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Ephemerality
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States203 Posts
June 23 2014 21:51 GMT
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Hi, I'm Ephemerality. You've probably never heard of me. That's okay, because this blog is for all the people that I've interacted with and met on TL IRC because I'm leaving, probably for good.

First of all, thank you for everything. No, really, thank you. Some of my most defining and amusing moments over the past few years happened while I was interacting with you guys, whether you knew it or not. You might not know this, but I literally came THIS close to committing suicide last year, and I think a large part of why I didn't was because of the connections I felt I had with you. After all if you could go on with your shitty lives, what right did I have to end mine? (… lame attempt at a joke, I know )

But that's just it, my depression stems from the feeling that I'll never be able to accomplish anything, and while that may be true in the cosmic sense, I feel as though I have literally done nothing this summer. And I want to change that, no, I NEED to change that. So I'm leaving. I'm going to stop playing most of the video games I play, at least for a while, and try to figure out what I'm actually doing with my life. If it turns out that I just want to return to what I've been doing, then this post will look pretty stupid, but who knows? Drastic times calls for drastic measures. (I've tried to take smaller steps, make smaller changes, and, well, it simply hasn't worked.)

So, goodbye, and thank you. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. I don't know if I really can express my thanks enough. It's been a pleasure knowing you, even if it was only through an IRC client. I know I just said that maybe this isn't goodbye, but I can't help but shake this feeling that this is the last you'll be seeing of me for a long, long time, you know?

So… So long, and thanks for all the fish!
<3 Ephemerality


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FIGHT APATHY... or don't
Beorning
Profile Joined June 2011
United States243 Posts
June 23 2014 22:08 GMT
#2
im sorry for going afk during that dota game
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
June 23 2014 22:32 GMT
#3
frequent reader of IRC,

<3 you ephemerality. Good luck, and keep fighting!
"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24807 Posts
June 23 2014 23:55 GMT
#4
I hope you return soon, but after you've had a chance to perform some self-reflection and personal growth, as a magic player.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
freeshooter
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States477 Posts
June 24 2014 00:00 GMT
#5
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy <3

Good luck in whatever you're trying find or accomplish. I hope you find what you're looking for.
ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
June 24 2014 01:52 GMT
#6
I purposefully keep my life shitty to inspire everyone who feels like they have no reason to keep on going.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pinski
Profile Joined September 2010
United States126 Posts
June 24 2014 03:24 GMT
#7
Don't you worry, you will be back.

Just like the last time you said this.
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