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This is meant respectfully, see post body (media.piefed.social)

submitted 3 months ago by Sergio@piefed.social to c/roughromanmemes@piefed.social

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Friends, Lemmings, Piefeeders, lend me your ears. I come to bury @PugJesus@piefed.social not to praise him... Well, no, I DO come to praise him and I'm not burying him, I'm just wishing him goodbye and good luck on whatever he spends his (newly copious amounts of free) time on next. I always liked history since I was a kid. It was really awesome seeing this... this... FLOOD of posts about history here every day without fail, realizing that history was important to other people and that it could be fun and enlightening and half the time I wouldn't know wtf a post was about and I'd end up spending half an hour on wikipedia reading up on it and I'd post a link in comments and it'd feel like I was taking part in things. Anyway I'd disagree with PugJ once in a while about various things, but PugJ always struck me as sincere and passionate regarding things they cared about, which is admirable.

PugJesus, it's too bad that you're cutting away from the threadiverse. Your posts greatly improved life here over the past couple years. I hope you will consider staying around in some capacity, perhaps even under a different name. But if not, that's cool, I can understand that sometimes things are too much and you just have to step away.

My friend! May the spirit of a hundred Romans travel with you!

edit: context: https://feddit.uk/post/52137875
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base image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Julius_Caesar_(Camuccini)

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 101 points 3 months ago (16 children)

Et tu, Piefed? Then fall, PugJesus!

I’m just wishing him goodbye and good luck on whatever he spends his (newly copious amounts of free) time on next.

Heh, not as much new free time as you might think! One of the things I enjoyed about posting on here was that I could do it in little pockets of waiting while doing other tasks. But some hours freed up weekly, certainly. Sadly, I'll probably fill it with games instead of anything useful, since all my other hobbies I'm pretty much full-up on. But there are worse fates! :p

~~Still would prefer history shitposting~~

I always liked history since I was a kid. It was really awesome seeing this… this… FLOOD of posts about history here every day without fail, realizing that history was important to other people and that it could be fun and enlightening and half the time I wouldn’t know wtf a post was about and I’d end up spending half an hour on wikipedia reading up on it and I’d post a link in comments and it’d feel like I was taking part in things. Anyway I’d disagree with PugJ once in a while about various things, but PugJ always struck me as sincere and passionate regarding things they cared about, which is admirable.

Stop, you'll make me tear up.

One of the things I always hoped for when posting or writing an explanation was giving more than a chuckle (though I loved giving a chuckle) but connecting with and supporting the history enthusiasm of others.

In retrospect, I do wish I was less acrid at times. Not always. But some times.

PugJesus, it’s too bad that you’re cutting away from the threadiverse. Your posts greatly improved life here over the past couple years. I hope you will consider staying around in some capacity, perhaps even under a different name. But if not, that’s cool, I can understand that sometimes things are too much and you just have to step away.

If I come back, likely as not, it would be under the same name. My reputation is one thing I don't fear - not least because I've earned it, for better and worse! A new name would eventually acquire just the same reputation from my cantankerous soul. :p