Do I mean so little to you? ☹ You know, as soon as I clicked “Submit” I saw that and did this :smack:. But I hate when people post solely to correct a typo, so I didn’t. Nothing personal, my friend… I’m sorry. **Liberal** , I don’t pay much attention to usernames, and have only recently ventured into GD and GQ, so I don’t know your history as well as everyone else does, but after reading that post, I can’t _wait_ 'til you go FreakFreely on us! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/151 "2004-07-28T21:15:57Z")
I blame society. Plus childhood trauma. Oh, and everybody in Chapel Hill. Just 'cause Carolina sucks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/152 "2004-07-28T21:16:44Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > I can’t _wait_ 'til you go FreakFreely on us! 😉 Oh man, I wonder how many people in here actually remember that incident… 😃 ---
**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:** [July 28, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/153 "2004-07-28T21:24:07Z")
> [@The\_Llama](#): > > Totally uncalled for. Accusing someone of liking that comic is the moral equivalent of the holocaust, and if the attitude around here doesn’t change, not only am I leaving, but I’m taking my ball with me! Don’t forget to drag it across **World Eater** ’s nose as you go. That seems to be the hip thing to do these days – all the kids are doing it. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/154 "2004-07-28T21:24:44Z")
> [@Balduran](#): > > Oh yes, starting a thread mocking another poster who is feeling down is so much classier. Ohfercrissake, Balduran, get your goddamn panties out of a twist. This is a board devoted to _fighting ignorance_, a goal we’ve rather lost in all the handwringing and {{{{hugging}}}} MPSIMS crap. Anyone who’s feeling genuinely crappy enough to be doing any serious harm needs to back the fuck away from the keyboard and get, say, a real life and a real shrink, and not necessarily in that order. Maybe the solution is to get rid of MPSIMS. I do think blogging rather takes care of that particular, non-mission-related need. _Looks at the menu_…'Scuse me, is the Mexican dick uncut? ---
**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:** [July 28, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/155 "2004-07-28T21:26:06Z")
Doh, I mean **SolGrundy** ’s nose, of course. I can’t keep all the noses and balls in this thread straight. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/156 "2004-07-28T21:26:11Z")
> [@Diane](#): > > I get it. > > Does this mean I have to suck your cock? I just brushed my teeth. Don’t forget **Diane** , you’re supposed to floss twice a day. Mind the pubes now. Also, I think **Liberal** is my new hero. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/157 "2004-07-28T21:40:17Z")
> [@Demo](#): > > Also, I think **Liberal** is my new hero. 😉 The only thing that could have made that post by Lib better would be to have put the word _cunt_ in 72 point font. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/158 "2004-07-28T22:07:44Z")
> [@OxyMoron](#): > > This is a board devoted to _fighting ignorance_, a goal we’ve rather lost in all the handwringing and {{{{hugging}}}} MPSIMS crap. Amen, Brother. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/159 "2004-07-28T22:32:37Z")
Holy Shit. This thread is the funniest fucking thing I read so far this week. Ahhhh…it reminds me of the “good old days” here in the pit. And before anyone asks: 1. I’m not sucking any dick 2. Nobody will be dragging thier balls across my nose 3. I also had sex with Nell Carter 4. My nipples were bigger than Nell’s, but her’s were hairier :eek: So, in conclusion, keep fighting the good fight people. We will reclaim our Pit! ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169/160 "2004-07-28T22:33:13Z")
**Demo** , you didn’t answer my question (_oh, no, I feel so…ignored!_). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-leaving/257169.md?page=9)