On the Consequences of Being Melodramatic ( A Plea to ILE)

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Say, in the heat of the moment, you suddenly decide that you are going to take an extended break from a message board you've enjoyed reading and posting to for many years. Say, also, that you announce said intention to all and sundry, and receive some good wishes (thanks!). Now we get to the dilemma at hand, what if after a few days, everything feels okay and you really miss the message board, can you come back without looking a little foolish?

I'm sorry I said I was taking a long break, I'm bored now, can I come back? Thanks!

― I am one of those, Monday, 16 February 2004 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

everyone to thread.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't posted since August!! Ha!!!

― Millar (Millar), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Amazing!

I say don't fret. Matt C came back and that was grand, after all. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, tell everyone who you are and get a lot of great nice comments from people who you didn't even know cared a fig about you! I did.

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to think it was a bit lame when people posted farewell threads, only to end up back posting again a few days later. But sometimes things do get a bit much and when someone decides to take a break, at that moment they genuinely believe they need to get away, so their feelings are quite valid when they say their goodbyes. At least with an official farewell thread you're not left wondering 'Whatever happened to X? They just disappeared without word, I hope they're okay'

Don't be embarrassed about missing the place and coming back so soon. It's like Hotel California here, you know that.

― C J (C J), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

YAY! Sorry for being lame! I will be non-lame all the time from now on!

― jel-lennium -- (jel), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

WOO HOO!!!!

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

this is such a cute thread.

― Maria (Maria), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

jellin' like a felon. want some melon? (trans: welcome back)

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I knew it had to be The Good Mr. Jel, but I did not want to make him feel uncomfortable until he spoke freely. Hurrah!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Begs, those are the worst commercials aren't they

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks everyone! I knew I had to come back when I thought of the thread title :) So, yeah, like whooo, it's been so long, how is y'all doing?

― jel -- lennium -- (jel), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

maria otm

― oops (Oops), Monday, 16 February 2004 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Glad to see you're back, Jel. Don't feel bad, everyone makes melodramatic announcements every once in awhile.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Monday, 16 February 2004 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Hi, jel! Enjoyed lottsa Judas Priest in privacy, didnn'yu?;)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 16 February 2004 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Bonjour Jel!!

― lyra (lyra), Monday, 16 February 2004 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I echo CJ.

― isadora (isadora), Monday, 16 February 2004 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

hi jel!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 16 February 2004 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

No. go away.

― Nutty Nigel (Nutty Nigel), Monday, 16 February 2004 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Now you must never leave, jel.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 16 February 2004 20:37 (twenty-two years ago)

jel left? But I thought he was listening to good charlotte like yesterday! Anyhow, I'm glad you've come back and I'm even gladder that I thought you were here all the time. I would have missed you had I known you were absent.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)

*hugs jel*

Honey, I once tried to quit The Forum. Honest I did. I tried to get back to Life Before The Forum. I only lasted a couple of days when I realized I got terribly bored when I tried going to the places I used to go to. This is really the only place to go to now, the only place with 500-response threads in which at least a good 96% of those responses are well worth reading. Welcome back to the fold. And the next time you start to feel like things are getting to be a bit much, just up and disappear for a couple of days. Great restorative powers can be had then.

(FYI, this forum's been great for getting me turned off all political parties. Yep, it's official. I'm a Girl Without A Party. Party-Free Girl. No Party Female. Truly Independent Woman. Etc.)

― Mellow Dee (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it's a bit egotistical to presume people CARE whether you leave or not, even if they do care. And it does look silly when you're too much of a wuss to honor your convictions (sorry Nate, sorry Matt) and you KNOW that the more you say these things the less any of us is inclined to believe them, so what's up with that? Whenever I need a break from this place (and I do, a lot), I slip quietly out the back door (no bye, no aloha) and slip quietly back in a week later or summat. The people who might care that I'm not posting will notice on their own and certainly know how to reach me...

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/works/s4/beauvoir/algren1.gif

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)

(that's jel reading ILE by cablegram during his sabbatical)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:20 (twenty-two years ago)

http://irev.net/grooverboi/1getout.gif

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 01:24 (twenty-two years ago)

That's Gotta Hurt. But Im laughing my ass off.

― jim wentworth (wench), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Wait, so Jody thinks I'm a silly wuss? But I already KNOW I'm a silly wuss! (Sorry, I couldn't come up with something a little more insulting in response. I'm really losing my touch.) But thanks for the double-smack, I really appreciate it!

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 04:12 (twenty-two years ago)

You're a silly wuss who's one of my favorite posters and I do hope you stick around!

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 04:13 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Silence, like the tomb (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 04:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not a wuss, I'm just an asshat

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 04:49 (twenty-two years ago)

at least you're not dan cortese

― disco duckington (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 04:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I dunno; that's a pretty bitchin' ride

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:09 (twenty-two years ago)

"Demolition Man (1993) .... Taco Bell Entertainer" -imdb.com

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

god, what a putz

― disco duckington (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:13 (twenty-two years ago)

What's his deal, anyways? Granted, I only saw the preview commercials for "Rock Me, Baby" but if you could expound further on his putziness that'd be swell

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:14 (twenty-two years ago)

A putz puts.

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Events/1196/DanCortese_Granitz_189239.jpg

― disco duckington (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:17 (twenty-two years ago)

argh
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Events/1196/DanCortese_Granitz_189239.jpg

― disco duckington (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:18 (twenty-two years ago)

so it's no single event, but a straight-line continuum of putzmanship?

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

it's...... yeah.

― disco duckington (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

He looks like Budget Stamos

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I had totally forgotten about Dan Cortese. Until now. Thanks a bunch.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:43 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

im back everyone.

― Moonwalkbjrain (chaki), Saturday, 15 July 2006 05:37 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

this never happens anymore

― gershy, Sunday, 21 October 2007 04:51 (eighteen years ago)

What? Melodrama? Surely you jest.

― Aimless, Sunday, 21 October 2007 04:53 (eighteen years ago)

The Last Remake Of Shirley Geste

― gershy, Sunday, 21 October 2007 05:09 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

so long

― gangsta hug (omar little), Thursday, 11 June 2009 01:32 (sixteen years ago)

have a good one

― unicorn poop evaluator (WmC), Thursday, 11 June 2009 01:39 (sixteen years ago)

unicorn poop...tee hee

― casual racism fridays (bug), Thursday, 11 June 2009 01:40 (sixteen years ago)

oh, marlittlepaws

― Executive Producer Wolf Dick (haitch), Thursday, 11 June 2009 01:50 (sixteen years ago)

this is the sixth time he's left permanently

― Change Display Name: (The Reverend), Thursday, 11 June 2009 05:59 (sixteen years ago)

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