Number 2 clipper stops clipping

Alanocu - the king of clippers, the wizard of images and the nicest person on Clipmarks.

6-12-2008 4:42 AM

Oh, my God! I've just noticed. Alan has gone! No, clips, no picture - nothing! Oh, my hat! I'm silently screaming!

6-12-2008 5:12 AM

mona

This cannot be!
Is there a glitch in the system??
Alan, you can't just up and disappear!
What's the deal here?
:'(

6-12-2008 5:39 AM

Fast T friend

alanocu left tracks in the form of pops and even comments, these very last days. I feel pretty certain to say he is well and with us

hopefully to resume clipping too soon!!!

6-12-2008 6:19 AM

tabsey

Everyone needs a holiday.

6-12-2008 6:53 AM

skwirlinator

I hope he returns - He has good clips and great comments but I understand. I blame forbes

6-12-2008 10:05 AM

bignosemousie

the nicest person on Clipmarks.

He said very nice things about you too, Michelle.

I think he is taking a break and I hope he returns soon.

6-12-2008 10:35 AM

Oh, I so hope you're right Mousie.

6-12-2008 10:37 AM

bignosemousie

Michelle, can you email me? bignosemousie@gmail.com

6-12-2008 1:55 PM

Hey, what you guys talking about? alanocu is still around, he's probably just frustrated with seeing so many extreme political clips, that would just pass, IMHO. Anyway, I'll pop this for him.

6-12-2008 2:13 PM

Have sent you an email Mousie. If for any reason you don't get it, let me know on this clip. Thank you.

6-12-2008 2:14 PM

JohnWaterman

Alanocu is one of my favourite clippers and I had noticed that for a few days he had been popping and commenting but not clipping. I didn't take this to mean anything other than he was having a break. But when I noticed that his profile had been cleared of all info. (including his picture) I clipped this.

I do hope I haven't caused him any embarrassment or discomfort by doing so.

6-12-2008 2:22 PM

Oh, I didn't notice the profile....hmm....

Well, I conversed with him couple of days ago as he posted a very good clip and quickly turned it private. He just showed some frustration of these extreme political clips and said he doesn't like to see his clips being sandwiched between them.

Well, as far as I'm concerned, it is a political season in United States, it is here to last for some time, I see no reason to go extreme for either sides and we all need to stay cool, regardless of what we see and hear.

Anyway, I'm not implicating alanocu for being frustrated due to politics but people make their own decisions in keeping their companies or not, no one can influence them either way and no...

6-12-2008 2:25 PM

Dammit, he should be flattered that his fan-base are frazzled, flummoxed and flustered at his sudden disappearance. I'm like a mother hen whose missing a chick.

6-12-2008 3:07 PM

jatfla

It looks like his last clip/pop was one of Mousie's yesterday afternoon. He seemed very sensitive and enjoyed positive clips, beautiful pictures, and humor. I began to find the things I was reading here oppressive and depressing and I left for a while. Maybe he has too.

Here's hoping he will come back. Clipmarks needs him. :~)

6-12-2008 3:33 PM

tidbit2

hes probably just transformed into his alter ego saving kids and old people but in the day time hes alancou the gent who always says something nice about your clips even if no one else does
It is summer after all ,time to get into that big blue green and grey thing called the outdoors

6-12-2008 3:45 PM

n2sooners

I too am finding Clipmarks a more depressing place lately, especially since they stopped allowing us to block clips from other users. To counter that I spend most of my time under the my clipp... err... my guides section and only occasionally venture out hoping to find some new positive clippers to add.

6-12-2008 3:51 PM

and only occasionally venture out hoping to find some new positive clippers to add

Well then you're part of the problem and not a solution. I have recently noticed you clipping the non-political clips and that is a good sign because it transcends the divide, hope more people would do the same as not everything revolves around politics in our brains, there are some aesthetic and intellectual capacities in all humans.

6-12-2008 4:23 PM

swampfoxz

I also noticed that alan was not himself for the past little while.I am hoping that it's a summer vacation thing and he plans to revamp his profile afterwards. Miss ya buddy.

6-12-2008 4:47 PM

tanyamm

alan isn't the only one missing , where's debbyski?

6-12-2008 4:51 PM

bignosemousie

Tanya, debbyski left a clip saying she is going on vacation.

