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I have been posting a collection of pics each week, in response to a kindness I cannot ever re-pay, or thank you enough. Four years ago, my father passed away suddenly, and this community, as one, came to my aid and made my grief a bearable burden.
I have always considered this a debt I can never repay.
After the events of this past Sunday, it appears that it is time to consider that debt paid, and in full.
I love you all, but when the innocuous can be taken as something other than it is, it's time to move along.
Mr. Allen, I'll take mine with bacon and sausage.
Godspeed DU.
Robert John Gatenby
aka SalmonChantedEvening
DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)coldbeer
(306 posts)Us young draftees had to name a famous Sam.
Fromeyer won with Sam and Janet Evening.
Was looking forward ....
calimary
(81,322 posts)Glad you're here! Sam and Janet Evening! LOVE IT!
That said, I miss SalmonChantedEvening. A LOT.
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)You're welcome ANYTIME. If you have to take a break, do it.
I did - one year break, and it has helped me understand DU better.
kardonb
(777 posts)Please , please , please , Robert , don,t stop the wonderful animal pictures
and captions , they were the highlights for me of every weekend !
I don't know what happened to you last weekend , but what ever it was , don,t let it destroy your wonderful sense of humor and happiness you shared with us all . Thank you for all the smiles you gave us . Our thoughts are with you , and good wishes .
May the Holiday Season heal your hurt , Karin B .
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Actually, an extra big welcome since you seem to be super nice!
calimary
(81,322 posts)Glad you're with us! I don't know what happened last weekend, either, but we will be all the poorer if he leaves and stays away.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
SalmonChantedEvening
(31,952 posts)I only do these things once.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)You KNOW how many of us enjoy your Sunday Lolcats...Mr. Dixie and I have a morning coffee ritual of reading them together...
ONE moron's bitchy snide blast is most certainly not worth you...leaving the site?????
If you felt flamed by that comment, perhaps just a wee vacation is needed, at most?????
calimary
(81,322 posts)I remember when my mom died. DU sure rose to the occasion to console me, and I felt as though people here were keeping vigil with me during that first night as I tried to wrap my mind around her death. This is a good place, for all its disagreements and warts and wrinkles. Please reconsider, dear friend.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)a nice person like you certainly didn't deserve that.
You have given much happiness to DU over the years, thank you for that. You are going to be missed.
Patiod
(11,816 posts)This isn't some random idiot flouncing off - this is a valuable member of the DU community who entertained a lot of us every Sunday.
Most of us post our opinions or personal experiences, but a few DU members contribute so much more - like those who do yeoman's work pulling together photo contests or political cartoon threads. Bob was one of those who made DU more fun for a large number of members.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)wildbilln864
(13,382 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)QC
(26,371 posts)Response to SidDithers (Reply #3)
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hifiguy
(33,688 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Kurovski
(34,655 posts)A proud green wad in a handkerchief, oft be he.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)This attitude is what kills this place.
Depressing as all hell.
Kali
(55,014 posts)would you consider self-deleting that? I would delete mine and ask the others that replied to you as well. (though they may not choose to, I can't force anyone)
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)In this one case a lot of us will greatly miss this posters kindness.
Your snark isn't welcome here.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)I notice this time your posse isnt right behind you posting "+1000", or "we love you Sid".
Response to rhett o rick (Reply #220)
Cleita This message was self-deleted by its author.
dflprincess
(28,079 posts)Not being sarcastic, I really do agree with you rhett o rick.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)n/t
REP
(21,691 posts)Panasonic
(2,921 posts)I've been waiting for several years to hear you say something of use.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)dorksied
(348 posts)I don't post very often, but whenever I see Sid posting on things I just know its going to be crap.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)LeftOfSelf-Centered
(776 posts)Of all the things you could have said, you couldn't help yourself but to get one last barb in?
And if SalmonChantedEvening does come back he'll be welcomed with open arms for all the times he's made us laugh.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)that group is turning you into one of "them" and it's bleeding into the real groups.
Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)How did I know that one of the inappropriate responses would be from this snarler?
Response to SidDithers (Reply #3)
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Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,577 posts)but if you're leaving because some number of our more than 100K population 'mugged' you based on a post, I'd ask why?
So what if some people don't get what you post?
Can't please 'em all.
And what does Mr. Allen etc refer to?
Atman
(31,464 posts)David Allen. And "pizza" is another term for getting one's account closed.
That said, sorry to hear Salmon is leaving. I always enjoyed the silly photos. Brightened up my Sundays.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)You will be missed.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Good bye and take care.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:01 PM - Edit history (1)
Please stay!
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)We'll miss you.
astral
(2,531 posts)I logged in just to say NO DON'T GO!!! Your Sunday LOL Cats is my favorite part of DU! I don't even have much computer accessw anymore but working on it and just today I thought, I wlil get to go read my Sunday LOL Cats again. . . .
I am bummed you are leaving and will chime in, PLEASE RECONSIDER...
and with that I will log back out...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)I hope you'll reconsider... or come back some day.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)--imm
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I am out of the loop on this one. Can you shoot me a PM?
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)There's been a paradigm shift going on this website.
What the hell, people!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)been happening slowly since the 08 primaries when Rush launched Operation Chaos. People infiltrated this place and made it nasty. They are good, and know how to walk the fine line between disruption and getting tombstoned. I am always wary of join dates after 08. No, not everyone who has come here since then is a disruptor, but a lot of disruptors have recent join dates.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Deep13
(39,154 posts)what do you mean?
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)I hope you'll change your mind.
Truly
Texasgal
(17,045 posts)I hope you will be happy wherever you go.
frogmarch
(12,154 posts)You were attacked in that thread for no reason by someone who now should be PPR'd.
I wish you wouldn't leave. The other person should apologize to you and then leave him/herself.
Suich
(10,642 posts)Do you have a link, by any chance?
Thanks!
frogmarch
(12,154 posts)Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)You're letting one person, one, who appears to be a little unhinged, chase you off the website? This seems like a pretty dramatic response. An overreaction, if you will. But do as you must, I liked the lolcats threads for what it's worth.
frogmarch
(12,154 posts)Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)where the explanation was provided. Sorry for the confusion.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)I'm speechless...
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)I seem to have them on Ignore. What was said and by whom? If it's not gawdawful long, could you cut and paste?
siligut
(12,272 posts)You will be missed and spoken of kindly.
senseandsensibility
(17,066 posts)I have no idea why you're leaving. Please explain. I'm curious by nature, but also I think it would be better for the DU community as a whole if people made their case clearly. Why else post that you're leaving, unless you care that people know? But if we don't know why.... what's the point?
rurallib
(62,423 posts)SCE is a treasure. He really must stay - Sundays will never be the same
The very first thing I do every Sunday is check LOLcats!
Dammit!
rurallib
(62,423 posts)Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)Last edited Thu Dec 6, 2012, 01:30 AM - Edit history (1)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018246717#post77madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Who knew.
Response to madinmaryland (Reply #82)
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Response to Post removed (Reply #251)
hifiguy This message was self-deleted by its author.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)I have seen on DU since She Who Must Not Be Named was tombstoned, and that is really saying something. That poster should be ashamed of herself and publicly shamed for this disgraceful attack. Truly beyond pathetic.
SCE, please reconsider, and consider the source.
I will miss your LOLcats so much!
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)It makes me wonder how many posters have to be driven off before the board renames itself History of Underground..
Kali
(55,014 posts)several in two threads
all you have to do to get a group listed as your favorite is post there one time and not post in any other groups
I think trying to blame the whole group for this one asshole's behavior is a cheap shot, don't you?
Chan790
(20,176 posts)I mean I don't see any of the people that one would associate with HoF jumping in to defend femrap or criticize SCE's lolcats post. Nor do I see what this has to do with that group.
Laying this at HoF's doorstep seems misdirected and low...it has nothing to do with HoF.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)but I'm very curious to see what the content was and by whom. Could you do a cut-and-paste and either post here or PM me? I'm curious as hell now.
Thanks,
LTH
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Yes, that person IS wound tight.
eppur_se_muova
(36,269 posts)LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)That doesn't solve the problem, though.
God, I hate it when good people get dogpiled because somebody's got a bug up their butt about something.
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)and those two hides opened up that person's transparency page. Very... interesting.
gateley
(62,683 posts)LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)Nasty stuff in those hides. Very nasty.
gateley
(62,683 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)I've seen it (and been on the receiving end of it).
I'm guessing this isn't an isolated event for SCE. Probably just the last thing...
KWorth
(42 posts)matter of fact, my first jury duty and I'm proud to say that I voted to hide it.
I would post the results, but I don't know how to.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)A no-brainer in this case.
And to post the results, just go to your inbox and copy and paste the latest message.
KWorth
(42 posts)I was juror #1.
Let's see if I can do this right.
Mail Message
At Wed Dec 5, 2012, 05:01 PM an alert was sent on the following post:
And guess what....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=247365
REASON FOR ALERT:
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)
ALERTER'S COMMENTS:
Intentional nastiness is running off a kind DUer. This needs to stop!
JURY RESULTS
You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Dec 5, 2012, 05:12 PM, and the Jury voted 5-1 to HIDE IT.
Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: Not cool at all.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: this is over the top so I agree that it needs to be hidden. Hide it please
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT and said: This is mean spirited in the extreme
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT and said: This person is just twisting an otherwise happy post/thread into something that it is not. Why? If people have a chip on their shoulder for some reason, don't rain on everybody else's parade.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.
All right, it worked!!!!!!! Thanks for the help.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)I was #3
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)It was a pleasure to vote to hide that piece of crap.
Warpy
(111,277 posts)Some people need a hobby besides sniffing around for reasons to be offended. We don't have a constitutional right in the US to go through life without being offended.
I am so sick of various incarnations of self appointed Guardians of Public Discourse.
I wish that sort of nitpicking could be against TOS.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)and then run amok with disapproval over really stupid, innocuous shit is getting worse.
Sigh.
I'm sorry Robert. You will be missed more than you can know but even my patience lately is wearing very, very thin.
Godspeed and may the rest of your journey through this life be blessed and peaceful.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Fundamental attacks on credibility, sources, experience, history...
What's even more bizarre is that this is a LOUNGE thread. Entertaining is the modus operandi!
Those of us who are "real believers" (tm?) who duke it out in the "serious forums" have some history and yet we still TRY to converse.... This isn't that (I think). If I'm almost finished here, and I have seriously tough skin, then who are we driving away??
