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This is a thread for people who will not be or have not been on the site for a while, whether due to real life or to resist an internet addiction, the latter of which is encouraged within reason. Also, talk about the benefits/whatever of taking a day or a weekend off, or things to do when not online. TV Tropes ruining your life is nothing to be proud of.

Generally, expect the following from this thread:

  1. People announcing their departure or return.
  2. Moderators announcing a significant forum ban — not trolls or vandals, but someone people will notice and miss.
  3. Inquiries about an absent troper.
  4. Responses to inquiries about an absent troper.

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Not that I'm going anywhere, but this is a thread for people who will not be on the forums for a while, whether due to real life or to resist an internet addiction, the latter of which is encouraged within reason. Also, talk about the benefits/whatever of taking a day or a weekend off, or things to do when not online. TV Tropes ruining your life is nothing to be proud of.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 10th 2023 at 3:48:36 AM

cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#19351: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:03:35 PM

;__; but i love you kay i dont wanna hurt you with my love

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#19352: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:21:08 PM

Alright, we chatted about it a bit, and Absent People really does need to be kept more or less on topic. As the moderation team has at times contributed to derails, we recognize that it's at least partly our fault. (That doesn't mean you get a pass for being rude, cute.)


Here's what Absent People is to be used for:

  1. People announcing their departure or return.
  2. Moderators announcing a significant forum ban — not trolls or vandals, but someone people will notice and miss.
  3. Inquiries about an absent troper.
  4. Responses to inquiries about an absent troper.

Chatter around this will be tolerated only up to a point. If there's something that can be said in a different thread, or by PM, please use those instead. If you have a concern about a banned troper, please take it up with a moderator via PM.

Thanks for your cooperation.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
In uffish thought
#19353: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:25:06 PM

Fair enough; Best Of will now have to take his cat pictures to Photos, it seems.

Enquiring of the general troper population: Anyone know where Day is? He hasn't posted since Christmas, and didn't announce that he'd be gone.

That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#19354: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:25:27 PM

[up][up]I assume the "to a point" is the point where these four things mentioned above start to be crowded out?

edited 10th Jan '13 1:25:56 PM by SeptimusHeap

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#19355: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:29:40 PM

@Septimus: You are correct. For example, these two posts are fine, but more in that vein would be excessive.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#19356: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:32:29 PM

Thank you, Fighteer, for the increased regulation, though you are right, I should not have been rude about it. If it helps, I talked it over with kay in PM's, and she wasn't all that bothered by it. I will try to distinguish when I'm joking, and when I'm not, better from now on.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#19357: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:33:47 PM

Concerning Day, I don't see anything in their posting history. Nor do I see any Trolldozing or thumping.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#19359: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:36:39 PM

Hopeless Daydreamer has no bans or thumps (of any significance) on record.

edited 10th Jan '13 1:37:01 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#19360: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:41:37 PM

A last meta-post: Is it possible to rename this thread to something like "Absent people (ON-TOPIC, please)"? Otherwise, nobody will stay on topic since it's Yack Fest.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
LibrisDedita Vivé la cuddlevolution! from A land of queues. Still. Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Vivé la cuddlevolution!
#19361: Jan 10th 2013 at 1:42:04 PM

Tel: He's been around on Facebook, but rarely; I believe he's been travelling.

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Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#19362: Jan 10th 2013 at 2:03:17 PM

I guess the issue is that this thread becomes a hangout place when that's supposed to be the job of Yack Fest as a whole.

I don't think being off-topic is that big of a problem here. We've had instances, but they come in chunks because of something happening or something to talk about coming up. I can say that discussions here are largely at least centered on, and originating on, departures and returns.

Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#19363: Jan 10th 2013 at 2:06:39 PM

DAY.

Has been working literally non-stop since he has been in America. He comes on rarely on facebook. His girlfriend has been telling me that he has just enough time each day to talk to her, and obviously, his girlfriend comes up higher on the priority list than us.

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#19364: Jan 10th 2013 at 2:31:20 PM

Can we get a special ta stating that Absent People has special rules now?

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#19365: Jan 10th 2013 at 2:32:32 PM

What is a "special ta"? This isn't really a major thing, just enforcing rules that we should have had to begin with.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#19366: Jan 10th 2013 at 2:34:50 PM

Rename the thread, as in @19360.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#19367: Jan 10th 2013 at 3:09:54 PM

Err yeah that.

Special ta is a typo.

A typo of what, I have no idea.

OhnoaBear I'm back, baby. from Exiting, pursued by a... Since: Jan, 2011
Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#19369: Jan 10th 2013 at 3:14:35 PM

I thought ta was a uncapitalised acronym, which I assumed to mean Troper Announcement.

HopelessDaydreamer Since: May, 2012
#19370: Jan 10th 2013 at 3:25:06 PM

Hey guys!

I'm sorry, really sorry, for vanishing so suddenly. :(

Like Hopey said, I've been working a lot lately, and on my day-offs I'm usually just too tired/doing some other suff. But I am still very much alive. :D

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#19372: Jan 10th 2013 at 4:17:27 PM

A special tag is probably what I meant, yes.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
MrAHR Ahr river from ಠ_ಠ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.

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