This will be the last thread I ever create on 4chan.
All the different boards over the years, and none of them satisfy me anymore.
And truth be told, they stopped being fun a long time ago.
Coming onto /b/ back in 2007, and not knowing how the fuck an image board worked. The constant porn all the time both terrified me because I never felt safe browsing at home, and kept me there because there was always better shit than on imagefap etc.
As the years went on, I ventured out. A few very significant things happened here and there; /v/ and their tournament against reddit, where their handpicked team was beaten by a team of scrubs with a BR and his 300+ ping.
The coming of Scooby to /fit/, and the leaving of scooby from fit.
When moot posted the picture of the data centre in his basement that hosted 4chan; a handful of Mac minis strung together.
The first, and second closure of this place.
A lot more I don't care to recall.
A lot of wasted time.
Because that's all it's ever been on here. For almost a decade, I come here to waste time.
I can't. I'm getting older, and not that much closer to any of the goals I set for myself when I finished high school.
Pic related is the encapsulation of the dream though; an appartment in the heart of a big city, with a network related career and the love of my life with me.
I will post in this thread. I hope you can keep it alive for a while to give me some fun as a last goodbye. But when the thread dies, I won't be returning. It's time I take more decisive steps to remove some of the more toxic habits I have in my life.
See you space cowboy..
see you tomorrow
bloxrfegsfdg
>>27856917
Damn man I'm 18, started browsing in 2012, I don't want to end up spending 10 years here.
>>27856917
Looks comfy.
I've dreamt of having an apartment with a view, but I can't handle big cities.
I've felt the same way, but after a few weeks I always drift back. 4chan is addicting, in its own way.
>>27856917
you are right, it's best to net get overly attached to 4chan. i visit it in my free time when i want to relax. just browsing a little and enjoying some of the stupid and funny madness.
i hope that you can finally reach some of your goals. find something that gives you purpose and become happy.
>>27857007
Not this time.
>>27857124
It's really as bad as it sounds. Just remember; this place never got or will get any worse. It's shit, and has always been shit, and will always be shit.
>>27857185
It really is addicting. Image boards and forums in general are I find.
>>27856917
Mentioning Scoobs brought some feels, m8. Then came Zyzz and after his death he pretty much took the magic of /fit/ with him. I feel sad now.
>comfy place, pleb OS
I come here because I'm a procrastinator. Instead of feeding my head with anything useful, I'm just wasting my time reading shitposts. And even if I had your attitude, I'm sure I'd just replace 4chan with another useless thing. But good luck.
>>27857208
What is it you plan to do then? You're just going to end up on 7chan or something. I don't believe you're going to just drop your Internet addiction, or go back to posting on conventional forums. You might quit this place for awhile, but you'll be back.
Are you going to commit suicide?
>>27856917
Good, fucking die in a gutter.
>>27857206
Thank you anon.
>>27857239
It was zyzz who made me believe I could stop being a shit cunt and become a sick Kunt
>>27857250
Thanks
>>27857260
Ween off the Internet and ween off porn. I have more memories of shit that happened on forums than I do in my real life.
>>27856917
ok bai
>>27857262
No anon. Just stop living my life online.
>>27857268
Nigger.
>>27856917
>See you space cowboy..
There's something about this that makes me almost tear up everytime I read it.
How cool would it be to fly around in your own spaceship, free from politics and other crap. Check in at some run down diner at the end of the universe. It's the comfiest of dreams. I used to take night drives a lot for this reason, to get a small taste of this.
But life isn't nearly that romantic and I know I'm a hopeless dreamer.
No idea who you are OP but I hope you make it, pic looks comfy too.
Don't know if I can ever bother to network. Missed many opportunities because of it. People who network reap the benefits, I see it all the time.
>>27857285
I see. Go out and live your life for awhile. It might just do you some good. But you don't have to abandon this place, nor will you probably see much success at that in the long run. Once you've been to 4chan, there is no going back. It's like a drug. You might quit for awhile, but ultimate you'll use again. All you need is to have a margin of self-restraint and not let it take over your life. Have fun with your break, and maybe see if you can't do something productive with that time.
>>27856917
All the best, Anon. Hope you find everything you're looking for out in the real world.
