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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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Isn't this a nice first post?

So I'm sitting here in front of the computer screen, eating gluten-free chocolate chip cookies, and then I think to myself, "School-Survival dot net should really feel your not-so-formidable presence again. You're school-free now. Share your experiences with those fartknockers upstanding netizens." That's when I created my second account for this noble corner of the Interwebs. I won't reveal my first username simply because the slightest remembrance of the inactivity and the vacancy of posts that characterized that first shameful account is the bane of my existence. Redemption is bitterly longed for. I can barely see what I'm typing through these tear-filled eyes of mine. Please excuse me while I compose myself.

That's better. Now, about my current situation, which I will proceed to vaguely outline: I used to be public schooled for a long, long time. Somewhere down the line, my frustration of remaining in school reached its limit (although I must say that School Survival was instrumental in helping me keep fairly sane while I continued going to school). That's when I began to tirelessly (sometimes gently, mostly obstinately) bring up the idea of "homeschooling" with my parents. I succeeding in persuading them six months ago. Today I am school-free. I consider myself to be an autodidact, and I'll be taking the GED next year. My future is lookin' good. And I lived happily ever after.

Alright, story time's over. Thank you for reading my introductory thread. Perhaps I'll see you around?
12-28-2010 07:08 AM
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IllusoryDeath?

If yes, I missed you a lot.

If no, hi, and welcome back.

Let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.

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Good fortune follows upon disaster;
Disaster lurks within good fortune;
Who can say how things will end?
Perhaps there is no end.
12-28-2010 07:11 AM
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Hi there?

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12-28-2010 08:20 AM
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Welcome.

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Dear Tumblrites: Despite your wrongly self-diagnosed PTSD, no line of scientific evidence suggests people can be triggered over the internet. Triggering works through the senses (i.e. smell, taste, touch, vision, hearing.) but it goes through real time; if you're not experiencing it in real life as it's ACTUALLY HAPPENING in your ACTUAL life, you CANNOT be triggered. The only exception to this is if you have a seizure, but then again, that's triggered by epilepsy (i.e. rapidly-changing flashing lights) NOT PTSD. Remembering a bad incident is NOT the same thing as having a flashback. When you remember, you think; when you flashback, you feel.

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Charles Manson Wrote:“Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself”
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Osip Mandelstam Wrote:"I divide all of world literature into authorized and unauthorized works. The former are all trash; the latter--stolen air. I want to spit in the face of every writer who first obtains permission and then writes." The Fourth Prose, 1930.
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12-28-2010 08:26 AM
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Faby Wrote:IllusoryDeath?

If yes, I missed you a lot.

If no, hi, and welcome back.

Sadly, no, but thanks guys.
12-29-2010 03:57 AM
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