AN HUMBLE APPRECIATION THREAD

[GAsux]

Yeah so I'm a little late here and all but god damn having a job. Sometimes work really puts a cramp on my internet style.

Anyway, this is genuinely the only message board I really post on, or read for that matter. In fact, this is really the only forum I post in, although I like looking at the Post Your Picture thread because it makes me LOL a lot. But anyway, for me, this forum fills a void that I don't get in day to day life. Like you guys, I suppose I sort of have a bit of a passion for a lot of the subjects discussed here. I don't have the kind of friends that sit around and have these sorts of conversations so this sort of gives me the opportunity to do that.

As for no thread ever changing a person's position, in my case that may be true, but I don't think I need my opinion changed for this to have an impact on me. The simple act of dialogue on a subject as a minimum forces me to challenge my positions and that's healthy to me. I would consider myself a relative moderate so I usually end up not really completely agreeing with either side of the polarized debates often had here.

But a lot of the discussions had here cause me to really rethink and defend my own personal opinions. While I don't often agree with some of the things said here, I appreciate the level of thought that has gone into your opinions. Nothing disappoints me more than hearing shallow rhetoric from both sides of the argument at hand. Agree or disagree, I appreciate the fact that most here are pretty well informed on the subjects discussed and it makes me feel a little better about the state of the world knowing that there are at least people thinking about these things.

Having said that, I think we should all make out now and have a huge love fest.