6-12-2008 8:23 PM

Arifsali has a point. 13 of my last 40 clips are political and I think that is more than usual. I think the Masbury-esque Obama love-fest gets obnoxious. I mean, good grief, do you have a life or what?

On the other hand, there is a lot going on these days politically, so it is relevant. And how can you not love Obama? Right?

6-12-2008 8:32 PM

tanyamm

Thanks bnm I guess I missed it. I hope that's all alan is doing. He helped me so much when I first started clipping. I probably would have given up if he hadn't been there to help, and his clips were so entertaining and informative. I miss him!

6-13-2008 4:18 AM

carrerinyes

Come back Alanocu, you are sadly missed.

6-13-2008 5:39 AM

mona

also, ouyangwulong - where are you?

6-13-2008 11:44 AM

ouyangwulong was traveling between Pakistan and China with his mullah buddies and all those so called terrorists.

6-13-2008 2:10 PM

Okay JohnWaterman, looks like you're right, alan is gone. He's usually the first one who'd pop my clips, now it feels lonely out here.....anyway, life goes on. Clipmarks still rocks after more than two years of my dwelling here.

6-13-2008 2:33 PM

AcesLucky

Silly birds.

It's a HOAX !

No one can stop clipping!

6-13-2008 3:14 PM

tidbit2

If n e one feels its getting a bit dull for them here should check out my guides I can seldom squeeze all that info into my brain
If you use the site creatively searching for interesting matierial and clippers It can be very rewarding
whole new worlds of clip content are on the clipmarks ocean you just need to trawl the depths
the popular clips are just the tip of the iceberg

6-15-2008 4:37 PM

wiganfootie

Made me feel very welcome,lovely man,hope he comes back,

6-15-2008 7:59 PM

Alanocu is one of the most beautiful, sensitive, and thoughtful people I have ever know along with TN. It's a shame that some callous people are able to make the light that shines forth in others go dim at times, but that's how it goes:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RaJAxdGeZ4E

I love you Alan

6-15-2008 8:50 PM

skwirlinator

For the AlanOCU

6-15-2008 11:32 PM

tanyamm

skwirl, you made me cry and I can't stop. That song brings back so many hurtful memories for me.

6-16-2008 2:01 PM

skwirlinator

I'm sorry, I just thought it fit.

7-3-2008 1:38 AM

GoodLife11

What happened to alan

8-4-2008 1:02 PM

dorine

alan,

I've been offline for a long time. Just logged on and saw that you are gone! Hopefully, you're just taking a break and will be back soon. I totally understand.

I'll be back when I get the Internet again. Or the political season is over..... whichever comes first.

I've learned so much here at the Clip about science, history, and of course, the photos and fun sites. Alan, we've all learned much from you... You find the best clips.

Miss you, too, Michelle. And all my favorite clippers.

8-4-2008 5:42 PM

Glad to see you back Dorine! Alan is such a sweetheart isn't he?

8-4-2008 6:24 PM

What a fool I was listening to the shit against our country. The
digusting lies from righthand and ratilfar and their fans of hate
nearly drove me mad. I feel so foolish buying into that crap.

It can be difficult trudging through clipmarks and having to read all the idiocy, hatred, and lies and wonder how people can be such scum. Time away to ground yourself in reality is a good thing.
egoldstein's system of tyrannical opinion is disheartening. Pointing out ignorance and calling it such is a personal attack, while at the same time choosing to direct outrage at those wanting logical, and fact-based opinion.
But no, ...

8-4-2008 6:33 PM

We must also remember that a few million deaths in Africa is of no concern if it leads to wind power.

This is what we have to deal with.

8-4-2008 6:34 PM

I don't think you have the right to speak for the reasons Alanocu left Willhelm.

8-4-2008 6:39 PM

I have the right to speak about anything I want.

8-4-2008 6:41 PM

Not when it involves personal reasons unless you claim to have inside knowledge about them.

8-4-2008 6:45 PM

I have the right to speak about anything I want, regardless of your fascist need to place qualifications on my right to speak.

8-4-2008 6:56 PM

I have the right to speak about anything I want, regardless of your fascist need to place qualifications on my right to speak.

