Refugee thread!

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Bitterness.

Do you like IPAs? The only reason I bring it up is that I think "bitterness" can be appreciated (in certain conditions).

I appreciate that form of bitterness but I (and I suspect many other ex-TTAers) am savoring the bitterness of recent events.  Seth Andrews betrayed everything he has ever said about building community and showed nothing but contempt for those of us that made that forum our home.  It was callous and cowardly and he showed himself to be nothing but a hypocrite.

I appreciate the welcome we've had here at AF but it is hard to be the newbie and there are a lot of, shall we say, "unique" personalities here to get used to.  We had the same at tptsnbm and they tend to be the ones that make things the most fun and interesting so I don't mean that negatively at all... it's just a lot to take in at once, especially for those of us that tend to be a bit more introverted.

You may be aware that we are trying to resuscitate the old forum in a new guise and while it may never be exactly the same it is beginning to have much of the same feel.  Andrews may have only contempt for the community but the community largely wants to stay together and that is worth something.  The only good thing about what happened is that it made us all recognize what we had.

That said, I expect to keep coming here even it is mostly lurking for a while and throwing in a smartass comment now and then from left field.  It is just going to take time for the bitterness to recede and get balled up into a little corner where I can just take it out to play from time to time.  Not that I'm resentful or anything.

We ride at dawn.