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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsLong time DUers we seem to have lost in the "move" to DU3:
Someone mentioned Swamprat recently, who I think we last heard from months ago.
Where's Catwoman?
Others?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)I miss his calm understanding on the events of the day...
*sigh*
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)I hope some DUers can update us if they have contact with any listed. And, I repeat your *sigh*
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)You switched the third and fifth 'r's.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)Please, sir, may I have another?
FredStembottom
(2,928 posts)... I've been wondering. What's up with DU2 showing up first and having to click the banner to get here?
I don't know 'puters very well but why didn't the new one blot out the old?
Do all the same postings show "over there"? Or is it an entirely separate universe?
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)FredStembottom
(2,928 posts)And I don't get it on this 'puter. But try going to DU from another computer typing in democraticunderground.com. You get DU2.
Dead_Parrot
(14,478 posts)anything that starts http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/ will go to DU2 - you'd need to edit or recreate it to land here...
FredStembottom
(2,928 posts)My other 'puter has a very old bookmark for DU. That's what I am using when I go "number 2" (DU No.2).
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Some claim they hate DU3, and will never move from DU2. Some people are still posting in GD.
I do wonder what happened to Swamprat.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)She's been posting at Kos http://www.dailykos.com/blog/floridagal
There are a handful still posting at DU2 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=latest_threads
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)One of the self-declared "exiles", I guess.
Not exactly sure why she didn't want to make the switch. I miss her education posts.
kcass1954
(1,819 posts)She knows more about what's going on in Florida schools than anyone I know, and I have a child in public school in Broward.
OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)I despise the FCATS
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I thought I saw Catwoman a couple of weeks ago.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)but I have heard from Ruby Duby In Georgia (she is busy with work and family) and MG Krebs. I miss Ulysses (a 2001 DUer) and burythehatchet (a really nice guy). I think Xanaduer (former GA DUer) moved to NC. I've met Catwoman in real life. She's a really nice lady.
Many DUers have had a tough time since the recession began. Lots of of DUers have not had much time to post. Many DUers lost their jobs, insurance and their ability to have internet access. I have not posted much at all but I can still log on several times a week. Times are tough. It is a luxury to be able to spend some time online at DU.
I miss Swamprat. The graphics were spot on.
Has anyone heard from BOSSHOG? I enjoyed discussing gardening, pink flamingos and cajun/NOLA cuisine with him.
People change and move on. Hopefully, some oldtimers will come back.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)Here from the beginning and a longtime Mod.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)One where you have to be invited? I am currently on the "other" one and haven't seen her at all.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)You have to be invited to both. One is secret and hidden. I found it a cesspool, and opted out.
PM me if you want to know more...
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #23)
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racaulk
(11,550 posts)I agree, remarking about a group of people who are (presumably) not participating in this thread and calling that group a "cesspool" is an unpleasant call out.
"...could you not be just a tad less inflammatory?"
Likewise, wouldn't you consider calling another group of people a "cesspool" inflammatory?
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racaulk
(11,550 posts)But post 26 had to do with activity on Facebook, not on DU. And it was a direct reply to post 23, which also had to do with activity on Facebook, not on DU.
If DU's callout rules don't apply to Facebook, then how was continuing a conversation about CP's activities on Facebook (a conversation that she started, by the way) a callout as you claimed?
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Michael Fisher Munds
(15 posts)Her behavior was horrendous and she was banned by the admins.
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)Thank you.
racaulk
(11,550 posts)That was CaliforniaPeggy in reply 20 who referred to a group of DUers there as a "cesspool."
It seems to me that if the members of that group are DUers in good standing here, they should be allowed the opportunity to reply to that charge without you telling them that they can't.
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RetroLounge
(37,250 posts)You can always "Kindly take it elsewhere"
RL
pacalo
(24,721 posts)Facebook has nothing to do with DU.
And CalPeg's behavior was "horrendous"? By your standards? Facebook page administrators?
And, btw, who are you? Won't you introduce yourself?
Excuse me but you're barely coherent.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)Now that the dust has settled, you're interested in kicking it up more? C'ya. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to tidy up after the mess.
