FishmanPut your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain.Registered Userregular
I think I last changed my avatar in 2010 and I've thought of changing it a couple times since then but am worried I'd become unrecognisable if I did that.
This whole thing made me realize I recognize people more from their avatars than their names
This. When people change their avatars it really throws me off. Though i did enjoy when a bunch of us changed our avatars to have the face from 3clipse’s (i think?) oglaf avatar. That was fun times, especially when it started showing up in other sub forums and folks who only post in a specific one were like “wtf?”
In the last like 4 years I think I asked for like 4 bans cause this place (and the internet/social media generally) was making me miserable and I have bad self control and I felt like I was becoming an angry asshole that hated themself whenever I was here
hello. I hope you, person currently reading this post, are having a nice day and you can look back at the last 10 years of your life and recognize they haven't been wasted.
because I can't.
My friend is working on a roguelike game you can play if you want to. (It has free demo)
In the last like 4 years I think I asked for like 4 bans cause this place (and the internet/social media generally) was making me miserable and I have bad self control and I felt like I was becoming an angry asshole that hated themself whenever I was here
And I'm still here
But that feeling happens a lot less
The end no moral
Conversely using Twitter causes me to inevitably read too much news and then I overdose and get real upset about things I can't control and it bleeds into my personal life (Facebook and Instagram are much more curated so I just overdose on homemade dresses or high protein recipes or dogs there)
I've managed to almost entirely cut that back by deleting my Twitter account a little while ago, and more recently trying actively to not navigate to the few journalists/columnists that I was still reading for a while
I can actually physically feel my stress levels rising if I spend too much time on Twitter doomscrolling and it's just not healthy for me; bit of a bummer since there seems to be a fun post-forum community out there but ah well
Whereas the forums are a lot easier for me to hit the end of a thread and then dip out on, y'know
I change my avatar fuckin constantly. Is that why almost nobody knows who I am, despite posting here nonstop for nearly 20 years?
New avatar who dis?
It me
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
I miss nusu. Before they were posting just in the WoW thread and game deals thread. Looks like they stopped playing WoW and just came by every week to update the deals thread like a boss.
I hope they're doing well and wish them all the best.
In the last like 4 years I think I asked for like 4 bans cause this place (and the internet/social media generally) was making me miserable and I have bad self control and I felt like I was becoming an angry asshole that hated themself whenever I was here
And I'm still here
But that feeling happens a lot less
The end no moral
Conversely using Twitter causes me to inevitably read too much news and then I overdose and get real upset about things I can't control and it bleeds into my personal life (Facebook and Instagram are much more curated so I just overdose on homemade dresses or high protein recipes or dogs there)
I've managed to almost entirely cut that back by deleting my Twitter account a little while ago, and more recently trying actively to not navigate to the few journalists/columnists that I was still reading for a while
I can actually physically feel my stress levels rising if I spend too much time on Twitter doomscrolling and it's just not healthy for me; bit of a bummer since there seems to be a fun post-forum community out there but ah well
Whereas the forums are a lot easier for me to hit the end of a thread and then dip out on, y'know
Part of it is that, part of it is also just negative experiences where people argue and stuff here. Ironically I realized yesterday it's been more chill cause I haven't gone into threads specifically about Big Issues.
When it comes to Twitter it honestly almost gives me anxiety because it's just such a barrage of information constantly and creates some thing that pokes my brain like "hey you need to know this you should read this" and that is not healthy for me at all.
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i'm tired, boss
Most other folks in my little circles of care are still kicking around here, so it's nice to be able to check in on them like the snoopy aunt I am.
but here I am
I'm also just tired and possibly sick from possibly covid
So here I am.
Joined
March 2003
Hell of a streak, well done
mind_blown
Every time I am gone for a while and come back some folks are gone. Hope they are all doing well.
I am well. Unfortunately, I do not have those photos of you from 2008.
Such is life.
Why are we still here? Just to suffer?
we are regrettably all posters at heart. so yes
Thanking my lucky stars
I got a neat badge out of it at least.
the past doesn't exist, probably
Same but for Stale
The gas I’ve past sure as shit does
This. When people change their avatars it really throws me off. Though i did enjoy when a bunch of us changed our avatars to have the face from 3clipse’s (i think?) oglaf avatar. That was fun times, especially when it started showing up in other sub forums and folks who only post in a specific one were like “wtf?”
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And I'm still here
But that feeling happens a lot less
The end no moral
I mean Pyre is a good game, so, could be worse.
Also I prefer this place to real life a lot, probably not super healthy but hey I'm not a super healthy kinda person
because I can't.
Conversely using Twitter causes me to inevitably read too much news and then I overdose and get real upset about things I can't control and it bleeds into my personal life (Facebook and Instagram are much more curated so I just overdose on homemade dresses or high protein recipes or dogs there)
I've managed to almost entirely cut that back by deleting my Twitter account a little while ago, and more recently trying actively to not navigate to the few journalists/columnists that I was still reading for a while
I can actually physically feel my stress levels rising if I spend too much time on Twitter doomscrolling and it's just not healthy for me; bit of a bummer since there seems to be a fun post-forum community out there but ah well
Whereas the forums are a lot easier for me to hit the end of a thread and then dip out on, y'know
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New avatar who dis?
It me
I hope they're doing well and wish them all the best.
Part of it is that, part of it is also just negative experiences where people argue and stuff here. Ironically I realized yesterday it's been more chill cause I haven't gone into threads specifically about Big Issues.
When it comes to Twitter it honestly almost gives me anxiety because it's just such a barrage of information constantly and creates some thing that pokes my brain like "hey you need to know this you should read this" and that is not healthy for me at all.