Priorities in Community Growth

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Nobody actually means this shit they say.

But can you at least see how we might come across as assholes to newcomers? They'd have no idea calling someone a nigger, jew, faggot, etc. was par for the course and "all in good fun."

Nobody actually means this shit they say.

But can you at least see how we might come across as assholes to newcomers? They'd have no idea calling someone a nigger, jew, faggot, etc. was par for the course and "all in good fun."

Nobody was talking to you, nigger

Why do we need to grow and do something? What's wrong with doing the digital version of hanging on the block with your buddies?

Because given enough time all your buddies on the block will eventually dissappear. Eventually, ultimately, if this community doesn't grow, ultimately it will recede. There is no middle ground with shit like this. You knock out a big enough domino and things will start to fall down.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

If we have such a great site........we might as well make it outlast us.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

Remember what Numb Digger had to say when he left?
Apparently even people who participate in said "assholery" think people here are screwed up.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

Remember what Numb Digger had to say when he left?
Apparently even people who participate in said "assholery" think people here are screwed up.

No. Because I wasn't even aware he "left" again.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

I'm not saying that. So please stop with the assumptions. This is about people looking at us and how we come across.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

I'm not saying that. So please stop with the assumptions. This is about people looking at us and how we come across.

What people view us as isn't really a cause for concern.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

I'm not saying that. So please stop with the assumptions. This is about people looking at us and how we come across.

What people view us as isn't really a cause for concern.

Except it is.

People's perception of us determines whether they will join, or continue to lurk.
Lurkers don't keep a site afloat, members do. And if we don't get new members then this site will sink when most of us eventually get bored or too busy and leave.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

I'm not saying that. So please stop with the assumptions. This is about people looking at us and how we come across.

What people view us as isn't really a cause for concern.

Except it is.

People's perception of us determines whether they will join, or continue to lurk.
Lurkers don't keep a site afloat, members do. And if we don't get new members then this site will sink when most of us eventually get bored or too busy and leave.

Sure. Tell that to 4Chan and Reddit.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

I'm not saying that. So please stop with the assumptions. This is about people looking at us and how we come across.

What people view us as isn't really a cause for concern.

Except it is.

People's perception of us determines whether they will join, or continue to lurk.
Lurkers don't keep a site afloat, members do. And if we don't get new members then this site will sink when most of us eventually get bored or too busy and leave.

Sure. Tell that to 4Chan and Reddit.

We aren't 4Chan or Reddit, and most people here don't want the site to become a parody of those.

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

I'm not saying that. So please stop with the assumptions. This is about people looking at us and how we come across.

What people view us as isn't really a cause for concern.

Except it is.

People's perception of us determines whether they will join, or continue to lurk.
Lurkers don't keep a site afloat, members do. And if we don't get new members then this site will sink when most of us eventually get bored or too busy and leave.

Sure. Tell that to 4Chan and Reddit.

We aren't 4Chan or Reddit, and most people here don't want the site to become a parody of those.

And the Award for missing my point goes to...

I have invited lots of people to this place over the past few months. Their main hesitation is how a lot of people here are just flat out ass holes. It really is a serious issue that can prevent this place to grow. I mean, yeah its a place to get together and talk about stuff with your buddies. But what kind of buddies? Is this just a gathering for jerks and terrible people? Or is it supposed to be something more?

You actually think we're terrible people?
lol
I can guarantee nobody on here is actually a bad person. And the people being assholes is just something we do; Nobody actually means this shit they say.

This is why taking the Internet seriously is a bad thing.

Well, then I could ask many of you to cut out the stupidity and general ass hole business, but that WOULD be asking some of you to literally stop breathing.I did not say that everybody here is bad, but there is an undeniable influx of ass holes that are making potential new members turn away.

So you want a boring hugbox?
lol go fuck yourself, mate.

The Flood was founded on stupidity and assholery. Asking for that to stop is just flat out stupid.

Hugbox? No.

More civil conversation? Yes

You give people license to insult each other at a particular level, eventually somebody gets mad and leaves. And eventually more and more leave, then the site dies.

You'd actually have a point, but there's one critical flaw; Everyone here, apart from Brute apparently, knows that everything said is in jest and not to be taken seriously.

I'm not saying that. So please stop with the assumptions. This is about people looking at us and how we come across.

What people view us as isn't really a cause for concern.

Except it is.

People's perception of us determines whether they will join, or continue to lurk.
Lurkers don't keep a site afloat, members do. And if we don't get new members then this site will sink when most of us eventually get bored or too busy and leave.

Sure. Tell that to 4Chan and Reddit.

We aren't 4Chan or Reddit, and most people here don't want the site to become a parody of those.

And the Award for missing my point goes to...

Perception does matter in fact. It just so happens that peoples' perceptions of 4Chan and Reddit are what they are looking for. Why do they have so many members? Because tons of people online want to do what those sites do.

