what are some ways you've changed since you came here?

I changed quite a bit since I came. I mean, whenever I see my old posts my first reaction is "WTF was up with me when I posted that?". In my old posts, i'd always say something directed to the general crowd and I never quoted posts or answered directly. now i do that all the time. also, when I was newer I rarely ever spoke out. I'd just keep quiet and would not tell what I was thinking. Now i speak more what's on my mind and I'm not afraid to say it either. I've become much more independent and free speaking and I'm happier with it. and my typing has improved too.:D

what about you guys?

I'm less "hehehehehe" and spell correctly and...yeah, the saying what's on my mind more. If you want to see my first posts search AshLEE2938. Oddddddd. But that's okay, I'm still odd. Differently, but still odd.

when I was BeaverFan5, i tended to agree with every little thing, kind of to get peoples affection (why the heck i did that i don't know :grr:). i don't do that anymore.

I've lost alot of faith in humanity, and have no hope for my generation.


Then again, I've been here less than 6 monthes

I don't think I've changed at all since I started posting here.

I'll look back on some of my posts, and say "WTF was I thinkin'!" I'll even say that to myself a couple days after saying something. :lol: I also make use of the smilies a lot more. Especially the bananas..I don't think many of us truely appreciate the greatness of the banana smiley, along with its many brothers.

How have I changed?
Hmm....maybe I don't seem as obsessive as TV Shows as I was when first came here.

I dont get all excited LIKE THIS ANYMORE!!!!!!! :cheer::woohoo::dance::happyface

Well, maybe I do. Just stay away from the Clayniacs Only!!!!! thread on the music board.

Originally posted by Dutabi84
I also make use of the smilies a lot more. Especially the bananas..I don't think many of us truely appreciate the greatness of the banana smiley, along with its many brothers. I guess I've changed in that way. I used to be very much anti-smiley, and for the first year or so I was here, I refused to use them. But then I crumbled.

Nobody can refuse the power of the smiley. Nobody.

Originally posted by AKA
I guess I've changed in that way. I used to be very much anti-smiley, and for the first year or so I was here, I refused to use them. But then I crumbled.

Nobody can refuse the power of the smiley. Nobody.
Then where is it?

;)

My posts aren't as annoying as they were before. ;)

Originally posted by Janice
Then where is it?

;) Oops, sorry about that.

:crazy: :lol: :happyface :wave:

There you go. ;)

i had a few things to say but i don't want to sound too emotional.

Originally posted by safety pin
i had a few things to say but i don't want to sound too emotional.

no say them:)

I can create sentences at a 4th grade level now! :p

Honestly, I'm just a little more...I dunno, butter..er..bitter than I used to be...

Well...I Was 16 when i first came here, And Now I'm 18. So I Went from being a boy into a MAN. That enough change for ye?

I Think I've matured a little too. Not that i was ever hyper and posting 20 smileys in every one of my posts, But I'm a Little more laid back and get less excited by things.

I Also made the big Transition from being a "Happy Days Boarder" To Chit Chat Random this Summer. I Loved the time i had over there, But As much as i liked being part of something Special and Having our own chit chat and everything, I'm Happier just to fit in with everyone else now. Now i can be thought of as Chad rather than "One of those guys from the HD Board". :lol:

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
Now i can be thought of as Chad rather than "One of those guys from the HD Board". :lol: We'll always be referred to as that. Though I still get 'HDM' a lot.

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
Now i can be thought of as Chad rather than "One of those guys from the HD Board". :lol: i'd get that tattooed on my forehead if robyn would let me - if it would fit, of course

Originally posted by ¤I Love Clay Aiken¤
We'll always be referred to as that. Though I still get 'HDM' a lot.

Now I Know how Jaleel White must feel when people call him Urkel. :lol:

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
Now I Know how Jaleel White must feel when people call him Urkel. :lol: We've been typecast!