There are valuable "voices" that crave dialogue, not diatribe.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)there is no need for dialogue, only purges. I am getting thoroughly sick of it as well.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)its like the place has suddenly got purge mania....
Nobody seems to be reading for context or nuance - just vocabulary and literalism.
Sad.
name not needed
(11,660 posts)Only now with HoF and Meta, everyone has a front row seat to their bullshit.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)lately at who, and why. I'm pretty tough and wade into some "big" battles (circumcision, porn, burqas, middle east, I/P. Obama critique and "worse" and then find I'm in heated rhetoric wars over... food banks or poverty issues?! (where we all agree basically) So the "attacks" are infinite degrees of difference elevated to destruction of long term relationships.
Its very disheartening. And feels designed to "purge".
If SCE had experienced any of that elsewhere, this one single poster may have pushed him over the edge.
I can certainly relate.
lolly
(3,248 posts)After >10 years on DU, I got accused of being a sock-puppet troll, complete with nasty pix--by someone who'd been here a couple years.
It definitely dampened my enthusiasm for the place for a while--right around the election too.
Hope SCE changes his mind--getting away for a little while does help.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)But you're right, much of what I see transcends normal wrangling and is more like Lord of the Flies.
When even teh kittez are fair game...
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)attack California Peggy in one of those HH-related Meta threads. CalPeg is the heart and soul of this place. It is time for this shit to stop, and NOW!
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)I can only do that which is in my control to make this a better place.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)well said and the crux of the problem in the main boards and the forums.
It's been a long time since that was possible, but it's getting much worse.
Thanks for expressing it that way. It matters to some of us who are a dwindling minority it seems.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)all I can say is that a tombstone should be in her immediate future. Her unprincipled, nasty, utterly bullshit attack on SCE should be the last topping on the pizza. Nasty, abusive and completely assholish.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)So unfair given the obvious, light-hearted nature of SCE's thread, and abusive in itself (calling SCE names on that thread? How ridiculous and entirely unjustified!)
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)Endless harangues because there is no slight too small to just let go. The part about not making DU suck isn't working. I think I may need to vote myself off this island soon.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)the genuine community...is on display here.
spanone
(135,844 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)I would get there my reply seemed like it wouldn't mean much, but even if I didn't make it on Sunday, you always replied. It said a good deal about you.
What said to you was OTT, but really I understand if you must move on. I was on a site for many years, but when the day came I wouldn't allow any more abuse, I walked away and never looked back. I respect your decision, but wish you would reconsider.
That poster is going on my Ignore list now and the replies were hidden. The poster's transparency page said it all, this was not about you. Was just looking for a chance to find something wrong here.
Very sorry about this.
leftstreet
(36,109 posts)You're the lolcats person, right?
If you're 'moving along' to another forum, pls post the whereabouts
thx
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)shireen
(8,333 posts)please let us know!
FredStembottom
(2,928 posts)And I am envious of your hilarious screen name.
I can recommend taking a break, though. I have taken several over the years when the wind blows some variety of invasive species into DU.
See you again soon!
alsame
(7,784 posts)LOLcat threads, I looked at them every Sunday morning with my first cup of coffee.
Thank you for the many smiles and for allowing me to start my Sundays off in such a wonderful way. I hope all those good vibes come back to you many times over.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)I has a sad.
derby378
(30,252 posts)Please don't go just because of a few dickweeds. You have many friends here.
japple
(9,833 posts)know what happened last Sunday, but I am sorry if you were treated unfairly or hurt in any way. Please come back for a visit. We will truly, truly miss you.
lady lib
(2,933 posts)but it seems that someone else should be getting the pizza.
I will miss your posts!
GentryDixon
(2,953 posts)thing Sunday mornings. You will be sorely missed.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)And I consider myself lucky to have met you in person.
Take care guy!
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)catfood !! don't go.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)I hope you don't go.
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)I send your wonderful thread to my kid first thing Sunday Morning.
Boo-hoo City!!!!
Please reconsider!!
Your friend and fellow Delaware Valleyite,
PC
Response to SalmonChantedEvening (Original post)
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graywarrior
(59,440 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)What happened? You will greatly missed.
blondie58
(2,570 posts)I have no idea what happened. But I do know that there are too many self absorbed, overly sensitive cretins on this board and so many more.
I will definitely miss you, Robert. You are a good egg.
Maybe you just need to take a break?
Dawn Blondie 58
patrice
(47,992 posts)2naSalit
(86,647 posts)I am new here and I have yet to see how the cartoon was a reason for someone to object let alone for the contributor with the most innocent and joyful posts on Sunday would be "pizza'd" (whatever that refers to as far as reason for being ousted).
Whomever it was that had objections to the cartoon was way out of line and was relying on some convoluted pretzel logic to come up with their objection... honestly. And whomever it was that made such a decision to reprimand this person for the incident needs to reconsider, you certainly went after the wrong person. There was absolutely no malicious intent there and I am really upset that someone who makes the effort to screw up a good thing for so many people could do so over something completely innocent... the complaining party needs to get some counseling.
And considering a number of pretty offensive to a wide variety of us that gets a pass, makes one wonder about the rationale on how the OP individual ended up being the one to leave. Trolls suck and this is why.
Whomever it was that cause this ruckus must really be thrilled with their ability to make so many others unhappy, I guess it's true... misery loves company and this would be one of many examples.
Sorry for the sad parting, I love cats (and all other animals) but can't have pets where I am and that was my Sunday fix.
All because of one person who can't stand others having something to be happy about, it appears. Reminds me of some other folks on the national scene...
Arkansas Granny
(31,519 posts)I have always enjoyed your posts.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)I've just begun to appreciate your wonderful lolcats........ They are irreplaceable!
Please.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)progressoid
(49,991 posts)Do what you must do.
Sorry it seems to have ended on a sour note. Here:
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)I don't know what this is about, but know you're a treasured member of this community and you'll be missed. All of my best.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)You can't be leaving us, simply can't!
As a cynical bastard who normally hates cute things, I secretly loved your weekly kitteh posts.
Please reconsider...
JohnnyLib2
(11,212 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)I hope that you have a change of heart.
The odd few posting these days, whose posts go unremoved, are not representative of the core of DU, and I'm sorry that whatever bullshit was posted was not quickly removed.
patrice
(47,992 posts)they can't possibly mind my knowing what they posted.
Would you mind terribly giving me a link?
Suich
(10,642 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)Go to #53 and read on - it was totally ridiculous. The complainer should have been PPRd, and I hope SalmonChantedEvening will reconsider. This person does not represent DU.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)kickysnana
(3,908 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)Go out with a BANG!
CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)If you are choosing to go for your own personal reasons, that is certainly your choice, and I wish you well. I hope you are not leaving because of the comments of a poster this past Sunday. It appears that members of a particular forum like to take their fights outside of their group.
I believe in, have fought for, and continue to fight for equality but seriously, the comment about the Superman comic was ludicrous.
You have certainly brought a lot of smiles and squees and happiness to many of us...I have often emailed a LOL from your post to my friends who don't frequent DU. I hope you will reconsider but regardless, thank you for so many smiles on Sunday mornings.
humbled_opinion
(4,423 posts)Everyone is entitled to an Opinion, just because someone didn't agree with you maybe you should try to restate the issue, aren't we all of a similar mindset? Nobody here wants to intentionally hurt anyone, I always looked at it as a way to get a better understanding on the issues.
I come here to load up on the ammo to defend myself at my job, I work with a majority of straight off the farm Teabaggers and I always run things past the people on this forum so I can get loaded up and defend myself.....
Patiod
(11,816 posts)Someone just whined that a cartoon that was posted in the thread was violent against woman (a cartoon showing a woman flying on Superman's back, and she starts getting chatty, and Superman drops her).
She then implied that SCE was probably a mean person in real life because he didn't immediately delete the offending/
"triggering" cartoon.
I think it's a case of taking a lot of time accumulating and compiling LOLs, and then having someone shit on it. There's a certain feeling of "I'm doing this to bring you people joy, and instead, I get sniping? Well, fuck off." (<-- my take, not his)
Mz Pip
(27,451 posts)Why make that person's day? Why give them all that power? They are not worth it.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)Reconsider please.
Flaxbee
(13,661 posts)sad about it. I'm sorry for whatever indignity or hurt you suffered, but please - don't diminish this place by your absence because of the thoughtlessness or depravity of a few.
Please, reconsider? You'll be missed more than you can know. I don't always comment, but your Sunday lolcats are how I greet my day.
If you don't come back, know you'll be missed. And accept my apologies on behalf of whomever did whatever they did to drive you away.
Tikki
(14,557 posts)I don't like pot, guns, big cars that suck up gas, mean people,
abuse of any kind and greedy folk...but now I like cats. I have learned
from your cat posts that cats can be silly and carefree just like me and dogs.
Thanks for that...
Tikki
CrazyOrangeCat
(6,112 posts)You're one of the really good ones.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)You have always been one of my favorite DUers, and it saddens me that you will be leaving us. I missed the events of which you speak, but I will head off now to try to find out what happened.
Be well, and if down the road you feel a desire to drop back in, know that you will be welcomed with open arms.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)tandot
(6,671 posts)Although I rarely post in your LOL cat pic threads, I always look at them.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)I'll miss you.
Take care, and all the best to you in the future.
Lilma
(132 posts)Like many others I enjoyed your posts.
I don't have a clue what happened to make you feel like you "must" "want to" "need to" go. Sometimes people on here get too full of themselves and hurt people. I have seen it over the years.
boston bean
(36,221 posts)please reconsider..
Raven
(13,893 posts)as a community to make this right? You are a bright, wonderful light here. Please tell us what we can do. After all, we will be the losers if you go.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I'm uncloaking from lurk mode because I can't fathom a DU without you. I know it's been a very long time since you and I connected directly - oh, how I treasure those old days on DU2! - but even so, just knowing you were still here and posting every week made my heart happy.
I don't go to the Lounge, so I haven't been there to support you. I simply trusted that you were doing what made you happy, and that what you did made lots of other DUers happy too. I figured you had found your place of comfort and fulfillment, and that it was all good.
I have no idea what happened this past Sunday to mess that up, it had to have been something truly despicable since you are one of the most gentle, sweet souls I have ever gotten to know here. Fie on the soulless barbarian(s) who has (have) chased you off!
