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Title: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: Classic on December 10, 2013, 10:29:49 PM
Something that has been on my mind lately, and it is really bothering me for some reason, is our inevitable departures from the forum.

I started in 2007 when it was Powerspike. I've spent a lot of time between here and there. And here I am, talking with corporate about my promotion and moving into a director position in my hospitality company.
I know most of you have plans through your career, or you're going to school to pursue a career.

We're all grown up.
We're all moving on.

The fact is, if I ever end up higher in corporate offices, I'll have to delete most traces of myself online.
This includes Boyah. Maybe even Facebook.

Am I the only one thinking about this?  :(
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: YPrrrr on December 10, 2013, 10:57:57 PM
I've always thought there was a cruel irony to it that the forum I frequented so often and came to love would be the ultimate undoing of my inevitable political career and presidential campaign
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: Patrick Stickles on December 10, 2013, 11:08:57 PM
face it, if you're on boyah, you're not going high up enough for this to be a problem
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: YPrrrr on December 10, 2013, 11:19:56 PM
Quote from: Patrick Stickles on December 10, 2013, 11:08:57 PM
face it, if you're on boyah, you're not going high up enough for this to be a problem
I think the rest of the world is overrated, they can be overcome
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: ?????? on December 10, 2013, 11:38:50 PM
jmv never wants to delete my goddamn fucking posts

i have a lawyer ex i'll sue you JMV  ghouldood;
but then i'd have to drink bad whiskey with him :'(
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: 6M69I69B9 on December 10, 2013, 11:43:09 PM
Quote from: CLASSIC on December 10, 2013, 10:29:49 PM
Something that has been on my mind lately, and it is really bothering me for some reason, is our inevitable departures from the forum.

I started in 2007 when it was Powerspike. I've spent a lot of time between here and there. And here I am, talking with corporate about my promotion and moving into a director position in my hospitality company.
I know most of you have plans through your career, or you're going to school to pursue a career.

We're all grown up.
We're all moving on.

The fact is, if I ever end up higher in corporate offices, I'll have to delete most traces of myself online.
This includes Boyah. Maybe even Facebook.

Am I the only one thinking about this?  :(
Well, I've always thought that...if I get out of the habit of going to Boyah, something must be going right...hahaha.  

But yeah, since I want to be a Social Worker when I'm older... (Maybe, I am having a lot of thoughts about switching, since Social Work BA & MA aren't really applicable outside of itself, and one can get a MA in Social Work as long as the BA had something to do with Social Relations, so I might be going with Communications.  Or I can go for Fine Arts - Illustration if I really wanna play Russian roulette.)  I thought about deleting all of my stuff in the future if that's ever the case...well, if Boyah's posts ever become available by Google searching.  Boyah's not the only place I go to, though.  

Then I realize I could make some e-mail that really wouldn't seem like it'd be me, and make usernames I never would have thought about just to stay online.  But then again, there's always IP's being something.  I don't know.  

Although I think the decision of leaving Boyah may be inevitable- I gotta say, it will be tough, at least for me.  I don't have many people I talk to here, but, for some reason, I keep on coming back.  I think it's because, for most things in my life, almost everything has changed.  But Boyah hasn't really changed- well the people might have but, but I still see the same few users that come online, same silly emotes, talks about new media, some to little government talk, circlejerking- and new days change the course of topics.  Boyah to me is like, somewhat of a break from all the new things going around me.  But yeah, it's inevitable that some people will leave one day, especially that we're all older now.  

I feel like Boyah is a really great sitcom- it had its drama in the past, some good times- and I always feel like I'm the audience a bit.  Whenever I think about Boyah's end, it reminds me of how some sitcoms end- like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.  Everybody's leaving, giving their last goodbyes.  Will stays behind a bit, spending one last moment, and hesitating before leaving.  I think, there will be at least one Boyager in the future, that'll just mesmerize about the past, being the only user online- reading posts from five- ten, Hell, maybe twenty years from now.  Then, finally leaves Boyah, and that user would be the final user to ever be online ever again.  

If that ever happens- there should be some goodbye event where people send each other goodbye presents beforehand- I don't know.
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: Classic on December 11, 2013, 09:16:49 AM
Quote from: Patrick Stickles on December 10, 2013, 11:08:57 PM
face it, if you're on boyah, you're not going high up enough for this to be a problem

Ruuuuude.
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: ncba93ivyase on December 11, 2013, 09:39:38 AM
Why would a promotion necessitate deleting your boyah account

This forum is fucking locked and nobody's going to track you down. Also, you won't be important enough to have people somehow follow you to a private forum that requires registration to view anything