>>27857124
>tfw been on 4chan since 2006
It feels like I'm never going to leave. I actually transitioned into other image boards but I still keep coming back here.
Now everyone is 10 years younger than me and grew up on things like social media and was exposed to this site from "channer" culture instead of anime content.
>>27856917
No one gives a fuck if you leave. It will affect nothing. Fuck off.
>>27856917
>2007
>For almost a decade
>what the fuck man that's like three years ago
>oh wait
fuck i'm old
fuck i've wasted a lot of time here
fuck this place has gone to shit
fuck why am i still here
t. mid-2004 oldfag
>>27857342
Ahh perhaps I should have been more specific; networking in the IT sense.
>>27857363
I don't do moderation. It's either I abuse something or abstain completely.
>>27857425
Thanks anon.
>>27857426
I was exposed to this place because ultimate guitar would sometimes have threads where they'd duckroll people to /b/
>>27857448
You affect nothing. Not even your mum will miss you when you die.
>>27857520
>Ahh perhaps I should have been more specific; networking in the IT sense.
Oh alright, you know what that was my first thought too but since you talked about a big city apartment and dream wife I thought you wanted to become a suit and business card type of guy.
IT really is the only true path for robots. I can deal with the sounds of hard drives.
>>27857489
The term oldfag gives me chills of nostalgia because no one uses it anymore. We've all gone into hiding, never voicing our presence to the endless stream of summer.
>>27857520
Oh, you're one of those all-or-nothing people. I think you're going to have a hard time with that, but good luck.
>>27856917
What threads did you usually make?
>>27857553
No doubt I will struggle. Thanks though.
>>27857579
I love posting mystic deer question on /fit/ and just watching people try to game it into giving the answer they want
I love making comfy threads here
Shit posting on o when I had my wrx about boxer engines and how superior they are (they are not)
Getting fat girl porn from /b/
Threads to ridicule KVs here to make myself feel better about my position in life
Banal questions on fit I could answer with a quick google
Getting g to do my programming homework for me by disguising it unlike some dumb fucks on that board
Pokemon rom hacks from vp
How to hack PS3/ds and shitposting about mgs on v
>>27856917
See you, and remember that when life gives you lemons, become a lemon and join the line.
>>27857545
Makes me feel strange like how I see "desu senpai" bullshit since I remember the desu spam and Rozen Maiden posting.
I also remember "waha~" and that's so fucking old that I don't even see it referenced in oldfag threads much.
I miss that most old memes were anime related as well, since anime used to be the core of this site.
>>27857653
>tfw I unironically watched Rozen Maiden when it came out and liked it a lot
>>27856917
go back 2 reddit faggot, and clean your damn windows
>The first, and second closure of this place.
Dang, I remember that. Did you end up posting on the containment site run by STI a bit?
Those were good times, it was like a tiny secrit club of autists.
How old are you OP? I've been trying to find the courage to make the leap like you, am gonna be 30 soon and have similar dreams of office cubicle work and a big city apartment...
What are you going to miss about here most? Which board are you most attached to?
>>27857649
When life gives you lemons, say fuck the lemons and bail.
>>27857653
I'm so sorry anon. It's just not the same. The sweet irony of a chingchong owning this place and it being less anime centric than ever is not lost on me.
>>27857788
I wish it was mine.
>>27857822
I'm 24. I did not, but your post just reminded me of the pay loaded jpgs that b was distributing a few years ago, that would scrape people's home drives and paste the shit into a cloud. Very clever troll
>>27856917
Enjoy your happiness.
It makes me glad to know others are happy.
>>27857850
The fact that at any given time of any given day, no matter how I feel, this place never stops. There's ALWAYS someone awake. It never stops. It never dies.
Honestly, this board, g, fit and sometimes when I'm feeling shitty and need advice, adv. but those are all for the last three years really
>>27857788
>le reddit boogeyman
That's not even his apartment you moron lol
>>27857881
Thank you anon. I appreciate that.
>>27857910
I genuinely wish it was
Also the irony of the fact I actually got it from a comfy thead on arcanine, not reddit makes it even better
>>27857717
shit, i need to rewatch that show. i heard there was a new season in the works too.
i loved the fight between Shinku and Suigintou when Sui spends half a minute spamming glittery ray beams everywhere and Shinku just casually flies up to her and clocks her right in the face. so satisfying.
