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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.

    Original post 
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

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#24176: Feb 8th 2023 at 8:55:40 AM

The last time they logged in was last year.

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alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#24177: Feb 8th 2023 at 9:00:30 AM

Yeah, but their last edit was back in 2013 and their forum activity was in 2015.

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#24178: Feb 8th 2023 at 9:05:21 AM

I know but some people still log into the site without doing anything.

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#24179: Feb 8th 2023 at 9:06:13 AM

I think he's asking who he was and what he did on this site

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#24180: Feb 8th 2023 at 9:18:40 AM

Oh, they just appear to be a Yack Fest regular when they were active on the site. I vaguely remember seeing them around I don't know what else can be said really.

Also, they didn't create the insecurities thread (or rather it's second incarnation). Bobby G did.

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Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#24181: Feb 8th 2023 at 9:43:40 AM

Speaking of, that's another long-term absent.sad

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#24182: Feb 9th 2023 at 5:30:08 AM

I just wonder what would Bobby's reaction would be when the Insecurities thread has been nuked?

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themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#24183: Feb 9th 2023 at 5:31:51 AM

[up] Well, he was a mod so I think he'd understand.

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#24184: Feb 9th 2023 at 7:03:05 AM

Its entirely possible I've just happen to not run into him, but has anyone seen blankb?

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#24185: Feb 9th 2023 at 7:04:44 AM

He hasn't logged into the site since November.

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Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#24186: Feb 9th 2023 at 7:05:12 AM

Alrightie then, thank you

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
🍊orange fursona🧡
#24187: Feb 9th 2023 at 9:03:19 AM

Of the three founders of this wiki, as Gus died in 2005, Fast Eddie retired and became eyebones, what happened to Janitor?

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#24188: Feb 9th 2023 at 9:07:21 AM

Effectively retired as well,I remember when they took in turns to run the wiki before Eddie was left as the sole admin

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#24189: Feb 9th 2023 at 9:11:16 AM

Janitor has been inactive for as long as I have been here. I think her posts in the sandbox is all that's left of her forum presence at this point.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#24190: Feb 9th 2023 at 9:13:39 AM

dang Tzetze now there's user I remember

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#24191: Feb 9th 2023 at 9:24:05 AM

[up] How long have you been here, Ultimatum?

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#24192: Feb 9th 2023 at 9:33:28 AM

-Checks-

Since September 6th, 2012

but this is false because I was around loooooooong before that,this might have been due to when they first implemented email account verification

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#24193: Feb 9th 2023 at 11:27:11 PM

Since Janitor posted so rarely I remember these conspiracy theories that Eddie was actually sockpuppeting the account.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
SilverCrown (Private) Relationship Status: Singularity
#24194: Feb 10th 2023 at 12:04:47 AM

[up] Technically, since Eddie had the passwords to everything while passwords were stored as plaintext, he could sockpuppet as any account. But I digress.

Edited by SilverCrown on Feb 10th 2023 at 8:05:09 PM

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#24195: Feb 10th 2023 at 12:47:17 AM

Frankly I think the About Us page should list Gus and Janitor along with Fast Eddie. Also the Timeline.TV Tropes page doesn't even list all three at the start.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#24196: Feb 10th 2023 at 1:56:55 AM

Edit: See the next post. Leaving the post's original contents here for context on why the next post was made, and why this post had the mod hat taken off.

    This post's original contents 
Folks, I know derails are usually significantly more acceptable on Yack Fest than the rest of the site, but this thread is an exception due to the "On-Topic" in the title, so let's stick to the thread's intended purpose instead of discussing meta stuff about the site and how long non-absent people have been around. We have other threads for those subjects (with the added bonus that derails wouldn't be as big of a deal in them).

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 10th 2023 at 4:23:24 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
GastonRabbit MOD C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#24197: Feb 10th 2023 at 2:17:51 AM

OK, I'm instead going to do something completely different from what I originally said and did (and potentially unexpected aside from one thing I'll get to in a bit, and potentially not what was intended when this thread was created) and just remove the "(On-Topic)" from the title (yes, I'm changing a title again; that's the part I was saying probably wasn't unexpected) due to it being out of place on Yack Fest and retract the thumps I issued because that aspect of the thread has been bugging me for a while either way, and it's easier than having to decide whether to move it to OTC.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 10th 2023 at 4:35:03 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#24198: Feb 11th 2023 at 3:42:18 PM

Haven't seen Orbiting in a while. Are they alright?

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#24199: Feb 11th 2023 at 3:46:38 PM

They were online today so they just aren't active on the site right now.

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Diana1969 Since: Apr, 2021 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#24200: Feb 11th 2023 at 3:47:32 PM

Where has Gaon been? It says he hasn't posted since December.


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