Kamikaze1
(6 posts)You made a mess and have to clean up. You shouldn't drink so much liquid.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)That was quick...
lost-in-nj
(18,339 posts)her reply # 23 brought this up first.......
explain to me why this is ok
from Ca Peg:
You have to be invited to both. One is secret and hidden. I found it a cesspool, and opted out.
PM me if you want to know more...
not a call out??
it works both ways
I see the original "clique" has taken over again....
and don"t even bother trying to justify it,
because it's so obvious....
let's see who alerts first..... not me!
on edit.... I love to watch the twisting and turning before a train wreck
lost
pacalo
(24,721 posts)She mentioned no names.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)I still have the message to the administrator telling her I was leaving.
And I left under my own power, thank you very much.
I'm so glad you all were relieved.
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #30)
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ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)...let me go on record by saying I removed myself from both groups about 2 days into the experience. For no real reason except for the fact that I had a bad feeling about it and wasn't too good of friends (anymore) with a few people on there. I felt it was better for us all if I left.
RetroLounge
(37,250 posts)Perhaps when you are in a place where there are no mods to cover you and fall for your "My Dear" BS personae you just can't stand the heat. No alert button to run to, no PMing the swarm.
Not relieved. Humored.
RL
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CreekDog
(46,192 posts)flvegan
(64,414 posts)Nobody said you could leave.
RetroLounge
(37,250 posts)Get thee back to the cesspool...
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flvegan
(64,414 posts)This handbasket we're in just accelerated a bit.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)there were changes, remember?
flvegan
(64,414 posts)And what are you still doing out of there? Isn't your ankle monitor going off yet?
Magrittes Pipe
(18,435 posts)What an ass-munching piece of shit that one was.
Bossy Monkey
(15,863 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)And we are missing her and hoping all is well.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)But i hope she is back soon!
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)I still get to talk with him, but I miss his clever posts here. :hgu:
Ptah
(33,037 posts)And I miss your sunflower threads.
How are things going for you?
Ptah
(33,037 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)They are beautiful, remind me of happier times in my own life, and keep the blues away.
Ptah
(33,037 posts)billyskank
(41,307 posts)Oops! I spelt it wrong. :loeyva:
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RetroLounge
(37,250 posts)RL
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)I know he's posted recently on DU2 but I haven't seen him on DU3.
no name no slogan
(25,184 posts)This has been proven in double-blind independent laboratory studies conducted under the most strenuous safeguards.
Ptah
(33,037 posts)sudopod
(5,019 posts)Response to hlthe2b (Original post)
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OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)The DU Lounge
Ptah
(33,037 posts)Response to Post removed (Reply #63)
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Kali
(55,019 posts)did you sign up just for me?
Mrs. Kali, you're trying to seduce me.
Kali
(55,019 posts)just an air kiss goodbye
so long, asshole
flvegan
(64,414 posts)Jury decision will delete this. It'll be funny to me.
No personal attack? Check.
No violation of rules? Check.
Not playing nice with...oh nevermind. Just because a "bunch of them" violates the rules doesn't mean anything. We already knew that. Shit, as proven.
Capn Sunshine
(14,378 posts)fer Chrissakes. Returning from facebook to defend ones honor in a random lounge post?
How does one have time for this obsessive behavior?
online stuff is fucking funny.
Wait, is this about cornflakes?
pacalo
(24,721 posts)Returning from facebook to defend ones honor in a random lounge post?
How does one have time for this obsessive behavior?
Bingo.
And trying to convince us California Peggy's behavior is "horrendous".
I think I love you, Capn Sunshine!
Chan790
(20,176 posts)"A plague o' both your houses!"
Not your house, Pacalo nor Capt. Sunshine's...those of those that would bandy rapiers in the streets of Verona. None there that dare think themselves innocents, I hope; they're all horrendous by the lot. None so vile though as the villains who make art of throwing their forelimbs skyward and crying "Who, me? I didn't do anything!" and return to instigate another day.
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)And this IS about cornflake-crusted chicken ordered by a breastfeeding woman at the Olive Garden.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Sky Masterson
(5,240 posts)This place has really slowed down.
I went from a few dozen post a day to maybe 4-5 a month.
When you can post a thread in a main forum with zero replies and it's still on the same page 10-12 hours later, it says a lot.
Their are some good things about DU3 but it's slower than a crippled slug.