Will, while I agree that you have the right to speak about whatever the hell you want you sure have been dropping the "F-Bomb" a lot lately. I would also agree that you have the right to call anyone and everyone a fascist if you wish, but are you sure you know what a fascist is?

8-4-2008 7:12 PM

I absolutely know what a fascist is, that is why I am so adamant about addressing the issue, which is lost on so many. Fascism is progressive. It is totalitarian, It is socialist, It mandates the action of all society be in concordance with National or international protocol, it is anti-libertarian, it is anti-individual, it is ultra pro-state

Reimers, we have already addressed this issue and it is readily apparent to me that you are clueless about fascism. So, if you are interested about the facts of fascism you can read my comments over the past several months. You can begin here. Fascism is not F-bomb. Calling it an F-bomb and ma...

8-4-2008 7:16 PM

Fascism is not F-bomb. Calling it an F-bomb and making taboo is itself fascist in character.

Lol... now I'm a fascist too?

8-4-2008 7:25 PM

And, because I hate ignorance, especially about history, here is more.

No, I do not think you are fascist, reimers. But, what would be wrong wiht being a fascist? Can you tell me?

8-4-2008 7:26 PM

Reimers, we have already addressed this issue and it is readily apparent to me that you are clueless about fascism.

My reference to the "F-Bomb" was more tounge-in-cheek than anything else. We did breifly address this issue, and I asked you to read this article. If you did, you'll find that it agrees with many of your arguments. My only point is that for you to refer to almost anything you disagree with as fascist simply takes the teeth and the meaning from the word. The left does it to the right all the time, and now in response I've seen the right doing it increasingly to the left.

8-4-2008 7:39 PM

That is just absolutely wrong, reimers. I do not think the Left is fascist. I think fascsim still exists in progressive circles, just like it did in the 20s, 30s, and 40s. However, I would even say that it exists even to a larger degree in the circles of neo-conservatism, which is also progressive. The reason I have been speaking so much about it is because I have a very strong feeling that history is repeating itself in many regards and I have a lot of disheartening feelings about the lack of education that tends to allow history to repeat itself. I willingly admit that I am pointing out the "fascist" nature of many things, even to the point of seeming obsessed. However, that is because the...

8-4-2008 7:42 PM

Are you referring to Marxist theories of fascism? There are two propositions about the phenomenon of Fascism: The first thesis, deriving from Trotsky and now widely circulated by academic writers, states that the rise of a fascist movement is the expression of despairing masses of petty-bourgeois, exploited by demagogues and utilized by the big bourgeoisie at a time opportune for the crushing of the labor movement. The second concerns the character of a fascist regime which is actually in power: this, according to pronouncements by the Comintern leaders, by Trotsky and by such independent Marxist scholars as Franz Neumann (Behemoth) and Daniel Guerin (Fascism and Big Business) is the untram...

8-4-2008 7:45 PM

I think fascsim still exists in progressive circles, just like it did in
the 20s, 30s, and 40s. However, I would even say that it exists even to
a larger degree in the circles of neo-conservatism, which is also
progressive.

This is a point that we can certainly both agree on.

8-4-2008 7:54 PM

I still don't think you have the right to speak to Alanocu's reasons for leaving Willhelm; unless you claim to have personal knowledge about them.

8-4-2008 8:01 PM

Well, I hope you caught my previous comment, since we posted at almost the same moment.

Are you referring to Marxist theories of fascism?

Under this assumption there is the common tactic often used by Stalin that Fascism is anything not Communist. Personally, I think this has caused much of the issue and confusion about fascism that we struggle with even today, which especially leads to the confusion about fascism requiring an alliance of business and state interests. There is some truth to this, and I call what we see occurring today on a global scale corporate totalianrianis, where individual liberty is placed secondary to corporate interests. This began in the 20s. Three...

8-4-2008 8:06 PM

8-4-2008 10:21 PM

n2sooners

I think fascsim still exists in progressive circles, just like it did in the 20s, 30s, and 40s. However, I would even say that it exists even to a larger degree in the circles of neo-conservatism, which is also progressive.

The problem with that statement today is that neo-con has completely lost it's meaning every bit as much as fascism has. The common use for the term neo-con today is to refer to anybody to the right of and including Joseph Lieberman.

8-5-2008 4:21 AM

Will's machine kills fascists.

8-5-2008 1:06 PM