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It happens often to some people, and it does to me. Where I take a moment and look at how much people have given me, have helped me, have positively effected me, have made me laugh and made me care. Those times when people do the smallest beat of a wing and create a hurricane on the other side of the world, not knowing how much it effects life.
Though I'm talking about every aspect of my life, I am also talking about Hatrack. Hatrack, in many ways, touches me. Makes me laugh, makes me care, gives me advice. I have two friends who are the same. Though some friends may be jerks and forget to call, those friends are always there. Always ready with a dvd player, or a car to travel to the mall or to get ice cream (theres something about ice cream...), always with a laugh, or a bored game. Always there to reassure me that I'm not crazy in a mixed up and confusing world.
I sat back today and asked myself what I've done for them, and what I've done for hatrack. I don't think I've given to either of the two as much as I've received.
I get so much out of Hatrack, but what do I contribute? I appreciate these friends, for not forgetting me, but do I ever tell them how much they mean to me?
Mental note: tell friends how much you value them.
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Well, I think you can be hilarious sometimes! That counts as contributing. And I am sure that it is hard for all of your several thousand posts to be completely fluff... Posts: 1466 | Registered: Jan 2003
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Lol. Maybe you can make it your goal in life to make, just once, a serious post. Then we could forever immortalize it in the archive because it is a landmark: T_Smith's first ever serious post!!!!! WOOHOO!!!! Posts: 1466 | Registered: Jan 2003
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Cool! Fluff posting rocks! I think that probably the only serious posts I have made recently were the ones on the migraine thread... sad.
*toasts T* Heres to another 5k of fluff posts! Hmm, toast and T (tea) Either that or get out the flamethrower.....
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(((T_Smith))) When I came to Hatrack I quickly realized that there were a few people to whom everyone looked up and loved. You were one of them. Hatrack wouldn't be the same w/out u!
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You know, I think it's probably pretty common to feel like you get more from a community than you put into it. Listen to Tom.
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Your opportunity will come. Be ready to step up to the plate when it does. It might not come until you are 50, but there will be a time when someone needs help and you are in a position to provide it.
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*knows that feeling* I must get powerful so I can pay back all of the people who have helped me ever. Posts: 9942 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Please pay no attention to the insensitive jerks who tried to turn this thread into one about me when you have such a heavy issue on your mind. In future I will try harder to keep my rampant sex appeal under control, and hopefully my fan club will refrain from being so uncouth.
But enough about me.
In a truly good relationship we will always feel that we get more out of it than we put into it. But here's the thing: the other person feels that way too. It can be hard to see what people see in us, why they want to be with us, but we just have to accept that they do. And we want you around, dude.
So don't worry about it. We like you.
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It didn't work, did it. You wanted someone to help you do more for Hatrack, and instead all these good words make you feel deeper in Hatrack debt.
Sorry.
Friends cannot be balanced on a ledger. What is owed or what is owing matters not. True friends, like true lovers, do not need to keep track.
With you, Mr. Smith, I feel no need to keep track.
That doesn't mean we can't say thanks.
Thanks for your wit and your honesty and your compassion. Thanks for wanting to help.
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T, you are cool. I too ditto Tom, and I am a newbie compared to all of you. Strange, but being a newbie, the majority of those who came to your rescue here are generally the same ones who post in threads I have started. These are truly wonderful people. Thank you.
So like Dan said, after reading this, you might feel worse. But in the classic sense of people trying to out do each other in how much they do for one another, he is absolutely right. So if it helps the streak continues. I feel as if all of you have offered more than I have given back, especially when someone asks a medical question and I haven't been on in a few days to anwser. I actually feel guilty!
So the streak lives and newbies will come and go and most will think that you are one of the permanent fixtures of Hatrack like I do. And you know what? I'm glad you are as well as EVERYONE else in this thread.
And for my finale, I have to use this silly graemlin because it is so fitting:
On that note, I think we rock. Seriously. Can I have more coffee now?
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T....you're one of the main reasons I started lurking again after I moved back from vegas and had my computer back. i have a lot of respect for you. Posts: 161 | Registered: Jul 2002
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T, you're funny. I just plain like you! I've got friends like that, too, people who seem to not stop liking you no matter what... They're great.
And you're great, don't get down on yourself. There's no way to measure how much your posts have helped other people.
Just look at the Hugs thread. You're a cool guy, and you still talked to me, even when I was a newbie... (is a newbie?)
Also you defended my name when people couldn't pronounce it/thought I was a man. And we share the same cup size.
We love you, Nathan! You contribute quite a bit to hatrack. You probably make me laugh more than just about anyone else here, your ideas and thoughts are meaningful and always a good read, and you never fail to bring life to the chat room. (Except for when you kill it, but hey, it happens to the best of us! ) If I am able to go to WenchCon, I'll make you a card. A nice, pretty "Nathan is great" card.
Oh, I almost forgot to add that I fathered your child! I mean, if THAT isn't a meaningful contribution, I don't know what is. How is dear Janet doing, anyway?
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Good Lord, people. Nathan is confessing that he receives more than he gives and saying he should do something about it. And then y'all go and give him more lovin'. The poor boy is never going to catch up!
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Dagnabbit, I saw this post when T first put it up but I was on a crappy computer and couldn't be the first one to respond and reassure him that he is cool and indeed much-beloved.
When I was still a young and naive newbie (I'm almost SURE I'm not a complete newb by now ) one of the reasons I stayed with Hatrack was the Hug thread, which has helped me more times than I can count. GUESS WHO started it. Heck, ya even nominated me for Jatraquero of the day, T. That will long be remembered. And you like steak rare with no sauce on it, which is, to say the least, the only sensible way to eat steak. *grin*
Plus, who else could I accuse of having fallen madly in "crush" with Ryuko?
*gives Nate noogie*
Ya goober. Of course you give back to this community. Posts: 1595 | Registered: Feb 2003
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quote: Oh, I almost forgot to add that I fathered your child! I mean, if THAT isn't a meaningful contribution, I don't know what is. How is dear Janet doing, anyway?
::stares blankly::
Why the heck can't I remember these things? I swear, you make one innuendo, or pop in at the wrong time and suddenly your the mother of a teenage girl. Seeing as how YOU fathered her. And who is "her" anyway!?!
quote:Your opportunity will come. Be ready to step up to the plate when it does. It might not come until you are 50, but there will be a time when someone needs help and you are in a position to provide it.
Jenny Gardner. What she said. If you have a good heart, you will give. And only someone with a good heart would come up with that sappy "need a hug" thread. I haven't used it yet, but it's nice to know I have a place to get sympathy. I'm sure I will use it sometime. I'm also sure many Hatrackers are grateful for the emotional boost they've received from it. Also, emotional accounts almost never balance, in my experience. So don't sweat it. Go hug somebody! Posts: 6316 | Registered: Jun 2003
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quote:Your opportunity will come. Be ready to step up to the plate when it does. It might not come until you are 50, but there will be a time when someone needs help and you are in a position to provide it.
Jenny's right. But study so that when the chance comes, you don't blow it. You don't want to wait fifty years only to prove inept.
Moose laid out the progression of Hatrack status back in February, although that was before your time. I figure I may finally have worked up to being a "member", although in all fairness I still don't feel like the n00b sparkle has entirely worn off.
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