Will you ever say "Goodbye" to us, thinking we really need to know??

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keets
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If you've been around for awhile you probably knew this was coming.

Will you ever say "Goodbye" to us, thinking we really need to know??

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  • TurtleCat
    TurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    When I left back around 2006 or 2007 I just faded away as I got into other things. I posted ATS for a while after but it was sparing.

    I don’t think very many people asked about me here after I left even though I had over 10k comments at the time. I was even surprised to see there was a reference to me by one person in the “where is xyz member?” thread.

    If I leave again, it’ll probably be another fade off.

  • abcde12345
    abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    keets, during the Fratlaw exchange and heated discussions I think you both at one time or another during those contentious threads said "goodbye" to the forumites. You even replaced a bag avatar as your icon for awhile. Ah, good times.
    The statute of limitations states this 'crime' is expunged after ten years though, so you're all good.

  • Batman23
    Batman23 Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Where is the option for the Ban Hammer? Where one does not have the option to say goodbye? That is how a lot of members seem to depart >:)

  • ldhair
    ldhair Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'll say goodbye to my friends here, just before I die.

    Larry

  • pursuitofliberty
    pursuitofliberty Posts: 7,926 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Like @TurtleCat when I left about 7 years ago, I just turned it off one day and never turned it back on. It was mostly the result of a situation that some members knew a fair amount about, but I didn't say goodbye. Of the emails and phone numbers shared, only one of us ever contacted me (shortly after).

    Unless I knew I was leaving humanity, kind of like @Bear knew, then no ... if I left, it'd probably be one day I just turned it off again.


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  • CoinJunkie
    CoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think the only reason I'd ever start a "goodbye" thread is if I just snapped for some reason. Rest assured, it would probably be epic... :)

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  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,752 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    If I ever stop posting here, you can assume that I've died, I have a serious health issue, or I've been banned.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • DNADave
    DNADave Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Batman23 said:
    Where is the option for the Ban Hammer? Where one does not have the option to say goodbye? That is how a lot of members seem to depart >:)

    I think that’s the “open forum” style.... legendary. Usually only a fleeting glimpse of the bammable offense, seen by only the lucky few that happen to be logged on at the time.

  • Walkerguy21D
    Walkerguy21D Posts: 12,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nope, I love this forum and hope to stay as long as they’ll let me.

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  • blitzdude
    blitzdude Posts: 7,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:
    If I ever stop posting here, you can assume that I've died, I have a serious health issue, or I've been banned.

    Yep I was going to say I'm sure I'll be perma-banned before I ever had the chance, not that I would announce my departure anyway.

    I already know nobody would care except my 2 creepy troll stalkers. lol

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  • BryceM
    BryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I find it somewhat difficult to predict what my future self will do, but in general it seems a bit overly dramatic for my taste.

  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Not such a bad idea to say goodbye to the keyboard friends you made here.

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  • ms70
    ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The most recent replies to the goodbye thread were different, most notably the epic AT sunset. Usually they are boring and very cliché.

  • cameonut2011
    cameonut2011 Posts: 10,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No. It wouldn't be worthy of a thread.

  • Raybo
    Raybo Posts: 5,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'll either get banned or dragged out of here feet first Al.

  • Boosibri
    Boosibri Posts: 12,715 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nah

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  • jdimmick
    jdimmick Posts: 9,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    if I do, that means I died

  • Raybo
    Raybo Posts: 5,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Boosibri said:
    Nah

    Best answer so far.............

  • ElmerFusterpuck
    ElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I will write a lengthy Shakespearean-worthy goodbye prose posting that will rock this forum and go viral all over the world. Provided I actually hit the 'Post Comment' button, which I will somehow neglect to do,

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  • WinLoseWin
    WinLoseWin Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Almost forgot about the "I'm Leaving" manifestos that used to be a regular thing years ago here and on other types of boards. Many were quite entertaining. They don't seem to be a thing anymore, at least not often from what I have noticed.

    When I leave, I will probably never know it is coming.

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  • WaterSport
    WaterSport Posts: 7,064 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Im sorry, but I really do not think folks on this forum give a rats shuggies about me , my collection, opinions , etc on this forum. As many years as I have been on this forum, I still feel like a total stranger. So I doubt I would bother with signing off.