When I was first here under a different name in 2000-2001, I was MUCH MUCH different than now. I used to post in all caps too. Now it drives me up the wall. :p

Oh boy, where to start. Well when I first came here, I was 12. 12! I was just finishing up 6th grade...and now I'm 15 (16 in a little less than 2 months) and in 10th grade...god I've been here forever. Anyways, back then...well I just cringe when I read some of my posts from back then. I was way too..I guess excitable. I was always like OMG!!!!!! REALLY?!?!?!?! LOL!!!! But I think a lot of people started out that way when they first got here too.

Hmm...when I first came here I used to write Three's Company fanfics. A lot a lot a lot of them...yeah uh don't do that anymore lol. I also used to be obsessed with The Facts of Life. Not that I hate the show now, its just that I'm not obsessed with it anymore because I haven't seen it since it left Nick at Nite.

I remember I was really impatient back then too. Like if I posted something and no one responded with in 2 hours I felt like no one cared/no one saw it so I'd respond again to bump it up, haha. I was such a weird kid back then...

Originally posted by Avril's Sk8er Boi
no say them:)
ok, it would take me a long time to explain how much it's changed me, and i'll probably sound silly ebing that it's just a message board. this place is social life. it's influenced a lot of big decisions i've made and help me mature a lot, and i've learned a lot of important lessons. it's stopped me from killing myself because this is the only place i can tell people what's really on my mind etc plus it's the only place anyone really gives a damn about me and it would be selfish to leave them like that. talking to some people here is one of the only things i enjoy anymore.

Well when I registered I was 13 , id been 13 for two days. Now Im 15.

When I first tsrated posting ALL I talked about was HD or osmething of that sort , I used to WRITE THIS BIG a lot, post the happy face smiley on every post in the Person Above Game, hey I STILL do that :eek: , yeah well, just look at my posts form when I regiseterd and like summer-fall of 2002 that was me :lol: ,

I chatted wit Crystal A LOT now we odnt cht as much cause I dont have AIM now, I dont go on messngeres much anymore, but those were good times. I tlaked about Ralph and Potsie a lot and more and more things



How have I changed? Well, I dont really know, I still love Ralph Malph , Jimym Fallon and stuff like that. Im an AI fan now, and yeah thats about it.

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
Well when I registered I was 13 , id been 13 for two days. Now Im 15.

When I first tsrated posting ALL I talked about was HD or osmething of that sort , I used to WRITE THIS BIG a lot, post the happy face smiley on every post in the Person Above Game, hey I STILL do that :eek: , yeah well, just look at my posts form when I regiseterd and like summer-fall of 2002 that was me :lol: ,

I chatted wit Crystal A LOT now we odnt cht as much cause I dont have AIM now, I dont go on messngeres much anymore, but those were good times. I tlaked about Ralph and Potsie a lot and more and more things



How have I changed? Well, I dont really know, I still love Ralph Malph , Jimym Fallon and stuff like that. Im an AI fan now, and yeah thats about it.

You Haven't changed a bit, Jacko. :lol:

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
You Haven't changed a bit, Jacko. :lol: Actually, youre right! :lol:

Well lets see, in April and May I talked like this:

Hi everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So how did everyone enjoy Full House tonight????????????????? WHAT! YOU DONT LIKE FULL HOUSE? YOUR AN EVIL FREAK WITH A BAD BAD MIND :mad: :mad: :mad:

Than in June and early July i was a bit more mature, i cut down on the smilies and the exclamation points, but i still wasnt totally mature yet, and well, you know how I am now.

