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What Happened To Gustavo52974?

Butterthebean

By Butterthebean, in Rants & Raves

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beefalogal    43

beefalogal
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Butter I do not remember any disagreements that he was involved in. Tried to pull up some of his old entries but couldn't find them or figure out how to do it. That is strange. Maybe someone else has knowledge of what happened. Makes you wonder how save it is to respond on here.

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imgonnaloseit!    30

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all of his posts on Sept 1 give sort of a disclaimer that he is not giving advice.

an older post (end of august) says something to the effect "don't worry I am NEVER giving advice out again on this site"

put his name in the search box (upper right-hand corner of page-- in title bar) and click the drop-down menu; select "forums" -- all the titles with his posts will come up (unless admin. deleted some of his posts for offensive reasons).

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lollyfidy1965    402

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For what its worth, I sent an email to "Alex" voicing my opinion.....that I don't know what happened, but that Gustavo was one of the "sane and serious" people using this site, and that he's missed by his "friends". Crazy. :(

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chitowngirl    886

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Wow that's weird, because don't we all seek or advice of sorts from this forum???

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Butterthebean    8,146

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Wow that's weird, because don't we all seek or advice of sorts from this forum???

Yep, basically it was a heated thread where an admin stated that no one on this forum was qualified to recommend anyone seek professional help. Gustavo obviously felt offended that he was being told what advice he could and could not give out on this forum. If anything transpired after that it was either behind closed doors or it got deleted.

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O.T.R. sleever    3,386

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I just messages admin requesting a pardon for him. I'm sure whatever he did was pretty serious to merit a ban, I've seen some crazy stuff fly here, so maybe they'll show him some grace.

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lollyfidy1965    402

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Alex emailed me back and said he wasn't aware of any administrative action against him, and asked why i thought he'd been banned. I replied "Because his profile says he's banned." Maybe it'll get sorted out, and fixed.

If nothing else, I'd like to know what not to say. My suggestions (in response to posts) often include seeking professional help, whether from a surgeon, nutritionist, or therapist...because most often those are the ones the questions/issues should be taken to (as opposed to asking unqualified strangers on here). I'd hate to get kicked off the site for speaking sense, just because someone took it personally.

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