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In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
HonestIago Started conversation Jan 24, 2011
The title is a quote from last night's Being Human that seems particularly apt with todays news.
This might be a bit premature, the Beeb is yet to announce its plan for us and there is a community rescue plan being created over at A80173361, but I just want to say a few words in the hope I can feel a little better.
This place is more than just a website for me, it's my online home and you all are so much more than fellow researchers. I joined this site not long after my 18th birthday when I was a person almost unimaginably different to who I am now. The one constant in all that time has been this website, which has been a chronicle of and a motor for the change that's made me the man I am today. I spent some of this weekend looking over my earliest posts and reading stories of long-forgotten boyfriends and heartbreaks, triumphs and successes. I saw the arguments of others that helped me change and define what I believe in.
There were times not too long ago where I honestly don't think I'd have made it through the night without you lot: when I was at my nadir and my friends weren't able to help, here you all where, keeping me going when I didn't think I could do it myself - in this enclave of the lost I saw the best humanity has to offer.
Things are a lot better for me now but I still rely on this community for people to talk to, bounce ideas off, teach me new things and call me out when I'm being a d-bag. The prospect of losing this upsets me more than I'm comfortable admitting.
There, I said it. Not sure it made me feel better, but it needed saying.
Iago
In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
Ellen Posted Jan 25, 2011
Thank you for that post. I feel like a little kid that has lost their favorite blanket at the mall.
In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 25, 2011
Nicely put, Iago.
It's a strange place, this. Nowhere else is quite like it. We get a better class of nutter here too.
In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Jan 25, 2011
I'm still a little lost for words this morning, but thank you for the eloquent post Iago.
In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Jan 25, 2011
Good one HI, beautifully put.
>>We get a better class of nutter here too.
And a better class of troll.
In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Jan 29, 2011
In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
Lanzababy - Guide Editor Posted Jan 29, 2011
Iago, are you on Facebook?
In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Jan 29, 2011
For me too hootoo has provided stability when I needed it. A group who I knew would always be there. I've made friends in other reaches of the internet, but hootoo is home.
TRiG.
In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jan 30, 2011
Aye to all of the above.
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In this little enclave of the lost, I've witnessed the best of being human
- 1: HonestIago (Jan 24, 2011)
- 2: Ellen (Jan 25, 2011)
- 3: Ivan the Terribly Average (Jan 25, 2011)
- 4: Lanzababy - Guide Editor (Jan 25, 2011)
- 5: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Jan 25, 2011)
- 6: Taff Agent of kaos (Jan 29, 2011)
- 7: Lanzababy - Guide Editor (Jan 29, 2011)
- 8: TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office (Jan 29, 2011)
- 9: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 30, 2011)
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