Asking the hard-hitting questions. I like.
How do you maintain a cool attitude with such a long standing on this website?
I've come to like being really aloof.
Do you miss a lot of the veterans on here? Or do you maintain contact with many of them anyway and it doesn't matter?
I miss being able to talk to all of the old guard at once. I have most of them added on FB, but we don't really interact. It happens. Life happens. I mean, look at the HIMYM finale.
#junes is still a thing, but I'm afk a lot since it's not as active as it used to be. Victor hooks me up with new tunes every now and then (though his taste is more eclectic than mine), and I chat with Tony a little bit, too.
One person that I do talk with quite a bit is Shawty, and I'm diddlying thankful that was after KHI. She wouldn't've been thrilled with the kind of person I used to be.
I'm also vaguely interested in your opinion of me since the veterans in particular have always had a weird view of me, especially with how we all basically grew up with each other. I've known you for over a decade and it's just interesting to look at those bonds or whatever you may call them.
Will we forever be our behavior in middle/high-school?
While this place has continuously given me insight and allowed me to voice my opinions comfortably... it has also led to me being harassed, picked on, and given me many insecurities of my weight, looks, and how I act. I know I'm not the only one, I was curious what your opinion is of the previous "bully" mindset that members faced previously. People currently don't have their phone numbers released to /b/ to my knowledge.
I was a real piece of work growing up, I'll be the first to admit that. I even embraced it. The other day, I found an old post where I had said some pretty misogynistic shit. It was completely unflattering. It
is completely unflattering.
I'm only scratching the surface. What I'm trying at is, you either learn from that and grow past it, or you don't. I like to think that I have. In my case, it wasn't until after I retired from here and let other experiences mellow me out a little and mold me into a better and more sensible person. I had to learn to get over myself.
As for you, even when you came back as Annoyance the issue of your harassment was swept under the rug. Actually, I can't even say that because it persisted. After a while you showed somewhat of a tolerance, but that wasn't meant to be interpreted as an invitation to continue it, and for that I owe you a sincere apology. Hell, I didn't even know the thing /b/ and your number was a thing.
Bringing this full circle, I have the guy added on FB and IG and even diddlying Hamster Lord turned out to be cool as shit. Arielle (Spock) had her name changed by Sam to Ethnic Woman when she stood up for a friend, and she's one of the people in charge here today. Lastly, Victor went through a very brief ordeal – admittedly, not exactly like yours, but still enough to mention anyway.
Yeah wow, holy shit I made Sam an admin. My teen years were chaos.
