Posted by ClearSkies on March 10, 2016, at 10:28:55
In reply to Re: I do miss babble., posted by alexandra_k on March 10, 2016, at 1:59:39
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> > I wish we could get this going again.
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> Hey.
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> I'm still here. Not as frequently as I was before... But still... I am still here. I am still here. Etc.
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> It means a lot to me that other people are still here, too.
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> Maybe Bob... He means a lot to me (being honest, here). But even if Bob wasn't here anymore... Other people mean an awful lot to me, too. I really like hearing that other people are still here and that here still means something to people.
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> The internet has gone kinda weird... The masses took over etc. And now we have government surveilance (especially for me, here, where my government basically sold me out such that I might be data to better inform the decisions of governments who are more willing and able to look after the populations they serve...
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> But I miss Babble a lot, yeah.
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> I mean... It was here for me during... My summer scholarship... Masters... Portions of my Phd... Most of my life, yeah. It has been there for me.
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> I wonder how Bob is doing... I get that he has probably retired. ANd it is good of him to keep things going so we can still post here / read the archives here at all...
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> But I f*ck*ng miss him heaps.
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> And others, too, of course. But yeah, I miss him heaps.
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Me too. It's that abandonment thing for me. He just...stopped being here. Quietly and resolutely.
I care about the people here very much. Sometimes too much. But we are here; here for each other now.Something of a legacy for Dr Bob to have left, certainly.
poster:ClearSkies
thread:1086679
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