/eh/ - Particularly uninteresting conversation

John Smith 26/06/21(Sun)23:39 No. 49454

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Dear John,

How are you? It has been some time since I last ventured onto this board to post I think. I say I think, I can never be certain when it was that I last visited. I looked for my old post but didn't find it. I believe I last posted some time in either 2025 or 2024. It feels so strange to type that. The 18 years that I have been visiting this place for seem surreal to me, as if such a thing should never be capable of spanning such a time period. I feel like an old raver leaving a rave to discover its the late 2000s. At least I assume this is what they felt like.

Anyway; I notice many of our friends on this board seem to have strange posting manners. That is what tipped me off to how long it had been, as I do not recognise any of these posts or the kind of phrasing they would use. I hope I am not being too harsh here, but I wish the new Johns would show a little courtesy to us older folk.

What originally brought me here however I suspect is to echo some of the feelings I have seen the other Johns post. Lately I find myself imagining that the whole world is grey. Perhaps this is some malady that I am experiencing, but I am inclined to think it is something shared. I don't want to complain to you at length about how I am feeling or its cause, but I would like to express minor frustration and sadness. Due to the medications that I am on, I will be dealing with my emotions with a glass of tap water instead of the usual gin.

Sincerely,
John.

John Smith 26/06/23(Tue)12:58 No. 49458

>>49454

nope time changes things, hope things get better for you and thanks for .gif

John Smith 26/06/26(Fri)22:49 No. 49460

>Anyway; I notice many of our friends on this board seem to have strange posting manners. That is what tipped me off to how long it had been, as I do not recognise any of these posts or the kind of phrasing they would use. I hope I am not being too harsh here, but I wish the new Johns would show a little courtesy to us older folk.

Are you saying you want us to cater to your mannerisms by conforming to your generational aesthetics?
Because if so, I’m gonna have to politely remind you that the world doesn’t revolve around you

John Smith 26/06/28(Sun)21:17 No. 49468

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>>49460
No, we want you to follow the guidelines for this board and nothing more. Please don't get antagonistic here, /rnb/ is --> that way.

John Smith 26/07/09(Thu)09:03 No. 49480

>>49468
Where can I find these posting guidelines? Sorry to ask, but it has been a very long time since I needed to view them and this website seems significantly more broken than it used to be. For some reason the expand rules link directs me to a page dating from 2018 stating that some things are still broken from a migration.

John Smith 26/07/09(Thu)09:17 No. 49481

>>49480
Go to the home page, click Rules tab. It's right above the news.

John Smith 26/07/09(Thu)20:02 No. 49482

>>49481
Oh, I thought I remembered more to these things

John Smith 26/07/18(Sat)02:45 No. 49494

Hi John. I've been visiting this silly little board since 2009 myself, so just around 17 years. I imagine we are roughly the same age.

I know what you mean about the greyness, John. I was experiencing that too. I suspect it comes from the monotony of life. The thing I've learned though is life does not have to be monotonous. The happiest people I know are constantly doing new things and filling their schedule with activities.

For a long time I felt like I was watching life pass me by, like I was standing behind a glass wall, separated from real life. I've only recently started stepping beyond that wall and actually interacting with life.

Life is really what you make of it, I'm learning.

John Smith 26/07/21(Tue)21:36 No. 49499

Everything is gray. Always is and will always be.
Take care John.

John Smith 26/07/26(Sun)15:43 No. 49501

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Dear John -
I'm great thanks for asking.
Got a job and a house.
No women though.
It's fine. I play vidya.
Has it really been 18 years?
Seems like yesterday this board became a thing.

P.S All Your base are belong to us, Amiright?

John Smith 26/10/27(Tue)22:51 No. 49586

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>>49494
Hello John,

I have been brought back to this place by the memory of a certain long forgotten song of the old web past, and figured I may as well check in on my thread.

I completely understand what you mean, but I fear that the unfortunate truth is that for some of us, age simply takes away our ability to do those things. Work will have your every hour, or unemployment your free resources. I have never been rich, but these days I feel as though I can do less with my income than could way back when I was a humble university student. It certainly doesn't help when life placed you out of populated regions.

I think what myself and perhaps some others are experiencing now is akin to what we experienced way back in our youth, when sites such as this made small havens for those less socially fortunate. It is just a shame that these days there is simply less stuff to do that we haven't already done to death.

>>49501
Hello to you too, John,

For me it feels both like an eternity and yesterday. The unhappy times are long ago enough to make me feel cold, but close enough to be vividly present when I close my eyes. I shut my eyes one moment and the niggertits song plays in 2008. I shut my eyes again and I am flicking through the niggertits flash page and listening to each of the little songs play on the walking character. Each one is as vivid in emotion to me at present as it is in picture, which itself makes for a rather grey feeling. The lobby room of life is well travelled it seems.

>P.S All Your base are belong to us, Amiright?
oh gosh, that one may truly be before my time

John Smith 26/10/28(Wed)09:55 No. 49587

>>49586
>doesn't help when life placed you out of populated regions.
Maybe doesn't help economically, but certainly helps with mental health

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