I cannot be silent about you leaving. You touched my heart deeply long ago and I will never forget that. I will wish you well whatever happens, but I would so much prefer that you could find a way to change your mind and stay. No matter what, please take my unconditional affection and heartfelt regard with you.
You will always have a place in my heart.
sw
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)Hope the weather in Minnesota is nice... and cold
Yeah, SCE is one of DU's many bright spots, and just because one person didn't understand the Superman joke was really nitpicking on SCE which was totally irrelevant to the LOLcats threads that SCE has entertained us for SO many years (months?) - we lost a lot of things lately, and I dont want see the Sunday LOLcats to go.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)I will not allow it!
Don't fall off because of one third-rate troll.
Hi SW!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)underpants
(182,830 posts)you will be missed
Blue Gardener
(3,938 posts)I have many Facebook friends I've met through DU, you are one of my favorites.
GObamaGO
(665 posts)I love the Sunday LOLCATS threads.
Be well! <3
MadHound
(34,179 posts)But I fully understand. Some of the posters on this forum have simply taken things way too far, and are making huge issues out of nothing.
Take a break, and then come back if you can. You will be missed here by many, including myself.
Lokey
(108 posts)Even when I was lurking I would always be sure to look at your pics on Sunday. Thank you very much for sharing them with us.
I understand your reasoning although I hope you reconsider.
TexasTowelie
(112,252 posts)My Sunday mornings are never going to be the same.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Richard D
(8,754 posts)but I always enjoyed and appreciated your posts.
I hope reconsideration is possible.
nuxvomica
(12,430 posts)I can't get through a Sunday without the LOLcats.
Please, SCE, Don't leave.
Nux
Rhiannon12866
(205,535 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,650 posts)just put that person on ignore. he/she was having a bad day and you did NOT deserve that. PLEASE COME BACK!
warrior1
(12,325 posts)savannah43
(575 posts)Please don't go because some mean spirited woman (presumably) is offended. If you never offend anyone in your life, you're not living right. Loving kitties like I do, and apparently you love them too, it will be much less fun if you go. Please stay.
AmBlue
(3,111 posts)Please, don't go!!
I don't post often these days but I've enjoyed reading here almost every day since the election catastrophe of 2000 when I discovered this place. You, Robert John Gatenby, have the Very Best screen name in all of DU... seriously! And your Sunday LOL cats are a gift that always makes me smile. My kids love your LOLcats too!
So you see Salmon, we all will miss you terribly if you go. So please do reconsider. You are one of the best here.
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)applegrove
(118,696 posts)You and your great work will be missed. You sure there is nothing we can do to get you to stay? You know trolls try to diminish this site. We have to fight back.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)I think you're over-reacting if this has to do with the Superman comic.
I see one person in that thread who vocalized a complaint whose judgement is suspect anyways since they went on to vocalize one of the most disgusting POVs I've ever encountered at DU regarding what they find funny: deer-maulings. (and I say that as a militant anti-hunting activist who has worked in the field combating poaching.)
I see several posters rally to your defense; nobody condoning what femrap posted or agreeing with her.
I see no reason to let yourself be run off by the likes of one poster.
You're a treasure. Don't go.
Patiod
(11,816 posts)I do the newsletter for my little Quaker Meeting.
One of the old biddies who has nothing better to do than complain came over to take me to task for a typo.
I said "Really, Nancy? How about if you write it then? Seriously. I am ready to hand that job over to you RIGHT NOW."
She looked a little frightened (I'm 6' and she was about 5'), and my reaction was in no way proportional to her tiny complaint, but I think it's the feeling that you spend a lot of time compiling something and putting it all together, and then someone actually complains. About something you are volunteering to do. Grrr.
Off to frighten more Quakers....
JohnnyLib2
(11,212 posts)I may retell it to help with the everlasting tension in church meetings.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)"Off to frighten more Quakers."
pink-o
(4,056 posts)But I get it. Someone completely unreasonable and hostile flamed me once and I was really hurt. But from what I can remember it wasn't even half as ridiculous as what happened to you.
Let me put it in election terms: for you, 1 vote against and a thousand million for. Sounds like you won in a landslide. But if you have to go, just know you're very muh loved and will be missed.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)I just checked out the thread and it was just ONE person who went all, you know..
I will SO miss the lolcats here. Will you be facebooking them?
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)it is probably the accumulation of assholery that has been building for a while. It keeps piling up, then one asshat tips the scales.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)I know it's not likely, but if you do change your mind someday, I'll welcome you back.
txwhitedove
(3,929 posts)kiva
(4,373 posts)No, it's not Sunday, and not happy but I wanted to say it one more time. Take care, my friend.
blogslut
(38,002 posts)I put that person on ignore right after they decided to turn one of your lovely Sunday threads into an attention-seeking missile.
Don't let a bully do this.
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)I doubt anyone besides that one person looked at your thread and got offended, everyone else smiled at the many funny pictures you posted. Don't let one person upset you so badly that you leave the community, just look at this thread and see how many people want you to stay.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)But I understand.
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)You've been a wonderfully consistent poster and it's a damned shame that someone with a gigantic chip on their shoulder singled you out in such an awful fashion over such a silly thing. I'd like to agree with those who are telling you to just shrug it off, but I understand why you feel that the field has been salted and cannot be renewed. Some ugliness will do that - even if others don't find it so bad.
Thank you for your efforts to brighten this place up - for you rare but always interesting posts outside the lounge - and for your honesty.
Take care, Robert. You'll be missed around this place.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Please don't go. We needs ya!
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Although I wish you wouldn't.
polly7
(20,582 posts)I looked forward to your threads and loved them, thanks so much for doing all that.
patrice
(47,992 posts)the average perception of that Super Man cartoon. I am strongly in support of developing a fuller awareness of misogyny and committing to women's rights, their freedom, and pay equity, but I thought the Super Man cartoon was really funny. I think being threatened by stuff like that does more damage than good, because it distracts from the more authentic issues.
That response to that cartoon looked like someone TRYING to give Feminism a bad name to me. It represents an obsolete perception of Feminism that lots of people, some of them the most knowledgeable and experienced people I know on this issue, are running away from.
Spazito
(50,365 posts)I am not a lounge visitor so don't see your LOLcat threads but they are very much loved by DUers, that is very clear. I remember your OPs with wonderful, funny song lyrics you did on DU2 and always smile when I see your user name.
Please don't let one DUer's contrary opinion in your thread take you away from DU, so many other DUers appreciate your threads, truly we do.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)I will miss you so much.
Be well.
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)Please don't go
meti57b
(3,584 posts)I have truly appreciated and enjoyed your kindness and thoughtfulness in posting these threads for us each week. I always look forward to them.
I have not yet found exactly what happened, but surely those of us who look forward to and enjoy your thread each Sunday, .... way outnumber whomever it is who objects.
Either way, may you be blessed and may you know that we have very much appreciated and enjoyed the gift that you have made for us each week.
Melissa G
(10,170 posts)I only use virtual ignore, but there are some people I choose not to respond to because they are a waste of keystrokes. Use real ignore if you must.
You are wanted and will be missed. Please stay.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)You have a lot of friends here. All of us, actually, except that one ridiculous, humorless person.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)supporting you...and for what its worth, as much as I enjoy the LOLcats, the responses by that not to be named disgruntled poster were absolutely hilarious. Never imagined that anyone could or would find a way to take Superman and Lois so seriously.
So take a break if you need to but seriously, it looks to me like you have many more friends here than perhaps you know. And the other?
Forgetaboutit.
Oh...and I'm a woman...and I thought it was funny too. Whaddayagonnado...
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)Take a little hiatus if you must but......please don't leave permanently. Please.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...are strange here, granted. But there's still WAY more good w/ DU than bad.
Take a breather, and come back as soon as you're able!!!
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)intheflow
(28,477 posts)Isn't that throwing the baby out with the bath water? Isn't this what the ignore button is for? Has the person been sending you threatening pms or stalking you IRL? Please, just put her on ignore and continue playing with the rest of us. She doesn't represent DU or DU's attitude toward you and your lol cat posts, and she never will. I thought the Superman comic was one of the best parts of that thread.
bigmonkey
(1,798 posts)I don't want to burden you with my wishes, but I think it's easy to say that you delight far, far more people here than you know. I selfishly think it's quite unfair that one cranky person should be able to deny the rest of us your company. You may find th LOLcats more and more of a burden, and I respect it if you have to leave for your own reasons.
I wish we could all vote on this one, in a kind of a reverse-ostracism way.
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)Seems to me alot of people here love ya,so bring your cats back some day.ok?
libodem
(19,288 posts)Our board is being overrun by control freak net nannies. Disgusting and deplorable. I loved lol cats and read it every Sunday whether I commented or not. Will miss you dearly.
Throd
(7,208 posts)ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)Journeyman
(15,036 posts)as in the Liberal Use of the Ignore Function.
Click that little fellow with the Red X next to the name of any poster who bothers you and voila! Problem solved.
You need never be pestered by Kiddie Scorn again.
Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)Please don't let one jerk spoil your DU experience. Mine will be much poorer if you choose to leave, as I always read your Sunday thread. Please reconsider, and ignore the asscarrots. Seems like incivility rules these days.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)OMG, what will I do without Sunday LOL Cats? Sundays will suck and DU will suck.
Love you, Cat Food.
Thanks for all the Sundays you have given us.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)The good stuff is sloughing off and the yucky sticks. I understand. You will be missed.
madokie
(51,076 posts)and say to SalmonChantedEvening please don't go. People like you are exactly what we need and who most of us enjoy.
At any rate
PEACE
Smilo
(1,944 posts)SalmonChantedEvening - we can't do what you do - please stay.
Here are some smiles for you.......
Did you hear about the cat who drank 5 bowls of water? He set a new lap record.
Did you hear about the cat who swallowed a ball of wool? She had mittens.
What is the difference between a cat and a comma? One has the paws before the claws and the other has the clause before the pause.
What do you get when you cross a chick with an alley cat? A peeping tom.
Why don't cats play poker in the jungle? Too many cheetahs.
What is a cat's favourite song? Three Blind Mice.
What did the freshman computer science major say when he was told that the work stations had mice? Don't you have a cat?
What is a cat's way of keeping law & order? Claw Enforcement.