(Cess)pool'll always be open for you when you miss us, oldfriend.
>>27856917
gtfo reddit normie
3212
>>27856917
Good luck fellow anon, I've only been here for a few years and I'm starting to feel the negative consequences
Hopefully I don't butcher my degree and end up without a job
>>27856917
Goodbye anon, good luck from now on.
>>27858176
Ofc I'll miss youse too. you've all been there when no one else was.
>>27858368
Double nigger.
>>27858535
Thank you anon and good luck with your journey.
>>27858654
Thank you. Good luck to you too.
>>27856917
Tell us the, oldfag, how do you like your 4chan?
And why not make it a complete decade?
>>27857448
That's the thing, the community is losing a memebrr, it makes this place worse when thoughtful people leave.
Now when people like you leave it's a positive.
>>27857426
i started coming on here in about 2007. i was 15 i think. this post hurts. i don't know why i can't quit this place.
>>27856917
That pic is next level comfy, might make it my phone wallpaper
Neat. Bye.
You already dead.
>>27856917
Literally the only way this will really be your last time here is if you kill yourself today you weak faggot. See you next week
>>27857124
Why not? I'm 24 started visiting in 2009, still enjoy it here to kill time. He's right about the porn/jailbait though that and most of the /b/ and r9k are a cancer to this place. I want more raids/puzzles/dank memes/good jokes
Before you off yourself, can I take your apartment?
Working in IT is a horrible idea if you want to quit any internet addiction.
I'd try to do something radically low tech with your life like joining a farming community.
>>27856917
That's a very good idea. I'm wasting so much time between 4chan, youtube and vidyas. I wish I could just stop but real life is more boring and unsatisfying than anything I could ever do online.
>>27858959
I like my 4chan active. More content and more shitposters is a good thing. the content is barely different than it was a few years ago. That's perhaps the issue; it's all the same, and we've all seen it before.
>>27859215
I hope you find peace.
>>27859254
It won't suffer. It'll always be as it always should be.
>>27859271
If he didn't die, I probably wouldn't have gotten on the fit bandwagon
>>27859301
Because there are people here when you need people. Constant, 24/7 interaction with people on your level with no filter, no mask, no real social construct. It's freeing. And it's also a prison.
>>27859332
It's very comfy indeed.
>>27859861
We are all on the road to death.
18 years old and feel like i'm going nowhere my life, I should probably leave as-well as avoid many other sites while ive still got a chance
>>27860396
It's not mine. It's my goal.
>>27860421
I've worked IT for the last 5 years. The fact I'm a nerd had something to do with me staying in this place so long and clicking with the culture.
>>27860478
I feel the opposite. I used to feel this way when I was basically a NEET and had no access to money or ways of having fun. Is it similar to you? I dont know
>>27860529
It's not a cure itself. When I was 19 and very alone, this place as a whole helped me a great deal. Things are different now, though.
This is a welcome sight; a heads up, might blogpost a little here.
Anon I don't know you from the comfy pic you sent and your tales of this place's history, but seeing someone here this truthfully successful is mesmerizing.
My close friend of 6 years, like a brother, is riding on shitty welfare from fucking up education in a distraught and infighting, debt reduced family. He's physically shaking when I interact with him and he's panicking constantly with real robot shades of life that I never had as bad.
A shill once or twice from his gaming habit involves his self-deprecation and sad loneliness that conforms him to think that life is all about the memes of the squandered. He takes comfort and solace now in memories and bonds of his family and the thought that he has fulfillment through generic vidya and childhood comics.
My friend who I've fought and founded a small future with is currently losing herself again to the vices of a dead-end relationship and self-destructive compulsion, caving into her emotional angst after 4 years of obsessing over this family rich, easy-riding former NEET just to feel validated and interpersonal, only to be kept as a mood-dependent escort. She tries hard to change her lying ways but is her own worst enemy, and after multiple stepdads and realizing the disaster that is 'her' she's looking for a role model in her outreaching fantasies of artistry and the occasional strong drink.
There are more but all that said, your post makes me feel at least a stranger can make it.
Thank you, Anon, it made my night.
