Szyslak100
Stonecutter
(And I do it in The Simpsons section because it's where people who I talked with is more active, but feel free to move it if you think it's more pertinent)
I prefer to be honest with you guys, this is a very hard moment for me, but absolutely necessary and it's something I wish I did much time before. I spent more than four years in this forum, so it's very painful to say goodbye. But I need to leave this phase of my life in the past. I want to behave like most people of my age behave. I want to be better. I want to get a job. I want to catch up with my studies. I want to go to parties. I want to know people who live near me. I want new friends. I want a girlfriend. And this forum, as beautiful as it is, goes against my life goals. You know, I started to talk with a girl a few months ago. She's not my girlfriend and I don't want her to be my girlfriend either. She's just my friend, and you might ask me, why am I speaking about it? Well, to be honest, I haven't had a friendship like this in like seven years. I just forgot how great it was to have someone you can trust anything, how stimulating it was to chat with a person every day, all the day. And, the most I talk to her, the most I realize Szyslak100 is not who I want to be. And I am pretty sure it's not who I truly am. I have never said to anybody I have this account. Not sure if I should be ashamed, probably not, but I had that feeling since the first day and I couldn't change it. And now, I am not even interested in The Simpsons, even though it's in one of its best moments in a while. I wasn't even interested in how A Serious Flanders concluded, and I have stopped watching after it.
Spending time in this forum was great in the beginning when I was 17 and checked it out less than once per day. But it became an uncontrollable addiction. And now I have 21 and I feel I have lost my time here. My extra-large reviews were a charge for moments, I dedicated entire days to certain dynamics and exercise (like when we ranked every Treehouse of Horror segment), and I had some very irrational actions, like cheating on one of those rankings we did as a community, creating about 10 fake accounts to manipulate the consensus score of the newest episodes, or checking out how Brad Lascelle's rated 'Tis the Thirtieth Season... At 5 am during my graduation party! Can you see how it affected me now and why I decided to leave?
But hey, I am not writing all of this to bore you with the reasons for my departure. If you know me, you know I tend to write more than I'd like. Conversely, I am here to give my thanks to all of you for accompanying me all these years. I have definitely improved my skills in English, which was my biggest purpose for me. My vocabulary, my writing, and my grammar are way better now than they were after ten years of unsuccessful teaching in the school and some extra-curricular classes as well. I appreciate every time any of you responded to one of my posts, gave them a thumbs up (now a reaction), and debated anything with me. There are some users I think I'd like to keep a friendship with outside of the forum. Genuinely great people that I will never forget, even despite the fact I don't even know their names and that we never chatted about anything but an animated series. But I will truly miss you despite all those inconveniences. That says a lot about you and about how comfortable I felt here. What the hell, I wasn't going to say it but, if someone wants to keep a relationship outside of the forum, I am open to following you on Instagram or adding you as a contact in WhatsApp and why not starting a long-distance friendship outside of the forum. That'd make me happy. Send me a pm if you want, I'll check out my pm box in a few days before going out definitely.
Nohomers was the perfect place to discuss the show that gifted me hours, and hours, and hours of happiness and entertainment during my childhood and teenage years. I watch the show since I was a baby. I am not exaggerating, guys. Even before I can remember, The Simpsons accompanied me unconditionally. The Simpsons were more than a TV show to me. It defined my particular sense of humor – my occurrences are one of my strongest facets as a person and part of it is thanks to the show. It gave me countless life lessons, definitely making me a better person. It made me a way more cultured person – I owe a big part of my general acknowledgment to this show. And, well, there's a lot more on the list I wouldn't end fast: it introduced me to other animation shows, it helped me considerably with my English skills, it somehow made my relationship with my brother way funnier because we are constantly quoting moments of the show... Shit, I thought I would watch it forever. It's really confusing for me to be writing this, man. Don't expect much coherence from me here.
Well, I think I have said everything. Maybe this new purpose of "living la vida" doesn't go as expected and I return eventually. Maybe I can't resist checking out how the "Abridged post-classic season" thread is going or how many reviews of classic episodes has CousinMerl written. Or maybe this letter is the last thing I post here. In any case, thanks for these marvelous years, for being so nice with me, and for every moment we have shared. I will never forget you.
