How much would you be willing to pay to see Ben Kenobi leave forever?

[rah]

But if everyone had him on ignore, there would be no quotes

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Not going to work.

Doing my civic duty and in order to prevent cataclysmic forum apathetic shutdown, it would compel me to do nonstop quotation until such time as I was universally likewise ignored. And then there would be the unending rash of DL's to deal with.

[MRT144]

To rephrase the original OP, How much would one pay to kill this forum?

Hackers almost did it for free?

[Sava]

I've done it already.

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[Elok]

The forum did just fine for the six months he was banned. In fact, I'd say it was significantly friendlier and happier than it is when he's around.

[rah]

Yeah, I think there were a few actual religious discussions that didn't devolve down to gay/women bashing.

[Nikolai]

If you have more than one monitor, it's a sin. You're a whore and you should repent.

I have two monitors in use. One more not in use, as it turns out my Radeon HD 6870 doesn't like more than two monitors(got blue screen galore).

Sorry Father, I have sinned.

[Aeson]

The forum did just fine for the six months he was banned. In fact, I'd say it was significantly friendlier and happier than it is when he's around.

Roughly half the posts were "Boy, how great is it that Ben is gone?"

...

... the other half were talking about Al B's life.

[korn469]

Why don't we kickstart this worthy cause? Add stretch goals of getting Sloww and Oerdin to leave forever and you're really talking.

That's the first time Apolyton made me laugh in quite a while.

[Ben Kenobi]

How much should ben pay to continue to post here?

I have a lifetime polyplus! Go me! I rule.

[Ben Kenobi]

I bet you Ben weighs the same as a duck.

I would suggest that's unlikely as I actually think Christine O'Donnell is a hottie.

[Ben Kenobi]

I assume that it's hard to not occasionally post under the wrong account, but thinking about it that might explain why occasionally the Aeson account is especially obnoxious and the Ben account is occasionally wildly verbose and dull.

I'm rather shocked that it's taken this long to discover.

[Alexander's Horse]

I don't hate ben either - mainly because I don't read much of his posts, usually just till I get bored, which is about halfway through the first sentence usually

Bring back the girlie avatars Ben - loved the eye candy

[molly bloom]

Personally I would chip in $50.

Nothing. It's just too funny watching someone attempting to belittle my education and in the process get well-known facts which he's supposedly meant to know in his position as, erm, 'history' teacher completely wrong.

We're not talking arcane mysteries vouchsafed only to the Illuminati or hidden knowledge available only to the last vestiges of the Knights Templar- we're talking basic grounding in English and European history.

He's hugely entertaining despite himself.

[Ben Kenobi]

Ben, virtually everyone hates you

Poly's opened a lot of doors for me. You do recall that I stayed with Floyd for a year? That's just one example. There are others.

Sure, some people hate me, but I also have friends who have made my life much, much better. I bet if you thought about it for a short while you could even figure them out.

Who did I ally with in GO? That's two right there. Who's the Cowboy fan in Dallas who likes Eric Clapton? Who's the Dane who claims he's Norwegian?

And that's just for starters!

(not me, I hasten to add), why do you insist on exposing yourself to such hatred by posting here?

I like hanging out with my friends.