>>27861217
Thanks for the tale, anon. I hope it gets better for everyone involved.
>>27856917
Sometimes the best thing to do is just letting go of things.
Have fun out there, and if you stumble and fail don't be too hard on yourself; just try again when you can.
>>27861590
Hotline Miami really does have some wisdoms in it. It's basically the only game I can play anymore; because it's so quick and easy to pick up, I can blast 15 minutes and be satisfied because it's so quick.
Thank you for the advice.
>>27856917
Fear not my child. You will always have a place here :)
Well everyone this has been fun. A nice nostalgic trip over the past few years. I'm glad I made this thread, and I'm glad you all posted in it.
Thank you for always being here. Thats probably the biggest reason I kept coming back after all the years; is the chan culture. It drew me in, and kept hold of me. especially when no one else would.
Thank you anons. Thank you tripfags. Just remember boys and girls; sage goes in all fields.
>>27861217
>He's physically shaking when I interact with him
That's just cute.
>>27861925
This isn't an anime, motherfucker. Fuck off and see you in a week.
>>27857648
>all those cancerous threads
nothing of value was lost
4chan is an abusive relationship. OP inspired me to leave after this thread too.... See ya'll later
>>27861925
>Just remember boys and girls; sage goes in all fields.
All this time and you're still acting like a cringy newfag, fuck off
>>27862303
lol i cringed
>>27856917
Long post incoming.
Good on you Anon, for leaving this place. I made a thread a while back about leaving 4chan forever; the people who say "you'll be back" are kinda right but once you mentally make the decision to detach yourself from 4chan, it actually has a significant effect.
I used to browse this board maybe 4-5 hours a day but then I got sick of the shitposting and bullying so I made a thread about leaving forever. Now, I only check R9K two or three times a day for a total of maybe 1 hour of browsing. The reason I do this is because I still don't want to miss any interesting threads. Even then it's just light skimming on the front page.
I'm gonna take this chance to discuss ALL my thoughts on 4chan since I first visited this place, might take a few posts and I hope it doesn't get archived before I finish.
>>27862336
>lol
how long did you say you've been here for?
>>27862371
2008 i thinkz...
>>27862359
hurry up bro
>>27862406
>lol
>thinkz
>trust me gaiz i am le oldfigget xD xD
>>27857653
>implying baneposting wasn't the pinnacle of memes
Lmao you aint goin anywhere faggot, sit your ass back down
>>27862359
Part 1/2
Why do people come to 4chan, or specifically R9K?
1. Loneliness. I first came here in my Senior year of University because I had grown distant with my old friends and had only formed superficial college relationships with a couple of study partners. I didn't have anybody that I could genuinely discuss my feelings with. I tried counselors; they mainly give generalized advice that doesn't really help. They also don't feel the same feelings and see dozens of people per week so I didn't feel like it was meaningful to visit them. Here on R9K people show themselves bare; there's stories about rejection, love, autism, basically everything. Anonymity allows people to take off their mask here. Even though I don't know any individuals here, I feel extremely close to a few greentext stories that I've saved in my 4chan folder. Meaningful conversation is also possible on this forum if you try hard enough.
2. Humor. People in real life don't have a good sense of humor. They basically rip off lines from the sit-coms they watch on netflix or just give off the fake "haha yeah I'm totally weird!" character. On 4chan you'll read about Tard-Wrangler stories or there will be hilarious one liner threads like "Chad makes her cum, you only wish you could get some" where everybody makes a rhyme related to the "Chad" Character. Hell, just recently there was a thread about a "sexual" compatibility simulator where people input their names and it showed a penis and vagina and calculated how many times you guys orgasmed. I laughed my ass off when I saw somebody put in "ayy" and "lmao" and both orgasmed like 4 times. You don't find that kind of humor in real life. Here's the link to the thread btw >>27842666
I recognize this.This is legit. I've always wondered.
Oh fuck you I've been here for 12 years and its the same shit as it was before but with less stupid faces being posted around.
If you think this place is ANY different than it was in IRC days you are full of shit. Now get the fuck out.
>>27862627
Part 2/2
Things about 4chan you might not have realized
1. The greentext story, when done right, perfect encapsulates the spirit of this website. First off, what is a greentext story? When I first saw one I thought it was stupid; why is this guy talking in the third person like a person who doesn't speak english as their first language? Why do they make the text green instead of normal when describing something that happens? Isn't the ">>" meant for quoting people?
