You people are frelling incredible. If you like a community where there's no respect, no decency towards each other, no boundaries of civilized behavior ... then enjoy the cesspool of being fucked to each other pigsty that you wallow in.
It's got nothing to do with Miss Manners ... it's got to do with human societies and those who are fit for them.
The internet is not all like this. I post at many message boards and they have rules for a reason, and it's nothing to do with Miss Manners. But you all just keep thinking how you like. You're legends in your own minds.
I will miss the few of you who treat people well for no other reason than they are other people on this planet.
And, duh, of course I shouldn't make a big deal of leaving. That's why YAGE threads are commonly bad form on the internet. But this is just the place for it, because there are no norms of behavior here. Just nastiness, immaturity, and disrespect allowed to run rampant.
I have better things to do. (But, 'natch, monitoring your own YAGE thread is part of whole YAGING experience that I'll never get to do again, so I'm going to do it here for sure.)
And I certainly don't mean to insult all of you. Many people who post here are quite adult and decent folks. But a few bad apples ... well, you know the rest.
Hey, and send me one of those shirts, WeShallPreserve ... you certainly ownzrd me with your 14-year-old ALL CAPS RANTS. Yessiree, you are the winning debater on this here internet. Don't bother growing older ... you're at the height of wisdom and maturity at 14. You're got some stiff competition - what with the other 14-year-olds whose debate style runs to namecalling. But I think you're the tops. What a great bunch. I'll miss you. What a regret in my life that I won't learn further from your sagacity and wit.
But it's a chance I'll take.
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