Good point. Just imagine how long it would take to give the entire context of benboy755
Oh, years beyond measure
Just cut it down to bullet points like I did on my LMBW article. It brings me no end of amusement that I made 136000 posts and yet I managed to make my article a small paragraph.
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.
Honestly, that's the biggest struggle and I understand entirely. Somedays you have to let your feelings win so you can come back stronger another day. The struggle of life. Unfortunately I have no wisdom on that one
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?
But also stressful to have so much LEGO I need to get my LEGO from my parents' down here as well, then I can do some MOCs too...
At the time, I never particularly liked how the newbies looked up to me so much. I would tell them to not be like me. Now I just think it's kind of funny that I essentially never made truly high quality posts and yet was an enduring memory for many users. I guess I get redemption here as half my posts are multiple sentences.
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. ^ ^'
Are you roommates?
Ah, I doubt it will, but now I have friends from both the message boards and undergrad scattered across the midatlantic and northeast... the older you get the more normalized it is to have friends in far off locations Gives me an excuse to travel sometimes, admittedly
Well, it was his call, and I guess he was concerned about his mother's reaction on that one. I try to tell most people the truth now though
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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 