I was actually mindblown when I realized how intentionally crafted the genre of greentext is and it made me respect 4chan a lot more.
The reason greentext stories resist or outright REFUSE to use the first person narrative (and by this I mean using phrases like "I did this today" or "I felt so horrible and I wanted to die") is because you're trying to put the reader in your shoes. You're anonymous. You're not you, you're...everyone. The words,
>>be me, go to class with pocket fries
is easier to "get into" than something like
>>today I walked into class with fries in my pocket
The anonymous poster DISTANCES themselves from the story because they want to remove as much sense of identity from it as possible. They also cut out non-vital words so that the meaning of the story or experience is communicated as efficiently as possible. That's what a greentext story is. That's fucking beautiful in my opinion.
2. Reaction images add an entire dimension to interactions on a forum like 4chan. When I first came here I thought the option to attach an image should only be used when trying to share a picture specific to the post. However, images can be used to communicate ideas that words can't capture; a while ago I saw a long rant and somebody did nothing but post a picture of a projector. That's fucking funny. Reddit will never compare because images are not shown by default which ruins the experience of scrolling through text paired with images.
hi OP
you seem similar to me
I'm functional, independent, making money, have a GF, get along so to speak
but I come to this toxic place to lambast others and catch shit, get fucked with by racism, porno, giant dongs, stupid memes, and shitposting canadiens
unlike you I come and go. I'll spend a year here, and then a couple years away. I'm not sure what makes the decision, but usually my attention is drawn elsewhere
good luck
>>27857717
Rozen Maiden is alright, desu
>>27862967
bonus 3/2
R9K and the "identity" of the robot
One of the reasons that this board is so popular is because there's a sense of identity and exclusivity attached to the word "robot." There are certain criteria for being a robot such as being antisocial and a virgin, which gives people an opportunity to feel like they're part of something and not alone. The idea of exclusivity and identity are powerful in the Human psyche and it's one of the reasons Facebook became so popular. You even see people WANTING to be accepted by other "robots" on this board even though being a robot is not any sort of achievement. People desperately want to be accepted into ANYTHING and this board's culture takes advantage of that. I'm actually a little worried right now because there's more posts made about who ISN'T a robot rather than what robots are actually feeling or doing. That's the beginning of stagnation and the end imo.
What 4chan teaches you about psychology
I've learned something from this website that I find extremely valuable. Repetition is the most effective method of persuasion. I started off pretty normal but some of the extreme ideas that are constantly posted on this website have affected my subconscious. For example even though I grew up in an extremely liberal environment, I'm adverse to dating blacks (despite my efforts not to) because of how many times I've seen threads where a black woman is posted and somebody responds "nigger trash." On the more trivial side, there used to be a guy who made daily shitposts about vaping and I eventually bought a vape kit despite telling the guy he was fucking retarded and was gonna get cancer. Reading the same thoughts and ideas over and over again affects my values more than I realize, especially when I don't have other forms of socialization. I believe that women hating started off as a meme but people somehow forgot it was a joke and took it to extreme levels.
>>27861925
See you on monday
>>27863301
>Repetition is the most effective method of persuasion
There has actually been research done into this and a curious discovery was that it didn't matter whether you encountered an opinion or an idea from various sources and people or this one person you knew, either way repetition was just as effective.
>women hating started off as a meme
Contrary to what I expected women hating isn't restricted to the depths of 4chan by any means. The same sentiments can be seen from all the from the ancient times to 19th century philosophers. In fact a lot of what's being said here about women has much truth to it. I was very skeptical initially and very aware of being careful about this 'women hating' which I feared may catch on to my thinking. I saw it as something spewed and created by only jaded bitter spergs on here which had no basis for it other than the hatred these autists had towards women due to their past negative experiences. A kind of invention of modern NEETs who marinate in this toxic environment and have no actual perspective on things other than the shitposting of other fellow anonymous NEETs. But I was wrong.
In fact most of what's said about women, sexual revolution, 'degeneracy' and various other almost-memes is true. It also appears that historically and currently only men have been the authors of such criticisms and observations.
