RamFan503 said:
BatteringRambo said:
Basically X finally caved and realizes how much we all mean to him plus CGi and had no choice but to simply go by The Dude now and he abides to all who follow ROD and the very promising future of OUR Rams! :ww:
Man... well put. What say you X?
Yeah, kinda. But you all have always meant a great deal to me. You're the reason I put this place together, and the reason I keep trying to improve it. My new "persona", if you will, is more of a switch in my thinking AND
a dedication to my new religion of Dudeism (yeah, it's a real thing), of which I am now an Ordained Dudeist Priest (also legit).
It's also a consolidation of all my online accounts. "X" was a reference to StlouisramsX.com. A website I owned back in 2004-2008, and that was my screen name on a bunch of accounts. Naturally, since I don't have that website anymore, I don't need to carry that name. Plus, "X" just sounds too militant. lol. And I don't want to go by "ROD", because that's not me. It's US. So, I'm taking this whole "The Dude" thing to another level. It's my favorite cult movie of all time, and it's a fantastic way of life if you can extract from it the core principles that fuel just about every other peaceful religion out there. It's actually kinda cool. And it ties in nicely with my allegiance to the Rams. It's also kind of required if you think about it. lol.
Abide.
1: to wait for : await
2a : to endure without yielding : withstand
2b : to bear patiently
So, yeah ... that's the story.
"I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."