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  • #452
    Vita nova
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 783 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Permabear was an insufferably smug libertarian, parody or no parody. Had his acolytes, attacking others in unison when called out on outlandish politics. Strangely enough, none of these posters are active today...
    Oops, I actually deleted that post while you were in the process of replying.


  • #453
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Vita nova wrote: »
    Oops, I actually deleted that post while you were in the process of replying.

    Don't sweat it. He deleted thousands when the game was up.


  • #454
    Trigger Happy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,249 ✭✭✭Trigger Happy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Menas/Whiskeyman was the same person, loved his posts,.

    I will be sure to pass on the compliment next time I see a mirror. ;)


  • #455
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Liah was real and sadly passed away in Dec 2018

    I'm very sorry to hear that. I enjoyed her posts.


  • #456
    jammiedodgers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭jammiedodgers


    Feeky Magee and the infamous "I think my grinds teacher fanices me" thread! :)


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  • #457
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,998 ✭✭✭✭josip


    jammiedodgers wrote: »
    Feeky Magee and the infamous "I think my grinds teacher fanices me" thread! :)


    I followed that thread for every one of its 83 pages


  • #458
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Liah was real and sadly passed away in Dec 2018

    - Edit -

    I have been PM'd a couple of times about the details, she passed on Dec 30 in New Brunswick. I don't have any details to share beyond that. Anyone who knew her will find her obituary & condolence pages.

    What? Feck. :(


  • #459
    Gordon Red Shortbread
    Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Gordon Red Shortbread


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Anyone remember Jackass/Philologos. The last boards member to try to defend belief in god openly and with any actual genuine earnest that makes it sound like they are even all the convinced themselves?
    .

    jaysus i forgot about him.
    i wonder if he ever got the wife he was so assured about


  • #460
    Feisar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,000 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Feeky Magee! Just because of that one thread. God that’s a decade ago!

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #461
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    This guy had trouble getting into Princeton, I imagine it a breeze to waltz into it.


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  • #462
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Permabear was an insufferably smug libertarian, parody or no parody. Had his acolytes, attacking others in unison when called out on outlandish politics. Strangely enough, none of those posters are active today...

    One thing about Permabear - he loved his statistics and any articles that backed up his viewpoints but, man, did he go quiet when someone could back up an opposing viewpoint just as well.

    I remember him scoffing at the idea of teenagers from low income backgrounds getting free tampons and sanitary towels and saying they should get a part-time job to pay for them. He had no comeback when I told him that I was 11 when I started menstruating and that, while that’s quite young to start, 12 isn’t. Hear that, 11 and 12 years olds of low income families? Get out and work, ye lazy sods!


  • #463
    ELM327
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,446 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    SusieBlue wrote: »
    Anyone else remember PlaneSpeaking & her other incarnations?
    Such a bizarre character.
    I remember being genuinely open mouthed at how vitriolic some of her posts were and then minutes later she’d be posting nice as pie on some of the more lighthearted AH threads. It was unnerving.


    I liked her, she often agreed with my vitriol! :D


  • #464
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    Mother of god, he said that about the free menstrual hygiene products initiative? :eek:

    And his hatred of teachers was completely irrational.


  • #465
    Gerianam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭Gerianam


    Family Guy


  • #466
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    Mother of god, he said that about the free menstrual hygiene products initiative? :eek:

    And his hatred of teachers was completely irrational.

    Uh huh. Totally uneducated on the topic. Like, whatever about 11 being young, he seemed totally unaware that 12 is a pretty common age to start. How many 12 years old have any kind of job? It’s not even old enough for paid babysitting.


  • #467
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    Mother of god, he said that about the free menstrual hygiene products initiative? :eek:

    And his hatred of teachers was completely irrational.

    Tbf, of all the strange things about PB, his hatred of teachers was the least weird. It's such a common opinion to hold, and if anything I found him moderate on the subject compared to many others!

    Anyone remember the unregistered frequent poster in PI - Miss Fluff Fan or something like that?


  • #468
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Permabear sounds like the most successful of trolls, you're all still here talking about him.

    As to whether he was crazy or not, depends on his motivation. If he went on like that solely to wind you up, then I'm sure he was thoroughly entertained. If he was actually Walter Mitty then that's just sad.

    I can't remember him too clearly tbh.


  • #469
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,681 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    There's loads of the old posters who I used to enjoy (even if I didn't always agree with them) that I'd like to see back:

    danniemcq - I'd still see him IRL but miss him around here.
    Majds & WhiteWashMan
    Whoopsadaisydoodles
    The Corinthian - always entertaining and a great debater even if you didn't always agree with him.
    Tar Aldarion
    Scofflaw
    Degsy
    Sarky
    Morrigan
    Beruthial
    Karl Hungus
    Monkeyfudge
    nesf
    simu
    amp
    Jon Hanna (RIP)

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  • #470
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    It’s gas that he went to the effort of having every fcuking thing he ever wrote deleted, but you can’t delete the impression you made on other posters or ignorant remarks you made and prevent them from resurfacing. Gdpr don’t give a shlt about that.


