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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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revolution1221
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Hello!
Hi! I'm revolution1221! (My username is a portmanteau of "revolution", because of my love of rebellion, and "1221", because I was born on December 21.) I'm new here.
I stumbled upon School Survival a few days ago from a Google search, and was instantly hooked. I decided to join, and here I am.
I look forward to being a member of this vibrant community, and look forward to my first non-welcome thread.
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Hello!
Welcome to SS.
What do you do for fun?
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revolution1221
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Hello!
I enjoy learning about physics, math, and history. And I don't mean learning from the hellholish swirling mire of shittiness that is school, but by myself. Just me, a computer, and a bookshelf full of atlases and novels.
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Thade_Chan
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RE: Hello!
I'm not the only one holy shit. I Persue math on my own because I like it (Which is completely different from 99% of the population). But, what about hobbies? Play any instruments, video games, collect the dead fetus's of pornstars?
I'm back~
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brainiac3397
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Hello!
Everyone's a revolutionary...
Welcome to SS. As you can see, some of us are revolutionaries, and others insane maniacs that proudly collect the dead fetus's of pornstars.
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(06-14-2013 08:02 AM)Potato Wrote: watch the fuq out, we've got an "intellectual" over here.
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revolution1221
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Hello!
I play saxophone and drums, and I enjoy editing Wikipedia, playing online flash games, and watching various YouTube channels (Crash Course, Vsauce, MinutePhysics, etc.)
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Thade_Chan
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RE: Hello!
(07-05-2013 03:06 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote: and others insane maniacs that proudly collect the dead fetus's of pornstars.
Everyone has their quirk.
Seriously though, don't do that. It's probably illegal.
I'm back~
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brainiac3397
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Hello!
And even if it wasn't illegal, that's just very weird and unbelievably creepy. Even I didn't think of it...
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SoulRiser
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Hello, nice to meet you. What size strait jacket would you like?
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Hello!
You never offered ME a straitjacket...
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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Thade_Chan
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RE: Hello!
I don't think we've offered anyone straight jackets in a long ass time.
Also, I do not really collect fetuses.
I'm back~
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brainiac3397
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Pfft. I learned how to get out of a straight jacket by watching lethal weapon 2 a hundred times...
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