Have you changed much since you first started posting here?

1ZRed

I just noticed I'm registered on boards for a year now. It took me a further 2 months to figure out what AH was after that, and one questionable porn thread later, I've never looked back :P

But glancing over some of my earlier posts it's clear I've come a feckin' long way from those days and matured a decent bit since. My posting style has evolved a bit even.

I'd say growing up in general had the biggest influence on that but I'll give boards a chunk of credit for broadening my view on things and constantly teaching me useful things along the way like how to resent scumbags and hipsters.

Not to mention some of the posters here are cute enough hoors at that and are good for a questionable laugh


Do you notice a difference in how you post now compared to when you first started, significant or not?

The_Gatsby

Dtp79

1ZRed wrote: »

I just noticed I'm registered on boards for a year now. It took me a further 2 months to figure out what AH was after that, and one questionable porn thread later, I've never looked back :P

But glancing over some of my earlier posts it's clear I've come a feckin' long way from those days and matured a decent bit since. My posting style has evolved a bit even.

I'd say growing up in general had the biggest influence on that but I'll give boards a chunk of credit for broadening my view on things and constantly teaching me useful things along the way like how to resent scumbags and hipsters.

Not to mention some of the posters here are cute enough hoors at that and are good for a questionable laugh


Do you notice a difference in how you post now compared to when you first started, significant or not?

God yes. Totally different now

MadsL

More battlescarred than changed I'd say

Mint Sauce

I've grown a beard.

tan11ie

The boobs have dropped half an inch

The_Gatsby

Previously I'd never have tried to undermine somebody's post just to get a few shallow thanks.

I think that's just since I started posting in AH though...

Pilotdude5

Been here 2 years.

Haven't changed a bit.

I'm wasting my life.

Banjo String

As a new user, hard to say...

Where To

When I first joined boards I thought I knew everything. . . . . . .

1ZRed

The_Gatsby wrote: »

No, that hasn't changed I'm afraid :pac:

Ruudi_Mentari

Yes. I have completely lost my libido

But I have still managed to retain some of my old degeneracies, though they may be inherent

Senna

Boards has polluted my mind and destroyed my soul.

1ZRed

SamHall wrote: »

As a new user, hard to say...

Oooh the reregs are getting crafty

woodoo

I've learned i'm not a left wing liberal.

MadsL

I haven't called anyone a melonfucker in quite a while...I can't remember if Amp banned me for that or gave me karma...

humanji

The_Gatsby wrote: »

Previously I'd never have tried to undermine somebody's post just to get a few shallow thanks.

I think that's just since I started posting in AH though...

That's what she said!

entropi

Been around Boards too long to remember what I was like back then.

MonkstownHoop

i gamble more, but win more

brummytom

God, yeah. I cringe reading my old posts, and I'm sure I'll do the same reading current ones back in the future.

To be fair though, I think I was about 14 when I first started posting here, I'd be more worried if I hadn't changed.

Scarinae

I was 14 when I opened my boards account and now I'm 26, so yes I'd say I've changed a hell of a lot. Boards has changed a lot over the years as well.

C.K Dexter Haven

My jocks, every day, swear ta god.

kowloon

My voice has become deeper and there's hair where once there was no hair.

DazMarz

I was 20, I'm now 24 (going on 25). I've gone through an absolute fúck-load in those intervening years. Some good, some bad, some funny, some sad. But it's all been an experience, if nothing else.

The old adage rings true: older and wiser. Add to that, more cynical and a shade less optimistic, but more realistic.

I enjoy posting on boards. But it got me into trouble in the past. Ruined my friendship with a few people when they discovered the vitriol I'd posted in anger. That was an... "interesting" conversation (confrontation, moreso, maybe???), shall we say. Do I regret that? Yes. I do. Deeply. I was angry at the time. It's the reason, not the excuse. In my defence about that, none of what I wrote about events (not my personal feelings) was fabricated. Everything that I wrote about happening; it all did happen. And it made my blood boil at the time.

But I look back on some of those posts now, and I'm shocked. Some of them were utterly and absolutely vicious. Some of them were pure, uncalled-for, fulminating rage. I am a helluva lot less angry these days than I was even merely a year ago.

I still swear a lot; here and in real life. Part of my make-up at this stage. But the beauty of it is, I can turn it on and off like a tap, when I want to. I just refuse to as I find it somewhat theraputic. I'd have had a stroke by now if I couldn't swear!

