I was talking to Jack Batty about this on the way down to SLODope a few weeks ago - how amazing it is, the internet, this message board, that we can meet so many intelligent, witty people that we would never have had the chance to know a mere ten years ago. I mean, just sitting here in my room, I can hear stories about Coldfire’s huge schlong, get free medical advice from Qadgop, or just bitch about life in general and get feedback from human beings I’ve never met, but share a connection with. This is the perfect example of the Global Village pundits are always talking up/decrying, and I think it’s pretty fucking remarkable. I’ve got to know a lot of extremely cool and knowledgeable people through this board, and there are many more that I feel as if I know, at least a well enough to start up a conversation with. I’ve learned more than I could have hoped to in so short a time on my own. I think a lot of times we take things for granted - hell, most of the time, even (speaking purely for myself). But when you stop to think about it, it’s pretty miraculous. It makes me grateful, and just this MB alone is easily worth the price of DSL, IMO. Nothing real deep, I guess, just feeling reflective and thankful. Carry on.
I’d better go find a thread to be sarcastic in, lest I lose my tough-guy rep.
You know, now that I think about it, that may be … yes, yes, it is … that’s amazing!
In all seriosnessocitude – as usual you hit the nail squarely on its head, or as I find my self digging up more frequently these days for some reason –
Bull’s Ear, Cat-Nip!!
woodstockbirdybird,, yes, I, too am amazed by the number and variety of people that I now call friends. You guys are people that I’d never have gotten to meet any other way. Most of you I will never meet face to face, yet you are a part of my life. Those of you I have met face to face will always be “with me” in an even more real sense as long as I have a memory that works.
This place is good for laughs, for making me spit soda on my monitor, and for making my cry at work (how embarrassing). When something happens in my life, I can’t help thinking “how could I present this on the board, and how would the dopers react?”
I am very grateful for this place.