I'm off type threads

I don't understand these 'OK i'm off ' type threads....I haven't been on here long enough to know what it was like in the good ole days, but if posters find it so boring, why not post something interesting, humorous, controversial instead ? (This is none of the above)

There are nearly as many threads asking why posters announce their departure as there are threads announcing ones departure. I prefer the ones that announce their departure as at least you know where they have disappeared to rather than wonder.
Everyone gets sick of this place after a while and with such a turnover of posters every subject humorous or not pops up regular as if it was never said before, that in itself even becomes monotonous..

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Originally Posted by anon361

There are nearly as many threads asking why posters announce their departure as there are threads announcing ones departure. I prefer the ones that announce their departure as at least you know where they have disappeared to rather than wonder.
Everyone gets sick of this place after a while and with such a turnover of posters every subject humorous or not pops up regular as if it was never said before, that in itself even becomes monotonous..

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yeah but i wish when they say they are going they would stay gone.

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Originally Posted by jayf1

yeah but i wish when they say they are going they would stay gone.

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Some people eh, no respect

Agree with the sentiment here. One day I'll go myself and I fully intend to disappear. It's unlikely a poster of my fame would be missed anyway but this "good bye" and "I'm retiring" lark is a load of nonsense.

Only thing I'd ask of anyone heading for the exit, whether you choose to make a fanfare about it or not, is to please not come back under a different user name. That only shows what a sad b*****d you are really if you've nothing better to be doing with your life than start f*****g about in a place like E-I.

Westie started something like three of these. He still pops in now and then with a new account. Wouldnt be suprised if he were reading this very thread.:)

I've never understood the reason for the I'm off/I'm retiring announcements either.
What's it about?
If you are going, you just go, surely.

Totally agree Banjo. If someones genuinely going fair enough...but not just cause you're bored with the site

People claim to leave here... But you can never really leave :yikes: Try as much as you like... You'll always come back :bigeyes:

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Originally Posted by ladiesman217

People claim to leave here... But you can never really leave :yikes: Try as much as you like... You'll always come back :bigeyes:

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I haven't tried yet, although sometimes for the sake of my sanity, think I should take a break every now and then. :-)
I can't see trying to leave working, you have to really want to leave.

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Originally Posted by UKHeather

I've never understood the reason for the I'm off/I'm retiring announcements either.
What's it about?
If you are going, you just go, surely.

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Heather you'd want a masters in psychology to figure out some of the people on here. My personal views are this.

Escorts.
Possibly they're genuienly retiring and announce it to drum up a last bit of business. More likely I think the escort is about to change identity, again, and wants to also drum up business while the new identity may not be linked to the old because everyone knows the old one retired.

Punters.
Possibly genuinely quitting and has formed a self esteem dependency on this site. On E-I they see themselves as important people of significant standing. As they leave they want that affirmed so they can be confident of their standing. They make a grand announcement so they can have their standing rubber stamped by other posters as they leave because that's important to them.

On the other hand, you get punters with brain wiring issues who go and then come back as someone else. Raising a thread about the departure is like being able to hear what's being said about you at your own funeral. This type of leaving poster is caught in a revolving door ... will always be coming and going at the same time.

There's enough material on this site for ten Phd's in social sciences and psychology.

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Originally Posted by ladiesman217

People claim to leave here... But you can never really leave :yikes: Try as much as you like... You'll always come back :bigeyes:

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This is not hotel California you know of course you can leave you just have to want to that's all

EI is no different from any standard internet discussion board. They are full of drama queens. These saddos have no life outside the internet yet every so often, for reasons really only known to themselves, they go into total meltdown and have to make a big song and dance about leaving the place for good etc. etc.
The first rule in the Handbook of Internet Discussion Boards is - Always stay cool!

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Well, go then!

Fuck the lot've you, I'm leaving!



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