omfg why was I even like that on PC?!

Auticorn

Auticorn

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    Do you ever just look back at your past posts from whatever forum you were on years ago and realize how mf cringy you were?

    I did that. It was awful. >>; But I gotta admit... I have actually come a long way since I've been here since age 16. o.o You can't argue with that now, can you? XD
     
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    I'm lucky enough that my teenage angst was let out on another forum that doesn't exist anymore.

    Most of my posts here are okay. Maybe a bit of oversharing here and there.

    I think looking back and regretting something is a sign of growth.
     
    Most of my edgy teen years were spent on EverGrande City, so no...? Not really.

    Tbh, apart from outgrowing some phases, I'm the same stupid Palamon I was in 2014 that I am now.
     
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    Do you ever just look back at your past posts from whatever forum you were on years ago and realize how mf cringy you were?

    I did that. It was awful. >>; But I gotta admit... I have actually come a long way since I've been here since age 16. o.o You can't argue with that now, can you? XD
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    I fixed the title since I didn't mean to focus it on just cringy PC stuff. ^^;
     
    I revived this account a month ago, so my 20+ year old posts are definitely within visible reach.
    I guess I'm proud to see how far I've matured in life compared to 20 years ago? 😅
     
    Unfortunately, PC took the brunt of me growing up. This was the only forum I was really active on when I was getting my first taste of independence, so I was pretty much wild on here. Exploring way too many different identities, spiraling moods that were either negative or positive, and just simply having no idea what I was doing as I grew up.

    I found a post that I made back in 2008. It was unrecognizable as something I would type.
     
    Most of my "learning how to act properly on the internet" time was spent on Wattpad, where you'd probably expect that kind of cringy online behavior from a young teen. My friends made me make an account in eighth grade, and I never had any kind of social media before. I'm sure I would disintegrate on the spot from cringe if I read through my oldest books. (Hell, the same thing happened looking through my old twitter account when I said I was straight) I have matured over the years of course, but I think I still have a fairly similar level of nerdiness as I did back then (but with a better understanding of internet culture/etiquette).

    Although some cringy behavior of mine specifically on PC... I do remember many years ago seeing people's swears posted with censors like "psyducking" and thought that was something people actually typed out. I actually typed out "psyducking" on a few posts before I realized that it was just a censor hiding the actual swears that people typed out, and I later turned off that option in the settings. I wonder if those messages made any sense to the people reading them lol
     
    I used to be a real little troublemaker on here on my old account. Mostly just light trolling with a group of friends. I think I really realised how dumb it all was shortly after my ban when a member of our little clique called me up to boast that he'd lied about having cancer to some staff members in an attempt to get himself modded. Very weird, awful behavior.
     
    I'm sure I could look back at my early posts here and cringe a little. But 2007 (when I joined) was a turning point year for me where I matured rapidly, and the bulk of my posts here are from 2009 and beyond I think. If I had joined and regularly posted here in 2004-2006, then it would be different. I was a mess in my mid-teens. lol
     
    I haven't been on PC super long so I don't really think I have any old posts I'd cringe at, but it definitely takes me time to warm up to a community like this. Outside of PC, there are some people I'm friends with now that I was dismissive at best or mean at worst to when I first met them. I think that's the first thing that comes to mind when I think of regretting how I used to be. I think it's good to both embrace the cringe (as long as it's safe and healthy) and to cringe hard at yourself when you were younger or in a worse situation because it means you've grown from it and improved yourself, and that's a very good thing.
     
    I haven't been on PC for too long, but I still find my older posts (pre-2024 in particular) pretty cringe. I had a problem with oversharing and looking back generally came off as kinda blunt / standoffish / slightly obnoxious. Though nothing here is as bad as my early Discord activity, which probably got the brunt of me getting used to interacting with others online.
     
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