*Several gnomes carry a large Christmas tree into the room* *
*A few people notice but don't say anything because if they ask what are they doing when the gnomes were supposed to be there they don't want to feel stupid in front of everyone so they just stay silent and wait for someone else to ask what the gnomes are doing, not realizing everyone else is thinking the exact same thing*
*The gnomes finish fitting the tree into its base and leave*
Welp. *Cracks knuckles.* I posted in the star wars main forum after reading 200-some pages of a cool-looking topic. The two users who were the main posters on it were friends. Hunter liked snickers, didn't like twix, and played a jedi. Wize liked twix, didn't like snickers, and played a sith. So one of the fights became Twix vs Snickers. When I joined, I played a mando bounty hunter and fully joined Wize's side as he offered to pay my character. Later I fully joined his side with Twix over Snickers. I do actually like twix, and don't like snickers, but I am obligated to like twix and hate snickers because of the twix vs snickers war. =P
Wow...! Such amazing lore. Thank you for sharing this legendary story.
That is good advice..... I, I just don't think I can do it without at least one person I know there with me. I really don't like to be around people alone. But if I have someone I trust with me not feel so anxious. But I might just need to try not be so introverted.
For me, not having anyone around that I knew helped me grow a lot and also let me make a lot of new friendships. Remember, everyone's in the same boat as you when you're starting off at a new place together. I was anxious about a lot of things starting college, and I think facing the scary things head on is typically best because you shouldn't let fears and "what ifs" define you.
anyway that's life lessons from old man benboy do with that what you will
I.... uh..... I got nothing. you win. Your logic is well put together. All I have to do is see if I can control my feelings enough to get stuff done.
Gotchaaaa... ugh, everyone seems old and mature and cynical now though. Awww. Welcome home. Glad you still kinda like the place. I remember hearing about you often when I first joined.
I think I'm less cynical than I was on the MBs (that should tell you something about how I was then). I stuck around to chat LEGO with Zach, and then I realized that there were like 5 other active people so it wasn't super difficult to put a few minutes / hours a week in here, especially for nostalgia and my favorite hobby. On the topic of favorite hobby, you know you're a real AFOL when you have a ton of unopened sets just sitting around waiting for when you have time to build...
Yes, I used to check in here for the sole purpose of searching my name and seeing what ridiculous things were being said about me. I lived rent free in these people's heads for three years, somehow. Then the people who talked about me stopped posting here and the LMBW folks realized there were better things to think about than old benboy. So there was no more entertainment for me But yes, I was like a cult icon on the MBs I guess. Was banned for trolling, banned for cheating ranks, somehow NOT banned for making 16000 posts on duplicate accounts (ironically my rejected post proportion was always hilariously low on dupes). I spent years trying to outdo Skul in # posts and # likes but in the end it was me who people remembered. Go figure
Aww, sad... But perhaps that's also hopeful, that you'll have unopened sets to attend to whenever you do have the time. ^.^
Wow, yeah, a lot of that sounds really familiar... How does it feel being a legend?
Oh yeah- funny how we don't talk about it often. xD I basically invited to come visit me and my family in the summer, and she's come down to stay a couple times! Now we're going to college together and I still can hardly believe it's real. Ahh, cool! Meeting online people IRL is a wack trip. It's like... "excuse me you're not supposed to actually be real"
You go to the same college?? Absolutely wild. I seriously tried to get Tolk, Pythor, and NG to apply to my undergrad but nothing materialized. Now I'm somewhere else for grad and Pythor says he'll apply here for a masters program he likes... we'll see if that actually happens.
When I visit Pythor we play the "I know him from school" route And yes, no kidding... feels like it should be a novel experience but actually you've known them forever and it flows pretty nicely. At least, in my experience. Maybe some people have had a bad time of it.
Agreed: insanity. Oof.. ah cool! I hope that happens.
Awesooomme You should try just flat-out saying "We knew each other online" sometime. The reactions I get are often rather funny. Yeaaahh...! It's been like that with most of my friends, though I've had it both ways. ^ ^'
*A few people notice but don't say anything because if they ask what are they doing when the gnomes were supposed to be there they don't want to feel stupid in front of everyone so they just stay silent and wait for someone else to ask what the gnomes are doing, not realizing everyone else is thinking the exact same thing*
*The gnomes finish fitting the tree into its base and leave*
My family had a hot pot dinner where we cook food in a boiling pot of water and eat it straight away. Also had some Japanese food with some of my other family members.
Oh that sounds fun! Oh yum! Sounds like yall had a tasty and good time.
Yep, it was pretty great. What did you do for Thanksgiving?
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Thank you for sharing this legendary story. 
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But yes, I was like a cult icon on the MBs I guess. Was banned for trolling, banned for cheating ranks, somehow NOT banned for making 16000 posts on duplicate accounts (ironically my rejected post proportion was always hilariously low on dupes). I spent years trying to outdo Skul in # posts and # likes but in the end it was me who people remembered. Go figure 
Meeting online people IRL is a wack trip. It's like... "excuse me you're not supposed to actually be real" 