    WS

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  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'd prefer people say goodbye so we don't wonder where they went.

  • Desert Moon
    Desert Moon Posts: 6,479 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I said goodbye on the NGC boards because I was upset at the host. Did not change anything.

    Best, SH

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  • Coin Finder
    Coin Finder Posts: 7,805 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 29, 2020 7:34PM
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    One day ill be gone and I don't expect anyone to really notice and that is OK.. I love it here but there is an impermanence to all things...

    The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…

  • cameonut2011
    cameonut2011 Posts: 10,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @messydesk said:
    There are several types of goodbyes that seem to come up. The most common is a self-immolation goodbye, where someone declares themselves a martyr for some cause, goes out with a scorched earth screed, only to scorch nobody but themselves. These are often entertaining at the departing's expense. The next is the "life changed" goodbye, sometimes health, sometimes finances, sometimes other situations. These are the toughest to read, so I'd prefer to inflict this type of goodbye on the rest of the group if it comes to that. Then there are goodbyes followed by reincarnations as an alt. They don't happen that often, but they have all the subtlety of someone who fakes his own death and then shows up at the funeral to watch.

    You also forgot fake goodbyes that are attention seeking in etiology. The poster never leaves or takes a break.

  • mannie gray
    mannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No I would not feel the need.
    I don't think it would even enter my mind to do so.

  • SanctionII
    SanctionII Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    When I leave, notice of same by others (if any there is) will be likely be fleeting at best.

  • MilesWaits
    MilesWaits Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Boy Keets, this thread you started brought up some sad but poignant replies that remind me how much I take this forum and it’s members for granted.
    Your vulnerabilities are touching.
    I think now, I might miss many of you more.
    At least, until you touch a nerve.

    Now riding the swell in PM's and surf.
  • Zoins
    Zoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think a good bye thread is nice. Lots of people I follow have just disappeared over the years. There’s even a thread on who you realize is missing.

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  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Zoins said:
    At 2.7K views and 113 posts, the Goodbye thread is one of the most popular ones!

    Have to click on/check it out. Like rubber necking at a car accident.

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  • Martin
    Martin Posts: 999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @WaterSport when you talk cents I listen

    Martin

  • MWallace
    MWallace Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No. I don't think anyone would even notice. :(

  • TommyType
    TommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I fade in and out. So probably no "announcement".

    I did say "Hi" when I returned after a particularly long absence. I like to think maybe one person said, "I remember you"....but I'm not sure that is correct. ;)

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • remumc
    remumc Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭
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    No one knows I here, so what's the point.

    Regards,

    Wayne

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  • cameonut2011
    cameonut2011 Posts: 10,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JBK said:
    I'd prefer people say goodbye so we don't wonder where they went.

    I'll miss you the most JBK... :'( ;)

  • AlanSki
    AlanSki Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I just joined but I will leave one day. It will most likely be with psychotic rage as I've stopped taking meds to feel a "normal" I've been searching for since 9/11. I'd probably make a memorable disappearance for the record books.

  • ShaunBC5
    ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I can’t see me leaving on bad terms, so If I knew I was signing off I’d probably write up a “thank you” thread that would fade beyond the 2nd page pretty quickly.
    More likely, though, is that I’ll just look up one day and realize it’s been awhile since I was on and shrug.

  • 1Mike1
    1Mike1 Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I would and then i'd start naming off people like I knew them personally for years. Then I'd come back a couple hours later like it never happened.

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

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  • CoinHoarder
    CoinHoarder Posts: 2,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This forum has had many people come and go over the years. Doesn't matter who you are. If you leave, you will be forgotten over time. Forum life will go on.

  • keets
    keets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    said "goodbye" to the forumites. You even replaced a bag avatar as your icon for awhile

    such is the biased faulty memory. while I have signed out on a couple of occasions to let the noise die down I don't recall ever being so melodramatic as to post an "I'm Leaving" or "Goodbye" thread unless it was in jest.

    as for the avatar contention, I have had two, the aforementioned "Bag" which Lordmarcovan helped me upload when I first joined and my current incarnation. so yes, there's a little wishful bias in there.

  • Jimnight
    Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No goodbyes....Just will not be here....Cheers, RickO

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