I can't help but agree. Haven't been a part of a forum since... the mid nineties on some old BBS's. This place is like nowhere else. And people I know in flesh and blood just can't seem to understand it. Which is fine, because I share it with you fine folk. I feel lucky to be accepted here.
And now I have that old Birthday Party song stuck in my head with Nick Cave shrieking "... I'll dig myself a hole/and fill up that space/I'll fill it up with eels/I'll fill it up with eels/... "
I've learned more here than I did in high school. Illinois education is not so good. I brought my shovel, let's dig and dig. If only arse eels could be a threat provided to the world.
It's so damn good to be in here with you guys. Under the Guv and Ariana's watchful eyes and the everpresent arse-eels, we show that true conversation can be done on the internet. This is Whitechapel. Courtesy here is a right. Hard to beat that.
You know, I really do love this forum. I've learned so much on here, gotten some interesting views from a group of VERY diverse people, and it's been the first internet-community where I felt comfortable enough to meet people from here in person. If not for Whitechapel, I never would have even heard of the people who, I now consider friends, most of which I have met in person.
I first joined Whitechapel as a fucked-up seventeen-year-old stuck in a country that has almost nothing to do with me. The positive influence this forum and its users had on me since then is immeasurable, in great part thanks to the high level of discussion encouraged by Warren's eels and Ariana's wrench. Needless to say I love this place and I hope I can meet its brilliant users personally at some point hey can you still hear me this grave is getting really deep
As someone who's been around the intertubes for a while, I have to say this place is special and unique. Thanks to all who make it what it is through their creativity, intellect, imagination and dedication. Whitechapel is awesome.
This is the only forum which has held my interest for longer than a year. Mostly, it has a lot to do with all the awesome people here, and with the really interesting discussions going on. That, and the threat of arse eels being sicced upon the poor bastards who piss off the host.