  • #471
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    SusieBlue wrote: »
    Anyone else remember PlaneSpeaking & her other incarnations?
    Such a bizarre character.
    I remember being genuinely open mouthed at how vitriolic some of her posts were
    Her relentless moaning about women (yes, "her") was just unhinged.


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  • #472
    anewme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,160 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    Her relentless moaning about women (yes, "her") was just unhinged.

    I remember that poster planespeaking.....don't remember her being particularly narky....think I recall her losing the plot once about children acting up on flights...not sure if it is the same person


  • #473
    anewme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,160 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    Sometimes when you come on you can sense a vibe. When I came on originally I got the impression that a lot of people did not like Permabear, who initially to me seemed like a balanced and common sense poster. I thought that people were just sniping at him, then as it went on, it was clear he was a condescending twat and had a nasty side. But that would not be evident initially to new posters.

    He went on like he was some saviour, who had picked up this poor woman from the gutter, rescued her and through the goodness of his heart was going to give her a great life and they all lived the perfect life.


  • #474
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,270 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    I remember him scoffing at the idea of teenagers from low income backgrounds getting free tampons and sanitary towels and saying they should get a part-time job to pay for them. He had no comeback when I told him that I was 11 when I started menstruating and that, while that’s quite young to start, 12 isn’t. Hear that, 11 and 12 years olds of low income families? Get out and work, ye lazy sods!

    I remember that thread well. He had strips torn off him and wasn't able for it at all.


  • #475
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,804 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Late to this thread but I remember going to my first ever Boards beers in 2009, in Ron Blacks (called 37 now I think). Degsy was probably the poster who stood out to me the most who was there cos he was so “prolific” on boards. He was seeing another Boardsie at the time, Pikachucheeks or something? Neither of them are around any more, but he was nearly double her age and I remember thinking Jesus if this is what Boards infamy gets you then fair fcks. Actually there was another similar couple at the time, W*** and Novella. Again he was close to double her age. Jesus the boards men really had it going on back then. Where are they all now eh.

    *think this one is still around

    Novella is living in San Fran, two kids and all :O
    ibarelycare wrote: »
    LambsEye!! she was this beautiful wild red headed girl who just disappeared :(


    Someone just popped into my head...who was the guy who wore a red dress to an AH beers before as a dare? Think he was from cork.


    I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Abi/Abigail, although she turned out to be a crazy.
    Ye bastards tried to get me to bring her (Abi) to my Debs a long time ago


  • #476
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,047 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    PlaneSpeaking, the woman who posted constantly during the day giving out about dole scroungers but apparently had a busy government job and she put this down to time management. God she seemed so angry. I at least admit I do f**k all at work but at least the tax payer isn't paying my wages!


  • #477
    SusieBlue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,029 ✭✭✭SusieBlue


    anewme wrote: »
    I remember that poster planespeaking.....don't remember her being particularly narky....think I recall her losing the plot once about children acting up on flights...not sure if it is the same person

    One of her more memorable posts was in a thread about a man who had been convicted of sexually assaulting a sleeping young woman. The woman had awoken to find her pants pulled down and the mans hands inside her.

    PlaneSpeaking said he was just a young lad copping a feel and the complainent should get over herself, and that she only had herself to blame, it was her own fault for falling asleep at a house party.

    She claimed to work in a college which makes her remarks even more frightening.


  • #478
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,724 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    This thread is really "What boardsies would you not bring back to meet the folks?".


  • #479
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Sleepy wrote: »
    There's loads of the old posters who I used to enjoy (even if I didn't always agree with them) that I'd like to see back:

    danniemcq - I'd still see him IRL but miss him around here.
    Majds & WhiteWashMan
    Whoopsadaisydoodles
    The Corinthian - always entertaining and a great debater even if you didn't always agree with him.
    Tar Aldarion
    Scofflaw
    Degsy
    Sarky
    Morrigan
    Beruthial
    Karl Hungus
    Monkeyfudge
    nesf
    simu
    amp
    Jon Hanna (RIP)

    I found him fascinating more than I actually liked him. Way too preoccupied with turning everything into gender wars.

    I’ll also never forget his Dispute Resolution thread where he strode in saying “This is pointless, you’ll all circle the wagons!”. In the same thread, he complained about a mod sticking up for him by giving another poster a warning because he thought the warning was delivered in too jokey a tone. So brittle!

    On Whoopsa - I fear this might get me lynched because everyone seems to love her, but I wasn’t the biggest fan of hers. I found her to be frequently quite subtly passive-aggressive if someone disagreed with her. (and yes I’m aware of my sig)


  • #480
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,804 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Earthhorse wrote: »
    There was a girl called GirlOfGlass or something. Had a boyfriend whose name I can’t remember right now; TallaghtBoy or something?

    Niamh and Cian, friends with both and still very much around...even sold him a car last year :p


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  • #481
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Anyone remember when he was posting about his wedding plans and someone dared to ask him where the venue was and he lost the plot, and said he wouldn’t be informing anyone about the venue in case we showed up and robbed his ultra high net wealthy guests. No joke.
    I wouldn’t mind but it was him drip feeding all this info that no one even asked for.


    Ahh good times. Tis almost all out of my system now.


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