You're working for a hotel, nigga. It's no big deal.
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: ncba93ivyase on December 11, 2013, 09:41:24 AM
Quote from: K L U X on December 10, 2013, 11:38:50 PM
jmv never wants to delete my goddamn fucking posts

i have a lawyer ex i'll sue you JMV  ghouldood;
but then i'd have to drink bad whiskey with him :'(

honestly if you want you could easily make a python script that'd go through every one of your posts, blank them out, then delete them

it'd take a while to execute because this server is so goddamn slow but it wouldn't be hard
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: don't let's on December 11, 2013, 10:23:29 AM
We're not even on the original Boyah :(
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: YPrrrr on December 11, 2013, 11:13:55 AM
Quote from: Far Beyond Repair on December 11, 2013, 10:23:29 AM
We're not even on the original Boyah :(
Take the red pill or the blue pill
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: ME## on December 11, 2013, 11:26:40 AM
Quote from: YPR Classic on December 10, 2013, 10:57:57 PM
I've always thought there was a cruel irony to it that the forum I frequented so often and came to love would be the ultimate undoing of my inevitable political career and presidential campaign
your presidential campaign would be ruined by my attack ads before Boyah ever ruins it
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: Samus Aran on December 11, 2013, 02:35:38 PM
lmao @ growing up and being responsible

im being a shitnerd forever fuck everything i'll always be here
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: Classic on December 11, 2013, 02:53:29 PM
Quote from: Naoto Shirogane on December 11, 2013, 02:35:38 PM
lmao @ growing up and being responsible

im being a shitnerd forever fuck everything i'll always be here

I love you. :'(
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: strongbad on December 11, 2013, 03:02:04 PM
it's dumb how you have to worry about your internet identity
i should be able to be an asshat online and still a functioning member of society
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: Classic on December 11, 2013, 03:02:53 PM
You ride your bike high/drunk in traffic. You're hardly a functioning member of society.
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: ncba93ivyase on December 11, 2013, 03:08:35 PM
Quote from: udderfailure on December 11, 2013, 03:02:04 PM
it's dumb how you have to worry about your internet identity
i should be able to be an asshat online and still a functioning member of society
never use your real name online and use a different identity everywhere

the nsa will still have your ass but it's good enough
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: ME## on December 11, 2013, 03:09:15 PM
nobody is ever a functioning member of society because the man keeps us down
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: strongbad on December 11, 2013, 05:26:17 PM
Quote from: CLASSIC on December 11, 2013, 03:02:53 PM
You ride your bike high/drunk in traffic. You're hardly a functioning member of society.

lol i can't see a single thing wrong with biking high
if anything it makes you way more sketched out because it makes you realize how fucking scary all the cars are

but yeah i guess the fact that i do that discredits the thousands of hours that i've spent working with and improving the lives of people who have disabilities

i'd probably contribute way more if i worked for a hotel and jerked off to nintendo  n_u
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: ncba93ivyase on December 11, 2013, 05:37:20 PM
Quote from: udderfailure on December 11, 2013, 05:26:17 PM
lol i can't see a single thing wrong with biking high
if anything it makes you way more sketched out because it makes you realize how fucking scary all the cars are

but yeah i guess the fact that i do that discredits the thousands of hours that i've spent working with and improving the lives of people who have disabilities

i'd probably contribute way more if i worked for a hotel and jerked off to nintendo  n_u
ted bundy had a reputation for being kind and charming

Think about it.
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: silvertone on December 11, 2013, 05:37:53 PM
but ted bundy was unchristian
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: strongbad on December 11, 2013, 05:59:58 PM
Quote from: Pancake Persona on December 11, 2013, 05:37:20 PM
ted bundy had a reputation for being kind and charming

Think about it.

he's my idol
obv
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: don't let's on December 11, 2013, 06:13:53 PM
Quote from: udderfailure on December 11, 2013, 05:26:17 PM
but yeah i guess the fact that i do that discredits the thousands of hours that i've spent working with and improving the lives of people who have disabilities
In the eyes of society, yes (or I should say the non druggie society)

And anyways, one can still be bad and do good things just as one can be good and still do bad things. Hardly ever is one exclusively of one extreme or the other.
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: ?????? on December 13, 2013, 06:16:35 PM
Quote from: Pancake Persona on December 11, 2013, 09:41:24 AM
honestly if you want you could easily make a python script that'd go through every one of your posts, blank them out, then delete them

it'd take a while to execute because this server is so goddamn slow but it wouldn't be hard
i'm too lazy
i don't even walk to the grocery store for my food
i get them delivered to my door lol
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: applesauce on December 13, 2013, 10:16:10 PM
I shall give birth to my children and teach them the ways of the tunnels and they shall be raised as proctors of the sand and in this way I will never leave the path
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: Hippopo on December 13, 2013, 10:17:55 PM
Quote from: applesauce on December 13, 2013, 10:16:10 PM
I shall give birth to my children and teach them the ways of the tunnels and they shall be raised as proctors of the sand and in this way I will never leave the path
I thought you needed a vagina to give birth

You have a vagina?  Cool

Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: silvertone on December 13, 2013, 10:18:31 PM
noob dont even got a 'gina
Title: Re: The inevitable departure of members at Boyah
Post by: ME## on December 14, 2013, 05:57:38 AM
drew has the prettiest vagina i have ever seen