[an0n]

This changes nothing about my opinions as to how the RIP thread turned into a cluster****.

They should all still be ****ing ashamed of themselves.

The big question now, is: Did you **** the guy's sister or something?

[Jeff Vader]

Ach. Stupid weirdly-behaving alphabetical sorting system. Sorry. Tired. Gonna sleep now. kthxbye.

[terran_emperor]

You're supposed to be Dead?!

Am I not?

An extremly poor taste joke by that guy...

Oh well as the saying goes - fool us once shame on him, fool us twice shame on us...

so shame on him

[vyper]

lol, wut?

[Stealth]

This changes nothing about my opinions as to how the RIP thread turned into a cluster****.

They should all still be ****ing ashamed of themselves.

The big question now, is: Did you **** the guy's sister or something?

I agree with you sir.

He's an ex-coworker, who i let go, but was apparently out to get me.
typical.

[Blue Lion]

I called the Houston Chronicle and the Houston PD and got nowhere looking for you 

[Bob-san]

This changes nothing about my opinions as to how the RIP thread turned into a cluster****.

They should all still be ****ing ashamed of themselves.

The big question now, is: Did you **** the guy's sister or something?

I agree with you sir.

He's an ex-coworker, who i let go, but was apparently out to get me.
typical.

Glad to have you back, Stealth! Too bad your title is different... Get Stealthy!

[Dark RevenantX]

Stealth isn't dead.  Good, that means I can kill his ex-coworker.

[tinfoil]

I know...

*heads of to find Carl

[WeatherOp]

Awesome indeed. 

Both in the fact that you are not dead, and the fact that I'm not crazy.

[Stormkeeper]

I know...

*heads of to find Carl

Here bring this with you.

*hands steel tube containint 20 Vasudan pin-up posters*

Stick those all over his room.


I like Stealth's new title. He's now our resident zombie.

[haloboy100]

Awesome! He's alive!

So how's the car going?

[Akalabeth Angel]

This changes nothing about my opinions as to how the RIP thread turned into a cluster****.

They should all still be ****ing ashamed of themselves.

      What happened anyway? Last I saw someone edited my post with strikeouts through the whole thing then I never bothered to go back. I assume some **** went down thereafter.

[Stealth]

Awesome! He's alive!

So how's the car going?

lol to be honest i haven't started.  i have a garage full of parts, but the car's still stock.

had it professionally polished and waxed the other day.  took almost 8 hours, but it is FLAWLESS again.  makes me almost want to just keep it stock

on the other hand, the warranty expires in less than a month... so i have to make up my mind real quick whether to a) extend the warranty another 2 years, or b) build a complete monster

[Stealth]

also just FYI - i didn't read all the posts on my "RIP" thread... some of the first couple were so heart-felt, that i just skipped over most of them until the very end.  i'm sure a few of you posted some really heartless comments about me in the thread, but hey, to each his own.  i love the community, and hold no grudges against any of you

also i have to thank Goober for leading the investigation

so that's it.  please no one else say "glad you're alive" or whatever.  it's pretty embarassing.

[Goober5000]

Well, I in turn have to thank Inquisitor for first planting the seed of skepticism.

This whole episode should illustrate the fact that the Internet (and, unfortunately, people in general) shouldn't be relied upon to be universally trustworthy.  Con artists popped up even after 9/11, so this minor incident is child's play.

Also, I feel I should remind the board that one or two members were calling for the deletion of all posts that even mentioned the possibility of a hoax.  Suppressing an opposing viewpoint is hardly the fairest or smartest way to have a discussion, regardless of your opinion on the subject.  And in this case, that opposing viewpoint turned out to actually be correct.

[haloboy100]

Yeah, was still rude to doubt someone's death. Just goes to show the power of hoaxes.

[WeatherOp]

Yeah, was still rude to doubt someone's death. Just goes to show the power of hoaxes.

Maybe a little rude, but sometimes it is better to express doubt over something that seams awkward. It saves some of the energy of driving yourself crazy by thinking it over.

[Akalabeth Angel]

Yeah, was still rude to doubt someone's death. Just goes to show the power of hoaxes.

Maybe a little rude, but sometimes it is better to express doubt over something that seams awkward. It saves some of the energy of driving yourself crazy by thinking it over.

      Besides man, didn't you watch the matrix? The most predictable human emotion is denial! ("What? Most predictable is denial? That's bull****!")

[CP5670]

also just FYI - i didn't read all the posts on my "RIP" thread... some of the first couple were so heart-felt, that i just skipped over most of them until the very end.  i'm sure a few of you posted some really heartless comments about me in the thread, but hey, to each his own.  i love the community, and hold no grudges against any of you

Well, I was half expecting this development by now, but it's nice to you see back around here. However, I thought it was obvious that many of those comments were anything but heartfelt. Most people were just trying to appear polite given the situation.

I have to admit though, the whole thing was very clever on that coworker's part, even if in poor taste. He posted exactly the right kinds of images that would convince people, and he only really got cornered when people started pressing him for an official record.

Also, I feel I should remind the board that one or two members were calling for the deletion of all posts that even mentioned the possibility of a hoax.  Suppressing an opposing viewpoint is hardly the fairest or smartest way to have a discussion, regardless of your opinion on the subject.  And in this case, that opposing viewpoint turned out to actually be correct.

It was more than one or two, but I agree. I had a mind to say just this on several occasions in that thread, even though at that stage I would have still bet on the whole thing being genuine, but didn't want to get into an argument with someone.