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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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We all are addicted to the internet for a number of reasons but most times something keeps us glued to it and this post basically asks what that something is..
There's a lot of things that draw me to the internet whether it be the piracy or the people but what really draws me to the internet is the fact that I can be myself or maybe the person I want to be without giving a shit about reprecussions.
Real life pretty much sucks ass and truth will get you locked up, killed or pretty much fired from your job and shunned.
seriously though, I'd say the freedom to do what you want and not get slammed by the pigs. they can boast copyright all they want but it wont keep me from pirating, and there are no internet police to arrest you if you raid a website. true un-reinable freewill.
A tool to help me become the person I was meant to be.
People act unaware that the human body is a walking pharmacy!~David Icke~ Religion was invented to keep the poor from harrasing the rich"~Napoleon Bonaparte~ Do As Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole of The Law!~The Secret Order of Thelema~ "Respect goes to those who do not want it" ~TrueAnarchist~ "The only limitations that a person has are those that are self-imposed."~Unknown!~ “Attraction is an emotion.” ~Dr. Alex~ “Life is an illusion albeit a very persistent one” ~Albert Einstein
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The internet can be entertaining, like TV, but is also so much more. The internet is the largest social gathering place in the world and also the largest resource of knowledge in the world. In fact, contrary to popular belief, recent studies show that internet users are actually more intelligent, informed, and social than other people.
Mostly porn. However I am also drawn to the web becuase it is an endless supply of information, lulz and a good way to waste time.
Whilst some work diligently there are those who ask why. I am one of them
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Soul#2: I already have a grip. Doc:and a porno mag and a tube of lube I'm sure"
Lifes a bitch, then you marry one
This has been a test of the emergency pointless argument system. Had this been a real pointless argument, someone would have been called a facist.
Ceiling Cat: For that you need to wear a fursuit, though.
Inside sources say that Carla Franklin has had more dick in her than a public urinal.
The fact that i can talk to my freinds, both IRL and virtual, for free - and that i get kmore hugs on MSN than i do IRL -_-
Hidden stuff:
"A 'no' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble." - Mahatma Gandhi
"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Ben Franklin
"when I was a kid I used to pray for a bicycle. then I realized that god doesn't work that way. so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness."
"I would rather die for something I believe in than live for anything else."
"What is the task of higher education? To make a man into a machine. What are the means employed? He is taught how to suffer being bored." – F W Nietzsche
1. Porn.
2. Music.
3. Freedom to be myself socially.
4. Codes and walkthroughs I use when I'm getting my ass kicked in a game.
5. Information I look up just for the sake of knowing it, and for later use in my stories.
Buying a high powered computer: 500 bucks
Getting gift wrap: 10 bucks maybe
Seeing the horror on that special someone's face once they tear off the gift wrap and see a Windows 98: Priceless.
I'll see you in Hell....AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!
Apart from being a source of information and entertainment, it's an escape. It's an alternate world, and a one where I don't have to be aware of my bad hair day.
Another good thing is that in RL, there's only so many people you know. And you just won't meet an Esperantist with an interest in Laponese history among your close ones, but there's probably whole webrings of them on the Internet. And the same goes for any other cause or interest.
Don't take life so seriously, it isn't permanent.
06-23-2009 07:08 AM
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Sunbourn
Proud crazy cat man
Posts: 6,660
Joined: Jun 2008
the internet is my only link to the world beyond my podunk town that I love, the only place where I can learn about opinions other than my parents' and brother's and the few friends I talk to daily.
If I had a car, I'd be gone from the hours of 11 AM to 5 PM, exploring and getting out.
But my parents never take me anywhere and my mom hates letting me walk/bike anywhere further than two blocks away. We're locked away about two miles into the suburbs so there's nothing interesting around...
Gah..
An it Harm None, Do What Ye Will
An it Harm, Do Only What Ye Must
Lighten up! This life was made for experimenting, making mistakes, falling on our faces, and standing up to do it all over again.
Live for Learning.
Carla Franklin may be a whore. She may be a wonderful, kind, moral woman. Seeing as I don't know her personally, I cannot know for sure. However, I find her actions (suing Google, requesting the personal info of her critics, getting angry over random internet idiocy that she should ignore and be bigger than, trying to get this site in trouble because of a few users' commentary on the situation, etc.) pretty ridiculous and unwarranted. If she didn't want people to to be talking about/judging her, well 1. that's impossible, she's a human, and 2. she shouldn't have been a model or agreed to be on film. AND 3. she DEFINITELY shouldn't have sued Google and made all this fuss over a few random idiots whom she probably won't ever know expressing their opinion. Mmkay? MMKAY.
06-24-2009 03:46 PM
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SoulRiser
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Posts: 18,240
Joined: Aug 2001
1) It's the easiest/cheapest way to stay in touch with friends that live far away
2) If I want to share something with the world, the internet is the best place to put it
3) I can find info on just about anything
4) It makes me some $$$'s
Support School Survival on Patreon or Donate Bitcoin Here: 1Q5WCcxWjayniaL92b8GfXBiGdfjmnUNa2 "Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." - André Paul Guillaume Gide "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." - Albert Einstein "I'm pretty sure there's a lot of beauty that can only be found in the mind of a lunatic." - TheCancer EIPD - Emotionally Incompetent Parent Disorder
I think Buenaventura Durruti is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fascists and doesnt afraid of ruins. The quickest way to kill a revolution is to wait for it.
Rebelnerd Wrote:It's free speech in its purest form.
