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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.
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James Comey
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I've Returned... Again...
It's been a while since I was on this forum. I'm not sure how much has changed on here, I need to re-cap.
For newer members who may have read my old threads, I used to be a predominant member on here from August 2013-January 2015. I used to post a lot on here, and at the time the site was going through a pretty strange transition. There was a lot of fighting around the time, very crazy.
To recap, I pretty much stopped coming back because I started college. I was too busy with everything, and the transition from IRC to Facebook didn't help, so I couldn't speak so much on an active basis.
I can't guarantee I'll be here forever, but hey, I'm back...home sweet home.
RIP GWEDIN
RIP URITIYOGI
RIP NIGHT
RIP VONUNOV
RIP WES/THEWAKE
RIP USERNAME
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Sup ma homie
Hello, traveler.
This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.
Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"
Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.
People are allowed to change their views.
Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.
If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
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Welcome back Hans! I've sorta returned as well.
RIP URY AND GWEDIN
"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches a lesson."-Tom Bodett
"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing."-Neil Gaimen
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\ (02-27-2016 11:46 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote: Hey Kira! How have you been?
I've been ok and dealing with school. Also, I've been playing more video games :3 I want gta V so bad ;_;
RIP URY AND GWEDIN
"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches a lesson."-Tom Bodett
"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing."-Neil Gaimen
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I haven't been playing so many games as watching them 
I do plan on buying a gaming PC though; my old laptop is shit and some of the keys don't work (I have to use the on-screen keyboard); I want to buy GTA V because some of the mods are awesome!
RIP GWEDIN
RIP URITIYOGI
RIP NIGHT
RIP VONUNOV
RIP WES/THEWAKE
RIP USERNAME
Stop jerking off to porn and whining and do something about it
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(02-27-2016 11:57 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote: I haven't been playing so many games as watching them
I do plan on buying a gaming PC though; my old laptop is shit and some of the keys don't work (I have to use the on-screen keyboard); I want to buy GTA V because some of the mods are awesome!
They do  I got some games on steam for my birthday and other occasions. That's why I'm playing more often. Before, I had like no games
RIP URY AND GWEDIN
"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches a lesson."-Tom Bodett
"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing."-Neil Gaimen
Usernames that I have used before: Lollipopgirl
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(02-27-2016 07:25 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote: It's been a while since I was on this forum. I'm not sure how much has changed on here, I need to re-cap.
For newer members who may have read my old threads, I used to be a predominant member on here from August 2013-January 2015. I used to post a lot on here, and at the time the site was going through a pretty strange transition. There was a lot of fighting around the time, very crazy.
To recap, I pretty much stopped coming back because I started college. I was too busy with everything, and the transition from IRC to Facebook didn't help, so I couldn't speak so much on an active basis.
I can't guarantee I'll be here forever, but hey, I'm back...home sweet home.
Funny thing, the IRC has sort of revived slightly before you rejoined (in response to the Kiwi Farms thread), after being in stasis for close to a year. Anyway, welcome back!
Returned after years hiatus.
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(02-27-2016 12:13 PM)Hansgrohe Wrote: I ought to check it out. I still HexChat installed.
I'm on there atm lol
RIP URY AND GWEDIN
"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches a lesson."-Tom Bodett
"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing."-Neil Gaimen
Usernames that I have used before: Lollipopgirl
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Welcome back for the nth time!
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Welcome back, Hans and Kira
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I've Returned... Again...
I haven't been on here for long, but welcome back anyway
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere" - Voltaire
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell
"Education is a system of imposed ignorance." - Noam Chomsky
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"After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands" - Friedrich Nietzsche
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I'm not sure what happened. There was lot of noise and fighting, then I got really busy and distracted in my life for a while, now it's really quiet and I don't know what I missed lolol. Good to see you breaux
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Haven't been on here much since September of 2015. I just remember the in-fighting of 2014... the Rift. Good times, good times.
Good to see you too Vonunov!
RIP GWEDIN
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RIP NIGHT
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RIP WES/THEWAKE
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Stop jerking off to porn and whining and do something about it
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Hans I love you <3
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I still check up every once in a while
sup
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I am replying
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'Sup.
Seems I missed you by a few days. Bummer. The transition from IRC to Facebook didn't jive with me either.
What's new...
I just got accepted into college, gonna major in English Education and minor in World Religions...
I'm still with the band, we became friends and made a single...
I'm trying to make friends, and that's not going well...
Oh, I don't give a shit about what religion I am anymore! YAY!
Sub's Mental Log!
We've had a lot of fun, guys.
Fulltime Member, 2013-2014
RIP GWEDIN
RIP URITIYOGI
RIP NIGHT
RIP HANSGROHE
RIP VON
RIP WES
RIP USERNAME
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Ppl be coming backish
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(03-05-2016 03:30 PM)Subb Wrote: 'Sup.
Seems I missed you by a few days. Bummer. The transition from IRC to Facebook didn't jive with me either.
What's new...
I just got accepted into college, gonna major in English Education and minor in World Religions...
I'm still with the band, we became friends and made a single...
I'm trying to make friends, and that's not going well...
Oh, I don't give a shit about what religion I am anymore! YAY!
Did you come out with your religion and what not? How'd that turn out?
RIP GWEDIN
RIP URITIYOGI
RIP NIGHT
RIP VONUNOV
RIP WES/THEWAKE
RIP USERNAME
Stop jerking off to porn and whining and do something about it
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(03-06-2016 07:52 PM)Hansgrohe Wrote: (03-05-2016 03:30 PM)Subb Wrote: 'Sup.
Seems I missed you by a few days. Bummer. The transition from IRC to Facebook didn't jive with me either.
What's new...
I just got accepted into college, gonna major in English Education and minor in World Religions...
I'm still with the band, we became friends and made a single...
I'm trying to make friends, and that's not going well...
Oh, I don't give a shit about what religion I am anymore! YAY!
Did you come out with your religion and what not? How'd that turn out?
No, strangely enough. I just stopped giving a shit soon after I was confirmed. I basically swallowed my pride and said that being public with my beliefs would cause more tension than what it was worth. And after my sister was basically dragged through confirmation prep without any choice of her own after she made her feelings clear, I think I made the right choice.
The pentagrams can go up when I'm at college, I'm perfectly fine waiting until then.
Sub's Mental Log!
We've had a lot of fun, guys.
Fulltime Member, 2013-2014
RIP GWEDIN
RIP URITIYOGI
RIP NIGHT
RIP HANSGROHE
RIP VON
RIP WES
RIP USERNAME
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(03-06-2016 03:40 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote: Ppl be coming backish
Now schoolsux is coming back full time.
schoolsux's countdown until school ends:
177 days until i get out of freshman year (aka hell)
1280 days until I get out of prison (aka school)
(as of november 28, 2016)
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I love this place!!
I've got a BS in English... or was that my English was BS... I'm note sure anymore
Purity is to Believe only that which deserves it.
Wisdom is to follow only the Opinion which makes the best use of evidence.
Excellence is to be mindful of all these things in Living.
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