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Yeah, I saw him standing in line right next to Elvis.
The disappearance of nickb was an inside job!!1 WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!1
Tough crowd tonight!
Nickb, Are you okay?
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Re: Nickb, Are you okay?
#32In the future, I'd like to suggest that all regulars post their vacation schedules and travel times to news.YC so that we can make sure you're ok. Please also post your mom's phone number so that we can call her and tell you're doing alright and that the weather is great in Whogivesashitistan.
All regulars: before deciding to take a vacation please create a poll and make sure you get a majority approval from the community. An army of satellites, airplanes and robots will be dispatched to locate any missing person and if found guilty of violating the aforementioned rule you will be responsible for covering the costs of the search and rescue operation.
Re: Nickb, Are you okay?
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw nickb pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. (Since this is getting downmodded into oblivion, that was a Spaceballs reference. That's a line from the same scene with "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.")
So you decided to quote a line from a classic 1980s movie because said line occurs in said movie shortly before a line which sounds somewhat like the line from another classic 1980s movie which was (quite relevantly and in context) quoted by the parent post?
Did you think that plan through carefully?
Re: Nickb, Are you okay?
#34after reading all the comments, i start wondering: is this a community, or is it a bunch of kids with nothing better to do that truly don't get what hacker news is all about?
Re: Nickb, Are you okay?
#35He was logged into Google Talk last night.
I'm sure he appreciates the concern though.
Re: Nickb, Are you okay?
#36He was at the reception the night before.
Are you sure? None of us met him.
Re: Nickb, Are you okay?
#37Whoa... I come back and the top story is about me. Thanks guys... I really appreciate it!
I was away for a week. I had some personal stuff to take care off and once that was done, I realized I needed to take few days to just reflect on some stuff and just do nothing. Haven't had a real vacation in quite some time so I used few days to unwind. No worries, I'll be back to regular posting soon!
PS: Now I'm off to answer a bunch of emails!
Re: Nickb, Are you okay?
#38In the future, I'd like to suggest that all regulars post their vacation schedules and travel times to news.YC so that we can make sure you're ok. Please also post your mom's phone number so that we can call her and tell you're doing alright and that the weather is great in Whogivesashitistan.
There's a startup idea somewhere in there.
Re: Nickb, Are you okay?
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Either your sarcasm detector is broken for writing this response, or mine is for thinking you were serious. Or perhaps I'm getting a false positive and both of the above posts were serious.
all I know is that this thread has too acerbic a tone for its own good
That's sarcasm. I'm sure Nick is a beautiful human. But ... like ... this ... is a tech news site. I'd be worried if people didn't drop off for a week or so every once in a while.
Re: Nickb, Are you okay?
#40Whoa... I come back and the top story is about me. Thanks guys... I really appreciate it! I was away for a week. I had some personal stuff to take care off and once that was done, I realized I needed to take few days to just reflect on some stuff and just do nothing. Haven't had a real vacation in quite some time so I used few days to unwind. No worries, I'll be back to regular posting soon! PS: Now I'm off to answer…
Welcome back! Got a lot of heat for this post :) Anyway, the timing couldn't have been better and I am glad it made you smile.