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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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This is only a hypothetical question which I am just interesting in hearing from you about. Would you maybe consider having some kind of meetup IRL when grown up? The users here? Like Seriously. I ain't no pervert or scary rape man, but you get my point.
OR ??
In the past there have been various meetups with oldfags. (Usually just like, 2 people though...) We planned a ski/snowboard vacation once but it never materialized. Most of us were like, 17/18 who were planning on going though so that made it somewhat feasable, but it was still too damn expensive and not everyone could come, and blah blah life is shit w/e.
"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
02-01-2013 09:09 PM
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SoulRiser
Site Founder
Posts: 18,240
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Support School Survival on Patreon or Donate Bitcoin Here: 1Q5WCcxWjayniaL92b8GfXBiGdfjmnUNa2 "Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." - André Paul Guillaume Gide "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." - Albert Einstein "I'm pretty sure there's a lot of beauty that can only be found in the mind of a lunatic." - TheCancer EIPD - Emotionally Incompetent Parent Disorder
"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
02-01-2013 09:17 PM
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GamerGurl
"Queen of Cosplay"
Posts: 676
Joined: Sep 2012
(02-02-2013 06:41 AM)Thel Vadam Wrote: We should all meet in New York City.
or, or...Soul could fund a trip for all those willing to go to her house...I feel that would be the best way to do this. This way you don't have to worry about people not being able to buy things while on vacation because they spent all their money on the plane ticket (or gas if they drove)
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
I'd be down for it.
Just we vary in age so much. Imaging just a group of 12-20-something year olds just chilling together? IT would be weird. If everyone was at least liscence-age it might work.
The purpose of life is a life with a purpose
So I’d rather die for a cause than live a life that is worthless
I don’t need the circus or the day of national observance
I need you to think for you and stop being a servant
-Immortal Technique, The Martyr, The Martyr
02-02-2013 02:04 PM
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SoulRiser
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Posts: 18,240
Joined: Aug 2001
Support School Survival on Patreon or Donate Bitcoin Here: 1Q5WCcxWjayniaL92b8GfXBiGdfjmnUNa2 "Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." - André Paul Guillaume Gide "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." - Albert Einstein "I'm pretty sure there's a lot of beauty that can only be found in the mind of a lunatic." - TheCancer EIPD - Emotionally Incompetent Parent Disorder
(02-02-2013 10:09 PM)SoulRiser Wrote: My house? I don't have one... and I'd rather go somewhere to meet you guys rather than have a huge crowd over here. xD
we'll bring tents then lol
passports are fairly easy to get, just go somewhere that takes pictures (the big general stores [like Target] usually do since they have a photo printing place in them) and then tell them it's for a passport and after that go to the DMV (i think, i'm not too sure anymore) and ask them if you can get one...you'll need a parent if oyu're under 18 though
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
I think it'd be a great idea, but not everyone would be able to make it at the same time or day. So an alternative, video chat? PLUS the optional IRL meetup? Like a group video chat on ooVoo or something, and we tell eachother what's happened since our choices from school or somethin'.
02-03-2013 08:03 PM
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Sunbourn
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Joined: Jun 2008
Having a single massive meet-up for all users world-wide just isn't feasible. What makes more sense is a number of smaller meetups. We could have all of the users on the east coast of the US for example meet up in one place and easily get five or more people at that meet up. Otherwise we would just be planning a world-wide meetup forever without it actually happening. I'm down for a meetup this summer and am willing to travel a few hundred miles to do so. I will not go across the country though, and I will not leave the country to meet up with users on here.
Maybe Skype some time in the future, though It might be very likely I want show my face, though I will talk.
People please listen to my previous post, "a recommendation for all", maybe somebody here will succeed and fund rest to join.
A round trip plane ticket to... anywehre, is a dick load of moneys. We'd have to start a collection fund and grow it for like 5 years lolol. And most here couldn't even contribute cuz nobankaccounts. For like 20 people it'd be like 20 thousand dollars not even including hotels or w/e. Unless you were only flying out for the day, then it'd still be 20 thousand dollars. That seems like a lot of money just to hang out lololo.
Once I get my laptop back (since it's the only computer in the house that I'm allowed to use with a camera) I would be up for a Skype chat with everyone.
Balls of Steel:
Hidden stuff:
(01-13-2012 10:37 AM)UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote: Mike you deserve an SS medal. Here, be proud:
Congrats for doing something I never had the balls to do.
If you have kids, save them from the bullshit you are forced to go through.
(01-25-2012 05:36 AM)UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote: Balls of steel re-awarded.
(02-07-2012 03:22 PM)flann Wrote: Balls of Tungsten, now.
i would show my face on skype...but my camera on my crappy skool laptop isn't connected this year (probably because they don't want me doing naughty things with girls on the internet)
The less you try to control things, the less you need to.
Boredom is the #1 enemy of learning. Therefore, school is the #1 enemy of learning.
"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
(02-04-2013 01:14 AM)|55555| Wrote: Having a single massive meet-up for all users world-wide just isn't feasible. What makes more sense is a number of smaller meetups. We could have all of the users on the east coast of the US for example meet up in one place and easily get five or more people at that meet up. Otherwise we would just be planning a world-wide meetup forever without it actually happening. I'm down for a meetup this summer and am willing to travel a few hundred miles to do so. I will not go across the country though, and I will not leave the country to meet up with users on here.
Dude. You, Me, L, and Alucard totally need to chill sometime.
(02-05-2013 01:03 PM)Thought Criminal Wrote: I think you would enjoy America Soul. Have you ever been before? If you go definitely go to California. You can't go wrong with San Francisco.
Terrible idea... Lunatic and Soul in same state? They'll totally devise a plan and ruin world
(02-04-2013 01:14 AM)|55555| Wrote: Having a single massive meet-up for all users world-wide just isn't feasible. What makes more sense is a number of smaller meetups. We could have all of the users on the east coast of the US for example meet up in one place and easily get five or more people at that meet up. Otherwise we would just be planning a world-wide meetup forever without it actually happening. I'm down for a meetup this summer and am willing to travel a few hundred miles to do so. I will not go across the country though, and I will not leave the country to meet up with users on here.
Dude. You, Me, L, and Alucard totally need to chill sometime.
When and where? We should all have a Skype chat about it soon.