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94. The switchover to DU2

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Mon Feb 5, 2024, 10:41 AM

Feb 2024

Change came hard for some of us. So we stayed in the echo chamber of the old lounge as long as possible.

Some of us left claw marks leaving the lounge.

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Would you like to share a DU memory? [View all] senseandsensibility Feb 2024 OP

Oscar TxGuitar Feb 2024 #1

OSCAR!!!!! I recently re-read this and was literally crying laughing. I'll see if I can find it again. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #16

I found it!!! The Oscar thread!!! Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #45

I am dying kcr Feb 2024 #67

. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #85

Literally crying tears of laughter! yardwork Feb 2024 #143

It's a masterpiece! Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #146

thanks for the message, yardwork! A-Schwarzenegger Feb 9 #165

I'm so glad to see you! Missed you! yardwork Feb 9 #166

Hilarious! I just spent the last 10 minutes enjoying it. MLAA Feb 2024 #156

You all warm my old heart and Oscar's timeless liver. A-Schwarzenegger Feb 9 #164

Take a bow! yardwork Feb 9 #167

Oscar is a smile-maker. A-Schwarzenegger Feb 9 #169

Oscar is a uniter. yardwork Feb 9 #170

yes! A-Schwarzenegger Feb 10 #176

Oscar is the gift that keeps on giving! I go looking for that thread every once in a while, and Scrivener7 Feb 9 #171

it was a pleasure A-Schwarzenegger Feb 10 #175

I remember that self-centered ne'er-do-well varmint. A-Schwarzenegger Feb 9 #168

I will never forget the election when DU was crashed by the the doc03 Feb 2024 #2

Was this right after he won in 2016? senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #5

yep rurallib Feb 2024 #41

Mid afternoon of Election Day, I believe Drum Feb 2024 #73

That was painful. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #11

They also were able to hack a video clip into the DU site in such a way that... keep_left Feb 2024 #70

That video was fascinating. yardwork Feb 2024 #142

It was alt-right Pepe shit. The soundtrack was "The Protomen". Apparently... keep_left Feb 2024 #144

I remember that. mahina Feb 2024 #103

The door buzzard thread. marybourg Feb 2024 #3

I came across that one recently... róisín_dubh Feb 2024 #82

Andy enid602 Feb 2024 #4

Yes senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #6

Andy enid602 Feb 2024 #7

Yes, Andy. AmBlue Feb 10 #172

Redstone and his poignant posts- miss him! Quakerfriend Feb 2024 #8

Kudzu. It's going places Arazi Feb 2024 #9

Love our Dear malaise Feb 2024 #10

Me too... FalloutShelter Feb 2024 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Patton French Feb 2024 #12

LionessPryanka bif Feb 2024 #13

FFR'd back in 2017 Kaleva Feb 2024 #34

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What does FFR mean? bif Feb 2024 #122

Flagged for review. LuckyCharms Feb 2024 #123

Yes, it's really rare for an FFR to be lifted Kaleva Feb 2024 #125

Flagged For Review Kaleva Feb 2024 #124

Thanks for the explanation bif Feb 2024 #140

MiddleFingerMom and pinboy3niner lastlib Feb 2024 #14

pinboy3niner mahina Feb 2024 #104

pinboy3niner - The door buzzard! speak easy Feb 2024 #126

Swamp Rat I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #107

Opihimoimoi Hekate Feb 2024 #109

Opihi mahina Feb 2024 #129

Pinboy...a comic must-read always BeyondGeography Feb 2024 #152

Hanging out with my fellow Clarkies TwilightZone Feb 2024 #15

Old Lefty Lawyer canetoad Feb 2024 #18

I miss Plaid Adder's sterling linner essays Brother Buzz Feb 2024 #19

Was Bob Boudelang a real person? senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #20

He was the creation of a DUer. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #22

Wow! Interesting info at that link senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #24

I mean it!!! TwilightZone Feb 2024 #23

What happened to Plaid? live love laugh Feb 2024 #77

Bob Boudelang anticipated the MAGATs. yardwork Feb 2024 #145

I remember Kephra🥰💔 Raine Feb 2024 #21

I remember him too senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #25

Kephra was a marine engineer Turbineguy Feb 2024 #37

Oh my goodness. mahina Feb 2024 #106

I'll never forget that day. I sat at my computer all day and cried. Coventina Feb 2024 #62

