Who else is addicted to DU and is just glad we're back up

[malaise]

Thanks Admin

[WarGamer]

1. meeeeee!!!!!!!

[liberalla]

66. Me too!

It was touch and go there for awhile! (for me, anyway...)

[deminks]

2. Me. It was a busy news day, too.

I kept coming here to post. Oh well. We're catching up now.

[Poiuyt]

14. What a day for DU to be down!

[elleng]

3. MOI, and especially TODAY!

[malaise]

12. So much news

Oh yes

[Goddessartist]

4. Me! Yes, thanks Admin!

[FalloutShelter]

5. Meeee too

I’ve been reflexively checking in all afternoon.
Welcome back DU.

[malaise]

8. Hahahahaha

All of us

[FalloutShelter]

16. Yep... addicted.

[iluvtennis]

6. Me, me, me. n/t

[dlk]

7. I am, definitely!

I rely on DU. I live in the red State of Texas and DU reminds there are still sane people in our country.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Oh gawd, right there with you, my dear malaise and all of us!

I kept checking and checking!

WTF happened???

I was thrilled to read EarlG's announcement!

~whew~

[malaise]

11. And so say all of us

[mvd]

58. Me too Peggy - I was not happy about the SC decision and..

came here, only to be reminded of the down time. Glad we are back up!

[bamagal62]

10. Me!!!!

[Kid Berwyn]

13. Real community and best next thing 2

[malaise]

15. LOL

:hi there

[SheilaAnn]

17. Egads, I swiffered, did a load of wash and cleaned the bathroom. This must end NOW!! Thank goddess we're back, whew!

[Kath2]

18. Me!

I need some sanity in these insane times!

[Wonder Why]

19. Not me! Pant! Pant! I could care less. Pant! Pant!

[Delmette2.0]

20. Me, Me, and Me.

So glad everything is back up and running.

[2naSalit]

21. Right here!

[FakeNoose]

22. Well I only checked about 3 or 4 times PER HOUR to see if they were back up

[H2O Man]

23. Recommended!

[rubbersole]

24. I'm not addicted, you're addicted. 🤪

[UTUSN]

25. verklempt all day - missing the site, missing my confreres

[moniss]

26. Right there with you

on all of that!!

[FailureToCommunicate]

27. Yes! But luckily there wasn't any big news today to mull over with insightful DUers.

[CousinIT]

28. That's me!

I was screaming inside: "OMG Mitch is stepping down as leader; OMG SCROTUS is taking the immunity case! -- AND DU IS DOWN!!"

It was awful!

[limbicnuminousity]

29. guilty!

[Coventina]

30. I enter a plea of GUILTY!

[MN2theMax]

31. Me!

Helluva afternoon for DU to be down!

[niyad]

32. MEEEEEEEE!!! I kept going between checking on DU every few minutes

after the first couple of hours to watching episodes of The French Chef. So at least my time was not completely wasted.

[ShazzieB]

33. I was watching Nicolle Wallace when the SCOTUS news came down.

It drove me crazy to get news like that and not be able to come here and talk about it! I was SOOOOOO happy when DU finally came back!

[MontanaMama]

34. Where would we all be without DU?

When we were down this afternoon, even tho I knew it was planned, I had ptsd from 2016.

[malaise]

42. I did wonder

because after 2016 I wonder if they will try to sabotage us again

[IcyPeas]

35. I got worried after 2 hours.

(A lot of breaking news today... Lauren Boebert must be thanking her lucky stars)

🚨 🚨 🚔

[Rhiannon12866]

36. *raises hand*

I got home, but there was still no DU, then we got a "high wind" warning and lost the TV signal, too!

[malaise]

41. So you had a night off

[Rhiannon12866]

44. Not exactly, I just had to make the effort to catch up!

Yikes, it was a big news day!

[MustLoveBeagles]

37. Me

I don't always post but I usually check the threads several times a day.

[Basic LA]

38. Suspected I hit some wrong button

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And broke it.

[malaise]

40. LOL

I knew DU had a scheduled upgrade but they neverr take that long

[lpbk2713]

39. That was a close one.

I was almost compelled to do something productive this afternoon.

[PCIntern]

43. Yeah. It's my default click

[Niagara]

45. I knew that there was scheduled maintenance looming for yesterday.

All this news starting dropping like hot potatoes.


I distracted myself with household chores and getting caught up on some book reading. Periodically I kept refreshing DU.


DU was down for longer then I expected.


We're back!

[malaise]

47. Ditto

[Niagara]

50. Right back at ya, malaise!

[Bettie]

46. Me!

Still, knowing it was going to be up soon was far better than when it was down after the 2016 election....not knowing when it would return.

[Paladin]

48. Myself, to a fault. (nt)

[orangecrush]

49. Roger THAT!

[marble falls]

51. Worried about another 'Great Hack'.

[redwitch]

53. Yeah, I had a flashback!

That was just so scary!

[duhneece]

52. Me, me, me! NT

[malaise]

54. ROFL

[Conjuay]

55. as I said in another post

I felt like a puppy, whining and scratching at the door, hoping to be let back in.

This is a testament to the power of community.

addmn: thanks for the hard work!

[underpants]

56. What's this "DU" you speak of?

[AmBlue]

57. Yeah...

Even knowing it was scheduled for downtime, it felt like a loss seeing that message, and I was waiting for it to come up.

I missed all you fine people!!

[nolabear]

59. Not addicted, no, not me.

Ignore the claw marks on the furniture.

