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#41 User is offline   Gem Windcaster 

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Posted 01 May 2019 - 06:26 PM

View PostMorgoth, on 01 May 2019 - 06:02 PM, said:

So what has been going on with you for these last ten years?


Following some family trauma, I got a job that wasn't the best for me, and the whole situation made me sick, so I spent a couple of years recovering from that, realizing I've dealt with various levels of anxiety and depression pretty much my whole life because I didn't understand my own mind. In a way getting sick was the best thing that could have happened to me, since it forced me to deal with things I didn't realize was happening. Even though I consider myself healthy now, I know I have to work on keeping my mental health probably for the rest of my life, and also my mind will always be different, so it's a life long project - much like everyone probably has their own life long struggles.
Now I have a new job, new apartment, and I feel stronger and more myself than I've ever been in my life. Here's hoping it's not just a dream I will wake up from at any moment. :apt2:
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#42 User is offline   Coco with marshmallows 

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Posted 01 May 2019 - 06:38 PM

Good to hear you're looking out for yourself GW.

and welcome back :apt2:
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#43 User is offline   worry 

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Posted 01 May 2019 - 06:47 PM

Mental health is easily one of the top 5 types of health imo.
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#44 User is offline   Tiste Simeon 

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Posted 01 May 2019 - 07:29 PM

Morgoth, no one is more scared about me being a married homeowner with a kid then I am... :apt2:

Nice to see you as Gem again Gem!
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#45 User is offline   Gem Windcaster 

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Posted 01 May 2019 - 07:38 PM

View PostCoco with marshmallows, on 01 May 2019 - 06:38 PM, said:

Good to hear you're looking out for yourself GW.and welcome back :apt2:

Thank you, I hope everything is good with you too. :)


View Postworry, on 01 May 2019 - 06:47 PM, said:

Mental health is easily one of the top 5 types of health imo.

Yes, indeed. And it's sometimes less obvious you're having issues - it's not like your arm not suddenly working. lol

View PostTiste Simeon, on 01 May 2019 - 07:29 PM, said:

Morgoth, no one is more scared about me being a married homeowner with a kid then I am... :DNice to see you as Gem again Gem!

Scared is good, it usually means you know it's important. :p And thanks! <3
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Posted 01 May 2019 - 07:44 PM

View PostTiste Simeon, on 01 May 2019 - 07:29 PM, said:

Morgoth, no one is more scared about me being a married homeowner with a kid then I am...



Oh c'mon Tiste...

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#47 User is offline   Mentalist 

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Posted 09 May 2019 - 04:20 PM

Hey, Gem. Welcome back!

Forums have been generally getting quieter as people grow up and do more adult stuff. The happy and groove threads are still around, obviously, but full of adult stuff.

Mafia ended up collapsing, but there were some epic moments there even after Game 100- maybe someday I'll even get around to cataloging them all in the Mafia mod thread!

There's still good discussions in off-topic forums on other lit, games, and other media. It's why a bunch of us stick around.

As someone mentioned, we have a few posting malazites that published their own fantasy books-both "Purge of Ashes" and "Incarnate" are worth a look, imho.

Aside from that, there's generally less craziness. Occasionally some of the old timers indulge in bouts of insanity where everyone changes their avatars/usernames to be completely unrecognizable, but mostly, it's just a familiar hangout spot for those of us still around.
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View PostJump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 10 May 2019 - 06:36 AM

We're old and boring farts hanging around the same pub we've always gone too. Sometimes youngsters come to visit and promptly turn around at the door, chased away by the smell of old whisky and shame.
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#49 User is offline   Cause 

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Posted 10 May 2019 - 08:10 AM

View PostMorgoth, on 10 May 2019 - 06:36 AM, said:

We're old and boring farts hanging around the same pub we've always gone too. Sometimes youngsters come to visit and promptly turn around at the door, chased away by the smell of old whisky and shame.


Those noobs just need to git gud.

