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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Went to an award ceremony honoring all the students in our school district who scored distinguished on state testing in @ least one of three subjects Math, Reading & Science. My son James, he's

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5 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Exactly what I meant. Like an archive of all the funniest/most interesting posts on the forum. It isn't just the useless search function but also the fact we have six years worth of content and some of it isn't immediately obvious.

The thing is, sifting through all those old conversations is an absolutely huge undertaking, and at the end of it we'd have a section with pieces of conversations that we thought were cool  (often with not enough context, with people that aren't around anymore), and a whole bunch of old threads with a lot of the cool bits cut out. I tend to think our energies would be better spent elsewhere, and leave those gems scattered for the people who really care enough to dig. It is a bit daunting, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I am willing to talk about it more, maybe in the Improve Your Forum section or a group PM?

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Recently one of my best friends died of an H overdose. I don't have many friends. I'm in a horrible cycle where I don't have enough money, so I overdraw my account, so I don't get much money when I get paid. Tomorrow I will get $150 for the whole of February. I'm 40 and live with my parents. I have no job, no car, no significant other, no degree, no life. I just want to die.

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21 minutes ago, Parker said:

Recently one of my best friends died of an H overdose. I don't have many friends. I'm in a horrible cycle where I don't have enough money, so I overdraw my account, so I don't get much money when I get paid. Tomorrow I will get $150 for the whole of February. I'm 40 and live with my parents. I have no job, no car, no significant other, no degree, no life. I just want to die.

I got shit to say, but i think i´d rather do it in a pm. I haven´t been here long enough to entirely spill my guts out on open.. I think you did the right thing when you did though, it shows courage, will to not die and at least a little bit of a fighting spirit.

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1 hour ago, Parker said:

Recently one of my best friends died of an H overdose. I don't have many friends. I'm in a horrible cycle where I don't have enough money, so I overdraw my account, so I don't get much money when I get paid. Tomorrow I will get $150 for the whole of February. I'm 40 and live with my parents. I have no job, no car, no significant other, no degree, no life. I just want to die.

I agree with Greyscale. It takes courage to open up about that; you're stronger than you think you are. That's a dark place to be in, and sometimes talking about it is the only thing you can do. You're welcome here, I hope you know that. I'm sorry to hear about your friend.

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2 hours ago, Parker said:

Recently one of my best friends died of an H overdose. I don't have many friends. I'm in a horrible cycle where I don't have enough money, so I overdraw my account, so I don't get much money when I get paid. Tomorrow I will get $150 for the whole of February. I'm 40 and live with my parents. I have no job, no car, no significant other, no degree, no life. I just want to die.

I'm real sorry to hear that, Parker..if you ever wanna talk we can.

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4 hours ago, Parker said:

Recently one of my best friends died of an H overdose. I don't have many friends. I'm in a horrible cycle where I don't have enough money, so I overdraw my account, so I don't get much money when I get paid. Tomorrow I will get $150 for the whole of February. I'm 40 and live with my parents. I have no job, no car, no significant other, no degree, no life. I just want to die.

Sorry about loss of your friend Parker. If you need a talk to I will be glad to talk

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2 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Sometimes I forget how toxic the internet can be. Just copped a personal attack on another, non-music, forum simply for asking someone not to use a comment function they have to argue with another member of the forum.

I think the internet is a half decent example of what society would be like if we didn't have social mores and peer pressure. That is, many people would continue to be polite and reasonable (like on this forum), but a significant portion would revert to the youtube/social media comments mindset where immaturity, bullying and abuse reign due, I guess, to hidden or false identities, like rioters with masks on their faces. 

There is a dark undercurrent to humanity that I think I tend to generally forget, in my nice little Australian bubble. Even the so called 'civilised' world is a mere step or two away from an atavistic reversion to animality, and it peaks through online - a lot. 

When people think they can get away with behaving appallingly they often do so. Not everyone of course, but the sheer number of horrible comments online is really worrying, especially for young people who may or may not be able to process and contextualise it. 

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It is somewhat concerning for the younger generation. God I say that as if I'm a relic of ages long past myself lol. I don't see a lot of that on youtube or facebook and there's practically none of it here. So it is confronting when such events take place. I suppose being raised in an age of face-to-face interaction and social conventions where you deal without anonymity is an advantage. The way I deal with the online world is as if it was face-to-face. Nothing changes in my online persona compared with ordinary life. That's why cowards who hide behind a keyboard and seek only to abuse any and everyone for supposed wrongs pisses me off.

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40 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

 The way I deal with the online world is as if it was face-to-face. Nothing changes in my online persona compared with ordinary life.

So you're actually this annoying in real life, too? Crikey. 

 

Obviously a joke there... You know, to lighten the mood. 

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Just now, Parker said:

Hey everyone, thanks for all of your kind words of support. Life with dysthymia and depression can be really challenging. I'm in a better mood today, let's hope it stays that way for a while.

Good to hear, man! Sending good thoughts your way. 

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8 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Worse, in real life I have a voice lol

I really had to 'back pedal' in my post there. I wanted to keep a 'handle' on things. Otherwise it's just a negative 'cycle'. I hope these jokes aren't falling 'flat' because you're too 'tyred'. 

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2 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Ha you're really off your 'chain'.

 

3 hours ago, Requiem said:

I really had to 'back pedal' in my post there. I wanted to keep a 'handle' on things. Otherwise it's just a negative 'cycle'. I hope these jokes aren't falling 'flat' because you're too 'tyred'. 

It's time to put the brakes on this. You guys need to shift gears and stop being such a pair of cranks. 

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