LAD wrote:TMH (et al.),

This was originally going to be a private message to you, TMH, but I’m going to post it for all.

I don't really want to 'come down' on any side in this discussion as I honestly think the time I put into this board is kind of ridiculous and wasteful as it is (but hey, I don't have a teevee -- I don't even download The Daily Show anymore).

But, I do want to affirm you and your concern for the standards and dynamics of the board. I think the 'hey pal, chill out' kinds of responses you've gotten are, unsurprisingly, the product of people who care less about and have less invested in this board than you do. But that doesn't make their 'it's just an internet message board' dismissals true ipso facto.

This a discursive space where real people from a fairly diverse set of backgrounds and locales have congregated in language—yes, yes, willy-nilly disembodied anonymous words—not only to crack wise and talk nonsense, but to assemble as peers and get at some real things, some of which we might be unable to in the same way, off-line.

From personal health issues ranging from serious clinical depression to hearing loss, tobacco and cigarette addiction and dietary issues, etc, etc, users of this board have actually, genuinely contributed to the well-being and betterment of each other’s lives.

Through EA, many of the nine-to-fivers among us have surreptitiously been introduced to songs, stories, and glimpses of individuals and lives in the course of what may otherwise be dreary shifts devoid of laughter and spirit.

This board was an important place for shared memories and sentiment in the real, lived grieving process(es) of those who loved, knew, or merely knew of Michael Dahlquist.

The existence of this board has resulted in the meeting of two people who have since committed to spending their lives together, to getting married and (I presume) raising one another’s children as their own.

This is not so easily dismissed as 'internet retards being retarded.' No one familiar with TMH’s posts and my own would mistake us for peas of a pod - we've butt heads and dismissed one another on numerous occasions -- but I applaud his concern for the state of a community he has an emotional investment in. It is an admirable thing (And for some people this board is a serious crutch: Angriest_Dragon, god bless you, but what would you do if there were no EA forums? Your life would be radically different. Better or worse, I do not presume to know)

Yes, we are "internet retards." But we are also more than that.

full point wrote:

LAD wrote:TMH (et al.),

This was originally going to be a private message to you, TMH, but I’m going to post it for all.

I don't really want to 'come down' on any side in this discussion as I honestly think the time I put into this board is kind of ridiculous and wasteful as it is (but hey, I don't have a teevee -- I don't even download The Daily Show anymore).

But, I do want to affirm you and your concern for the standards and dynamics of the board. I think the 'hey pal, chill out' kinds of responses you've gotten are, unsurprisingly, the product of people who care less about and have less invested in this board than you do. But that doesn't make their 'it's just an internet message board' dismissals true ipso facto.

This a discursive space where real people from a fairly diverse set of backgrounds and locales have congregated in language—yes, yes, willy-nilly disembodied anonymous words—not only to crack wise and talk nonsense, but to assemble as peers and get at some real things, some of which we might be unable to in the same way, off-line.

From personal health issues ranging from serious clinical depression to hearing loss, tobacco and cigarette addiction and dietary issues, etc, etc, users of this board have actually, genuinely contributed to the well-being and betterment of each other’s lives.

Through EA, many of the nine-to-fivers among us have surreptitiously been introduced to songs, stories, and glimpses of individuals and lives in the course of what may otherwise be dreary shifts devoid of laughter and spirit.

This board was an important place for shared memories and sentiment in the real, lived grieving process(es) of those who loved, knew, or merely knew of Michael Dahlquist.

The existence of this board has resulted in the meeting of two people who have since committed to spending their lives together, to getting married and (I presume) raising one another’s children as their own.

This is not so easily dismissed as 'internet retards being retarded.' No one familiar with TMH’s posts and my own would mistake us for peas of a pod - we've butt heads and dismissed one another on numerous occasions -- but I applaud his concern for the state of a community he has an emotional investment in. It is an admirable thing (And for some people this board is a serious crutch: Angriest_Dragon, god bless you, but what would you do if there were no EA forums? Your life would be radically different. Better or worse, I do not presume to know)

Yes, we are "internet retards." But we are also more than that.

Fuck. LAD got me all verklempt...........AGAIN!!!

Get your shit into a writing career. At least make up some "drama in real life" and send it to the Reader's Digest or something. Sheesh.

Marsupialized wrote:

full point wrote:

LAD wrote:TMH (et al.),

This was originally going to be a private message to you, TMH, but I’m going to post it for all.

I don't really want to 'come down' on any side in this discussion as I honestly think the time I put into this board is kind of ridiculous and wasteful as it is (but hey, I don't have a teevee -- I don't even download The Daily Show anymore).

But, I do want to affirm you and your concern for the standards and dynamics of the board. I think the 'hey pal, chill out' kinds of responses you've gotten are, unsurprisingly, the product of people who care less about and have less invested in this board than you do. But that doesn't make their 'it's just an internet message board' dismissals true ipso facto.

This a discursive space where real people from a fairly diverse set of backgrounds and locales have congregated in language—yes, yes, willy-nilly disembodied anonymous words—not only to crack wise and talk nonsense, but to assemble as peers and get at some real things, some of which we might be unable to in the same way, off-line.

From personal health issues ranging from serious clinical depression to hearing loss, tobacco and cigarette addiction and dietary issues, etc, etc, users of this board have actually, genuinely contributed to the well-being and betterment of each other’s lives.

Through EA, many of the nine-to-fivers among us have surreptitiously been introduced to songs, stories, and glimpses of individuals and lives in the course of what may otherwise be dreary shifts devoid of laughter and spirit.

This board was an important place for shared memories and sentiment in the real, lived grieving process(es) of those who loved, knew, or merely knew of Michael Dahlquist.

The existence of this board has resulted in the meeting of two people who have since committed to spending their lives together, to getting married and (I presume) raising one another’s children as their own.

This is not so easily dismissed as 'internet retards being retarded.' No one familiar with TMH’s posts and my own would mistake us for peas of a pod - we've butt heads and dismissed one another on numerous occasions -- but I applaud his concern for the state of a community he has an emotional investment in. It is an admirable thing (And for some people this board is a serious crutch: Angriest_Dragon, god bless you, but what would you do if there were no EA forums? Your life would be radically different. Better or worse, I do not presume to know)

Yes, we are "internet retards." But we are also more than that.

Fuck. LAD got me all verklempt...........AGAIN!!!

Get your shit into a writing career. At least make up some "drama in real life" and send it to the Reader's Digest or something. Sheesh.

Jesus it's like 2 old queens on ecstacy or something.
'shared memories' 'emotional investment' 'the well-being and betterment of each other’s lives'
It's the fucking internet you weirdos, the fucking internet!

TheMadChaosopher wrote:i like how he applauds that some interslut duped some lonely asshole into MARRYING her- all cuz of this board apparantly, and now their gonna evidently mash 2 failed families into 1 massive train wreck
pardon me if i don't break out my fucking rice and start cheering

TheMadChaosopher wrote:a hot chick on the internet?
has she posted a pic?
i GOTTA see this..

TheMadChaosopher wrote:ah, "let us see you" pg.4

yeah i guess she's alright, i fucked hotter and i sure as fuck didnt have to MARRY them.
she's got kids? she looks a little chubby, but yeah she is pretty hot for having had kids.