Goodbye DU....

[dodgerartful]

So long DU and I wish you well....I havent been here long but I see the patterns repeating themselves and it sickens me.
The bickering and attacks on each others candidates, pointless, childish and some are downright stupid.
The barrage of posts from just a few makes this site something of an unedited newspaper full of op-ed pieces. I have read very little here I did not read some where else first.
Lastly, the "little authority goes a long way"...the mods here at seem to be little romper room cops, nit picking an otherwise valid post because he/she said a bad word. Just like real life....

As an extreme left winger, I know I wouldnt find kindred among the dem sheeple, but I thought I could work to get any one into office that wasnt the chimp. Little did I know, my daily travels to this site were a waste of time. While all you sit here and argue amongst yourselves about who said what and when, I will be off actually changing things through wrenching and freewayblogging, and yes, more violence. I wish all of you well and, in 2006, when your at your state sponsored church, courtesy of chimpco, think of me.....

[INTELBYTES]

1. Dude, go out in style!

Freep us so we can alert on you. It's much funner that way.

[Intelsucks]

2. I"ve lost count of how many of these "Goodbye" posts I've seen.

n/t

[GURUving]

9. I've thought about saying goodbye, but

nobody would give a damn! I'm not saying goodbye until I have a large number of people ready to say good riddance. Yeah. So there! :)

[Maeve]

11. Try being here for over two years!

:eyes:

Of course, I've written a couple "goodbye" threads in that time...but only "goodbye--for now"! I swear, if DU keeps "going downhill" it must have been frigging AMAZING that first week!

[dodgerartful]

95. Then I would consider

not counting but wondering why...like "am I contibuting new idea's or am I slamming some one elses candidate?"

[Intelsucks]

107. General Discussion can be rough. Ask anyone here.

It's no big secret that you just discovered and no one else knew.

[Padraig18]

3. Bye.

:hi:

[La_Serpiente]

4. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

this is a really funny post dude. I don't even remember you fussing or causing any trouble on DU. Whatever. :-)

[INTELBYTES]

8. See, isn't LOLOLOLOL one of the pet peeves?

Can you really laugh out loud out loud out loud out loud out loud?

[La_Serpiente]

17. what are you talking about?

:shrug:

[INTELBYTES]

22. I seen that topic in a different thread recently.

Someone was complaining about the use of LOLOLOLOL, instead of just LOL. I figured you'd seen the post and was just having a little fun with it.

[La_Serpiente]

32. no I didn't see the post

what are you talking about seriously? Is it really that bad to post LOLOLOLOLOLOL? I have no clue what you are trying to imply.

If you have the thread, then post it here and I will look at it.

[La_Serpiente]

48. nm

found it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=604083

[NicoleM]

50. Before this gets locked. . .

"LOL" means "laugh out loud" so "LOLOLOLOL" must mean "laugh out loud out loud out loud out loud." It's not bad, it's just a minor annoyance of mine.

[La_Serpiente]

56. oh ok

I understand. I just use it to emphasize an emotion I am feeling.

I'll just stick to LOL then :-)

[NicoleM]

65. Don't change

on account of me. :)

[La_Serpiente]

68. well, you're not the only one

I just never realized some users felt "irked" a bit by LOL X 10 on DU. I saw the pet peeve thread and it looks like a lot of people on DU have them. So out of respect for DU, I will just write LOL.

[NicoleM]

21. It was my pet peeve.

Because I don't think you can laugh out loud out loud out loud out loud.

[INTELBYTES]

24. See Nicole, I was paying attention!

Can I move to the head of the class?

[NicoleM]

35. Absolutely!

Unless you use the word "meme," and then you get sent to the back. :)

[WillyT]

53. Yeah You Can, But You Have To Take Some...

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide first!

:evilgrin:

[ParanoidPat]

75. I can see why he's leaving!

You eeeeevil people hijacked his pity party post! LOL! :evilgrin:

Oh, and to what's his name who started this thread, Buh bye! :hi:

So um, where were we? Oh yeah! LOLOLOLOLOL!