We are quite an awesome forum. We never have the drama I have seen on other forums. Though I do miss the days when we were a bit more active and the debates in DB were livelier and we just had more going on in the movies and lit sections
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Posted 10 May 2019 - 04:44 PM

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Posted 13 May 2019 - 07:26 PM

It’s fun when old people come back. Where are the rodeoranchs of yesteryear?
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Posted 13 May 2019 - 08:00 PM

RR is taking beautiful pictures of Canada while at work and occasionally posting them on Instagram.
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Posted 13 May 2019 - 08:22 PM

View PostTiste Simeon, on 13 May 2019 - 08:00 PM, said:

RR is taking beautiful pictures of running around Canada pantless while at work and occasionally posting them on Instagram.


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Posted 13 May 2019 - 08:27 PM

View PostRaymond Luxury Yacht, on 13 May 2019 - 07:26 PM, said:

It's fun when old people come back.


Not according to Pet Sematary.
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Posted 13 May 2019 - 08:48 PM

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Trouble arrives when the opponents to such a system institute its extreme opposite, where individualism becomes godlike and sacrosanct, and no greater service to any other ideal (including community) is possible. In such a system rapacious greed thrives behind the guise of freedom, and the worst aspects of human nature come to the fore....
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Posted 13 May 2019 - 09:26 PM

Wow, hey Gem! (And all the other oldies these convergences draw). Glad you're well :p.

I find it pretty amazing that after a decade people either remember their password or still use the same e-mail address. Meanwhile I can't log into accounts that I made three weeks ago.

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Grief, FFS will you do something with your sig, it's bloody awful


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Grief is right (until we abolish capitalism).
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#57 User is offline   Gem Windcaster 

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Posted 14 May 2019 - 09:44 AM

View PostMentalist, on 09 May 2019 - 04:20 PM, said:

Hey, Gem. Welcome back!Forums have been generally getting quieter as people grow up and do more adult stuff. The happy and groove threads are still around, obviously, but full of adult stuff.Mafia ended up collapsing, but there were some epic moments there even after Game 100- maybe someday I'll even get around to cataloging them all in the Mafia mod thread!There's still good discussions in off-topic forums on other lit, games, and other media. It's why a bunch of us stick around. As someone mentioned, we have a few posting malazites that published their own fantasy books-both "Purge of Ashes" and "Incarnate" are worth a look, imho. Aside from that, there's generally less craziness. Occasionally some of the old timers indulge in bouts of insanity where everyone changes their avatars/usernames to be completely unrecognizable, but mostly, it's just a familiar hangout spot for those of us still around.

Thanks, so people 'grew up' eh? Or maybe with age we lose the passionate certainty of youth. Good to hear people are successful, I'm not bitter at all. LOL

View PostMorgoth, on 10 May 2019 - 06:36 AM, said:

We're old and boring farts hanging around the same pub we've always gone too. Sometimes youngsters come to visit and promptly turn around at the door, chased away by the smell of old whisky and shame.

They will learn about shame eventually, and then maybe they'll find their way back here. :p

View PostGrief, on 13 May 2019 - 09:26 PM, said:

Wow, hey Gem! (And all the other oldies these convergences draw). Glad you're well :D. I find it pretty amazing that after a decade people either remember their password or still use the same e-mail address. Meanwhile I can't log into accounts that I made three weeks ago.

Hey! And thanks. I never understood why people would change their email address, unless they're hacked?
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Posted 14 May 2019 - 01:34 PM

View PostGem Windcaster, on 14 May 2019 - 09:44 AM, said:

I never understood why people would change their email address, unless they're hacked?



Sometimes they outgrow the 'StudHunk69@hotmail.com' and 'OrcStabber2000@gmail.com' addresses of their youth.
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#59 User is offline   Gem Windcaster 

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Posted 14 May 2019 - 02:41 PM

View PostAbyss, on 14 May 2019 - 01:34 PM, said:

View PostGem Windcaster, on 14 May 2019 - 09:44 AM, said:

I never understood why people would change their email address, unless they're hacked?



Sometimes they outgrow the 'StudHunk69@hotmail.com' and 'OrcStabber2000@gmail.com' addresses of their youth.

Yeah, I guess that would do it.

Btw, your avatar isn't loading, is that an edgy choice? :p
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Posted 14 May 2019 - 03:03 PM

View PostGem Windcaster, on 14 May 2019 - 02:41 PM, said:

... your avatar isn't loading, is that an edgy choice? :p


Yes.

Also, ironic.



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