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Initech

(100,060 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:26 AM Oct 2015

Wow. 10 Years And 50,000 posts.

Never thought I would see this day! I remember being a lurker way back when, practically obsessed with the Top 10 Conservative Idiots lists. Since then it's been crazy what has happened. Two and a half presidential terms, and I've seen everything from Obama's election and reelection, and lots of republican insanity in between - everything from Swiftboating to David Vitter to Anthony Weiner and now Donald Trump.

Here's to 50K more!

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Wow. 10 Years And 50,000 posts. (Original Post) Initech Oct 2015 OP
Congratulations! pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #1
Congratulations on your milestone, my dear Initech! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #2
Congratulations! marym625 Oct 2015 #3
Congrats! JimDandy Oct 2015 #4
I'm approaching 3,300 posts in 11 years. I don't know how people manage to put up so many posts. StevieM Oct 2015 #7
I am envious of anyone who has that kind of time JimDandy Oct 2015 #9
I just checked and I've had my account for 11 years too Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2015 #14
Many of us joined in 2004 and I feel like I post a lot... Phentex Oct 2015 #18
I don't know how I managed to put up so many! Initech Oct 2015 #21
Congratulation for 50K! TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #5
Congrats! applegrove Oct 2015 #6
Congratulations. That comes out to an average of 100 posts a week. StevieM Oct 2015 #8
Yup, Bartcop sent me here for the 10 Conservative Idiots list about the same time corkhead Oct 2015 #10
Congrats on 50,000 posts! bigwillq Oct 2015 #11
Woohoo! cyberswede Oct 2015 #12
Hi, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports. kentauros Oct 2015 #13
Yes... I got the memo! Initech Oct 2015 #16
Congratulations! redwitch Oct 2015 #15
Congratulations! Phentex Oct 2015 #17
Honestly the Vitter diaper scandal was some of the most fun here. Initech Oct 2015 #22
I currently have 1,753 but logged 30,885 when I was "Amerigo Vespucci" Miles Archer Oct 2015 #19
ding ding ding olddots Oct 2015 #20

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,580 posts)
2. Congratulations on your milestone, my dear Initech!
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:34 AM
Oct 2015

Indeed, here's to 50K more!

And let's hope at least some of the craziness we've experienced eases up a bit.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
4. Congrats!
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 02:00 AM
Oct 2015

I recently reached 5000 in about the same time period. I guess I spend too much time reading on here and not enough posting.

I'll check back in another ten years for your 100,000th post Initech.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
7. I'm approaching 3,300 posts in 11 years. I don't know how people manage to put up so many posts.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 03:25 AM
Oct 2015

I go through phases where I post a lot, and phases where I post just a little. But I don't think I was ever posting at a rate of 100 posts per week.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
9. I am envious of anyone who has that kind of time
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 03:45 AM
Oct 2015

and admire the fortitude it takes to post in this political climate.

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
14. I just checked and I've had my account for 11 years too
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:52 AM
Oct 2015

and I also have a little over 3000 posts. I go through periods where I don't post. Depends on what is going on in my life.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
18. Many of us joined in 2004 and I feel like I post a lot...
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:39 AM
Oct 2015

but I think I crossed over 10,000 just last year.

Initech

(100,060 posts)
21. I don't know how I managed to put up so many!
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:17 PM
Oct 2015

I generally use this site as my sole news service. MSN and Yahoo have become way too riddled with advertisements and tabloid crap (and fuck those ads that disguise themselves as article... ) to even be considered as a news source. I figured one time that I maybe average about 15 posts a day. Over time that adds up to a lot.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
8. Congratulations. That comes out to an average of 100 posts a week.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 03:30 AM
Oct 2015

I have put up about 3300 posts in 11 years, for an average of 300 per year, or 6 a week.

My most recent 300 posts, however, have all come very quickly. My 3000th post was on July 31. So that's 300 posts in the last three months. Or in other words, 100 a month.

It's amazing that you have been such a prolific contributor.

corkhead

(6,119 posts)
10. Yup, Bartcop sent me here for the 10 Conservative Idiots list about the same time
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:39 AM
Oct 2015

I am not nearly as prolific however. Congrats!

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
13. Hi, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:44 AM
Oct 2015

Did you get the memo?

Congrats on this milepost, too. There will be cake.

However, the people to cake ratio will be too high.


Phentex

(16,334 posts)
17. Congratulations!
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:38 AM
Oct 2015

yep ya gotta wonder what other oddities we have in store for us over the next ten years!

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
19. I currently have 1,753 but logged 30,885 when I was "Amerigo Vespucci"
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 11:45 AM
Oct 2015

I think the high point had to be the photo I posted yesterday of the dog and duck.



Congratulations on your landmark.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
20. ding ding ding
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 12:06 PM
Oct 2015

This means you not only get the toaster oven you also recieve the juice master ,pocket fisherman
Magic Shammy , Spray Washer Hose Matic .Seriously you deserve praise for your always interesting posts .

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