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Old February 15th, 2013 (12:43 PM). Edited February 15th, 2013 by Yoshistar64.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Hey folks! WASSUP???

I guess you could call me a geezer. But not really. Sorry if none of this is making any sense, but where do I even start?

Okay, let's try this. I joined almost 6 years ago in March 2007 (does it still say when users joined on posts?). I was 12 then. I'm 18 now. I was bored and feeling particularly nostalgic today, so I decided to go back to my internet roots and search up this username. And son of a gun, I could still log on! And wow, I've changed so much... obviously, but I mean just looking at my profile I could tell. For one thing, my favourite Pokemon isn't "all of them," 12 year old me. It's AMPHAROS, all day err'day! I just knew I had to switch up my profile... I almost felt obligated.

Now, on the top right of the page, it says "Last Visit: October 8th, 2007 at 07:20 PM." In fact, allow me to link to my last post: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=2975905&postcount=348

It was painful for me to read that. No, not in the regretful way, not in the way that brings back bad feelings. But it's painful kind of like how when you watch a person mess up on stage! Like... a pity pain, but not really. "Ouch!" Did that kid really think he would impact the community in some way with some petty feelings and opinions? No type of constructiveness there, boy.

I think as a 12 year old kid new to the internet, I was kind of looking for an identity. I tried to conform to a particular type of forum identity that evidently didn't really work out. But that's okay, boy, that's essentially what we do all the time, in every aspect of life.

I just know that somewhere down the road, when I read this post, I'm gonna think the same thing I'm thinking now. "Geez, kid, you sound like a loser!" While I was totally embarrassed reading my posts from the past, between the whiny posts and the posts where I sound like I know what I'm talking about, I don't regret one bit of it. This is sappy, but I love everything about my childhood, and how it made me the awesome kid I am today. It's a truism that basically sums up how I feel right now. The PokeCommunity is a wonderful community to my memory, and it represented an awesome part of my life. This is a lesson, mostly one that I'm trying to teach to myself, about growing up.

And I just want to applaud the life of the community now. I mean, I'm just looking at the active people on the bottom of the screen, and it just really tells me about the energy of the site and the immortality of Pokemon itself!

I don't know if I'll be an active member or not. That, like pretty much everything else, depends on my mood and on how busy I am!

I know I didn't say everything I wanted to in the right way, so I'll just leave it there. See you around!

(oh, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if there was a thread of this nature, haha!)
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Old February 15th, 2013 (4:26 PM).
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I joined October 2006 on my old account so that was about six years ago too, we're all oldies! Welcome baaack. <3 It's great to have members that have been here so long ago return, so this is quite a pleasant surprise~ but since I only became active in 2011 I don't recognize you (luckily that can be changed though).

Ahah, I totally know what you mean, really. You have no idea how different I was just two years ago, so going back a whole six years can be quite embarrassing. Back then I had tried to be like the general forum personality people seemed to like but eventually I realized how bad of an idea that was and just went back to being myself. And luckily you can always make more posts and bump down those ones you made in 2007, right? You should get posting again and involve yourself in things here! :D Lots has changed but we're still the same PokeCommunity. Lots of new and friendly faces to get acquainted with; hopefully this time things will be different and you stick around. It's all right if you're unsure if you can be active - regardless of how often you can pop in, you'll always be welcome here, so remember that.

I have to admit I smiled when reading this and it's always interesting to see how time changes people. Makes me wonder what I'll think of myself when looking back on these posts I made six more years down the line, haha. It's been a pleasure talking with you and I hope you have a blast here regardless of if you're planning on spending only a short amount of time here! <3

Have a blast!
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