You guys posted some well-thought stuff here. I like that, somehow. Makes me feel more comfortable, being a self-proclaimed "tired" member of PC. But even if I just said I was tired, I still go here whenever I can. And I find it funny that I only realize that now. Ah, also, I think it'd be a waste of web browser space to quote all these wonderfully written posts, and since I probably won't give anything except "I agree" in the bottom of each quote, then I'd just say that I agree to most of what you guys posted.
The current 'me' still brings me to a related thing I learned in PC that I find funny. It's how I didn't take every chance I had. Whenever I talk to someone here in the past, I only share a sentence or two, and not take the chance of developing true friendships. When I read good threads that time, I didn't take the chance to express what I feel in a longer manner, and simply came with short liners. Same goes with the chance to actually make new members feel welcome while posting in the NU/W sub-forum. I also had one of the longest durations of being a newb, then into inactivity that's almost as long, and whenever I bring myself to partially type
www.pokecomm..., I fail to take the chance to be active again, to try to renew my interactions with the people I met. These things perfectly exemplify how I fail at making decisions...and how passive of a person I am. The moment I learned of my losses, that made me want to do what was the right thing to do in same situations in real life, and I tried to grasp the chances whenever possible to not make the same mistake again. That's something PC made me see in myself, through its variety of friendly and not-so-friendly members, what wrong I was doing. I find it funny how I only appreciate it now...how I only get to appreciate certain PMs old friends
(who became staff...then ex-staff) sent me, in actually saying that, "Hey, you're doing this wrong. Think about it," and now I find myself oh-so-ignorant for not stopping to think how much what I didn't appreciate can teach.
Yeah, I know it might not seem to be as busy and fun as then, but it's still got that slogan that cracks me up, and that website URL I always find myself typing when I'm in front of a freshly served internet browser. So hey, it's still PC. :D
Hahahaha. It's fun looking back and laughing at myself. And it's funny that a Pokemon forum slowly taught me lessons. That might be the reason why I'm still here now. Just to keep learning. I don't regret signing up, and I never will.