Looks like Swedish September.
Looks like Swedish September.
Hope is the denial of reality
Survived another hurricane, and 36 hours of shelter work in 2 days.
But seeing the absolutely insane flooding that happened where I used to live... Holy hell!
Glad you're all right mate and jfc it's difficult to comprehend the scope of the destruction elsewhere.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I don't understand why people live in Florida.Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
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Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
No snow, no earthquakes, no tornados (outside of hurricanes). And frankly hurricanes are pretty easy to plan for.
I say that while working another shelter shift because Milton is posed to really fuck up my city. Something we haven't seen in 100+ years.
My life as a wage slave is going to come to an end in a couple of weeks. Retirement was too far away to wait for it. It's gonna be 7 days shy of 35 years.
Going to try for a career as an influencer?
Tuesday sent an SMS to my manager that I will not come to work any longer as of the 25th and I asked her to make sure payment of my salary is ended per that date. I also told her I have no use for goodbye receptions etc. In reality I already stopped working, formally there's one week to go. I literally felt a burden dropping off. People around me say I seem more energetic.Going to try for a career as an influencer?
I have no desire to influence anyone. I am set on drinking coffee under a tree watching the dogs misbehaving. Possibly I will do some travelling and visit family in other parts of the planet.
Congratulations America
Congrats on getting out of the rat race.
Thanks.
Congratulations America
It's incredible how I instantly feel much more relaxed.
Congratulations America
Time to start a second career.
It's alive.
I was wondering how a site with a single digit userbase managed to hit bandwidth limits. Either it's been hammered by bots, or Wraith's been using the server for some AI stuff
The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun
Or all the Israel stuff takes up more space than you think.
Remember there are two sides and we only see one. He hosts that other community of his here well.I was wondering how a site with a single digit userbase managed to hit bandwidth limits. Either it's been hammered by bots, or Wraith's been using the server for some AI stuff
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
It's easy to forget how big DBZ still is
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I did not know that.
The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun
Plus the BDSM site.
Hope is the denial of reality
no that's this one
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
elon musk has a black eye
The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun
Got a happy birthday email from the forum Happy to see its still doing well.
Its funny to see this post a full seven months behind the last one, in a forum that used to see dozens of posts a day. I don't know if the folks that used to hang here are doing well or not, but the forum is old and tired. That said, what's making me happy these days is my kids both graduated from uni last year and are both employed with health insurance. Given that, I went ahead and retired. Yay! Never been happier in my entire life.
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
Congrats on both the kids graduation and retirement.
It's weird how this place went from being dominated by people barely out of high school to people retiring. Personally, I didn't notice time was passing by until I ended up at work surrounded by people a decade younger than myself. Such is life, I guess.
Yeah, I lived that. Are you in academia? I spent my time in a big corporate bureaucracy. I'm assuming you're living a similar dream. IIRC you were in college when I first encountered you, polisci or something...?Congrats on both the kids graduation and retirement.
It's weird how this place went from being dominated by people barely out of high school to people retiring. Personally, I didn't notice time was passing by until I ended up at work surrounded by people a decade younger than myself. Such is life, I guess.
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
Congrats mate, hope your retirement is full of just as much adventure as you'd like
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Not recently. A non-fired government worker. Finally in a field not hated by Republicans. Oh wait.
Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near retirement. Unless it's in Venezuela.
Hope is the denial of reality
I just looked at my very first post on this very thread, needless to say it mentioned my partner.Congrats on both the kids graduation and retirement.
Quite startling to think I'm actually in the middle of separation with her after 20+ years. As for this place, it's amazing to have a trip through memory lane to see all the names from the past. It kind of makes me sad in a sense that I spent a lot of time on the forums but know so little about you all.
Last person I spoke to was Rand a year or so ago via email, he also told me the news about Tim passing several years ago. I sincerely hope you are all well.
-Edit-
In the interest of being some what open, after all these years, my name is Steve or Stevie and I'm originally from London - currently living on the east coast of the UK (in-between Norwich and Ipswich). My last name is Greek Cypriot - you won't find me on any social media channels apart from LinkedIn now as I gave up social media. I joined you all as a snotty high schooler back in the years of the old Epic/Atari forums, now I'm a 40 year old man with both a son and daughter plus a failed marriage (not my making!). I work in automation for a living, I do sometimes think about this place and those I know who are no longer roaming around. Just hope everyone is ok.
Last edited by Lor; 01-16-2026 at 05:51 PM.
I was divorced from my first wife in 2012 after ~18 years of marriage. The lead up to, and the process of, breaking up a marriage, a household and a family was the most difficult experience of my life so far. But on the other side of it I've got 10 years in a very happy relationship, including five years of marriage, with a much better match for me. Like I said, I've never been happier at any time in my life, and its not just because I was able to walk away from my frustratingly Dilbertesque job. I think in most cases a divorce isn't a sad thing once its done and in the past. Except maybe for the kids, depending on what things were like before.
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
I'm glad you've had 10 very happy years post divorce! Long may it continue.
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