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To everyone who joined these forums at some point, and got discouraged by the negativity and left after a while (or even got literally scared off): I'm sorry.
I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.
I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.
I can handle quite a lot of negativity and even abuse now, but that isn't the point. I want to help people. I want to help the people who need it the most, and I want to help people like the 1996 version of me.
I'm still figuring out the best way to do that, but as it is now, these forums are doing more harm than good, and I can't keep running them.
Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.
Everyone else: If after everything I've said so far, you still don't understand my motivations, I think it's unlikely that you will. We're just too different. Maybe someday in the future it might make sense, but until then, there's no point in arguing about it. I don't have the time or the energy for arguing anymore. I will focus my time and energy on people who support me, and those who need help.
-SoulRiser
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After listening to Demon Days by the Gorillaz, I gained a new appreciation for music made in the 2000s. This took the cake, though. The history of European imperial conquest on aboriginal peoples is saddening, but this song brings a more lighthearted viewpoint to one of my favourite things to learn about.
If you're reading this, I killed myself.
(This post was last modified: 04-28-2012 09:19 AM by Mælstrom.)
04-28-2012 09:19 AM
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FUCK I fucking love Gorillaz. Well not the new stuff but the stuff from that era, hell yeah.
Go to work. Send your kids to school. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Save for your old age. Obey the law. Repeat after me: "I am free."
Yeah, Plastic Beach was a bit of a letdown. I really liked Empire Ants and Cloud of Unknowing, but the rest were substandard to that of Demon Days or their self-titled album, IMO. Did any of you see them when they were on tour in 2010?
If you're reading this, I killed myself.
04-28-2012 12:37 PM
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And of course their NEW new stuff, even after Plastic Beach, is just so... weird... like "Do Ya Thing." I didn't even know what to make of THAT. And the Fall album.
Go to work. Send your kids to school. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Save for your old age. Obey the law. Repeat after me: "I am free."
Damon and Jamie seem to be at the point where they'll do almost anything for money. The video was funded by Converse, with the profits going 40-60 between the band and the company. I think that Converse told them to make the song to sound more "poppy" so that it would sell better to a mainstream audience, also including Andre 3000 to get money from his fans. I wish that they would have funded the creation for a Rhinestone Eyes video, since the storyboard Jamie made for that would have given fans closure for the cliffhanger in the Melancholy Hill video.
The Fall was really weird, though I haven't been able to get the song Amarillo out of my head since it came out
And of course their NEW new stuff, even after Plastic Beach, is just so... weird... like "Do Ya Thing." I didn't even know what to make of THAT. And the Fall album.
The Fall - uggghhh!! What a damn waste of money - except for Phoner to Arizona
(04-28-2012 12:53 PM)Assassin Wrote: Damon and Jamie seem to be at the point where they'll do almost anything for money. The video was funded by Converse, with the profits going 40-60 between the band and the company. I think that Converse told them to make the song to sound more "poppy" so that it would sell better to a mainstream audience, also including Andre 3000 to get money from his fans. I wish that they would have funded the creation for a Rhinestone Eyes video, since the storyboard Jamie made for that would have given fans closure for the cliffhanger in the Melancholy Hill video.
The Fall was really weird, though I haven't been able to get the song Amarillo out of my head since it came out
Why's it ALWAYS gotta be about some BITCH-ASS money?!?!?!
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