How did a cat take first prize at the bird show? He just jumped up to the cage, reached in, and took it.
Why did a person with an unspayed female cat have to go to court? For kitty littering.
Why did the litter of communist kittens become capitalists? Because they finally opened their eyes.
Why are cats better than babies? Because you only have to change a litter box once a day.
What is the name of the unauthorized autobiography of the cat? Hiss and Tell.
What do you get when you cross an elephant with a cat? A big furry creature that purrs while it sits on your lap and squashes you.
What does a cat do when it gets mad? It has a hissy fit.
What do you call the cat that was caught by the police? The purrpatrator.
What happened when the cat went to the flea circus? He stole the whole show!
What is a cat's favourite colour? Purrrrrrrple!
Where does a cat go when it loses its tail? The retail store.
What does a cat like to eat on a hot day? A mice cream cone.
What do cats use to make coffee? A purrcolator.
What do you call a cat that has swallowed a duck? A duck filled fatty puss.
If lights run on electricity and cars run on gas, what do cats run on? Their paws.
Why is the cat so grouchy? Because he's in a bad mewd.
If there are ten cats on a boat and one jumps off, how many cats are left on the boat? None! They were copy cats.
Is it bad luck if a black cat follows you? That depends on whether you're a man or a mouse.
How does the cat get its own way? With friendly purrsuasion.
What do you call a cat that lives in an igloo? An eskimew.
What has more lives than a cat? A frog because it croaks every night.
What is a cat's favourite subject in school? HISStory.
What do cats like to eat for breakfast? Mice Krispies.
How do cats end a fight? They hiss and make up.
What's happening when you hear "woof... splat... meow... splat?" It's raining cats and dogs.
Why are cats such good singers? Because they're very mewsical.
What do you call newborn kittens who keep getting passed from owner to owner? Chain litter.
What is the cat's favourite magazine? Good Mousekeeping.
How many cats can you put into an empty box? Only one. After that, the box isn't empty.
Why do you always find the cat in the last place you look? Because you stop looking after you find it.
If a cat can jump five feet high, then why can't it jump through a three foot window? Because the window is closed.
What is a cat's favourite movie? "The Sound of Mewsic."
What does a cat that lives near the beach have in common with Christmas? Sandy Claws.
Where is one place that your cat can sit, but you can't? Your lap.
Why did the cat put oil on the mouse? Because it squeaked.
What side of the cat has the most fur? The OUT-side.
What is a cat's favourite car? The Catillac.
What kind of cat will keep your grass short? A Lawn Meower.
Why did the judge dismiss the entire jury made up of cats? Because each of them was guilty of purrjury.
What do you use to comb a cat? A catacomb.
Why did the cat run from the tree? Because it was afraid of the bark!
Why is it so hard for a leopard to hide? Because he's always spotted.
tosh
(4,423 posts)DON'T GO!!!
Whaaaaa!!!
We LUV YOU, SCE!!
kaiden
(1,314 posts)We've lost four kittehs this year from old age and the LOLcats on Sunday always brightened our day.
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)Sunday LOL Cats was a sanity break for a lot of us.
LT TX
(104 posts)I don't post much, but I have to say you will be missed. I loved looking at your lolcats every Sunday.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)Sedona
(3,769 posts)Please stay!
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,247 posts)times on DU, & it feels bad. A couple of times it seemed like a coordinated attack with similar language and calling me names - I suspect it was a "troll" event because the language was different but similar to RW talking points. I share my story because there are posters out that that do the concern / attack thing very well. And quite frankly this appears to be the case.
You are one of the good ones that makes DU interesting, welcoming, inclusive, diverse, educational, and besides I'm now a cat owner (2 rescues). You help me laugh & understand my 2 new family members. I've always been a dog owner.
Once again, please stay & educate, and if that doesn't work - ignore.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)cracks me up every time I see it.
can't you just take a holiday and then come back to us down the road a ways? (I've taken plenty of DU breaks...and I've notice I'm always the thinnest skinned after the election when I've been through the roller coaster our elections systems throw us on). Come back some day!
RetroLounge
(37,250 posts)First the outrage junkies chased off my Daily Poem threads from the lounge because they were too stupid to understand context.
Now another of them does this? In a LOLCats thread? Unbelievable that person wasn't PPR'd for that.
I'm quite glad to be your friend and FB is where we interact these days anyhow.
I thank you for your Sunday service to the part of DU which doesn't suck.
RL
Kali
(55,014 posts)We haven't interacted much but I am feeling hugely guilty. I owe you an apology. You seem to be one of those DUers who is always a positive force here. There aren't many of you but you really help balance the negativity and we need you.
My apology is most sincere. I may have talked that asshole into staying here a few months ago. They were posting some very hostile replies in a GD thread and getting locked posts sent to MIRT. I contacted them with a message suggesting to calm down and maybe take a break. We PMed back and forth a bit and they seemed to have learned to behave, or took a break. I do this for long time members that seem to be heading for trouble because I don't like to see them get banned for an occasional bad day. It wasn't any official notice, just me trying to keep the community together. Oh man, was I wrong on that one.
Going after someone such as yourself and the Lounge INSTITUTION of your Sunday LOL Cats is unforgivable. That has got to be one of the rudest and most disgusting displays of selfish, egotistical behavior I have ever seen here. That is like the stereotypical ugly american tourist barging into a local weekly ceremony, demanding everybody speak English and pissing on the floor. OMG.
If there was anybody who deserves a 500 reply pile-on in meta for obnoxious behavior it is that poster.
I am so sorry they have made you feel you need to leave. I hope you will change your mind. You should not be the one leaving. AT ALL. And I am so VERY, VERY sorry for my part in encouraging that asshole to stay here. Please reconsider.
Kali
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)You bring joy to a LOT of people - that's some serious positive mojo in your corner.
I sincerely hope you reconsider!
Don't make this little fella have a sad!
bhikkhu
(10,718 posts)very sorry to see you go, you brightened every weekend and it was always fun to share with kids.
Best wishes in any case, and thanks!
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)First Hopehoops (and I don't even know why, or what happened) now you, some shit I took on a post earlier this week...........it's getting out of hand.
savebigbird
(417 posts)...it seems to me that your receiving at least 160 responses in a little over an hour means that you need to stick around. Your cats (and other things) were great. Please reconsider.
Either way, thanks for the smiles.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)leaving ashes for tomorrow.
The best use of those ashes is making soap to clean up the mess that started it all.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)Chellee
(2,097 posts)You touch the lives of many people that never interact with you. Sometimes your Sunday posts are the only good thing that happens all week.
I've never said how much I enjoy them; I should have. Thank you for making the world a brighter place.
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)I saw up thread where someone was a rude ass. I am truly sorry you had to experience that. I mean that, my heart really is sorry for you. But, please don't punish the rest of us for the rudeness of one person.
What I'm saying is, if that is the reason you're cutting us all adrift, is it right? Some people are rude. Some people can't help but try and spoil the enjoyment of others. If we give into those people, what kind of a world is left for the rest of us?
You've got my support. For whatever that's worth.
Maybe reconsider?
Enrique
(27,461 posts)it doesn't make sense that you would leave DU. Someone said something you didn't like and virtually all of DU came down on that person like a ton of bricks.
A jury locked her response to you.
Another DUer called her a "bitch", directly to her, and no one alerted on it (until I did just now).
How much more support do you expect from DU than that?
gateley
(62,683 posts)We need you! We'd be better off without her. Stay!
MH1
(17,600 posts)I hope you will reconsider. I really enjoy your threads. So there is one idiot with zero sense of humor who chose to harass you. That really sucks and I suspect a few people here will have a very short fuse for that poster's shit in the future.
Anyway, thank you for all the LOLcats threads you've posted, and godspeed to you. Please realize that MOST people at DU really appreciate what you did for us.
fishwax
(29,149 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)It appears that you are reacting to the actions of a single poster.
While hundreds of your fellow DU'ers are urging you to reconsider.
This place would not be the same without you. Please stay around.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)However, I read your thread and saw the cartoon and saw nothing overtly misogynistic about it. I'm not an expert on misogyny but I'm sure a whole lot more than ONE person would have a problem with it if it were truly misogynistic.
I'd use Ignore and stay. Best wishes no matter what you decide
bunnies
(15,859 posts)AlecBGreen
(3,874 posts)Chemisse
(30,813 posts)Why some people come here and lash into others in mean, hurtful ways, I will never understand. It can be really difficult to protect yourself emotionally from such attacks, so I can understand your decision to leave.
But the good you do here is just immeasurable, and so much more powerful than the voices of strife and discontent.
KT2000
(20,584 posts)We can't let the humorless people win. Crap - they run the town I live in and lots of our country for that matter.
Besides that - my Century Link internet is so slow I can't load the LOL Cat site but I can see the ones you post.
Stick around - please.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)Locrian
(4,522 posts)Evoman
(8,040 posts)I will hunt you down and staple you to DU.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Well played, sir.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Especially when they think it's part of their job.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)Other than that, I don't know you well enough to have an opinion, except to say that LOLCATZ has done more to ruin DailyKos than any republican could dream of.
Ferretherder
(1,446 posts)Of course I knew your posting name from various threads of the past, but I never even took the time to see who it was that brought us all these wonderful kitty and dog and squirrel and moose pictures every Sunday!
All I can say is, I will regret, very much, not being able to thank you on one of your lol cat threads for all the smiles and laughs, and, as your leaving will prevent this from ever happening, and cause me to not be able to erase said regret - I shall have to kill you if you leave DU.
Don't make a murderer out of me....the ball is in your court, pal.
IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)I will miss it too. Please stay.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Some people are still mad about the Moon Bombing.
There, I said it.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)was an unreasonable nastiness/meaness. Very unnecessary. Uncalled for.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)But some people wake up in the morning looking for things to get mad about.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)exactly. There was nothing to it to be offended about. Just totally unreasonable.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)feign offense and lash out. If they were truly offended, one would think they would direct their anger at Marvel comics or what ever company produces the book.
name not needed
(11,660 posts)I bet you even have a small penis and use the word "fucktoilet".
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)my memory aint.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)before you leave, I must say I looked at those photos of yours and laughed so loud two of my four cats even raised their heads to see what was funny. The other two were just disturbed at their nap being interrupted. You are a real one. Can you tell me what thread I have to look into to find other photos posted by you? If this is an example of your nature/personality, DU will be a poorer place without you. Auf Weidersehen.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)stay
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)toward the end of last Sunday's thread: "I'm already up for another session/batch."