[wildmanj]

5. leaving

don't let the door bounce you in the a@@ as you depart the premisis

[prolesunited]

6. Bye

and if you're advocating violence this is NOT the right place for you. :hi:

If you had stuck around longer, you would realize all ofthe things DUers HAVE accomplished.

[Susang]

62. Nah, I kinda doubt he would realize anything

Not when he refers to us as "Dem Sheeple". :eyes:

Oh well, yet another quasi-DUer calls it quits and expects the world to weep. I suppose if I were feeling "sheeple-ish" I might. :evilgrin:

[wunnerfulrobin]

79. yeah, thats the right way to go! Advocate violence!

Then you expose yourself as the loser that you are!

[dodgerartful]

94. Violence freed this

country in the first place. It well may have to again....

[VelmaD]

7. Oh goodie..

another newbie who has barely been here long enough to be able even start a thread who knows everything that is wrong with all of us. :eyes:

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

[INTELBYTES]

12. Uh oh, Velma's here and I used the word "funner".

I'm a fan of the English arts myself so I appreciate you Velma. Just havin a little fun with ya!

[VelmaD]

20. Hee...

Is this because of my "y'all" rant?

'Cause that was't about proper English...that was just the Southerner in me having a little hissy fit about people getting a Southern-ism wrong.

[INTELBYTES]

27. did you see my reply to that in the other thread?

I had to make something up so I didn't look bad.

[VelmaD]

33. Nope, but now...

I'm gonna go look. :-)

[dodgerartful]

23. yep, a newbie, so your 1000 plus posts make you

valid? The only thing that hits me in the ass are rubber bullets....

[VelmaD]

29. You know...

when you post a good-bye message you're supposed to actually LEAVE. Shoo.

[dodgerartful]

36. Naw, you know I have to stick around long enough to

defend myself, you shoo...talker....

[tkmorris]

30. Yep

It's funny too, people that make these judgements like this have no idea just how arrogant they sound. I think this young man (yes, we can tell) has an awful to learn yet.

[dodgerartful]

99. If I walked around worried

about sounding arrogant....I wouldnt have time to stimulate change, oh sorry, foreign concept.....

[dodgerartful]

31. did I say something was wrong with you?

Well?

[VelmaD]

40. Do the words...

childish, pointless, stupid, and "sheeple" sound familiar? You used them to describe this place that you hardly even know.

Now, I've pointed it out before and I'll say it again...if you're going to threaten to leave...THEN LEAVE.

[dodgerartful]

91. You missed it...

Once again...for those in rio linda...
an attack on anothers candidate is stupid, childish and pointless. Name names? No. The behavior-not the person. Basic psych.
Sheeple can be a dem as easily as a repuke..simple.
Perhaps (supposition) your merely coming back because you have NOTHING else to do....

[VelmaD]

98. You still don't seem to get it

By repeatedly returning to this thread you have no right to comment on anyone else having "nothing else to do".

[dodgerartful]

100. mmm, yeah, are you the cops or

something? I get to hang here and no where else and defend the thoughts I have of this site, its "lurkers", its actual productive posters (there are 7), and your issue is? Me thinks you protest far too much. I have a right to lay in wait and counter any comments I deem to be out of place. Welcome to America, enjoy your stay.

[VelmaD]

105. Look you self-important little prat

My issue is that you said you were leaving over 2 hours ago and you are still here.

I'm tired of listening to you badmouth a site full of committed Democrats who are working hard to affect change. You have NO IDEA how much work most people on this site are out doing in the "real world" yet you imply that we're all just sitting around here online tacking while you do the real work. Your original post was condescending in the extreme and your subsequent posts have been increasingly snide.

If you're so goddamn busy changing the world then what the hell are you doing online? If DU is a pointless waste of time what are you still doing here? If you don't care what others think of you then why are you still here "laying in wait"? Go spraypaint an overpass or something - yeah, that'll show THE MAN. :eyes:

[Paragon]

10. Congrats on your *42* other posts

:eyes:

[dodgerartful]

34. Congtars on your 1000's of

posts, your point is?

