Why do I hang around here?

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Why do I hang around here?

Post by wedeliver » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:15 pm

I hang around here cause I feel I found a group of people who share with me a love for some really cool things. although I might disagree with some folks here sometimes I would still want their input and opinion which I value. I am inspired by some of the people who have, in my opinion, shown some values and ideals that just knock me out. I could gush futher, but I have a hard time finding the words, while others here quite often express my thinking better then I can myself.

So, why you hang out here? just wonderin'
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by goathead » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:19 pm

Because you all go home and leave me sitting here in the dust.
:shock:

it gets really quite here with out all of you.

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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by JStep » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:37 pm

Probably because I am so excited for my first burn, an this is my best connection to lots of people who have done it before, know what to do, what not to do, etc.

Of course it doesn't hurt that there are a lot of really great, witty and generous folks on here that are willing to take the time to help people like me out with our (probably annoying and repetitive) questions... offer advice, a kind word or a needed bit of levity.

Off to go play with my bus now.... wish me luck!
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by burner von braun » Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:06 pm

goathead wrote:Because you all go home and leave me sitting here in the dust.
:shock:
GH, you sir, are "The Guardian of the Dust"
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by jella » Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:07 pm

burner von braun wrote:
goathead wrote:Because you all go home and leave me sitting here in the dust.
:shock:
GH, you sir, are "The Guardian of the Dust"
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by C.f.M. » Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:09 pm

I'm just stalking C.f.M.

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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Trishntek » Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:22 pm

Good luck jstep!

The reason I hang around ePlaya is mostly because of the sense of community here. Many of the folks in my everyday life are curious about TTITD and enjoy hearing various stories so they can vicariously experience our burn. But this is the place where people who are serious about TTITD congregate on a regular basis.

Some I have met briefly and others I've not met and hope for future face time. Each of us have various projects, ideas and goals which only another burner can understand. To share these notions, give and receive feedback, study what works and what might work or simply shoot the shit is a way to continually keep in touch with HOME.

I've cried and laughed here and received responses from people I've never met who brought comfort and wisdom at just the right time. Everyday life is so full of selfish, narcissistic, freeway mentality, short-attention-span idiots that ePlaya is an oasis of sanity,,,,, most of the time.

The Burning Man event is a gathering of the most generous, unpretentious, grateful group of people I've had the pleasure to be among. ePlaya is the closest I get to that the rest of the year.
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by wedeliver » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:47 pm

If you don't go, you will never know, or is it, you will never know, if you don't go. Either way I return to eplaya hoping for a Simon fix, if you know what I mean. To hear Simon makes me wanna lace up my army boots and go dancing!
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by AntiM » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:53 pm

Because I'm a moderator. Which is no good reason.

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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by FIGJAM » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:00 pm

"It's where all the cool kids hang out!"
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Ugly Dougly » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:09 pm

Cause you guys know how to have fun.

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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by MyDearFriend » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:11 pm

FIGJAM wrote:"It's where all the cool kids hang out!"
+1

Seriously, y'all are some fantastic people.
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Bounce530 » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:11 pm

C.f.M. wrote:I'm just stalking C.f.M.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
What other people think about you is none of your business.

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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Dr Jet Sinister » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:20 pm

Trishntek wrote:Everyday life is so full of selfish, narcissistic, freeway mentality, short-attention-span idiots that ePlaya is an oasis of sanity,,,,, most of the time.
Because I don't have to compete with others to express my selfish, narcissistic, freeway mentality.

And most of ya'll are pretty cool and stuff.
Suck it.
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Sham » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:51 pm

Bounce530 wrote:
C.f.M. wrote:I'm just stalking C.f.M.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Holy crap, are we all here for the same reason?

