Hey - shout out to DU's OG

[Lithos]

Wanting a check in of those who can legitimately claim a profile of:

Member since: 2001

Just hit me that I've clocked 20 years of DU by now and feeling not only old, but a bit maudlin.

So curious who has shared this journey with me - the ups and the downs.

On Edit: this is not elitist - I so welcome everyone who has found their way here. So grateful to see how vibrant the community has become and changes and improves day by day.



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[MLAA]

1. Congrats on 20 big ones! 🙂

[Lithos]

2. Thank you!

[niyad]

3. Not nearly as OG as you, my official date is July 03, but I was a reader for at least a year before

that. I see your date is actually 9/11/01. What a day to have joined. And how many extraordinary days this amazing family has shared in that time.

Be safe and well.

[Lithos]

7. I felt obligated to join in then

I had a momentary piece of lucidity where I knew Bush was gonna f* this up - which he did - and that he became far more dangerous as a change agent. Wanted to make sure I became more active and connected.

For historical records - I think I started reading within the first week of the founding, but felt no need to contribute.

[yonder]

4. 3 cheers to the OG for paving the way, and of course the administrators for making it happen.

Thankfully, I stumbled upon this site some 10 years later.

[Lithos]

10. They took a big risk and a huge deviation from their original careers

To be honest, it was truly a very brave thing they did. This was definitely sticking a finger in the eye of what was originally becoming a RW echo-chamber in the blogosphere on the Internet.

[yonder]

11. ...

[blm]

5. I can't because I lurked here for a year first while

posting at MWO and Bartcop. Finally joined early 2002.

[Lithos]

8. Still here for the vast majority

[blm]

23. 😉

[UpInArms]

6. From one OG to another

[Lithos]

9. Here here!

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[hedda_foil]

12. Here since '01!

The date on my profile says I was here at the inception. I actually joined that November, though I started reading shortly after 9/11. But I did witness the DU origin banner carried by early and Skinner at Shrubs inauguration on my tv if that counts.

[Lithos]

14. That counts!

I remember that banner!

Skinner and EarlG were babies at that time

[Hugh_Lebowski]

13. I have been around (though in 3 incarnations) since not long after 9/11 myself ...

Cheers

I didn't post that much during Obama years, just cause things seemed pretty okay ... but ... yeah.

[Lithos]

15. Cheers!

Congrats!

:hugs:

[MuseRider]

16. 19 years in July!

Sometimes when I think of that it just amazes me.

OG original group?

I thought it was just OLD group.

[Lithos]

21. Hey what is old is now OG

We saw the light!

[Trueblue1968]

17. Member since: Wed May 2, 2007

[Lithos]

20. Nice, congrats!

You definitely caught the vibe which was back in the Shrub years. Hate to compare it a fine wine - it was definitely a different "taste" than the super sweet reality of Obama and the rotgut harshness of Trump.

[Archae]

18. Right here...

Can you believe it? I was only 41 at the time...

[Lithos]

19. Can relate

I think I was 37 at the time...

three kids later. Grey hair and many additional pounds.

But, to your point - yeah - such a ride!

[Skittles]

22. HERE!

I lurked for a couple of months, then joined DU the month before the events of 9/11....I was sickened by the appointment of that piece of SHIT Dubya to the presidency and wanted to hear from others who felt the same; yes INDEED.

[Hamlette]

24. 20 years come May 12 2021.

[denbot]

25. My 20th will be May 25th.

Wow..

[TygrBright]

26. ::waves:: Yup, we've seen a lot!

[madamesilverspurs]

27. Coming up on 14 in a few days.

First couple years were on dialup. My oh my.

I get a huge kick out of sharing stuff from DU, some folks have remarked that they heard something on the news two or three days after they heard it from me. And it really is amazing that DUers are frequently both first and most accurate.


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[ret5hd]

28. 03-01-2002 for me.

[JohnnyRingo]

29. I've only been here since '03.

Still, we share some memories. Remember when so many went gaga over Napoleon Dynamite and "Pedro for president"?

Or when half of DU was so sure Dennis Kucinich would be president they became intolerant of anyone who denied it? I kept my head low during that revolution, a talent that would become useful again in 2008.

Bob Boudalang? (stop saying that!) RIP

Hate Mail

Top 10 Conservative Idiots.

[Rhiannon12866]

32. You just missed DU.1 by a day!

My previous profile used to say "Before July 6, 2003." That was the day we moved to DU.2 and you were one of the very first to join there. We've seen so many changes to DU since then, all of them user-friendly improvements to the site.

[NewEnglandAutumn]

30. LOL

I was on DU since 2001 but computer died and I could not have reset my PW because he the company I had my e-mail through went out of business. It was a pain finding and resetting my online accounts so I just lurked for a long time until I decided to re join. That I taught me many lessons like update info. and use a password manager etc.

[murielm99]

31. I joined in 2003

after lurking for a year.

[The Magistrate]

33. Hello, My Friend

This has been a great cpmmunity for a good long time....

[hlthe2b]

34. Congrats! I was here on day 1, but didn't register until later in 2001. My 20th comes soon.

Geebus, how fast time passes, but how much we've experienced together, both good and (politically) a lot of bad.

Member since: Mon Jul 2, 2001, 03:00 AM

[zanana1]

35. I've been around since Bush v. Gore.

I didn't join until much later.

[Wounded Bear]

36. Frankly, I don't know...I was reset in Aug, 2009...

I was a member before that, but TBH I don't remember my old screen name before the reset. Joined some time during the Bush years, but not sure when.