[Paragon]

41. C'mon, you promised

Don't tease us, O wise sage - you said you were going...

[CatWoman]

46. Paragon -- even tho that is pretty damn funny

a lot of people lurk here and don't post very much.

:D

[liberalnurse]

13. Sheeples...now where have I heard that

term before?

[Kamika]

14. go out in flames!!!!

*plays bon jovi*

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. Too bad-Sounds Like You Could Have Learned Something

DU is very diverse and there's room for a wide spectrum of opinion. Advocating violence, however, is not one of them. Good luck to you in your endeavors, but it seems the problem is more of a closed mind on your part than the infighting and nitpicking that goes on here at DU. Happens on every website where emotions run high.

[dodgerartful]

28. mmm, yeah, my mind isnt open but yours is...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

58. Yup it is-I've hung around enough to tolerate dissenting opinions

and I don't know what you're trying to accomplish with your vanity post. :shrug:

[forgethell]

16. don't let the door

n/t

[Deja Q]

18. Pity...

If DU is that bad, surely we need MORE people like you? :shrug:

Oh well. Applesauce happens.

[Piperay]

19. If you advocate violence

we are all better off with your leaving. x(

[dodgerartful]

26. who advocated violence? thats my

way not yours...next...

[Kamika]

39. you did

It's at the end of the last paragraph

[dodgerartful]

44. my way, not your

way, period....

[Kamika]

52. so you admit it

that you advocate violence

[dodgerartful]

70. once more for you in rio linda...

for ME. MY way, not yours...

[Kamika]

83. what theheck does that mean

You admit it or not

[Breezy du Nord]

106. So, what do you do?

Find Republicans on the street and beat them? :shrug:

[Spirochete]

25. Hmmm.. Well, I'm sorry

you didn't find what you were looking for here. We're a pretty diverse group, and you should have been able to find some common ground with some of us, if you were to make the effort. The primary forum is a very bad place to start, I have to say. Lot's of luck to you.

[eileen_d]

37. You are replying to your own goodbye post?

I'm sorry, but that's the saddest thing I've ever seen.

[dodgerartful]

43. Naw, the saddest thing you will ever

see is chimp getting sworn in....

[travisleit01]

38. See you!

Sorry DU didn't fit you. It happens. Oh well...

[bowens43]

42. bye

[madrchsod]

51. you leaving too?

jeez everyones leaving,shit, i don`t have anywhere else to go......

[dodgerartful]

54. come to the darkside....

where we are free and easy....and believe that chimp is bad...and that ANY candidate running is valid and worthy...cept the chimp.

[INTELBYTES]

45. Crap don't talk about dodgerartful yet!!

He's still here watching us. kinda creepy....

[dodgerartful]

49. yeah, defending yourself is creepy....

Im actually counting the attacks and harm, running strong from 1000 plus posters....

[INTELBYTES]

60. Dude! Your up to 53 posts now! You can't leave.

After 50 your just part of the scenery. Welcome back!!

[SOteric]

47. What do you want from this post, dodger?

Do you want us to beg you to stay, even though you yourself must realise on some level that collectively we barely know you?

Bearing in mind the same acquaintance, are you hoping your departure will shame us or shock us into some change of behaviour?

Are you merely hoping for an opportunity to rail against that in which you've indicated no interest?

If you want to go, go. If you want to stay, stay. We'll be here, being who we are in the way that we are.

[VelmaD]

55. He wants us to co-star...

in his little psychodrama. :eyes:

[La_Serpiente]

59. lol

:crazy:

[dodgerartful]

61. mmm, no, not what you say but what

you do, and your doing what?

[VelmaD]

64. Are you still here?

I coulda sworn you were leaving. :eyes:

Can't wait for your scintilating response. Will it be "I am rubber, you are glue" or "I know you are but what am I?". ;-)

[SOteric]

69. Ahhh..., Velma.

It's that intoxicating affect you have on men.

