I miss the way you could log on and there would be loads of people online. I guess I miss the friends I made here, but even the ones I'm out of touch with have moved on which is positive.
To be totally honest, I guess I miss being younger and not having a proper job etc.
The world is just illusion always trying to change me.
You will find wonder wherever you can, and spread joy whenever you are able.
I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, divide within me. - Frankenstein.
I miss my friends from here. I can't believe how many hours I would spend online chatting with people. I can't believe how different the internet was back then.
I first joined when I was 14/15 and now I'm 30, that blows my mind. Occasionally I'll get curious and pop back on (like today), maybe read some old posts - so many memories.
I hope anyone who recognises me (and anyone who doesnt) is doing OK.
I miss the way you could log on and there would be loads of people online. I guess I miss the friends I made here, but even the ones I'm out of touch with have moved on which is positive.
Yes, there would be many people on at any time and you would recognise them all, haha.
I'm feeling super nostalgic for just simpler times online. This place is like an antique now.
Omg sorry for the triple post but my subtitle says "in an ocean that is churning" and now a gajillion years later I am literally a marine biologist and literally spend time in oceans that are churning. UGH THE FEELS.
I am far from home and struggling a little, I absolutely needed this thread <3
Oh I also miss chat big time. Chat was brilliant and awful in equal measure.
I found a lot of music from this place. I ended-up at Morrissey, Placebo, Cure and Dev Hynes gigs because of RYL (where is DizTurbed when you need her?). There were the goth and emo waves. Only recent people I've liked is Tash Sultana (if you like electric guitar dont miss her). Seems that a lot of music is now drum tracks and nursery rhymes lol
I miss it how it used to be ryl was my life as a teen back then i had a different username but i forgot the password . Here i am years later under a new username literally twice the age i was things have changed alot in some ways. Ive grown exponentially like more than i ever thought possible not height wise but mentally and emotionally. I am proud of how far ive come and very glad of this place.
I don't really remember much from the old days I was on here. But I met my ex on here and even though we broke up badly I will always be grateful to of known her. We had some fun times together
?When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.?
? Ansel Adams
Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60's. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted.
I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside. I tried groups, didn't work out just made my depression a lot worse.
Just popped on to say hi *waves*
It's always reassuring to come on every now and then and see posts from old timers like Jack.
Harley was going to reset my password on my original Blindspot account but that never happened. I really want to read some old PM's for the nostalgia!
Hope everyone is well in this pandemic world oddness.
Just popped on to say hi *waves*
It's always reassuring to come on every now and then and see posts from old timers like Jack.
Who you callin and old timer? Just because I'm well into in double digit RYL years lol? Its mildly alarming that people who I knew from here when they were 16 now have careers and broods of children. I can't even keep house plants alive ( I even lost a cactus and that's saying something). Nice to see you around
Not sure if it counts as "old" RYL but I always thought the first aid section was a really good idea. I've never seen that on any other forum. And the fact that there always used to be people about (but I guess it's a cultural thing that people don't really use forums any more and it's mostly just the old timers sticking around; same happened to the other forum I used to use, which has sadly now shut down)
Who you callin and old timer? Just because I'm well into in double digit RYL years lol? Its mildly alarming that people who I knew from here when they were 16 now have careers and broods of children. I can't even keep house plants alive ( I even lost a cactus and that's saying something). Nice to see you around
Haha I'm an old timer too ;)
I don't have any children but have been successful in keeping a couple of plants alive so that's something!