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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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(04-23-2014 06:50 AM)Faby Wrote:  Elfaaaaay.

AAAAH

I have got to stop touching the Necrobumpicon. Old users keep coming back from the dead!

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Biggrin Just felt like dropping by. I'm too lazy to write yet another page for my bachelor thesis soooo ... anyway, Elfy, how's it going?

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

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Disaster lurks within good fortune;
Who can say how things will end?
Perhaps there is no end.
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He hasn't logged on in three days, but I'm sure he'll turn up eventually.

Also, your arrival reminds me of this. (Yes, I've done tons of lurking.)

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Holy shit it's Faby. Faby if you do happen to read this, then why don't you come back for some time, maybe join us on the IRC?

Pretty Much my only signature...I'm mainly a lurker....you can find me on the IRC (or on DnE and their IRC).

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(04-23-2014 06:57 AM)Faby Wrote:  Biggrin Just felt like dropping by. I'm too lazy to write yet another page for my bachelor thesis soooo ... anyway, Elfy, how's it going?

OMG Faby Biggrin I'm too lazy to start 6000 words of a research essay due in 3 days time... Things are going alright (sort of, literally have broken off from an over two year relationship just yesterday), how you doing?

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