Either that or he really loves DU and he's just trying to play Hard-to-Get.

[VelmaD]

72. I know...I'm like catnip...

and I can't seem to help it. :shrug:

[Name removed]

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[dodgerartful]

73. here

[VelmaD]

77. Wow, that was...

deep, meaningful, articulate...everything we've come to expect in your posts. :eyes:

[La_Serpiente]

80. The ideal monosyllabic post

[prolesunited]

84. LOLOLOLOLOL

^ Just to show Nichole I've read the whole thread. ;-)

[NicoleM]

86. HEY!

No LOLOLOLOLing allowed on this thread!

:)

[prolesunited]

90. Just having fun!

:hi:

This is the most amusing goodbye thread I've ever seen here. :D

[dodgerartful]

92. and no doubt, with the banality of the

the goings, it may be the best of many yet to come.....

[ParanoidPat]

96. There's NOTHING FUNNY about.....

.....the improper use of LOLOLOLOL! :evilfrown:

It makes us all look stupid! :crazy:

My :tinfoilhat: says that people who use LOLOLOLOL are probably freepers trying to make us look DUmb! :evilgrin:

[Susang]

97. Freepers?!?!?!

Geez, now I'm going to have to leave! :-(

[cryofan]

57. I want to do freeway blogging, too

I swiped some advertising signs from the roadside and am painting them over. I am going to paint left wing generic slogans on them.

Come on back, dude/dudette....

[Generic Other]

109. Are you stealing my slogans?

I also will be doing some freeway blogging. I never heard that term before, but will wear the label with pride!

[Cooley Hurd]

63. We're going to miss you - you were the glue that held DU together...

Before you came here, Dodger, DU was the armpit of the internet, a Gitmo, if you will, for the politically naive. Then you wrote your first reply to a post. I'll never forget it - you wrote "LOL!" I knew there was something special about you and from that point on, I scanned the forums daily, searching for more of your wit and wisdom! Alas, I guess that wonderful time in our lives here at DU was fleeting though. Now you say you're leaving... I will miss you, and DU will never be the same. You were DU!

Goodbye, my friend, and Godspeed! And to my fellow DUers, I guess there's no point in it all anymore. We've lost Dodgerartful. I'm going to log off of DU, for good. I hope Skinner, Elad & EarlG can fine gainful employment now that DU will be... *sniff* no more!

Goodbye all, it was fun while it lasted...
;(

[Kathy in Cambridge]

66. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[NicoleM]

67. That

was hilarious. :thumbsup:

[TeacherCreature]

104. this is the best post on this thread

thanks for the LOLOLOLOLOLLOL

[Kolesar]

71. 67 replies in less than 40 minutes

We need better things to do with our time.

[dodgerartful]

74. you said it, I waited for it, thank you.

[Susang]

78. Actually you STARTED it!

sniff...sniff... I smell Drama Queen. :evilgrin:

If you are so serious about leaving then why are you still here?

[dodgerartful]

81. And?

[Susang]

88. An eloquent reply

I cannot wait for the encore. :eyes:

[VelmaD]

82. You have ZERO room to talk

about people needing better things to do with their time given that you are STILL here.

[dodgerartful]

85. and?

[VelmaD]

87. You are a pointless waste of time...

and you have stopped even having any entertainment value.

Go ahead and drop another monosyllabic response. Whatever.

[dodgerartful]

89. yes, certainly

[TeacherCreature]

101. I know you are but what am I?

?

[dodgerartful]

102. what the heck is that about? Funny

its your candidate that more du'ers slam than any other...by far.

[kaitykaity]

76. Don't let the door hitcha where the Good Lord splitcha.

:puke:

[CWebster]

103. sounds about right to me.

[Breezy du Nord]

108. When you say you advocate violence....

What exactly do you do? I mean, you can't possibly believe someone deserves to get hurt simply because of their political beliefs. can you? Because if you do, well, I don't know, I think of you worse than the dumbest candidate-smearer.

[Name removed]

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[Moderator]

111. Locking

We think you've made your point.