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Like a month ago I had some credible threats made against me and TFR gave me really good home defense advice that was 100 percent about how to not end up having to shoot someone. They were super reassuring and the only gun forum on the internet I could go to where people wouldn't be talking about setting up kill zones and ammo selection with a half-chub. They made that lovely experience a lot easier. This place was also huge for me when I was working from home from 2012-2013. I had no social interaction during the day so having some kind of conversation to take part in did wonders for my mental health. Same for when I was working nights last year, many a three am yell of "FUUUUUUCK" was averted by these forums. And a time SA helped me help someone else: Ugly In The Morning posted:Anyway, for my own personal SA saga that nobody knows about, and I don’t want to go into too much detail without their permission:
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Pastry of the Year posted:No. We want Lowtax to go away and for this place to live. I’d really love it if this place could continue without Lowtax. Sometimes I go through my bookmarks and read my posts in threads from years ago as a little time capsule of how I thought and what I cared about back then and I’d hate to lose that.
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The hope for the forums going forward made my loving month. After all the poo poo in 2020 it was nice to have something awful (heyo!) not only turn out well in the end, the outpouring of positivity everywhere on this forum really cemented the fact that, as much as these are all online people I've mostly never met, we've all really appreciated each other during our time here. I've gotten some PMs about keeping in touch and I've sent some out about the same, and it was really something at making me realize that even the people who annoy me here mean something to me.
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Jun 26, 2020 02:30
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Been here for 12 years now, lurked for quite a bit before that. I think I stumbled over here when the Comic Strip Megathread started doing top-tier edits on "For Better or for Worse" that leaked out over the internet. JD, I’ve enjoyed so many of your posts, and I’m glad you’re still around. As far as it all goes, being here for ages... We helped some people, didn’t we?
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Jun 26, 2020 07:20
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I ended up regging because 1) occasionally I couldn't see the new funny edits bc of the paywall and 2) discovered a thread dedicated to shortwave aficionados, and good luck finding a forum online for that where a 30-something year old woman felt welcome.
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Ha, found the pic! And apparently mis-remembered, that was the time I was selling apple butter in SA-Mart and needed a new battery. Too many times goons have helped for me to keep straight in this old noggin of mine! Hahaha, I’ve seen shops of that quote but never the original. Caviliers are good cars! I just bought something similar in the hopes that I can just drive it forever.
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Jun 26, 2020 12:03
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dads friend steve posted:I’m 16 months sober and the (then GBS) alcoholism thread was the major catalyst that helped me get from “maybe I drink too much” to finding a recovery group that worked for me. Congrats on the 16 months, and congrats on today.
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Jun 26, 2020 17:33
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Inceltown posted:Prepare to be disappointed. Every goon I’ve met IRL has been fun to hang with. I mean, in the ten years I’ve been regged (as of today!) that’s been like four goons but still, all good people.
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Jul 1, 2020 13:32
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Inceltown posted:I take the opposite view on probes. They're just the price of playing. Obviously this changes when they become longer and more frequent but sometimes you gotta fly close to the sun just to feel a bit warm. Someone posted “the person who does not post out of fear of probation has already probated themselves”. Wish I could remember who.
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Jul 31, 2020 22:31
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Oxphocker posted:I joined in the early/mid 2000's and what got me to reg was some of the epic threads like Bruiser and the Garbage Truck from Hell and I can't remember his username, but the guy who had to whip his kid into shape because of drugs and got him exercising and emptied his room of nothing but a mattress and a box for clothes. Also the guy who found his dad's Vietnam novel and retyped the whole thing into an electronic document. These were just awesome personal stories and incredibly well written. That was what pulled me in at first but from there I started reading A/T, D&D, GWS, and E/N. From there I started wandering across all sorts of subgroups. Back when the site was huge it was insane, if people were talking about basically anything a ton of people with a lot of expertise in that field would show up and drop knowledge bombs. I learned a ton lurking here back in the day.
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Sep 10, 2020 19:23
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JacquelineDempsey posted:If you read my previous posts itt, you'll see I've hit some pretty rough patches that goons have helped me out through. Many congrats! That’s a huge turnaround!
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Nov 28, 2020 23:41
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Domus posted:Goons didn’t save my life, but they saved someone else’s. GPF had a thread in The Goon Doctor about his struggles finding a kidney. I thought I’d get tested to see if I matched him. Long story short, he got a cadaver kidney at the last minute, but because I’d already gone through a bunch of testing, I decided to donate to a stranger. My kidney went to North Carolina, and someone has a new lease on life. Never would have gotten involved if it wasn’t for the thread. You are the loving best, holy poo poo.
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Feb 7, 2021 13:34
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My grandfather is 91 and doesn’t post much but with the pandemic, he doesn’t get out much and- he’s been enjoying lurking on this site (and finally got up the guts to post in the MilHist thread). It’s some outside world contact that’s not all algorithm stuff like Facebook is. I keep telling him to post in PYF.
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Jul 27, 2021 04:18
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Jordan7hm posted:This rules My mom also lurks/posts here for the soccer subforum. She loves the idea of a site where you can talk to people without Facebook’s algorithms deciding what you see. HGB got her to join when she was helping me with the Drunk History podcast.
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Jul 27, 2021 20:21
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I went to a goon wedding last Saturday and I met him through giving away games in PGS literally 10 years ago. We were Steam friends for a while and when his mom died I dragged him into EMS, where he ended up as as 1st Lt, left retail poo poo and ended up going from EMT-B to RN. The dude is awesome and I’m happy this site introduced me. Connor, what you’ve done with your life has been incredible. Ugly In The Morning has a new favorite as of 12:13 on Oct 22, 2021 |
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BOOTY-ADE posted:I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty drunk & stoned right now, I'm risking a probation but honestly...gently caress it. This forum has actually been great at letting me ramble while hammered without doing it to anyone where it would gently caress up my personal or professional life.
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