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.
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
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... Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Pure mindless fluff, and innuendo's I'm afraid. Or a combination of the two.
[ August 07, 2003, 03:19 AM: Message edited by: T_Smith ]
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
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!!!! Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Won't work. I once tried to be serious in a funny way, but no one really picked up on it.
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
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.....
Posted by tonguetied&twisted (Member # 5159) on :
(((((T_Smith)))))
Well, you make me smile... Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Nate, you're beloved. Don't sweat it. Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
(((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!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
*gives T a wedgie*
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
*gives T a noogie*
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.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
What Tom and Jon said.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
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.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
I haven't been here a very long time, but from the start you were one of the people I most admired!!!!
(((((T_Smith)))))
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Well, I like you. And you haven't even sent me money or anything.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
yeah, not like that saxon fellow who's bought his way into all our hearts.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
*knows that feeling* I must get powerful so I can pay back all of the people who have helped me ever. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
That reminds me—hey, Saxon, your check bounced. Our friendship is officially over.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:yeah, not like that saxon fellow who's bought his way into all our hearts.
Damn, Celia, that was funny.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Hey, saxon, where's MY check? I'm always forgotten!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*writing "Love and Kisses to Saxy" on saxon's headshot*
That's tough, Jon Boy. Mine cleared. Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
T,
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.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
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.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
quote: It was too good of a set up to pass. I would have disappointed far too many people if I hadn't had said that. - T_Smith
See T. You never disappoint us.
[ August 07, 2003, 03:17 PM: Message edited by: zgator ]
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
T seeing as I don't come here to recieve a regular dose of your wit in payment for all the help I've given you, you will become my man-slave.
Now go put on this leather suit.
Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
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?
[ August 07, 2003, 06:31 PM: Message edited by: Alucard... ]
Posted by divaesefani (Member # 3763) on :
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. Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
psst...steph, you do know he's Reticent, right?
Posted by divaesefani (Member # 3763) on :
ppssttt...yes i do!
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
*whispers*
ok, just checking.
Posted by divaesefani (Member # 3763) on :
hehehe...thanks. you're adorable!
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
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.
How cool is that?
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
((((Nathan))))
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?
[ August 07, 2003, 11:31 PM: Message edited by: Avadaru ]
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
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!
[Edit: My brain is fired.]
[ August 07, 2003, 11:33 PM: Message edited by: Kayla ]
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Oh ho... How do you know that's not our evil plan? That way, when T least expects it, we'll call in all our favors. Muahahahaa...
He will have to worship us forever!!
Posted by The Voice of Reason (Member # 5348) on :
T, dear, of COURSE you give. And you know we luv ya!
Sincerely, Mr Rogers.
(...oh wait...) Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
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. Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
#^_^#
(blows kisses Nate's way)
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
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!?!
And you sound as if it was YOU contributing.
"Ifathered your child."
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Ack! Kisses! And Zotto's watching!! Hide!!
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
(hides, giggling)
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
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! Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
quote:you make one innuendo, or pop in at the wrong time
Oh, Mr. Smith. You poor little uber-pervert.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Zotto, I was really hoping someone would find that. Thank you.
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :
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.
[ August 08, 2003, 12:39 PM: Message edited by: Irami Osei-Frimpong ]
Posted by filetted (Member # 5048) on :
Irami,
Good to see you. Haven't spied your name cropping up while online in a while.
flish
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Yes. But no pressure or anything. *twinkle*
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
quote:you ... pop in at the wrong time and suddenly your the mother of a teenage girl.
I know some teenage boys that found themselves fathers in just that way.
lol.
See, that line just paid your hatrack dues.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:even when I was a newbie... (is a newbie?)
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.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
(wonders vaguely where she is on the chart)
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
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?
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!?!
And you sound as if it was YOU contributing.
"I fathered your child."
Nate, we got thrown into the pregnancy booth together. In the chat? Please tell me you remember the pregnancy booth? We had a daughter called Jane-T, or Janet. *sighs* What kind of a mother can't remember his own daughter..... Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
A very drunk one, I suppose, seeing as how I can only recall someone mentioning something about me being married to you but thats about it.
Do pregnancies go by that fast?
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
WHY in the HECK do I not have a good computer?! Hatrack Chat seems like an, um, interesting place to be...
NEED MORE PROCESSING POWER! *goes off to the general rant thread* Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
Random resurrection! *Rooty toot toot*
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Good heavens. Could I possibly have used more smilies in my naive internet-youth? I retroactively thank ye all for your past patience, and beg for your forgiveness; I knew not what I did.
Seriously, Jonny, you must have purposely resurrected this thread like a specter from winters past in order to confront me with irrefutable evidence of my youthful proclivity towards a rampant over-indulgence of smilies in harsh retribution for some wrong I done ya. I apologize for whatever it was, man, really.
Though I am still proud of being all supportive of T, who is still a cool cat.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
If you give me something, we'll call it even. My birthday is in July, and I'd like a pony.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I already asked him for a pony and he's yet to pony up on that request.
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