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BaldDwarfOnPCP
Jun 26, 2019

by Pragmatica

Plethora posted:

I'm autistic, trans, and was adopted by an aging hermit couple who self-isolated in a desolate Ohio farm town. The only people my age were either junkies, Baptists, sadists, or a combination of the three, and every location was literally miles apart - impossible to go anywhere without a car, so my formative years were spent mostly alone.

Something Awful was my main socialization. I felt like there was an active community that, while I very rarely did more than just lurk (as I still do), I laughed harder and invested further than anything I could have at home or school. After each terrifying day in school I would laugh myself to tears on Fashion Swat and Flash Tub, the Better of for Worse megathreads, inside jokes, for many years it was one of my only sources of joy. It was all so fresh and new and MINE, a secret club of like minded people.

I can't lay claim to what you just said there but if not for SA I would not have been exposed to anything left of Clinton. My social set (extremely limited) would have defined my political landscape and I would be here crying tears for big poppa trump. Probably. I don't know I'd at least have had The Daily Show to watch at night. It couldn't have been that dire. Maybe I just take what I want from what I get and I'd always be a socialist.

I agree muchly with that last part. We don't really know if we are the hive mind, can complete each other's sentences, and maybe it's better left unspoken.

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BaldDwarfOnPCP
Jun 26, 2019

by Pragmatica

JacquelineDempsey posted:

A goon in this very thread offered me access to their Netflix account, as a distraction from my former woes, which I'm finally using now that I have solid internet and a place to plug in my monitor. Thanks to the goon who gave me the Kroger card, and this goon, I'm currently making homemade pasta sauce and about to binge some shows while eating a real healthy meal.

Goons can and do make life good.

This is my favorite thread.

I’m so happy things are going well for you.

BaldDwarfOnPCP
Jun 26, 2019

by Pragmatica

Twosday posted:

Colorfinger and his lovely wife (I forget her username here) had a music show and they showed me tremendous patience, kindness and no judgment despite me being a republican christian idiot at the time and helped me break out of that cult completely. Not just them, but many on this site (different account obviously, as this one is new). It didn’t happen overnight and they weren’t the only factors, but it was the beginning of the end for me. They had far more kindness and less judgment than anyone I had been raised with, including my own family.

Awesome. I like your username/regdate/av package there.

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