# Whatever happened to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 1, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532 "2015-04-01T19:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/1 "2015-04-01T19:09:57Z")
So do you ever wonder whatever happened to certain posters that have dropped off the board to never return? My top two are: **LifeSucks** , the guy that was irrationally afraid of going under general anesthesia because he thought he would be replaced with another being. > **[I've suddenly become mortally petrified of undergoing general anaesthetic...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=715059)** > > I was entirely convinced by Tibby’s argument regarding personal identity when he said: The bolded/underlined sentence really made my heart sink. Will I essentially die? Even if there’s a 1% chance this argument is true then that’s still an... He regularly posted about his fear for almost 3 months exclusively in the referenced thread. He had the surgery and returned to claim that _ **he was a changed man** _. Then never to be heard from again. **sj15010** , the guy that found his brother in law’s diary in his wife’s underwear drawer. > **[Found my brother-in-law's diary in my wife's underwear drawer](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562910)** > > I was doing laundry while my wife is out of town, and in putting away the family’s clothes I found my brother-in-law’s personal journal in my wife’s underwear drawer. (The journal’s size and color made it stand out in an otherwise tiny drawer. I... He only made 3 posts, all in that thread. Was the situation innocent, or nefarious? We’ve never heard. So who are you curious about? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/2 "2015-04-01T22:41:12Z")
Whatever happened to **Super Kapowzler**? And shit. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/3 "2015-04-02T16:43:51Z")
Baby Jane? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/4 "2015-04-02T17:02:25Z")
The guy that wrote about a “skank” he had a one-night stand with and now found out he was (probably) a dad. Something must have happened because all of the sudden the thread got closed and the mods pulled an Officer Barbrady “Nothing to see here.” ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/5 "2015-04-02T17:05:08Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Whatever happened to **Super Kapowzler**? And shit. Shit obviously happened. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/6 "2015-04-02T17:17:22Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Baby Jane? She got fu… no, wait, that was Faye Wray. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/7 "2015-04-02T17:21:18Z")
[**Chowder**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577752) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/8 "2015-04-02T17:46:30Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > The guy that wrote about a “skank” he had a one-night stand with and now found out he was (probably) a dad. Something must have happened because all of the sudden the thread got closed and the mods pulled an Officer Barbrady “Nothing to see here.” Past 5 min: Found the [thread about the thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=715068) ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/9 "2015-04-02T18:09:56Z")
**Nitroglycerin** , who asked about [detoxing from alcoho](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=745738&highlight=detoxing)l. He hasn’t posted since (January). ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/10 "2015-04-02T18:17:08Z")
I’ve said it before…what ever happened to the person who came in in like…2012? and claimed to be a girl who is paralyzed from the neck down because of a skiing accident, then she “died”, then she said the death was a hoax …and it turned out that it was apparently some person who does this in multiple boards? Did we ever prove that? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/11 "2015-04-02T18:18:45Z")
What about that poster who had surgery to remove his/her bottom half? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/12 "2015-04-02T18:27:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > What about that poster who had surgery to remove his/her bottom half? [Very recent update.](http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Follow-Up-New-goals-for-woman-with-radical-4226170.php) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/13 "2015-04-02T18:36:58Z")
Thanks for that, **Earl**. That’s a fascinating story. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/14 "2015-04-02T18:40:51Z")
The Transylvania twist? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/15 "2015-04-02T20:07:04Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’ve said it before…what ever happened to the person who came in in like…2012? and claimed to be a girl who is paralyzed from the neck down because of a skiing accident, then she “died”, then she said the death was a hoax > > …and it turned out that it was apparently some person who does this in multiple boards? Did we ever prove that? I believe that was **Umkay** , and yep, that’s the story. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/16 "2015-04-02T20:21:20Z")
I remember **Omar Little**. Wonder what he’s doing now. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/17 "2015-04-02T20:28:36Z")
Would this be a good place to mention those whose Usernames have been changed along the way? I can think of several who fit that description. It would be a shame to mention their old names out of ignorance of such a change. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/18 "2015-04-02T20:33:57Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Would this be a good place to mention those whose Usernames have been changed along the way? I can think of several who fit that description. > > It would be a shame to mention their old names out of ignorance of such a change. 🙂 Not that there is a specific rule against that I personally think that is bad form. Most have changed their names simply because they didn’t like their original choice. Others may have more important reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/19 "2015-04-02T20:41:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Not that there is a specific rule against that I personally think that is bad form. Most have changed their names simply because they didn’t like their original choice. Others may have more important reasons. Good point, and a good reason to drop the subject. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532/20 "2015-04-02T21:02:22Z")
Has anyone heard from **Darth Nader** since he posted [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=748496)? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-________/716532.md?page=2)