I'm thinking about letting you guys go.....

[Joshua Howard]

The Original Post screams "Somebody feel sorry for me."

Life can seem like a really dirty trick. Stuff doesn't go right - or so we feel - and people hustle down the sidewalk as if you (or I) don't exist. There are days when no matter how much you smile and try to encourage people, a batch of folks comes along that just seems to have sprouted straight from hadies. Life is wierd like that.

There are two ways to react:

#1 - Assume life is about money. Then get mad because you don't have enough. Also assume that life is about people liking you. Then get mad because you have no friends.

#2 - Realize that life is about service. Then be glad that you have a chance to participate. Also realize that human relationships are about you encouraging and liking other people. Then open your eyes wide, slap a smile on your face, and run through the streets like James Stewart in It's A Wonderful Life.

#2 sounds like more fun. From experience, I can confirm that it is more fun.

To Supreme Admiral: You don't want to leave this board. If you did, you wouldn't have made this thread. What you want is sympathy. My advice? Stick around and don't worry about public opinion too much. After all, it's a Star Trek forum, not a political campaign.

 

[Red Ranger]

Supreme: Don't let the door hit you on the a** on the way out -- oh, too late! Seriously, dude, your posts make misskim's look like Shakespeare's so really, work on your grammar! -- RR

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Another leaving thread? See you in two weeks.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I wonder what would happen if I started an "I Am Leaving" thread? People would probably think that my account had been hijacked.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Or worse, what would happen if I did that? I'm sure a few select number of mods who shall remain nameless would do a little dance.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I'm thinking about letting you guys go.....

Budget problems, eh?

No, you idiot.

He was making a joke about you "letting us go" = firing us. He was trying to lighten the mood with a joke, not insult you.

That being said, goodbye threads outside of TNZ are generally discouraged precisely because of the way this one is developing, where people seem to forget where they're posting and start taking potshots at you.

So I'm going to close this down. Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do, whether you stay or go.

 

[Captain Ice]

1. Since it usually turns out to not be a good idea to leave "goodbye" threads open and...

I'm thinking about letting you guys go.....

Budget problems, eh?

No, you idiot.

2. Since flaming is never allowed

I'm shipping this thread to closureville...