If you read some of my older posts when I was Rurry007, youll notice it :lol:

I haven't been here a year yet, but my posts from March when I first registered here are.. well.. FREAKY! I cringe when I see them, I was such a dork, and I still am :p When I first came here, I was obsessed with Three's Company, and I still am, but I hardly ever watch it anymore. I'm into different shows now.. reality shows, dramas, comedy, which is good :D I also talk to alot of people here, and I love learning new things about each of you every day, and I like to see what you guys think and feel about this world and everything that goes along with it ;)

Originally posted by safety pin
ok, it would take me a long time to explain how much it's changed me, and i'll probably sound silly ebing that it's just a message board. this place is social life. it's influenced a lot of big decisions i've made and help me mature a lot, and i've learned a lot of important lessons. it's stopped me from killing myself because this is the only place i can tell people what's really on my mind etc plus it's the only place anyone really gives a damn about me and it would be selfish to leave them like that. talking to some people here is one of the only things i enjoy anymore. Gosh Sarah. That's quite something. Most all of us (I can't speak for everyone of us, lol) are glad that you are with us. You keep us interested and also, much of the time, laughing.:wave:

Originally posted by RurryJoeMicelli
Well lets see, in April and May I talked like this:

Hi everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So how did everyone enjoy Full House tonight????????????????? WHAT! YOU DONT LIKE FULL HOUSE? YOUR AN EVIL FREAK WITH A BAD BAD MIND :mad: :mad: :mad:

You said that to me yesterday. :(

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
You said that to me yesterday. :( :lol: :lol:

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
You said that to me yesterday. :( LOL

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
You said that to me yesterday. :(


lmao

I think I was happier. Even though I had it worse then, I had a positive outlook. Though I was a bit of bitch. Didn't complain so much about my problems like I do now, though I denied having them even. I said my OCD was cured, which it was not and never has been. I wanted to talk about some things but didn't want people to think I was crazy, so I'd talk about them as if the problems were gone. Now I'm fully crazy and I don't care what people think.

I didn't really hate myself then like I do now.

Look how many times I say "I". I need to get over myself. Woops, there I go again. And again.

Originally posted by tootiefan4eva
I said my OCD was cured, which it was not and never has been.

I Have OCD Too. They tried prescribing me Medicine even though it doesnt do a dang thing.

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
I Have OCD Too. They tried prescribing me Medicine even though it doesnt do a dang thing.
i'm sure i have it too. my dad doesn't care and yells at me when i show symptoms like having to touch things.

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
I Have OCD Too. They tried prescribing me Medicine even though it doesnt do a dang thing.

Screw OCD! I wish there was like a magical pill that would make it all go away.

Have you tried Luvox? I think it was taken out of the United States a couple years ago (not for saftey reasons), but the generic is still available. What medications have you taken?

Originally posted by safety pin
i'm sure i have it too. my dad doesn't care and yells at me when i show symptoms like having to touch things.

My Moms quite supportive about it, Although she does get mad sometimes and seems to forget i have it.

For One...Shes not too fond of my obsessive handwashing, As she has to buy alot more soap than she would want to. :lol:

Originally posted by tootiefan4eva
Screw OCD! I wish there was like a magical pill that would make it all go away.

Have you tried Luvox? I think it was taken out of the United States a couple years ago (not for saftey reasons), but the generic is still available. What medications have you taken?

They keep prescribing Depression Pills to me for some reason. I Guess they say it helps OCD Also.

They tried putting me on Some Medicine (Forgot the name) But it gave me side effects. I'm On Paxil at the moment, But its not helping any. They keep increasing my dosage everytime I Go Back.

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
My Moms quite supportive about it, Although she does get mad sometimes and seems to forget i have it.

For One...Shes not too fond of my obsessive handwashing, As she has to buy alot more soap than she would want to. :lol: I wash my hands like...everytime I itch myself.

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
They keep prescribing Depression Pills to me for some reason. I Guess they say it helps OCD Also.

They tried putting me on Some Medicine (Forgot the name) But it gave me side effects. I'm On Paxil at the moment, But its not helping any. They keep increasing my dosage everytime I Go Back. Werd. If it doesn't work there's always the excuse you're not taking enough. Recently I had to start taking two prozac pills instead of one. Nothing.

Originally posted by tootiefan4eva
Screw OCD! I wish there was like a magical pill that would make it all go away. Amen.

Originally posted by *A TV People*
I wash my hands like...everytime I itch myself.

