Twenty years at DU. Thank you all for being you.

[Aristus]

I love you all...

Here's to the next twenty...

[hlthe2b]

1. Congrats, Aristus

[Aristus]

2. Thank you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Congratulations, my dear Aristus!

I'm so glad you've been here that long, and that we're friends!

It's always a pleasure to talk with you.



Here's to at least twenty more!

[Aristus]

4. Indeed!

[True Dough]

5. 20 YEARS!!!

How much alcohol you figure you've consumed over those two decades, Aristus?




Keep the posts coming!

[Aristus]

6. Not as much as you might think.

I didn't even keep liquor in the house until around nine or ten years ago.

[True Dough]

11. I'll bet consumption rose substantially between 2017-2021

Coinciding with the most miserable presidency known to humankind!

[Aristus]

13. Exactly.

I was on vacation for the week of Election 2020, because when Trump oozed into the White House after Election 2016, I was almost physically sick; I showed up to the clinic to work the next day, but had to go home before seeing a single patient. I decided in 2020 just to build in some time to deal with it all if the worst happened again.

I did a lot of day-drinking that week...

Plus a bottle of champagne when Joe Biden was finally certified as the winner...

[True Dough]

14. "Oozed in the White House"

That's a fitting way to describe it!

[yonder]

8. Congrats! Thanks for all the Friday Night answers.

[3catwoman3]

9. Your posts are always interesting, and I have particularly enjoyed...

...sharing clinical stories with you. Even tho we've never met, and likely never will, I consider you a colleague and a friend.

[Aristus]

10. Thank you.

You know how much I respect you and the work you have done for your patients.

[DoBotherMe]

43. You two are my medical

Brain trust. I trust you both to give us honest evaluations to our concerns. As well as cynically funny assessments of idiot ideas.

[3catwoman3]

50. I know this is Aristus' thread, but you just...

…just made my day. Thank you.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. ive been here along time under a different username before the great hack of 2016

kudos to u . du has kept me insane whilst i live in a mostly red district of ca . there are some bright spots here and a huge swath voted for obama and biden. good luck w ur posting .

[Ocelot II]

15. Congratulations on 20 years! Time flies like an arrow.

Fruit flies like a banana.

[berniesandersmittens]

16. Cheers!

I have to sit out Happy Hour nowadays.

How I miss my boxed wine in a solo cup and your "ask me anything" vodka posts

[Aristus]

18. You don't have to drink to participate in my Friday Night drinking threads.

Everyone is welcome...

[Walleye]

17. Thank you for being here

[UpInArms]

19. Here's to 20 more!

Thank you for being you and being here

[Phoenix61]

20. Congratulations! It wouldn't be Friday night without you. nt

[underpants]

21. Happy Anniversary 🎈

[seta1950]

22. Wow

Thanks

[7wo7rees]

23. Congrats on anniversary.

Hard to believe 20 years isn't it?
We've been here too, but have had a couple name changes along the way.
Always look forward to your posts, all of them.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. You got the EarlG treatment too

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181573178

(and I saw you posted in there)

Congrats!

[Tree Lady]

26. Does he do that daily?

I will watch in May for my 18 years.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Yes

He started doing that this past year. I actually bookmarked the thead where he announced it - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181463817

I think he missed a couple about a month or so ago, but has managed to keep up with it.

[Tree Lady]

34. That's a cool way to acknowledge

The members here.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. I remember (and I'm sure you do too)

back in the day when newyawker99 used to do milestones for DUers.

I think it's great to have that going on now. It lets people know how fast time flies!

There are still a couple DUers who welcome new posters after their first post and that is great to see too.

[panader0]

25. Congrats. I'm hoping to make it to twenty. (only 16).

[pandr32]

27. What a milestone!

You help make DU the wonderful community it is. Congratulations.

[Tree Lady]

28. Glad to have you here! 🥳🤗

[hibbing]

29. Congrats, got 18 under my belt n/t

[dchill]

31. Congratulations, Aristus!

[SergeStorms]

32. Congratulations, Aristus! 🥳

That's quite an achievement.

I'd be somewhere in that vicinity myself if I wouldn't have gotten myself "evicted" during the Clinton/Obama Wars. I still lurked for a few years, then came crawling back with my hat in my hands.

The place is addictive, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Nicely done, Aristus.

[CaptainTruth]

33. Congratulations! I'm glad you're here.

[lark]

36. Congrats Aristus, from another 20 year member.

My anniversary date was 6/8/2001 and how glad I've been that I found it with all of the wonderful Democrats that come here.

[Aristus]

37. Thank you.

There are times when it seems a lifetime ago, and times when it seems like yesterday. The deep, depressed daze I was in after GWB was sworn in; I felt so alone and so helpless. This was before Mrs. Aristus did her hard turn to the left, and was still a conservative Christian, so I had no support or sympathy at home for my shock and dismay.

Idly surfing the net one day, I saw the link to democraticunderground.com, clicked it, and knew instantly that I was home. DU has kept me sane, as well as informed and entertained, ever since...

[lark]

38. I had much the same experience except husband is a Democrat.

He still thought I had lost my mind with my grief and anger at the theft of the election, and I had no one in town I could talk to about this. I was on another Democratic site which crashed so started looking around and found this and All Hat No Cattle and was able to laugh some and to start talking with other Dems and I could deal so much better. This quickly became my go to spot and has been such ever since. I am so thankful for you and all the other good folks here, for the comraderie and leftie support network!

Long Live DU!!!

[Aristus]

39. Due, no doubt, to George W. Bush and TFG, Mrs. Aristus is now a staunch liberal Democrat.

When she found out that 81% of evangelicals voted for TFG, she left the church and never went back.

She is very LGBTQ friendly, and supports strong gun control efforts.

It's been an amazing transformation...

[lark]

41. Wow, you are so lucky that she evolved so much!

This is truly a miraculous change.

[LakeArenal]

40. That's quite a commitment.

🥂🍾. Here’s to twenty more.

[FakeNoose]

42. Wow that's quite an achievement

Congratulations my friend!

[Skittles]

44. congrats

I have you beat by a couple of months.....it has been quite a ride, yes? I honestly cannot imagine what they would have been like without the oasis of DU.

[Aristus]

45. Yes, you are one of the few people left who was here when I arrived.

So many of the others are long gone. ssffreeways, neuvocat, Jitterbug Perfume, etc.

I miss them...

[Skittles]

46. yes

and Kephra, oneighty, pinboy3niner, Middlefingermom..........good memories

[Aristus]

47. And God_Bush_&_Cheney...

I miss him.

A scheduling conflict robbed me of a chance to meet him...

[lpbk2713]

48. You're just getting started.

Congratulations on a big milestone.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

49. 🥂🎉🎊🥳💃🎸

[niyad]

51. teachings. Here is to the next twenty.

[LiberalLoner]

52. Congrats! We love you! 😍

[malthaussen]

53. Wow, you were just a baby when you joined! n/t

[Aristus]

54. I had just turned thirty-three the day before.

Joining and becoming a DU-er was my birthday present to myself. Did me a world of good. 2001 was a nightmare of a year...

[Thtwudbeme]

55. Yep. I remember when you finally got here

🤗

[Aristus]

56. Yeah, you are definitely a long-timer here.

Good to see you!