I note with happiness that ikkyu2 has quietly returned to AskMe

October 25, 2006 8:50 PM

I note with happiness that ikkyu2 has quietly returned to AskMe, dispensing the good oil as he goes. Since he doesn't have an email in profile: welcome back.
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen to MetaFilter-Related at 8:50 PM (23 comments total)

He left?
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:53 PM on October 25, 2006 [2 favorites]

Always a treat to read ikkyu2's comments.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:00 PM on October 25, 2006

Welcome back, ikkyu2!!

(I don't think he left for very long. :) )
posted by loquacious at 9:05 PM on October 25, 2006

Always happy to see ikkyu2!
posted by puddinghead at 9:06 PM on October 25, 2006

He must have witnessed more avoidable deaths that compelled him to dispense more tough love on the health-related questions.

OH SNAP!!! :D

nudge-nudge, smile-smile, welcome back!
posted by scarabic at 9:10 PM on October 25, 2006

I don't think he ever left, but hey, he dispenses much good advice and many answers on AskMe and here is a big thank you for that.
posted by caddis at 9:14 PM on October 25, 2006

He did leave for a while. I guess he simmered down though. He's actually been back for some time, I think. I know this was talked about somewhere else in metatalk but I can't remember where.
posted by bob sarabia at 9:21 PM on October 25, 2006

He left and came back to Wikipedia, too, didn't he? I kinda like that he keeps getting drawn back to communal sites even when they drive him crazy. Shows a good heart. :)
posted by mediareport at 9:43 PM on October 25, 2006

Shows a good heart. :)

I dunno, man, I was thinking more like "ikkyu2, the battered wife of AskMe's health questions."
posted by Ryvar at 9:57 PM on October 25, 2006

(seriously, though, it's great to see him back)
posted by Ryvar at 9:57 PM on October 25, 2006

many, many answers. the man even knows about cars! My public thanks here.

The beezie is in the garage right now, waiting for me to put in new linkage (it broke, sadly), a new fuel filter (the old glass one managed to crack -- I think the summer was too hot for it, perhaps), and that HEI. Also: body work. But next summer, look out for fishfucker.
posted by fishfucker at 10:18 PM on October 25, 2006

The only sizeable gap I see in the last few months was in late July and early August.
posted by solid-one-love at 10:56 PM on October 25, 2006

Did I miss some drama!? GIVE ME A LINK TO THE DRAMA!!!
posted by mr_roboto at 1:01 AM on October 26, 2006

Drama = ikkyu2 gets burned out because on the internet, nobody knows you're a neurologist.
posted by blasdelf at 1:34 AM on October 26, 2006 [1 favorite]

I took a couple months off.

I've been answering questions on the internet for a long time; every so often it starts to wear on me. When it seems fun again I come back.

Thanks for the nice words everyone.
posted by ikkyu2 at 3:42 AM on October 26, 2006 [2 favorites]

I noticed your return earlier, but it's good to see you around ikky2u.
posted by onalark at 4:35 AM on October 26, 2006

The one thing I've always wondered is: who or where is ikkyu1?
posted by deadcowdan at 5:31 AM on October 26, 2006

my most embarassing askme moment was contradicting ikkyu's answer based on half-remembered high-school physics and being completely wrong.
posted by empath at 5:50 AM on October 26, 2006

Thanks to ikkyu2, I left my wife, took up with the secretary, my breath is now minty-fresh, I got that raise I was hoping for and my golf game has really improved.

Thanks ikkyu2!

Seriously, you're an asset to the community. Thanks for your help
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 8:38 AM on October 26, 2006

I ♥ ikkyu2 and all his helpful advice. SF Bay area reprezent!
posted by Lynsey at 10:26 AM on October 26, 2006

Ikkyu1
posted by ikkyu2 at 11:18 AM on October 26, 2006

Ikkyu was among the few Zen priests who argued that his enlightenment was deepened by consorting with pavilion girls. He entered brothels wearing his black robes, since for him sexual intercourse was a religious rite.

The plot thickens...
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:26 AM on October 26, 2006

In Rinzai Zen tradition, he is both heretic and saint.

That's pretty cool, right there. My new role model.
posted by Sparx at 2:12 AM on October 28, 2006