[Rain Man]

We'd like to thank everyone for participating in patteeu's "leaving forever" thread.

Here’s the story: patteeu had a terminal illness and knew that his remaining time was short. He joked with a few of us who knew him about how it would be funny to post a "leaving forever" thread once he could no longer post. After he passed away, we thought it would be a nice tribute to give him that wish, so we impersonated him as a one-time thing to make this thread. We apologize for the temporary subterfuge, but wanted to give him a grand and sincere 1,000 post departure to push his Viking ship from the shore. Thanks for making it a great one! It was a perfect “leaving forever” thread.

We'll post a traditional RIP thread now, and salute an all-time great poster and person. I'm going to miss you, patteeu.