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In reply to the discussion: If you could meet any DUer in person, who would it be? [View all]calimary
(81,220 posts)Okay, this is really stupid and I'm embarrassed to admit this - but scanning down the LOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGG list here and seeing that nobody mentioned me actually made me really sad! Hell, I realize this is a thread - on the internet - and that's a little bit of foolishness and weirdness right there! And I shouldn't let it bother me, and I shouldn't get upset, and I should just laugh it off, 'cause it's just the internet. I get that. This just hit me really hard. I took it seriously. And I took it personally. All these other DUers were getting mentioned, many repeatedly, and nobody wanted to meet me. Actually, I probably would want to meet all of them much more than I'd want to meet me, too!
I actually closed the tab on my laptop, which I always keep open on DU, and contemplated posting one of those threads where one announces one is leaving or is taking a break for awhile. Maybe I need to, anyway.
It just really got to me. Maybe I just need to avoid threads like these for awhile, but I saw trumad's first - and I felt really bad about that, and bad for him, and then I got curious, and came over here to check this one out, and - well, there it is.
Thanks, sheshe2. I appreciate this so much! DAMMIT. Still taking it too seriously...