I must admit and apologize for not being here for quite a bit. I will divulge, just to get this part out of the way that I sorta lost the love of my life of about 30 years. I fucked the fuck up. But she lives far away and moved here and then moved back. I have been extremely depressed. I have not been able to really log in at all. So now that you know all that. Can I ask you guys a favor, since apparently I am the only "mod" around now? Get the fuck along? You share the same fucking planet. Observe the same holidays whether you want to or not. But we are not enemies.
The reason I am writing this is that I was reached out to by members by other means asking me "what the fuck is going on here". I still don't know completely. I grasp the problems, but I didn't see them go down.
About 10-12 years ago I signed up to start posting here after being a long time reader/lurker. The reason I did so was actually because of a deep abiding depression and this site came through for me. It really did. You guys did. I may swear and shit all the time, but it was never pointed. I have always appreciated what everyone had to say. No one should be singled out. Trolled. Flamed. If you use the word "fuck" a lot you are just using it.
Personally many of us, as I have, met many people from this site. Should the apocalypse happen tomorrow, we know that there are good souls upon the Earth. Should we find them, we would take care of one another.
That really is the name of the "game" -- to be one and all and all for one etc. There have been some characters on this forum who totally pissed me off. I got some flat earther yoinked for instance. I didn't think Hugh Manatee should have been. But I am full on hands off. Everyone is a functioning adult. Perhaps it is because RI is so contained now. Perhaps it is dying, but some are already dying on their own and we do not need to have Ri exacerbate the negative feelings we all feel alike.
It is a place to read, write, discuss and bounce ideas off one another. It is not a pulpit or judge's bench. It's just Rigorous Intuition.
I am going to delve into what has happened in my absence and see what changes were made. As a human, I am not sure what to do with what has gone on and I am not a boss of anyone. Yes. This entity "82_28" can flick a button, but I won't do so. Give me a bit to see what has happened. Fairness is the only thing that I care about.
Merry Christmas. . .I guess.
You're gonna smile again, You're gonna love again ... though dated, I always go back to them. They got me through some serious darks times...