I could use this.
When I think of you throughout the years I think of a static little boy who is far more stupid than he could ever fathom, more ignorant than he could ever dream in his harshest nightmare, and more immature than any reasonable person could ever be expected to be when subjected to the realities of the internet for nearly a decade. Your tales on the board are are truly the stuff of legends. I've been witness to a large amount of them as well, to my direct detriment. I know "you make my brain hurt" might seem like hyperbole, but I assure you I have experienced some sort of headache in regards to posts by you more than a few times. It has always fascinated me throughout the years how you could receive all of this rebuke from the board and still be so largely unchanged. There are people were being stubborn has a certain charming quality; you would be the exact opposite of that - where your stubborn nature appeared at times to break the laws of evolution, even if we aren't talking about the biological kind.
With all of that said I want to tentatively claim you've made a turning point recently. You appear to be starting to grow as a person to the point where I don't want to tie a noose around my neck and hang myself from my local section of rafters nearly as much. Progress is all I can ask for. Or a revolver. I'll settle for progress.
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