OMG, so are WE! You know, much of the stuff posted at DU is depressing and frustrating because of the times we live in. Heck, I've posted my fair share of it. If it ain't global warming, it's a Sandy, if it ain't people standing in line for hours to vote, it's Repubs trying to depress the vote, if it ain't our President being excoriated, it's billionaires trying to undercut him, if it ain't someone's son facing cancer surgery, it's the sad passing of someone's loved one, often an animal!
Point being, your Sunday morning dial-ups give us something else to consider that touches our humanity and our souls....the wonderful creatures in our crazy world. They are loved, and so are you. Please don't stay away. You are already missed.
Grantuspeace
(873 posts)I hope "Sal" will reconsider!
After having said that, it does seem like some people here have gone over the top with political correctness. Furthermore, not everyone will enjoy every post. If you alter who you are for them, or walk away because of them, you lose your identity.
Reconsider!
naturallyselected
(84 posts)I agree - to take part in any Internet forums, you need a thick skin - as others have pointed out - "haters gonna hate".
But I still don't get it - what compels people to try and piss on others' pleasure?
You can see by my post numbers that I don't contribute a lot - I try to when I feel I have something positive to contribute, or some special knowledge or expertise. But I have learned, it doesn't matter what you say, there's going to be a "that sucks" response. No real opinion offered, no legitimate criticism, just the need to make the point that all these people that enjoy something, anything, that they're all wrong.
Opinion: "Hostess is going under - try Tastykakes for your junk food fix, they're really good"
Response: "Tastykakes suck"
Opinion: "I am now boycotting Chick-Fil-A/ Papa John's, but it's not always easy; I really like their chicken/ pizza."
Response: "Chick-Fil-A/ Papa John's sucks."
Opinion: "Pete Townshend made a stupid, ill-informed political statement, but I still love the Who"
Response: "The Who suck" (followed by a comparison with Ted Nugent - come on, comparing a legend like Townshend with an asterisk like Nugent, no matter how stupid a comment he makes?)
Opinion: "Clint Eastwood made a fool of himself at the GOP Convention, but it doesn't change the fact that he's a gifted director."
Response: "Clint Eastwood sucks."
And so on and so on -
Maybe I think that the Kitty cartoons are stupid - I don't, but if I did, I'm not going to step in and say - "this stuff is crap" - folks are enjoying it, why should I want to interfere with their pleasure? But there are folks here who will want to simply let you know that you're wrong - not that they believe you're wrong for this reason or that reason, but just because, well, whatever it is just sucks.
So, yeah, we need thick skins, but I also wish we would think about just how little we contribute by a "that sucks" opinion, if we have nothing else to offer. What's the point?
rowdyjesus
(19 posts)Count me as one of your adoring fan base who would be devastated if you leave. You make us smile.
hankthecrank
(653 posts)Please stay always look forward to your cat pictures!!
arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)else's wishes. I would portend that by continuing on, posting your delightful pictures will serve you and others so much more effectively. Negativity is so infectious, don't let it be the disease that takes you out. JMO
neverforget
(9,436 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Not much into toon or coon threads, but when I came across yours they made me smile. Stick around I like how you wear on me.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)You are irreplaceable
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)You are a valued member of the DU community.. you can't go! I'll miss you, but I hope you change your mind.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)your farewell thread is in a very, very different category.
As others have said, I hope you will reconsider.
That crap in your thread was the result of one asshole (yes, asshole, I said it) who has a large and well known chip firmly balanced on *each* shoulder.
Ignore that person and stay. Trust me. LOLCatz are appreciated a LOT.
Stick around, my friend. You, singularly, would be missed.
PS: I hope the asshole is reading this and gets the message.
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)I'm so sorry, SCE. Sundays will never be the same without your LOL Cats.
ybbor
(1,554 posts)We need more people like you here!
(And I've been around for over 8 years and never comment, so you know I mean it!)
michigandem58
(1,044 posts)You're leaving over some silly, snippy comments in the cat thread? Can't believe that's a good enough reason to leave a place you claim means so much to you.
Response to michigandem58 (Reply #217)
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Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)I truly hope you reconsider. Sundays will not be the same without you.
NMDemDist2
(49,313 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)What I meant to say was "please reconsider." But your call. Have a great life one way or other.
asjr
(10,479 posts)every Sunday morning. It keeps me alive. I have dealt with smartasses my whole life. If I can get through it so can you.
yellerpup
(12,253 posts)You will be missed around here. Truly. I told my kitteh, Jake, and he swooned.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,123 posts)I've been in smaller forums where it happens. But this place makes it easy to avoid those you don't click with.
nenagh
(1,925 posts)Just so you know...I thought your comments to everyone were positive and uplifting...
You gave the gift of thoughtful replies to so many DUers...
You spread light and smiles....
As for the other..as my Dad used to say... "well thank God you're not married to that "
Thank you for lolcats... and your great comments... Hope to see you again...
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)--know that if you decide to just take a break and come back--you will make many people very happy!!
I swear some people get a thrill out of ruining other's peace of mind--and we cannot enable them to keep doing this. Giving these people a strong reaction FEEDS them. This is what has helped me deal with truly rude people--if at all possible I try to just carry on with my life as if they are not all that important. And many times they have moved their attentions elsewhere. Well....this works most of the time.
Peace and smiles to you SalmonChantedEvening~~~Felix
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Please don't go. You are responsible for more Sunday morning smiles than you'll ever know.
You're one of the few remaining treasures around here.
ralps
(77,738 posts)freckleface
(57 posts)I'm so very sad to learn you are leaving. I lost my very special kitty-girl Frosty this year (she was 17). Your posts brought me laughter, smiles, enjoyment and so many identical memories!
I've only been here a few weeks, don't really understand what is going on, or why someone would attack you. As for me, I am thanking you from the bottom of my heart and wishing you the very best.
GentryDixon
(2,953 posts)freckleface
(57 posts)FInally figured out what I'm doing, I think!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)freckleface
(57 posts)Had to get on my computer... was bleary-eyed from being on my phone for so long. Will have this all figured out soon.
fishwax
(29,149 posts)freckleface
(57 posts)I lurked for awhile, then joined Oct. 31st so I could be in on the action election night
fishwax
(29,149 posts)freckleface
(57 posts)Still learning how to navigate this gizmo. My responses are akin to mini light years
Rhiannon12866
(205,535 posts)Welcome to DU, freckleface! It's great to have you with us!
SalmonChantedEvening
(31,952 posts)Nothing is above or beneath re-consideration.
Welcome to DU, a community full of wonderful souls. Seek thwm out. They are here, I assure you/
freckleface
(57 posts)After lurking for quite awhile, I decided to join the end of October so I could tune in on election night. I never had any intentions of posting myself. but, after reading your original post today, I needed to let you know how very much I have appreciated all of your wonderful efforts. You lifted my spirits when I really needed it
KWorth
(42 posts)I'm new here and I enjoy your LOLcat thread, don't let one idiot run you off, you do a valuable service to those of us that let cats rule our lives.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)Freckleface is the best username. Love it!
malaise
(269,057 posts)How lovely to see you
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)You are a huge part of what makes DU delightful.
Thanks for all the LOLcats, thanks for the laughs.
See you on FB.
Ineeda
(3,626 posts)Last edited Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:09 AM - Edit history (1)
Although I've never posted on one of your marvelous threads, and never thanked you for them, I regret that. You and LOL cats got me through some dark times SCE, and you can see that others here feel the same.
It's horrible that ONE poster (who, by the way, has 21 people ignoring her and 6 posts hidden since 9/30, which tells you something about her, huh?) will spoil it for you and those to whom you bring great joy. EDIT: Now has 70 ignoring. Is that a record?
Please reconsider or at least keep your break short.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Okay?
tclambert
(11,087 posts)This evening I am chanting "Salmon!" in your honor.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)And now I'm sad because I won't be refreshing DU every Sunday so I can read them.
This is just,...sad.
NashvilleLefty
(811 posts)If nothing else, your username always brought a smile to my face. I'll be happy to send you a bacon and sausage pizza (is that Canadian Bacon?) but it won't be a Tombstone brand. It won't be Papa John's, either
We'll miss you, but if you decide to come back it will be a joyful homecoming!
pacalo
(24,721 posts)You're one of the best & you're very appreciated on DU.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)sometimes it just gets to be too much. I will miss you.
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)I don't know if I responded more than once to your wonderful contributions but the thought of not having you here to share your therapeutic activity with so many of us who embrace you and your sharing of a joyful thing is making me very sad. It has been very therapeutic for me to have something to smile about all day and I thank you forever for that. And you have always been very polite in your responses to those who did comment...
As so many others have said here, we love you and don't want to see you go, you mean a great deal to so many here. I don't do FB and all that other stuff so this is where I come for the joyful posts you bless us with.
Take a break if you need to but please reconsider. We greatly outnumber the detractor, and they can be ignored. It would be so sad to see that one disgruntled person could take away such a joyful event from all of us... including you, dear SalmonChantedEvening.
Be well.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)just take a break. please.
Periodic breaks from DU are sometimes neccesary for one's sanity.
That Super Antics comic was really funny! Some people got no sense. Don't let them bother you!
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)You will be too missed if you go.
Ivywoods55
(131 posts)I did not know you, but I read many of your post...enjoyed them so much! Yes, you will be missed!
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)You will be sorely missed. I look for your Sunday LOLcats before anything else.
I read the disruptive post and thought it was quite inappropriate to insult you in that manner (or in ANY manner). Someone up-thread said something about not letting the bullies win. Stay and defy the bully!!
I was a DU reader years before I signed up and began to post. DU has always been a kind of refuge to me -- so few people I know IRL are willing to discuss politics or current events. It has been a cause for concern to see this site being slowly taken over by net nannies, nit pickers, hyper-sensitives whose purpose seems to be to destroy the pleasure of others, either because of some inner demon or because they are paid by political opponents to damage the site.
Please reconsider -- take a break and then come back to us. We'll be waiting.
kimsterdemster
(296 posts)i'm crying i'll miss u
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)I'm new here at DU and the highlight of my week is to read the LOLZ Cats! Please don't leave. Joy shall cease, life will be dull, I'll probably turn to booze or anti-depressants to get through the upcoming week.
