I Miss HypnoToad Already

[querelle]

The lounge just isn't the same without him. I miss his goofy and irreverent posts. We exchanged many PM's in the past, but he's not answering them anymore. I wish I knew what happened that turned him away from us. Any clues? I was away for a while so I don't know what happened recently. Anyone care to clue me in?

Q

[Pithlet]

1. I didn't know he was gone.

Did I miss something?

ETA I saw the thread. What a shame :(

[seemunkee]

2. What happened?

I was gone last week

[querelle]

8. Apparently.......

There were some people here on DU that didn't agree with his choices regarding sexuality. That's the most diplomatic way I can put it. He left after being insulted by a few people here on DU. Can you imagine?

Q

[AngryAmish]

9. I find this strange

I mean we are open to all kinds here. I am curious.

[seemunkee]

11. I hope he finds happiness where ever he is.

[mainegreen]

13. Seems like there have been a lot of those trolls about lately.

Hope hypno comes back.

[Beausoir]

26. They weren't trolls...they've been here for a long time..but it's only one or two.

Shame that a couple of juvenile asshats take such glee in being flat out horrible to other folks.

[cwydro]

3. Hopefully he won't let a few people

keep him away.

[BarenakedLady]

4. I don't know

But I miss him too. :(

[LisaM]

5. Gone? He was here last week.

I didn't realize he had left, taken a breather, whatever.

[1gobluedem]

6. Here is the thread

Although I'm not sure what it was that caused him to leave.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5834354

[jobycom]

7. Didn't know he had left. I'll miss him, too. Hopefully he's just having fun

somewhere and will come back soon.

[LSK]

10. i dont know exactly what happened to him

But this happens in the lounge from time to time and it really should stop. This is not high school.

:grr:

[idgiehkt]

16. it isn't?

because sometimes...I feel a little lost.

:shrug:

[cwydro]

17. Yep

I've noticed a definite high school clique alive and floating through the halls here...:silly:

[querelle]

18. You Too?............n/t

[cwydro]

21. Oh yes,

it's almost enough to make me strike my rainbow colors...

[tavalon]

33. Um, that's what the ignore function is good for

I don't have too many on ignore but it keeps the permanent asshats out of my hair.

[Ariana Celeste]

19. Ain't that the truth

x(

[bigwillq]

35. And all these good byes

I'm leaving, boo hoo, I can't take it anymore here threads are High Schoolish too.
But this happens in the lounge from time to time and it really should stop.

:eyes:

[AllegroRondo]

12. Who will I discuss British Sci-Fi shows with now?

Darn, he was a neat guy.

[tigereye]

20. yeah he was fun to talk Dr. Who with

and he even knew about Red Dwarf - that's not very common.

well, he's been here a long time, and I'm sure he'll return.

[AllegroRondo]

42. He knows more about Blake's 7 than I do

and thats hard to do.

I hope he returns.

[tigereye]

44. ah, that was a good one, too

pretty dark for the time.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. Wherever he is I hope that he finds the happiness that he deserves ...

and I hope that he never gives up. All he wanted was to be happy - I can see that from his posts. Even though sometimes he would get down on himself he was always looking to get happy again. I hope that he comes back.

[Omphaloskepsis]

43. What she said...

Put the idiots on ignore and come back to the familia.

[puerco-bellies]

15. Hypno Toad phone home!!!

All hale Hypno Toad.
CLAP... CLAP... CLAP..!

[Name removed]

22. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[cwydro]

24. For crying out loud,

don't we all?

[WilliamPitt]

23. WTF?

What the fuck happened? I read the thread linked above, but still don't get it.

[Bassic]

34. I don't think anybody get's it.

I wish someone would explain it.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. I did try

[Bassic]

39. You tried to explain it?

I think I missed it, I'm sorry. I'll check again.

[Bassic]

40. Ok I saw your response now.

It gives it some context. Sorry about the mix-up.

[mainegreen]

37. People were rude to him in an offensive way on a subject anyone would be touchy about.

I suspect the commentators also knew a bit about Hypno and were pushing buttons. nt

[pitohui]

25. i got no clue either

i hope he feels ready to come back soon

[wildhorses]

27. please come back my sweet, sweet prince--

:cry:

[Pithlet]

28. I hope he comes back, too.

I'm still not sure exactly what happened.

[belladonna]

29. This is exactly why I rarely post anymore

On the rare occassions that I do post, it's in GD. Sure, GD gets scary as hell sometimes but there does seem to be a real bad vibe going on in the Lounge lately that just makes me cringe. People seem to get these damn vendettas going and drag others into them. High school? More like junior high, if you ask me :shrug:

HT was a cool guy and I hope he comes back.

[cwydro]

31. I mentioned that to someone else

It really is more like junior high. Bullies and all that.(Difficult as it is for me to remember back that far...). It has stopped me from posting too, but that is just wrong.

[idgiehkt]

38. it's being talked about a lot

in pm's as well.

Fucking stupid, we're all *supposedly* liberals here. Why don't we just merge DU and FR and really rip each other to pieces. We might as well at this rate.

[GirlinContempt]

46. And so you post to contribute to it?

This shit blows my mind. Someone leaves, dramatically, for reasons good or bad, and everyone has to jump on in and carry on the drama and blame this or that person/group of people, publicly denounce the 'wrong' people and express support for the 'right' ones. It's the same god damn thing everyones complaining about but with a different spin on it.
People going' on about how shitty the lounge is and how shitty they people in it are 'now', all they're really doing is just taking another great big dump on the pile of horse shit.

[BreweryYardRat]

30. FUCK!!!

Some gibbering douchebags drove off one of our best people?!

DAMMIT!!!

Come back, Hypno. Most of us here like you-even if I don't want to jump your bones, it's good to have someone who knows what being a social outcast is like.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

32. What the hell!?

That makes me sad! :cry:
Please don't go, Hypno!! Please?
Duckie

[WritingIsMyReligion]

41. When the Lounge will stop purging its own, nobody will have to stalk out in high dudgeon.

There's a lesson here somewhere to be learned. Sometimes the Lounge makes my high school look sane.

[electron_blue]

45. Is he gone again?

He'll be back.

[Nomad559]

48. The toad will be back

he is just having a little tantrum now

But he really does need to seek some professional help, he has some Issues to work out.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5834354&mesg_id=5840147

:(

[Hugin]

47. That is too bad!

Whether he knows it or not... I learned much from HT.

I read his aspie links, many times.

*sigh*

[NC_Nurse]

49. Me too.

:-(
I hope he's back soon.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

50. I liked him too.

That said, he's been acting a bit odd over the past few weeks. A bit incoherent, really. Like something emotional was going on at home that he wasn't talking about here.

:shrug: