that's why the world is  boring, its repeating itself, nothing's new, same words, same things

hahahaha.
OP: *Posts leaving topic. *
Also OP: * Returns a couple weeks later. *
What was the point of posting the leaving topic in the first place? attention? something else?

Lol, saw that a mile away.

@manamon_player, thanks.

@ironcross, that's nice.

My first thought seeing this is that maybe the mods should ban people for "I am permanently leaving because I hate this site" threads.  This whole thing has been ridiculous, pointless, and probably a grab for attention, and whoever does this next will probably do the same thing, so overall maybe people who want to leave so badly they start a rant and say they're leaving forever should be helped out the door.  Perhaps not a permanent ban, but something.

Brad, it's good to see that you didn't leave permanently, but I want to encourage you to think more carefully about what you do.

This thread is a great example.

Leaving because you feel like you're done with the community is one thing, and while I don't share your feelings, I also don't fault you for having them.
Deciding a few weeks later that you're going to come back? Also fine, I guess. You're being judged a little harshly here because you were particularly loud about wanting to leave, and stirred up controversy before you did by basically tossing a bunch of folks under the bus in a way I still don't really agree with. But again, okay, you're back, that's fine.
But does this topic need to exist? Surely if you'd just made a post in some thread you actually felt like responding to, it would have let people go "Oh hey, Brad's back", and judge accordingly. You creating this topic tells me a lot about your state of mind, and it's not particularly flattering.

Listen. I hate to put it to you so baldly, but the fair majority of forum users don't care if the average person - and yes, that includes you - stays or goes. There are exceptions, of course, but loudly proclaiming that you're leaving, and then sort of loudly proclaiming that you're back, puts forward the idea that you think more of yourself in the context of this forum than is reasonable. It comes across as if you believe yourself meaningful enough that your presence, or lack of it, is somehow integral to this forum.

Here's sort of a comparable example.
Many times last year, while I was on placement, I'd eat lunch in our boardroom with a bunch of other coworkers. When I was present in a conversation, I'd make a point, if I was leaving, to say, "Well, I'd better get back to work" or some such. And I'd wait for a gap in the conversation to do it. I'd show consideration for those around me because we were obviously connected in some fashion. But what often happened is that said coworkers would be chatting by the time I got there with my lunch, and I'd be mostly excluded. My interjections were fine, for the most part, but I was a fringe member of the conversation. Let me tell you, in those situations, I never, ever stood up and said, "Okay, folks, I'm heading out. And I wish you wouldn't talk this way...". And if I came into a conversation after having left it, I didn't proclaim, "Hi, I'm back!" purely to get attention.

Because unfortunately that's what this smacks of. Attention. It might even be that you're not aware of how you're coming across, and if so, I don't blame you. Oftentimes, we give clues to our state of mind without even realizing that we're doing it. But maybe take a moment and ask yourself why you not only had to create an "I'm leaving" thread, but also had to create an "I'm back" thread. And is that the impression you want to be giving?

Again, I'm happy to see that you're still here. I have never had any serious quarrel with you and I think you've been quite helpful in the past. I'm glad to see that you've returned. Just maybe consider a bit better impression management going forward, unless you want to be seen as someone who's clamouring for attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA

@targor, Yeah, except, I somehow doubt that Brad would come back in black, but hey, what do I know?

@targor, not my kind of thing

@DJEPIC, is there a meaning to the song? It's not my kind of music.

Guess who’s back, back again…

I'm unable to delete my post, there's no delete link under it, if this is a change to the forum, then it's interesting how the mods or whoever did this can act on this stuff but can't actually change the forum to be better.

I've looked everyware, on the edit page and on this one and there is no delete link.