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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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Hello.
I'm quite amused by the fact that the language is "British English". Just saying.
In any case, I'm ~!~<3. You can call me Apple. Because Apple is a very cool name, if I do say so myself. I'm a Jewish Protestant attending a private Catholic all-girl's high school. Actually, if you ask the Catholics, I'm Catholic too, as my family has joined the church for the tuition discount.
I don't necessarily hate school, but I do consider myself to be an advocate of first amendment rights. Which don't disappear upon starting school.
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My Cheerios are always protected by umbrellas. Cute, personal umbrellas.
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~!~<3 Wrote:as my family has joined the church for the tuition discount.
Ninja.
Anyhow, welcome.
Anything that ever happened or will... one condition, it has to be amazing.
I gave her wings but she don't wanna fly no more.
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
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Re: Hello.
Hey thar and welcome!
Leave your sanity by the door, enjoy your stay, and stick around for a while.
I AM A THIEF IN THE NIGHT I WILL SAVE AS MANY AS I CAN
I KEEP THEM IN MY BASEMENT
I TELL THEM I AM THEIR MOMMY NOW
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Re: Hello.
Welcome to SS, Apple. What a tasty name. I am Randomcat, shatterer of worlds, purveyor of randomness, and I enjoy long walks. I have a feeling we'll get along well.
*Tentaclerape*
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Re: Hello.
Welcome to the forums. Straitjacket fitting is in Room 46, and just stay away from Moriko's "Special Room" and Zherny's "Happy Time" and you'll be fine.
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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Re: Hello.
Shhh! Loxor don't blow my cover!!
Hello, hello Zhenerboh. I think I'll smuggle in my sanity, but I also plan to stick around awhile. [P.S. Tasteless jew jokes are tasteless. Apples are not tasteless.]
'Ello Randomcat. I am convinced you are random, but not that you are a cat. By the way, if you destroy any of the worlds I take over I'll be rather irritated.
Thank you for the welcome, Desert Fox.
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Re: Hello.
The Desert Fox Wrote:stay away from Moriko's "Special Room" and Zherny's "Happy Time" and you'll be fine.
Don't listen to him.
I AM A THIEF IN THE NIGHT I WILL SAVE AS MANY AS I CAN
I KEEP THEM IN MY BASEMENT
I TELL THEM I AM THEIR MOMMY NOW
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Re: Hello.
Ohai, welcome to SS. Enjoy your stay.
Loxor Wrote:Ninja.
Anyhow, welcome.
WHEN DID YOU GET BACK.
" I never knew until that moment how bad it could hurt to lose something you never really had. " ~From the television show The Wonder Years
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Zherneboh Wrote:The Desert Fox Wrote:stay away from Moriko's "Special Room" and Zherny's "Happy Time" and you'll be fine.
Don't listen to him.
It seems like someone always says that in every welcome thread nowadays. "Don't listen to x, listen to me."
"There is no enemy, there is no victory, only boys who lost their lives in the sand."
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Pieman Wrote:Ohai, welcome to SS. Enjoy your stay.
Loxor Wrote:Ninja.
Anyhow, welcome.
WHEN DID YOU GET BACK.
Ballpark of a day.
~!~<3 Wrote:Shhh! Loxor don't blow my cover!!
... *Taps the mic* is this on...? Good.
So anyway Apple is- *Whunk* Poison... dart...
Anything that ever happened or will... one condition, it has to be amazing.
I gave her wings but she don't wanna fly no more.
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
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Re: Hello.
The Desert Fox Wrote:Zherneboh Wrote:The Desert Fox Wrote:stay away from Moriko's "Special Room" and Zherny's "Happy Time" and you'll be fine.
Don't listen to him.
It seems like someone always says that in every welcome thread nowadays. "Don't listen to x, listen to me."
Solution: Just don't listen to either of them.
Oh, good, my hired pirate seems to have taken care of Loxor.
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But whyyyyy! *Bleeds to death* (Which is odd because it was a poison dart.)
Anything that ever happened or will... one condition, it has to be amazing.
I gave her wings but she don't wanna fly no more.
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
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Re: Hello.
Because you never, ever, ever tell on someone with hired pirate guards, Loxor.
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Re: Hello.
I'm guessing you two know each other IRL?
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Re: Hello.
...Not unless Loxor is stalking me.
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Re: Hello.
An old member returning?
I AM A THIEF IN THE NIGHT I WILL SAVE AS MANY AS I CAN
I KEEP THEM IN MY BASEMENT
I TELL THEM I AM THEIR MOMMY NOW
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Re: Hello.
Me? Nope, I'm new.
Well, new to this forum anyway.
I hail from oh, fifteen or so other forums.
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Who knows...
Maybe I'm a ninja too.
Anything that ever happened or will... one condition, it has to be amazing.
I gave her wings but she don't wanna fly no more.
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
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Seriously, Loxor. Stop trying to blow my cover! -pinches-
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Subtle is my middle name.
Anything that ever happened or will... one condition, it has to be amazing.
I gave her wings but she don't wanna fly no more.
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
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~!~<3 Wrote:'Ello Randomcat. I am convinced you are random, but not that you are a cat. By the way, if you destroy any of the worlds I take over I'll be rather irritated.
Oh, not to worry. Randomcat is always cautious to avoid detonation of worlds owned by personal acquaintances and above. However, if said worlds are accidentally annihilated in the process of another, or mistaken for someone else's, fair and adequate compensation will be provided, in the form of our mutual choosing.
*Tentaclerape*
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Re: Hello.
I'm sure, Loxor.
Ooh, Randomcat speaks fluent legalese! I'm surprised. In any case, that sounds quite reasonable Randomcat.
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Mmm, truly there is far more to worry about than just Leon on zis forum, Soul deleting the forums comes to mind.
Anything that ever happened or will... one condition, it has to be amazing.
I gave her wings but she don't wanna fly no more.
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
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Re: Hello.
Perhaps, but it seems rather unlikely.
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Re: Hello.
Are you that one dude that was here before?
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CrayolaColours Wrote:Are you that one dude that was here before?
Probably not, especially since I'm female.
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Well, I didn't remember the person I was thinking about's gender.
What art thou hiding?
/Sherlock Holmes.
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Well, the answer to that question depends strictly upon what you wish to know what I am hiding in relation to. I am keeping to myself a great number of things.
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Say all of them.
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Re: Hello.
Not going to happen.
4chan is not going to get my info.
Ever.
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