In the past 5 years, I've been through college, 3 different living arrangements, 3 cars, been to America twice, been to England countless times, saw so many live bands, was victim of an armed robbery, changed jobs several times, experienced glory and pain in the sporting world, lost friends, gained new friends, became a godfather, won a lotto (not THE Lotto, regrettably), wrote (an unpublished) novel, wrote (an un-optioned) screenplay, lost my grandmother, ran my own poker game, met with triumph and disaster and treated both those imposters the same... and god knows what else. The one constant was my endless posting and arguing on here, on boards.ie.

And that's the way it is, at 02:28 on Saturday, March 2nd, 2013. Goodnight, good morning and good luck.

zenno

Boards.ie managed to un-mangle my brainfarts into a more comprehensible scenario of thinking.

When I first joined boards I was a person that didn't think, and forwarded terrible answers to other posters questions and I was as you would say immature in relation to any topic regardless and also getting infractions left and right and banned for weeks, Oh i remember those holidays...........

In all honesty, communicating as much garbage that i do, boards.ie has helped me immensely to understand and stand back for a minute and truly learn how to converse in communication. I'm still learning, but a forum like this will teach you many things in time.

A community of many different individuals of different thoughts but communicating in a civilized way but we can all fall off-angle sometimes but there is always someone there to put you back on the right track.

keithclancy

After hours is the Internet equivalent of cutting yourself while watching The Office.

DrumSteve

Ive been here a while and if there is one thing ive learned is that AH is completely meaningless. I dont generally make too many meaningfull posts, as there is no point.

Where To

DrumSteve wrote: »

Ive been here a while and if there is one thing ive learned is that AH is completely meaningless. I dont generally make too many meaningfull posts, as there is no point.

Was that one?

DrumSteve

Where To wrote: »

Was that one?

I cant decide tbh.

Think_then_talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTLwiccIOxI

:rolleyes::pac::pac:

Overheal

Completely. Boards is one of those little reasons why I am a much better person than I was, and why it's so damn lovable to keep posting here.

Dunny

I've got a job

Since my first sign up, I've done the leaving, college, accountancy, backpacking and now teaching.. Yep, changed a lot.

Oranage2

Nearly 3 years here, I think I was funnier back then.

CollardGreens

The drooling has stopped.

Bloody*Mary

New person, new attitude, responsible and respectful.

I have AH to thank for that ,for sure.

Have a real good day everyone.

Wibbs

Where To wrote: »

When I first joined boards I thought I knew everything. . . . . . .

now I'm sure.

im invisible

I went years without getting an infraction, now it seems to be every second week, as soon as a ban from one forum is lifted, i get banned from another.. Shur I'm only tryin to have the craic

Wibbs

You thought your username would help hide ya. Rookie mistake.

anhedonia

Yes, I seem to be posting in the Non Drinkers Group these days, how did that happen

Bloody*Mary

im invisible wrote: »

I went years without getting an infraction, now it seems to be every second week, as soon as a ban from one forum is lifted, i get banned from another.. Shur I'm only tryin to have the craic

There's your answer, this is real serious business.

o1s1n

12 year ago this year. So I'll be 29 and was 17 when I signed up.

That's utterly mental when you think about it!

humbert

After Hours and post-college life his caused me to become a bitter husk of the man I was when I joined. Fingers crossed it goes full circle!

bizmark

10 years of boards and i still cant spell or construct a proper sentence so naw

JuliusCaesar

SEVEN years!! I've been here 7 years! How did that happen?? I was only a naive 40-something year old. Now I'm mature.

Blumpkine

New username, Might actually post instead of lurking now?

Miss Lockhart

I haven't really changed much but I think boards has made me more cynical about people.

philologos

Yes, hugely. I wasn't a Christian when I started posting here.

lazygal

philologos wrote: »

Yes, hugely. I wasn't a Christian when I started posting here.

You're a Christian?

tempura

I have changed a lot since first posting here, it was only four years ago.

When I found Boards I was at an awful time in my life. I found so much information on boards about my situation at the time it was fantastic. I also went to a few beers in the beginning and met some really nice people. Boards got me out of the house again and interacting with people, which is funny when you think about it as people are always assuming that if you spend too much time online you become a hermit.

Over the years, I have found so much practical and emotional help here, as well as some bizzare stuff too.

I think the " Lets all laugh at people with Depression " thread is one of the best things to ever happen here and also PI is an eye opener.

Work and jobs forums were fantastic when I was out of a job too.

Overall , I really enjoy boards and appreciate having it as a source of information and interaction.

Don't post a hell of a lot but am always reading.

Suffice to say, it has had an influence on my life.

Thanks Boards.

Son Of A Vidic

Changed much? No, but when I intially joined, I probably wouldn't have ignored the newly registered muppet, who quoted my post in the Skinny Jeans thread earlier today. Oh and thanks to my AH brother or sister who reported it. Generally in life, I find there's no point wasting time on fúcktárds.