I prefer to be honest with you guys, this is a very hard moment for me, but absolutely necessary and it's something I wish I did much time before. I spent more than four years in this forum, so it's very painful to say goodbye. But I need to leave this phase of my life in the past. I want to behave like most people of my age behave. I want to be better. I want to get a job. I want to catch up with my studies. I want to go to parties. I want to know people who live near me. I want new friends. I want a girlfriend. And this forum, as beautiful as it is, goes against my life goals. You know, I started to talk with a girl a few months ago. She's not my girlfriend and I don't want her to be my girlfriend either. She's just my friend, and you might ask me, why am I speaking about it? Well, to be honest, I haven't had a friendship like this in like seven years. I just forgot how great it was to have someone you can trust anything, how stimulating it was to chat with a person every day, all the day. And, the most I talk to her, the most I realize Szyslak100 is not who I want to be. And I am pretty sure it's not who I truly am. I have never said to anybody I have this account. Not sure if I should be ashamed, probably not, but I had that feeling since the first day and I couldn't change it. And now, I am not even interested in The Simpsons, even though it's in one of its best moments in a while. I wasn't even interested in how A Serious Flanders concluded, and I have stopped watching after it.
Spending time in this forum was great in the beginning when I was 17 and checked it out less than once per day. But it became an uncontrollable addiction. And now I have 21 and I feel I have lost my time here. My extra-large reviews were a charge for moments, I dedicated entire days to certain dynamics and exercise (like when we ranked every Treehouse of Horror segment), and I had some very irrational actions, like cheating on one of those rankings we did as a community, creating about 10 fake accounts to manipulate the consensus score of the newest episodes, or checking out how Brad Lascelle's rated 'Tis the Thirtieth Season... At 5 am during my graduation party! Can you see how it affected me now and why I decided to leave?
But hey, I am not writing all of this to bore you with the reasons for my departure. If you know me, you know I tend to write more than I'd like. Conversely, I am here to give my thanks to all of you for accompanying me all these years. I have definitely improved my skills in English, which was my biggest purpose for me. My vocabulary, my writing, and my grammar are way better now than they were after ten years of unsuccessful teaching in the school and some extra-curricular classes as well. I appreciate every time any of you responded to one of my posts, gave them a thumbs up (now a reaction), and debated anything with me. There are some users I think I'd like to keep a friendship with outside of the forum. Genuinely great people that I will never forget, even despite the fact I don't even know their names and that we never chatted about anything but an animated series. But I will truly miss you despite all those inconveniences. That says a lot about you and about how comfortable I felt here. What the hell, I wasn't going to say it but, if someone wants to keep a relationship outside of the forum, I am open to following you on Instagram or adding you as a contact in WhatsApp and why not starting a long-distance friendship outside of the forum. That'd make me happy. Send me a pm if you want, I'll check out my pm box in a few days before going out definitely.
Nohomers was the perfect place to discuss the show that gifted me hours, and hours, and hours of happiness and entertainment during my childhood and teenage years. I watch the show since I was a baby. I am not exaggerating, guys. Even before I can remember, The Simpsons accompanied me unconditionally. The Simpsons were more than a TV show to me. It defined my particular sense of humor – my occurrences are one of my strongest facets as a person and part of it is thanks to the show. It gave me countless life lessons, definitely making me a better person. It made me a way more cultured person – I owe a big part of my general acknowledgment to this show. And, well, there's a lot more on the list I wouldn't end fast: it introduced me to other animation shows, it helped me considerably with my English skills, it somehow made my relationship with my brother way funnier because we are constantly quoting moments of the show... Shit, I thought I would watch it forever. It's really confusing for me to be writing this, man. Don't expect much coherence from me here.
Well, I think I have said everything. Maybe this new purpose of "living la vida" doesn't go as expected and I return eventually. Maybe I can't resist checking out how the "Abridged post-classic season" thread is going or how many reviews of classic episodes has CousinMerl written. Or maybe this letter is the last thing I post here. In any case, thanks for these marvelous years, for being so nice with me, and for every moment we have shared. I will never forget you.