Hallelujah!~
An it Harm None, Do What Ye Will
An it Harm, Do Only What Ye Must
Lighten up! This life was made for experimenting, making mistakes, falling on our faces, and standing up to do it all over again.
Live for Learning.
Carla Franklin may be a whore. She may be a wonderful, kind, moral woman. Seeing as I don't know her personally, I cannot know for sure. However, I find her actions (suing Google, requesting the personal info of her critics, getting angry over random internet idiocy that she should ignore and be bigger than, trying to get this site in trouble because of a few users' commentary on the situation, etc.) pretty ridiculous and unwarranted. If she didn't want people to to be talking about/judging her, well 1. that's impossible, she's a human, and 2. she shouldn't have been a model or agreed to be on film. AND 3. she DEFINITELY shouldn't have sued Google and made all this fuss over a few random idiots whom she probably won't ever know expressing their opinion. Mmkay? MMKAY.
Why? does it offend you?
I chose it because it's a John and Yoko pic, and I was looking for one for my sig, and it was the only one small enough.
An it Harm None, Do What Ye Will
An it Harm, Do Only What Ye Must
Lighten up! This life was made for experimenting, making mistakes, falling on our faces, and standing up to do it all over again.
Live for Learning.
Carla Franklin may be a whore. She may be a wonderful, kind, moral woman. Seeing as I don't know her personally, I cannot know for sure. However, I find her actions (suing Google, requesting the personal info of her critics, getting angry over random internet idiocy that she should ignore and be bigger than, trying to get this site in trouble because of a few users' commentary on the situation, etc.) pretty ridiculous and unwarranted. If she didn't want people to to be talking about/judging her, well 1. that's impossible, she's a human, and 2. she shouldn't have been a model or agreed to be on film. AND 3. she DEFINITELY shouldn't have sued Google and made all this fuss over a few random idiots whom she probably won't ever know expressing their opinion. Mmkay? MMKAY.
mangareadr Wrote:Why? does it offend you?
I chose it because it's a John and Yoko pic, and I was looking for one for my sig, and it was the only one small enough.
i think its the books and the knowledge in school or anywhere else their isnt a bigger source of knowledge pictures and freedom it breaks boundaries and helps you interact with people very far away for example a person in china can talk to a person in america or a a person in brazil can speak to a person in uk the world has shrunk
It's about the only way I talk to my friends any more. I'm just a phone-call kind of guy. And it's nice not having to use my voice.
*Insert awesome signature here*
"You can fight with only 2 things, your wits and your weapons."-Zach Eckard
Soldier1-"Remember the Alamo!"
Soldier2-"Didn't everyone die at the Alamo?"
Soldier1-"Don't remember that part!"
1. Free speech
2. Info
3. Arguments with people, Philisophical or Flamewar, I like to Fight Physically IRL, so doing it online is almost as good
4. Long-Distance Friends
5. SS
6. To spread the GOOD word of Anarchists, Emos, Goths, and generally all Rep. Groups
7. TO DESTROY 4CHAN!
Hidden stuff:
TRIGGER WARNING: THIS TRIGGER WARNING CONTAINS TRIGGER WARNINGS!
Dear Tumblrites:Despite your wrongly self-diagnosedPTSD, no line ofscientific evidencesuggests people can be triggered over theinternet. Triggering works through thesenses(i.e. smell, taste, touch, vision, hearing.) but it goes throughreal time; if you're not experiencing it in real life as it'sACTUALLY HAPPENINGin yourACTUALlife, youCANNOTbe triggered. The only exception to this is if you have aseizure, but then again, that's triggered byepilepsy(i.e. rapidly-changing flashing lights)NOT PTSD. Remembering a bad incident is NOT the same thing as having aflashback. When you remember, youthink; when youflashback,youfeel.
#HashTagsAreForIdiots
Max Stirnir Wrote:"In the time of spirits thoughts grew till they overtopped my head, whose offspring they yet were; they hovered about me and convulsed me like fever-phantasies -- an awful power. The thoughts had become corporeal on their own account, were ghosts, e. g. God, Emperor, Pope, Fatherland, etc. If I destroy their corporeity, then I take them back into mine, and say: "I alone am corporeal." And now I take the world as what it is to me, as mine, as my property; I refer all to myself."The Ego and Its Own, pg. 15
Charles Manson Wrote:“Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself”
HeartofShadows Wrote:"Life is nothing more than a druggie trying to get their quick fix of happiness while dealing with the harsh withdrawal of reality"
Osip Mandelstam Wrote:"I divide all of world literature into authorized and unauthorized works. The former are all trash; the latter--stolen air. I want to spit in the face of every writer who first obtains permission and then writes."The Fourth Prose, 1930.
Lukas Foss Wrote:That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.
1) It's the easiest/cheapest way to stay in touch with friends that live far away
2) If I want to share something with the world, the internet is the best place to put it
3) I can find info on just about anything
4) Purest form of free speech
I like the destroying 4chan idea, that's going on the list.
*Insert awesome signature here*
"You can fight with only 2 things, your wits and your weapons."-Zach Eckard
Soldier1-"Remember the Alamo!"
Soldier2-"Didn't everyone die at the Alamo?"
Soldier1-"Don't remember that part!"
Rebelnerd Wrote:It's free speech in its purest form.
My school bans freedom of speech sites.
Hidden stuff:
"A 'no' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble." - Mahatma Gandhi
"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Ben Franklin
"when I was a kid I used to pray for a bicycle. then I realized that god doesn't work that way. so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness."
"I would rather die for something I believe in than live for anything else."
"What is the task of higher education? To make a man into a machine. What are the means employed? He is taught how to suffer being bored." – F W Nietzsche
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