I have nearly entirely lost enthusiasm on the boarding "scene." I once typed my thoughts clearly, enjoyed arguments that went nowhere, and enjoyed sharing opinions with others,

and above all else, to watch and enjoy how much people are willing to believe that there really are other people as stupid and completely psychotic as the persona I've created here - that is - to run circles around heads without any effort whatsoever, to laugh to my IRL self, and to completely disregard, completely, any opinion had by other boarders of "vamos," and to try and expose the hypocrisy of boarders and even subconsciously instill ideas into the minds of boarders, seeing that the internet is nothing more than a large, mostly fake place that should rarely be taken too seriously - though when taken too far can be incredibly devastating to some (and to anybody who I have hurt in any way, that is, hurt the mind of the boarder that stares at the computer screen, I really do apologize, because I am mainly here to make people happy, because this is what I love to do), and to masterfully walk the line of paradox between parody and reality, in other words to elevate posting to an art-form, something that some seem to have mastered, and to define my "art" as purely fraudulent; to get away with absolutely anything by being able to laugh and tell myself that I was just joking in the first place, and that "these clowns" will never understand, a flaw often put on display by my largely inflated ego,

and also to feel at times that I truly am an idiot, even the idiot, and to open myself to the fire of boarders, as I am doing now with a post that I feel I must make, though that I know is just another nail in the coffin, as it is "too serious," and so on, and clearly is being taken too seriously by me, is meticulously typed (at least as much as a post on a message board deserves to be), and makes me feel like one of "those people" who everyone thought was going to kill themselves anyway, and who nobody thought anything could be done about it (thus is the nature of the internet, as this is not true whatsoever in any case, but is simply a symptom of an overly sensitive, self-conscious person, who generally has no spine, mingling with dynamite), and that yes, I am who I am, and I love myself, and words can never hurt me - though it must be justified (the amount of work put into this body of text), in that I'm considering this my last post ever on the SOMB, most likely, and that my reasons for ever coming back would be invalid, and that I've been here for several years, and this has been one of the most consistent things in my life for some time, as I have become a part of the community - though words certainly can hurt you, even those typed by unseen faces, but faces which we want to believe are much uglier than our own,

and to, from time to time, share a beautiful moment with a group of mostly shapeless people, and to even sometimes feel a connection to some boarders, and enjoy the companionship they provide during the hours I sit on my computer, a companionship perhaps devoid of any the legitimate joys of friendship, but that which cannot be denied some sort of serious attribution of those certain feelings of happiness and the sharing of humanity, though to also often find that such "beautiful moments" are highly questionable, and at worst, completely abnormal and shameful,

and to even sometimes feel as if maybe I'm the one and only boarder that is truly crazy and just doesn't get it (the boarding experience),

and if you read this all the way through, congratulations, if you didn't, more power to my words, those of the inane worthlessness of being a contributing participant in the boarding experience, but perhaps more power to he who understands how to correctly enjoy being a boarder, and even more-so, power to the person who realizes that the internet, which is equally as terrible as television, if not much, much more, is not only hurting them, but society as a whole, so with this all in mind, and to take another small step towards happiness in my life, I say this: goodbye guys!

Don't let Maladroit hit you on the ass.

Wait, who are you?

you stole my response

But seriously, who announces they're leaving a message board anymore. It's been done to death.

Guess he can change the screen name to Vamoose.

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I could never understand why people have to announce they are leaving. Just leave.

I don't find anything wrong with announcing that you are leaving.

Wait, why is Vamos peacing out when he was really starting to get the whole "Chrono imitating Paves" thing down.

Stopped reading at the third sentence. Maybe you should have stuck around and practiced more because that is virtually un-readable.

Joke post?

Thee AP, I seem to recall you announcing your departure a number of times. Or was that different somehow?

Happy fucking birthday, BTW

Happy birthday.

Thing is messageboards are communities, made up of the people who post there. If you're a huge visible presence, Yancy for instance, it'd be weird not to have a thread saying you were leaving. Maybe it's just a matter of perspective.

Who's Steve?

is this shit serious.

You again.

no, it's me.

how are your cats?

pretty awesome.

Oh.

nice cupcake.

I think about leaving every single day, but the food is so good.

tl;dnr

"You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave..."

Vamos' letter reads like what coulda been David Foster Wallace's suicide note.

guaranteed that vamos returns in the near future/doesn't leave.

only if its sudden, just so that people dont think you died or whatever. if your board gradually gets sparser and sparser until eventually you dont post anymore... i dont think a farewell thread would be needed.

Yeah obviously. I mean the comparison is SOOOOO not bang on. Chrono is such an original personality.

Dude, spend a minute here before getting an opinion.

I used to leave and return a lot - announcing it, too - I believe. Now I just leave and come back without any care. I guess I just learned my lesson.

Dude,

I have been here a lot longer then you remember. I know you wish so hard that your quadruple digit post count could buy you an additional 3 years here but it can't. You can't re-write history. Deal.

Dude.

Oh, Chrono was posting here in 2002?

I know you wish so hard that your additional 3 years here means you're still in touch with the goings on of the board, but you can't rewrite a history you weren't here to witness.