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PCIntern

(26,002 posts)
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 08:06 PM Sep 2023

Well, this is "interesting"...

So I went over to DU 4 and I was enjoying myself immensely in the new format and familiarizing myself with the units and subunits. Lo and behold, I come upon something I haven’t looked at for years and that is my jury block list.

I cannot remember the last time that I went to this for whatever reason, but I have eight people on the list. I checked each individual and they are essentially no longer here and have not been for many many years.. Some have not posted since 2013. Back in those days we got in some pretty heated arguments but I only rarely took things personally, and I distinctly remember that each of these eight were in my opinion, so repulsive in their attacks upon me, that I never wanted them sitting in judgment of one of my posts or of me for that matter.

Well, they’re all gone and they took their vituperative angers with them. Good riddance to bad rubbish.


I figure then I’m coming up on 20 years here in a few months and I have evolved enormously since my early days and I have the members here to thank for that. Looking at DU is the second thing I do every morning after the obituary section of the newspaper. It reminds me of an old Al Lewis (of the Munsters) joke: he said,” I wake up every morning… Have a tremendous bowel movement… Then I get out of bed.”

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Well, this is "interesting"... (Original Post) PCIntern Sep 2023 OP
I did that not so long ago and like you, found nearly all were PPR'd from DU--probably long ago hlthe2b Sep 2023 #1
So many have moved on GP6971 Sep 2023 #2
Followed their pied-piper into a cave, after which they were never seen again. emulatorloo Sep 2023 #8
The same here, most were PPR'd as well. emulatorloo Sep 2023 #9
Personally, I'm glad you're still here! fierywoman Sep 2023 #3
Why thank you! PCIntern Sep 2023 #6
I concur mike_c Sep 2023 #4
Two of the three on mine are FFR. Ms. Toad Sep 2023 #5
Most of the ones on mine Bettie Sep 2023 #7

hlthe2b

(103,776 posts)
1. I did that not so long ago and like you, found nearly all were PPR'd from DU--probably long ago
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 08:08 PM
Sep 2023

Usually, when I see DUer's screen names that I've not observed in many years I get sentimental. This is the exception.

emulatorloo

(45,332 posts)
8. Followed their pied-piper into a cave, after which they were never seen again.
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 11:10 PM
Sep 2023

Yeah it was quite a year, pure hell!

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