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What boardsies would you bring back?

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I liked it when Terry was in charge here.

I don't know what happened to Biggles, but I'd bring him back to find out who his celebrity friend was. (it was Willie O'Dea)

Never understood the Face Kicker thing but seems like a popular guy.

I'd bring back KikiLaRue for sure, but I heard someone on the Luas earlier said she's coming to the boards beers.

Let's not b1tch about people who aren't here to defend themselves, which would be unfair -- who do you miss around here from yore or from yesteryear?

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begbysback

Probably still here as I haven’t been on the boxing forum in quite some time, but BigEars was mod there and I don’t think he ever banned anyone in his life, whenever there was a heated dispute he used to post a truly detailed and insightful post about boxing, then everybody got focused again and the heat died down - brilliant

[Deleted User]

begbysback wrote: »

Mike just changed his name, I believe he was getting some grief for the numbers of posts he had so changed, didn’t know Gordon was gone, many a good laugh in jail with G

Did some people also take issue with Mike65? I remember there was a feedback thread once where Mike was making some run of the mill contributions, and a few people were like "Typical Mike", "Shut up. Mike" (maybe not those exact words) -- Mods too. Thought that was a bit strange, he seemed entirely inoffensive

VeryOwl

Muahahaha wrote: »

Funny thing about Permabear was how so many people got sucked in by his fantasies, he had a cult following there towards the end. I just couldnt square a wealthy hedge fund owner spending most of his days posting on boards, it didnt add up.

Was it ever proven he was making it all up? I mostly lurked in politics in my previous guise, and I didn't really agree with him but I took his "life" at face value. Maybe I'm not cynical enough!

Scofflaw was a fantastic poster.

begbysback

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Did some people also take issue with Mike65? I remember there was a feedback thread once where Mike was making some run of the mill contributions, and a few people were like "Typical Mike", "Shut up. Mike" (maybe not those exact words) -- Mods too. Thought that was a bit strange, he seemed entirely inoffensive

Well he posts a lot in the soccer forum so that would explain the name calling, and I’d agree completely inoffensive.

Arghus

VeryOwl wrote: »

Was it ever proven he was making it all up? I mostly lurked in politics in my previous guise, and I didn't really agree with him but I took his "life" at face value. Maybe I'm not cynical enough!

Scofflaw was a fantastic poster.

Don't know if there was ever a smoking gun as such, but I think the "facts" started to get a bit harder and harder to believe. Like, for example, there was some thread here about age gaps in relationships and he basically took it over and started posting and posting and posting about his life - and supposedly, according to what he was saying anyway, his wife/girlfriend was in hospital because one of their children was seriously ill at that time, while he was here posting all through the night and morning.

Think about that. Child seriously ill in hospital, but yet plenty of time for posting on an Irish message board? It didn't add up, it was obvious BS.

And, like a lot of people have said, if you actually chatted to him about something you yourself knew a bit about, then it became obvious soon enough that he was just a very good spoofer.

I spoke earlier in the thread about how he was banging on one evening about the greatness of Finnegans Wake - he claimed to have read it repeatedly and was constantly re-reading it nightly. Now, I've put myself through the torture of reading Finnegans Wake and I'm highly skeptical about anyone claiming to read it for pleasure, multiple times - it's fcking impossible. So I had to prod him a bit to see what he had to say about the book. And he didn't have anything original to say - just obviously ripped off opinions he'd pilfered from elsewhere on the net. It looked good if you didn't know a whole pile about the subject at hand, but if you did then you just knew it was all nonsense.

He was a bit of cult hero towards the end, because I think most were wise to him, but, genuinely, looking back, I do feel sorry for the guy. To create such an elaborate fantasy life on an online forum... Just mind boggiling really.

retro:electro

The funniest was the blow by blow description of his upcoming nuptials. Topped off with himself and the young one choosing to sing Fairytale of New York to each other in front of a plethora of ultra high net wealthy hedge fund investors.

