The Passing of a Lounger

[Layil]

My first thought when I saw the title of this thread was "Not Pete." This is the first time I've found his presence remotely disappointing.

I remember Pete was the first person I ever saw recommend a retroactive abortion. His powers of abuse always left me in awe, and giggles. I learned tremendously from reading his posts; not merely in creative methods of insult and condescension, mind you, but everyone else has praised his intelligence already so I'd like to focus on something else.

Reading Pete's abusive posts was a guilty pleasure. I'd often think "Man, he could be a lot nicer about this", but life was just way more entertaining when Pete was on the warpath. Upon many a troll and wanker he delivered masterful coup de grâce which, this being the internet, may seem like it did about as much good as cutting the head off of a hydra. But lemme tell ya, Pete was a force. Did you guys know there was an "It Gets Better" Project started in the late '90s by nitwits on the receiving end of a thorough Pete'ing? They even told tales that Pete rode around on a magical dinosaur called Thesaurus and that his wordsmiting stemmed from The Word of God, which Pete "borrowed" from God after convincing Him that He doesn't exist. No joke. Have you noticed your prayers haven't been very effective lately? Well, blame Pete. But even with all of his powers, even Pete couldn't stop people from being idiots, but he sure as hell could shoo them off our lawn. With a firehose. That squirted fire.

-Lem

Well said, Lemmy. I was pretty sad when I first read the news, but I have to say your words cheered me up a little. He was definitely one of a kind and he'll be missed for all of his contributions to this great community. The LL won't be the same without him.

*hugs Magi*

-Layil aka Darkman