The curious case of TheDaVinciChoad

Undertoad · 07-08-2010, 03:37 PM

About a month ago, new user TheDaVinciChoad showed up and seemed to really like the Cellar.

Then he posted some anti-Zionist stuff in Current Events thread (it's in FYI: how news was, and is, and will be) that I thought I should address, and because he was going full retard, I went full retard too.

After a day of this, he PMed me, thankful for the Cellar:

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Just wanted to say that I appreciate the chance to debate this, with somebody who has actual knowledge of the situation. We may differ in opinions, and ideas... but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the chance to have a civil discussion about it!

Most people are too quick to anger, with too little knowledge to back it up.

Glad to see you're not one of them... just another reason I love this place!

I wrote back and pointed out that I enjoyed the debate and wanted no special treatment for being admin:

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I should also say, I put right into the FAQ:

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Also, you can hate me, it doesn't matter. (I will only respect you more for it.) My goal as a virtual community operator is to do right by the community itself. Disagree with me if you like; I'm often wrong and need to be taught a lesson. Disagreement and honesty are critical to a community's health.

He wrote back:

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So, to feel actually able to open up, and be as opinionated as I am, beyond the shell of overt shyness, is a great thing. I'll always be thankful to you, and this community, for that... you should know what a unique place you've built, and know how much people, especially people like me, appreciate it.

Plus, it's always nice to have an intellectual discussion, theoretical discussion, theological discussion, or, well, any kind of discussion, with somebody as intelligent as yourself, knowing that neither party (myself, nor you) will take offence to anything said. You're a good man, and I thank you for our continued debate!

(Doesn't mean I'll go easy on you. )

Which is exactly the kind of attitude I love.

But a day later I did not go easy on him, again... and he promptly disappeared. Not one post on the Cellar timestamped after my last reply.

What the fuck. Days of heaping tons of praise on the Cellar, so thankful to have found it, ready for a full-out debate. And then... gone.

Well I waited a month before writing this, just in case he wasn't really gone - but he is, apparently. What The Fuck?

fargon · 07-08-2010, 03:49 PM

I wondered where he went.

lumberjim · 07-08-2010, 03:59 PM

Maybe he carked it

Trilby · 07-09-2010, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

Maybe he carked it

what if one someone does cark it? How will we let the cellar know? no one in my family knows how to get here and log in as me.

I know this has been discussed before...but, unlike LJ, I am too damned lazy to look the thread up.

Cloud · 07-08-2010, 04:42 PM

things happen to people in RL. we may have no way of knowing.

Clodfobble · 07-08-2010, 05:19 PM

You could always PM him and ask. I think most people leave the default setting of receiving an email notification for PMs, so he's more likely to see it.

Flint · 07-08-2010, 07:52 PM

Maybe he went off his meds, and Dr. DaVinci became Mr. JBKlyde?

lookout123 · 07-08-2010, 07:59 PM

Weird. I must admit though I don't exactly miss anti-semites when they disappear.

TheMercenary · 07-08-2010, 09:58 PM

Maybe someone beat him up for his contrary views.

toranokaze · 07-09-2010, 02:36 AM

I thought he came back as 15andsex

ZenGum · 07-09-2010, 06:13 AM

I would guess he stopped, or perhaps resumed, his medication.

Shawnee123 · 07-09-2010, 08:28 AM

I think my ex or my current would log in and let you know I've carked.

Please to have a giant party thread and just remember all the things about me that made you laugh, made you mad, made you shake your head, made you run away screaming...I want to be remembered for all my facets, good and bad. But drink some beers, those who can, those who can't, tip a diet coke or a coffee.

Gawd I hope it's not today! These plans aren't making themselves, you know!

BigV · 07-10-2010, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

what if one someone does cark it? How will we let the cellar know? no one in my family knows how to get here and log in as me.

I know this has been discussed before...but, unlike LJ, I am too damned lazy to look the thread up.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I think my ex or my current would log in and let you know I've carked.
--snip

this topic is slightly morbid, if important.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-10-2010, 10:16 AM

If everyone hit the tip jar every month, when they stopped we'd know they were dead.

richlevy · 07-10-2010, 12:05 PM

C'mon lighten up on the guy. When you're sitting in a cave in Pakistan dodging predator drones, you have to expect a spotty Internet connection.

07-08-2010, 03:49 PM	#2
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I wondered where he went. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

07-08-2010, 03:59 PM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Maybe he carked it __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-08-2010, 04:42 PM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	things happen to people in RL. we may have no way of knowing. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-08-2010, 05:19 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You could always PM him and ask. I think most people leave the default setting of receiving an email notification for PMs, so he's more likely to see it. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-08-2010, 07:52 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Maybe he went off his meds, and Dr. DaVinci became Mr. JBKlyde? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-08-2010, 07:59 PM	#8
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Weird. I must admit though I don't exactly miss anti-semites when they disappear. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-08-2010, 09:58 PM	#9
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Maybe someone beat him up for his contrary views. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-09-2010, 02:36 AM	#10
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	I thought he came back as 15andsex __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

07-09-2010, 06:13 AM	#11
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I would guess he stopped, or perhaps resumed, his medication. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-09-2010, 08:28 AM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I think my ex or my current would log in and let you know I've carked. Please to have a giant party thread and just remember all the things about me that made you laugh, made you mad, made you shake your head, made you run away screaming...I want to be remembered for all my facets, good and bad. But drink some beers, those who can, those who can't, tip a diet coke or a coffee. Gawd I hope it's not today! These plans aren't making themselves, you know! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-10-2010, 10:16 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If everyone hit the tip jar every month, when they stopped we'd know they were dead. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-10-2010, 12:05 PM	#15
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	C'mon lighten up on the guy. When you're sitting in a cave in Pakistan dodging predator drones, you have to expect a spotty Internet connection. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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