I think b3ta is an abstract concept for him now.
He likes milking the nostalgic idea of it, but wouldn't dream of actually touching the place with a bargepole for at least the last half of its existence.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory Tom Cruise piss films, Tue 15 Sep 2026, 19:01, Reply)

Yes, celebrating the institution, not the current reality. Seeing elvis post again made me nostalgic.

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 15 Sep 2026, 20:17, Reply)

Yet his decisions, directly and indirectly, created the current reality.
We all share the blame/credit [delete as applicable] but his abdication of leadership created the vacuum that led to the current varieties of shitshow which infest the different boards.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory Tom Cruise piss films, Tue 15 Sep 2026, 20:26, Reply)

Actually moderating all the spackery was clearly too much effort.
I was going to say that letting QOTW die was the death knell of the platform but the last half-dozen questions had barely more than a page of answers each so I think most of the people who actually had stories to tell had left by that point anyway.
( .Yeti., Tue 15 Sep 2026, 23:12, Reply)

I never even looked at QOTW while this site was a going concern.

(The Porcupine From Purgatory Tom Cruise piss films, Wed 16 Sep 2026, 6:09, Reply)