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User Info Amnesty? Absolutely NOT; entered at 2022-11-02 15:59:35
Heartlander
Posts: 3355
Registered: 2021-02-25 Kansas
I'll add my big huge THANK YOU not only to Karl but to all my fellow commenters here. And not only for all the links, anecdotes, and advice, but also for simply the fellowship, if I may call it that.

Like most folks here, I have lost some friends over the last 2-1/2 years, and relationships with some of my extended-family members are altered now in a way that causes me real grief.

I have seen some people here say that while they have lost some friends, they have gained lots of new ones. I have gained exactly TWO new friends. Guess I need to get out more.

I'm also grateful for the "Russia" thread in The Bar, since there are some people there who are not rabid with Putin-hatred, as nearly everyone else in America is. If it's hard to find people who haven't bought the media's lies about all things Covid, it's dang near impossible to find people who haven't bought the lies about Putin and Russia.

I value truth far too much to ever toss it into the ditch in order to conform to the herd, but damn, loneliness sucks. So I treasure -- and I do mean TREASURE -- finding like-minded people. (Not that we agree on every little thing -- indeed, some of you have challenged me in ways that have helped me grow. But we start from a mutual base of independence from The Herd and respect for each other.)

Though I've only met one other Ticker-Forum chum in person, I value so many of you whom I've become acquainted with here, even if it's only online.

God bless you!
2022-11-02 15:59:35