Lucian

So,

CidTheKid said

I'm not particularly worried about Spam. I've been a member of forums and sites where sharing things like that would concern me, and RPG isn't one of them. That aside, thanks for the compliment, hah.

The rest of you, thanks for wasting the time to make me feel a bit better. I appreciate it, and it has helped to put a few things in perspective.

omfg

I don't even know what to say.

So,

Joegreenbeen said
I know how hard this is, but, why don't you try to find a new group of friends? First, you should try telling them that you don't want them to talk about it, then, if they don't stop , find a group of people who won't be mean about it.

I used to be able to just 'make new friends', but it's not that easy anymore. I've been stagnating emotionally for two years now. I'm so socially inept now that I avoid contact with people as much as possible. I didn't use to be like this, but extenuating circumstances and all...

idlehands said
Of course Florida. She is in the land of her people now. I do commiserate with you and only time will help the memory of that fade and hopefully add some maturity to your friends so they can see how much that it affects you.

Yeah, I'm hoping that will be the case.

idlehands said Ah, those friends by convenience. Well, I hope nothing bad or embarrassing ever happens to them.

The silly thing is that even if something like this did happen to one of my friends, I'd not be able to laugh about it. I'm too empathetic, I guess. Which sounds like a really great virtue to have, but when it's not reciprocated, it can be pretty crippling.

EDIT: Sorry for bitching and moaning. I never do this. Not sure what possessed me to start now, hah.

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idlehands said
Think of it this way, as embarrassing as this is at least someone else did it. It wasn't something you did. Eventually it'll go away and that's also really shitty of your friends.

I know. My friends definitely aren't people that I would make friends with now. They're friends by virtue of having known me for a long time only. My friend group is notoriously bad at giving a fuck about how their actions effect others.

EDIT: I should clarify that there are a few exceptions to the above statements.

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natsumehack said
Cut the ties.

I have, to a degree. I rarely speak to my mother anymore, but my friend's all thought it was hilarious, so they spread it around like wildfire. It's become mimetic in my friend group IRL, and it's kinda' hard to go for long periods of time without being reminded of it.

idlehands said
As someone who is the child of addicts, I feel for you. It's never easy and certainly not when a story like that goes viral. It is hilarious until you realize that person in the story has family who are going to suffer for her indiscretions. I hope her arrest was a wake up call for her to get help with her addiction.

I appreciate the sympathy. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for some commiseration when I posted this. Unfortunately, she's still off gallivanting in her own crack-addled world. Only now, she's doing it in Florida. (I think)

So,

A few years ago, a woman appeared on the news in my hometown in a really unpleasant way. Soon after, the story kind of went viral. Some of you may even have heard of it.

Ugh

That woman was my mother. I've been getting shit for it ever since, and it's made me nervous about letting anybody know where I live or my name online. I guess it was funny at first, but the more I thought about it, the more it just...hurt, I guess? I haven't slept all night and it's eleven A.M. here, which is probably why I'm gushing like this. I understand the potential repercussions of posting something like this in Spam. I'm basically asking to be made fun of some more, but I feel the need to vent, and since you all are basically my only social contact lately, it'll have to do. Anyway, this is still dragging behind me like so much shitty baggage, and I don't know how to get rid of it.

Seats of Power

Grey Star said

Thanks a ton, that makes it much easier to add you to the roster now.

Nyaa?....

Hank said
Bullshit

Hiding in a Hider

How did you do that...?

Jontron opnions

Smiral said
I agree with RT being extremely hit and miss, with 90% more miss.JonTron thoroughly entertains me though, so

We've consistently demonstrated dissimilar senses of humour, so that's not surprising. To each their own.