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Thank you - we're back.
I think I handle Covid-19 better than losing DU
Thanks Admin
Baclava
(12,047 posts)malaise
(269,257 posts)I knew this was coming
Baclava
(12,047 posts)tblue37
(65,526 posts)malaise
(269,257 posts)Lulu KC
(2,579 posts)And blocked a whole bunch of sad and angry people on Twitter as I waited.
malaise
(269,257 posts)but Admin put up a notice that we were down through no fault DUs
Lulu KC
(2,579 posts)has people who visit who are mad at DU.
It was like this is a clubhouse and there are these little gangs who have clubs where all they do is complain about being kicked out of this club. It was all very childish behavior and I felt sorry for them. But they were obnoxious so blockety block block.
Bizarre experience. Glad to be back in here where people argue and correct one another etc. in a healthy way.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,398 posts)There was one guy ranting we were all a bunch of corporate Dems. Sucks to be him I guess.
Hekate
(90,978 posts)True Blue American
(17,995 posts)Are going off Facebook because of so much going on.
Will be UTube and Email. Sounded pretty fed up with Facebook.
GetRidOfThem
(869 posts)The only one I do occasionally is Linked-In, which I understand is owned by Facebook...
Did not experience the slowdown. I would have panicked! I depend on this site of my sanity...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)mucifer
(23,599 posts)malaise
(269,257 posts)Just glad we're back
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Too soon?
malaise
(269,257 posts)Stole that from a DUer
Baclava
(12,047 posts)RVN VET71
(2,699 posts)malaise
(269,257 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,949 posts)but I'm waiting for Ivanka or Jr. to sell me something better......
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,949 posts)Ironic, right?
malaise
(269,257 posts)DUzy
UTUSN
(70,779 posts)bluestarone
(17,101 posts)A BIG TY to all who got us back!
Butterflylady
(3,555 posts)Never knew how dependent I was!!!!
lastlib
(23,356 posts)OMG, gonna die!!!! The World is coming to an end!! Apocalypse Now!
I really am addicted to this site!
Laffy Kat
(16,391 posts)lastlib
(23,356 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,391 posts)That was really creepy.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)I kept trying to log on, and couldn't. Talk about panic! Then the announcement was posted. Bigly relief. This is my #1 source of news with people who think like I do.
Iggo
(47,586 posts)Phew!
Stuart G
(38,454 posts)mopinko
(70,302 posts)and the whole damn thing crashes the next.
glad to see i am not under some kind of spell.
eta- i dont believe in such, but people leave some strange things on my farm.
the other day i got a bundle of pheasant feathers and some sort of soft, long straw.
true story.
malaise
(269,257 posts)mopinko
(70,302 posts)mucifer
(23,599 posts)NBachers
(17,170 posts)I just signed off and hoped for the best. I'll be interested to find out what was happening.
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)I had flashbacks to Nov 8, 2016 and thought, oh, no, here we go again!
Thank heavens that I checked the DU FB site and saw the message there.
malaise
(269,257 posts)Flashed right back to Election Day 2016. That's when I knew I needed to pony up more often. DU is too important to me.
Zoonart
(11,896 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,391 posts)OMG!
hlthe2b
(102,495 posts)c-rational
(2,600 posts)a window blind look. Attempting to tun off her computer cleared that issue. I just do not Iike the feel of this. I am not a conspiracy theorist, but there is too much gaslighting going on for my comfort, too much holding up the dumpster, and too much obfuscating of the truth.
On a separate note there is a great article in the Washington Post this morning on the politicization of the supreme court (yes I will use lower case), Supreme Inequality (sorry I cannot link) that is a should read...goes back to the Powell court. I particularly liked one comment on the declaration of person hood to corporations from the Santa Clare County vs. Southern Pacific decision where this caveat was inserted into the "headnote" by a court secretary of a former railroad man.
BComplex
(8,082 posts)to quit electing republicans if this country is going to survive as a democratic republic.