Tephra sourced great articles from everywhere. mahina Feb 2024 #105

Kephera was awesome. I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #108

Kephra was the invaluable backbone of Latest Breaking News. His death was a tremendous loss. 💔 Hekate Feb 2024 #113

Wiil Pitt Mz Pip Feb 2024 #26

I agree! 😂 Owl Feb 2024 #84

He was must read during the W years. When Obama became President, not so much. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #179

Dont tutch the but. Ocelot II Feb 2024 #27

I actually saved a screenshot of that Cadfael Feb 2024 #61

We used to have "How Many DUers Does It Take?" vanlassie Feb 2024 #28

I can't. I'm already crying. Kef, 180, Andy, Will, and TOO MANY. blm Feb 2024 #29

I went to Andy's memorial Tom Kitten Feb 2024 #30

KitchenWitch! Kaleva Feb 2024 #36

What ever happened to young John kleeb bottomofthehill Feb 2024 #31

I miss him XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #39

I hope he's still engaged and doing well. nt redqueen Feb 2024 #92

An earnest young man, as I remember. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #180

Found DU through the Randi Rhodes message board back during early Air America Days. Freethinker65 Feb 2024 #32

I remember "Unrec" being an option. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #33

The Meta Forum was another interesting experiment. Brought out the worst in EVERYBODY, but you couldn't look away. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #48

It was DUs soap opera, a train wreck, must see tv Kaleva Feb 2024 #59

I got in so much trouble in the Meta forum. yardwork Feb 2024 #147

I must have missed that senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #98

Sorry. I can't give you a good guess. lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #99

There's a yak in my butter! DBoon Feb 2024 #35

"I don't drink with you. " nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #38

Oh god, I remember that senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #159

Yes XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #161

Opihimoimoi. Great host of Oahu DUers. oasis Feb 2024 #40

Such a sweetheart blm Feb 2024 #50

The taterguy exception to the rule Kaleva Feb 2024 #42

NothingShocksMeAnymore - well thought-out and very well documented posts emulatorloo Feb 2024 #43

It was tough when she left 😢 blm Feb 2024 #51

Indeed it was, definitely miss her posts. emulatorloo Feb 2024 #53

Top 10 conservative idiots and the hate mail bag. love_katz Feb 2024 #44

The old circumcision battles sky_masterson Feb 2024 #46

Rowdyboy. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #47

matcom mike_c Feb 2024 #49

I still remember the 2004 election. I couldn't believe that Bush* had been reelected. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #52

how about the first time he was elected Skittles Feb 2024 #55

Good Grief! That was such a mess! But we didn't have DU back then, more's the pity Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #57

Well he would have, which is why Bush sued to stop the counting redqueen Feb 2024 #93

A single vote...... OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #185

We were definitely robbed then. I couldn't believe it either. Still don't live love laugh Feb 2024 #78

I figured after his abysmal first term, there's be no way he'd be reelected. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #79

mini manda ruth DBoon Feb 2024 #54

I miss MiddleFingerMom. He diligenty gave us comedy applegrove Feb 2024 #56

I miss him too, the big galoot. nolabear Feb 2024 #110

The Christmas of 2004. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #58

😢😢😢 blm Feb 2024 #64

I remember Nostamj making me laugh until I was literally crying . . . hatrack Feb 2024 #60

My ex loved this site. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #63

BetterBeleiveIt obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2024 #65

RandomThoughts dalton99a Feb 2024 #66

Who remembers Oscar? jmowreader Feb 2024 #68

Oh my goddess the cornflake chicken fiasco redqueen Feb 2024 #95

Through the fog of 20 years ago... A-Schwarzenegger Feb 10 #178

When... AKwannabe Feb 2024 #69

The "door buzzard". bluesbassman Feb 2024 #71

Kephra's funeral. AwakeAtLast Feb 2024 #74

arwalden, NSMA, Sapphocrat, terrya, and so many LGBTQI+ active users. Duncan Grant Feb 2024 #75

Political Tiger -- I enjoyed him very much... Hekate Feb 2024 #112

A weird thing happened. Yes. yardwork Feb 2024 #149

This was earlier on -- and I was confused by events. But you may well be right. Hekate Feb 2024 #162

Hello Duncan. It's good to see you. yardwork Feb 2024 #148

Longhorn. Dem2theMax Feb 2024 #76

I remember her. I liked her a lot. yardwork Feb 2024 #150

"24 business hours" Shrek Feb 2024 #80

There was a HUGE amount of wishful thinking! Hekate Feb 2024 #118

Left was united during the Bush administration, Democrats weren't attacked with Both Sides betsuni Feb 2024 #81

