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Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost
Dug me out of a lovely abusive relationship that was doomed to translate into a lovely abusive marriage. Gave me the tools to get fit, lose that, and then get it back. Made me feel good about game development.

I want this place to die because Lowtax deserves nothing but I don't want the people to go away.

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Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

Pastry of the Year posted:

No. We want Lowtax to go away and for this place to live.



That's the truth and it's the way the mods and admins feel.

That's a better way of putting it. Thank you.

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

Jordan7hm posted:

Soon after I stopped lurking and joined the forum I went through a messy breakup. Reading E/N and learning what not to do helped me get through it, but what also helped me get through it was losing like 60 pounds largely because of advice I got from W&W (YLLS). I stuck around there and learned how to take care of my body and took up running, up to ultramarathons. In the middle of the night, in the middle of a 80km+ race, on more than one occasion, part of what kept me going was thinking about what I’d post in the running thread.

Every time I need to find good information about a new hobby or interest I look for a thread in SA, and I always find one and it is always filled with knowledgeable and passionate people who give great advice. Sometimes that advice is harsh and raw but it’s inevitably helpful.

In general SA has really helped me be a better person, in terms of my politics, my approach to dealing with others, and just how I deal with the world. The last few days really drove home how much this forum means to me. I am really hopeful that the ownership move happens and that the incredible community can stay together, because this is really the best place on the internet.

Yeah, I was too harsh before. The space itself is part of what makes the place so good; the genuine feeling that there is a place here, rather than just a feed or a stream.

I also dropped about 60 pounds off of advice from YLLS, which took me out of "morbidly obese" and into "overweight" which is the biggest ego boost I'd had in years and made me realise I can make changes if I want to (yes I know BMI is very discredited but it's my loving body I decide what measurement stick to use)

And I totally get where you're coming from with the "I can't wait to tell them," I love the game dev thread for that so much.

Somfin
Oct 25, 2010

In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.

Nap Ghost

JacquelineDempsey posted:



Alright the pic belongs in PYF Anti Food Porn because I suck at taking pics, especially food. But there is no more beautiful Food Porn than when you're poor and hungry and a goon who lives on the opposite side of the country, three time zones away, offers to buy you a pizza. Correction --- not a pizza, but two pizzas.

Yeah a goon (who I'll keep anonymous unless they don't mind) learned I was hard on my luck and offered up 2 large pizzas with two toppings*, no strings attached, from my favorite local mom & pop place. They ordered/paid online, and all I had to do was go get them.

Plus it tickled me to no end walking in and saying "uh, yeah, I should have 2 pies for 4 o'clock pickup? Name's [stifling a goofy goony grin] Jacqueline Dempsey?"

*Pictured: black olive and mushroom. Not pictured: pepperoni and sausage. Because I know goons have strong opinions about pizza toppings: so help me god if y'all start a drat derail about it in this truly blessed thread, I will chain sixer you for ruining my feel-good vibes

This post made me weep happy tears god bless this mess

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