You have no idea how many people I plant in front of my iPad to see your Sunday thread throughout the week. It brings a smile to EVERYONE.
Don't do this to me!!!
REP
(21,691 posts)I've enjoyed your LOLCat Digests and looked forward to them.
The person who was so rude to you is almost 100% that rude every time they post; it's like they're trying to outdo their over-the-top lunacy with each keystroke. I can understand why some would prefer to just walk away from it.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)You can see from all these threads how much people care for you here. Do not let one miserable human being take you away from a community that you care for and that cares for you.
To everyone else: Please just put that person on ignore and she can have fun screaming into the wind.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)flying rabbit
(4,635 posts)This place would not be the same without you.
nolabear
(41,987 posts)I'm worried about the place. I truly am. When good, creative, generous folks like you get run off by those who live to attack and wave their banners in the perversion of some deranged simulacrum of justice, well, I don't know how long any of us can remain.
If you truly are gone, know that I will miss you badly.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)I remember when we used to write parodies of songs way back when, and how you and others tried to keep the traditions alive here. The weekly TOONS, the LOLCats, the photoshop contests, the calendars, the art history Fridays. These are the things that make DU not suck.
How dare anyone criticize one of the many people who have voluntarily posted such threads, because this attack on SalmonEnchanted is an attack on all DUers who contribute their time, expertise, and passions with the rest of us.
It is more work than many of you know. Way back when Jeff posted our TOONS for us for years. Keph our news. Everyday for years. Until they both died. No one else successfully replaced them. I know. I tried to post TOONS in Jeff's memory and keep up the traditon. I didn't last long. Others have also done the work. Mostly until they totally burned out, sometimes because of the lack of even a slight bit of encouragement by other DUers who post nothing but snarkbait as one person responding to this thread always does. The tattletales and word police who look for any opportunity to pwn someone which means to "humiliate or defeat" in internet lingo. It's a game. The trash talking dozens as if such displays of nastiness somehow gain you brownie points somewhere.
What the hell. I am disgusted. Salmon, I remember when you first signed on here. You have always been a kind person and a gentle soul. You have come to my defense many times in a thread as well as encouraging me about my art. I will miss you fiercely as I miss so many of the other DUers like you who have gone into lurk mode or have left altogether.
By the way, I always thought you were a woman.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)sellitman
(11,607 posts)I would hope you might reconsider.
You have too many friends and admirers here to walk away from.
Myself included.
If not please accept my thanks for your kind words when I needed them and the smiles when I payed attention .
Kevin
DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts)I've done that myself when things get rough out here (and they do on occasion).
As for the one person who may have set you on edge, F HIM/HER.
TransitJohn
(6,932 posts)This is the DU the admins want. Sorry to see you go, but I understand.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Also, goodbye, man.
EverHopeful
(187 posts)Oh please don't leave. Yes, I'm begging. I hate to think of myself as so selfish that I'd beg someone not to do something they need to do so I'll stop begging out loud, but I'll be keeping my hopes up anyway (and I'll keep trying to start my Sundays off with a Sunday LOLcats dial-up warning).
Several people have mentioned you're on Facebook. Do you have a page I can Like or something?
Thanking you a zillion for all the joy you've brought and I'll be holding thoughts of love and light for you as you leave us--leave us here broken and crying and unable to drink our Sunday morning coffee--oh sorry, my not so latent selfishness rearing its ugly head again
Hugs and Purrs and Salmons and Awwws.
apocalypsehow
(12,751 posts)appreciate your input, going by this thread. I only ask this to get a sense of what happened to cause you to want to leave, despite an outpouring of support. Could either you or anyone reading this thread post a link to what caused this? Thank you.
valerief
(53,235 posts)They attack but answer no questions. They're Liberty U. Luntzians who pounce on trigger words and ignore context. I decided to become a lurker and end my subscription after many years of being a paying member.
Well, I did cancel my subscription, but when I saw your post, I had to join the chorus of people in saying how much I've enjoyed your kittehs. They're such a hoot. I'll miss them. I'll probably miss DU, too, now that it's hoffer hell.
I'm just a cheerleader for some threads. I post to kick them. I don't have time to offer much more. But you, Salmon, you're an artist and a high-profile personality here. You're stronger than the huffy hoffers. You have nine lives. Okay, so you've just killed one of them with your post here, but you still have eight more!
Don't let them kick kitteh litter in your face (I almost said another word for face that's also associated with cats but we know what the non-contexters would make of that).
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)I never go into the lounge, but always start my Sunday mornings with your LOLCat thread. I also never reply to farewell threads, but this situation warrants it.
Sorry this consistently nasty POS invaded your kitty thread last week to spew venom.
Take a break, and come back.
NikolaC
(1,276 posts)I don't know what happened since I missed your OP this weekend, but we always look forward to your posts in our household. I can't tell you how many times my husband, son and I after having a bad week would come onto DU just to read your posts and see the adorable pictures. Please reconsider leaving DU, you are very welcome here .
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)I've never encountered one of your threads before, but judging by the response here and in the "offending" thread, you are woefully under-estimating your impact on the community at large. Seems to me the opinions of thousands of posters over the years are a lot more important than those of one whinger.
Go drink a beer or something and snap out of it. You're letting one person, ONE PERSON, get to you and ignoring the masses who appreciate your threads.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)I'd like to add my 2 cents to those who say they wish you'd reconsider -- I wish you would too.
The poster who started this is just not worth it.
I don't post as much as some here, and lately, this place is feeling less welcoming. There's a problem here, and I hope it gets straightened out before it kills this site.
GnashvilleCat
(4 posts)and I've been lurking here since 2005....let me say PLEASE DON"T GO! An integral part of Sunday morning for me is the LOL cats.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Wish it could have been a happier occasion.
sellitman
(11,607 posts)Nice entrance.
I hope it pays off.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)Salmon must ride back home on this wave of love!
mulsh
(2,959 posts)My wife and I look foreword to LOLCATS every Sunday. I look foreword to reading your other posts. I hope you listen to your legion of fans on this post and the other posts about this and change your mind.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)but we do. It matters. A lot. Your Sunday thread has been the beginning, or occasional late night ending of the day before for me, on more Sundays than I can count. And I'm sure that I'm not the only one that you have cheered up when things were rough.
I don't know why the poster was so awful to you. I have to imagine that things must be going pretty badly for them to attack you like that, but it is no excuse. It was uncalled for.
Please consider using the ignore button and staying.
?
Festivito
(13,452 posts)Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me again, can't get fooled again.
Or, something like that.
OTOH, I suggest fighting back.
Thanks for all the cat shows. I enjoyed them.
I'd prefer you to stick around and join the fight, but, it's not for me to say.
Good luck.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Live well,
Love well,
Fare Well.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)I do understand your frustration-- lately DU has fostered a lot of angry people who seem to troll threads for something to be outraged about. Your LOLcat threads were among the brightest moments left, and we will miss them sorely.
If you choose not to return, please go with our heartfelt thanks for all the smiles you gave us. Thank you.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)And my feeling was that the humor was that Superman was behaving in a way so contrary to how we expect Superman to behave. It does have a sexist stereotype, that women always want to talk about their baggage, but it looks like it was from an era where that was more accepted, and it doesn't look to me like that's where the humor is intended in posting it now.
I think it's important for people upthread complaining about HOF to remember that it is a group of individuals. There has been some really sexist stuff posted lately, and my guess is that femrap (is that the usermame?) is extra sensitive due to that. Just like I wouldn't assume bad intent from the OP, I would not assume bad intent from her. Though I don't remember seeing her post much in HOF - where I remember her from is in the rape-related threads, and I think she got some stuff hidden there as well. Her writing style is apparently inflammatory, but that doesn't mean she's a troll.
Anyway, to the OP, I don't spend much time in the lounge so I was not familiar with your weekly thread, but if it makes any difference, you have a new fan now. I don't personally find the Superman comic really funny, but I do love the cat stuff and if you come back I'll make a habit of checking for your thread on Sundays. The kitties are adorable.
I hope you change your mind!
LeftOfSelf-Centered
(776 posts)The joke is not about women always wanting to talk about their baggage at all (after all, she only mentioned she used to be afraid of flying, as far as "baggage" goes that's not even carry-on).
It's all about Superman jumping to conclusions, and completely dismissing a priori whatever the woman was going to tell him, de facto saying that because she was a woman whatever she was going to say was not worth listening to. An attitude that many men held in the era that the comic is styled after, and that some still hold to this day. And on top of that he is so self-satisfied with his own "joke" that he doesn't even notice that he dropped the woman while laughing self-servingly.
So the joke is not at the expense of the woman, but at the expense of Superman and the attitudes and opinions he represents in this cartoon. Of course I can't look into the cartoonist's mind, but that's the message I got from it.
So I interpreted the joke as actually calling out sexism, and not making light of it.
tilsammans
(2,549 posts)You and your posts are very much loved here.
One bad apple . . . you know the rest . . .
jdadd
(1,314 posts)I never posted on any of your threads, but always checked in on the LOLcats.. Peace to you John....Take care, maybe I'll bump into you out there in cyberspace.....
Vanje
(9,766 posts)Put one very cranky person on ignore. Its better.
MessiahRp
(5,405 posts)What Femrap said was bullshit and was her taking the comic way too seriously but seriously it seemed as if she was looking for a reason to be pissed. HOWEVER, the same people supporting SCE on this thread went after HopeHoops pretty hard and helped push for his banishment. He was making misogynistic jokes and deserved some form of disciplinary action no doubt. But there's been an increase of anger about misogyny here and that Superman comic certain falls under the boundaries of the same thought process.
So someone angry about the HH incident and hyped up over this week's conversation may have felt emboldened to attack a potentially borderline comic because well, everyone was on the same page...
until it was someone they liked.
I have no affiliation with either party and honestly, I find misogyny to be rather disgusting (though I do believe there is a very strong double standard about misandry on the other side). I also think the comic was silly but I can see why there was a complaint.
I think SCE should have a little thicker skin about this (nobody has everybody liking everything they ever do) and stay but use this as a lesson to be a little more selective in what he posts. I think Femrap needs to relax a bit more because she seems wound way too tight. If she is looking to start a war based on the concept that there is a strengthening of support for feminism based on what HH started, I feel she would be better off going to battle with right wingers who will put up a far more angry fight about this.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)because I have no idea what all the drama is about here most of the time.