I Wash mine at least 30 times a day.

Moreso in the Summer, Since the bugs are out. Anytime a bug lands on me...I Gotta go wash that spot. You never know where those disgusting things have been.

Anyone ever do the light thing? Switch it on and off over and over before actually turning it off? I still do that, but not as much.

Originally posted by *A TV People*
Anyone ever do the light thing? Switch it on and off over and over before actually turning it off? I still do that, but not as much.

No, But I Check my doorknob to make sure its locked like 10 times everynight before going to bed.

The strange grunting noise I Feel compelled to make sometimes is the wost.

On the boards? The way I present myself has changed a lot (grammer, the way I speak). When I orginally started posting here I spoke and acted like a typical 12 year old... which is normal. Then I went into the phase of thinking I was really cool and better than everyone for a few months. Then I realized that most people were just ignoring me so I stopped caring about all that. Yep, thats about it.

In life so much has changed, and I'm not even going to get into all that.

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
No, But I Check my doorknob to make sure its locked like 10 times everynight before going to bed.

The strange grunting noise I Feel compelled to make sometimes is the wost. Mmhmm, I went through that for a time. God, I hope no one heard me in school with that. I actually learned to force myself to stop doing some things. It's hard as hell...

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
No, But I Check my doorknob to make sure its locked like 10 times everynight before going to bed.

The strange grunting noise I Feel compelled to make sometimes is the wost.

I do that when I'm in the shower. I make sure the doors are locked and the window is closed like three times before I get in. Then when I'm washing my hair and close my eyes I get really nervous and get really panicy (sp?).

Originally posted by MaydayMalonesGirl
I do that when I'm in the shower. I make sure the doors are locked and the window is closed like three times before I get in. Then when I'm washing my hair and close my eyes I get really nervous and get really panicy (sp?). I get scared with the closing my eyes, too.

Well, my taste has changed, but not entirely.

I use "...." a lot more than I used to.

I think I may have used internet-speak, for which you can kill me.

But really, I'm not that different.
BETTER, yes.
But I've always been better.

Originally posted by barwars
I think I may have used internet-speak, for which you can kill me.

Thankfully, That is one thing i NEVER Did. It bugs me when people do.

The only one i ever use is "LOL".

Sometimes "brb" On MSN.

Originally posted by Chad Lawrence Doody
No, But I Check my doorknob to make sure its locked like 10 times everynight before going to bed.

The strange grunting noise I Feel compelled to make sometimes is the wost.

Hehe..I must go up/down stairs starting with my right foot. But that's about it for me.

I've grown up...

That's the best way I can sum it all up. I was 12 when I first came here. Naive little Facts of Life obsessed 7th grader. And now...now I'm a naive little Ewan McGregor obsessed 10th grader, see the difference ;). No, but really, I was a reject when I came here. Seriously, on the social level I was at the bottom of the ladder. Now I'm moving up the ladder, I'm becoming more "social", I'm beginning to give a crap about things. I'm just...beginning to come into myself. And I mean, it's scary, when I came here all I cared about was The Facts of Life and stuff like that, and now, now I'm trying to get a part-time job, I'm in Driver's Ed, and I'm trying to deal with some tough honors classes.

I've grown up.

I haven't changed much,I still visit the FOL Board,and the
Chit Chat Board,FOL Board was the first place I started posting,
made a few on the Sanford & Son Board.Anyway I now come
to this one to tick off people with my lame answers,and of
course for support when I have problems at home.

Oh...forgot something:
Since coming here...I've hearned how to use Paint Shop Pro (and I'm not COMPLETELY clueless in Photoshop)

Oh god it was so embarresing reading some of my old posts on a different name. I really did type like a weirdo because I wanted to fit in with everyone else until I realized how stupid I was. Oh and another thing was I was ALWAYS bumping up old threads with pointless responses. I always got bored with what threads were on the first page so I looked at ALL the pages and I replied to any thread there and people got pissed at me for that :lol:. It took me a while to realize that the threads were about 2 years old. Oh and the bad thing is this was just this spring, so it wasn't that long ago. :wallbang

Originally posted by Devastation26
Oh...forgot something:
Since coming here...I've hearned how to use Paint Shop Pro (and I'm not COMPLETELY clueless in Photoshop) Yes. I've learned alot about the computer from this site.