Your point was not missed.

I'd love to invite more people here but this forum is way too toxic.

stop lying you don't have friends

You know, the funny thing about all this is the hostility itself. Lemon's throwing a hissy fit at the idea of changing anything, because god forbid we as people stop trying to emmulate misery and spread it around.

And Brute's on a broken record of, I'd invite to the party but the party sucks deal.

Is the solution not obvious?

Is it really, really that hard for any of you to figure out?

Don't change the flood. Don't change it or remove it or refine it because traditionally, the flood has always been "that place."

Instead, try to funnel activity of newcomers into friendlier forum sections.

And then, when the new members have had a certain amount of time spent on the site, alongside a certain post count, they gain access to the flood if they want to jump into the mosh pit.

It's that fucking simple.

Hell, when I started showing up around on bungie.net I lived in the gaming forum for the longest time. And then, when I was ready, I started exploring the flood.

Same principle here, just with some guide lines and direction arrows for newbies so they don't wander into the mosh pit when all they were looking for was the library, so to speak.

it would be lame if certain people felt like they couldn't talk about off topic stuff just because of the general atmosphere.

COUGHanimeCOUGH

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it would be lame if certain people felt like they couldn't talk about off topic stuff just because of the general atmosphere.

COUGHanimeCOUGH

shut up weeb


in all seriousness though you guys pretty much talk about anime all the time already

If all the threads that you wanted to actually discuss things relevant to your interests got derailed by a certain member, you'd be annoyed too.

it would be lame if certain people felt like they couldn't talk about off topic stuff just because of the general atmosphere.

COUGHanimeCOUGH

shut up weeb


in all seriousness though you guys pretty much talk about anime all the time already

Was that meant to demonstrate the point for him? <.<

I'm well aware that I'm not free of sin here. But hostility does breed more hostility. In my time on this forum I've surprised myself a few times with how much of an ass I can be, but frankly in my shoes as well as others, we were somewhat forced to adapt this was for social survival.

And it kind of makes me sick.
Before I was "uptight" for believing that certain kinds of behaviors weren't okay, and now that I've accepted it as part of the normal forum culture and had to retaliate against it a la anarchy and a certain cannabis lover outing me across here and bnet, I had to grow a significantly thicker skin and learn how to throw back punches so that people wouldn't continue to make a laughing stock out of me. It's fucking draining and most people would've had a public meltdown and rage quit instead.

I've become an asshole so that I keep up with the social hierarchy, due to the fact that I'm a pretty active member. And it's not just me, I've seen other people change too. I've seen friendships destroyed. The culture here is toxic and if it doesn't change I do see myself leaving in the next few months. If it wasn't for that though, I really would love it here. But it's becoming more and more of a drag recently and I don't want anymore.

Well, it comes down to the real question, if you left, would you find any other places better then here? No. This place is a fringe compared to the shitty parts of the internet.

I'd recommend a different mindset though.

I showed up back here after a month of isolation on my own after giving myself a boot in the ass to move. I figured a warm reception would be absent. And I was right.

But at this point, I've adopted something new. I don't, nor ever was fond of stirring trouble. And I don't intend to. So I go about my business as usual here. And if anybody gets bitchy then I can always call on my snarky sense of humor and the fact that I no longer give a shit about people say or think of me.

Please, what the fuck's the worst anybody here could ever do to me? Say mean shit? Fuck that, I'm just fine with saying mean shit about myself internally.

Maybe not the best mindset but it works.

If you get some decent moments, take them as a pleasant surprise. If people don't surprise you and play by their usual idiocy, it's no big deal since it was expected.

Rather than be hostile, just take it as a joke Nuka. Because that's what it all is. One big joke.

However. Jokes are no fun alone. Which is why I figure some thinking needs to be done about new members and what happens to them when they find this place.

Rather than be hostile, just take it as a joke Nuka. Because that's what it all is. One big joke.

Sticks and stones, right? Oh yeah, people being malicious towards me for my situation and my identity is so haha funny.

No. It's not just a joke. It's anything but that.
Reaching out for help from people here was both a huge mistake and really great at the same time. I connected with a lot of great people like yourself, but it also opened me up to a whole new world of shit.

Now before someone asks "Why should you care? Why not just suck it up?"
Because it's personal. It's my own personal life and obviously I had initially kept it secret for good reason. I don't like being treated any differently than any other member, but in the process of getting thrown into the spotlight and stooping to something like accepting donations was both degrading to my "I can do things myself" lifestyle and compromising to my entire online image.


I originally joined this forum and became an active member because I needed the escapism from real life, and it ended up getting dragged into here anyway. I got close to people, opened up to them, they introduced me to other people, they behind my back start telling other people, those people start having issues with each other, and next thing I know I'm sucked into the middle of drama with these people. I talk to them, I try to help. I do good for a while and I'm appreciated. And it works, at least until one of them decides they don't want to listen to what's probably best and they just want to claw each other's faces off. Since I'm in the middle of it they hold it against me.