Anyway, take care SCE! You'll be missed.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)you never failed to bring a smile to my face. i hope you'll reconsider.
Hun Joro
(666 posts)Your posts have brightened my Sunday mornings for some time now.
kwiland
(11 posts)I'm not a real poster here. But I read DU a few times a day. I always, without fail, read the Sunday LOL Cats. It's honestly the best part of Sunday.
Please don't go.
Berserker
(3,419 posts)It seems you are really loved in here. Sorry I never knew much about you or your cat posts. I personally don't like cats but most people do. Don't let some poster piss you off or hurt you enough to leave DU. As you can see you are loved here. You have never experienced hatred by fellow Liberals until you believe in the 2A. Some of them will tear you a new asshole for standing up for the Bill of Rights and call yourself a Liberal. There is lots of hatred in here. Fuckum stand your ground and post all the cat pics you want. I'm on your side.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)- Take care.
''In Lak'ech Ala K'in''
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)There is no shortage of nasty people at DU. Just look past them.
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)These posts are some of the best prose I have ever read. Cheers to you Salmon! I wiash you only the best!
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)So fucking ridiculous to the point of being unbelievable.
Boo fucking hoo.
Response to Luminous Animal (Reply #339)
eugene jones This message was self-deleted by its author.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)He gets mad props week after week after week. 3-4 ignorant critical posts from ONE DUer. Oh the humanity.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)It's a lot of work on his part.
I think he has the right to be putout by even one extreme overwrought and unprovoked attack on his character or values.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)Any individual can chase any other member from this list.
LeftOfSelf-Centered
(776 posts)People are different and react differently. One person can receive a 100+ post pile-on and just shrug it off, while another may get discouraged by one single uncalled for attack. That doesn't make one person better than the other, or their contribution less important.
Now mind you, I'm not ascribing either of those profiles to SCE, this is a general point. I'm just saying that we as a community should try to do our best to make both those types of people and everything in between feel welcome and comfortable here, as long as they behave decently, respect the TOS and fit the political profile.
This is not to mean that we shouldn't argue or discuss, that's what we're here for after all. It just means we have to pay attention to *how* we argue.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)particularly toward those who promote a take toward humor. Salmon is a truly sensitive person who would rather not step into the emotional messes others thrive on. GD has been cruel many times before, and that I would assume is why he entered GD only once a week to post the catses, preferring the less onerous lounge.
I think it was a case of the camel's back.
flvegan
(64,409 posts)don't feed the trolls, flvegan. Don't do it.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)A wholly benign decision to simply stop posting on a message board is "fucking ridiculous to the point of being unbelievable"? Goodness... that too seems a wee bit of self-inflicted melodrama.
However, I concede that we often fault others for the indictments we ourselves carry righteously, and hold others to a higher standard than we hold ourselves... as it's both convenient and validating.
WheelWalker
(8,955 posts)you had a pizza delivery. If that is true, how are you posting? I grok not.
I do not have an appreciation of cats. They are vectors for poison oak and, at best, their breath reeks of mice.
You feel you are paying a "debt" to DU by posting cat/comic threads? And because you have not been appreciated, you feel the obligation is now satisfied?
If I understand, things are just as they are.
If I do not understand, things are just as they are.
Rob H.
(5,352 posts)bench scientist
(1,107 posts)Robert,
I just wanted to say thanks for all the smiles you selflessly given all of us. I hope you will reconsider. No one should have to be targeted with that level of vitriol. Just know many of us here appreciate you.
You will be dearly missed and I wish you peace.
Deb aka Bench Scientist
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)What happened on Sunday?
NO!
still_one
(92,219 posts)supportive of you
dmallind
(10,437 posts)This irrational, barely sane, witch hunting recently about anything that a few professionally poutraged morons might consider "misogynistic" is well beyond its sell-by date and needs quashing sharpish before it runs off any more DUers. The worst thing about it isn't even that though - it's that it devalues and desensitizes people to complaints about real misogyny.
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)(thanks frogmarch). WTF, SCE? You're tougher than that. Ignore is your friend (the offending poster is #2 on my Ignore list). Poof! No more douchebaggery. I join with everyone else and urge you to reconsider.
LTH
friedgreentomatoes
(321 posts)but as you can see from my post count, I barely post.
Of late, browsing DU has gone down even further, but I LOG IN EVERY SUNDAY MORNING TO SEE YOUR LOLCATS THREAD!
Thank You! and I hope you will be back.
SalmonChantedEvening
(31,952 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)Thank you for making DU a better place, and please don't go.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)We are all just sick at what is happening.
I hope the hundreds who care for you and hope for you to stay prevail over the one, very sad, and possibly sick, member who so bitterly trashed you.
Hopefully, they will prevail.
`````
elvisbear
(560 posts)[|
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)I remember you, SalmonChantedEvening! You are always such a kind person with thoughtful (and funny) posts.
I'm just checking in after taking a long break. DU helped me maintain my sanity during those incredibly unbelievable bush years.
DU has always had disrupters and jerks--please don't be driven away by one stupid member.
I don't recall ever seeing a goodbye thread so filled with pleas to stay. My post is another plea for you to stay.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)Please don't go!
The rantings of a witch hunter who see's "wrongness" behind every tree should be discounted.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)You know how I feel about you and LOL cat Sunday...and it is one of the few things here that has a healing effect on people and boy do we need that.
Tell me who did this and I will beat the crap out of them for you...verbally at least.
hay rick
(7,624 posts)Nothing lasts forever. Thanks for all the laughs and smiles.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)I'll be 100% honest that I don't really view your pic posts, but you clearly bring a lot of joy to a lot of people.
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)I don't know you and only rarely perused your threads. So it's not like I have a heavy emotional attachment in your staying or your leaving.
But what I see here is this community coming together in ways that it rarely (ever?) does to support you in the face of what appears to be one (or possibly two) random people who don't appear to like you. My guess is they probably don't like me or pretty much anybody else.
This place pisses me off something fierce sometimes, and I left for nearly three years before coming back last spring. Like any community, you'll find narrow-minded, pig-headed, just-plain-nasty people. But as the response on this thread clearly shows, those negative personalities drowned out be decent people who appreciate you and want you to stay.
I don't have a dog in this fight, but it seems to me that you have more left to say.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Well said.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)I don't know the story of what happened, but the results sadden me.
May all your dreams come true.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)sorry ya feel ya have to go.
flvegan
(64,409 posts)Fucking halfwits and shitwads...surrounded by them.
I'm just glad I'm part of SCE's Facebook experience. Cheers, friend. I'll see you outside, mate.
Loki
(3,825 posts)you bring laughter and humor which is why we need you so much now. Please don't let one curmudgeon ruin it for those of us who appreciate you. I know life isn't fair, but some things are worth fighting for.
MostlyAmused
(67 posts)I rarely post. I read a lot here, and I didn't know about the Sunday cat threads, but I will STILL be sad if you leave.
I've left a couple of online communities when it got to be more drama than it was worth to me - so I can understand that moment of getting to a truly valid personal "I just don't want to do this anymore." But I hope it's NOT really time for you to go because so many people obviously appreciate you here, you will clearly be missed, and you seem like a great guy.
I'm Mostly Amused, but not right now.
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)You bring more than just cute pics...you bring all of us a breath of fresh air...a smile and a laugh to clear out all the shit that has happened the week before and to give us strength to face new shit head on.
auntAgonist
(17,252 posts)a fun place on Sunday mornings.
You are the one who is inspirational is SO many ways.
You are a friend to many more than you'll ever know or comprehend.
Your menu doesn't have pizza on it, pick something else !
You truly need to reconsider.
Read this thread over and over again, print it out ...
know that you are friend to many here and loved by many here and on FB.
You've been a friend to me ..
So many here will be cheated if you choose to go away, selfish yes .. but true.
I love you as a brother Bob ...
stay, a little bit longer
forever sounds good.
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kesha
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)and I really don't know you at all. However, I became aware of this situation when I was on the jury for a post that was made to femrap by someone else in your defense. We voted to leave the post because, frankly, it was well deserved.
I don't know femrap either or anything about that poster, but YOU were not in the wrong here. Femrap seems to have a problem but it's not you or your posts.
Even as a complete outsider to the principles here, I figured out pretty quickly that you make a lot of people smile.
Letting one persons steal your joy would be a damn shame.
Rhiannon12866
(205,535 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)It is the only absurd thing I could think of that would help you see the absurdity of the whole situation and get you to reconsider.
You can come back and simply say you can't let the terrorists win and in this absurd bizzare world it will make sense.
Remember if you leave the terrorists win and the only thing you can do to stop them is to return and post your thread this Sunday.
Warpy
(111,277 posts)The place won't be the same without you.
I have no idea what the foofaraw was all about but it can't be that bad, not even if you ran afoul of the self appointed DU language police and correct thought enforcement squad.
murielm99
(30,745 posts)Do not leave. Please! Don't let one person's idea of political correctness chase you out of here. We need you. We need your humor and your love of animals. You help keep us sane in a dirty, corrupt, dying world.
protect our future
(1,156 posts)The first thing I do when I wake up Sunday mornings, even before I get out of bed, is to grab the phone and search for your kittehs. Please oh please don't leave!
Raine
(30,540 posts)Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)whom I have come to consider a friend on here, though we have never met personally. It is with a heavy heart that I bid you farewell, my friend. I know we all feel that we must do what is best for ourselves, and nothing anyone says will change our minds.
Thank you for the many years of friendship, and especially for the many smiles and straight up out loud laughs. I've battled insomnia for years, and many a Saturday night I have waited up til your LOL Cats were posted, then I could finally lay my head down and sleep. Thank you for that, my friend.
You are/were one of the good things about DU, and you will be sadly missed.
Peace, Love, & Light to you and yours...
Ghost
Heidi
(58,237 posts)Please, please.
Scruffy Rumbler
(961 posts)I don't know if you will ever see this, but wanted to add my voice to those that have expressed their desire for you to stay. You have brought me many smiles and laughs over the years with your Sunday posts. I will be selfish here and say I hope you come back and play here again. YOU will be missed as well as your wonderful posts.
Be well.......