You kids have gone through hell. :lol: I'm pretty much the same schmuck that I've always been.:crazy: ;)

Originally posted by Kitt
You kids have gone through hell. :lol: I'm pretty much the same schmuck that I've always been.:crazy: ;)

I think I was scared of you back in my earlier days...lord knows why...but I couldn't tell ya...I just remember being scared of you...maybe I saw an opinionated topic that you took a stance in or something and back when I was 12 I was like, "Ah! Opinions! Fighting! Bad" :rolleyes:

Ha, arent'cha proud? :p

I came here when I was 11. ELEVEN!! Wow. So weird. I was just about to go into 6th grade. Well, it was the summer after 5th grade. And woooow. Have I changed. This would be an old sentance from me -

hey guyz wutz up nm jc lol

And now... heh. Heh.

Another difference is I used to like guys :lol:

Originally posted by -*Forever*-
I came here when I was 11. ELEVEN!! Wow. So weird. I was just about to go into 6th grade. Well, it was the summer after 5th grade. And woooow. Have I changed. This would be an old sentance from me -

hey guyz wutz up nm jc lol

And now... heh. Heh.

Another difference is I used to like guys :lol:

You signed up more than once didn't you? November 2001 wasn't the first time you signed up right? I wasn't sure and the first time I read that I was like, God...she's a lot younger than I thought she was...

Originally posted by Ewan's My Man
You signed up more than once didn't you? November 2001 wasn't the first time you signed up right? I wasn't sure and the first time I read that I was like, God...she's a lot younger than I thought she was...

:lol: My first registration was in July of 2000. When I changed my username, instead of having TJ change it, I changed it myself, and then he carried my post total over.

I'm 15. 10th grade. Don't worry :lol:

I haven't really changed, I dont like Melissa Joan Hart as much anymore

I quote Joe Walsh:

"Everybody's so different, I haven't changed."

If I have changed over the years, please let me know.

;)

Originally posted by TheGreatPretender
Oh god it was so embarresing reading some of my old posts on a different name. I really did type like a weirdo because I wanted to fit in with everyone else until I realized how stupid I was. Oh and another thing was I was ALWAYS bumping up old threads with pointless responses. I always got bored with what threads were on the first page so I looked at ALL the pages and I replied to any thread there and people got pissed at me for that :lol:. It took me a while to realize that the threads were about 2 years old. Oh and the bad thing is this was just this spring, so it wasn't that long ago. :wallbang

what was your other account name? i think i know.....

Originally posted by -*Forever*-
:lol: My first registration was in July of 2000. When I changed my username, instead of having TJ change it, I changed it myself, and then he carried my post total over.

I'm 15. 10th grade. Don't worry :lol:

Ok, I gotcha I gotcha, I was just sitting here and was like, "God I could've sworn she was the same age as me..."

:happyface

Originally posted by -*Forever*-
:lol: My first registration was in July of 2000. When I changed my username, instead of having TJ change it, I changed it myself, and then he carried my post total over.

I'm 15. 10th grade. Don't worry :lol:

I remember looking back at your old posts and you had posts under that name from June of 2000, so I bet you were a guest here for a while before you registered. :lol:

Originally posted by Devastation26
I can create sentences at a 4th grade level now! :p

Honestly, I'm just a little more...I dunno, butter..er..bitter than I used to be...

Yeah...if I've changed at all, I'm more bitter about things.

I've learned a lot from the people here and stuff that has happened here. And I've opened up a lot too. By meeting people from all walks of life here on the boards I've also become a more open minded person as well.

