1) How "small" the world really is. Sort of like Soph said in the other thread...assholes are assholes everywhere. And good people are good people everywhere.

2) Conversely, how "big" the world is. Having friends on pretty much every continent is a real eye-opener, and I wish every American was encouraged to do so.

3) Everyone's got a vulnerable side...even the ones who don't seem like it...and being witness to it is an incredibly humbling, and sometimes precious, experience.

4) Religion sucks. I wouldn't ban it, but I never cease to be appalled at the lengths people go to hurt those close to them in the name of "faith". I realize now that whatever I dealt with as a kid wasn't even the scratching of the surface of what some people deal with on a daily basis.

5) Myriad things about myself. Things I need to work on (a lot of shit). Things I wish I were better at. There are a lot of people on this board I look up to and wish I were worthy of. I'm further humbled by the undeserved compliments I've received and want to live up to them.

6) Affection and friendship have few constraints, and living in the internet age is fuckin' amazing.

7) Age and education do not necessarily confer wisdom.

8) A Muslim, and Atheist, and a former Jew CAN share a virtual group hug. Maybe if we did it for real in Gaza we'd help initiate peace.

9) To walk away when something is irritating, hurting, or overwhelming me and come back in a better frame of mind. Also, to apologize when I'm wrong and mean it.

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Oh, and 10) apparently I want to sleep with 5thHorseman. I had my sights set on the wrong Brit all this time. Geez.

admitting it is the first step

But YOU might not want to sleep with ME, which renders this null and void.

nah, i would

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giggedy

5th is taking the lead for horniest atheist. Ace better watch out.

(October 19, 2011 at 2:45 pm)ElDinero Wrote: 1. You can paint using blood (and people do this).
2. There's a thing called a 'pansexual'.
3. There are people who readily admit they are part of the 'Shoot first, ask questions later' school of thought.
4. There's a thing called an 'ion hunt'.
5. An English accent and a guitar is a devastating combination. I feel like The f'n Beatles.
6. I have suffered so little hardship in my life compared to other people that I feel a mild sense of embarrassment about it.

Add your own things that you learnt at AF.

@1: And you can do this in a fantastically creepy as all fuck costume.
@2: There's also a thing called 'polyfidelious'
@3: It's easier, faster, and the risk of collateral is not worth the risk of being shot.
@4: There's also something called a banhammer, and to think I used to be scared of it
@6: You had better believe it...




1: People take me too seriously.
2: Nobody reads what I write, they only glance at my posts to see if there's a picture there.
3: Only about 4 female members of this forum and 1 male one will read this line.
4: The forum can distract me from finding my creep-as-all-hell mask to complete my costume.
5: Bondage... is... fucking... amazing. Both sides of it.
6: Reiterating 5: It is incredible. You can't have any.
7:

(October 19, 2011 at 4:01 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: Ruhollah?

LOL .... yeah right. Maybe if you put a noose around my neck.

11) Men on the internet are either way more desperate, way more horny, or have lower standards than men in the real world.

(October 19, 2011 at 4:18 pm)Shell B Wrote: 5th is taking the lead for horniest atheist. Ace better watch out.

I... um... am I... err...



Am I not even in the running?

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(October 19, 2011 at 4:19 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: 11) Men on the internet are either way more desperate, way more horny, or have lower standards than men in the real world.

Amendment:

(Wo)men ont he internet are either way more desperate, way more horny, or have lower standards than men in the real world.

I can certainly tell you that I am not on the internet when I am having sex or a romantic night (out). Or hanging out with real-life people.

You internet folks just... don't compare....

(October 19, 2011 at 4:19 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: 11) Men on the internet are either way more desperate, way more horny, or have lower standards than men in the real world.

More horny, and I have a very active sex life. I suggest you all get a female in her 30's. The sex drive explodes at 30. Weirdly mine has at 26 after 8 years of relationship wtf is that about?