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User talk:Spud

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Email

Hey, if you have a spare moment, do you mind checking your "junk mail". I have dropped you an email but Outlook is being a pain recently and keeps going to junk mail. Thanks. Oldman4 (talk) 16:17, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

It was my Birthday today

I know it isn't the same, but I did give a little thought to myself, and I bought a pint of ice cream. It was slim pickins, but I found one Ben and Jerry's called 'American Dream' which cracked me up a little, and I don't really like marshmallow or cherry cordial. After I bought it, I saw on the packaging it is a Stephen Colbert joint, but I don't really care, it's ice cream, vanilla with fudge covered waffle cone and caramel swirl, as somebody who doesn't do sweets, it is intense. I just ate some, and enjoying ice cream is inextricably linked to remembering my grandfather, and also giving a warm thought towards your sister. I have another grandfather who I think of warmly when I eat baked beans. It doesn't hurt me, but I did think 'Aw, damn, Spud's sister, too.' I hope you're doing well, for me it's happy memories of ice cream with Nana and Papa. Torrent (talk) 07:49, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

@TorrentThank you so much for sharing that. And happy birthday! Spud (talk) 11:58, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Board - the bitch is back

I have rescinded my resignation from the Board and left a message on the Discord chat. Please look at it ASAP. Pizza SLICE.gifDuceMoosoliniYour friendly RW dictator moderator 14:40, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Requesting page protection

Namely for talk:Russell T. Warne. New editors randomly popping up with comments like the ones I just deleted, are more trouble than they're worth. Elf (talk) 19:44, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Dont be rude

Book titles are capitalised...
Why does not that qualify as a stub?

--Janosabel (talk) 17:31, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

The draft has zero sources, poor formatting, barely engages with or describes the subject at all and reads mostly like a puff piece; if it was sent to mainspace even as a stub (which is in itself poor form) it would almost certainly be AfD'd for these issues. To have any hope for the article at all you would need to improve it considerably before it gets sent to mainspace. Plutocow (talk) 18:51, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for explaining. --Janosabel (talk) 11:30, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
@Janosabel You failed to properly capitalize the article, calling it "The capitalist manifesto" with a lower-case c and a lower-case m. You might notice we have an article called The Handmaid's Tale, not one called The handmaid's tale. Everything Plutocow said about your pathetic stub was true. And don't tell me not to be fucking rude. If you can't stand a bit of fucking rudeness, you're not going to fit in very well around here. Spud (talk) 03:14, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
@Spud OK, I will stick around and allow for the robust exchanges. And I did not realise you referred to the capitalisation in the title. My bad. --Janosabel (talk) 11:30, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Some of us come to RW in some small part *because* the language used is allowed to be a bit more exuberant. :) Anna Livia (talk) 10:27, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Thank you for saying I have to allow for the oft exuberant language...--Janosabel (talk) 11:30, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
'Exuberant' as a 'neutral'/non-judgemental description :) Anna Livia (talk) 20:01, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello Spud

Apologies for the sudden message, but I heard Duce retired and I haven’t heard from him in a bit and I got a little worried about his well being. May I please ask what happened? Trump face.pngWe need brain! Give us brain! 19:53, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

@Rational Dude Look at his user page. That really tells you everything you need to know. Spud (talk) 14:56, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
I did, but I didn’t understand what happened until Duce told me. Thanks for responding though. The board really should respect editors like him honestly. Trump face.pngWe need brain! Give us brain! 15:22, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
The Board does respect him. Sadly, most users here don't know the full story and probably never will, for legal reasons. Spud (talk) 15:45, 21 April 2025 (UTC)