I only started posting here in August. But even so, I've become more outspoken. But that was bound to happen sooner or later anyway.

I've definitely changed a ton since I first came here. I was 11 and in 5th grade when I registered. I'm almost 15 and in 9th now. Egads, that seems so long ago.

I remember when I first joined, whenever I felt something was important I'd Type It Like This, Making Sure To Capitalize Every Word's First Letter. I stopped doing that within my first six months though.

I seem so annoying in my old posts. What I regret most, though, is the level of problem I would cause back then. I remember once or twice getting into fights with people just because they didn't like a show I did. O_o. How bizarre.

I used to post a ton on the TC fan fiction board. Never post there now. I did meet most of my best S.O. friends there though, so that was a good experience.

I suppose I'm not as happy as I was back when I first joined, but oh well. -_- Until like a year-and-a-half ago, I had battles with depression, but not any more, which is definitely a step in the right direction. *_*

I feel old when I go on SO. I mean, so many people that post here frequently now weren't around when I first joined. A ton of people from when I first joined are gone, and I barely post anymore. I remember when I posted like 1000 times in one month. And when I was #1 in the post totals. Woah. Now it's a miracle if I post 25 posts in one month.

Originally posted by ¤I Love Clay Aiken¤
We'll always be referred to as that. Though I still get 'HDM' a lot.
You'll always be the HDM ringleader to me, Miz Crystal. :D

I've been a member since my freshman year of college. Since then I've lived in three different countries, studied six languages, and had my entire outlook extremely broadened. And I can honestly say that some of the credit does belong to you guys. When I was nervous about applying for study abroad the first time, I got hundreds of messages telling me to go for it, and it'd all be fine. And it was probably one of the best decisions I ever made in my life.

Thanks to the politics board I became I a much more informed person, and I did become a better debator and decided to minor in political science. Also in the - oh God, almost four years - since I've been here I have been able to meet so many people from all over. I'm not gonna go all corny and mushy, but I do luv ya guys

:bighug:

oMFGrf i forgot, my age changed too. I was 13 when I came here and now I'm 15. And I remember how I was all psyched because I got a birthday thread and I figured no one even knew who I was yet.

Originally posted by Sean Snow
I feel old when I go on SO. I mean, so many people that post here frequently now weren't around when I first joined. A ton of people from when I first joined are gone, and I barely post anymore. I remember when I posted like 1000 times in one month. And when I was #1 in the post totals. Woah. Now it's a miracle if I post 25 posts in one month.


Same here. And I remember when you were #1 posts. I think the highest I got was #3. Now I'm probably in the 30's or something.

I HAVENT CHAMNGED @ALL EVEN SIOCNE I WUZ ON MY IMNOTSARAH2007 NAME!!!!!1111111 :happyface :wave: :lol: :crazy:

Originally posted by Michael [hXc]
what about you guys?I am probably one of the few that has stayed the same..... In fact I am the same since the 80s,my mind hasnt been re-programmed and Im happy :)

I used to post a lot about John Larroquette, but I don't post about him as much.

Apparently, I registered 19 years ago today...:eek:. I was 17, going on 18, when I registered so obviously I've changed a lot. In that time I graduated high school and then got both Bachelor and Master degrees, stayed at a job for nearly a decade before getting a much better one, got into a serious relationship, bought a house, traveled a ton and unfortunately also experienced a lot of loss. There's been a lot of ups and downs and after all that time, SO is still around so that's awesome.

Am I more mature from my early 30s to my early 50s? Probably not.

When I joined I had dark brown hair, now I'm all gray.

We went from living in rentals to owning our own home. My daughter was a toddler when I joined, she's now in her early 20s.

Am I more mature from my early 30s to my early 50s? Probably not.Excellent :)

In complete seriousness, I have really become highly skeptical of holistic and new-age medicine.

I used to have a closet fascination with it, wondering "gee could there be something interesting worth exploring?" whenever I would walk by the vitamin rack at the drug stores. Not any more.