Hey! I just noticed I broke 40,000 posts! Hell, it only took me sixteen years.

[Aristus]

I still marvel that there are DU-ers with over 100,000 posts. I don't know how they do it...

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Congratulations! That really is quite an accomplishment!

Not to mention having the perseverance to stick around for 16 years!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

13. Agree! And stealing your Obama gif

Because I miss him so much. That face that beams kindness, intelligence, light and wisdom. 😪 sorry, I'm just feeling it.)

[Rhiannon12866]

30. Oh, I certainly don't blame you, I feel the same way

Whenever I hear the words "the president," I perk right up - and then I remember. I've often thought that as upsetting this is for us, what must President Obama must think and feel when he sees the horrendous mess Trump's making - most of it aimed at his accomplishments? The fact that he's started speaking out now gives me a little hope. He's definitely the smartest guy in any room - all Trump does is lie and cheat.

[MLAA]

2. Well done! 👏👏🏿👏🏻👏🏽

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Congratulations, my dear Aristus!!

Here's to many, many MORE!

How did I do it? Well..........back when I was a n00b, I was here a lot of the day........and I spent a lot of time posting! Remember, when I joined, there was no Facebook or Discussionist or anything but DU.

That's how I did it.

Congrats again, dear old friend!

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. That's really great and well done!

[wiley]

5. Well done!

Brilliant achievement for sure.

[Demtexan]

6. Congrats

[BigmanPigman]

7. How do you get selected for Jury Duty?

Is it based in dates, number of posts???

[colorado_ufo]

8. Congratulations!

[applegrove]

9. Way to go.

[alphafemale]

10. I have well less than half that.

And I have been here from the very early days as well.

[Awsi Dooger]

29. I'm barely beyond 10,000 after joining in 2002

I don't like to argue back and forth in a thread anymore. Nobody changes their mind and it merely creates tension. But my post rate really dropped as a result.

[Phentex]

11. That's awesome!

Congrats to you!

[Aristus]

12. Thank you, everyone.

I love you all...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

14. What Rhiannon said!

I even remember you from when I was FizzFuzz!! That's a long time ago!

[Aristus]

15. I remember that!

That was a long time ago. Time flies...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. Wow!!!!

I can't believe you remember!!

I got banned (Tombstoned! 😁 ) cuz at that time, women who gave the lousy frat boy misogynists back what they gave got banned. My human overpopulation comments may have also helped--they didn't go over well back then either! 😆

[Aristus]

17. I remember a lot of the long-gone DU-ers. I was good friends with many of them.

I'm glad you're back with us, at least. You've been BlancheSplanchnik for quite a while now.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. Yes, I made a sock puppet so I could get back on.

Blanche has been doing ok! 😆 I felt dishonest doing it, but I also felt I had been pizza-ed unfairly! My, things have changed.


I remember some of those wonderful people too. ❤️ Nostamj, remember him?

[Aristus]

19. Very well.

I miss the old DU-ers. I'll never forget, in the wake of sElection 2000, finding my safe haven here in March of 2001. I've never been away longer than a week ever since...

[VOX]

20. Nicely done, Aristus!

Heck, I've been around for 15 years, and I'm just now breaking 18K. I don't know how YOU do it!

Hats off!

[Skittles]

21. HEY ARISTUS

you want I should kick your ass and get you to 50,000 quicker? YOU KNOW I WOULD DO THAT FOR YOU MY SWEET; yes INDEED.

[Aristus]

22. Oh yes, please!

[ailsagirl]

27. .....

[Aristus]

28. ...

[hibbing]

23. Congrats!

If I keep posting at the rate I currently do, it will be another 20 years to get there.

Peace

[raven mad]

24. Persistence and hope!

Cheers my friend!

[steve2470]

25. congrats! nt

[JonLP24]

26. I can only think of 1 poster who is near 100,000 posts

That has been here as long as me 9 years (I've been here a little bit longer) and I only have 25,000 and I post a lot too.

[Generic Brad]

31. (I don't think they sleep)

Or they sleep-post.

[shenmue]

32. Mazel tov

[sellitman]

33. Congrats

If not for Twitter I might be close.

[bsiebs]

34. Congratulations !!

I too have been on DU for 16 years, and recently broke the 350 post mark! I am humbled by you people!