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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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SoulRiser
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Re: Confused
Quote:But it's things like Prom, and finding boyfriends (That will probably dump me for a guy anyway  )
Doing things like normal teenagers.
Normal? Normal people are weird. Why would you want to be like them?
Actually, have you ever met a normal person in your whole life? No two people are exactly alike, right? So actually "normal" people are just suppressing their individuality so that they can "fit in" with other people who suppress their individuality. That's probably the only real thing they all have in common. The only reason it's considered "normal" is because most people do it. Because most people are afraid of being true to themselves.
Why do you WANT to fit in with people like that?
I'll admit, I wanted to be "normal" for quite some time as well. But then when I finally got accepted into the sort of "normal" crowd of people, I realized it was incredibly boring... because all they ever did was talk about shallow superficial things that make my braincells die just thinking about it.
Look, if you WANT to stay in school, then by all means do it. But don't do it just because you're afraid of being true to yourself. That's not a good reason.
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This is kind of late but, yeah, I'd rather be myself. I wouldn't want to be someone I'm not just to be accepted or to fit in a group of kids. If they don't like you just because you are not like them, then just don't talk to them and ignore them..
There is no "normal people" or "different people", there's only you.
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Yeah, but at times I do want to be "normal," even though I despise small talk like nothing else. When people tell you that you're "different from anyone else they know," that's not necessarily a good thing.
Go to work. Send your kids to school. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Save for your old age. Obey the law. Repeat after me: "I am free."
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RaiserZero
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Well, it all comes down to the person, if they don't care about what other people think, then they'll keep being who they are. If they think they should change, then so be it, it's their choice, maybe it'll be a good thing to change, maybe it won't, you never know what might happen. They could change into the real them, as if the person they were before wasn't the real them, it's hard to tell.
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