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You know how you go to your favorite bar, your local bartender isn't there.

You ask, "Where's Stamets?"

"Stamet's no longer works here. I'm ummthatguy."

And you're thinking "Hey who's this idiot? I like Stamets."

But you still want your drink. And even though ummthatguy doesn't mix your drink the same way you're used to, like Stamets, you still like the bar. You don't have to go to a different bar. And even ummthatguy might feel kinda bad because Stamets trained him. Stamets showed him how to work the cash register, where the tonic was on the soda gun, who tips, who doesn't.

Stamets is the SNL Weekend Update Norm Macdonald to my Colin Quinn.

Meme from Short Trek: The Trouble with Edward

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Glad you're here!

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Thanks. Just following your guy's lead.

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[–] MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd try act more surprised but I've noticed you've been running this bar for a while

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

I was just a bar back, but now I gotta help restock the shelves, throw out the belligerents, empty the holosuite filters, etc.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And you're thinking "Hey who's this idiot? I like Stamets."

Yeah, we all like him - but you know what, we like you too:-).

And now to Trek this comment up a bit:

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Obligatory:

Also an intriguing video mashup!

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

BTW .... happy to hear you taking the job ... just don't spill the drinks or set fire to the bar

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's all part of the show.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"It's my first day." - Homer Simpson

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

It was like that when I got here

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I honestly already thought you were a mod here lol

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, just a regular who kept sneaking behind the bar to make my own drinks. Guess they figured "Why fight it?" and had me start helping out.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Uh, yeah whatever. A rootbeer and two hours on the Vulcan Love Slaves of Terrix IV.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Uh, the suites are currently occupied. Vic's got a set going, then Chief O'Brien and his boytoy are "fighting" the Battle of the Bulge. The jokes practically write themselves.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Friends like these, huh Morn?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Morn:

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, must have not posted on account of going over the word limit.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, what's going on with Stamets? I saw someone say he made a post about leaving the other day, but I looked through his profile and found no such post.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What little I've picked up is that the combination of life stress and social media induced stress came to a head. So they cut themselves loose and left. It's a bummer, but I hope doing so will help them be well.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Aw man, that is too bad.

I hope wherever he is he finds some peace and feels better. It is a rough time out there, I hope my sending positive vibes finds him, even if it isn’t much.

For whatever it’s worth, this place has been a massive place of comfort for me and that is in a large part because of them. I went through the shit for most of last year and had some breakdowns and this community really helped.

And you too ummthatguy, you’re awesome and you’ve made me laugh so many times. I couldn’t think of a better member of the community to help mod it, thanks for all you do.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@ummthatguy@lemmy.world isn't entirely wrong. I've been dealing with some shit for the better part of the last year. It is also my birthday in a few days and while that's a celebration for other people, it's a severe stressor for me thanks to some past trauma. I overreacted. That's why I deleted the leaving post. I'll probably be back. Might be a couple weeks. Might be a month or two. I don't know. I'm just struggling and adding in the extra stress of Lemmy is a straw I just can't handle.

Not likely I'll come back in a moderator capacity unless directly asked. There's no reason for me to be on the team. Everything runs smoothly and sufficiently without me and I'm not egotistical enough to be like "I WANT THAT GREEN M NEXT TO MY NAME AGAIN".

Hope that helps to you, @Kolanaki@pawb.social and @OpenStars@piefed.social

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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

They will be missed.

And don't diminish your own contribution to our little hub.

How far we've all come. Hell, you even stopped calling me Kevin.

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[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

Same - he seems to have deleted the goodbye post and left the Fediverse even before that post had time to be federated around to the different instances. :-(