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AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 06:50 PM Aug 2020

Unknown to many of you...

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is that when I first started posting here in the very early days, I created a DU Glossary that included nicknames, pictures, personal DUer opinions and explanations, and a whole lot of definitions of anagrams that were used back then (many still are).

Not all the links work, but you can check it out here:

http://DUG.amystrange.org/
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ETA: PSSSSSST.... Here's what the Du looked like when it first started (notice the logo):
http://web.archive.org/web/20010219033913/http://www.democraticunderground.com/
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Unknown to many of you... (Original Post) AmyStrange Aug 2020 OP
K & R...for visibility...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #1
Yay! AmyStrange Aug 2020 #3
Very nice. New to me. n/t Laelth Aug 2020 #2
Thank you, and... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #4
Ah the top 10.. uriel1972 Aug 2020 #11
The DU is the best drug around AmyStrange Aug 2020 #21
Thanks UpInArms Aug 2020 #5
You're welcome, and AmyStrange Aug 2020 #6
Was quite fun UpInArms Aug 2020 #7
Me too, and... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #8
The past twenty years have been the hardest UpInArms Aug 2020 #9
I'll back you up on the weariness... uriel1972 Aug 2020 #10
HOPE NEVER DIES AmyStrange Aug 2020 #12
Thanks, Amy Strange. I had a different username back then Glorfindel Aug 2020 #13
Seems like only yesterday, doesn't it, and... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #14
I remember that. zanana1 Aug 2020 #15
I made it with you in mind, and... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #16
Thanks for posting the archived link dmr Aug 2020 #17
You're welcome, and... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #18
I was a lurker back then... 2naSalit Aug 2020 #19
Nothing wrong with being a lurker, and... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #20

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
11. Ah the top 10..
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 12:16 AM
Aug 2020

once I started reading that after dropping in from Bartcop (I think it was), I was hooked.

 

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
21. The DU is the best drug around
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 01:09 AM
Aug 2020

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except maybe for pot, but they do go well together, and thank you for sharing.
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AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
8. Me too, and...
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 08:27 PM
Aug 2020

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you're right. Lots of people are gone. Even the poster who got me here, Buddhamama.

Some of them, I even met during the Iraq War Protest.

It was sometimes frustrating though, especially when they started the bombing.

All those innocent people killed.

Sorry, but some of it wasn't fun.
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UpInArms

(51,253 posts)
9. The past twenty years have been the hardest
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 09:50 PM
Aug 2020

In my life ... I have grown so weary ... but will never stop fighting

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
10. I'll back you up on the weariness...
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 12:14 AM
Aug 2020

sometimes it seems so hopeless, but, eh... what you gonna do? We soldier on.

Glorfindel

(9,706 posts)
13. Thanks, Amy Strange. I had a different username back then
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 02:55 PM
Aug 2020

(Gildor Inglorion), but I remember those days with great fondness. My, how quickly time passes.

dmr

(28,321 posts)
17. Thanks for posting the archived link
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 11:46 AM
Aug 2020

I've been sitting here reading EarlG's Top Ten Conservative Idiots. I've always enjoyed Earl's wit.

Anyway, reading the Top Ten took me down memory lane, and what strikes me is how tame those Idiots were compared with those of today. That sure doesn't say much on how the Republicans have evolved, does it? And, we are surrounded by them!

Later on today, I'm going back to the archive and reminisce some more, so thanks again!

 

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
18. You're welcome, and...
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 11:51 AM
Aug 2020

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I go back now and again to reminisce also!

Hardcore republicans never learn, do they?
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2naSalit

(86,061 posts)
19. I was a lurker back then...
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 12:33 AM
Aug 2020

I didn't ant to sign up on anything online so I just read everything I could and that was enough as I was finishing up my graduate degree and didn't have time to converse.

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