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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

Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#23151: Jun 16th 2021 at 9:32:03 AM

Well, they called it off and slated me for next week, so I'm back on duty until then!

Matues Since: Sep, 2011
#23152: Jun 17th 2021 at 9:18:30 PM

Oh, Hey, someone invoked me. I grant you the cantrip, Oceanic Avoidance, which gives +2 to a saving throw to avoid the sea.

I haven't posted since, wow, 2018? The election really burnt me out. I work at the post office now (also gender is a lie, who knew?).

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#23154: Jun 19th 2021 at 2:31:30 AM

I miss pbskidsfan.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#23155: Jun 19th 2021 at 1:27:22 PM

[up][up][up]As Shakespeare would say, "I can call forth briny spirits from the deep" and they do come!

Welcome back!

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#23156: Jun 19th 2021 at 2:54:19 PM

Well, one spirit responded. Let's see if another will.

Yo! ~Tropers/Luminosity

Are you still around?

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#23157: Jun 20th 2021 at 8:19:30 PM

~Tropers/Zelenal! You still out there?

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#23158: Jun 20th 2021 at 11:45:25 PM

[up]How do I format a ping?

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#23159: Jun 21st 2021 at 12:20:16 AM

You want to use {{Curly brackets}} like these when linking to a page whose title is just one word.

So Delibirda would be Tropers/{{Delibirda}} and pinging would be $Tropers/{{Delibirda}}.

You have to get it right the first time though because editing the markup into the post afterwards won't work.

EDIT: Hmm, that's an interesting markup bug, the "~" turning into a "$".

Edited by rmctagg09 on Jun 21st 2021 at 3:23:20 PM

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#23160: Jun 21st 2021 at 12:21:41 AM

K, Imma try.

Edited by Delibirda on Jun 21st 2021 at 9:23:05 PM

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#23161: Jun 21st 2021 at 12:23:42 AM

Crap, k, last try.

Edited by Delibirda on Jun 21st 2021 at 9:24:15 PM

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#23162: Jun 21st 2021 at 12:24:47 AM

~VXXXN are you out there?

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#23163: Jun 21st 2021 at 4:30:03 PM

When I first wanted to make this post, it seemed preemptive then. But the longer I linger here unchecked, the more I realize that I'm either feeling withdrawn, or that it's better that I withdraw myself given my current circumstances.

This is simply a "see you later" message to the "Just for Fun" section of the forums. Not a formal goodbye either since I'll still be online until my final exams are that close. I should be focusing all my energy on that, it seems, but I'm also aware that this site is where I prefer to spend my breaks between study sessions. It's just that there should be more studying and less goofing. So I'll only check on a select few threads in this section, not other quick ones out on a whim (unless it's extremely befitting).

If I should be on this site at all, it would be more productive to make contributions to this wiki; expanding pages, doing cleanups, etc. I've always been interested in being a contributor. I've accumulated lists of future projects on my main pages which gradually grow faster than I can accomplish them, the usual reason being that I say to myself that I've to do more important tasks first, which although is true, a lot of my time is instead spent in leisure while exploring some bits of the site.

It was when an ambition grew towards something on the fun section of the forums, it got rather difficult to complete other tasks in the time I wanted to. I initially thought it'd be just as productive for me to not let my creative writing ability get rusty, but if putting time and energy into a fun activity took from my preparedness for my tests, where'd the fun in that be? I decided to take the initiative to nip that ambition once I got a hint of a waver in my motivation for it, given my more important tasks at hand, before I go considerably downhill and only feel like stopping myself then. This has happened enough times for me to learn from my mistakes now. note 

So with that being said, see y'all around, and thanks for being awesome company 👋

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Jun 21st 2021 at 7:34:28 PM

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#23164: Jun 21st 2021 at 4:33:42 PM

See ya!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Risdio51 The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about from that exit they call Paradise Since: Jun, 2019 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
The Unknown Pleasure they were talking about
#23165: Jun 21st 2021 at 6:56:23 PM

See you, space cowboy.

I can't say goodbye to yesterday…
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#23166: Jun 21st 2021 at 7:44:15 PM

See you on the other side, Faith. (And by that, I mean Discord.)

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Jun 21st 2021 at 10:45:03 AM

Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#23167: Jun 21st 2021 at 10:48:52 PM

Gonna miss you!

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#23168: Jun 23rd 2021 at 3:36:42 AM

[up]x5 Vaya con Dios.

[up]VXXXN is active on Twitter, last time I checked.

ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔|I DO COMMISSIONS|ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#23169: Jun 23rd 2021 at 5:55:32 AM

I can’t afford following many more accounts. Or else it gets too many.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#23170: Jun 23rd 2021 at 8:04:02 AM

[up]I hear ya. I'm not saying you should follow them, just saying you about their latest activities.

Edited by alnair20aug93 on Jun 23rd 2021 at 11:04:44 PM

ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔|I DO COMMISSIONS|ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#23171: Jun 23rd 2021 at 8:27:08 AM

Nah, it's okay.

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#23172: Jun 24th 2021 at 2:12:29 AM

~Tropers/Euodiachloris! You still out there? It's been a while, honestly.

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#23173: Jun 25th 2021 at 4:30:04 AM

~Tactical Fox 88! I haven't seen them in the U.S politics thread for a while so I'm just wondering if they're still around.

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#23174: Jun 26th 2021 at 6:47:04 AM

~pbskidsfan! Are you there?

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#23175: Jun 26th 2021 at 8:42:42 AM

Well got the computer looked at, warranty settled and all that.

But to get it fixed I have to ship it to a repair facility.

I am waiting for the inbound box and all the shipping times means my leave will Be roughly a month.

Who watches the watchmen?

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