Skittles
(153,169 posts)qanda
(10,422 posts)But I believe that in order for this to remain a strong community, we are going to need all hands on deck. If you do move on, l wish you well and hope that wherever you are that you will continue to laugh and spread joy. All the best to you.
malaise
(269,057 posts)FloridaJudy
(9,465 posts)But I'll miss the weekly compilation. As for the nasty poster who attacked you
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)You copped something nasty and so OTT that I'm gobsmacked that anyone could be offended by a Superman comic. You seem a nice guy and it must have been a bit of a shock to find that attack on you. But it was one person. Unless this has been ongoing or they're part of a mob, I do think yr overreacting. We all cop internet nasties at some point even if we're all not as nice as you might be, but we don't walk away from DU over it.
So here's what you do. You put that person on ignore, you start posting again, and you tell all those people who decided that GD was a fine place to start their 'Don't Go!!' threads that Meta or the Lounge is the place for them next time something like this happens.
unhappycamper
(60,364 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)I cannot tell you how many people have rubbed me the wrong way that I now have on ignore.
Sunday mornings will not be the same without you!
And you have to know that the great majority of DUers get your sense of humor.
Please, please don't go.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Selfishly, I'd like to join the chorus of those fervently urging you to reconsider, or even guilt-tripping you about it.
Every Sunday, though, after I finish looking at the LOLcats thread, it occurs to me (albeit briefly) how much time and effort it must take for you to assemble each week's compilation. You've been rendering this invaluable service to the rest of us for a long time, as a volunteer. (Never mind the bacon and sausage -- Skinner should put you on the goddamn payroll, but that probably ain't in the budget.)
Like so many others, I'll be delighted if you decide to stay (or to return after a refreshing hiatus). If you don't, though, we can't complain. Many thanks for the innumerable images you've provided for our viewing pleasure.
And I hope you can enjoy your Sundays without worrying too much about all the people weeping inconsolably into their keyboards....
Berlum
(7,044 posts).
Call Me Wesley
(38,187 posts)Please do reconsider, even I can understand. And don't forget that you're taking a part from me with you.
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)I echo everyone else in saying that your LOLCats are immensely appreciated. It is the very first thing that I check out on Sunday mornings and never fails to make me, well... LOL! But that isn't the only reason I want you stay.
See, though I don't know you very well beyond your Sunday morning postings, the very fact that you'd unselfishly put all of that time and effort into making us happy every week, tells me everything I need to know about what kind of person you are... A DU treasure, and one that would be greatly missed if you were to leave permanently.
I wasn't here when your father passed away, but believe it when you say that DUers were of great comfort to you at the time. That fact however, does not mean you owe anyone a thing. I think I can accurately say that we all value you, LOLCats or no, for just being you!
Take a break if must, but please don't go.
TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)Would hate to see you driven off by someone who can't take a joke that reasonable people would not find offensive.
LeftOfSelf-Centered
(776 posts)Please don't go.
But if you do go consider coming back after you've had a break. We'll be here and we'll be happy to have you back.
Thanks for all the laughs.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)don't leave. One person with no sense of humor is not the reason to leave.
antiquie
(4,299 posts)Thank you for making my Sundays start brightly.
Do not let the bastids get you down.
You really are appreciated.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)if you must, please provide a link to your lolcats other internet location - sundays don't happen without lolcats.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)proReality
(1,628 posts)I don't post much, but I come here to read all the time and Sunday mornings were the best because of you. Thank you for all the smiles you brought. Stay well.
abbeyco
(1,555 posts)While I understand your reasoning, to me it's a huge loss to see someone who only thought about bringing laughs and smiles to our crazy community leave because of an idiot.
Maybe some time away would be good and then hopefully you'll return renewed in spirit with the power of kitties.
In any event, only the best of wishes to you - you made my Sunday mornings so much brighter.
I haz a sad
Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)Please note the ratio of SCE fans to dickheads in this thread.
We will all pretend you didn't write this. Just keep on keeping on.
And start putting ignore on any asshole who snarks on your posts. Soon those dozen genuine creeps will no longer appear to you. Maybe it will make them fumey enough to say something that gets them a pizza box.
That way you will be doing two good things. (1) Helping make DU a more humane place with your Sunday posts (2) Pissing off the grumble-butts and maybe helping DU rid themselves of these leeches.
Reconsider. Please.
(If you need a break, by all means, take one. Just don't do it when the asshat's win. Wait a week or two. Then rest if you need. Just don't let the jerks feel like they won.)
AmBlue
(3,111 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)I look forward to your posts noooo
Rider3
(919 posts)I hope you take care, do well, and have a life of peace and kindness.
Maine-i-acs
(1,499 posts)If everyone did this the Internet would be ruled by haters (even moreso than now).
4_TN_TITANS
(2,977 posts)As for me, I've been addicted to DU since 2004, I can't leave. That 'rape' fiasco is why I am also a rare poster. I quietly whistled by those threads.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)and getting familiar with your pics makes me sad that you are leaving.
Just use your "ignore" thingy like someone else has suggested, and keep posting.
You are rightfully very popular here.
DearHeart
(692 posts)I love your pictures; they are the bright part of my week!!
RainDog
(28,784 posts)don't go away because of one person.
you see so many here want you to continue to be part of this community.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Going to miss you, Darlin'. Be well, be happy.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Although I am not "gone" my presence here is drastically reduced. WHY, oh WHY can't people post feel good pictures in GENERAL Discussion???
BeliQueen
(504 posts)You have definitely repaid your debt, and during that time, your actions have become so much more than just a funny aside.
They are the reason I look forward to logging in on Sunday.
Thank you.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Sunday LOLCats since I don't know when. They were the highlight of my DU reading.
I've always Rec'd your threads, but didn't often post any comment.
FemRap's criticisms were completely misplaced and humorless. As a committed feminist, I found the Superman cartoon very FUNNY.
Just another anonymous DUer here, wishing you'd stick around and continue with the CATS.
proud patriot
(100,707 posts)peace to you
Bake
(21,977 posts)I don't konw what happened, but I hope you'll still do the Sunda LOLcats on Facebook, my friend!
Bake
gademocrat7
(10,660 posts)I respect and admire you.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)What is this I'm reading here?
I take off for a couple days? and this?
You are too beloved to leave.
But I think a break is always Good Medicine. You've put a lot of work in and deserve a break.
As for the posts, I know that DU can sometimes resemble a zombie horde tracking toward
whomever makes the most noise.
femrap is basically a very good person, but is opinionated. I agree that perhaps she might have taken the post to meta, but she was expressing a strong opinion to which she's entitled. That's the thing about strong opinions. The person is asking us to think a little deeper, but we can see that as accusatory and then it becomes a brawl.
I know everyone wants to hate on her, and that's the DU way - the zombie horde - but we all stand for what we stand for and we each have our own line in the sand.
I'm not asking anyone to like her -lord knows it's easy to write people off here - I'm glad IRL I can have heated arguments with folks but still have fun and remain frends. On DU, we can't see body language and the default position is to always assume the worst.
I might ask that the thoughtful understand that she may have some valid reason to feel she must say what she does and which compels her to speak out, while others were just coming to a thread for some R & R on a Sunday - I recognize that they did not want controversy with the cartoons. But any thread can get nuts here, we all know that...
Things don't have to be black and white, and we don't have to hate each other over posts with which we disagree.
I just learned of this, and I hope SCE that you will reconsider, take a break and just know how much you are loved and that someone just has a very firm opinion.
I hate this in the Lounge; but don't know of any lounge any where that doesn't have its share of dustups from time to time. I "know" you both through DU, and hate that it is two people for whom I care a great deal.
Don't leave.
Just sit out a spell. That's what I'm trying to do; I waste far too much time here when I start posting
When you come back, it's all brand new again...well....sorta
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)Thanks.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)tblue37
(65,408 posts)You don't know me, but I look forward to your posts every Sunday. (I also have always considered your DU user name to be the best one on the mesage board.)
Just because one damned fool goes around looking for things to be upset about, that doesn't mean that your contributions are not appreciated by the rest of us.
I am a feminist, but I get sick and tired of the self-proclaimed fem-cops who give the rest of us a bad name. Please just brush her BS off your shoulders. She is nothing.
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)n/t
AllyCat
(16,190 posts)I think the poster on that thread that started this whole mess is now the most "ignored" person on DU. Sorry to see you leave.
Hugs and thanks for making us smile!
annabanana
(52,791 posts)DFW
(54,409 posts)However, anything that inspired Salmon Enchanted evening to take his leave must have been something very petty, ugly and unnecessary indeed.
I have had, on occasion, to endure ugly comments directed at me here. I considered leaving, but just lay low for a while. In time, every single one of those that thought it a good use of their time to bother coming after me have left the ranks of DU. The one time I reported a right wing intruder on my case, I had a "jury" tell me I was too thin-skinned, to swallow it, and, in essence, shut up about the perceived offense (I did). The right wing offender was gone inside a day, anyway, even if the jury apparently thought I was the offending party. For this reason, I have declined all invitations to join a jury. I sort of consider it the equivalent of being invited to join a Supreme Court whose only other members are Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Kennedy and Roberts. I will no longer waste my time reporting offenders. It seems to do about as much good as reporting anti-Semitic incidents in Tehran. It is just as easy to switch to another site or turn off the screen entirely and brew a cup of hot cinnamon tea sweetened with apricot marmalade.
Still, I choose to remain. Turning off the screen is always an option. Again, keeping in mind that I have no earthly clue of what brought this whole incident on, I would nonetheless beseech S.C.E. to reconsider his decision, and understand completely if he does not.
Response to DFW (Reply #467)
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zaj
(3,433 posts)... just recognize that it was a bit of a sexist (old) cartoon.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)here trying to create an impression that Democratic women actually are what Rush Limbaugh et al have painted them to be ... what better way to do that then to even think a cartoon like that had anything to do with sexism.
shireen
(8,333 posts)I don't know what happened. But I respect your decisions.
But please know this: we care about you. We value and enjoy your contributions to DU. We feel sad that you're going away. If you come back, it will make us very happy and relieved. If you don't, we will miss you terribly.
I think i speak for the overwhelming majority of DU'ers.
You're pretty awesome, SCE.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)I am so sorry. And disappointed.
Eleanor Roosevelt said no one can make me feel bad unless I let them. Or words to that effect.
I wish you wouldn't let a very sad person get to you.
A lot of people here love you and love what you contribute to the place.
We'll miss you. Hope you reconsider.