But in all seriousness, you couldn’t pull him up on anything because he would accuse you of all sorts. Despite the fact it was he who was providing all of these minute details that nobody even asked for.

Dial Hard

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

I loved reading Permabear's drivel.

<snip>

I could never understand how people couldn't see through him, and some even still can't. The man was the worst kind of Walter Mitty - one with just enough brains to be dangerous.

farmchoice

Dial Hard wrote: »

<snip> He catfished a friend of a friend in an online relationship for almost two years.

I could never understand how people couldn't see through him, and some even still can't. The man was the worst kind of Walter Mitty - one with just enough brains to be dangerous.

i think everyone but the completely gullible knew but it was more craic to say nothing and of course the less he was challenged the further he went.
by the end his 20 year old girlfriend was a a mother( of 4 or 6?) was home schooling their children whilst studying for a degree whilst operating as a very successful hedge fund manager.

Purple Mountain

farmchoice wrote: »

Dial Hard wrote: »

<snip>

I could never understand how people couldn't see through him, and some even still can't. The man was the worst kind of Walter Mitty - one with just enough brains to be dangerous.

i think everyone but the completely gullible knew but it was more craic to say nothing and of course the less he was challenged the further he went.
by the end his 20 year old girlfriend was a a mother( of 4 or 6?) was home schooling their children whilst studying for a degree whilst operating as a very successful hedge fund manager.

At the time of closing the account, there was another bun in the oven!

[Deleted User]

farmchoice wrote: »

i think everyone but the completely gullible knew but it was more craic to say nothing and of course the less he was challenged the further he went.
by the end his 20 year old girlfriend was a a mother( of 4 or 6?) was home schooling their children whilst studying for a degree whilst operating as a very successful hedge fund manager.

in fairness, it wasn't just the young ones he was after. The guy had a major hard-on for Thatcher.

On the other hand, we're bitches.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

I loved how Permabear accused gaelscoils of being exclusive and elitist, but argued that businesses were right not to hire working-class people because they wouldn't know much about wine or golf.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Dial Hard wrote: »

<snip>

I could never understand how people couldn't see through him, and some even still can't. The man was the worst kind of Walter Mitty - one with just enough brains to be dangerous.

That became fully apparent to me only with the help of some boardsie buddies of mine, though he did give me the heebie jeebies before that. Probably because whether his tales were true or not, they didn’t paint him in a good light.

I closed my _Dara_ account after a scuffle with him on a thread that left me a bit mortified. I wish I hadn’t had that rush of blood to the head but oh well.

retro:electro

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I closed my _Dara_ account after a scuffle with him on a thread that left me a bit mortified. I wish I hadn’t had that rush of blood to the head but oh well.

I don’t think I’ll ever forget that remark he made to you. Absolutely deplorable. And he saw nothing wrong with it too.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

I loved how Permabear accused gaelscoils of being exclusive and elitist, but argued that businesses were right not to hire working-class people because they wouldn't know much about wine or golf.

And homeschooling was also a-ok with him even though you could accuse parents who homeschool of the same as what he accused gaelscoil parents of.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

retro:electro wrote: »

I don’t think I’ll ever forget that remark he made to you. Absolutely deplorable. And he saw nothing wrong with it too.

I mean, I was being pretty stubborn myself but, yeah, it was a low blow. Think that’s when he closed his account too. :pac: I think he knew there was no getting away with that. :pac:

Dial Hard

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I closed my _Dara_ account after a scuffle with him on a thread that left me a bit mortified. I wish I hadn’t had that rush of blood to the head but oh well.

I didn't close my account but I left the Sex & Sexuality forum because of him. We didn't even have any run-ins, I just couldn't bear his blatant nonsense any longer, not to mention the chorus of "Tell us more!" from the corps of acolytes he somehow managed to pick up.