[Prairie_Seagull]

60. Me too, and my coffee consuption went up.

A sign of 'withdrawal? Not sure but points out how much DU has become a part of my day for sure. In fact it's very much like my morning paper. Grab a cuppa and browse DU.

Pat on the back to Admins. Did you get a chance to take a valium. I think I can feel at least some of your pain. My stress level would have been at a factor of 10.

,,,,,,,,,

[malaise]

69. MIne too

BBIg up our Admin

[flying_wahini]

61. Me, me and me!

[IbogaProject]

62. I had family business

So I only saw once that it was down around 3 or 4, so I missed the outage. Glad the restore was successful.

[LiberalFighter]

63. I was really worried. Remember it was down in November 2016. Election Day wasn't it.

[malaise]

67. Will nevver forget thtat one

[Demnation]

64. I feel freakin' lost when DU goes offline, and not ashamed to admit it.

[lark]

65. Me!

[Hope22]

68. 😁👍

[barbtries]

70. me.

i'm not sure how many times i clicked on the "out of service" link. it still wasn't as bad as that horrific night in November 2016.

DU has been my online home since the gw years. It's still the place to go for validation, information, and comfort. Just today I saw 2 posts on the front page that immediately let me know I am not the only one deeply disturbed (driven to despair?) by what the SC did yesterday. Both posters stated how they had not slept last night.

[AllaN01Bear]

71. me. did other things during down time . try to survive the great 2016 3 day du hack attack. gah.

[AllaN01Bear]

72. thanks to the it team and admins.

[Greybnk48]

73. Me! It's where I get all the concentrated news of the day!

I love it! And I love posts from people like you Malaise!

[vercetti2021]

74. Not addicted

To doom and gloom day in and day out here

[Comfortably_Numb]

75. Dog yes!!!! I bet I checked 50 times yesterday. DU is my homepage so everyone I got the internet I panicked!!!

[CANADIANBEAVER69]

76. Every single day I am grateful for DU and the community here. n/t

[brush]

77. I am. I'm a DU junkie for sure.

[Stuart G]

106. You are .....NOT THE ONLY ONE....for sure.

[GreenWave]

78. I as well!

[Ocelot II]

79. Yes and no.

The down time gave me some perspective - I realized that sometimes reading DU stresses me out, just like watching cable TV does. We end up marinating in all the commotion and controversy and it allows TFG to live rent-free in our heads. I'm tempted to comment and argue when there's really no point in it (yes, it's a message board and an opportunity to vent, but sometimes venting just makes you angrier). I think I will spend more time doing other things for awhile, less time on the internet and cable news/opinion shows. I will take walks and paint and read and sing. I am too old to waste my remaining time stewing in anger and stress. I'll be here, but not as much.

[Sedona]

80. was a bit panicky when I had to go to bed last night and it wasn't back up

[3catwoman3]

81. I didn't actually count how many times...

…I checked to see if we were back up, but it was several times an hour starting in the late afternoon. And, like many who have already commented, there were definitely flashbacks to 2016 even tho this was planned and announced.

I’ve never met a single DU member in person, yet I treasure this community.

Some “addictions” are beneficial. Mine to DU most certainly is.

[ornotna]

82. What do you mean addicted

Maybe a little.

[malaise]

87. ROFL

[RKP5637]

83. Same here too!

[Old Crank]

84. No. Not ME. Never,

But I did run off and buy food and post my ballot while it was down......

[PTL_Mancuso]

85. Not Addicted!

Just having an unusually strong predilection toward the jawn.

[calimary]

86. Absitively Posolutely ME!!!

[malaise]

88. This thread is why I love DU

I heard two breaking stories yesterday and then remembered that we were down - and said damn this is HUGE

[malthaussen]

89. Well, maybe not addicted...

... I can quit any time, honest.

-- Mal

[ProfessorGAC]

90. I Quit Every Day

Until I get up the next morning!

[sdfernando]

94. This! ☝👆

[malaise]

92. Me too

[malaise]

93. Me too

[wryter2000]

91. Me

I don't see why DU has to be constantly updated.

[malaise]

95. So that it works as well as it does and pleases

most of us

[Model35mech]

96. I was surprised it went down, but moved on.

I'm 70 with about 67 years of awareness that sh** happens

According to the MSN aggregator, patience and an ability to identify alternate options is one of the things people learn over the decades.

I know, I Know, this will attract: "HEY BOOMER, STICK IT!"

Reality sucks, but not quite so much for people with patience.

[malaise]

98. EarlG gave us notice of downtime

but it lasted way longer than usual

[Model35mech]

99. Yep, and I didn't find that a threat to my lifestyle.

[Jacson6]

97. I'm not addicted but do read the list of posted article subjects a couple time of day. n/t

[Stuart G]

100. I am addicted to DU and posted it in "Addiction & Recovery Forum at the location below

on July 23, 2023...


https://www.democraticunderground.com/11446084

[malaise]

102. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Love itt

[Stuart G]

104. I love itt too

[malaise]

105. Hugs

[BHDem53]

101. Not me. I had no idea it was down.

[Lunabell]

103. Yep!

I love getting all of the latest news here and connecting with like minded souls. Thank you DU and thank you for the Democratic party!!

[RobertDevereaux]

107. DU, A REFUGE ALWAYS to those who crave the truth...

Thank you!!!

[blue-wave]

108. Me too!!!

[pdxflyboy]

109. YUP, I am!