Glad you joined. Don't be sorry -- I have a couple of bad memories too. If you've been here a long time... Hekate Feb 2024 #115

Oh, Lord, yes. The gender wars. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #119

Yes, gone. One of the worst claimed to have been so disgusted with Obama that he moved betsuni Feb 2024 #120

Those posts were eye opening. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #121

Recursion's "langurwalla" story róisín_dubh Feb 2024 #83

Oh, a classic!!! "The monkeys have taken over the cabana! Repeat! Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #86

Newyawker99 who welcomed every new poster and livetohike Feb 2024 #87

Thanks for posting.... OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #184

jiacinto Shrek Feb 2024 #88

I forgot about him XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #96

That was an interesting poster. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #186

July 2008. I had been on DU for 2 or 3 years, just getting used to being trashed on occasion. DFW Feb 2024 #89

Terrific post! Thanks for that! PCIntern Feb 2024 #90

Love you and your stories, DFW. Always have, always will. Hekate Feb 2024 #114

And I love friends who are always there with kind words and support DFW Feb 2024 #158

The passive -aggressive DU LINK????? yardwork Feb 2024 #151

+1 dalton99a Feb 2024 #157

Yes... PCIntern Feb 2024 #91

Never not believed that Republicans gamed the Ohio results in 2004. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #187

The switchover to DU2 berniesandersmittens Feb 2024 #94

A poster Calling Hamas members "freedom fighters just like Mandela" is one for me. BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #97

lots of hilarious trolls Kali Feb 2024 #100

Thing about long-term trolls on DU. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #188

I remember the first time I ever heard of DU. I read a banner Democraticunderground.com on CSPAN, watching the bush II mahina Feb 2024 #101

I remember I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #102

I'm also an insomniac -- DU has been great because there is always someone awake in some time zone Hekate Feb 2024 #138

When Trump occupied the WH I would wake up and doom scroll. yardwork Feb 2024 #154

Listening in on the police scanner when the Boston Marathon bombing happened. nolabear Feb 2024 #111

Hurricane Katrina and the Drowning of New Orleans. We had a slew of DUers who lived there... Hekate Feb 2024 #116

Whether Al Gore would run in 2004 or not. radius777 Feb 2024 #117

Started out as a Hilliary supporter in 2008, but switched early on to Obama. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #190

I miss Lunatica! bif Feb 2024 #127

Sending flowers to Sen. Barbara Boxer and sending a tie to Olbermann 2 Meow Momma Feb 2024 #128

Sent a bajillion red roses to Helen Thomas. I think the occasion was Bush exiling her to the back... Hekate Feb 2024 #135

Gosh, I forgot the flowers to Ms. Thomas! 2 Meow Momma Feb 2024 #136

My dear senseandsensibility! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2024 #130

That is a beautiful sentiment, CP! senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #132

Christie Crime Digest Dread Pirate Roberts Feb 2024 #131

Matcom! Elessar Zappa Feb 2024 #133

Well, let's see... Dr. Strange Feb 2024 #134

I still miss Frenchie Cat. She was lovely. Hekate Feb 2024 #137

She was great Mz Pip Feb 10 #189

No n/t elocs Feb 2024 #139

The thread where DUers posted our real names eleny Feb 2024 #141

My daughter was a preschooler xmas74 Feb 2024 #153

The DUzy Awards Deep State Witch Feb 2024 #155

Reading everyone responses has made me remember something called senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #160

greywarrior A-Schwarzenegger Feb 10 #174

Do you know what happened to him or her? senseandsensibility Feb 10 #177

i searched A-Schwarzenegger Feb 10 #193

I won a CD produced by a DUer who started posting from Hawaii Model35mech Feb 2024 #163

I was active on here 20 years ago! talkinghand Feb 10 #173

Welcome back! senseandsensibility Feb 10 #183

Walt Starr. "Just tombstone me right the fuck now." Skinner: "OK" madinmaryland Feb 10 #181

Classic! senseandsensibility Feb 10 #182

This has been an multi-hourlong reading. Because I got side tracked on a lot of comments. Well done S and S! OAITW r.2.0 Feb 10 #191

I miss Sniffa Texasgal Feb 10 #192

From the Sports Group: cboy4, upton, condem, matcom, trumad... madinmaryland Feb 11 #194

The day after John Kerry lost Tree Lady Feb 11 #195