NMRE
No More Republicans EVER
c-rational
(2,600 posts)BComplex
(8,082 posts)elect for president this next term. She could have written that article herself.
Bettie
(16,143 posts)Now I have my blankie...it's going to be OK.
Aristus
(66,509 posts)Auggie
(31,227 posts)C Moon
(12,225 posts)2naSalit
(86,900 posts)Appropriate for Easter, I guess.
Thanks Admin.!!!
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,112 posts)DemoTex
(25,407 posts)Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone ..
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
malaise
(269,257 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)Minute I wake up.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,031 posts)thanks, admin buddies!
I did notice things acting a bit squirrely the last few days
gibraltar72
(7,517 posts)nolabear
(42,001 posts)Well I didnt quite freakI went back to sleep. But Twitter seemed down too.
Alliepoo
(2,232 posts)You said it perfectly- PHEW!!!!! Holy cow-I dont know what Id do without DU and my family here. So glad were back up and running. Wishing everyone a peaceful Easter day. Our admin ROCKS! Good job and Thank You!
malaise
(269,257 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)marieo1
(1,402 posts)Thank You, staff at DU. Missed you!! Have a wonderful day.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)underpants
(182,992 posts)rocktivity
(44,583 posts)But what caused it -- Russian interferers
rocktivity
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Soon we will go for our after lunch walk.
So DU was off-line, so to speak?
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)Zoonart
(11,896 posts)Thanks Admins for getting us up and running.
Almost had a seizure this morning when I found out we were down.
Oh Happy Day, DUers.
Hekate
(90,978 posts)Thanks, Admins.
calimary
(81,565 posts)Wasn't sure I'd get to - well - HERE. I found, via iPhone, that when the "nobody here" empty screen is what came up, I couldn't hit the back-arrow and restore what I'd started to read on the screen last night.
A relief that DU is back - and that YOU ALL are back!
I'm still suspicious about why DU suddenly disappeared, though.
Happy Easter everybody! Even DU rose from the dead.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Thanks admins.
I had a homework session with the lil one but that ended and still there was no DU
dweller
(23,692 posts)sorry i guess i shut it down ?
🤔
back on again!
✌🏼
trickyguy
(769 posts)other vital services like the U.S. Postal Service. Just read a very long Facebook post
from a postal worker: a history, what it means to all of us and what we can do to keep it afloat.
He said it would take just $20 from everyone to get them out of the hole and I would gladly
pay that. Can't imagine not getting mail - especially these days. And DU is a similar situation.
When these things are gone, we realize just how much they meant to us. Thank you DU.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I didn't realize quite how addicted I was to DU.
Thank god it's back!
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Thanks admin for getting us back online.
Chemisse
(30,821 posts)So glad DU is back up.
backtoblue
(11,347 posts)Thank goodness you guys are all back!
I freaked for a minute.
sellitman
(11,608 posts)Thanks Admins
mshasta
(2,108 posts).....very suspicious..
Dem2theMax
(9,658 posts)Sometimes you miss scary things that happen.
True Blue American
(17,995 posts)Is having problems,too. Off and on this afternoon. Phone call, they are having technical difficulties.
At least the SunRise Sevice was nice.
Always darkest just before Dawn. I am praying for that in our Country.
Turbineguy
(37,392 posts)Along with waking up and finding out that tr.....
Nope, not going there.
LAS14
(13,790 posts)Alacritous Crier
(3,822 posts)I was going through bonafide withdrawals!
onecaliberal
(32,976 posts)safeinOhio
(32,746 posts)DU down, the return of JFKjr, 5G, new flu and Agnon.
just kidding
samsingh
(17,602 posts)Demovictory9
(32,489 posts)malaise
(269,257 posts)Demovictory9
(32,489 posts)pansypoo53219
(21,005 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)niyad
(113,776 posts)A great big, heartfelt THANK YOU to our amazing admins.
Resurrection!