Rumors spread, shit gets out of hand. Anarchy comes around, and people coordinates attacks against each other. People show their true colors. Insults back and forth, stupid drama and grudges only getting worse and worse, and then you've got idiots like McChubs and Nugtella going around and fucking doxxing people.

Hilarious stuff, right?

Yes, actually. I didn't mean haha funny. I guess I meant my own drab sense of humor that shows up when I'm in a bad way funny.

All of this. All the shitty people on this site or anywhere else. It's all so old and tired, like a one trick pony, that it's actually funny to expect them to play into their stupid bullshit tricks and watch it happen.

It's funny to me, even if it is old and tiring. And I know maybe it's not the way to go for you. I understand, or did, understand being under a mask. And then tuddah, spotlight.

I ride the same boat albiet differently. I'm a fucking wreck Nuka. Compared to what, a good year ago, things were better, things were good.

But since then that's changed a wee bit. I've no more mask either.

But like I said. What they fuck are they really going to do? Say mean shit? Start trouble? Just laugh it Nuka. Because they're jokes. Walking jokes that are really, just sad people hiding behind their own masks and insecurities that don't have the balls to even acknowledge it or change it.

At least you can admit when you're being an ass.

At least I can admit when I'm being a whiny bitch and only making myself more depressed and therefore fucking up what's left of my physical state.

And, at the very least, the both of us may or may not attempt to fight and change that.

But we went off the rails here. Although, maybe not, since an issue in the community is hostility, whether it be actual hostility or percieved hostility.

But like I said. What they fuck are they really going to do? Say mean shit? Start trouble? Just laugh it Nuka. Because they're jokes. Walking jokes that are really, just sad people hiding behind their own masks and insecurities that don't have the balls to even acknowledge it or change it.

When I was first outed and actually a few days before that, I was continuously being pressured by some of the mods to just come out so that it would make moderation easier for them. You know, so that they wouldn't have to do damage control every time someone tried to spill the beans.

You know why I didn't? I didn't know if I could handle it. I was afraid it would make me crack and make me break back down into some sort of suicidal state because of everything else I'm fighting off right now. I had a full month until the next anarchy, at least- so at least I had time to recover.

But being outed and learning to combat the people who give me shit for being me is exactly the reason I've turned into a jackass. And that's the issue.

At least you can admit when you're being an ass.

At least I can admit when I'm being a whiny bitch and only making myself more depressed and therefore fucking up what's left of my physical state.

I've always done my best to be aware of my own faults, even if I don't recognized them until later.
I guess you could say that self betterment is a constant goal, but it feels like everything's been going backward the past few months.

Well heyo, we're here now. It's all stages. Now we try going from being angry and pissy to having a sense of humor and just rolling with it.

The past is the past and nothing can or will change that. You've only got here and now to deal with. So, you're here now. What happens if people get all bitchy and usual people routine? Take a look at it and laugh. Because it is funny. It's an old routine that they're stuck on like a broken record and the irony is, while they give you so much shit about yourself, they're the ones living in the past.

The more you push yourself away from what you can't change and move on, the better off you'll be. And really, just go with my philosphy if you want.

Anybody shows up and starts chewing me out? What happens?

Nothing. They said their part and that's that. There's nothing they can do at that point past whether or not I choose to get upset or just play my snarky side or just move on.

What happens if people get all bitchy and usual people routine? Take a look at it and laugh. Because it is funny. It's an old routine that they're stuck on like a broken record and the irony is, while they give you so much shit about yourself, they're the ones living in the past.

Trust me, been doing that for months now.
There's a good deal of people here that really don't know how to let things go.

The problem though, is that these problematic individuals always do everything they can to blow things way out of proportion every single time.

And nothing ever stops you from just turning around, and not even bothering. Walk away. Don't say anything. Just play the ignore game.

What the fuck are they going to do? Shoot you in the back?

It's not a duel for fuck's sake it's some asshole name on a forum saying asshole words. You can shift gears whenever you want to.

A Hobby/Tech board.

Flood's too much of a biohazard for it, Gaming wouldn't exactly welcoming board games or PC lingo and Serious is well...too serious.

Simple idea, you gotta tech problem, want a recommendation for a decent laptop/monitor/pc part, or just want to brag that you can get 200fps Ultra effects on your $3,000 custom built water-cooled tower, you put it there, as well as bunching it up with Art (as a serperate board is too quiet), Anime (because it seems to be asked for, but again, too small a group), and other shit like Sports or Cars or anything else can be discussed there with rules to keep it more civil than the Flood, but not too civil that you have to be formal about it.

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