TomSweeney

retro:electro wrote: »

I don’t think I’ll ever forget that remark he made to you. Absolutely deplorable. And he saw nothing wrong with it too.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I mean, I was being pretty stubborn myself but, yeah, it was a low blow. Think that’s when he closed his account too. :pac: I think he knew there was no getting away with that. :pac:

Do tell us !

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Dial Hard wrote: »

I didn't close my account but I left the Sex & Sexuality forum because of him. We didn't even have any run-ins, I just couldn't bear his blatant nonsense any longer, not to mention the chorus of "Tell us more!" from the corps of acolytes he somehow managed to pick up.

Oh god. I’m so glad I wasn’t a member of the S&S forum at the time he was still around.

The “tell us more” people might have just been curious to see how far he’d go though! :pac:

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

It really is such a shame all his posts are deleted. I would love to go back and read them now.

retro:electro

TomSweeney wrote: »

Do tell us !

Up to ODB if she’d like to share but I remember he was carded for it, disputed it in DR and had it overturned.
He played the victim well and he felt the outrage and disgust his remark had caused was “manufactured” to make him look bad.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

TomSweeney wrote: »

Do tell us !

He said I talked about having cancer too much. Well, I do, it’s true. So I was really embarrassed. I had got pretty personal too on the thread towards him too but I was just fed up hearing about his supposed wife and general self-praising drivel. It was a clusterfuck.

retro:electro

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

He said I talked about having cancer too much. Well, I do, it’s true. So I was really embarrassed. I had got pretty personal too on the thread towards him too but I was just fed up hearing about his supposed wife and general self-praising drivel. It was a clusterfuck anyway.

It was the way he said it. So dismissive and ignorant to your circumstances. Something like “you take over every thread talking about your cancer”.
Disgraceful.

Earthhorse

You guys are talking about him too much; he's seriously not worth your time or attention.

Dial Hard

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

The “tell us more” people might have just been curious to see how far he’d go though! :pac:

Generally not, sadly. You could pretty much always tell the people who were baiting him and those who had drunk his kool-aid on any forum he posted in. S&S at the time was frequented by a lot of people who - how to put this kindly - clearly weren't the most experienced/confident in that regard and god love them, they fell for his crap hook, line and sinker and he knew it.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

retro:electro wrote: »

It was the way he said it. So dismissive and ignorant to your circumstances. Something like “you take over every thread talking about your cancer”.
Disgraceful.

The tone was pretty awful, I do recall. I’ve made some effort on this account to hold back a bit because I was already aware that I might rabbit on about it too much. That’s probably why I got embarrassed because I’d already flagged it as a problem myself. I hate to give that weirdo credit for anything but unfortunately he was partly right. A stopped clock is sometimes right, I guess.

At least we don’t have to read his self-congratulatory, delusional posts any more though!

Earthhorse wrote: »

You guys are talking about him too much; he's seriously not worth your time or attention.

I haven’t talked about The Incident since it happened. This is therapeutic.

I’m almost done though.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

As for the OP’s question, I know there are absolutely loads of posters I’d love to see around here again. The sad thing is, I only remember them when I read old threads.

[Deleted User]

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

As for the OP’s question, I know there are absolutely loads of posters I’d love to see around here again. The sad thing is, I only remember them when I read old threads.

I totally forgot about lots of names til they cropped up here. Starbelgrade! Blast from the past

Dial Hard

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

This is therapeutic.

This. No doubt a mod will be along shortly with a cease & desist order, but it's nice to finally be able to openly call out his bullsh!t for what it was.

banie01

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

The sad thing is, I only remember them when I read old threads.

Ditto, and as I was reading thru this thread other names popped up that I go, ahhh yeah!
They were a cool poster!

Then I find out that maybe they are still around here and then find that they may very well be another poster that I think is pretty cool

_Dara_ and anna080 being 2 such examples :P

Sardonicat

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

He said I talked about having cancer too much. Well, I do, it’s true. So I was really embarrassed.

No it's not true, OBD. And it wasn't true when you posted as -Dara-, either.