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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Sic Pup » Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:28 pm

AntiM wrote:Because I'm a moderator. Which is no good reason.
Because AntiM is a moderator, a very good reason.
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by shykat » Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:38 pm

Becuase, BURNING MAN is addicting and this will be my sophmore year. I guess?
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by lucky.bastard » Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:56 pm

where better to plan a psychedelic pilgrimage?
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by unjonharley » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:13 pm

Shambala wrote:
Bounce530 wrote:
C.f.M. wrote:I'm just stalking C.f.M.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Holy crap, are we all here for the same reason?
I'm the shadowy figure over here.

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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by ygmir » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:32 pm

Shambala wrote:
Bounce530 wrote:
C.f.M. wrote:I'm just stalking C.f.M.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Holy crap, are we all here for the same reason?
damn it, I'm not alone...........
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Elorrum » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:35 pm

Shambala wrote:
Bounce530 wrote:
C.f.M. wrote:I'm just stalking C.f.M.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Holy crap, are we all here for the same reason?
I'm the shadowy figure over here.
you can only embed 3 quotes?
oh hell... but I prefer to call myself a fan.
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Elderberry » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:59 pm

God only knows. :shock: :D
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by MyDearFriend » Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:20 pm

Shambala wrote:
Bounce530 wrote:
C.f.M. wrote:I'm just stalking C.f.M.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Holy crap, are we all here for the same reason?
unjonharley wrote: I'm the shadowy figure over here.
Elorrum wrote:you can only embed 3 quotes?
oh hell... but I prefer to call myself a fan.
You can quote more if you separate them.
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Elderberry » Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:23 pm

MyDearFriend wrote:
You can quote more if you separate them.
That's good to know...for when I'm not on the iPad.
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Foxfur » Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:16 am

I like entertaining the troops.
I make suggestions here that I can't make anywhere else.
I make things that I can't show anywhere else, just wouldn't make any sense.
Most of all,
YOU people put up with me :)
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by theCryptofishist » Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:28 pm

I've been thrown out every other place on the internet.
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by tamarakay » Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:42 pm

*edited, but you all know what was here*
unjonharley wrote: I'm the shadowy figure over here.
Elorrum wrote:you can only embed 3 quotes?
oh hell... but I prefer to call myself a fan.
You can quote more if you separate them.[/quote]

Hey, i dibs'ed C.f.M. a loooonnngg time ago. Back off you crazy fuckos.

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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by graidawg » Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:42 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:I've been thrown out every other place on the internet.
because they knew you belonged here.
Foxfur wrote:I like entertaining the troops.
I make suggestions here that I can't make anywhere else.
I make things that I can't show anywhere else, just wouldn't make any sense.
Most of all,
YOU people put up with me :)
Now THAT's tolerance!
put up with you? we encourage you

I like hanging around here because i learn some great tips on how to stalk people. its a shame all my targets currently live in a different continent
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by ygmir » Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:32 pm

well, I hang here, for so many reasons, I'm not really sure I can enumerate them.
but:
The folks here, are great. Divergent opinions, attitudes, backgrounds and predilections.
We hug, fight, cuss, kiss and anything in between. But, the common thread is, we seem a "group". We may disagree, even vehemently, and call each other names and all that stuff. But, at the end of the day, we'll also give each other water, beer, hugs and the occasional "reacharound".
Some of the most intelligent, inventive, "genius" minds I've ever encountered, are ensconced within this electronic box.
I've learned so much here.
The true empathy of denizens of eplaya, is amazing. Often, quite often, folks who have never met, and may never meet, will help eachother "just because".

How foogin cool is that? Damn cool, IMHO.

The humor, music, poetry and entertainment, is a daily adventure "out of the box".

I so love meeing, in the "real world" any of the folks here........to know and touch, those who, for most of the year, are an avatar and some text.....with perhaps a goofy "img" file or "youtube" (well, before now anyway).
Some folks come, and some go. Some are just plain mean and nasty, others so loving and genuine, you wanna cry.
But all, and in the true sense of "all inclusive" contribute, in some way, to what this is.

I tip my hat, to one and all.
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Re: Why do I hang around here?

Post by Sham » Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:53 pm

Gosh Yaggie, I love you!!
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